The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-11 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Mate—Sackville W. H. Thompson (1850), to the
Arethusa, 50, western squadron.
Clerk—R. C. Beale, to the Albion, 90, at Devonport.
Engineers—Felix Foreman (first); James Lawlor
(second) ; and Thomas Monk (assistant), to the Vol-
cano steam-vessel, at Woolwich.

Midshipman—o. R. Forrest, to the Albion.
Master's Assistant—John Hutchings, to the Albion.
Gunner—Mackinnon Loftley, to the Penguin, 6,
at Devonport.
MANNING THE NAVY.--We stated yesterday that
the Albion 90, Captain Hope Johnstone, will leave
Plymouth Sound on the 17th for the Mediterranean.
Some comments have been made on the slow man-
ning of this ship, and the popularity of the captain.
We may observe that the entries for the Albion have
been retarded, inasmuch as she was not required for
sea service immediately. Since she was commissioned
the following vessels have been fitted out and sent on
foreign service :—Portland, 50 ; Fox, 42 ; Thetis,
38; Harlequin, 12; and steamers—Dauntless, 24 ;
Retribution, 28 ; Dragon, 6 ; Wasp, 12 ; Geyser, G ;
Hecate, 6 ; and Locust, and advanced complements
have been entered for the Trafalgar, 120, at Sheer-
ness, and Bellerophon, 78, at Devonport. Captain
Johnstone was a popular man, and, we believe, will
maintain that character towards officers and men,
eschewing pomposity and quarter-deck overbearing
with the former, and treating the latter as fallible
mortals, to be led rather than driven, or balliEd into
first-rate discipline. As a matter of course " Jack"
will prefer the smaller ships in commission, and espe-
cially those for the coast of Africa; but when officers
are treated by their captain as gentlemen, and the
crew are looked upon as worthy members of an effi-
cient fleet, there will be no lack of volunteers when
they are required.
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Deut. Dunbar, R.M., who returned to England in
the Rattlesnake, from Port Essington, with the Royal
Marine detachment withdrawn from that plaw., died
almost suddenly, but not unexpectedly, on Friday
night last. He will be interred with military honours
at Woolwich to-morrow.

PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE FIREFLY, STEAM- VESSEL.
-Messrs. Stilwell have given notice to Lieut. Pon-
sonby and the officers and crew of the Firefly that
they will be paid, on the 24th inst., at No. 22, Arun-
del-street, Strand, their respective proportions of ton-
nage bounties for the slave brigantine Gerardo, seized
-on the sth of October, 1848, and that the list will be
re-called, at the same place, on Tuesdays and Thurs
days, for the three following months. Flag share,
631.45. 83.; lieutenant commanding, 1331. 7s. Id. ;
fourth class, 331. 65. 93.; fifth, 30/. Os. ld,; sixth,
201. Os. ld. ; seventh, 16/. 13s. 43. • eighth, 13/. 63. Bd. ;
ninth, 101.; tenth, 6/. 13s. 4d.; efeyenth, 51. ; twelfth,
3/. Os. 83., thirteenth, 2/. 10a. Those who were en-
titled to share in the bounties granted for the Gua-
hyby and Mercurio, seized on the 24th of March and
7th of April, 1848, will be subject to a deduction,
having been overpaid in consequence of Mr. Charles
Downward, master's assistant supernumerary, being
borne on the prize lists as supernumerary only, and
since ordered by Admiralty minute to share in his
proper rating as doing duty by order-
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE SPY.-Mr. Woodhead has
given notice that the account of sales of the proceeds
arising from the capture of the slave vessel Amelia
by the Spy, Lieutenant George Western commanaer,
on the 15th of April, 1849, will be registered iu the
High Court of Admiralty on or after the 13th inst.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE CAPTURE OF THE PIRATES.
-Messrs. Halletts have given notice to Commander
Johnstone and the officers and company of the Scout,
who were actually on board at the capture and de-
struction of two Chinese junks on the Ist of June,
1848, that they will be paid their respective shares of
the bounties received for certain pirates killed or
taken on board the said vessels, en Monday, the 231
inst., at No. 14, Great George-street, 'Westminster,
where the unclaimed shares will be re-called for three
monthsi-Commander, 7351. 33. 23. ; third class,
981. Os. 5d.; fourth, 491. Os. 2d.; fifth, 441. 2s. 2d.;
sixth, 291. 83. id.; seventh, 241. 10s. Id. ; eighth,
191. 123. 18.#; ninth, 14/. 14g.; tenth,. 9/. 163.;
eleventh, 71. 7s. ; twelfth, 4/. 18s.; thirteenth,
3/. 13s. 64.

