The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-23 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, SFPT. 21.—Lieutenant—Francis A.
Close (18150), to the llecate steam-vessel, commis-
sioned at Portsmouth.

Master—John Richards (1847), recently serving
;n the Geyser stesm-sloop, to the ecate.
Paymaster and Purser—Thomas Pidcock (1846),
;o the Hecate.

Mate—Augustus G. Broadhead (1849), from the
Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the'lmpreg-
nable, 104, flag-ship at Devonport.
Midshipman—William H. Malone, to the Hecate.
Master's Assistant—George A. F. Day, to the Tra-
falgar, 120, at Sheerness.
Clerk—Henry Campion (1848), recently serving
in the Vixen steam-sloop, to the llecate.
Naval Cadet—Felix S. H. Weber to the Victory,
flag-ship at Portsmouth.
Gunner—James Milton, to the Hecate.
Boatswain—Thomas Foaly, to the Hecate.
Carpenter—Thomas Woodcock, to the Hecate.
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Rear-Admiral M. F. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C B ,
one of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Captain Si
Bald-win Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy,
visited Woolwich Dockyard to-day, and were accom-
panied by Commodore Henry Eden, Lieutenant Ro-
bertson, Mr. Macdonald, Master-Attendant; Mr.
Laing, Master Shipwright; Mr. Henry Chatfield,
and Mr. James Peake, assistants to the Master Ship-
wright; Mr. Edward Humphrye, Chief Engineer; and
Mr. John Trickett, assistant to the Chief Engineer,
while they minutely inspected the steam-vessels fit-
ting for service at this yard, it being intended to have
32 steam-vessels constantly employed for the sup-
pression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa ; one
of these vessels being ordered to proceed about the Ist
of every month with the mails, and relieve another
from duty on the coast. The sailing vessels at pre-
sent on the African station are to be withdrawn as
soon as steamers are ready to replace tl4m, and no
sailing vesse Is will in future be employed for the sup-
pression of the slave trade. The Alecto steam-sloop
of 800 tons, with engines of 200-horse power, built
at Chatham in 1839, from a design by Captain Sir
William Symonds, and fitted with paddle-wheels
was the first vessel visited by his Lordship and the
Surveyor of the Navy. The Alecto was recently
condemned as unfit for further service, but she is
now in the east dock having new planking put on, and
other repairs effected, and may yet be capable of a
lengthened period of service. After a short visit to
San Fiorenze, 50, building on the slip at the east
end of the yard they returned to the basin at the west
end, and went on board the Firefly steam-vessel,
Commander George A. Seymour, commissioned dur-
ing the present month, and to take out the October
mails for the coast of Africa. The Firefly' is 550
tons burden, with engines of 220-horse power by
Maudslay, Son, and Field, and fitted with paddle-
wheels ; her last service was on the coast of Africa.
The Wasp steam-sloop, fitted with a screw-propeller;
the Geyser steam-sloop, fitted with paddle-wheels and
engines of 280-horse power, by Seaward and Capel ;
and the Buzzard, fitted with paddle-wheels and en-
gines of 300-horse power, by John Penn and Son;
and the Volcano, 350-horse power, engines by Rennie,
were also minutely inspected in the basin, and are all
in an advanced state nearly ready for service. The
Geyser is ready as an advanced war-steamer, and the
Wasp will be ready for commission by the Ist of next
month. The factory was visited after the vessels, and
his Lordship and Sir Baldwin Walker then left for
town, when they concluded their inspection, which
occupied upwards of three hours.
The Tenzer steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
J. H. Selwin, arrived here to-day from the coast of
Africa, and last from Cork, where she was obliged to
put in. Commodore Henry Eden inspected her in the
afternoon, the crew were mustered and went through
their exercises in a highly creditable manner, and
appeared an active body of men. The Teazer bad
taken four prizes during the short period she was on
the coast. She was principally employed in con-
veying parties of troops and Royal Marines up the
rivers, and has brought home .a' piece of brass
ordnance from the Gambia, which bears the date
1650; although it is 200 years old, and of Dutch
make, it is loaded at the breach, and the charge and
shot kept in their proper position, inside the gun, by a
quoin nearly similar to the plan of the gun submitted
to the select committee at Woolwich by Major Ca-
vern, of the Sardinian service, and now at Shoebury-
ness, having experiments made with it. The gun
brought home in the Tenzer belonged to one of the
native chiefs, and was found' in the bush. The crew
had it fitted on the capstan, and have often fired it,
but they say it takes longer time to load it and fire
than it would to load from the mouth of the piece.
The Firefly steam-vessel, Commander George A.
Seymour, is to be taken out of the basin on Monday,
and will leave for Greenhithe to have her compasses
adjusted on the 25th instant, and then to proceed to
Plymouth to be paid in ,advance, and take out the
mails of the Ist of October to the coast of Africa.
The Geyser steam-sloop, although ordered to be
taken to Sheerness to be kept in ordinary as an
advanced war steamer, will in all probability remain
here and be commissioned at thisport, Mr. Humphrys,
chief engineer, having stated ,to Rear-Admiral
Berkeley and Sir Baldwin Walker to-day that it
would be better for her to be employed on active
service at once than to lay her up in ordinary.
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD, SEPT. 21.—A martello
tower, in accordance with the report of the officers of
the Royale Engineers, is forthwith to be constructed
on the Stack Rock, commanding the entrance and
approaches to Milford Haven. This fortification will
be built in the most substantial manner, and mounted
powerful and effective ordnance.
London, have entered into the
wmiethssrs the.
Jackson,
most
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contract for its erection, which will be commenced
immediately and pushed forward with all possible
dispatch.
The Marten, 12-gun brig, built on the plan of Sir
William Symonds, late Surveyor to the Navy, was
launched on Thursday evening:. This is the last
launch from this dockyard during the present year.
A company
of Sappers and Mieeers, under the di-
rection of an officer of the corps of Engineers, have
been engaged in surveying the coast for the Admi-
ralty; they have erected towers for the purpose of
taking their levels and observations at Cardigan
Island, Mount, and other places on the Pembrokeshire
side of the river Tivy.

FATAL ACClDENT.—Between nine and ten o'clock
on Saturday morning, a lofty scaffolding, erected in front of
the house No. 23, Commerce-place, Brixton-road, occupied
by Mr. Alvey, stationer, came down. with a tremendous
crash. There were two brialayers and a labourer on the
upper platform, all of whom fell on the footway pavement.
The labourer, who escaped with come slight bruises, was
taken to his own home, but the bricklayers received such se-
rious contucins, that they wereimmediat ely removed to
St. Thomas's Hospital, where one .cf them, named Cooper,
died in the course of the day. The oliller man, whose skull
is fractured, is considered in a very precazious state.
Challenge—calling upon a man who has hurt ycur
feelings to give you satisfaction by shooting you through the
body. - _Eliza Cook's Journal.
The Cambria, Captain Leitch, sailed ft oml ,Uver-
po9l9ll§Aturdeh W Jialita and Biota.