The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-23 00:00:00

COMMANDERS.

Colonel Augustus Halifax Terryman, C. 8., 89th Re•
giment
Colonel Robert Parker Campbell, 90th Regiment
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Sebastian Leith Hay,
3d Regi cent
Major Richard Francis Waldo Sibthorp, 97th Regt.
Major Frederick Robert Elrington
Major Edward Newdigate
ROYAL ARTILLERY.

Lieuten ant. Colonel George Robert Barker
Lieut.-Co!onel Michael Anthony Shrapnel Biddulph
Sergeant JoLn Devna
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thomas Lloyd
Major Charles Brisbane Ea-art
By a decree bearing the same date the Legion of
Honour has been conferred upon the following
naval officers :

GRAND CROSS

Viae-Admiral Sir dames Whitley Deans Dandas

GRAND OFFICER.
Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Montague Stopford
Rear-Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington
Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel

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OFFICERS.
Rear• Admiral Henry Francis Greville
Rear-Admiral Lord Geurge Paulet
Rear-Adaiiial Lord Edward Russell
Captain Sidney CDlpoys Dacres
Captain George St. Vincent King
Captain the Hon. J.trnes Robert Drummond
David Deas, chief surgeon of the Fleet
KNIGHTS.
Captain Edward Tatham
Captain Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart
Captain Octavius Cumberland
Captain George Le Geyt Bowyear
Ca.ttain George Ommanney Wiles
Captain Joseph Grant Bickford
Captain William Everard Alphonse Gordon
Captain Samuel H. Derriman
Captain Francis Pender Pintens
Captan Charles Thomas Dench
Captain Charles Murray Ayneley
Cap,an William Kynastou Jolliffe
Captain John Francis Ross
. Captain Henry Wandesford Comber
Lieutenant William Henry Ppm
Lieute cant Charles Fairholme
Lieutenant Sackville William Henniker Thompson
Lieutenant Joseph Samuel Hudson
Lieutenant John Guy Courtenay Evered
Henry Paul
George Henry Kerr Bower
Charles Raguenau Pecco Forbes
Lieutenant Thomas Thelwall Bullock
Lieutenant William Metancthon Sanctuary
Lieutenant James Edward Hunter
Charles Augustus Hayward
James Carmichael, M.D.
Richard Denton Mason, M.D.
William Vernon Eliakim Reynolds
Ahmutz Irwin
Edward Thorne
William Hamilton
Matthew HewLz
Henry Cooper
William Hayina n, carpenter
George Rowe, Vesuvius
William Major, Ardent
David Barry, Cracker
First Lieutenant Edward Henderson Starr
First Lieutenant Henry Hewitt
First Lieutenant Henry Bradley Roberts
First Lieutenant Charles Jolliffe
First Lieutenant Francis Worgan Festing
First Lieutenant William Pitman
First Lieutenant Joseph Rowland Brookes

THE DEVONPORT POISONING CASES.—On Monday the
inquiry into the poisoning by arsenic which lately oc-
curred in the family of a publican at Devonport, and in
that of a washerwoman employed by the former, was
concluded. The jury returned a verdict to the effect
that the deceased died from eating pudding containing
arsenic, but how the poison came there was no evidence
to show.

A circular has been received from the Board of
Admiralty, and issued to her Majesty's ships gene-
rally, that henceforth officers will receive their-
future pay in ca•=h instead of bills. Remittances
may als, be rent to the relatives and friends of the-
respective crews.
The fo'lowing vessels have sailed from Ports-
mouth for China since last night :—Furious, 17,
paddle-frigate Captain S. Osborn ; Cormorant, 6,_
screw despatch-is -a,', CommandsrSaumarez ; Drake,
screw gun-boat ; Janus, screw gun-boat ; and Firm,
screw gun boat.
The Racoon, 22, screw stsam-corvette, is in-
tended to be launched at Chatham on Satur-.
day afternoon, at half-past one, and extensive'
preparations preparations have been made for the accommodation
( f the large number of visitors expected to witue ,
the ceremony. The Racoon is the largest ship of
her class, and differs from the other screw-corvettes
in being provided with a spar deck. She has been
built in the short space of ten months, and is from
the designs of Sir Baldwin Walker, Sutveyor of the
Navy. The following are ;her dimensions :
Extreme length ,
Length between perpendiculars 200 „ 0
Length for tonnage l7l „ 9 „
Extreme breadth 4O 4 ~
Breadth of tonnage 4O „ 0 ~
Breadth ronn'-'ed
Depth in hold
Burthen in tone 1,462, 21-94.
The following will be her armament :-20 8 inch
60 cwt. guns, each 9 feet in length, and two 68-
pounder long pivot guns, each 95 cwt., and 10 feet
in length. As soon as she has been launched she
will be fitted with engines of 400 horse-power, ar d
made ready for sea.

The Waispite, 50, has been taken into dock for
the purpose of being overhauled and undergoing
extensive repairs, in order to be made ready for
sea.

The Tyne, 4, shore-ship, is in dock for the pur-
pose of being rk paire3. _

Orders have been received at Chatham to lay
down two large screw steamers, of 91 guns each,
and also a steam screw-corvette of 21 guns, the
whole of which are to be commenced immediately.
It is also intended to lengthen No. 3 dock nearly
100 feet, in order to admit line-of-battleships to be
repaired.
Assistance, 6, iron screw troop ship, Commander
W. A. J. Heath ; and Adventure, 6, iron screw
troop ship, Commander Edward Lacy, are ordered
to be rigged as barques, doing away with mizen
yards as heretofore.
The Sylph steamer landed about 300 of the 72d
Highlanders at Portsmouth on Tuesday from Jer-
sey, and left foethat island again in the afternoon
with two companies of Royal Artillery. She will
return to Portsmouth with the remainder. of the
72d.

