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

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terday morning from New York, en, :rogt,olo.s4lltEß.
men • she landed her mails and proceeded...
The Echo tug embarked at PortisMOith
yard, on Saturday night, detachments Ott ,
45th, and. 50th Regiments, arid.; proceeded- .111,---tiz
them to Cowes, where they iandifcV
the Depot Battalion quarters it-Ta;rl.lautzt._;:tikey;
were followed yesterday by oth6, ditichxdoirtitti
the Gth and 50th, which were convey across the •
Solent by the Comet ateamtug.
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, 185 G, to join the squadron of Rear-
Admiral A. Fansliawe, C. 8., then Commander-in-
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 t• assist in the sup-
pression of the slave trade. During her cruise,
which extended over about 20,000 =les, the
Bril-
liant visited Barbadoes, St. Thomas's, Grenada,
Trinidad, and the other West India Islands.
While cruising off Dominica the Brilliant succeeded
in capturing a slaver called the Esmeralda, sup-
pose(' to have been a Brazilian slave ship ; at the
time of the capture the schooner had upwards of 60
slaves on board, the whole of which were liberated.
in Jam (lea. 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 from
yellow fever, which seized nearly 100 of the crew.
Two able seamen, named Lewis and Wm. Morgan,
were 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-
sion. By the new arrangement ordered by the Ad-
miralty the whole of the crew were on Saturday
last paid off by Mr. E. J. Giles, the paymaster,
in the short 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 officers and a large number
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. Commissions for the following officers have
arrived from the Admiralty, viz.:—Lieutenants
Robert Sterne and. the lion. Frederick W.
Charteris ; Mr. John Scott, master and pilot ; and
Mr. James R. Andrews, paymaster of the second
class.

A new marina engine boiler, patented by Rear-
Admiral of the Blue John Jervis Tucker and Mr.
George Blaxland, chief superintendent engineer at
Sheerness Yard, has been under trial for some
weeks pact, the trial being superintended by Mr.
John H. Langley, inspector o 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
-team with a less quantity of fuel, and not being
,ueje 't to the derangemtnts in heavy weather at
sea like the present boilers. It is reported that the
Admiralty have granted permission for one of the
large class gantoats at Sheerness to be fitted with a
boiler of the same description as the one now under
trial, and she is t proceed to sea for a series of days
in company wi h a gunboat (4f similar class, having
the present tubular boilers fitted, in order fairly to
test the effect in a heavy sea way.
Rear-Admiral Laac 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 Sufism),
C. 8., deceased. The promotion of Capt. Erskine
will place Captain George St. Vincent King, C. 8.,
on the list of paid 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 understood that
Captain Hope's appointment could be nothing but
an honorary one at the date of his selection for the
distinguished office.
The five captains next in semorityfor promotion
to active flag rank as vacancies occur are the fol-
lo 4 ing :
Captain Horatio Austen, C. 8., superintendent
of Deptford Dockyard, G.S.P. (good service pen-
sion.)
Captain William Ramsay, C. 8., superintendent
of the packet service at Sauthtmpten, G.S.P.
Captain Sir Baldwin Wake Walktr, Bart.,
K. C. 8., surveyor of the navy, A.D. C.
Captain Alexander Milne, o e of the Lords of the
Admiralty, G. S. P.
Captain the Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget,
C. B. , M. P., G. S. P.
The appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :
Lieut. E. Stubh,z, to the Alert ; Lieut. H. Fawks, to
the Alacrity ; Lieut. W. F. A. Harris, to the Bosoawen;
Lieut. F. Osborn, additional, for disposal to the Bos-
cawen ; Dr. J. C4rmichael, surgeon, to the Renown;
T. Seacombe, surgeon, to the Imauin ; R. W. Beau-
mont, surgeon, to the Lapwing ; A. E. Parks, second
master, to the Sharpshooter ; G. W. Sutherland, acting
assist.-surgeon, to the Actaeon ; W. W. Thompson, act-
ing assist.-surgeon, to the Renown ; P. W. Govett,
assist .surgeon, to Ihe 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. William=, clerk, 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.