The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-18 00:00:00

A DARING AND GALLANTof ACT.—We have been fa-
t hi raofus gl
fa-
voured with as account
distinguishes, as it ever distinguished, generous devotedness to a ul the gallant conduct and
u the British navy.
tnate's fate, which still
From a full report of the circumstances mTstances it appears that
Ilaednatvo be in the gun-room at
on the sth inst., on board
:fee l
who fr running,o
happened
pp the stern
Greville, when going very fast
roswered, Trafalgar, rt,h
the water,
Captainand
sweicthhhad Sheepshankshmeaasytye r
t e nat icuo 1:. nw
theas
cadet of the name of
agallery. Mr. Skead,
man overboard," the time, hearing the cry of ‘• A
gun-room port with a
with-
outhis
s dhrheswithaithigonshleiappmeadtefr.omlltihs ein
chair in hand, and immediately
ghaeshim afloat till a more effectual
time anticipated by Mr. Lambe, at t directionhe
sameof
from the
of the
. poop, a height of
and succeeded
feet.desprangd iAnkbieoneatpoti
keeping
em.oinraraltgye
reachedbut in the meantime
was theirtak e
hmoens shmoaatred,
the two gallant young men had
aid had reached them. Mr. Skead
egffiocfienatdvsaeonacmeeamnent at the
airse haappy to say that
inno a
lives very
li state,r. but
Skeadw e
mosto shown
officer, and has on more occasions than. and ha
has
conduct will
him-
selfprovetod bhehhassemlfatrot,
hreeaddyestearnrdin
We are sure,
also,hands
thoaf
that Mr.
L otrdasmohfe,sthine
oAstd
not pass without some substantial notice.—Herald.
CAPTURE OF LAGOS.—" Her Majesty's ship Penelope,
Lagos, Jan. 4,1852.—1 t would be useless for- me to at-
tempt to describe the bloody scenes that too
place
on
Christmas-day between the natives of
Lagos
and
the
ships' boats of the Penelope, Sampson, Volcano,
Water-
witch, Bloodhound, and Tenzer. Up the rivet er
thealt-
os
of lives has been very awful. Two men belonging to
the
s
Penelope, in particular, were brutally massacred by the
natives, their heads hopped off and stuck up in the
King's house as ornaments. They were eventually taken
down and buried by Captain Lyster, who, with a party
l
of men, landed and spiked their guns, but, in doing
regret to say, our ship's company suffered much ie so
the
landing and relanding of our men. There were fourteen
killed and seventy wounded, making a total, of our ship's
company alone eighty-four. Tbis mail will crush the
feelings of many a poor wife and mother when the
Samp-
son arrives. The Sampson leaves here for England this
evening. We have taken from the enemy forty-seven
guns, and set fire to and burned the town down about
their heads."
Orders wore received at Devonport on Monday morn-
ing to refit the Arethuse, 50, Captain Thomas Symonds,
with all possible dispatch. She landed thirteen invalids
on Saturday evening (twelve seaman and a second mas-
ter), who were taken to the Royal Naval Hospital. In
consequence of its being dead low water the invalids
were obliged to be landed at the Admiral's Hard, Stone-
house, and taken through the town, It is a matter of
great surprise that some steps are not taken by the Go-
vernment to dredge the channel, so that boats at least
might be taken to the hospital at all times of the tide.
The Arethusa has been inspected by the dockyard, and
is found to be in a condition to require her being brought
into harbour, and probably docked. Her defects, how-
ever, do not exceed what might have been expected
after two years' •
service, except that her fore-knee is
considerably strained. She is said to be horribly infested
with rats. •
Captain H. M. Denham did not commission the He-
rald corvette on Monday as stated. He only received
his commission yesterday.
Lieutenant William Obeyers (1815), reserved half-pay
list, died on the sth instant, aged seventy-eight.
. aL__!eutenant Benjamin Worthington (1813), reserved
11 If pay list, died at Dover on the 13th instant, aged
sixty-nine years.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hewes, Royal Marines, on the
retired full-pay list, died on the 21 instant at Epper-
satsone_, Notts. The commissions of this officer bear date
Lieutenant,
Lieutenant, 4th July, 1803; First
:31:mit'15th August, 1805; Captain, 31st July,
1826; Brevet Major, 23d November, 1841; L.
Colonel, . , 12th February, 1842. Reserved on board her
Ma e ' -
i sty s ship Salvador del Mtindo, 2ath April,
1800,
and 30th January, 1805; her Majesty's ship Crescent,
31st January, 1805, and 27th October, 1807; her Ma-
jesty'sve ship Rainbow, 9th August, 1809, and Bth No-
mner,lSl4; her Mujesty'a ship Enterprise, 3d August,
1815, and29th convict May, 1816; ship Exmouth Fe,
bruury and March,Majesty's ship 1831; her '
Winches-
ter,
18th Jane, 1831, and 13th June, 1833; her
Majesty's -ship Southampton, 20th May,lB4o, and 15th
November, 1842; i
at the blockading of Brest and the
° French
Texel; in action with a larg ng
off Cape
Tiberon; on the coast of frigateFrench
convoys, Spain, harassing the .
convoys, and frequently engaged with the batteries at
Barcelona, Mougut, &C.;employed on the Sardinian sta-
tion; often landed in
out La Paix, 4 guns, Corsica,
ro and on one occasion cut
the port of Geraglio; was
present chasing the Ala 'm
trio into Port Laugone, in Elba,
and engaged with her gun-boats and batteries of the
town; landed in company5 with the marines of her Ma-
jesty's a---1)
hi
Resistance
Massenage; landed at and Pylades at the attack of
Leghorn under Sir J. Rowley,
end was at the capturei of Genoa, by Lord William Ben-
tinck. Lieutenant-
cthe 17th of December,o I°Bllel Hewes
retired on full pay on
Vulture, advanced 46.
steam-frigate, went into the Chan-
nel on Monday morning in charge of Mr. Brown, as-
sistant master-attendant of this dockyard, to try her
machinery.
Sprightly steam-tender,7 Master-Commander Allen,
sailed for Ireland on
''
with the body of Mr. Shell on board; but as the wind
was blowing a gale all night from the westward, it is pro-
Merlin steam-packet, moth Roads.
sailed from Portsmouth Lieutenant-Commander Turner,
with. Yesterday morning, for Wool-
Sidon steam-frigate, at Portsmouth, is having her guns
placed on board by the
of the Blenheim. The steam
reserve are being forwarded l:lc:en
crew. This ship should , for service by the Blenheim's
l
e allowed a much larger com-
plement for the work they have to perform.
Fury, 6, steam-sloop
Commander Tatham, arrived at
Lisbon in a deplorabl
tremely boisterous woe.e state, having experienced ex-
er in her passage out, in cross-
ing the Bay of Biscay.
Diligence transport, Mitchel
, master, is ordered to sail
from Devonport with Stores for Commodore Martin's
squadron, to Cork, instead of Lisbon. She proceeded
yesterday.
Pilot, 12, Commander Hickley, will be paid off at
PORTSMOUTH, FEB.
i ~.
steam-ship (screw), Captainl ----The Simoom, new iron
to-day for the adjustment of her compasses.
Kingcome, has been swung
The Avon steam vessel,
Master-Commander Veitch,
arrived to-day from Plymouth,
the Rodney, 92, Captain Gruth, with a few volunteers for
aham,us to Devonport.
C. 8., and Mr. Davey
and party who navigated the Argue
Letters from the Dragon
fard, dated Lisbon, the Bth lust. state
Captain Gif-
t at-, state that she is stored
for four months, but for what
boilers are said to be in a deplorableur ose is unknown. Her
p
four having burst on the shot state, three out of
Gibraltar to Lisbon. passage from the rock of
The Vixen, 6, steam-slooP, wil
the ordinary to-morrow to be m l be brought down from
The Odin, first-class advanced
and fitted out.
moored off the King's-stairs steam-frigate, was
be
engines. She is reported to be shorn V after trying her
The Rapid, 8, Commander Blanc,ay re-commissioned.
the 3cl iest., having arrived on the ~ was at Madeira on
mouth. She encountered a very heavy, 16 days from Ply-
S.W. in let 47 10 N., long. 8 26 av
gale of windfrom
days, washing away her stern-boat., which lasted five
Finisterre she had a fair wind After passing Cape
Rapid was to sail for Madeira for into Madeira. The
Bth inst. itto and India on the

