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

THE ARMY.

THE ADJUT ANT- GENEUAL.—Major- Guneral George
Brown, C. 8., K. 1.1., deputy adjutant-general, on the
start' at 111-md. quarters, has been selected by the Duke
of Wellington to succeed the late Lieut.-General
Sir J. Macdonald, K.C.8., as adjutant-general.
Major-General Brown commanded the Rifle Bri-
gade for upwards of seventeen years, and has seen
much service, having served at the capture of Copen-
hagen, in the Peninsula, the battle of Vimeira, Passage
of the Douro, capture of Oporto; battle of Talavera,
where he was wounded through both thighs ; at the
bridge of Almeida; Busaco, Sabuzal, Fuentes d'Onor,
St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, and Bayonne, battle of
Bladensburgh, and capture of Washington, and was
wounded in the head and groin at Bladensburgb, &c.

Colonel Wetherall, K.H., deputy acTjutant-
general in Canada, who succeeds Major-General
Brown as deputy adjutant-general at head-quarters,
was in action with a squadron of French frigates in
the Mozambique, in 1810 ; in many of the naval
affairs at the Isle of France ; at the conquest of Java,

1811, as aide-de-camp to Ithjor.Generiil Wetherall ;
and was made a C.B. for distinguished services in the
suppression of the insurrection of Canada.
Lieut.-Colonel Robert Nixon, late of the Ist or
R3yal Regiment, died at Brussels, on the 4th inst.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PROMOTIONS.

Assistant-Surgeons—Dr. Thomas Graham (Jan.,
1841), additional of the Hastings, 72, flag-ship East
Indies, to the rank of Surgeon ; and Dr. George Ray
(Jan., 1841), additional of the Wellesley, flag-ship in

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the West Indies. The above are among the 30 seniors
on the list ; but there are 20 eligible officers senior
to those now promoted.
Clerks—Walter Lomer (1829), and James Frear
Phillips (April, 1841), in charge of the surveying
steam-vessel Columbia, in North America, have been
promoted to the rank of Paymaster and Purser. The
first•named is the senior clerk on the list, of more
than 20 years' standing; the second is among the six
next seniors

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 Smith, 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—Peer 111`Dowall, to the Archer,

screw •iloor,—ut Devonport.
Assistant Engineers—Robert Allen and Orestes,
N. Brooker, to the Archer.
_Midshipmen—Henry P. Banco, to the Assistance,
Arctic ship, fitting at Woolwich ; W. F. Johnson,
to the Anmzon, 26, East Indies.
Naval Cadets—Charles %V. Evans to the Fisgard,
ffigship, at Woolwich; William Childers, to the Vic-

tort', liag-ship, at Portsmouth.
Commander Arthur Grant (1848), inspecting
commander of the ccast guard station, Southend,
Essex, has died from the effects of a fall from his

horse. He jassed his examination in 1829, was
made a lieutenant, 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.
\Vu hear from the Waterwitch, 8, Commander
Quin, through a prize, by way of St. Helena, that
she had made live 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.M.—We have a
strong breeze, approaching to a gale, from the west,
which commenced blowing yesterday.
Loss OF TII E ROYAL ADELAIDE STEA

Lieutenant E. Borstal], R.N., of the surveying
.:;earner Widgeon, writes as follows to the Shipping
C4'azetli; :—" 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 probablel that she kept
springing to windward or her course, making, perhaps
only a IV. by N. N. course good. This course leads
c:ose 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
iee.d going from the Tongue Light, and not to steer
up W.N.W. until the water deepens to 8i fahom9,
distont about I mile north of the light. This will
ensure a good fairway, and a careful eye should be
kept on the course, 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, TwasnAY.—The Griffin brigantine,

