The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.-ADMIRALTY, MONDAY.

Lieutenant—The Hon. Pownall F. Pellew (1843),
grandson of the late Lord Exmouth, to the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, at Portsmouth.
Master—John Scott (1846), to the Encounter
screw-corvette, western squadron, vice Taylor.
Assistant. Surgeon—Edward Pearse, of the .Adven-
ture, to the Tyne transport, Devonport.
Midshipman—W. F. Irwin, to the Centaur flag
steam. frigate, Coast of Africa.
Dasher, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Parks, visited the Caithness coast last week. She left
on Wednesday for Orkney, having on board the Hon.
B. F. Primrose, secretary, and Mr. Miller, inspector
of fisheries ; and also James Wilson, Esq., brother to
Professor 'Wilson, of Edinburgh. Mr. Primrose and
Mr. Miller have been on a tour of inspection at the
various curing stations along the coast, and from Ork-
ney they proceed to Thurso.
Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, left St. Mary's
Scilly, for the Cape of Good Hope and East Indies, on
the Ist inst. On the 30th ult:, Henry New, carpen-
ter's mate, fell from the rigging to the deck, and broke
his back. He died the same night, and was interred
the following day.
Investigator, Arctid ship, Commander M'Clure,
left Honolulu, July 4, for Kotzebue Sound, to join
Captain Collinson, in the Enterprise, and Commander
Moore, in the Plover.
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty's frigate
Thetis, 40, Captain Kuper, having had her rudder un-
shipped,
was docked yesterday. On the water leaving
it was found that she had not received much damage
by touching the ground on the 24th of September, off.
Redding Point, Mount-Edgcumbe, when beating out
of the Sound on her voyage to Lisbon. Her false
keel is slightly grazed both on the starboard and port
sides, and " lists" of elm about three inches wide
have been inserted to make good defects. The arti-
sans of the yard worked continuously on her all day
to finish repairs, to take off and replace three sheets
of copper found worn at the load line and to cleanse
her bottom, which was very foul with mussels and
weeds, more than a-ton being swept off, and rendered
her quite incompetent to make a fair trial of her sail-
ing qualities with those of the Phaeton and other
ships belonging to the Lisbon squadron. It was not
found necessary to lift the Thetis to making good de-
fects. She is represented to have caught Just before
the main chains upon a " pinnacle" of a rock, having
good depth of water forward and aft. The Thetis
was undocked this evening; her guns and stores will
probably be put on board by Wednesday, when she
can go out of harbour and speedily be ready for sea.
The Sprightly steam-vessel arrived to• day from
Portsmouth with seamen for the Portland, and re-
turned again the same day.
The Portland, 50, Captain Henry Chads, is pro-
gressing rapidly in her equipment, and is expected
to be ready by the 20th inst.
The brig Martyn, under the charge of Mr. Mills
and a party of seamen and riggers, came in to-day
from Pembroke. She is to be unrigged.
The Dragon steam-frigate, Captain H. W. Giffard,
sailed on Thursday with supernumeraries and stores
for Lisbon, and will proceed to the Mediterranean.
The officers and crew of the steam-vessel Firefly,
Commander George A. Seymour, were paid advance
on Thursday, and she went into the Sound. Yester-
day (Friday) she sailed for the coast of Africa, touch-
ing at Madeira.
The officers and crew of the transport Adventure,
Master- Commander Peter Wellington, were paid off
yesterday, at the pay-office in the dockyard.
The Tyne sloop-of-war, 22, is ordered to be com•
missioned in place of the Adventure, which is found
unfit for service. The Tyne will be barque-rigged.
The Turkish frigate Mirat Zafir, Captain Mehomet
Bey, and the sloop of war Surai Bahri, are expected
hourly at this port from Constantinople. Mr. T. W.
Fox, jun., Turkish Consul for Devon and the Chan-
nel Islands, has instructions to prepare for their re-
ception. The ships have complements of 1,200 men
in all, and will remain some time here.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe fell
overboard yesterday afternoon, when landing from
his yacht in Barn-pool. His Lordship uses a boat
peculiarly constructed of two punts fastened together
at the stern, described as forming a very convenient
gig. By some casualty the punts parted, and his
Lordship was unexpectedly precipitated into the
water. One of his men speedily rescued him, arid We
are happy to state that his Lordship has receivd no
injury.
WooLwrcu, OCT: 7.—Commander Croxier4
pointed to command the Wasp steam-sloop, artived-