PROMOTIONS.

The Earl of Minto has appointed W. D. Christie, Esq. his Private Secretary, in the room of Viscount Melgund.

COMMANDER-Lord Henry Russell. LIEUTENANTS-W. W. Wilson, W. H.Bridge, H. S. Austen, T. Hodgkinson,

APPOINTMENTS.

REAR-ADMIRAL-Richard Thomas to be Commander in Chief in the Pacific, Sir William Parker, K.C.B. to be Commander in Chief in the East Indies.

CAPTAIN-John Jervis Tucker (1838)

to Dublin.

COMMANDER-The Hon. B. C. F. P. Cary (1835) to Bittern, Colson Festing to Dublin.

LIEUTENANTS-W, Walter Oke (1825) addl. to Royal Sovereign yacht, for service of the Asp st. v. A. Kennedy (1838) to Acorn. C. R. Bamber (1837) to Indus. G. Wodehouse (1838) to Queen, v. W. Tringham. D. Reid (1840) toMonarch. F. R. Coglan (1814) to command Linnet. J. Douglas (1826) to command Lapwing. T. S. Scriven (1822) addl. to Victory, for service of Cuckoo packet. A. La Touche (1840) add. to Winchester. G.J. Burslem (1838), and J. Elliott (1840) to Dublin. W. R. Davies, (1815) to Niagara. G. Williams (1831) to Land Surveying SerW. Tringham (1826), vice, Scotland. from Queen to command Spitfire, vice Binstead, appointment cancelled. B. Haines (1826) to Dublin. C. E. Tennant (1832) to Wellesley, as Flag Lieut. to Sir W. Parker. G. B. Dewes (acting) to Herald. T.H.Sasaght (act.) to Samarang. MASTERS-C.A. Cole, to Acorn, W.R. Mudge to Dublin. W. Barrett to Acorn. Avery to Lyra.

MATES-D. H. M'Neill to Acorn. C. E. Molloy (1837) and F. D. Rich to Herald. J. Cashman (1833) to Alligator. T. E. Sanders to Caledonia. E. W. Vansittart (1836) to Cornwallis. E. J. Voules (1837) to Fair Rosamond. R. L. Curtis to Queen. E. Hardy (1832), and H. Burroughs to Indus from Excellent. P. Hudson to Caledonia. F.S. M. Clintock

(1838) to Excellent from Crocodile. J. Cashman (1838) and T. Hanson to Cornwallis. J. A. Paynter (1833) to Vernon from Excellent. C. K. Jackson (1839) to Queen, C.G. Fegan (1837) to Monarch. SECOND MASTERS-John Willis to Calcutta, W. Wilkins to Cornwallis.

J. M. O'Brien to Melville from Blonde, v. King, promoted to Modeste, James Drysdale to Indus. N. C. Pettigrew to Spitfire, Joshua Whiting (acting) to Fair Rosamond. F. W. Paul to Merlin. MASTER'S ASSISTANT-W. F. Palmer to Polyphemus.

MIDSHIPMEN-J. N. Parish to Indus. J. C. Byng to Queen.

VOLUNTEERS 1st CLASS-A. Breen and W. Rowden to Cornwallis.

SURGEONS-Peter Suther (1805) to Woolwich Dockyard. J. Prior (1807) to William and Mary yacht. Isaac Noot (1808) to Royal Sovereign yacht. James Salmon (1840) to Medea. John Gibson (1835) to be Superintendent of Westmoreland convict ship. A. Nisbet, MD. (1815) to Cornwallis. J. W. Johnston, M.D. (1832) to Dublin. L. T. Cunningham (1840) to Bittern.

ASSISTANT SURGEONS-C. Ferguson to Cornwallis. R. Futton, MD., to Belleisle. T. F. Henry to Caledonia. W. L. Methven, MD., (1836) to Greenwich Hospital, v. Hopley, promoted. Henry

Johnson to Caledonia, C. T. S. Kevern

(1836) to Haslar Hospital, v. Blake, to Coruwallis.

