The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.
Assistant Surgeon—William Bain to the Locust steam-
• vessel, Woolwich.
Assistant Engineers—James Paterson, F. H. Hodd,
and J. T. Payne, to the Locust.
The Commander-in-Chief Admiral the Hon. Sir
Bladen Capel, returned to Portsmouth from leave. and
his flag was rehoisted on board the Victory on Saturday
morning.
Captain Sherringbam, Lieutenant Cox, and Mr.
Taylor (master), who have been surveying in the vicinity
of Portland and Weymouth during the summer months,
have returned to Portsmouth, and will be employed
during the winter in mapping their summer work. In-
stead of going en board a hulk in the harbour to do
this work, Captain Sherringham has a room fitted up on
shore, which is a great deal more convenient, more espe-
cially as they have no seamen attached to their de-
partment.
Commander Harper, who, like Captain Slade, was
attached to the British Embassy at Constantinople for
special service, having died, Commander Borlase, of the
Naval College, Portsmouth, it is reported, is to proceed
to Constantinople to fill the vacant post.
Paymaster—William Brown (1807). has been ap-
pointed to the Queen, 116, flagship, in the Mediterra-
ne ea, vice Nicholls to the Queen.
Paymaster J. R. B!uett, of the Daphne, 18, on the Pa-
cific station, is reported deceased. Great sickness pre-
vailed on board that ship.
Lieutenant William Eade Shaw has been appointed
to command the coast-guard at Spittal, vice Lieutenant
Gutaman, to Harwich, vice Pearce, appointed to com-
mand her Majesty's ship Athol; Lieutenant Benjamin
S. Pickard, to command Porthillick station, vice
Knapman.
Lieutenant Joseph Clarke, of the Stokes Bay coast-
guard station, on Saturday morning, lodged seventy-
three tubs of spirits in the Portsmouth Custom-house,
which he found floating about in the West Channel.
Amphitrite, 26, in dock at Portsmouth, is receiving a
thorough caulking previous to being ro-coppered.
Avon stew]) vessel, sailed from Portsmouth on Satur-
day evening for Plymouth, taking down supernumeraries
fur the Albion, 90. _ _

Hecate steam-sloop,. Commander Hand, went along-
side Portsmouth Dockyard jetty on Saturday morning,
for the purpose of coaling and receiving on board a large
quantity of medicine and some other stores for the
squadron under Commodore Martin. She was to have
sailed last evening for Lisbon, but the violent westerly
gale blowing prevented her.
Trident steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Risk, ar-
rived at Devonport from Queenstown, on Friday even-
ing. She proceeds to Leith for seamen, and will be
attached to the Sheerness station.

DEVONPORT, Nov. 24.--The Wasp steamer, Com-
mander W. P. Crozier, which sailed this day week with
the November mail for the Coast of Africa, in conse-
quence of the stress of weather, put back on Tuesday
night and still remains in the Sound. On her passage
down the channel she encountered a series of heavy gales,
and Alien off UAant was obliged to bear up and run for
ihis port. The weather continues very boisterous, the
wind blowing quite a hurricane this morning, with se-
vere rain.

THE CHOLERA AND THE SQUADRON IN THE WEST
INDlES.—lntelligence from Port Royal informs us that
the Commodore is straining every nerve and adopting all
suggestions emanating from the Board of Health in en-
deavouring to check the fatal epidemic. Dr. Babington,
assistant surgeon of Imaum, is appointed surgeon of the
cholera hospital, in conjunction with Dr. Allen. of Kings-
ton. Hitherto no officer has died. Inspector Johnstone,
Surgeon Watson, Assistant-Surgeons Wade and Wallace,
of the hospital, and Dr. Beveridge, of Irnaum, are most
indefatigable in their attendance upon the unfortunate
victims.—United Service Gazette.
WOOLWICH, Nov. 23.—The Caradoc steam-vessel was
taken into the basin to-day, to have her boilers made-
more suitable for service on the Mediterranean station,
for which she is intended when again ready for sea.
Master Robert Wilson Roberts (Acting) of the Blen- '
heirn, and the portion of the crew of that vessel who
brought the Caradoc round to Woolwich, left this after-
noon by the North Kent Railway for London, en route
to Portsmouth.

