The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

- _
terday morning from New York, en/roittrat*
men ; she landed her mails and pro dederk,y
The Echo tug embarked at PortatrtonA4
yard, on Saturday night, detachmekitexOttel
45th, and 50th Regiments, and. • preultte
them to Cowes, where they landed an&daic
1 the Depot Battalion quarteis -sat ParkhuritZ;
were followed yesterday by other detachments of
the 6th and 50th, which ware 'Conveyed across the
Solent by the Cometsteamtug. .
The Brilliant, 20, Captain J. A. Paynter, which
was paid off at Chatham on Saturday, has been in
commission about 18 months, having been fitted
out in May, 1856, to join the 'squadron of Rear-
Admiral A. Fanshawe, C. 8., then Commander-%n-
Chief on the North American and West Indian
station. On sailing from England the Brilliant
proceeded to Halifax, from whence she was ordered -
to the West' Indies for, the purpose of: cruising
among the Windward Islands to assist in the sup-
pression of the slave trade. During her crei,e,
which extended over abi)ut 20,000 indes, the Bril-
liant visited Barbadoes, St. Thomas's,. Grenada, 7,
Trinidad, and the other West India Islands.
While cruising off Dominica the Brilliautsucceed.ed
in capturing a slaver called the Esmeralda, sup-
posed to have been a Brazilian slave ship ; at the -
time of chi- capture the schooner bad upwards of GO .
=laves on board, the whole of which were liberated
in Jam iica. During the time the Brilliant was in
the West Indies the crew were exceedingly un-
healthy; and the mortality on board very great, 34
men and the chaplain having died at Grenada front
yellow fever, which seized nearly 100 of the crew.
Two able seamen, named Lewis and Wm. Morgan,
wei e accidentally killed on board by falling from
aloft. The Brilliant having been ordered to return
to England sailed from the West Indies early in ;
Sept. for the purpose of being paid out of commis-
:don. By the new arrangement ordered by the Ad-
rairalty the whole of the crew were on Saturday, ,
• last paid off by Mr. E. J. Gi'es, the paymaster,
in the abort space of 1 hour and 40 minutes. On
being paid off Wm. Street, quartermaster, was
recommended to the Admiralty for the silver medal,
and gratuity for long service and meritorious con-
duct. Several of the &aeon and a large number v
of the crew of the Brilliant will join the Racoon,
22, screw corvette, to be commissioned at Chatham
by Captain J. A. Paynter.
Captain Arthur Forbes (27th of August, 1846)
commissioned the Renown, 91 guns, at Sheerness.
on Saturday last. The pendant was hoisted at 2.30
p. m. Ci,mtnissions for the following officers have
arrived from the Admiralty, viz. :—Lieutenants.
Robert Sterne and the Hon. Frederick W.
Oliarteria; Mr. John Scott, inaster.and.pilot ; and.,
Mr. James R. Andrews, paymaster of the second
class. •

A new marine engine boiler, patented by'Rear-
Admiral of the Blue John Jervis Tucker and Mr.
George Blaxiand, chief superintendent engineer at
Sheerness Yard, has been under trial for some
weeks past, the trial being superintended by Mr.
John H. Langley, inspector of machinery, on board
the Edinburgh, for the steam squadron of reserve.'
The advantages the patent boiler possesses are,
doing away entirely with the tubes now used
in tubular boilers, generating a large supply of
steam with a less quantity of fuel, and not being
subject to the derangements in heavy weather at
sea like the present boilers. It is reported that the
Admiralty have granted permission for one of the
large class gunboats at Sheerness to be fitted with a
boiler of the same description as the one now under,
trial, and she is t I proceed to sea for a series of days
in company with a gunboat of similar class, having
the present tubular boilers fitted, in order fairly to
test the effect in a heavy sea way.
Rear-Admiral Isaac Morrison (retired) succeeds
to the 255. per diem list, by the death of Admiral
Colin Macdonald, C.B. ; and retired Rear-Admi-
rals H. S. Marsham and Chas. Crowdy succeed to
the 20s. list, vice Morrison and Admiral Snlivau,
C. 8., deceased. The promotion of Capt. Erskine
will place Captain George St. Vincent King, C. 8.,
on the list of pa'd naval aides-de-camp. Captain
Hope's promotion will make no change except that
of placing Captain Robb one step nearer to the re-
munerative class, as it was well underst,od that
Captain Hope's appointment could be nothing but
an honorary one at the date of his selection for the
distinguished office.
The tive captains next in seniority for promotion,
to active flag rank as vacancies occur are the fol-

lo sing :
Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8., superintendent
of Deptford Dockyard, G.S.P. (goud service pen-
sion.)
Captain William Ramsay, C. 8., superintendent
of the packet service at Smith smpt G.S P.
Captain. Sir Baldwin Wake Wi•lktr, Bart.,
K.C.8., surveyor of tho navy, A.D. C.
Captain Alexa.nderMilne, o e of the Lords of the
Admiralty, G.S.P.
Captain the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget,
C. 8., M.P., G.S.P.
Tue I..lluwing appointments hare been made at
the Admiralty :
Lieut. E. Stubb,-, to the Alert ; Lieut. H. Fawks, to
the Alacrity ; Lieut. W. F. A. Harris, to the Boscawen;
Lieut. F. Osborn, additional, for disposal to the Bus-
cawen ; Dr. J. C4trnichael, surgeon, to the Renown ;
T. Sescombe, surgeon, to the Imaum R. W. Beau-
mont, surgeon' to the Lapwing ; A. E. Parks, second
master, to the Sharpshooter ; G. W. Sutherland, acting
assist.-surgeon, to the Actteon ; W. W. Thompson, act-
ing assist.-surgeon, to the Renown ; P. W. Govett,
assist .surgeon, to the Renown; W. T. Richards, pay-
master, to the Curlew ; R. Taylor, paymaster, to the
Alacrity; W. A. Brown, clerk, to the Blenheim; and
J. A. P. Williams, eters, to the Alacrity.
Commander E. Collier is to be Captain on the reserved
list ; and Lieut. Alex. Hamilton is to be Commander on
the reserved list.