The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-07 00:00:00

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY'S FLOTILLA.

At Southampton— The Pasha, Queen, Tagus,
Euxine, and Hindostan.
En route to Gibraltar and Southampton from
Mal to—The Indus.

En route from Southampton to Malta The
Ripon.
En route from Constantinople and Black Sea to
Malta—The Sultan.

At Constantinople—The Erin.
UNITED STATES SQUADRON.

At Naples—The Independence frigate, bearing
the flag of Commodore Charles W. Morgan ; Mis-
sissippi .teAm•frigate, Captain Long; and frigate
Cumberland.

At Leghorn—The Constitution frigate, Captain
Conover.

At Spezzia—The Jamestown corvette, Captain S.
Mercer.

En route from Gibraltar to Naples—The St. Law-
rence, Captain Paulding, and Erie sloop.
PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Terrible ateam•fri-
gate, Captain Mope, arrived yesterday at 10 A.M.
from Devonport to be docked, in consequence of
having taken the ground on entering Plymouth. She
will be taken into the Sidon dock to-morrow. The
expense of docking and undocking a ship at this port
is 501. per day.
The Bangalore convict ship sailed to-day at noon
from Spithead for Moreton Bay, New South
Wales.

The Raleigh, 50, Commodore Sir Thomas Her-
bert, sailed from Rio for this port on the 14th of
November.

The Dwialus, 20, Captain G. Wellesley, arrived
at Rio from Plymouth on the 2d of November.
It is rumoured that the force of Royal Marines
will be reduced 1,000 men in the new financial year's
navy estimates.
Wind—N. by W. ; light airs, and thick hazy
weather.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Divers belonging to the ship
were employed yesterday to examine defi cts in her
Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible, which touched the
ground on Wilderness Point on Wednesday last. It
is reported that a considerable portion of her false
keel forward is carried away, and that some of her
copper is rubbed off. She will probably return to-day
to Portsmouth.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Stromboli, Captain
Lord Amelius Beauclerk, came into the Sound under
canvass, on Thursday afternoon, from a cruise in the
Channel to relieve wind-bound skips.
Her Majesty's sloop Britomart, Commander
Chamberlain, was paid off in Hamoaze ont Thursday.
The schooner Active, Captain Gifford., came in
last night; left Gijon, on the north coast oaf Spain, on
the Bth of December, called at Scilly on 'Christmas-
day, and at Salcombe on the 27th. The Active has
brought passengers, several miners and others, some
time engaged on the works of the Asturian Mining
Company, at Marias Valley, three and a lnalf leagues
from Ovieda. A Spanish vessel, with thirty or forty
passengers, men and their families, engs.ged in the
same employ, entered the Thames about a fortnight
since. The Active landed two miners; and three
forgemen at Salcombe, and has brought here two
engineers, one moulder, two blast furriacemen, ,five
forgemen, puddlers, &c., with their families. Some of
these have been out three or four years,. others thir-
teen or fourteen months. The works- commenced
upwards of six years since, when the Spanish Go-
vernment granted the Asturian Comptimy a decree.
Many thousand pounds were expended before the mines
were reached, about fifteen months since. The passen-
gers by the Active state that abundance of " mine"
was to be found. At first the quantity of phosphorus
and arsenic which prevailed prevented the iron
from welding, but this difficulty has been entirely
overcome, and the works are now in a condition to he
turned to great advantage. The British establish-
ment remaining at Marias Valley, in December, con-
sisted of Mr. J. James, the mining agent, one minor,
two engineers, one bricklayer, one moulder, one
smelter, one refiner, one blast furnace keeper, and one
labourer; besides these some 200 or 300 Spaniards
were employed, but there was every appearance of a
speedy and total suspension of the works.
Wind, westerly, with rain.
APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, JAN. s.—Captain William P. Martin
(1824), of the Prince Regent, 92, is appointed com-
modore of the second class, and to command the ex-
perimental squadron ordered to assemble at Lisbon.
The gallant officer's appointment is dated Dece tuber
21, 1849.
Master—Thomas Wallis (1846), to the Gladiator
steam-frigate, at Devonport.
Surgeon—John Gibson (1835), to superintend the
Scindian hired freight-ship.
Paymaster and Purser—George A. Lance (1844),
to the Gladiator.

Second Master—William W. Kiddie (1846), re-
cently serving in the Spitfire, to the Gladiator-
Midshipman—Charles Hope Johnson, to the 'Ter-
rible steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.
Master's Assistant—William Barrett, to the
Gladiator.

Clerks—William Holmes Turner (1E41), to the
Agincourt, 72, depot ship of ordinary, Devonp ort ;
John Tompkins (1848) and C. A. Goodyer, to the
Gladiator.

Naval Cadets—S. P. ;here, to the Phaeton, 50,
at Sheerness; Allen C. Adams, to the Gladiator.
Gunners—William 11. Lewcock, to the Gladiator.;
David Hamm, to the Terrible.

Boatswain—Edward Mann, to the Gladiator.
Carpenter—John Lee, to the Gladiator.
Commodore William F. Martin (1849) was mid-
shipman of the Akbar, serving in the Scheldt in 1815;
and of the Alceste in Lord Amheest's embassy to
China, and wrecked in that ship. Ile was command er
of the Fly in 1823, and rendered important servic es
to British interests at Callao when senior officer lit
that place.