Lieutenant Thurburn, lately from the Brazils station,
is or dere,' 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 his teeth,
tools. an upward direction, and came out of his eye,
corn pletely 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 Ceptain 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 Astrma, 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 tu the last
fifteen months, each time bringing from 1,200 to
1,500 blacks. When we took her she was on her
wig across. We sent her to St. Helena on the 12th
in:it., 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 to .morrow 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 Ito the Brazilians in general, so
muc hso that the Griffon takes some important pro-
tests from the Government against our (es they
deep n them) piratical proceedii gs."
I 'LYMOUTII, APRIL B.—Her Majesty's sloop Alert,
8, Commander Hugh Dunlep, exercised guns and
disc barged her powder in the Sound this morning,
and then went up harbour to be paid eff.
Nino boxes of bullion were this morning landed
froifn the brig Griffon, 3, Lieutenant-Commander
Jan les B. Thurburn, from Brazils, and, having been

passed through the Custom-house, were lodged in
cf Mr. Morris, manager of the Branch
Bank of England here, fur transmission to London.
The merchant barque Gentoo, belonging to Mr.
John Brombein, of this port, arrived last night in
charge of Mr. Daniel Morrison, the mate. The Gen-
too is laden with a full cargo of timber for Landau,
and left Sitrra Leone on the 30th of January. Her
master, Mr. William Lakeman, was seized with the
coast fever on the 2d February, and died on the 7th.
liar only passenger, Lieutenant Crofton, 34 West
India Regiment, and two of her seamen, Edward
Martin and Peter Swede, were subsequently attacked,
and the last-named lay in a very dangerous condi-
tion, when the American corvette John Adams, 20
guns, hove in sight, about the 20th of February, and
her commander sent a surgeon on board the barque,
who successfully administered to the sick. Oranges
and lemons were also sent from the friendly Ameri-
can, which then sailed for Liberia and the south coast
of Africa. Off the Azores, on the 25th of March,
the Gentoo experienced a frightful gale from the
north-west, and on approaching the Channel she
has had to encounter the prevailing tempestuous
weather.
Wind S.E., smart breeze.
CHATHAM, Arlin, 9.—The Columbine, 16 guns,
Captain C. D. Hay, from the East Indies, arrived
yesterday afternoon opposite to the dockyard, having
been towed up by the African steam-vessel. On board
was a detachment of Royal Marines, paid off from
the Cygnet at Plymouth, consisting of 1 sergeant, 1
corporal, and 9 private, and they joined their head-
quarters at Chatham this morning. The Columbine
is to be paid off without any of her internal fittings
or bulk-heads being disturbed. The crew commenced
this morning discharging her stores and guns.
The Poictiers, 74, Captain Peter Richards, C. 8.,
was paid dowse six months on Saturday last, and on
the Bth instant the pay clerks from the Pay-office,
Chatham Dockyard, proceeded in the Chatham yacht
to Sheerness, and then paid down the Wellington,
72 guns, ordinary guard. ship, Captain David Price,
six months.
A court-martial assembles on the 10th instant.
The members forming the court meet at nine A.M.,
on board the Ocean, 80, flag-ship, for the trial of the
Assistant-surgeon on board the Clyde, 42, lying in
Saltpan-reach. The charge against this officer is for
drunkenness. Messrs. Essell and Hayward, solicitors,
conduct the prosecution.
The let battalion of the 12th Regiment, recently
arrived at this garrison from Weedon, were inspected
by the Commandant-Colonel James Simpson, who
was attended by his staff; and after passing through
the ranks, consisting of about 600 men, they passed
by the general in review order, and elicited much
praise. The battalion contains a fine body of men.
The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, is
ordered to be paid off at Woolwich on Friday, the
12th instant.
The Hercules store ship, Master- Commander Ro-
bert Fulton, will leave Northfleet Hope on Sunday,
the 20th inst., for Malta and other stations in the
Mediterranean.