The Avon steam-tender landed at Portsmouth On
Tuesday the men belonging to that port paid cif
from the Nile, 92, at Plymouth, and left yesterday
with others belonging to the eastward.
The Agamemnon, 91, was undocked at Ports-
mouth yesterday, and put into the steam basin,
where she is being rapidly expe']ited for the ser-
vice of laying down the Atlautic telegraph cable.
The Camperdown, 104, old three-decker, was
taken out of dock yesterday at Portsmouth to make
room for the three-decker Princess Charloi te, which
is to be fitted for immediate commission on the
China station as a hcspital sfiip.
Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Doris, lately
launched from Pembroke Dockyard, left for evon-
pert under the charge of Mr. Martyn, of that port,
on Tuesday afternoon. The Doris has been jury-
rigged, and was towed by the steam-ships Sphinx
and Prospero, the later vessel returning after as-
sisting as far as St. Anne's lighthouse, situate at
the mouth of Milford Haven. The Doris will have
her engines placed on board and will be made ready
for sea at Devonport.
The large new tidal basin in course of conctruc-
tion at Chatham Dockyard is progressingirapidly,
and, as soon as completed, will afford accommoda-
tion for line-of-battle ships, which have hitherto
seldom been sent to that establishment for repairs,
owing to the want of sufficient dock accommodation.
The new dock has been built on the site of the old
No. 2 dock, and will be of the length of 360 feet,
and 92 broad. The foundation of the basin has
been laid on beds of concrete, the bottom and sides
being built of granite. During the progress of the
works considerable difficulty has been experienced
from the constant breaking in of the water, but this
has been remedied by the erection of two powerful
steam pumps, which discharge four tons of water
per minute, day and night. As soon as the works
connected with the new tidal basin are completed,
it is in contemplation to lengthen the adjoining No.
3 dock nearly 100 feet, making its length upwards
of 300 feet, so as to admit a larger class of vessels.
Messrs. Rigby, the contractors, have also length-
ened No. 7 granite slip 60 feet, making its total
length 330 feet. As soon as the whole of the
works intended to be carried out at Chatham Dock-
yard are completed that establishment will be the
most commodious in this country.
The Warspite, 50, has been docked at Chatham
for the purpose of undergoing extensive repairs and
to be fitted for sea.

The Hood, 9G, screw steamer, building at Cha-
tham, is to be completed forthwith and fitted with
engines of 600-horse power.
A hastening order has been received at Sheerness
for the fitment of the paddlewheel steam frigate
Terrible, now under repairs in No. 1 dry dock,
Sheerness. She is destined to assist the Agamem-
non in laying down the telegraphic wires between
America and Newfoundland. The Terrible is 884
horse-power, she has four cylinders of 74 inches
diameter, with 8-feet stroke, and she previous!y
worked up to 2,000 horse-power. It is in conse-
quence of her being fitted with the most powerful
engines in our navy that she has been selected for
this undertaking. A number of additional artisans
have been set on to hasten her fitment.

Mr. Allan M'lnnes, chief engineer, has taken up
his commission and joined the Vesuvius at Sheer-
ness. Captain Charles Wise will take up his com-
mission to this ship this day.
Mr. Joseph H. W. Bowman, paymaster Dec.
28, 1853, has taken up his commission and joined
the Vesuvius.
The new screw steam corvette Scout, of 21 guns,
and 400-horse power, arrived at Sheerness yester-
day from Woolwich, to be placed in the second-
class steam reserve, under charge of Captain Ed-
ward P. ilalsted, of the Edinburgh.
The Porcupine, 3 guns, paddlewheel steam-sur-
veying vessel, Captain Henry C. Otter, and her
steam-surveying tender, the Seagull, in charge of
Mr. Win. Stanton, loft Sheerness yesterday morn-
in', at daylight for Stornaivay, and thence she pro-
ceeds to her surveying ground round the Hebrides.
The Seagull has been fitted with a pattern engine
on deck, for the purpose of gathering in the deep
sea head line, the engine occupying a space of only
about 2 feet square. It is equal to a 4-horse power
engine ; it can be worked to make from 500 to
600 revolutions per minute, and will gather in-
board 400 fethoms of the line in eight minutes.
By this model engine soundings can be taken in
deep water in a considerably shorter space of time
than by the old mode of gathering in the deep sea
lead line by a common hand-winch.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieutenants—A. Graves and L. Brine, to the Assist-
ance ; E. F, Well, to the adventure.
Masters—George A. Stabb, to the Adventure ; Dun-
can J. Louttiii, to the Assistance.
Surgeon-Superintendent—Fysher gegus to the Ha-
milla Mitchell, convict ship.
Assistant Clerk—John Ashton, to the Implacable.

A GRANDMOTHER AT TWENTY-NINE YEARS OF AGE!
A woman who was last week brought before the magis-
trates of Wigan, for an assault committed upon a neigh-
bour, affords a striking instance of recklessly early mar-
riages. She is the wife of Patrick Casey, a tailor.
They'reside in Douglas-terrace, Wigan. He is 40 years
of age, and she is 29. They were married before she had
attained the age of 14 years, and she was a mother at
the ago of 14 veers and seven months Since that time
she has had 11 other children. Strange to say, the
eldest girl, who was 15 years old on Wednesday, week, is
the:mother of two childreh, the elder of whom is nearly two
years of age, she having married sar.ier in life than her
mother. Mrs. Casey is, therefore, at the age of 29 years,
the mother of 12, and the grandmother of two, children.
—lllhnchester Guardian.
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