The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-07 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.
Lieutenants—Hector Tause (1824), of the Albion; John
Cheere (1836), of the St. Vincent ; and W. F. Fead (1838),
of the Trafalgar (in honour of her Majesty's late visit to those
ships), to the rank of commander.
Mates—C. A. F. La Farque (1821), from the Coast Guard
service • and John Cawley (1829), of the Canopus, to the
rank of lieutenant.
Assistant-Surgeons—J. Sterling, from an' emigrant trans-
port, and J. P. Burke, from the Illustrious, to the rank of sur-
geon ; G. J. Willis, acting assistant of the Firebrand, and
V. C. Clarke, acting to the Daring, confirmed in rank.
APPOINTMENTS.
Commander—P. A. Helpman, to study at the Royal Naval
College.
Lieutenants—W. Robson and W. P. Crozier to the Royal
yacht; J. J. M'Donnell, from the Coast Guard, to command
the Nautilus, vice Robson ; F. Lowe to command the Pluto,
vice Crosier; G. C. Fowler to the Calliope ; P. A. Halkett,
from the Excellent, to the Crocodile ; C. Sullivan, of the
Snake, and Lord Charles W. Butler to the Calliope; R. D.
Fowler to the St. Vincent, vice Cheere, promoted.
Secretaries—J. A. Smith to Admiral Sir John West; J.
Grant (pro tem.) to Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker's office.
Masters—R. B. Graham to the Calliope; W. White to com-
mand the Albion, vice Lowe, to the Pluto ; vice Crosier, to
the Victoria and Albert; C. J. Polkinghorne (second) to the
Calliope; F. Wise (second) to the Queen; W. Osmond
(assistant) to the Hecate.
Chaplain—J. A. Hatchard to the Rodney, vice Cooper, to
Haslar Hospital.
Surgeons—J. Symes to the Crocodile; H. Baker, in charge
of Stratheden, and C. K. Nutt, in charge of Lloyd's convict
ships. Assistants—E. Walsh from Melville Island, to the
Penguin packet ; M. Burton to the Crocodile: C. D. Shep-
hard to the Vernon; D. Duigan to the Vernon; F. F.
Morgan and J. Philp to the Victory, for service at Hasler ;
W. Ross, and W. H. Cameron to the Caledonia ; F. M'Aree,
C. Roberts, and A. Brown to the 'Vindictive ; J. Campbell to
the Actaeon.
Paymasters and Pursers—R. Parker to the Albatross ;T.
Dobbin to the Crocodile ; T. Harris to the Calliope.
Mates—E. H. H. D'Aeth to the Royal yacht; C. 0. Wood
to the Queen; T. B. Hanham to the Excellent; G. A. Balfour
to the Hibernia.
Clerk—G. C. Burney (in charge) to the Alert.
Naval Cadet—G. Goolden to the Canopus.
ROYAL Ma times—Gentlemen Cadets—Wm. Pitt Dratren,
Charles Pyne, William James Kinsman, and John Bastable, to
be Second Lieutenants.
COAST GiJAßD—Appoinments—Commanders G. S. Dyer,
R. Mann, J. G. Dick, and M. G. Skinner, to be Inspecting
Commanders.
WOOLWICH, JOLT s.—The Spitfire steam-vessel, Lieut.-
Commander dacdonald, with the officers and crew of the Lizard
steam-vessel, transferred to her, has had her compasses adjusted
by Captain Johnson, and left Greenhithe on Wednesday, :for
Portsmouth, where she will be paid wages in advance, and is
expected to proceed to the Mediterranean.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley,
left Woolwich on Saturday, for Portsmouth, for the purpose of
attending on the experimental squadron.
The Monkey steam-vessel, Second Master W. Bryant, left
Woolwich on Monday, for Brighton.
The Swallow steam-vessel arrived at Woolwich, on Tuesday,
from Dover, and the crew left again on Thursday, for the latter
port, in the Myrtle, to take the Swallow's place.
The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Abraham
Parks, is to be stationed on the coast of Scotland, to protect
the fisheries. Assistant-surgeon William Buie has been ap-
pointed to the Cuckoo.
The Equestrian, hired convict ship, left her moorings oppo-
site the Royal Arsenal yesterday, and was towed down the
river, and will proceed direct for New South Wales. The con-
vict guard was selected, of sufficient strength, from the II th
Regiment, and the detachment of Captain Turner's company
of the Royal Artillery did not go on board. It is expected the
whole of the company, with the addition of a collar maker,
shoeing smith, and wheeler, will proceed in a vessel expected
down the river next week direct for New Zealand, where the
company will be stationed.
CHATHAM, JULY .s.—The Batt lighter sailed on the 3d
inst. for Woolwich.
The Rover, 16 guns, in dock. A number of hands have
again been put on this vessel to complete her repairs.
The Janus steam-sloop—The engineers have taken to pieces
the whole of the machinery of this vessel, and workmen are
now engaged making considerable alterations in the formation
of some parts of the works; but it remains to be seen whether
they will be attended with the desired success.
