The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
The Eagle, 50, has been commissioned at Chatham, by
Captain G. B. Martin.
The Amazon, a tweed 42, will be ccmmissioned next
week.
The Princess Royal, transport, will shortly embark
from Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, draughts of the
23d and 71st Regiments, for service in the West Indies.
The Fair Rosamond, schooner, was paid off yesterday.
The Sylvia, cutter, arrived on Wednesday from Jersey,
with sick men for the Hospital.
The Leviathan, convict ship, is to be broken up in the
dock-yard, by Mr. White, who has taken the contract
for the purpose.
The Scourge, first-class steamer, was floated out of the
dock, in which she has been built, yesterday. Her dimen-
sions are as follow :—Length, 199 feet between perpen-
diculars ; extreme breadth, 36 feet. Burden, in tons,
1,124. Engines, two of Maudsley's tubular boilers with
two funnels-420 horse power. She will carry 20 guns
on the maindeck, but on her flush or weatherdeck will
mount the following armament :—Two guns, 68 pounders,
64 cwt., nine feet lung ; two guns, 42-pounders, 84 cwt.,
ten feet long. For tiring shells, pivot guns, two 42-
pounder carronades of 22 cwt. each.
The Amphion, 42-gun frigate, now on the stocks, is
being lengthened by the bow, by Mr. White, of Cowes,
and is to be fitted with a screw propeller, with a mode-
rate sized steam-engine. She is getting ready for early
commission.
In Harbour—Victory, Excellent, Victoria and Albert,
Nautilus, Volcano, Comet, Fearless, Dwarf, and Echo,
steamers, and Diligence, naval transport.
Captain Drinkwater Bethune, who is appointed on a
special mission to Borneo, has received his instructions
from the Admiralty, and will proceed forthwith.
Captain T. Waters, Royal Marines, has retired upon
full pay, after 33 years' service.
Mr. Edwards, Master, R.N., and the Chief Officer of
the Clyde Royal Mail steam-packet, died of yellow
fever on board that vessel on the 6th cf October. The
third officer, Mr. Jellicoe, was also attacked ; he has re-
turned invalided in the Trent.
A vessel at Scilly reports having spoken the Experi-
mental Squadron on the 31st ult., in long. 9. 30, but
brings no report of their proceedings.
The Admiralty have issued orders to build a new
wooden second-class steam-frigate with paddle-wheels,
at Woolwich, on the plan, we believe, of Mr. Fincham.
She is to be 500 horse-power, and of the following di-
mensions : Ft. In.

208 0
37 0
33 6

Length .
Breadth
• Depth
Tonnage nearly 1,400 tons.
Mr. White, of Cowes, is also instructed to build a first•
class steamer to carry 20 heavy guns on her main deck
together with a heavy armament of hollow shot guns on
the upper or spar deck.
Trial will be made on Thursday next of Captain Nor-
ton's concussion shells, against the hull of the Swiftsure,
and some other projectors will also essay some experi-
ments, we believe at an early hour in the day.
The French Consul, A. Van den Bergh, Esq , has re-
ceived directions from King Louis Philippe, to make
every inquiry into the_circumstances of the widow and
mother of the Artillerymen Walker and Miller, who
were killed by the accidental discharge of a gun they
were loading on the King's Bastion. This inquiry is
preliminary to his Majesty awarding them some pension.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTIONS.
(In honour of her Majesty's Visit.)
Lieutenants—Thomas Smith (c., 1815), of the Vic-
tory, and acting flag Lieutenant to the Admiralty
Board; Richard Jones (b., 1823), of the Victory, com-
manding Officer of the ship at the moment of her Ma-
jesty's late visit to her in remembrance of Trafalgar's
day ; James C. Prevost (1835), flag Lieutenant to Sir
Charles Rowley; and W. C. Chamberlain (1840), com-
manding the Dwarf (who acted as flag Lieutenant to
Admiral La Susse) to the rank of Commander.
Mates—Robert C. Tattnall (1838), of the St. Vin-
cent; and Alexander George West (1841), of the Fire-
brand, to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—G. B. Martin, C. 8., to the Eagle.
Commander—William Crispin, to the Victoria and
Albert yacht.
Lieutenants—John Daly and George Hancock, to the
Eagle ; H. W. Hire, from the Snake, to the Bonetta,
vice Lowcay, dismissed that ship •, A. Barrow (addi-
tional), to the Snake, vice Hire ; J. W. Robert (addi-
tional), to the Snake, vice Franklin, dismissed the ser-
vice; G. Pyne (additional), from the Formidable, to the
Warspite ; W. Robson, to command the Nautilus, vice
Tringhana, promoted.
Purser—John Thomson (b) to the Eagle ; V. A.
Haile, to the Accountant-General's Department, at
Somerset house.
Master—Angelo L. Vanzetti, to the Eagle.
Mate—Mr. James King, to the troop-ship Apollo.
Assistant-Surgeon—Andrew Moffit, to the Eagle •
Robert Willcox, to the Volcano ; Dr. David Lyall, and
J. A. Miller, to the Formidable ; G. Yen and Dr.
Coulter, to the Penelope; John Forbes, James Croninn,
G. Simpson, and J. Wade, to Victory ; D. Dungan and
J.' Collings, to the Agincourt.
rßoyal Marines—Captain Appleton and Lieut. Driver,
to the Eagle.