PURSERS-R. Halliday (1804) to be Agent and Steward of Haslar Hospital. J. Elliott (1804) to be Storekeeper and Agent Victualler at Haulbowline Island. J.Sparshott (1809) to Dublin. - Hooper to Samarang. (acting) to Sulphur. Loney (acting) Norman (acting) to

Larne.

CHAPLAINS R. Thompson to Impregnable. J. A Borough to Cornwallis. H. S. Slight reappointed to Winchester.

NAVAL INSTRUCTORS-A. Gerard to Indus. R. M. Inskip to Impregnable.

CLERKS-W. Essell to Cornwallis. E. S. F. Cheesman (in charge) to Fair Rosamond. E. C. Davison (in charge) to Sheerwater. G. S. Singer, additional to Victory.

The following gentlemen passed for Lieutenants at the Royal Naval College on the 21st inst. :-C. K. Jackson, Mate of the Queen, and T. Cochran, Mate, late Asia.

A. Elliot, Esq., has been appointed Naval and Victualling Storekeeper at Halifax, N.S.

COAST GUARD.

COMMANDER-A. T. Geldie (1839) to be Inspecting Commander.

LIEUTENANT-W. H. Lloyd (1815) to be Chief Officer.

AT HOME.

ALBERT, (st. v.) Capt. H. D. Trotter, 12th May left Plymouth for Africa.

BELLEROPHON, 80, Capt. C. J. Austen, 11th May arrived at Plymouth from Gibraltar.

BITTERN, Com. Hon. G. B. Cazy, at Portsmouth fitting.

BONETTA, Lieut. F. W. Austen, 24th April at Portsmouth from Sheerness, and sailed for Africa.

COCKATRICE, 28th April at Portsmouth from Chatham, 12th May sailed for South

America.

DEE, (st. v.) Com. J. Sherer, 10th May arrived at Portsmouth from Antigua,

DUBLIN, 50, Capt. J. J. Tucker, at Portsmouth fitting.

EDINBURGH, 72, Capt. W. Henderson, K.H. 11th May, arr. at Plymouth from Gibraltar.

IMPLACABLE, 74, Capt. E. Harvey, 12th May arrived at Plymouth from Malta.

KITE, (st. v.) Lieut.-Com. G. Snell, 31st April arrived at Portsmouth from West Indies, 1st May left for Woolwich. MASTIFF, (s. v.) Mr. G. Thomas, 26th April arrived at Harwich from the river. MONARCH, 84, Capt. S. Chambers, 12th May arrived at Spithead from Sheerness. SHEARWATER, (st. v.) Com. Washington, 6th May touched at Harwich, previous to resuming the survey of the North Sea.

SOUDAN, Com. B. Allen, 19th April left Plymouth for Africa.

STAG, 46, Commodore T. B. Sulivan, 8th April arrived at Plymouth from South America, 25th May paid off.

On this occasion, officers and crew were complimented on the order she was in by Adml. Warren; and the dockyard officers have stated that no ship has paid off so well, or returned her stores in such good order at Devonport, for some time. Her men were on shore every night while paying off, and every thing went on in the most orderly manner. The gun-room officers of the Stag have presented Mr. Brown, the master, with a very handsome tea and coffee service, as a mark of their regard and esteem in which he has been held by them for upwards of four years. The articles have the following inscription on them :-" Presented to James Brown, Esq., RN., by the gunroom officers of H.M.S. Stag, as a token of their obligation and esteem."

TRINCULO, 16, Com. H. E. Coffin, 8th May arrived at Plymouth from Lisbon.

VOLAGE, 26, Capt. H. Smith, 6th May arrived at Portsmouth with flag of Rearadmiral Elliott, 21st paid off at Chatham. WILBERFORCE, C. W. Allen, 12th May left Plymouth for Africa.

AT PORTSMOUTH-In harbour-Queen, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Dublin, Bittern, Fair Rosamond. At Spithead Monarch, Indus, Vernon, Pelican, Nautilus.