The Bull Dog steam-frigate—Some additional gangs of
shipwrights have, during the week, been put on this vessel, to
complete her for launching. She will be ready in the course of
a week to receive the painters.
Military Prisoners,—lt having been officially intimated by
the Secretary-at-War, that the district military prison at Fort
Clarence was ready for the reception of prisoners on the Ist
instant, the Commander-in-Chief has been pleased to direct
that, on and after that date, all prisoners sentenced by Courts-
martial in this garrison to periods of imprisonment above thirty
days, will be committed to Fort Clarence ; accordingly, it is
left to the decision of commanding officers of corps to confine
prisoners in the new barrack cells. If under sentence for any
period beyond that, then the prisoners are to be committed to
the district prison at Fort Clarence. Since the above prison
has been opened, several prisoners have arrived from different
districts to undergo terms of their sentence.
War-office Circular—The following circular was received at
this garrison on the 4th instant, relating to the punishment of
soldiers :
" The 46th clause of the Mutiny Act has authorised com-
manding officers to order that a soldier guilty of an offence
which such commanding officer may not thins necessary to
bring before a Court-martial, shall be imprisoned for any
period not exceeding seven days, either with or without bard
labour, or in solitary confinement, and has further conferred
upon commanding officers the power which they did not pre-
viously possess, of ordering that a soldier so imprisoned by their
authority shall forfeit his pay for the days of such imprison-
ment ; the soldier having his right of appeal to a Court-martial
against such order.
" It has been brought to my notice that officers command-
ing regiments have interpreted the words of the Act as convey.
ing to them a discretion to award imprisonment either with or
without forfeiture of pay.
".It•was the intention, in proposing the clause, to confer the
power of awarding imprisonment carrying with it the for-
feiture of pay, but not to sanction a discretion, on the part of
commanding officers, to award the imprisonment but remit
the forfeiture of pay.
" The commanding officer has an undisputed discretion to
award punishment for an offence according to the circumstances
of the case.
" If of an aggravated character, he may bring the offender
before a Court-martial. If there are extenuating circum-
stances, he may determine whether any other, and what punish.
ment, that he has authority to award, may be :inflicted. He
may order the imprisonment of a soldier for any period from
one to seven days ; but in no case ought a soldier, who has
been punished by imprisonment, to receive, when be comes out
of prison, the accumulated savings of his pay, after paying only
for his actual subsistence.
" By the 30th clause of the Mutiny Act, it is lawful for the
Secretary-at-War to withhold the pay of an officer or soldier
improperly absent from his duty • and, to avoid any future
misconstruction of the intention Of the Act, I am now to ac-
quaint you that whenever a commanding officer shall award
imprisonment, without distinctly ordering, that pay shall be
forfeited. I shall equally feel it my duty to disallow the pay
for every day of absence from duty, as it such imprisonment
had been awarded by the authority of a Court-martial.
" This decision will not affect the authority of the command-
ing officer to allow the pay of a soldier, who shall have ab-
sented himself for any period not exceeding five days, and who
shall have accounted for the same to the satisfaction of his
commanding officer ; but when the commanding officer shall,
by awarding imprisonment, have decided t his the soldier w
ay
improperly absent from his corps, and from duty, the pay
for such day of absence must be forfeited.
" You will be pleased to direct that, from the date of the
receipt of this letter, no charge shall be made for the pay of a
SIDNEY HERBERT."
unishinen,t:
soldier imprisoned as p
The above circular has been forwarded to every regiment
esty's service.
and depot in her Maj

Mr. Robertson, treasurer of Covent-garden Theatre,
is reported to have said at the Bow-street Police-court,
on Friday, in explanation of the departure of the Belgian
company from that theatre, that our Most Gracious So-
vereign would not honour by her presence any dramatic
representations at that house, in consequence of its hav-
ing been devoted to the meetings of the Anti-Corn-law
League. Without profe;sing to have any direct autho-
rity on the subject, we do, nevertheless, undertake to
declare that this introduction of her Majesty's name VMS
wholly without warrant, whilst all must admit it to be
most unbecoming and disrespectful.—Observer.
HOP, HAT, AND CORN CROPS IN WEST KENT.--
The hop bine in the neighbourhood of Maidstone, Yalding, Water.
ingbury, Mereworth, Tonbridge, Sevenoaks, and Edenbridge, are
exceedingly luxuriant, but the fly has increased during the last few
days very considerably. It is, however, fortunate that the planta-
tions throughout the whole of the district are in so high a state of
cultivation that the strength of the stock generally will enable the
major part of the crop to outgrow the injurious effect of the vermin.
Haymaking is now general, indeed a considerable quantity is already
housed, and that in good condition. Wheat and barley look un-
commonly healthy, and there is at present every prospect of an
abundant harvest.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, JULY 4.—We have
had a flat market for sugars this week, and the transactions since
our last are unimportant. So very little remains in first hands,
that importers will not sell unless they can obtain previous prices,
which the trade do not seem disposed to give,—+4;ista ;4fcrcury: