The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

PIIO3IOTIOM
Commanders Th,Anas.ll. lie (1841) and John'Foote
have been prhthoted to the rank of captain.
Captain ',Hops is the awl of Sir John Hope, Bart. ; of
Craiglaill county Fife. He entered the navy in 1825, aad
has served afloat 18 ti ears. He was lucky enough to ge .
first cominisiion in 1832; and-as a lieutenant served in t'-e
Melville, 72, and. Hyacinth,. 18, ire the East Indies, He
the: served as first of the Sappho, 16, in the West.lndies;
was promoted at the general,promotion in 1841; aad since
then commanded the Sappho for three years on the coast of
Africa.
Captain Yoote, we believe, is the son of Captain Foote
(1827). He entered the college 1827, passed in 1833, and
was made in 1535. Al a lieuteniat he served in the
Sapphire, 23 ;,.eointnanded the: Fawn and Curlew, AO, on
the c.)ast of Africa ; and was promoted in 1845, after serving
in the Dublin, 50. -As -a commander,' he commanded the
Rosamond, 6, steam- sloop, in the Mediterranean aid the Cape
of Good Hope.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain Edward Hinton Scott (1.8a8) has been appointed
to the canvaimaill- of the Nelautre, 120, ordinary flag-ship, at
Polastuouth, vice Yatesaaatiosk term of service has expired.
Thia IS the' first opportunity Captain Scott has bad of .
serving afloat sieee.his prometiou, and that be is a distin-
guished efficer of superior claims will be seen from the fol-
lowing summary from OTyrne'e.acaount of his career during
twenty- eight years' service afloat :
" This officer entered the navy May 1,1798, as first-clays .
voluneeer on board the . Anson, 46, and 3a7 men, Captain
Philip Charles DurhaM, 'and which ship encountered, and
for 17 days dogged,_ in company with 'the Ethalion, 88, a
French sqadrou under` Commodore Bompart, consisting.
of - leloche,. of 78 guns; eight frigates, a brig, and a
schooner, defined for the invasion of -Ireland. With five
of the frigatee, Utter the three Others together with the line-
of-battle ship had fallen into the hands of Sir John Borlase
Warren, she came, Oct. -12, singly into collision, and sus-
tained a loss, with injury to her masts-and yards, of 2 men
killed and 13 wounded. On the 18th of the same month we
find her, in. company: with the: Kangaroo, 18, enduring a
similar loss 'in. a gallant action of an hour and a quarter,
which terminated in the capture of La Loire, of 46 guns and
664 men (including troops), of whom 46 were killed and 71
wounded. While attached to the Anson, Mr. Scott contri-
buted also to the capture of several fine privateers. In the
Blazer gun-brig, as sub-lieutenant, he was often in action
with the French flotilla, in the neighbourhood of Ostend,
Dunkerque, Calais, and Boulogne; and e.ssisted, in Julv,, 1805,
in rescuing the crew of the Orestes, 14, Captain rlhonias
Brown, when wrecked on the Splinter sand and exposed to
the fire ef-the enemy. In the course of the same year he
'commanded .a Feaket-vessel .Sir Sidney Smith's attack
upon the Boulogne flotilla:. On: leaving the Blazer, he be-
came Acting-Lieutenant of the Skylark, 16, and while in
that brig (to .which he was confirmed June 12; 1807) he had
ftwira 01-iiee.buits in a tanning light with a.,Freneh cutter
privateer of -8 guns' anti .40 aneni. wham, after having cut
away. het sweeps, and chased her fbr three hours, he drove
Under the guns of 'onii odcasiou he landed
at Fl us h g, spiked the 8' gas Of• a battery, and brought
the guard' off prisoners. • He served as Lieutenant in
several ships, and was appointed, August 23, 182 , to the
Cambrian, 46, Captain Galata William Hamilton. lie
was frequently, in the Sutra and her boats, engaged With
the enemy's forts and alinel vessels (several ut which he
captured) while liffutdiug protection to the trade passing
through the Great. Belt. During his servitude in Lae Or-
lando he took pert in many boat affairs in the .Adriatic and
Chesapeake. He commanded ~ her boats, too, in several
skirmishes with the Malay proas in the Straits ut suuda. and
Malacca, and once suce.eded in repelling an attack made by
them at night on a wrecked Indianian, of which .he had
been placed in charge. in the boats of the Cambrian we
find him cutting out, in the Gulf of Athens, with much
spirit and judgment, a piratical :schooner, carrying 2 lung
guns and 5U men, together with three of her prizes, besides
taking three small pirate. vessels from the rslan t ut Skupelo
and etleceing the re capture ut an English sloop. He also
assisted at the reduction ut Napoli di Rumania, and, at 1,11:
head of 100 seamen, landed there at the request ut the pro•
visional guvernmeat, had the good fortune when the troops
entered the town to save toe lives of 2,000 'links, men,
women, and children, who were afterwards placed on shore
at Smyrna. For these services he twice received the thanks
of Sir Graham aloore, the Coninuender•in-Chiet, was pre-
sented withaseord by the Greek provisional Government,
and was advatice,i,- July 18, tb23, to the rank of Commander
in the Dispatch sloop, of .8 guns. In that vessel, stationed
,„ewise in the Alediterzaut an, he remained until the close of
18a4 He was lastly, from Nov. 23, 1865, until April, 1838,
employed again on the s%ition last-named as second captaia
in the Rodney, 92, Captain (now Rear•Aditiral) Hyde
Parka-. His i.ranwtion to the rank he now holds wok place
Jan. 1 , 1838. For his conduct in jumping overuoard hum
the Orlando and saving_ the lives ut four persons, Captain
Scott (who is senior of 1838) received the thanks of the
Royal Humane Society." • -
Lieutenants—Hubert Campion (1849), to the Hecate, 6,
steam. sloop, Devouport ; 'Thomas J. Young (1851), to the
Excellent, guenery-ship, Purtetuoutn.
