The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-22 00:00:00

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Commander Edward Augustus bigletielsl (18141, in
command of the Phirsaix, serew stesunsloisis, has been pro-
moted to the rank of captain, tier sera ices prrfoilliell in et oll•
ing attires fur the relief of Sir Edward Beleher's exist,
dition, and for previous elettiolls. at his own Cilielitte. in
the Liatieloierew-iiteamer, up Smiths Sound to the open
water of the Polar basin.
Mr. Henry Chatfield, **natant of %Voolsich, has been
prontisted to he 'nester shipwright of I teptford Dockyard,
vice Willeox, supera tttttt sited.
Hear-Admiral Price, the new eommander-in-elsief for the
Piteitie, is in town to receive his tinal instructions pre•
vientsly to rehoisting his tlag in the Pre.,idesii, NI, at Devon-
port, and sailing for his station, to relieve Itear•Admiral
Moresby, CIL
DEATH oF LIErtENANt IRV I,ItOwNINI:.
Intelligence has been received at Woolwich of the sleittli of
this voting officer, whilst ernising in his pleasure-yaelit in
the Australian rivers, a sudden *mall of wind catching the
sails and upsetting the boat, the whole of the I is on
Island perishing. The bodies were sissittly tiller% all,
picked up. and buried with military honours.
CACTAIN: ALE x OF:It 1..1.1.1cE, milillitts tiler of the eonst
guard, died suddenly on Saturday week from apoplexy. at
tits• seat of his brother, the Hight lion. E. Ellice, ALI._
tilenquoich, N.II. The deceased officer entered the nary
in 18041; and, as midshipman in the Tartar, 31, was pre-
sent, May lb, DON, in a severe aeti tttt of one hour and a
half with a Danish flotilla near Bergen. In dime. 1809.
he was transferred to the Victory. ItMI, gsg.ship. in IN.
Baltic, of Sir James Ssuntars.r. From 1811 until 1813
he was employed in the Mssliterrattean, in the /olio:tiros,.
38: and sitarist August 17, 1811, in a spirited skirmish
with a powerful Neapolitan squadron in the Bay of Naples.
He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant Oet. 811, 1813.
and joined the t'alrelunits, 1111, bearing the flag of Lord
Exmouth. He served in various other ships during the
next ten years, among others the ilindess, in which he Was
• present at the battle of Algiers. As eontutaitilor (a rank
lie attained Feb. IR, 123) Captain Ellice was stationed
for some months in 1831 off Oporto. in the Meter, 18
Attaining post rank on Dee. 20 in that year, lie was ap-
pointed successively to the °ream, Howe, and A.lrira, and
afterwards to the packet service at Southampton. on
Dee. 2, 1)4411, he succeeded Sir William I.:dwaril Parry in
the comptrollership of steam machinery lie married.
Sept. 18, 1816, Lucy Frances, daughter of the bite Charles
Locke, Esq., and grand-daughter of the late Duchess of
Leinster.

APPoINTMENTS.—Captain the lion. Joseph Denman,
F.lt.S., to the command of the riehoria am? Albert, with
Captain William Crispin as the seennd. Captain Denman
is the second son of Lon' Denman.—Camain Stephen
Fremantle to the ,linen, 20, at Chadian). lie will proceed
in her to relieve Captain Sir Everard d. Home, Bart.. at
New Zealand and Australis.—Captain William Peel ( sip ).
son of the late Sir Robert Peel, has been appointed to
commission the new 25irun corvette at Slwerness.—hear•
Admiral Sir Edmund I.yonft. Bart., 0.C.8.. K.C.11., pro.
ceisls to the Mediterranean its second in command to Vice•
Admiral Deans I►undas.

Rear• Admiral bell. 1'.11.. died on the 111th 4144., at his
residence at Aighurth. This gallant officer was on the
retired 1W of IMIII. He served ►sixteen years afloat during
the war, with great gallantry.
Captain Ilenr• E. Napier (' POO). F.R.S., on the retired
list of INIII, died on the 13th inst.. aged 04. He was
youngest brother of the late distinguished general.

APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
Connnander—John G. Pitman (1842), to study steam at the
Metory st Woolwich Dockyard.
I.tetitensntii--Nelson G. Spencer (147), to the Hogue. (O, screw
dram-ship, at Portsmouth; William Graham (1e49), to study
steam at the fartory at Woolwich Dockyard.
Master--Peter Wellington recommission' the Tyne, More-
-04. at Woolwich.
Bernd Masters—W. H. Searle, to the Fiugard, flag-ship, Wool-
wieh ; James Milton (la4s), to the Apollo, troop-ship, at Chat-
lon.
Master's Assistant—W. 11. Hussey, to the President, SO, at
nev"apfirt.
Midshipmen—Thomas A•le 11hal, to the Duke of Ife/lington,
1:0, screw ritestmship, at Portsmostli.
t inet Engineers—W. Anderson, to the Bulldog, steam-ship, at
P.irtsmoutli; Allan M. Jones, to the vpitsfal, 6, .team-sloop. at
Devonrrt; James Brown, to the Erraoles. to, screw steam-ship,
of 4oti- loess power, fitting with her engines by John Prim end
Son. at Chatham.
Engineer—Emanuel Piper, to the Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate,
at Portsmouth.
Matt wain—licalpvil Drumv, to We linunttof.