The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-18 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following officers were received by the senior
naval Lord at the Admiralty, yesterday : —Captains
Crozier and Tozer; Commanders—T. Wilson (late of
the Howe, 120), Tarltton, Baynton, and F. Campbell;
Lieutenants—C. Millen, Derriman, Crawford, J.
Treveneo, L. Twyford, Whyte, -G. W. Towsey, Fel-
lowes (late of Howe), Hemsted, and Rich; Master—
George Johnston (late of Howe); Paymasters and
Pursers—C. Niblett, J. lMarsh, A. Nat,b, and H. K.
Conquer; Second Masters—W. Bourchier, W. D.
Aldrich, and F. R. Child.

THE EAST INDIES CONMODORESHM—It is reported
that the appointment of Commodore and second in com-
mand in the East Indies, to succeed Commodore Plum-
ridge, has been offered to Captain Lambert (1825),
formerly commodore and second in command at Jamaica.
DESTINATIONS.—The Niger screw-sloop, commis-
sioned at Portsmouth, on Tuesday, by the master, Mr.
Forster, for Commander Heath, who is on the Conti-
nent, is destined for the coast of Africa; she has bees
taken into dock to have some detect in her rudder recti-
fied. The Inflexible, 6. steam sloop, commissioned at
Woolwich by Commander Peclai Hart Dyke, proceeds
to the East Indies; and the Salamander steam-sloop, at
Devonport, to be commissioned by Commander Ellman,
goes to the West Indies.
Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, has some defects to be made
good at Portsmouth previously to being commissioned
by Captain H. Wells Giffard.

Fox, 42, has her lower rigging over at Portsmouth,
and is being advanced for commission for the commo-
dore's ship for the 'West Indies.
St. George, 120, was taken alongside Devonport Dock-
yard on Monday, to be prepared for docking.
Salamander steam-sloop, is charge of Mr. Martin,
arrived at Devonport on Tuesday having lsft
the Lavinia frigate off the Longsbips, with a fine
breeze, on Monday. She is to be commissioned by Com-
mander Ellman.

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, JULY I;.—Commander John S. EUman
(1845), to command the ba:umunder, 6, steno-sloop,
commissioned this day at Devonport.
Lieutenant F. A. ls. Crawford (1843), to the Imaum,
72, receiving ship, Jamaica.
Surgeons—Georgek (1841), to the Inflexible
steam frigate, at Woolwich; Frederick Stepan (1848),
to the Niger steam• sloop, at Portsmouth.
1112:e—Henry Hall (1850), to the Niger.
Assistant-Surgeon—G..A.lkin (1850), to the In-
flexible.
Second Master—William G. Aldrich (1849), to the
Imaum.

Masters'-Assistants—J. Ilutchinga and F. Piper to
the Innium.
Clerk—Morgan Evans (1850), to the Imaurn.
Commander John Wheatley (1832), having finished
a course of study of steam at the factory at Woolwich
Dockyard, was examined on Monday last by Mr.
Tiiclrett, assistant to the chief-engineer, and passed
satislacterily.
The Geyscr steam sloop, Commander Francis T.
Blown, was paid off in the basin at Woolwich Dock-
yaid today. The ship's company of this fine ship be-
haved in a most exemplary manner, not a single instance
cf drunkenness occurring. The officers, previous to
leaving, presented their gallant captain with a snuff-
box, as a slight token of their high estet in and respect.
They all expressed themsclvrs as truly comfortable in
the vessel, and hft her with much regret, as the best
feeling always prevailed amongst them.
The Volcano steam-vessel is ordered to be fitted at
Deptf•.rd with the steering apparatus invented by Cap-
tain Mangles Denham, R.N., F.R. S., which has for its
object the steering of it ship whe❑ on fire abaft, or when
her rudder head, tiller, or wheel may bo disabled in a
gale of wind, or by shot, during naval engagements.
The Desperate, 8, steam-sloop, of 400 horse power,
will leave Woolwich to-morrow, at six o'clock, A.m., ou
an experimental trial down the river, and will be taken
to Sheerness by Lieutenant Robertson after the trial, to
be fitted at that port for sea. Lieutenant Robertson,
with Mr. Stuart, the pilot, will return iu the Advice
steam-vessel from Sheerness to Greenhithe, the former
to take charge of the Retribution steam-frigate, and the
latter to pilot that ♦essel through the Downs, on her way
to Portsmouth.