The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-17 00:00:00

CHESTER ELECTION.

The elevation of Sir John Jervis to the bench having
caused a vacancy in the representation of Chester:, the
citizans have been on the qui vice respecting candidates
presenting themselves for their suffrages. Placards of
every conceivable size, colour, and character, already
adorn the walls of the old city, and on Monday addresses
were issued by Mr. Jervis, the son of the late Member,
by the llon. W. 0. Stanley, the son of Lord Stanley, of
Alderley, in this .county, on the Liberal interest, and by
Mr. C. E. Egerton on the Tory interest. On Saturday
evening a public meeting
took place at the Albion As-
sembly Rooms, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the expected vacancy in the rep:esintation. Mr.
Jervis attended the meeting, and entered into an elah-
rate explanation (?t hip political views. It was announced
that Mr. St .rley intended to come forward, upon which
.Ir. Jervis said that rather than divide the Liberal cause
he would retire. This ra,hcr divided the meeting, but
on a resolution being put affirming Mr. Jervis tube " a
fit and proper person to represent the city of Chester in
Parliament," and an amendment in favour of Mr. Stanley
hlviDg been lost on a show of hands, Mr. Jervis' ex-
pressed himself to the effect that, taking the feeling of

the electors to he in his favour, he should proceed on
Monday with his canvass.
The lion. W. 0. STANLEY addressed a numerous body
of the electors at the Royal Hotel on 'Monday evening.
In the coarse of his azidcess l'Ar. Stanley explained that
ho r.ppear.2l them li:o.Lan,;:l he had been r q tested
to offer hitn,,lf as a candidate on the Liberal ira,:erest
an ielitieni portion of thot interest who declined havirnz
anything why cver to do with the son of the late Atte:-
ney-Geneial. lle (.11r. Stanley) yen.; determined, how-
ever, not to remain in the field with a seeoed Liberal
candidate, or ce r. Egerton (the ConservaTivc) would in
all probability be returned. suggested that some steps
should be taken for ascertaining wheth:er lair:se:lt or Mr.
Jervis was the most acceptahle to the constituency,
pledging himself to retire if ho had not a decided mrij,)-
rity in hii favour, and expressing a hope that Mr. Jervis
would do the same if he was xi, t the most acceptable
candidate. After briefly stating his p,litical principles,
he concluded by intimating his determination not to
peril the Liberal cause by announcing himself as a can-
didate.

The meeting was then addressed by Mr. W. Jackson,
M.P., Mr. Wardell, banker, and Mr. Rossi'', all of whom
vehemently maintained that Mr. Stanley was the abler
and the better man, that he had the confidenca of the
great body of the Liberal electors, and that Mr. Jervis
was bound to retire.

The question was then put to the meeting whether
Mr. Stanley or Mr. Jervis should be their candidate, and
the former was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
The meeting was then dissolved, but the result seems to
have so far satisfied Mr. Jervis and his friends that he
must necessarily withdraw, that at noon yesterday Mr.
Jervis's formal resignation appeared. The contest now
lies between Mr. Stanley and Mr. Egerton. Both parties
are exerting themselves to the utmost, and a spirited
struggle is anticipated. Mr. Egerton was to address a
meeting of the electors last evening.

NAVALINTELL/GENCE.
Commander Peche Hart Dyke, appointed to com-
mand the Inflexible steam-sloop, at Woolwich, is the
officer who commanded the Flying Fish, 12, on the
coast of Africa, at the time of the arrival there of the
Portuguese prisoners, Count Bomfim and Co., and was
superseded. He entered the service in November, 1818;
passed his examination in 1826, was promoted hi 1831,
and attained his present rank in 1844. He succeeded
Captain Harris (then commander) in the command of
the F)ing Fish, and in the most flattering terms was
reported by his relative, Sir Charles Hothatn, the
then commodore on the coast of Africa, to have sur-
passed even Captain Harris (one of the best officers
in the navy) in the condition, order, and discipline of
the sloop.
Commander George Butler (1846), died on the 12th
instant, in the 60th year of his age. He went to sea in
1804, as third-class boy, with Captain (afterwards Ad-
miral) Matson, in the Venus, and assisted at the cap-
ture of L'llirondells, privateer, 16 guns, 90 men. As
midshipman of the Africaine, 44, in 1810, he was in
the desperate engagement of that frigate with the
French frigates Astree, 44, and Iphigonia, 42, when
she was taken, after two hours and a half fighting ;
the captain (Corbett) having been mortally
wounded, and the other casualties having been 48
killed and 113 wounded. Mr. Butler was promoted to
the rank of lieutenant, December 10, 1810. Ho com-
manded the boats of the Barracouta, 18, in cutting out
several piratical press from the coast of Java, and in
the Doris assisted in the reduction of the island. He
served long and often as a lieutenant, and was at
length promoted whilst in command of the Meteor
steamer, which vessel ho paid off last year from the
Mediterranean.
achne, 18, has been docked at Ddvonport to be re-
paired. She is a new ship.
African steam-tender arrived at Davenport, on Mon-
day with supernumaries for the Howe, at Sheerness,
and returned.

