The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-09 00:00:00

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NAVAL IN TELL'
WHE STAFF OF TUB NAITY-47e following ti
mber of officers borne upon the navy list for this
year. -

ACTIVE LIST.—Flag officers, 151 ; captains, 515 ;
commanders, 848; lieutenants, 2,221 ; masters, 417
mates, 145 ; second masters, 186 ; chaplains, 108;
naval instructors, 64; director-general of the medical
department, 1 ; inspectors of hospitals and fleets, 16 ;
surgeons, 342 ; assistant surgeons, 297; paymasters
' and pursers, 450 ; clerks, 254.
RETIRED UNFIT FOR SERVICE, &c.—Flag officers,
65; captains, 187; commanders, 359; lieutenants
(Greenwich Hospital), 8 ; master, 1 ; medical officers,
315 ; paymasters and pursers, 28.
Including the Royal Naval Engineers, which now
appear on the list, we may estimate that there are
rather better than 7,000 naval officers on full and
half-pay mentioned in the Navy List.
THE COMMAND-IN-CHIEF OF THE BRAZILS STA•
TlON.—Rear-Admiral Barington Reynolds having re-
lieved Commodore Sir Thomas Herbert, K.U.8., in
the above command, the latter officer, in her Majesty's
sh'p Raleigh, 50, sailed fi om Rio de Janeiro for
Portsmouth on the 14th November.
THE COMMAND-IN-CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES.—
It is now reported that Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir
F. B. R. Pellew has declined the appointment of
Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies.—.Arazdical
Standard.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Terrible steam-
frigate, Captain Hope, will be docked to-morrow,
to have her bottom examined after her late acci-
dent by grounding. The state of the tide would
not admit of her being taken into the steam-basin
before.
The Sidon steam-frigate is loaded, and nearly
ready for trial. It is rumoured that she will be
shortly commissioned by' Captain Henry Chads, of the
Royal Naval College, son of the Lieutenant-Governor
of that institution, and Captain of her Majesty's ship
Excellent.
A letter from Constantinople of the 19th ult. in.
forms us that the Ganges, 84,
_Captain Smith, CIL,
joined Sir W. Parker's-iftret on-the 13th ult., from
England, and on the 15th the sciuidion left Basle.
bay for Musconisi' an anchorage in the. Mytilene
Channel. Basika•bay is .ap inconvenient anchorage
for a squadron; southerly winds, send in a hearl
sea right on shore. There is also a scarcity of fresh
water in the vicinity. The squadron is remarkably
healthy.
The Gitana, the Earl of Lincoln's yacht, arrived
at Constantinople on the 19th ult., with the Earl on
board. -
Her Majesty's steamer Ardent is stationed at Con-
stantinople, having relieved the Tartarus ateam-vessel,
Lieutenant Sir Godfrey Webster. The crew of the
former rendered some important assistance ashore on
the occasion of a fire which lately consumed six
houses in a village on the Bosphorus...

ROYAL MARISE ♦RTILLERY.
First-Lieutenant Steele, one corporal, one drum-
mer, and 25 gunners, are ordered to hold themselves
in readiness to embark for Plymouth for service on
her Majesty's steam•frigate Gladiator, just commis-
sioned at that port.
Five gunners are ordered to be embarked in ber
Majesty's steam-frigate Terrible, for passage to the
Mediterranean, to be disposed of by Sir William
Parker amongst his stuadron.

WOOLWICH, JAR. B.—Lieutenant G. W. E. Lloyd
(1849) to the Gladiator at Devonport.
Midshipman—Frederick A. Mace to the Frolic, 16,
on the Mediterranean station.
Clerks—George A. Eversfield (1846) to the Ganges,
84, on the Mediterranean station ; G. H. Walker to
the Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport; Samuel Smyth
to the Powerful, 84, on the Mediterranean station.
Naval Cadet—Henry E. A Walker to the Phaeton,
SO, at Sheerness.

Chief Engineer—David Partridge to the Gladiator.
Assistant Engineers—Charles Presgrave, Henry
Newton, John Shiel, and James Wheeler, to the
Gladiator.

Commander Fisbourne took up his commission at
- Woolwich to-day, and hoisted his pendant on the
Hermes steam-sloop.
The Lords of the Admiralty intend proceeding by
the North Kent Railway on Thursday next to Green-
hithe to inspect the Enterprise and Investigator
previous to their departure, and on a searching expe.
dition to Bbering's Straits.
The Niger had her steam up today in the basin to
try her engines. She was visited in the afternoon by
Commander Crispin, of the Fairy royal yacht,
Lieutenant Hawkins, studying steam at Ports-
mouth, Mr. F. P. Smith, of the screw-propeller de-
partment, and Mr. Dinner, inspector of steam
machinery.
The following has just been issued at the Admi-
ralty : "Jan. 1, 1850.
" The war medals which it was expected would
have been ready at this date net having been de-
livered, all parties are hereby informed that due
notice will be given through the public press when-
ever they are ready.
" NM. This notice refers to the claims made sub-
sequently to Ist June latt, and it is supposed the
medals will be ready at the beginning of next month
(February)."

