The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-16 00:00:00

The CHAIRMAN then moved that a call of 5/. per
share on the unpaid-up shares bo made payable on
the Ist of October next, which was carried unani-
mously.

After a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors,
,he meeting separated.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants—James H. Groves (1849), and Charles
F.`Coventry (1850), to the Hastings, 72, flag-ship, &A
Indies.
Chaplain and Naval Instructor—Rev. Samuel Black-
burn, M.A., of the Powerful, 84, to the Dauntless screw-
frigate, at Portsmouth.
Surgeon—Archibald J. Little (1845), to the Phoenix
screw-sloop, coast of Africa, vice M'Shane.
Mate—Augustus G. Broadhead (1849), of the Excel-
lent, to the Fox, 42, at Portsmouth, for the East Indies.
Midshipman—C. H. Wilkinson, to the Dragon steam-
frigate, Portsmouth; W. B. Bingham, to the Salamander
steam-sloop, Devonport; Noel C. Smith, Gerard B. B.
Callaghan, and George IL Broadhead, to the Retribution
steam-frigate, Portsmouth; Thomas T. Bullock, to the
Trafalgar, 120, Sheerness; and R. M. Sandford, to the
Albion, 90, at Devonport.
Naval Cadets—H. J. Codrington, to the Dragon; H.
A. Burrowes, to the Fisgard flag-ship, at Woolwich.
The Admiralty will commence their annual tour of
visitation and inspection of the ports and dockyards to-
morrow, when they are expected at Woolwich. On
Monday and Tuesday they are expected to visit Chatham
and Sheerness. The Admiralty steam yacht Black
Eagle, Master-Commander B. Cook, left Woolwich yes-
terday afternoon to be in readiness to attend on their
Lordships on their arrival at Chatham, and to convey
them to Sheerness.
Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander P. H. Dyke,
has had rather an unlucky start. She arrived at Devon-
port on Wednesday morning about 10.30, when in going
into the Sound, by the eastern end of the breakwater,
she got so close that she struck, and listed over. She
got off again immediately, and went into Barnpool ; but
she will have to be docked before she will be allowed to
proceed to the West Indies.
Kestrel, 4, brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Baker,
will be paid off at Devonport on Saturday.
Rochester lighter, Second MastereCommander Down-
ward, sailed from Devonport on Wednesday, with stores
for the squadron under the command of Commodore
Martin, at Gibraltar.
Trincomalee, 25, Captain Warren, will be paid off at
Devonport this day.
The corpse of the late Mr. Rogers, clerk in the store-
keeper's office at Woolwich Dockyard, who was unfortu-
nately drowned on the morning of Friday last, was
picked up by some fishermen on Wednesday, in Long-
reach, and taken to Woolwich, where an inquest was
held on the body.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Flamer steam ves-
sel was commissioned at this port this morning by Com-
mander St. Leger. She will have a complement of 60
men for foreign service.
The Blenheim, 60, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8,,
with her complement made up with about 90 finefellows
from the Excellent, and a few officers, went out of har-
bour this afternoon, and saluted the Commander-in-
Chief's flag. It islreported she will proceed to the mouth
of the Scheldt.
It is reported that the Senior Naval Lord of the Ad-
miralty left town for Cherbourg on Tuesday, "just to
take a peep at the force and condition of the French
fleet assembled at that station."
The Dauntless, 24, screw steam•frigate, Captain Hal.
aced, hoisted the pendant this day.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir Henry Blackwood,
Bart., in dock, has topmasts pointed.
The Retributionssteam-frigate, Captain Warden, is
fitting out fast, and will speedily be out of the hands of
the riggers.
The Britannia, 120, advanced ship, fitting out for
serviceable guard-ship, has her topmasts ready for
pointing.
The Niger steam-sloop, Commander Heath, sailed
this evening for Devouport, en route to the coast of
Africa.
The Stromboli steam-sloop, Commander Lord Amtlius
Beancletk, sailed this evening at sunset fer the Scheldt.
The Alfred, Devonshire, and Blackwell, three
splendid Indiamen, sailed to-day for their respective
destinations.
The schooner-yacht Queen Victoria, 270 tons, by
White, of Cowes, the private property of his Imperial
Majesty the Emperor of Russia, came into this harbour
this morning from Cronstadt.
Very great activity now pervades this port and dock-
yard from the sudden recent influx of commissions, veri-
fying the old saw "it never rains but it pours."
Portsmouth Harbour and yard have not been so ac-
tively worked at any period since the long war—so arty
the old hands.