The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-27 00:00:00

And your petitioners will humbly pray, &c.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a court was
held for the dispatch of business. The Lord Mayor in-
formed the Court that the Lord Bishop of Ely and the
Rer. Charles Marshall, the chaplain to the Lord Mayor,
had been appointed to preach the Spital sermons at
Easter. The Court proceeded to confirm the Rev.
Charles Marshall as minister a St. James, Duke's-
place, on the nomination of the Right lion. the Lord
fa the room of the Rev. Dr. inaul, resigned.

mcent, 120, in ordinary, was brought down
to-day to the jetty for overhaul, &c.
The Basilisk steam-sloop will be taken out of harbour
to-morrow by the officers and men of Captain Hender-
son's steam ordinary, to test her speed and machinery,
now that every portion is properly fitted for sea.
The Cygnet, 6, Commander Robertson, arrived at St.
Helena from Benguela on the Bth ult.
One of the new boilers making in this dockyard for
her Majesty's yacht the Victoria and Albert, under the
superintendence of Mr. Murray, the chief engineer of the
establishment, was tested by hydraulic pressure at 401 b.
t, the inch. and stood the test, as was expected.
Mr. John Warct, R.N., is appointed chief engineer of
the first class to the Blenheim, at this port, for se: vice
in the steam squadron in ordinary.
The following extract of a letter gives details of a me-
lancholy catastrophe off the Pirmus:—
" The launch of the Ganges, 84, was upset in a squall
when it was dark, and 16 men thrown into the water.
Six men were drowned, and the rest got to a small unin-
habited island; here they were in sight of the squadron,
and endeavoured to make signals of distress, but without
aucces,,. They were not found f r two days, when four
of the men with Lieutenant Breen, were found—starved
to death; the others were nearly so. They were hud-
dled together in a cave. A midshipman, one e.,,f the
party, was kept alive by the a armth of the bodies of those
heaped around him. What makes the affair doubly
shucking is that they were all the while in sight of their
own ',hip. but unable to make known their terrible
situat,on. '

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, FEB. 26.—Captain Horatio Austin, C.B.
(1838), to the Resolute, for service in the Arctic expe-
dition.
Captain Erasmus Ommanney (1846), to the Assist-
ance, for service in the Arctic expedition.
Lieutenant Sherard Osborn (1846), to the Pioneer,
for service in the Arctic expedition.
Lieutenant Robert D. Aldrich (1842), to the Resolute.
Lieutenants F. L. bi'Clintock (1845), and J. E.
Elliott (1845), to the Assistance.
Master Robert C. Allyn (1841), to the Resolute.
Paymaster and Purser J. E. Brooman (1846), to the
Resolute.
Clerk•in-charge J. D. Parminter (1843), to the As-
sistance.

Second-Masters J. H. Allard (1847), to the Pioneer,
and W. R. Shellsbeer, to the Assistance.
Clerk James Lewis, to the Resolute.
Boatswain Edward Langley, to the Resolute.
Carpenter Robert Hall, to the Resolute.
Midshipman Jenkins R. Thomas, to the Conflict..
The names of the vessels fur the Arctic expedition,
under the command of Captain Austin, C. 8., have been
changed from Baboo, Ptarmigan, and Eider, to Resolute,
Assistance, and Pioneer, and have been commissioned
this day. The vessel previously named the Ptarmigan
was soon unloaded at Woolwich, upwards of 300 tons of
coals having been discharged in about 24 hours, and her
decks were washed and the spare spars all taken out to
allow of her being taken to Mr. Green's ship-building
yard by the Jasper steam-vessel at 12 o'cloek to-day.
Captain Austin returned to town to-day from Hull,
where he had been to meet some of the captains of the
whaling vessels now nearly ready for sea at that port.
The Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring held his second
levee for the season to-day, and it was attended by the
following officers:—
Captains Charles Graham, C.B. (1830), William Ho-
neyinan Henderson, C.B. (1838), Charles Smith (1841),
George William Douglas O'Callaghan (1846), Wallace
Houston (1847), and Thomas Harvey (1848).
Commanders Jonas Archer Abbott (1841), George
Alexander Seymour (1845), Lewis de Tessier Prevost
(1845), Frederick Archibald Campbell (1846), William
Critchell (1846), William Tomlin Griffiths (1846),
George Johnson (1846), Richard Murdoch Robertson
(1847), Robert Coote (1847), Charles Frank Newland
(1847), and James Aldworth St. Leger (1848).

Lieutenants Charles Gibbs CraWley (1838), Edward
Roche Power (1839), Alfred Royer (1841), George
William Wilkinson (1841), Andrew R. Dunlap '1842).
and Samuel Twyford (1849).
Paymasters and Pursers Joseph Mason (1808), John
E. Brooman (1846), and John Macdow all (1847).
PLTITOUTII, FEB. 25.—The steamer Conflict went up
harbour this morning, preparatory to being docked for
examination.

The brig Ferret was unmasted to-day.
This afternoon there was launched from the building-
yard of Messrs. W. Moore and Son, Friary, Plymouth, a
fine new barque registering 250 tons, but capable of carry-
ing 350. She was built for the Southern Whale Fishing
Company, and is called the Sir James Ross, in honour
of the Great Arctic navigator. Her hold is constructed
to stow two tier of casks on their bilge', and her
'tween decks will take one tier on their heads. She has
ample accommochtion for the officers and crew, which
will 'number 35 in all—viz ,14 iu the forecastle, and
21 in the three cabins, which extend forward to the
after hatchway ; the lower deck is entire and caulked
throughout. The midships and midship sides of the
upper deck are firmly lined for the reception and cutting
up of fish. Her ground tickle is rather heavier than
ordinary. She is strongly built, coprered, and copper
falteneo, and will be classed A 1 at Lloyds for t.velve
yours. She will be provided with six b,b,its, two of which
rest on skids beta een the main and rnizen-rnasts, and
four will lie hung on davits over her quarter. Thu
Southern Whale Fishing Company intend to have thirty
ships such as the Sir James Ross; two, the Samuel En-
derby and another, are already gone out to the Fallaind
Islands, two are building in Southamptor, two in Lon-
don, and two in Scotland. These vessels ate inteeded
only for fishing; ships of greater burden will be
freighted to bring the stored oil frora the Falkland
Islands to England. The Sir James Ross is being fitted
by Messrs. Pope, brothers, of this place, and will aeon
be ready for sea.