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, FEB. 17. Lieutenants Charles B.
Payne (1848), and John Hutchinson (1850), to the
Herald.

Herald. and
the 'Jerald; John.
(:::18)'51) to the Herald
Joseph W.
Parsons nt
hs:
SmithlBsl), blasters—William
additional Pa
Surgeon—Frederick M. RaYner (
Mites—John Forster (1851) to
Davy to the Torch.
Assistant-Surgeon—A. M`Donald (1841) to the Torcb.
Second Masters—William D. Strong 0848.
Fisgard flagship, at Woolwich; E. j. Kemp ) to the
to the Vic-
tory flagship, at Portsmouth; W. p rr,
•-•• 4. routbeck (1848)
to the Herald; E. Wilds (1848) to the Torch.
Clerk—J. G. Wilson to the Herald.
Assistant Eug,ineer—Peter Cow Ems to tho Simoom
steam troop-ship at Portsmouth.
THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION,
Boatswain—William Taylor to the Assistance.
Carpenter—William Dean to the Resolute.
Two sergeants, two corporals, two bombardiers (artil-
lery), and twenty privates, are to be selected from volun-
teers, of good character, belonging , _
1.0 the Woolwich
division, with the exception of the artillery bombardiers,
who come from Portsmouth, and they are to embark on
Friday on hoard the Assistance and Resolute.
Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8., is moat active in
having his arrangements carried into eff
, ect, and expects
to have the whole completed by the first week in April.
The Gallant Officer intends taking out twenty mince
rifles with him, to supply one, at least, to each sledge;
and he is still using every exertion to obtain a third and
more powerful steamer than either of those commis-
sioned for the Arctic expedition, and there is very little
doubt the request will be acceded to when the vote for
1 the expedition is brought forward. By the aid of sn.