The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-19 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS,

Captain George R. Lambert (1825), as we antici-
pated yesterday, has been appointed to the Fox, 42, at
Portsmouth, to relieve Captain Plumridge, in the Cam-
brian, 40, as Commodore and second in command of the
East Indies and China station. Captain Lambert is
the brother of the Captain of the Java frigate, who
was killed in the action between her and the Ameri-
can frigate Constitution. He has served about sixteen
years afloat since his first entry into the navy in
1807. He was in the Eagle, 74, at the Walcheren
expedition, and at the defence of Cadiz in 1810, and as-
sisted at the capture in 1811 of La Corceyre, frigate, 28
guns, with 170 seamen and 130 soldiers, and witnessed
the tall of Fiume, Trieste, and other ports in the Adri-
atic. He was promoted in May, 1815, served in later,
:36, and becoming flag-lieutenant to his brother, the late
Vice-Admiral Robert Lambert, on the St. Helena sta-
tion, in the Vigo, 74, was promoted to the rank of com-
mander, Jan., 1822. Ho commanded the Cornelison
sloop fur about 18 months, and was post-d in August,
1825; since that (late he has commanded the Alligator.
28, on the East India station, for four years, and the
Eudymion, 44, for some time, when in Jan., 1847, ho
succeeded Captain Pring, on his decease, as Commodore
at Jamaica, and resigned the appoictmcnt at the be-
ginning of the year 1848.
Commander John W. Tarleton (1846), lately paid off
from the Vengeance, 84, it is understood, will be the
commodore's first officer of the Fox; Mr. Garwood, the
master; and Mr. W. H. Dutton, the paymaster and
purser. Lieutenant John C. Byng (1846), to the In-
flexible (steam-sloop), fitting at Woolwich. George W.
Towsey (1846) to the Salamander (steam-sloop), fitting
at Devonport.
Assistant Engineers—C. Houghton, of the Blenheim,
steam guard-ship at Portsmouth; and W. Saunders, of
the Fisgard, flag-ship, Woolwich, have been advanced
to the second class. Elliot Percival, to the Niger, screw
sloop, fitting at Portsmouth.
Midshipmen—H. 13. Wratislaw, G. W. Strong, E. W.
Dillon, F. E. Barrington, and H. Salmon, to the Thetis,
40, fitting at Devonport.
Naval Cadets—H. H. Coulson, Hon. H. Hare, W. M.
H. Power, to the Thetis.
Masters' Assistants—F. G. Freshfield, to the Thetis;
J. H. N. Moss, and E. P. Hutchinson; to the Fisgard,
flag-ship, Woolwich..

Mr. Robert Sallenger is ordered to be placed in com-
mand of the Monkey, steam-tender, at Woolwich, vice
Bryant, superannuated.
Albin steam•vessel, at Sheerness, is ordered to be
commissioned as a tender to the Imaum, commodore's
sloop, at Jamaica.
Dragon steam -frigate, at Portsmouth, will not be out
of the hands of the engineers before the 31st instant.
Impregnable, 78, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B ,
11:g-ship at Devonport, was paid wages on Wednesd.q.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen, with Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal,
and the Princess Alice, visited the Zoological Gar-
dens, in the Regent's-park yesterday morning. Her
Majesty was attended by the Hon. Matilda Paget
and Col. Buckley.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited
the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert left town at three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, for Osborne, Isle of
Wight. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince
of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princess
Royal, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and
also by his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe-
Coburg and Gotha, his Excellency Count Mensdorff
Pouilly, and Count Alphonse Mensdorff Pouilly.
The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of De-
sart, lion. Caroline Dawson, Lieutenant-Colonel the
Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey,
Major-General Bowles, Colonel Buckley, and Mr.
Birch.
Her Majesty and the Prince were conducted to
their carriages by the Master of the Horse, the Lord
Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-Cham-
berlain, Lord Camoys, Col. Berkeley Drummond,
Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour, and Lieut.-Colonel
the Hon. A. Gordon.
Her Majesty and the Royal party went in six
carriages from the Palace to the Nine Elms station of
the London and South-Western Railway, and left by
a special train for Gosport.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz yesterday, at
Cambridge House.
Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Wednesday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners fir England I ad
a general meeting yesterday, at their office in White-
hall-place.
The Marquis of Normanby transacted business yes-
terday at the Foreign-office.

Yesterday Mr. Henry Berkeley and Mr. Philip
Miles, with a deputation from the Corporation of the Poor of
the city of Bristol, transacted business with the Poor-law
Board at Somerset House.
FASHION.—The great heat of late has exemplified
the difficulty which exists of getting anything sufficiently
cool fur ladies' wear at this period of the year. The trans-
parent fabrics in general are too. coarse and warm in their
effect. The only exception is in an article called Granidine,
which, while it has all the brilliancy and gloss of the glace
silk, possesses the lightness and " textility" of the most deli-
cate India muslin. During the last week our West-end
houses have been constantly searched for this agreeable re-
lief from Gros de Naples and Ducape, and has it has always
formed, however scarce, a part of the stock of the Messrs.
Jay, of Regent-street, much disappointment has been pre-
vented. It may be added that the evening head dresses of
this house are deservedly attracting attention.—Post.