The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-16 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander.--Walter J. Pollard (1854), to the Orion,
91, screw, at Chatham.

Lieutenants.—John F. Tottenham (1854), to the
Ajax, 58, screw, at Portsmouth ; Arthur W. Gillett
(1854), and Frederick W. Pym (1855), to the Nile, 91,
screw, at Devonport.

Mate.—Arthur L. Galbraith (1852), from the Arro-
gant, to the Geyser, 6, paddle, at Portsmouth.
Midshipmen.—T. G. J. Purcell and G. G. Storey, to
the Esk, 20, at Portsmouth.

Commander Arthur Mellersh (1849), serving in the
Rattler, screw steam-sloop, in the East Indies, has been
promoted to the rank of captain.

THE BLACK SEA PROMOTIONS.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons has filled up the
blank commission sent to him by the Admiralty by the
promotion of Lieutenant Cowper P. Coles (1846), who
served as flag-lieutenant to the gallant Admiral in the
Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, on the Black Sea
station. The Lords of the Admiralty have confirmed
the promotion, and ordered that the commission of Com-
mander Cowper P. Coles should be dated November 13,
1854.

Vice• Admiral J. D. Dundas, C. 8., has filled up the
blank commission sent to him by the Admiralty, by the
promotion of Lieutenant Charles Vesey (1846). serving
as one of the lieutenants of the Britannia, 120, flag-ship,
to the rank of Commander, and their Lordships have
confirmed the same, and ordered the commission to bear
date November 13, 1854.

LIEUT. HEWETT, R.N.
We are glad to learn that Lieutenant Hewett, R.N.,
who so much distinguished himself in a late instance
when attached to the naval brigade before Sebastopol,
has just returned with a view to pass the examination
involved by his promotion. It will be remembered that
Lieutenant Hewett is the gallant young officer who on
the occasion of a sudden attack of the Russians upon the
allied entrenchments, when directed by military autho-
rity to spike the Lancaster gun of which he bad the
charge, resolutely refused to obey the order, stating
that he was sure it did not proceed from his captain ;
and, instead of complying, cleared away the parapet of
the battery, and turned the gun against the advancing
columns of the enemy with such effect as to cause their
speedy retreat, making dreadful havoc in their ranks.
Admiral Dundus, with a praiseworthy appreciation of
Lieutenant Hewett's intrepidity, not only recommended
him at once for promotion, but placed him in a tempo-
rary command of her Majesty's ship Beagle—a position
which he will again assume on his return to the Black
Sea, accompanied by the approval of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty.
The Yolante, with another detachment of the
" navvies," sailed yesterday morning from Gravesend
for the Crimea.

Yesterday the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
issued contracts for the supply of 20,000 blankets for
her Majesty's service, one-half to be sent in within a
month. Their Lordships have just completed a contract
for the immediate supply of 110,000 pairs of boots.
Boxes of clothing and several packages of useful
articles have been sent from Carnarvon to be despatched
to the brave fellows in the Crimea. On Saturday,
articles of apparel and of general usefulness were also
transmitted from Ruthincastle to the same destination,
by Mrs. West, who has evinced untiring zeal in pre-
paring comforts for the soldiers, especially of the
wounded at Scutari.

The workmen and staff in the establishment of Messrs.
Bass And Co., the pale ale brewers at Burton•upon-Trent,
have subscribed nearly 90/. to the Patriotic Fund, in
addition to which the workmen have testified their ad-
miration of the gallant conduct of the army in the
East by forwarding six barrels of strong ale to the
Crimea.

The Resistance troop-ship, with the 56th Regiment,
from Bermuda to Dublin, put into Queenstown, through
stress of weather, on Friday night.
The following ships have been engaged by the Admi-
ralty as regular transports :—No. 177, Amity (steamer);
No. 178, Irnperador (steamer) ; No. 179, Durham
(steamer) ; No. 180, Retrie►er (steamer) ; No. 181,
Rajah (steamer).