The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-31 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants—George P. Mends (1841); George New-
comen (1842); and G. R. Moyle (1842), to the Trafal-
gar, 120, at Sheerness.
Second Master—S. Braddon, to the Trafalgar.
Clerk—T. T. Wise, to the Trafalgar.
The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence, with the Stromboli steam-sloop,
Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, left Bordeaux, on Sa-
turday, for Brest, Triport, &c., and is hourly expected
to return to Portsmouth. _ _ _

Alecto steam-alo4,at Woolwich, was surveyed on
Monday, by the master-shipwrights of Woolwich,
Chatham, and Deptford. It is likely she will be con-
demned as not worth repairing.
Britannia, 120, advanced ship, at Portsmouth, is or-
dered to take the place of the Illustrious in Portsmouth
harbour, to hoist the flag of the rear-admiral superin-
dent. She will in all respects be fitted as a sea-going
ship. She will have her proper lower masts and bows
sprit; but her yards, topmasts, and other spars, are to
be those now in use on board the latter-mentioned ship.
Cygnet, 8, Commander White, went out of Devon-
port harbour yesterday, and will be paid advance to-
day, and sail to•morrow for the coast of Africa.
Retribution steam-frigate has been taken alongside
the dockyard at Portsmouth, to be further brought for-
ward.

Salamander steam-sloop, Commander Elliman, was
taken into No. 5 dock at Devonport on Monday morn-
ing. Has had her copper cleaned, and was taken out
yesterday morning.
St. George, 120, the new de* ship for Devonport,
had all 'her masts and bowsprit put in on Friday, and
was taken to the yard on Saturday, where she is now
taking in her ballast and fitting for sea.

THE WALKER TESTIMONIAL.—Yesterday evening
a meeting of the inhabitants of the district of St. Martin's,
was held at the Cheshire Cheese, Drury-lane, for the purpose
of taking steps to forward the progress of the subscription
now raising to present a testimonial to Mr. G. A. Walker,
for his services to the cause of sanitary reform, especially
to the prevention of intramural interment. Mr. Lancaster
took the chair. The proceedings were purely preliminary; a
local committee was constituted for the purpose of elucidat-
ing the sentiments of the neighbourhood on the subject, and
taking steps to hold a future meeting on a large scale. The
meeting was then adjourned until such time as the cora-
tnittee should deem expedient.
THE WEATHER —At the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer iu the past
taevgerslg and
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week was •)9•691 inches. The mean temperature was 63 4
(legs., about 2 dogs. above the average of the same week for
seven years. On Monday and Tuesday, when the tempera-
turedrespectivelyege. 4ho ve t6h9e l
72deigvas.s,
airgidhe were highest,
the same days. The temperature then declined, and on the
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last three days the mean was below the average.
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NOVEL BAZAAR IN AID OF A RAGGED SCHOOL.
—Yeqerday a sale of useful and ornamental articles took
place under the arches of the South-Eastern Railway,
Neckinger-road, Bermondsey, in aid of the debt incurred in
fitting up the arch 114, as a ragged school for the education
of the poor children of the locality. The novelty of the
place selected attracted a numerous company. The place was
tastefully arranged, and the ladies who presided over the
stalls had their benevolence rewarded by the receipt of a
considerable kUlal is aid of the object 111 view.