The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Chaplains—The Rev. Edgar B. Barnes, BA.,
naval instructor to the Prince Regent, 90, Channel
squadron, to be chaplain also of that ship; Rev.
Richard Croker, from the Prince Regent to the Ter-
rible, steam•frigate, at Devonport, vice Dyne, whoee
appointment is cancelled.
Clerks—H. R. Shaw (1844), to the Superb, 80, at
Queenstown; George Penfold (1842), to the South-
ampton, 50, flagship at the lArazils ; G. A. S. Ley
(1849), to the Asia, 84, flag-ship in the Pacific.
Carpenter—B. Bennett, acting at Portsmouth, has
been confirmed.

Captain Chads, C.B. of the Excellent gunnery.
ship, at Portsmouth, and Captain Yates, of the Illus.
trious depot-ship, of that ordinary, are on leave oi
absence.

Captain George Smith, the superintendent of
packets at Southampton, has obtained from the Ad-
miralty an order to he supplied from the Ordnance
with a lever target for the practice of the packet
crews.

It is reported, on good authority, that the Admi-
ralty intend to reduce the appointments of agent
victuallers at Malta and Bermuda.

The Ocean, Captain Greville, flig-ship of the Com-
mander-in-Chief at Sheerness, was paid six months'
wages on the 31st December.
The Northumberland, old 74, has been ordered
from Woolwich to Deptford to be broken up.
A letter from the Wellesley, 72, Captain Gold-
smith, dated Bermuda, Dec. 12, says—
" On her passage from Halifax to Bermuda she
experienced a most terrific gale, many of the sailors
being sea sick from the tremendous plunging of the
ship. A sudden calm followed, accompanied with
very heavy rain and thunder, the wind taking her flat
aback, and a tremendous sea breaking over her,
which, however, did little injury, as they were pretty
well prepared for it. The Wellesley was expected to
sail in about three weeks on a tour round the West
Indies."

The Alarm, 28, Captain Ramsay, arrived at the
Havannah Dec. 3, and railed again for Barbados' to
relieve the Viper, 3, Lieutenant- Commander Bernard,
ordered home to be paid off.
The Amphitrite, 25, Captain Rodney Eden, was
at San Blas, Oct. 80, having arrived there on the
27th, in twenty•eight days from Valparaiso. She
was to fill up with water, and to proceed to Mazatlan
in ten days. It was likely she would visit San Bias
once more before she finally quitted the coast. If the
Meander, 42, Captain the Hon. H. Keppell, from the
East Indies. relieved her early enough, she will quit
the station for England about the middle of February ;
hut. at all events, she will not remain there longer
than the lit of March. It was supposed that the new
line of packets wouM not in any way affect the con-
veyance of freights by men-of-war. The latter would
always be preferred, on account of their security and
character.
_ _

The IJido, 18, and Dolphin, 3, are ordered to have
their defects made good per estimate.
Tne Britomart, 8, Commander Chamberlain, was
to have been paid off yesterday.
The Fairy and Elfin, royal yacht tenders, at Ports-
mouth, are ordered to have their defects mule good.
The Fairy will be in the hands of the shipwrights for
siz weeks.

The Devastation, steam sloop, at Portsmouth, will
not be out of the hands of the dockyard for another
six weeks.

The Hecate, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Shadwell,
with Sir IL L. Bulwer and suite, left Bermuda for
Chesapeake, Dec. 16.
The Prometheus, steam-sloop, has been towed from
Deptford to Woolwich by the Monkey end Advice,
steam-tugs. She will be completed there for sea.
The Fearless, steam-tender, Second Master Corn.
mender Wells, will be completed at Devonport by
the 9th.

*Mr. Humphreys, the chief engineer at Woolwich
Dockyard, is ordered to proceed to Chatham to inspect
the planing machine there.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.-It is now rumoured
that Capt. Lord John Hay will not be removed from the
Board of Admiralty until the opening of Parliament,
when a proposition will be made to reduce the said
Board by one member—not filling up Lord John
Hay's place, on the score of econom,.
The Adventure naval transport, Master-Commander
P. Wellington, sailed from this port this afternoon to
Devonport to be paid off. Mr. Wellington will com-
mission the Nimrod, 20 gun corvette, for transport
service, in lieu of the_ Ads.enture, which is not large
enough. The Nimrod, when ready, will sail for
Deptford, to load with
Government stores for As-
cension.

Mr. Grant, of the Clarence yard, is making one of
his improved cooking and distilling galleys for the
supply of the requirements of 700 men, for the Daunt-
less steam- frigate.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—Her Majesty's frigate Inde-
fatigable, Captain Smart,' was towed out of barb Jur
yesterday by the Fearless and Confiance steam vessels,
and moored in Barnpool, where her compasses will be
adjusted.

Her Majesty's brig Contest arrived on Sunday
from Portsmouth to take the January mails to Ma-
deira and the coast of Africa. When saluting the
Port-Admiral outside the breakwater a serious acci-
dent occurred to one of the ship's boys, who was
ramming in a charge. The man at the breech of the
gun omitted to stop the vent, and the piece unex-
pectedly went off, blowing away the unfortunately
youth's hand and shattering his arm. In this con-
dition he was quickly placed in one of the ship's boats,
in which he remained while the people pulled him a
distance of five miles to the Royal Naval Hospital. It
is stated that had - a vent stopper, invented by Mr.
Bothway, R.N., been in use on board the Contest,
this fearful mutilation could not have occurred. _ _

Forty shipwrights are to be forthwith employed in
he masthouse to make masts for the advanced ships,
in
_place of those condemned at the recent survey.

Wind, northerly, very light.
WOOLWICH, J. 2.—The Enterprise, Captain
C9llinson, C. 8., has now entered her complement
within half-a-dozen blue jackets, and the Investi-
gator, Commander M.‘Clure, also within a dozen.
They were both taken out of the basin yesterday into
the stream, and will be rea iy to leave Woolwich on
their searching expedition between the 12th and 15th
of the present month.
The Hermes steam vessel is having her rigging
put up at this port to prepare her for commission.
THE ROYAL. NAVY IN COMMISSION.
The following is an accurate and complete list of
the ships of the Royal Navy in commission on the Ist
of January, 18.50. This list, it will he seen, comprises
the name of each ship bearing a pendant, the number
of guns and men she carrie#, by whom she is coin.
minded, and on what station she is s',,rving at home
or abroad.
The ships in commis-ion are placed according to
th 3 seniority of their respective commanders ; "s."
signifies paddle-wheel steamers, screw
steamers, and " a." acting.
POR rsmou rir •

CommaAyr in-Chiof—Admiral the lion. Sir Thomas
Blertun Capel, K.C.B. Superintendent of Do,:kyard—
R-ar-Mtnirul Prescott, C.B.
Ships. Guns. Men. Commander.
Victory (104) 22 224 Capt. F. P. Blackwood.
Illustrious (72)
Excellent ...
Victoria and Albert
Blenheim (sc.)
Cuckoo (s.) 2 34 Com. Dumaregq.
Hecate (s.) 6 145 Corn. Shadwell.
Seaflower 6 28 Lieut. Warren.
Rolla
i' llin(s.) - Master A. Balliston (a.)
Fairy (sc.) .. — Master Welch.
Sprightly (s.) --29 Dlaater J. Allen (a).