TUB EXPERIMENTAL BALLOONS.
The last experiment made by Mr. Shepherd with
the message-balloons, which were sent up on the 3d
of March from the roof of the Admiralty buildings,
at Whitehall, have been very successful. A letter
has just been received at the Admiralty containing
one of the slips, picked up on the the 7th of March
by a commercial traveller from Birmingham, who
found it and observed several others of the same kind
Altona, near Harnburgh, a distance of about 450
miles from London. The slips must have dropped
from the balloon in its flight over the north of
Europe, and its ultimate fate is as yet unascer-
tained. The balloon referred to was made of gold-
beaters' skin, with an expansive balloon suspended
underneath to receive the gas us the expansion took
place in the upper regions of the atmosphere, which
accounts for the great distance it is known to hare
travelled. By the aid of similar balloons, Captain
CoHinson and Captain Austin my be able to make
known their positions to each other by dispatch-
ing them with slips in the Arctic regions, and they
may also be able to convey intelligence to Sir John
Franklin and his gallant companions, informing them
where provisions and friends are waiting or searching
for them.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
EPSOM SPRING MEETING.
The subjoiced list cf the flat races to be run to-mor-
row on the Downs, and of the steeplechases to be decided
on the following day, within ton minutes' walk of the
town, embrace the entries made on Tuesday evening,
and show an amount and variety of sport to which it
will be difficult to take exception. The first day's pro.
ceedings will commence at half-past one, with the Trial
Plate, to be followed, at two, by the Two years old
Stakes, the great race being fixed for three o'clock; these
events over, the heats will commence, and if they come
up to anything like the Epsom average, may be got
through about six o'clock.
The steeplechases, we presume, will not commence so
early, or be run at such short intervals. The ground se-
lected is on Epsom Common, about a mile from the town,
on the right of the road leading to Leatherhead. The win-
ning post will be within a quarter of a mile of the Wind-
mill, and the start will take place at the distance post, the
line proceeding past the winning chair, through the en-
closed lands adjoining the Windmill, over some quick-
set hedges. L. then takes a westerly direction towards
Newton road, then turning to the right up the valley,
leaving the pond on the right, up the hill, and finishing
with nearly half a mile of straight running. The fences
will be about thirty in number, and will comprehend
posts and rails, hedges and ditches, and two or three
ater jumps ; and the distance, twice round, will be
about tour miles. The stands for the accommodation of
the public will be placed on the hill, very near the win-
ning chair, and will afford a good view of the whole line
of course. The directors of the Brighton Railway have '
announced extra trains each day at low fares; there can
be no doubt, therefore, that the meeting will be success-
ful. The following are the present arrivals:—lanthe,
Borneo, Quiver, Cheerful, Buckhound, Sister to Pillage,
Salute, Ada Mary, Ellerslie, Mounseer, Radulphus, Leo,
British Yeoman, Molly, Rachel, and Fugitive.
The enteries aro as under:—
THURSDAY.
The Trial Plate of 501., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya
each ; for three-yrs-old, 7st ; four, 9st. One mile.
Age at lb
Mr. Stevenss c Knight of Gwynne ... 3 7 0
Mr. W. Etwall's b o Bushranger ... 3 7 0
Mr. Griffith's ch f Miss Spring ... ... 3 7 0
Lord 11. G. Lennox's b c Borneo ... 4 9 0
Count Batthyany's ch c Castanero ... 3 7 0
Sir G. Ileathcote's br c by Sir Hercules, out
Dark Susan ... 3 7 0
Two-years-old Stakes of 10 sous each, with 25 added.
Captain Archdull's f Quadroon.
Mr. E. Clark's hr c Edward of York.
Mr. Douglas's Don Pedro.
Mr. W. Etwall's Iracundus.
Mr. Gratwicke's b c Cadeau.
Sir J. Hawley's ch c Teddington.
Sir G. Heathcote's ch c by Velocipede, out if Lady
Geraldine.
Mr. Jones's b f lanthe.
Lord H. Lennox's b f by Don John, dam by Dr. Syntex.
Mr. W. Ley's b c Predilection.
Mr. C. Liley's b c Bold Harry.
Mr. Payne's ch f Catalpa.
Mr. Payne's Citadel.
Mr. Rani bottom's b f by Charles XII., out of Queen of
Cyprus.
Duke of Richmond's b c Buckhound.
Duke of Richmond's br f by The Ugly Buck, out of
Margollina.
Mr. W. Sadler's f Fringe.
Mr. Thompson's b c Jack Robinson.
The Great Metropolitan Stakes (handicap) of 25 sovs.
each, 15 it, and only 5 if declared, witn a bonus of
500 SOU. addei. Two miles and a quarter.
Age LA lb
•.• 5 8 7
▪5 8 5
•5 8 4
... a 8 2
... 5 7 12
• 4 7 11
... 5 7 10
... 4 7 9
... 4 7 7
... 4 7 6