AT Plymouth-In harbour-Caledonia, San Josef, Cornwallis, Acorn, Trinculo, Alert, Driver, Carron.-In the soundImpregnable, Bellerophon, Implacable, Edinburgh, Belleisle.

AT DEPTFORD, Horatio, for Ascension, Troubadour for Cape.

ABROAD.

ANDROMACHE, 26, Capt. R. L. Baynes, CB., 7th March, in Simon's Bay.

APOLLO, (tr.s.) Mr. A. Karley, 27th April arr. at Gibraltar from Malta. BEACON, (s.v.) Com. T. Graves, 26th April left Malta for Candia.

BEAGLE, (s.v.) Com. J. C. Wickham, 23rd Dec. arr. at Sydney from Adelaide, South Australia.

From the Perth Gazette of the middle of October.-" This surveying vessel returned to our port on the 28th ult. She anchored under Rottenest Island on the 27th, and removed into Gage's Roads on the 28th. Nothing of importance connected with the survey of the New South Wales coast has transpired, further than that the survey on the north and northwest coast of New Holland is now completed. The Beagle visited Timor, but brings no later intelligence from the east, and no account of the fate of the Pelorus, which vessel, it may be remembered, was driven on shore at Port Essington. She also touched at Shark's Bay, where an ample supply of turtle was obtained at the intervening islands. Opposite Moresby's flat-topped range a good anchorage or harbour was discovered, but open to the north-west."-Sydney Gazette of December 29.

BRISK, 3, Lieut.-Com. A. Kellett, 25th March left St. Helena for coast of Africa. BRITANNIA, 120, Capt. J. Drake, 26th April arr. at Malta.

BRITOMART, 16, Com. O. Stanley, 16th Dec. at Hobart Town.

CALCUTTA, 84, Capt. Sir J. Roberts, CB., 26th April arr. at Malta.

CAMBRIDGE, 78, Capt. E. Barnard, 26th April arr. at Malta.

17th of February, his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of Brazil, with the princesses his sisters, and all his ministers, paid a visit to H.M.S. Curacoa, Capt. Jenkin Jones, senior officer at Rio. His Majesty was received with all the honours due to his rank, the yards being manned, and royal salutes fired from the ships when he first embarked in his state barge, and on his reaching and quitting the Curacoa. He remained on board nearly two hours, exhibiting very intelligent curiosity, and visiting even the storerooms and magaziue. After leaving the Curacoa, the Emperor went on board the French and American senior officer's ships, the Alcmene and Potomac, remaining about a quarter of an hour on board each, and then landed.

DAPHNE, 18, Com. F. W. Dalling, 9th April at Smyrna.

DIDO, 18, Capt. L. Davis, 15th April left Malta.

ELECTRA, 18, Com. E. R. P. Mainwaring, 2nd Jan. at San Blas going to Valparaiso.

FAVORITE, 18, Com. Sulivan, acting, 6th December arr, at Sydney from New Zealand.

GORGON, (st.v.) Capt. W. H. Henderson, April at Alexandria.

GRIFFON, 3, Lieut.-Com.J.G.D'Urban, 13th March at Barbados.

HASTINGS, 72, Capt. J. Lawrence, CB., 8th April sailed for England from Malta. HAZARD, 18, Com. Hon. C. G. J. Elliott, 23rd April arr. at Malta.

HYDRA, (st.v.) Com. R. Stopford, 24th April arr, at Malta.

INCONSTANT, 36, Capt. D. Pring, April at Beyrout.

IRIS, 28, Capt. H. Nurse, 4th April touched at Madeira on way to Africa, 7th sailed.

JASEUR, 16, Com. F. M. Boultbee, 14th April at Gibraltar.

LARNE, 18, Com. Kuper, (act.) 9th March arr. at Madras, 16th sailed for Ceylon.

MAGPIE, (sur. v.) Lieut.-Com. T. S.

Birch, 4th April left Malta for Candia.

