The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following promotions and appointments have
taken place, in consequence of the promotion of Mr.
Pinhorn from secretary to commodore: Superintendent
Edea to be store receiver at Woolwich, vice Owen, de-
ceased.

Mr. Edward Thomas Burr, senior second-class clerk
at Woolwich, to by first-class clerk in that establish-
ment, vice Pinhorn.
Mr. William Evans Trafalgar Miller, senior third-
class clerk at Woolwich, to be second-dais clerk in that
establishment, vice Burr, promoted.
Mr. Thomas Henry Crouch, senior extra clerk at
Woolwich, to be established third-class clerk, vice Miller.
Mr. Thomson to be extra clerk at Woolwich, vice
Crouch, established.

These promotions, it will be seen, have all been made
from the establishment in, which the vacancy took place.
Mr. Burr was the senior second-class clerk,
.but not the
senior clerk in the dockyard. Mr. Burr was entered as
extra clerk December 13, 1813, and was out of the-ser-
vice from November, 1822, to January, 1825; was es-
tablished January 21 of the latter year, and was pro-
moted to the second class May 18, 1843; consequently
he has 34i years' service. We believe, however, that
there is a clerk at Woolwich Dockyard who has been an
established clerk for 381 years.
The Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., has left the Admiralty,
for Chatsworth, Derbyshire.

APPOINT)IENTS.
WOOLWICH, AUG. 12.—Surgeon Edward Heath (1845),
to the Flamer steam-vessel, at Portsmouth.
'Second Master Edmund Wilds (1818), to the Retri-
bution steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Midshipmen J. Colquhoun to the Retribution, and
Walter H. H. Grable to the Flamer.
Commander James A. St. Leger (1848) is expected to
commission the Flamer steam-vessel at Portsmouth.
The Firefly steam-vessel is also expected to be imme-
diately commissioned at Woolwich.
The Perseus receiving-ship, Lieutenant-Commander
Greet, was towed down the river on Thursday from her
moorings opposite the Tower, to be broken up at Dept-
ford, and the Crocodile was towed up on Saturday to be
commissioned that day by Lieutenant-Commander
Greet, in place of the Perseus. The other officers serv-
ing formerly in the Perseus have been appointed to the
Crocodile.
The Advice steam-vessel went up the river to-day to
Deptford, having on board two sergeants and 11 privates
of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, with four
women and fire children, who were to embark in the
Earl of Auckland store-ship for a passage to the Island
of Ascension. The non-commissioned officers and men
are volunteers for service at Ascension.
PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 12.—The Stromboli steam-
sloop, Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, arrived this morn-
ing, and came into harbour at two P.M., with marines
and marine artillery on board, from Pembroke.
The Inflexible steam-sloop sails this evening, or early
to-morrow morning.
The Victoria and Albert went out of harbour to
Cowes to-day, the Fairy and Elfin in company.
The Retribution steam-frigate hoisted the pendant this
morning.

An Kmerican packet arrived at Spithead this morning
rom the eastward.

Wind S.E., light breeze and fine.

BOROUGH. OF LAMBETH.
A crowded meeting of the electors of this borough
took place last evening, in the Assembly Room at the
Horns Tavern, Kennington, to receive the farewell
address of Charles Pearson, Esq., upon his recent re-
tirement from Parliament.
On Mr. Pearson entering the room, and proceeding
to the platform, he was greeted with he cordial cheers
of the meetine..
Mr. HenryDoulton have been called to the chair,
Mr. CHARLES PEARSON said he understood some of
his constituency had expressed astonishment at his
retirement from the representation of the borough,
notwithstanding the explanation of his motives given
in his published address. This expression appeared
to indicate a low estimate of the honour of Members
of Parliament; for it was quite clear that it had be-
come his duty to resign his seat when he felt that
his official avocations as City solicitor would not
permit him, with a due regard to his health,
to retain his seat.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Pear-
son then read extracts from his first address to
the electors of Lambeth, to prove that he had
pledged himself to take this course if be should find
the effectual discharge of the duties of the two
offices prove more than his health and strength
could sustain. Ile had found out that fact from
the experience of the last three years, and he had
deemed it right to resign his commission into the hands
of his constituency, unimpaired by neglect and unsul-
lied by dishonour, rather than leave it either to his con-
stituents or his clients to make the discovery.—
(Cheers.) He had for more than thirty years been an
advocate for triennial elections. He did not content
himself with moving, or speaking, or voting in its fa-
vour. He had given a practical proof of the sincerity
of his convictions—he had been elected a Member on
the 29th of July, 1847, and on that day three years he
had resigned his seat for the reasons to which he had
before adverted.--(Cheers.) He courted investigation
as to the manner in which he had performed his duties
while in their service. He had endeavoured faithfully
to represent their sentiments by conscientiously act-
ing upon those principles of political and religious
liberty which had governed his profession and his con-
duct through life.—(Loud cheers.) It had been said
that he had not been a great speaker in the House
of Commons. If by that it was intended to express
the fact, that he had not been a frequent speaker,
or a lengthy speaker, those who made the observation
were right, and he claimed credit for not having
imitated bad examples by inflicting long speeches
upon his patient and suffering colleagues.—(Cheers.)
Whether he walked a mile or talked a mile, it was
equally easy; but, as he told the electors before they
chose him, he did not intend to become a standard-
bearer of agitation, and he was determined not to
speak upon any of the favourite topics of public dis-
cussion unless he thought himself qualified to commu-
nicate some information of which the House was not
in possession.—(Hear.) The habit of speaking at all
times and on all subjects might be gratifying to per-
sonal vanity; but the endless repetitions which formed
the staple of a large portion of the House of Comsnons'
oratory did but serve, to obstruct public business
without advancing any one public principle they
proposed to uphold.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Pearson expatiated at some length on his rea-
sons for resigning, which appeared to be satisfactory
to the meeting; after which,
Mr. FREDERICK DOULTON said he thought they
should not separate without putting upon record the
sense they entertained of their late representative's
conduct in Parliament. He bad, therefore, great
pleasure in moving :—" That this meeting highly ap-
preciate the honourable conduct of their late repre-
sentative, Charles Pearson,,Esq., who, while enjoying
the full confidence of his constituents, resigned into
their hands the trust they had reposed in him, when
he felt himself unable, from ill-health, to continue to
discharge its duties satisfactorily to himself."
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