UNIVERSI T Y INTELLIGENCE.

TRINITY HALL.
CAMBRIDGR, JAN. 7.—Samuel Boteler -Pristowe,
Esq., M.A., 8.A., 1845, has been elected a fellow of
this society.

GOODIIEHERE FELLOWSHIP.
The funds bequeathed to the college by the late
Horatio Goodbehere, Esq., for the purpose of found-
ing a fellowship having become available, the society
are taking steps to carry out the intentions of the
testator. It is determined that the Goodbehere Fel-
lowship shall be a clerical one.
NEW LAW STUDENTSHIPS.
This society has just established some new Law
Studentships of the value of 501. per annum each,
tenable for two or three years at the pleasure of the
society. Graduates in Arts, and Students of Civil
Law of three years' standing, who have performed the
exercises for the LL.B. degree, will be eligible-Cose-,
appointment, provided they be bona fide proseculing
the study of the law with the view to practise as
barristers or as advocates in Doctors' Commons. The
first student will be elected after the publication of
the lists of honours in the various Triposes for the
year 1852, and there will be in general one election
in each succeeding year.

A very extraordinary and unprecedented occur-
rence took place on board the Ayrshire, a ship belong-
ing to Mrs. Warren, of Houndsditch, in her homeward
voyage from Calcutta in May last. Shortly after the
ship had crossed the Line, Captain Browne, the master,
had occasion to pull at a rope passing through a block,
which was badly secured with some rope yarn. Whilst
tugging at the rope the block gave way, and his own im-
petus suddenly carried him over the side. A noble
Newfoundland dog, which was a great favourite on board,
with the generous instinct natural to its specie., jumped
in to his master's rescue, and seizing him by the collar,
brought him in safety alongside, when both were hoisted
on board. It was only then that the danger to which
the captain and his brave deliverer had been subjected
became fully evident. A huge shark, which had been
playing for some time about the ship watching for wind-
falls, had marked the captain for its prey, and was
making towards him just as his four-footed deliverer
bounded to his assistance. They did not, however,
escape a!together unscathed, for just as they were get-
ting up the side their voracious assailant bit away half
of the poor dog's tail. The gratitude of the captain for
his double escape will be better felt than described,
effected as it was in so providential a manner. The
poor dog, who was of course much caressed, suffered a
good deal from the injury, but was ultimately cured.
THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.—The thermo-
meter at the Royal Humane Society's Receiving-hosts.,
in Hyde-park, fell during Monday night to 21 degrees,
11 below freezing point; but at noon yesterday it rose as
high as 36 deg., and at five o'clock in the evening the
mercury was still falling, and at that hour descended to
32 deg., showing every probability of the frost continu-
ing, at the least, for another day. The barometer in
Hyde-park at that time stood at 31 deg. 18 min., with
the wind due north. The various ornamental waters in
the royal parks were literally covered with skaters and
is
tolerably
firm; Club sliders
mustered dllring
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nuTmhbeemrs
nKoewn stihnrgeteoll
ch es gardens.and a
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thousandunce
members of o f the
Long-water Ska Skating
in
worth recording hap-
pened during yesterday, oafn tdhe
alihu The icem
firm; and not a single accideontg
people were congregated
together.Willianis rendered essential aid to
Mr. Superintendent incklinomeses,
the most
the skaters by pointing out dangerous parts of
the ice.
STATE or TJEADE.—MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. _We
have bad an exceedingly firm market to-day, with prices
still tending in favour of the seller. Stocks, particularly
of the lighter class of cloths, are generally cleared out ;
and producers being mostly under contract for some
time to come, the attendance of manufacturers has been
but small, they being indisposed to extend their opera-
tions without a further advance in price. The character
of the market is a full demand at hardening rates,
without a large business being actually done. Printing
cloth retains its position, and advanced rates are asked
on the lover qualities. Madapollams are novemuch
inquired for, and the praluction being smaller, the prices
demanded are high. Thirty six end 40•ioch shirtings of
all descriptions are easy to sell at full rates; 45-inch are
sold to a fair extent, but rates have not advanced in
proper ion to other goods. There has teen a large
business done in low jacconets for the East, and con-
tracts ex, ending over several months have been accepted
by the m Akers. Prices in these goods have advanced
about 5 per cent. Dome,tics are slowly improving.
The Hibernia, from New York, of the 26th ult., not
yet having arrived has cause a good deal of disappoint-
ment, and has, to some extent, re au:tints:l both buyer
and seller.

The arrival of the mail trait, from the south in the
mornings has been very irregular for the last three weeks,
it having frequently been two hours and more past tium
The cause of this delay bas not been explained,
_though
the public puffer the incenTenienceo—Netecastle brournaL