The Commander-in- Lltiel Admiral Sir J. A. Ommanney,
K.C.8., returned to Devonport-on Friday morning, and re-
hoisted his flag.
PAYINO . GOWN," AND A kORTNIGHT'S LEAVE. Arc-
bush., 50, Captain Symonds, watapaid down to six months,
at Portsmouth, 'on Saturday, and her men were granted the
fortnight's leave. Arrogant, 46, steam-frigate, Captain R.
SPORbinrtosmottnh, willn to • shitsemonths,
a on
fortnight's
' AI. on 'Monday, at
willa
d 1)116( pr
a crew ed w
Dauntless, 33,. screw-frigate, Captain Halstead, will be
"I:aid down," at Devonport, to-morrow (Tuesday), and
have the leave, and not Wednesday, as before stated. Superb,
80, Captain Purcell, as we have already stated, will not be
paid off (at which we hear that some few of her men are dis-
satisfied) but will be paid down to six months, and the men
have leave of absence. The Hants paper says, " There was
a misunderstanding yesterday on paying down the Arrogant,
he wages being offered to part of the crew and not the

whole. On looking to the orders, however, and referring to
the authorities, the matter was quickly settled as the Ad-
miralty had arranged, and the men were ordered to be paid
down to what was intended, and will go ashore with three
weeks' leave on Monday.
Itry:.'ney, 92, Captain Graham, C. 8., was towed out of
Portsmouth harbour on Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock,
by the Antelope and Echo steamers, one on either aide;
after anchoring she saluted the flag of the Commander-in-
Chief, Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, with .17 guns. She is
still about 150 able seamen short of complement.
Superb, 80, Ceptain Purcell, it is expected, will go into
Portsmouth harbour this 'day (Monday), and take up the
moorings in harbour lately occupied by the Rodney ; her
defects are various; her decks are very defective, especially
her lower deck. Conetant exelcise of her heavy guns, dry
holystone, and dumb scraping for two terms of commission
have worn them very thin in places.
PuRTSMuUTH, SUNDAY. he Ellin, royal dispatch tender,
acting Master-Commander Balliston, is on the graving-slip
having her bottoin,cleaned and some repairs to her rudder
effected.
The crew of her Majesty's steam-vessel Antelope, 3, Lieu-
tenant Young, were paid advance wages this day, at the
Treasury-office, in this dockyard.
The Blenheim, 3-4, steam guard-ship, Captain W. H.
Henderson, C. 8., has sent up her lower yards and top-
masts in tee steam-basin, where her boilers are being re-
paired.
The Sampson steam-frigate, Captain Jones, will soon be
complete in her refit. She is to be paid down on Tuesday.
The Southampton, American line-of-packet ship arrived
this morning from the Thames, arid sailed, after embarking
passengers and stock, for New York.
PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY. The crew of her Majesty's brig
Racer, 12, e,ounnander Beddees, was inspected on Thursday
by Captain Low, of her Majesty's snip' Impregnable. - She
was towed into the harbour on the same day by the Axon,
and will be" paid off on-Wednesday.
Her Majesty's_ troop-ship Resistance arrived on Thursday
from Woolwich, and :was towed
,on Friday by the steam-
vessel Pike into harbour to refit.
Her Majesty's ship Caledonia is_ ordered to be taken into
dock to be repaired
On Thursday the,ceew'of her Majesty's ship Impregnable
got up lower yardi and topmasts, and crossed topgallant-
yards.
