The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of Northumberland's second captain's ap-
pointment has been given to Captain Granville Gower
Loch. C.B. (1841), who has been selected to command
the Winchester, 50, at Chatham—it is said, as flag-ship
for the East Indies, to relieve the Hastings, 72. Cap-
tain Loch is one of the luckiest officers in the British
navy. He entered the service so late as 1826, the year
in which 46 officers in the navy -were made lieuteaants,
and are lieutenants still, and nine officers made com-
manders and remain on the list as such. Within seven
years and eight months he became a lieutenant—that is,
in 1833. Re served at home as; flag lieutenant at the
Nore, and in fitting out the Vanguard, 80; and for these
services was made a commander in 1837, having just
served the required two years to make him eligible. He
then qualified himself for his captain's rank in command
of the Fly, 18, and Vesuvius steam-sloop, on the South
American and Mediterranean stations, and was accord-
ingly promoted to his present rank in August, 1841, thus
having advanced from the cockpit to post rank in less
than eight years, and within 15i of having served afloat
for all his steps—just about the same time as many of
our first lieutenants have served :as lieutenants in succes-
sive ships without promotion. As a captain he served as
a volunteer, as extra aide-de-camp to Lord Gough at the
storming of Chin Kian Foe, in 1842, and commanded
the Alarm, 26, in the West Indies for three years,
during which period he was decorated with the order of
C.B. for a skirmish at Nicaragua, having been more
lucky than the captains at Malud a, where much greater
loss was sustained aguinst•the pirates, and those captains
who were engaged in the late bloody affair at Lagos.
The Winchester is Captain Loch's second ship as a
captain.

Commodore Martin's squadron., it is said, will come to
Spithead iu about a mouth. The gallant Commodore is
on leave, and the squadron at Queenstown is under the
command of Rear-Admiral H. M. Dixon.
We are sorry to report that an accident which is
likely to be fatal took place on board the Arethusa, 50,
Captain T. E. Symonds, at Portsmouth, fitting alongside
the jetty. Jackman, captain of the maintop, fell from
the top to the deck, where he was so much injured that
he was taken away insensible to the hospital at 'Hasler,
and we regret with very little hope of his surviving.
Arrogant, 46, screw-frtgate, Captain R. S. Robinson,
will be docked at Portsmouth to-morrow.

Blenbeina, 60, screw-steam gtuird-ship, Captain W.
H. Henderson. C. 8., has embarked her additional de-
tachment of Marine Artillery at Portsmouth.
Simoom iron-screw troop frigate, Captain Kingcome,
will go out of Portsmouth Harbour for a few hours' trial
cruise to-day, to test her machinery. Mr. Duncan, the
able inspector of machinery afloat, will superintend her
trial, and will also accompany her on her trial trip to
Scilly.

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90-gun screw'sa';ips, superior to ariythiug 'tiff. RI the
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