The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-17 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
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PROMOTIONS.--Mate Charles Redstone Read
1838), late of the Conway, to the rank of Lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.—Commanders—Chaves Patey, to
he Powerful : W. Kelly (a), to the Winchester (Hon.
Admiral Percy's flag-ship.
Lieutenants--Edward Little, to the Powerful ; G.
Henry Seymour, to the William and Mary yacht, for
service in the Firebrand steam-vessel, destined to ac-
company the King of Prussia, to this country—(tbis
appointment to the Firebrand is in addition to the ap-
pointments of Commander John Neale Nott, of the Es-
cellent,'and W. E. A. Gordon, Mate of the Dido) ; P.
Bisson, to the Dolphin ; Oliver Jones, to the Calcutta ;
E.-Gray, to the Bonetta ; Charles Pestle, to the Lizard,
‘ice-Estcourt, promoted.

Surgeons---Dr. Alexander S. Allen, to the Power-
ful ;-Sir John* Harnett, to the Vindictive, vice Allen.
Assistant Surgeons—C. C. R.- Kinnenr, 'to the

Howe ; Dr. Thomas Graham, to the Warspite; John
L,ffan, to the Rapid.

Mates—T. Fostcr, to the Warspite ; F. H. Vyse,
Thomas Miller, P. W. May (from the Excellent), and
Charles Baskervide, to the Caryslort ; Thos. Cochrane,
to the Thalia.

Midshipman—Thos. Falmer, to the Vindictive.
Volunteers Ist Class—Thomas H. D. Martin, to
the Carysfort ; St. John Coventry, to the Powerful ;
Wm. Edward Charlton, to the Illustrious.
Second Master—G. S. Hall, . to the Rapid ;
Richard Ihrtfield, jun. (Acting, additional), to Victory,
for service in the Lively.
Clerks—C. H. Niblett (in charge), to the Rapid ;
J. E. Styles, to the Carysfort.
The following Gunners' Mates have been promoted
to be Third Class Gunners :—Wm. John Hoar and
Thomas Dewar, of the Calcutta, William Neville, of
the Thunderer, John Emey, of the Impregnable, and
M. W. Turner, of the Excellent.

- LLOYD'S SHIPPING
VESSELS SPOKEN wiTit.—The Royal William, Bangor
to New Orleans, 27th ult., lat. 41, lon. 14; • George, from
Itamburgh, 30th ult., lat.-42, lon. 13 ; Garland, from Li-
verpool, 31st ult., lat. 42, lon.. 13 ; Harriet, London to
Mauritius,. 31st ult. ; Charlotte, from Hamburgh, Ist
inst. ; lNoriahal, London for South Seas, 6th instant, lat.
46, lon. 10 ; Peter Florise, 7th inst., lat. 47, Jon. 11, by
the Carena, arrived at Cork. Constitution, of Bremen,
lat. 48, lon. 17, by the Margaret Ogilby, arrived at Cork.
Royal Albert, Calcutta to London, Oct. 18, lat. 22, lon.
66 E., master sick, by the Columbus, -arrived off Scilly.
Francis Burns, Mauritius to Liverpool, Nov. 30, lat. 11
S., lon.lo W. ; a ship No. 7,523, lat. 1 N., lon. 20 ; Jane,
London to Constantinople, lat. 49, lon. 5, by the St.
Criery, arrived off Salcombe. Henry Davidson, London
to Bombay, 9th inst., lat. 47, lon. 8, by the Royalist, ar-
rived at Plymouth. Prince of Waterloo, Nov. 10, lat.
34 S., lon. 17 E., all well, by the William Gales, arrived
in the River. Harmonic, bound to Amsterdam, 29th ult.,
lat. 47, lon. 21, by the Louis XIV., arrived at Havre.
Hamburgh ship, No. 80, 16th ult., lat. 10 N., lon. 18 W.,
by the Rosalind, arrived in Margate Roads. Marmon,
of New York, for Havre, lat. 48, lon. 17, by the Betsy
Black, arrived at Cork. Token, Chalmers, London to
Bombay, by the True Briton, arrived at the Cape. Bra-
kenmoor, London for Port Philip, Sept. 23, lat. 3 S., lon.
26 W. ; Allan Kerr, Clyde to Port Philip, Oct. 14, lat.
34 S., lon. 18 W., by the Cape packet, arrived at the
Cane. Thetis, Cork to Port Philip, 7th ult., lat. 2 N.,
lon. 22 MT. ; Reward, Liverpool to Calcutta, Aug. 29,
lat. 16 N., lon. 26 W. ; Comet, Cork to Sydney, New
South Wales, Sept. 11, at. 3 N., lon. 14 W., by the Su-
sannah Collings, arrived at the Cape.. Freedom, Jersey
to Rio, 30th ult., lat. 43, lon. 10, by the Prima Donna,
arrived in the River.