The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

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Private letters received from her Majesty's ship
Urgent announce her arrival at the Cape of Good
Hope on the 28th of February. Light winds had
been experienced during the passage out. One
woman and one child had died on the passage, the
woman from the effects of a sunstroke. The Urgent
sailed from Queenstown for China on the 12th of
January.
The Flying Fish, 6, screw, Commander Charles
W. Hope, has gone into Portsmouth harbour from
Spithead to make a few trifling defects.
The Euryalus, 51, screw, Capt. Tarleton, C. 8.,
steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and,
after proceeding round the Nab light vessel to test
her machinery, brought up at Spithead, where she
will take in her powder and shell previous to again
proceeding on foreign service. She is reported to
be ready for sea on the sth inst.
The Megmra, 6, screw troopship, Commander S.
H. Henderson, at Portsmouth, completed swinging
for the adjustment of her compasses yesterday.
The Rinaldo, 17, screw, in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, has taken OR board her boilers and the
greater portion of her engine gear from under the
steam-crane.
The Duncan, 101, screw twodecker, has already
completed her coppering in No. 7 dock at Ports-
mouth.
Great progress is being made in the building of
the Glasgow, 51, screw frigate, and the Chanti-
cleer, 17, screw corvette, in Nos. 1 and 2 building-
sheds in Portsmouth :dockyard. The first-named
vessel has, with the exception of a portion of her
stern, the whole of her framing in position, and the
greater portion of her midship flanking on. The
Chanticleer, which was laid down on the 2d of Feb-
ruary last in the adjoining slip, is also complete in
hecr framing, with the exception of a part of her
stern. The stern framing of both vessels would
haxe been in the same forward state as the other
pr.zrts had it not been for the great difficulty experi-
enced in procuring the necessary supply of curved
timber suitable for the purpose. Upwards of 250
hands are employed on both vessels.
The first blocks were yesterday laid down in Slip
ITo. 2, from which the Barossa was launched a few
weeks ago in Woolwich dockyard, for the construc-
t ion of a new gunvessel of 200-horss power.
The Anson, 91, screw steamship, building at
Woolwich, is being rapidly advanced towards com-
vletion. Her topsides are being painted, and the
caulkers are proceeding with their work. She is
ordered to be ready for launching this summer.
The Hon. Robert Duulas, Storekeeper-General of
the Navy, and Capt. Charles Eden, C. 8., one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, paid an official visit yes-
terday to Woolwich dockyard, and inspected the
new arrangements for transmitting the factory
stores ordered to be annexed to the storekeeper's
department, and put into operation on the tat of
April, the commencement of the present financial
year. They were accompanied by Commodore
Drummond and the principal officers of the yard.
The visit was likewise extended to a minute inspec-
tion of the model screw steam schooner Ranger,Com-
'winder Wratislaw, in a forward state for sea, when
some new internal arrangements were sug-
gested and ordered to be adopted for the conveni-
ence and accommodation of the officers and the freer
ventilation of the berths. They likewise visited the
palidlewheel steamsloop Hecate, ordered to be
brought forwar 1 for commission and which is being
fitted with a small paop deck, to be used as a chart
room, in order to facilitate the surveying duties for
which she is about to be despatched, in the Pacific..
FLAG PROMOTIONS.—In consequence of the de-
mise of Vice-Admiral Alex. Renton Sharpe,
which we announced in our paper ye:,terday,
vacancy occurs on the list of flag officers in receipt
of service pensions, and as the appointments to those
varancies are made from the active li.,t, the follow-
ing promotions will take place :—Capt. Sackett
Hope (1840), who is in receipt of the pension for
wounds, cad who is also in the list of officers on the
out-pensions of Greenwich Hospital, becomes rear-
admiral on reserved half-pay ; Capt. Robert Fan-
shawe Stopfcrd (1810), becomes rear-admiral of the
blue; and by the promotion of Capt, Stopford to flag
rank a good service pension falls to the patronage
of the First Lord of the Admiralty ; and Capt. R.
Spencer Robinson (1840), a recipient of the good
service pension, and in command of the Wellington,
72, guardship of steam ordinary at Dcvonport,
becomes the senior officer for promotion to flag
rank.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. IV. Thackery, to the
Wrangler; Stephen Spain, master to the Cornwal-

lis ; Chas. S. Broome, midshipman, to the Algiers ;
Daniel A. Alcock, acting assist.-surg., to the Vic-
tory, for Haslar Hospital; Frederick F. Flyn,
acting assist.-surg., to the Impregnable, for Ply-
month Hospital ; George West, acting first-class
assist.-engincer, to the Fisgard, for charge of the
machinery of the Bustard ; John C. Gauchy, first-
class assist-engineer, to the Terrible; Frederick
Wm. Henderson, promoted to the rank of acting
second-class assist.-engineer in the Renard ; George
T. Gibbs, promoted to the rank of acting second.
class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as supernume-
rary ; John Richard Cooper, promoted to the rank
of acting second-class assist.-engineer in the Cressy;
William Payne, promoted to the rank of acting
second-class assist-engineer to the Starling ;
Robert Wallace, promoted to the rank of acting
second-class assisteengineer in the Supply; George
Charles Scholes, promoted to the rank of second-
class assist-engineer in the Virago ; Thomas Wil-
son, promoted to the rank of second-class assist.-
engineer in the Ardent; Charles H. Pillar, third-
class assist.-engineer in the Wellington, for
temporary charge of the machinery of the
Goldfinch ; Francis Thornton, third-class assist._
engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary ; Robert
Findlay, acting third•class assist-engineer to the
Terrible; Joseph Whittall, paymaster to the
Ariadne ; and George Shield, clerk, to the Wasp.
Mr. W. R. Wollen is appointed temporary clerk
in Devonport dockyard, vice Coffin, appointed clerk
at Hong-kong.

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Lieut. Alexanderß, iponited-Elsg-
Lieut. to Vice-Admiral W. Fanka.*ef4l4la#ini
man der-in-Chief on the Mecliterralrewistayilf:'<-:„
The screw steam-sloop Desperate, B;'^was-mastM
under the sheers in Keyham basis on Tuesday.
The crew of the guardship of steam ordinary Wel-
lington, 72, in Hamoaze, will be paid wages to-day.
The screw steam-frigate Melpomene, 51, Capt. E.
Evart, in Hamoaze, received her powder on
Tuesday.
The repairs of the surveying steam vessel
tender to the Fisgard, at Plymouth, are nearly com-
pleted.

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