The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Lieutenant William Horton (1842) late of the Thetis,
36, has been appointed to study steam at Woolwich.
Mr. Pinhorn, the newly-appointed store receiver at
Woolwich Dockyard, has been promoted to be Major iu
the Royal Dockyard Brigade, vice Owen, deceased, and
Mr. Moody, foreman of shipwrights, has been promoted
to be Captain in the brigade, vice Pinhorn.
The Admiralty will not commence their annual tour
of the dockyards and ports before next week.
The complement of the Retribution steam-frigate,
Captain Warden, has been ordered to be increased 20
blue jackets, making the ship's company 270. This ship
ought from her heavy armament to have a complement
of at least 300.
The complement of the Flamer steam-sloop, Com-
mander St. Leger at Portsmouth, is also ordered to be
increased to 66 officers and men.
All the ships at Portsmouth are gradually filling up
their complements. The Retribution only wants about
50 blue jackets, and the Dauntless screw-frigate, Cap-
tain Halstead (which ship also ought to have at least
3GO men to work her powerful batteries) requires 70
blue jackets. The Thetis 38, Captain Kuper, C. 8., at
Devonport, is only half-a:dozen short.
Monarch, 85, to be the new guard ship of the ordi-
nary at Sheerness. is ordered to be re-coppered.
Vengeance, 14, Captain Sir H. M. Blackwood, Bart.,
is ordered to be re-coppered at Port.moutb.
PLYMOUTH, Auc. 20.—Her Majesty's steam-vessel
Salamander went down the Sound on Monday to have
her compastes adjusted. She will be paid wages on
Wednesday, and will sail with a mail for Rio, whence
she will proceed to the East Indies.
Her Majesty's brig Liberty arrived on Sunday from
Pembroke. She came into harbour on Monday, and was
taken into d( ck the same day to be coppered.
Wind—West, fine weather.
WOOLWICH, Auc. 21.—Rear-Admiral of the. Blue
Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., is appointed to the command of
her Majesty's vessels in the Pacific, in the room of
Rear-Admiral of the White Phipps Hornby, C. 8.,
whose three years of command on that stivim are now
completed, having been appointed on the 25th of
August, 1847.
The Jasper steam-vessel towed the Princess Royal
store-ship to-day from her moorings, opposite the Royal
arsenal, where she had been delivering old stores, to
Deptford, to have her provisions and stores put on board
at that port for further service.
A number of horse-boxes were sent up the river to-
day from Woolwich to the Aberdeen-wharf for the con-
veyance of the horses that will be required at Balmoral.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Dc puty-AdjutaGt-Generars-office,
Woolwich, August 17, 1850.

GENERAL ORDER.
His Lordship, the Master-Genersl, has been pleased
to approve of the following
officers exchanging coal-

Second Captain R. H. Crofton, of Major Ask. -
with's company, sth battalion, with Second Captain
P. F. G. Scott, of Captain Maclean's company, 11th
battalion.

Firs;-Lieutenant W. M. King, of Captain Mitchell's
company, 10th battallion, wi(ti Lieutenant J. A. Y.
Adams, of Captain Turner's company, 6th battalion.
H. D. Ross, Deputy-Adjutant-Gene►al.

Deputy-Adj u. an t -G eneral's-:.ffice.
Woolwich, August 19, 1850.
GENERAL ORDER.
1. Second-Lieutenant W. W. Hagen is tran,ferred
from Captain Hill's company, Bth battalion, to Captain
Warnurtona company, 6.b battalion. By order of the
blaster-General.
2. Sergeant David Hoge, 6th battalion, is appointed
Acting Quartermaster-Sergeant to the field batteries.
J, E. JONES, Colonel, Assistant-Adjutant-Generitl•