MEGERA, (st. v.) Lieut. Goldsmith, 6th May arr. at Gibraltar, and sailed for Barbados.

RACEHORSE, 18, Com. Hon. E, R. Davis, 3rd March left Jamaica on cruize. RACEHORSE, 16, Com. G. Byng, 17th April left Halifax on a cruize.

REVENGE, 76, Capt. Hon. W. Waldegrave, 18th April arr. at Malta from Suda.

ROLLA, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. Hall, 15th Feb. off Princes Island.

SAPPHO, 16, Com. T. Fraser, 4th March left Jamaica for Barbados.

SCORPION, 10, Lieut.-Com. C. Gayton, 11th April arr. at Gibraltar from Carthagena, 22nd at Gibraltar.

SERINGAPATAM, 42, Capt. J. Smith, 13th March at Barbados,

SOUDAN, Com. B. Allen, 2nd April touched at Lisbon.

SOUTHAMPTON, Capt. Sir W. Hylliar, 19th Feb. arr. at Cape.

TALBOT, 26, Capt. H. J. Codrington, 20th April arr, at Malta from Corfu.

THUNDERER, 84, Capt. F. F. Berkely, 9th April arr. at Malta from Catania, 5th May sailed for Gibraltar.

VESUVIUS, (st. v.) Lieut.-Com. W. Blount, 26th April left Malta for Candia and Beyrout.

WANDERER, Com. Hon. J. Denman, 20th March left the Gambia,

WATERWITCH, 10, Lieut.-Com. H. J. Martin, 19th Feb arr. at Cape.

WINCHESTER, 50, Capt. J. Parker, 2nd April arr. at Bermuda from Jamaica.

AT MALTA, 4th May-The Princess Charlotte, 120, (bearing the flag of Adml. Sir R. Stopford, GCB., GCMG.;) the Ceylon, 6, (bearing the flag of Rear-admiral Sir J. Louis, Bart. ;) the Britannia, 120, (bearing the flag of Rear-admiral Sir J. Ommanney, KCB.;) the Howe, 120; the Powerful, 86; the Benbow, 72; the Vanguard, 80; the Revenge, 78; the Calcutta, 84; the Cambridge, 78; the Rodney, 92; the Castor, 36; the Tyne, 26; and the Hazard, 18. Steam frigates→→ Cyclops, Hecate, Hydra, and Stromboli. Steamers-Confiance, and Locust. Steam Packets-Alecto and Acheron. French Steam Packets-Dante, Sesostris and Lycurgue.

Births.

At Donnington, Berks, on the 11th May, the lady of Capt. Haynes, RN., of

a son.

On the 21st April, at Wickhill-house, near Bracknell, Berks, the lady of Lieut. Francis F. D. Sewell, RN., of a daughter At Cintra, Portugal, the lady of Capt. Sartorius, RN., of a son.

Marriages,

In India, Arthur Morris, Esq., 4th N.I., to Jane, daughter of Capt. Renwick, RN., of Honiton, Devon.

On the 15th April, at St. Thomas's, London, G. A. Falconer, Esq., Surgeon, to Isabella Sophia Leolie Macdonald, youngest daughter of the late Dr. Macdonald, RN., and grand-daughter of the late Admiral Sir John Knight, KCB.

April 26th, at Uplyme Church, Wm. Edmund, second son of Sir William T. Pole, Bart., of Shute-house, Devon, to Margaret Victoriosa, second daughter of Vice-admiral the Hon. Sir John Talbot, of Rhode-house, in the same county. May 5th, at Brighton, Capt. S. Forward, to Harriet Eliz. Warden, eldest daughter of Capt. Warden, RN.

Capt. W. Payne, RN., of Wyke Regis, to Cecilia, only child of J. Glendining, Esq.

Lately at St. George's, H. Lyster, Esq., of Twickenham, to Harriet, daughter of Capt. Spence, RN., of Devonshire-street, Portland-place.

On 27th Jan. last, at Penang, H. Scott, Esq., of that island, to Miss Ann Waller, daughter of G. Waller, Esq, RN.