Howe, Captain Sir Jamo3 Stirling, 120, paid off on
Friday at Sheerness, had eight of her men pensioned
with from 201. to 251 per annum. and twa shipmates
received gosid-st:rvice medals.

St. George, 120, at 13.vonport, is to he brouteot for-
ward for commission at this port as ordinary guard ship.
She is to have her own lower masts and yards, but above
them to be jury Tsar. When ready, the °dicers and men
in the Agincourt will be turned over to her, and the
Agincourt placed in ordinary.
Sprightly steam-tender Master-Commander Allen,
arrived at Devonport, on Friday, with supernumeraries
from Portsmouth, and sailed again the same eveaing.
Mr. Thompson, late master of the Victory, took a
passage in the Sprightly, and has taken up his appoint-
ment I,s harbour-mater at Plymouth, vice Walker. The
Sprightly arrived with supernumeraries on Sunday even-
ing, and sailed again on Monday morning.
Dligenco transport, Charlei C. Mitchell, arrived this
morning from aqtford, was to fill up with stores for
Bermuda.

Volcano steam-vos9el is being fitted at Deptford with
the steering apparatus invented by Captain 11. Mangles
Denham, R.N., F.R.S., which has tor its object the steer-
ing a ship when on fire abaft, or when her rudder-head,
tiller, or wheel may be disabled in a gale of wind, or by
shot in battle.

DOcaYARD SUPERANNUATIONS (DEVONPJRT). J.
Lisrth, John Driscoll, and John Frayne, 201. per annum
each; John Bi!lett and Stephen Sanders, hoymen, 16/.
per annum each; Thomas Best, labourer, 10/. per annum;
Mary Foster, colour woman, a gratuity of three months'
wages.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Vixen steam-sloop,
Commander Jenner, arrived at Spithead this morning,
from the West Indies (29 days from the Havannah),
last from Plymouth. where she put in on Saturday, and
landed her papers, Sze. She was inspected this afternoon.
by Captain Blackwood, of the Victory, for the Comman-
der-in-Chief, and exercised in gunnery by Captain
Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent. It is almost needless to
add, her gunnery was highly approved, Captain Jenner
having been promoted from the Excellent (First Lieu-
tenant.)

The -Fox, 42, is being rigged in the ba►in for com-
mission.

Her Majesty and the Court are expected here on
Thursday en route to Osborne, although no official inti-
mation has been received to that effect. The Victoria
and Albert is ordered from Gibraltar with all dispatch
to attend upon her Majesty in her autumnal excursion.
The Fairy, Master-Commander Welch, and the Ellin,
Acting Master-Commander Balliston, are quite ready for
the Royal service.

The Amphitrite, 25, Captain Macdougall,
pected at Spithead fro the Pacific, with freight on mer-
chants' m
account. is daily ex-

The Niger steam-31°0P, Commander Heath, hoisted
the pennant of commission at 3 P. to-day.
The Northumberland, New York line-of-packet ship,
arrived at Spithead last evening, and sailed this evening
for America.

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH*, JULY 16.—Lieutenant Montagu B. Dunn
to the Niger steam-sloop. commissioned at Portsmouth.
Lieutenant George William Rice (1848), from the
Arrogant, 46, steam frigate, to the Hastings, 72, flag-
ship on the East Indies station.
Midshipman Hon. Walter Talbot, from the Prince
Regent, 92, at Lisbon, to the Phaeton, 50, at Lisbon.
Naval Cadets—Percy ltosenburg, to the Vengeance,
84, at Portsmouth; C. W. Evans, from the Fisgard flag-
ship at Woolwich, to the Inflexible steam-frigate, com-
missioned on Saturday last at that port; Charles Murphy,
to the Thetis, 50, at Davenport.
engineers have been appointed to the
Ni'grehre followingsteam-op at Portsmouth;_
James Steil, chief engineer of the Ist class.
A. M. Oregon-, assiAant engineer of the Ist class.
George Rock, assistant engineer of the 2d class.
lt. Williamson, assistant engineer of the 21 c.ass.
S. P. Allen, assistant engineer of the 3d class.
The Retribution steam-frigattl will leave Woolwich on
Thursday morning for Greenhithe to have her com-
passes a9justed by Captain Johnson, and on the follow-
ing day will leave Greenhithe for Portsmouth.
S o n
The Polyphemus steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich at
nine o'clock on Sunday evening from Portsmouth, to be
fitted at this port for service.
levee The
at
Rtihgrhete
o'clockl
until that late hour, owing to his having to attend a
ir
Committee of the House of Commons in the earlier part
rta.cdiasy, T. Baring, Bart., held a
having postponed it
of the day. Th. following. officers attended the
Capt:tins—Richard Crozier (1839), Edward 11. But-
terfield (1841), .T
-"erYs W. Noble (1846), and Robert
Harris (1849).
Commanders—Daniel Weld (1825), Charles J. F.
Newton (1838), Franck T. Brown (1840), Benjamin
Baynton (1841), Gustavus Evans (1841), Thomas Wil-
son (1843), and J. W. Tarleton (1846).
Lieutenants—Charles G. Butler (1822), Charles T.
Hill (1833), William A. Fellows (1840), Robert C.
Whyte (1840), William Horton (1842),
tihme B. Piers
(1549), and J. G. Briel(ford (1850).