Su NDAY.—Hei Majesty's frigate Leander, Captain Dacres
from Cork, entered the Sound at one o'clock to-day, and sa-
luted the Admiral.
Her Majesty's screw-.steam. troop-ship Vulcan, which was
spoken by the Simoom on Wednsday last, the 27th instant,
at the entrance to the Channel, had then been absent $2
days trom the Cape of Good liepe.- We are informed that
the intermediate shaft of her machierry was broken, and
that it was out of order prior to her arrival at Ascension;
she in consequence lauded her coal at ' that island, and has
since been ander canvas only. She had on board several
passengers and invalids from Lagos. Dr. Dick, from the
Cape, left the Vulcan for the Sunouin and landed here on
'Thureday. Nothing has since been heard of the Vulcan,
and-the wind continues easterly. The Simoom spoke her
at 7 30 A.M. on Wednesday, and having supplied her with
provisions, parted company at 10 A.m., when the Vulcan was
12 miles south-west of the- Scilly Islands. lt is not impro-
bable that she has gone in there for shelter.
The screw steam-frigate Simoom, Captain Kingcombe,

broke the'lower part of the connecting-rod of her machinery
on Thursday morning, when nearing this port. She was
securely anchored, in seven fathoms, outside the eastern end
of the breakwater, by Mr. Thompson, her Majesty's har-
bourmaster, and signal made for the assistance of a steam-
tug, when two steamers (the Avon and Confiance) went
out. The former was sent to the Racer; the latter took the
Simoom in tow, and placed her in the Admiralty anchorage
grouted, inside the breakwater. She is to be supplied with
gear from the steam-frigate Sanspareil. The Simoom is not
yet out of the hands of her contractor.
A large screw frigate, under full steam, was observed, at
half-past four o'clock this morning, oil the Eddystone, going
up Channel against a strong easterly wind.
The Vesuvius steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, has left
this port for Portsmcuth, where the officere will be ap-
pointed to the Vizen steam-sloop, fitting for the Brazils
CI d for the Brazilian Government from this country. Dur-
ingjte
tstion. When ready she will embark a gentleman accre-
dited
machincrs , one o cf th 'in dislocating his foot,
injured by
the last cruise of.the ilesuyius, two Of the engineers were
a havingd
froin the steam-reserve, at ilis i urt, t o
his hand seriously cut. Engineers
heir places prior to departure for Ports-
mouth. taken. alongside the Algeria hulk
the vessel's
The Britomart, 8, wasbeing •
awnedreth,eenettoh_erb
jAr.
of :commissioned. She
yesterday,purpose •
fot tbe . - Commander Albert Iles-
hoisted the pendant this !Horning
the Duke of Northumber-
seltine (1846) has been eelected.by
the served as a lieutenant
land to command the Britomart.
S Sd bo, and
in her Majesty's ships Electra, Grecian, tag' PP ral ro-
Conway, and attained his present rank at the gene p
motion in 1846.
The St-
. George, KO, Captain NIA
• • • on- being completed
after
OD the 24th inst., was removed from the dockyard,
which Captain Nies, C. 8., sent for the leading man of caulk-
era, and expressed to him his high-gratification at the clean
and expeditious manner in which the work was performed, at
the same time handing him a 5/. note; to be given to any
charity he felt disposed. The money has since been handed
over to the treasurer on account of the Dockyard Female
Orphan Asylum. -
The quarterly payments of salaries and civil pensions will
commence at the Pay-office on Tbur cl s ay next, the let April.
The seamen on board her Majesty's ships will, on
payment
of advanced wages at this purr, be empowered to remit
portion of the same. . ' ,r . any
§HEIERNESS, MATCH 28.—Her Majesty's screw steam-
frigate Amphion, 34, has crossed her lower and topsail yards
and pointed her topgallant-masts, and will be complete in
her rig in a few days. Some alterations and additions in
her machinery being, determined on; she will not be ready to
lave the fitting-basin for another fortnight at least.
Her Majesty's ship London, 90, 'Captain the Hon. Mon-
tague Stoptord, will shortly be ordered to fill up her comple-
ment of 830 men, and will proceed to Spithead early in June,
to form one of a Chsunel squadron during the summer, and
ultimately be stationed in the -I.editerranean. Captain
G. R. Mundy will a,sume the command of this ship on the
Ist of April, vice Captain the Hon. Montague S;opford, who
goes to the Waterloo, 121', as Flag Captain to Vice-Admiral
the lieu. Juceliue Perc.)-, Commander-in-Chi, f at the Nore
Her ISL,jesty's screw-eteam-frigate Horatio, 24, Captain
the ilea. S, I. Carnegie, is nearly opapits,w by the (194.