The Fury steam-sloop, Captain Willcox, was taken
into the basin this afternoon, preparatory to being paid
off. Sae arrived in the morning, and delivered her shells
at the Royal Arsenal, and then went down the river a
short distancP, to ascertain the state of her engines,
which are considered to be very good, considering her
long period of service in the East Indian and the
Chinese seas.
The Locust steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Ro-
ger L. Curtis, has been armed with one 32-pounder of
32 cwt. on pivot, and two 12-pounder carronades of six
cwt each, and her crow consists of 55 men.

Ships in the Harbour—Fisgard, flag-ship of Commo-
dore Henry Eden; Black Eagle, Master-Commander L.
B. Cook ; Lightning, Master-Commander John E. Pet-
ley; Advice, Monkey, and Jasper steam-vessels.
In Docks—Locust, Alecto, and Hydra steam-vessels.
In the Basins—Volcano, Rosamond, Teazer, Fury,
Caradoc, Princ-ss Alice, Banshee, Pluto, Tartarus, Minx,
Fearless, and Dwarf steam-vessels.

RENTERS OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
A meeting of the renters of Drury-lane Theatre took
place on Saturday at the Auction Rooms of Messrs.
Robins, Covent-garden, Captain Carpenter in the chair.
Some discussion arose relative to the exclusion of the
press, but it was ultimately resolved that that body
should be admitted, the chairman stating that there
could be nothing in the present discussion that the renters
would wish concealed.
The report entered fully into the present grievances
of the new renters, and stated that their grounds of com-
plaint consisted in the following causes ;—First, that the
management of the theatre was conducted by the sub-
committee of the company of proprietors, who had no
bond fide interest in the result of such management. Se-
condly, that the affairs of the theatre were conducted
without any reference to 'the wishes or views of the trus •
tees, and that the interests of the new renters were not
duly protected ; and, thirdly, that the sub-committee
sought to make payment as against the new renters, and
in priority to their rent charges, which were not au-
thorised by Act of Parliament. It appeared from the ac-
counts that the payments for salaries amounted to 5001.
per annum. The theatre had been let for four years from
the 26th of December, 1849. Mr. Anderson was the
lessee for the first six months in each year, and Messrs.
Jullien and Gye for the last six months in each year.
Mr. Anderson's rent was 2,500/. for the first season, and
2,8751. for each succeeeding season ; and Messrs.
Jullien and Gye paid 1,0001. for the first season, and
1,1421. 17s, for the remaining three seasons. Mr. An-
derson was restricted to the legitimate drama, and
Messrs Jullien and Gye were restricted from it. The
report concluded by recommending the necessity of the
renters possessing some controlling power of their own.
The CHAIRMAN entered at some length into the ac-
counts of the body, and stated it to be his opinion that
the charges made by the proprietors, especially the sa-
laries which were of so large an amount, were illegal
against the renters. He considered the most valuable
part of their property was the free admissions. and he
recommended that no offer should bo received if it for a
moment involved the loss of those free admissions. He
next alluded to the amount of arrears which existed,
namely, 14,000/., and stated that the trustees were
nAaoe
urging the renters' right for its payment.
Some discussion ensued as to the right of free admis-
sion which the renters possessed.
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any seat they pleased that had not previously been
taken in any part of the house, with the exception of the
above named eighteen boxes.
The report was unanimously adopted.
A cordial vote of thanks was given to the trustees for
their continued efforts for the interests of the renters.
A very long and desultory conversation ensued, bear-
ing principally en the subject of the renters' grievances.
After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting
separated.

An editor was recently seen in Nashville, in the
undisturbed possesion of a Thousand Dollars The police are
after hire.—American Paper.