May 11th, at Witley, Surrey, by the Rev. J. Chandler, Steyning Beard, Esq., of Ovingdean, Brighton, Sussex, to Mary Ann, only daughter of Lieut. H. Hopkins,

May 6th, at Plymouth, Adml. Sir L.W. Halsted, GCB., at an advanced age.

April 4th, at Valetta, after a few days' illness, of a disease of the heart, A. Shippard, Esq., Rear-admiral of the Blue.

May 11th, at Bath, after a long and severe illness, Jane, the beloved wife of Vice-adml. Sir R. L. Fitzgerald, KCH.

March 15th, in Marmorice Bay, Lieut.Col. W, Baker, Royal Marines.

May 1st, at Mill-hill, West Cowes, deeply regretted, Elizabeth, widow of the late E. O. Osborne, Vice-admiral of the White, aged 72.

Feb 28th, at Gairbraid, near Goderich, in Upper Canada, Com. R. G. Dunlop, RN. (1822.)

Lately, at Purbrook, Catherine, the beloved wife of Capt. Harrison, RN.

Lately, at Loches, in France, Capt. H. Weir, RN., CB., in his 66th year.

Lately, at Bar End, Winchester, Lieut. R. Hutchinson, RN., aged 52 years.

April 21st, at Weymouth, aged 61 yrs., after a short illness, Capt. W. Comben, Commander of her Majesty's stm. packet Cuckoo.

Lately, Mary, relict of Captain R. Williams, RN., in her 59th year.

Lately on board H.M.S. Edinburgh, of the effects of the Syrian fever, Mr. Owen, Midshipman of that ship, son of Com, Cunliffe Owen.

In Bath, in the 62d year of her age, Anne, widow of the late Capt. J. Sanders, RN., CB.

April 26th, at Ryde, Isle of Wight, aged 29, G. E. Walford, Esq, Mate in the Royal Navy, third son of R. Walford, Esq., of Woburn-place, London, and nephew of the late Rear-adml. Sir E. He was a man of Berry, Bart, KCB.

strict integrity, and an excellent officer.

April 29th, at Alveston, Gloucestershire, Harry Norris, sou of Wm. Norris Tonge, Esq., retired Com. in H.M, Navy. April 25th, at Portsmouth, Com. É. Southcott, RN.

April 19th, in Portsea, after a few hours' illness, of scarlet fever, aged five years, T. T. M. Hales, second son of Mr. J. Hales, Master, RN.

April 30th, at Portsea, Elizabeth Crawford, aged 59, widow, of the late Lieut. A. Crawford, RN.

May 1st, at Malta, aged 17, Mr. C. C. King, of H.M.S. Princess Charlotte, son of the late Adml. Sir R. King, Bart.

May 5th, at Plymouth, aged 61, Elizabeth Love, relict of Capt. W. H. Douglas, RN., and eldest daughter of the late Stephen Hammick, Esq, of the Naval Hospital, Plymouth.

Lately, at Portsmouth, Mr. J. Cook, late Master of the convict ship, aged 67. May 16th, in Norfolk Street, Strand, P. Cosgreave, Esq., Surgeon, RN.

May 22d, at Queen's Terrace, Southsea, Frederick Richard, the son of Capt. Basil Hall, RN., aged five years.

May 21st, at Fareham, suddenly, of apoplexy, Lieut. T. Hunt, RN.

May 20th, at Wickham, in the 74th year of her age, Johanna, relict of the late Capt. Pitt Burnaby Greene, RN.

May 18th, Alfred Adolphus, the infant son of Mr. G. Heather, Master, RN. aged two years and seven months.

Lately, at Camberwell, in his 48th year, Lieut. George Hales, RN.

Lately, at Gosport, Mrs. Jefferies, widow of Mr. Jefferies, Master, RN.

May 22d, at Kingston Crescent, of paralysis, Mr. Lloyd Edwards, Master, RN, aged 53 years.