The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The naval service will feel pleased to hear that the
First Lord has appointed Commander Corbet, who was
promoted for his desperate gallantry at the late san-
guinary affair at Lagos, and in which ho was most
dangerously wounded, to be the Admiralty agent in the
General Screw Steam Company's ship Mauritius, to
convey the mails to the Cape, Mauritius, and Calcutta,
on the 15th instant.
Lieut. Thomas W. Langton (1823), now Admiralty
agent in the contract mail-packet service, has been pro-
moted to the rank of commander on the reserved half-
pay list, vice Nepean, deceased.
We stated on Thursday that Commodore Lord Adol-
phus Fiteclarence hoisted his red broad pendant as a
first-class commodore at Portsmouth; we may now add,
that in compliment to this worthy and gallant officer and
Captain Crispin on their promotion, the whole of the
officers of the Royal yachts, including those of the Fairy
and Elfin, entertained them at a sumptuous dinner on
board the Royal George. Commander the Hon. R.
Curzon, recently promoted from the Royal yacht, went
down from London on purpose to join the officers in
given the dinner. Between 20 and 30 sat down, and we
hear it was a must convivial and happy party. Yester-
day evening the noble commodore and Captain Crisp n
had the honour of dining with Admiral Sir Thomas
Briggs, the Commander-in-Chicr, who entertained the
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captains of the ship., in commission, and a large party
of naval officers, in honour of his lordship', promotion.
The broad pendant will be atiuck at sunset on Satur-
day, when Lord Adolpha3 leaves for town.
Midshipmen—Messrs. Lawe, Phillimore, and Challis,
passed their examination for seamanship, on board the
Victory, on Wednesday ; and Mr. Banton, assistant-
master, passed for second master.
The 81-gun screw-ship Sanspareil, Captain Dacres,
left Plymouth Sound on Thursday morning, on a trial
trip in the Channel, and returned at 4.30 p.m.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 5.

The Duke of Wellington, 131, has been warped from the
steam-basin into dock to-day, to be coppered and have
her machinery fitted.
The Dvina, Russian corvette, arrived at Spithead to-
day from the eastward. She anchored in the quaran-
tine ground in the Motherbank, and saluted the national
flag with 21 guns and the Port-Admiral with 17, which
compliments were duly returned by the Platform Bat-
tery and the flag-ship.
The Northumberland line-of-packet ship arrived at
Spithead this morning from the Thames, on her way
to New York.
The Dudbrook, hired convict-ship, arrived at Spit-
head this morning from the Thames, to embark pri-
soners for transportation.
The Sharpshooter, 8, iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant
Parish, hauled out of dock this afternoon fully rigged.
Avon, steamer, Master Commander Veitch, arrived at
Portsmouth from Plymouth yesterday morning, and
sailed again on her return in the afternoon, bringing up
and taking down supernumeraries.

SHEERNESS, I' RWAY,

Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Aga-
memnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, will be com-
plete in her rig by the end of the ensuing week, and
fully equipped by the latter part of December. Sho has
entered half her complement of men.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Porcupine,
3, Lieutenant-Commanding George M. Jackson, has
made good her defects and is reported ready for sea by
Tuesday next.
Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Miranda, 14, will be
complete in her fittings as an advanced steamer of the
reserve squadron by the 24th inst.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Tartarus,
Lieutenant-Commanding R. H. Risk, having been re-
fitted at Chatham, steamed down the Medway on the 2d
inst. as far as the Fortitude, coal-depit. Having taken
on board a full supply of fuel, she came into harbour
next morning, and was swung for the purpose of ascer-
taining the deviation of her compasses. Yesterday at
9.30 am. she proceeded to the anchorage at the Little
Note, where her crow were paid their wages. She is to
sail to-day for the coast of Scotland, to resume the ser-
vice of protecting the fisheries.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Myrtle, Mr.
W. S. Bourchier Master Commanding, will shortly be
ready to leave the discharging-basin and resume her du-
ties as tender to the Monarch, 84, Captain C. Hope.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Avon, tender to the Im-
pregnable, Mr. Alfred Veitch, Second-Master Command-
, ing, arrived yesterday at noon with supernumeraries.
After disembarking them she proceeded to the west-
ward.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Lizard left port yesterday
forenoon for Chatham.
Her Majesty's brig Sappho, 12, Commander A. A.
Cochrane, was paid off at Chatham on the 2nd inst.
The seamen of the Horatio, screw steam-guardship,
received yesterday their wages for extra duties.

THE CAPTAIN'S GOOD SERVICE PENSIOIN.
We are glad to be able to announce that His Grace
the First Lord of the Admiralty has conferred the vacaof
nt
good service pension, relinquished by the promotion
Rear Admiral Sir John Frankin, on that g
distinguished officer, Captain Ryder Barton,i.H. llant
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As stated in O'Byrne's " Naval
salon'._Biogrphy
James Ryder Burton, born in 1795, of the late
Bishop of Killala, a collateral descendant of Fres. Pier-
pont Burton, first Lord Con
(whose first wife
was a niece of Dudley Ryder, first Lord flarrowby), and
cousin of the late Admiral Sir Robert Otw ay , 81806,
art.,
G.C.B. This officer entered the Navy,
May 12,
as a volunteer, on hoard the Pearl, Liout.-Commander
Charles Woodger, lying at Portsmouth, and from Octo-
ber following until December, 1812, served with Captain
Charles Malcolm, in the Narcissus and Rhin frigates,
the last four years as midshipman and master's mate,
While so attached, we find him, in 1809, conveying to
the West Indies the timely intelligence of the French
fleet having left Brest, and assisting at the capture of
the Saintes; next, on his return to the British Channel,
contributing to the capture of four French privateers
carrying, in the whole, 58 guns, and 310 men; and,
finally, while in active co-operation with the patriots on
the north coast of Spain, receiving a desperate gun-shot
wooed in the left side in an attack on the town of
Castro, Julyl2, 1812,
owing to which misfortune ho was
obliged to invalid, and remain for several months at
Plymouth Hospital. His promotion to the rank of
Lieutenant taking place Feb, 15, 1813, he joined in that
capacity, on July 22nd following,the Garland, 22, Cap-
tain Richard Plummer Davies, with whom he continued
to serve, off Lisbon
anaddeadiz, and in the Mediterranean
and Adriatic, until
appointed to the tioln, 74,
offin Feb., 1816. Ho was then
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Captain John Coode, ono
of Lord Exmouth's l
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erfleet at the subsequent bombardment
of Aigioro,
a ohe volunteered the command of No