Sir Joseph Hawley's br h Fernhill
Mr. Murphy's ch h Dough ... •••
Mr. J. 13. Morris na b h Ma'ton •••
Mr. Meiklasfli br m Inheritress •••
Mr. Gregory na b h Syl% an ... •••
Sir G. Heutheote's br u Black Eagle
Mr. Payne's b h Glendower
Mr. Meiklam's b c Raby .••
Lord Eglintou's c h c Bolus
Mr. U. Stebbings's b c Westow

ar.
Mr. Juquek.'s ctio Chantrey

... 4 7 5

Mr. Greville's b f Clarissa 4 7 5
Mr. W. Lucas's ch h Sunnyside 5 7 5
Captain Pettat's b g Eagle's Plume ... 5 7 4
Mr. Mciklam's br c Snowstorm ... . 4 7 4
Duke of Richmond's bl f Quiver ... 4 7 3
Mr. Adam's b g Ellerslie ... 5 7
Lord Egituton's br c Testator ... 4 7 2
Mr. 13. Green's hr c Abbot of Meaux ••• 4 7 0
Mr. J. Hudson's ch c Velox ... 4 7 0
Mr. C. Peek's b f by Melbourne ... 4 7 0
Mr. T. B. Charlton's eh i Kissaway 4 6 13
Colonel Anson's br h Backbiter ... ... 5 6 12
Mr. Carew's b f Eva 4 6 12
Major Pitt's br c Mounseer 4 6 10
Mr. Milwood's br f Ada Mary ••• ••• 4 6 10
Mr. Greville's b c Puffy ... 4 6 6
Mr. Gain's b c Lammermoor ... ... 4 6 6
?.4r. D. Leighton's br h Luxor, by Bay Mid-
dhtor, out of Thebes ... 6 6 5
Mr. Reynard's b c Wild Rose (late Latchlug) 4 6 4
Mr. Douglas's b c Sir Gilbert, by Lahercost,
out c f Countess 4 6 2
Mr. Burgess's b m Rcd Doe ... 5 6 2
Mr. Gratwickt's b f Cheerful ... „,. 4 6 0
Mr. Durrien's gr f The Nautch Girl „.. 4 5
Mr. Driokold's ch c Juggler, by Sleight-of-
Count Batthyany's br g Lepidus
Mr. B. Smelt's Ll e Damwk
Captain Archdall's b c Windischgratz
Mr. Osbaldeston's b f Sister to Pillage
Mr. C. Snewing's b c St. George •••
Captain Lowther's hr c Bastinado
Count Batthyuny's eh a Valentine ...
The rest pay 5 Love. each.
Railway &tikes of 5 suvs. each, with 25 sovs. added.
Heats, one mile. Age at lb
M:. b f Salute ••• •.• ... 3 6 0
Mr. IZoberts's eh f Heroine, by Gladiator ... 4 8 4
MS'. 11. Brad:y's b g Sam Hood 5 8 13
Mr. S. Herbert's b g Radulphus a 9 5
Mr. Death's b e Franciscan „. 3 6 3

4 5

4 5 10
3 5 10
3 5 7
3 5 0
3 4 10
3 4 7
3 4 4