H.M. Navy.- The following is a list of the officers of H.M.S. Melampus and Dido, daily expected on this station.

Melampus, 42, Captain J. N. Campbell; Lieutenants- R. B. Miller, Henry Phelps, T. Gresham. B. S. Pickard, and E. H. Blake ; Marine Officers 1st Lieutenant, J. W. Winne ; 2nd Lieutenant, E. C. Domville, Master, E. F. Cavell ; Chaplain ---------- ; Surgeon, Frederick Crellin ; Paymaster and Purser, Charles Walker (act.) ; Naval Instructor, Samuel Blackburn ; Assistant Surgeon, J. A. R. Harvey.

Dido, 18, Captain J. B. Maxwell ; Lieutenants-T. C. O. D. Whipple, R. B. Brale, and F. W. Gough ; Master, John Kellock ; Lieutenant of Marines, --------- ; Chaplain and Naval Instructor, Arthur Browne ; Surgeon, J. J. D. Burns ; Paymaster and Purser, D. G. Charles ; Mate, Charles Kent ; Assistant Surgeon, Matthew Burton ; Second Master, W. G. M. Stent.

As soon as the Melampus arrives the Castor will proceed to England, having been commissioned her full time. Up to the 1st April H.M.S. Malabar (which it was reported was to proceed to New Zealand with troops in March) had not been commissioned.

SG & SGTL ; Vol 4 ; Page 220. 7 Aug 1847.

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