PRIZE MONEY FOR, THE TEAZER.---MeSSTS. Stil-
well give notice that accounts of the tonnage boun-
ties for the slave schooners, names unknown, seized
on the 231 of April, 1849, and Felicidade, seized on
the 311%1'v, 1849, by the Teazer, will be deposited
on the 12th instant in the registry of the High Court
of Admiralty, agreeably to Act of Parliament.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE PHILOMEL.—Messrs. Stil-
well have given notice that an account of the balance
of proceeds and of tonnage bounties for the slave-
brig Albertina, seized on the 31 July, 1849, by the
Philomel, will be deposited in the registry of the
High Court of Admiralty on the 12th instant.
Banshee stearn.packet will be fitted with new
boilers at Woolwich, about two months hence, for the
Mediterranean packet service.
Express, ex-Falmouth packet-brig, ordered to be
paid off this day, is to be fitted at Devonport for ser-
vice on the coast cf Africa.

Harlequin, 12, Commander Wilmot, was paid td-
Vance yesterday, by Mr. Henderson, the master-
attendant, for the commodore, on leave of absence,
and will sail to-morrow for the coast of Africa.
Locust steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander Curtis,
will leave Woolwich, for the Brazils, on Saturday
next.

Penguin; 6, Commander Etheridge, is to have a
complement of 76 officers and men. Her armament
is to be four S2-pounder carronades, of 17 cwt., and
two 32's, 32 cwt, on Hardy's slides.
Princess Alice, Dover steam-packet, after, three
mouths stay at Woolwich under repair, will be com-
pleted on the 18th, when she will proceed to Dover.
Volcano steam- vessel, Commander Rivers, is to
have a complement of 80 officers and men, which the
commander as a matter of course, and not a matter of
" Woolwich gossip," is entering as fast as he can. It
may also be inferred that, bound for the coast of
Africa, the gallant sailor who commands the Volcano
will not take volunteers. In fact twice as many sea-
men have offered as are required.
Waterwitch, 8, Commander Quin, reported in the
Channel, from the coast of Africa, will be paid off at
Chatham.

NEW STEAM Snirs.—The eminent firm of Messrs.
Richardson Brothers and Co., who have long been in the
Philadelphia trade, have just laid down three new screw
ships, two in America and one on the Clyde, to run in con-
junction with the City of Glasgow, which vessel they have
just purchased and purpose dispatching to-morrow, as the
pioneer of the fleet, to the chief city of the most important
state in the Union. She is commanded by Captain Mat-
thews, late of the Great Western. The second of the line
will be called the City of Philadelphia. To New York there
will shortly be a number of screw liners started. Captai❑
Eldridge may be shortly expected with one; she is as long
as the Great Britain, and is expected, as our Yankee friends
say, to "do great things." Captain Stotesbury will shortly
be placed in command of a fine screw steamer for the Ame-
rican trade. Captain Britton, late of the Constitution, pro-
ceeds from England by the mail to lay down a boat in
America, the engines of which are to be built in England.
Within a few weeks we shall have not less than 27 boats
trading to the Mediterranean and Egypt, &c., most of which
are now completing. In fact so much enterprise is now
being shown, that we may shortly expect to see not only
steam to every port in America, but to every place in which
England's trade can be cultivated.

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