The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-10 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain Armar Lowry Corry, A.D.C. (1821), has
been appointed additional to the Victory (flag-ship)
at Portsmouth, for service as superintendent of pac-
kets at Southampton, vice Susith, deceased. Captain
Corry is a most able, experienced, and efficient officer,
who is sure to conduct the service with satisfaction to
the Admiralty and advantage to the country. He has
served about 20 years afloat, eight of which in his
present rank as captain of the Barham, 50, of the
Firebrand, as superintendent of the trial cruises of the
experimental brig squadron, and more recently in
command of the Superb, 80. Being. the 24th on the
list of captains, he will naturally succeed to his flag
rank before he has served half the usual term of his
appointment.
Lieutenant Joshua Berkeley (1849), to the Hogue,
60, screw two .decker, Commodore Martin's squadron
vice Hardman, superseded.
Chief Engineer—Peter M'Dowall, to the Archer,
screw-sloop, at Devonport.
Assistant Engineers—Robert Allen and Orestes,
N. Brooker, to the Archer.

Midshipmen—ffenry P. Bance, to the Assistance,
Arctic ship, fitting at Woolwich ; W. F. Johnson,
to the Amazon, 26, East Indies.
Naval Cadets—Charles W. Evans to the Fisgard,
flagship, at Woolwich ; William Childers, to the Vic-
tory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth.
Commander Arthur Grant (1848), inspecting
commander cf the coast guard station, Southend,
Essex, has died frOm the effects of a fall from his
horse. He passed his examination in 1829, was
made a lientenant, May, 1836, was promoted to the
rank of commander from the Fisgard, 42, when in
the Pacific, and last served afloat as second captain
of the Superb, 80.
A letter from the Hound, 8, Commander Patten,
mentions that Mr. Pitt, master of that vessel, was un-
fortunately drowned by falling overboard on his
watch, on coming out of Sierra Leone at night.
Every effort was made by Captain Patten and all on
board to save him, but all attempts proved unsuccess-
ful. The Hound left Ascension on the 11th Feb., for
the Cape of Good Hope—all well.
The Wellington, ordinary depot-ship, at Sheerness,
Captain Price, was paid down to six months on Mon-
day by the pay clerks from Chatham, who proceeded
in the Chatham yacht.
The Poictiers, ordinary depot at Chatham, Captain
P. Richards, C. 8., was paid wages down to six
months on Saturday last.
We hear from the Waterwitch, 8, Commander
Quin, through a prize, by way of S. Helena, that
she had made five captures of slavers within six
months.

The Duck, naval lighter (Savage, master), has ar-
rived at Chatham, with stores from Portsmouth, and
after discharging cargo, will load for Devonport.
The Magicienne, steam-sloop, at Chatham, is to be
fitted in every respect for commission.
The Sprightly, steam-tender, Master Commander
Allen, did not proceed to Plymouth from Ports-
mouth, the artillerymen for the Archer having pro-
ceeded there by rail.
The Bulldog, 6, steam-sloop, Commander A. C.
Key, which arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday, left
Lisbon the 2d instant. The Channel squadron was
lying at anchor there, all well. On the sth the Bull-
dog spoke the Encounter, screw-corvette, Captain
Gordon, proceeding to the Tagus. The Bulldog is a
fine steamer, and though loaded with stores and en-
cumbered by invalids, horses, hay, &c., she came up
Channel at the rate of eleven knots. She will be paid
off at Portsmouth, and when repaired form one of the
advanced steam squadron at this port. She is re-
turning stores, and got out her guns and shot yes-
terday morning.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY, FIVE, P.AL,—We have a
strong breeze, approaching to a gale, from the west,
which commenced blowing yesterday.
Loss OF THE ROYAL ADELAIDE STEAMER.—
Lieutenant E. Burstall, R.N., of the surveying
steamer Widgeon, writes as follows to the Shipping,
Gazette :—" In attempting to account for the me-
lancholy loss of the Royal Adelaide steamer, I can only
come to the conclusion that they must have shaped
a course up the Prince's Channel from the Tongue
light-vessel on a W.N.W. course, and the wind being
from S.S.E. it is very probable that she kept
springing to windward of her course, making:perhaps
only aW.by N. N. course good. This course leads
close to the N. of the black buoys on the Tongue
Sand, and does very well for daylight; but, as a pre-
caution to navigators of this channel by night, for the
future, I would strongly advise them to keep their
lead going from the Tongue Light, and not to steer
up W.N.W. until the water deepens to 8i fathoms,
distant about mile north of the light. This will
ensure a good fairway, and a careful eye should be
kept on the Bourse, as the channel is not sufficiently
wide to admit of much deviation. Having been a
long time engaged on this part of the coast, I venture
to offer these suggestions if you deem them worthy
your notice, and am, Sir, your obedient servant."
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Griffon brigantine,
Lieutenant Thurburn, lately from the Brazils station,
is ordered from Devonport to this port to be paid off,
and refitted as an apprentices' instruction vessel for
the Cork station.

Extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Hogue,
60, Captain M'Dougall, one of the squadron of evolu-
tion, dated Lisbon, March 31 :
" We had rather an unexpected accident the other
day at sea. Our Second Lieutenant, Mr. Hardman,
had a few words with the Captain, then quickly went
below, loaded a pistol, and shot himself, firing the
weapon off in his mouth ; the ball struck bis teeth,
took an upward direction, and came out of his eye,
completely destroying it ; he is now getting over it,
and is invalided home in the Bulldog. Unless a very
strict watch is kept over him, I am afraid he will
attempt it again. First Lieutenant Boyd, of the
Thetis, is in command of that ship during the absence
of Captain Codrington, on leave to England."
Extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Rifle-
man, Rio, Jan. 31 :—" On the 12th ult. the Rifleman
captured a slaver barque, called the Astrina, empty ;
the Cormorant, being in sight, shares ; having sur-
veyed her for measurement, she was burned the same
night. On the 10th inst., while cruising to the
southward, we observed a steamer, and closed her,
after a chase of three hours. She was the notorious
slave-steamer Providentia, a fast vessel, that
has made four successive trips to Brazil in the last
fifteen months, each time bringing from 1,200 to
1,500 blacks. When we took her she was on her
way across. We sent her to St. llelena on the 12th
inst., in charge of Mr. Beckett, midshipman, and an
engineer. The Cormorant is at Monte Video—went
down a fortnight since with forty tons of provisions
and stores for Admiral Reynolds, who remains there.
The Rifleman sails tomorrow for the cruising ground
to the northward, on the look-out for the arrival of
several expected slavers from the coast this month.
Her successful cruising has been the cause of the
most bitter feeling
.to the Brazilians in general, so
much so that the Griffon takes some important pro-
tests from the Government against our (as they
deem them) piratical proceedings."
PLTmouTu, APRIL B.—Her Majesty's sloop Alert,
8, Commander Hugh Dunlop, exercised guns and
discharged her powder in the Sound this morning,
and then went up harbour to be paid off.
Nine boxes of bullion were this morning landed
from the brig Griffon, 3, Lieutenant-Commander
James B. Thurburn, from Brazils, and, having been