The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL M•KINLEY.
The death of this veteran Admiral, one of the oldest
on the flag list, was reported in our paper of yesterday.
The worthy and benevolent Admiral expired at his rst-
dance at Anglesey, near Gosport, on Saturday night,
aged 85 years. He had been slightly ailing for the past
week, but not so much as to alarm his friends. His death,
therefore, was rather sudden. It will bo remembered
that on his acceptance of the distinguished service pen-
sion of 150/. per annum we gave au ample sus wary of
his gallant career, extending over a period of nearly 79
years. We may now briefly reiterate that he entered
the navy is 1773; became a lieutenant in 1782; com-
mander, 1798; captain, 1801; rear-admiral, 1830; vice-
admiral, 1841; and admiral, June, 1851. Ho was acting
lieutenant of the Barieur in Rodney's action in 1782;
was lieutenant of the Alcide at Corsica; commanded the
Liberty gun-brig, and assisted at the capture of &cur-
die, 16, in the harbour of Horqui, in 1796; commanded
the fireship Otter at the .Helder and at Copenhagen in
1801; was captain of the Lively and senior officer in the
Tagus prior to the occupation of Lisbon by Junot in
1807; and was afterwards employed on the coasts of
Spain and Portugal. Ho was never employed as a flag
officer.

With the exception of Commander Robinson, the
senior of Greenwich Hospital, Admiral LPKinley was
the oldest commissioned otlicer in the navy.
Doubtless an admiral will have the distinguished ser-
vice pension on retirement; in ths.t case Vice-Admiral
John Dick will become Admiral of the Blue, and Rear-
Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., K CIL
will become Vice-Admiral of the Blue; leasing Rear-
Admiral Bowles, C. 8., the senior rear-admiral, and
Admiral Dundas, C. 8., the fourth, and Sir C. Napier
the tenth, on the list of rear-admirals of the Red.
Captain William Walpole (1819) now attains his flag
rank on the active list; and the following captains on
the retired list of 1846, being senior to the above officer,
all now succeed to the rank of retired rear-admiral
without increase of pay :—Hugh Patten, Hon. Charles
Orlando Bridgeman, Sir Henry Shiffuer, Bart,, and H,
Forbes.

Rear-Admiral William Walpole has served afloat 24
years. lie entered the navy in June, 1803, as midship-
man, on board the Glatton, 50, Captain James Colinett.
On his return from a voyage to New South Wales he
removed, in October, 1804, off Boulogne, to the Leopard,
50, Captain James Nicoll Morris; on accompanying
whom into the Colossus, 74, ho was afforded an oppor-
tunity of sharing, October 21, 1805, in the glories of
Trafalgar. In the following February he joined the
Ajax, 74, Captain the Hon. Henry Blackwood; and on
the destruction of that ship by fire off the island of
Tenedos, February 14, 1807, he was received on board
the Endymion, 40, Captain the Hon. Thomas Bidden
Capel. In her he was present at the ensuing passage of
the Dardanelles. He was made lieutenant August 8,
1808, into the Warspite, 74, commanded by his former
captain (Blackwood), in the North Sea and Channel, and
also in the Mediterranean; where he served, from October,
1810, until promoted to the rank of commander, June
15, 1814, in the Imperieuse, 38, Captain the Hon.
Henry Duncan. Previously to his appointment to the
latter ship he appears to have taken part, July 29, 1810,
In a very gallant skirmish, in which the British, with a
slender force, beat back a powerful division of the French
Toulon fleet. On June 27, 1812, he was wounded is
the boats of the Imperieuse, as were 10 others, besides 4
who were killed, at the destruction of 18 merchant vessels
under the batteries of Languelia and Alessi°, in the Gulf
of Genoa. The total loss sustained by the boats of the
squadron engaged in that affair amounted to 9 killed
and 31 wounded. While at the blockade of Naples Mr.
Walpole was, we believe, present in a spirited action
fought between the Imierieuse and Cephalna, 18, on one
side, and a Neapolitan force, consisting, on the other, of
the Joachim, 74, a frigate, a corvette, and 22 gun-
vessels. He was a participator, also, in the operations
against Leghorn vied Gt nos, in December, 1813, and
April, 1814. From May 12, 1815, until August, 1816,
Captaiu Walpole commanded the Thames frigate, armee
en flitte, on the coast of North America and the West
kitties. He was next, Feb. 10, 1818, appointed to the
Curlew, 18, fitting for the Bust Indies. In December,
1819, having accompanied an expedition sent under the
command or Captain Francis Augustus Collier (who
had with him, in addition to the Curlew, the Liverpool,
50, Eden, 26, several of the Hon. East India Com-
pany's cruisers, and a number of gun and mortar-boats),
and Major-General Sir William Grant Keir (under
wnom were 3,000 troops), to attack the settlements of
the pirates in the Parente Gulf, he distinguished himself
in an eminent degree. During the siege of Ras-al-
Khymes, the principal stronghold of the freebooters,
he had charge of the flotilla employed, and, as-
sisted by Lieutenant John Norman Campbell, di-
rected the astonishing efforts made by the seamen
iu dragging two 24-pounder guns through mud
to a breaceing battery, and in landing and carrying for-
ward the requisite stores. These exertions the Major-
General declared ho had never seen surpassed, while the
precision with which the battery was served would have
reflected credit upon the most experienced corps of artil-
lery. After the enemy had been driven from the Ras-al-
Khyma, an attack was mane by a detachment under
Major Warren on the fort of Zaire, situated upon a
neighbouring hill, and deemed by the natives impreg-
nable. Your are able,' says the Major in his official
report to Sir W. G. Keir, 'to appreciate the zeal by
which Captain Walpole,' who had accompanied him,
' must have been actuated, and the ability with which
that zeal must have been applied to have enabled him to
overcome the difficulties attending the landing of the sup-
plies and stores, particularly the guns, which being
brought up a narrow, intricate, and shallow creek, a dis-
tance of upwards of three miles, had to be dragged
through a muddy swamp, and afterwards over a con-
siderable space of rocky and intersected ground, before
they could be placed in the batteries.' In the summer
of 1820, Captain Walpole, whose post commission bears
date December 7, 1819, brought home the Seringapatam,
a new 46-gun frigate, laden with the frame of another
ship of the same class. His last appointments were
Oct. 2, 1828, and Jan. 20, 1832, to the Ranger, 28, and
Pallas, 42, both on the West India station, whence he
returned in 1834; and Oct. 30, 1840, to the Vernon, 50,
fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained until
the spring of 1844.-O'Byrne.
For the admiral's retired pension we have heard of
two or three candidates-namely, Admirals Sir Thomas
Livingstone, Bart., Zachary Mudge, and Jonas Carthew;
but we believe there is very little doubt that Admiral
Mudge, a moat distinguished veteran, will be selected.
A captain's good-service pension also reverts to the
patronage of the First Lord of the Admiralty on the
promotion of Rear-Admiral Walpole.
Captain Donat Henchy O'Brien (1821) is now the se-
nior captain on the list.
THE NEW LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY.-WO under-
stand that Captain the Hon. Richard Saunders Duradas,
C. 8., the captain superintendent of Deptford Dockyard,
has been offered the vacant seat at the Board of Admi-
ralty. A better selection could not be made.
SIR JOHN ODENIA.NNEY AND THE Loss OF THE AMAZON.
-We understand that Admiral Sir John Ocninannan
K.C.8., the commander-in-chief at Devonport, having
been called upon to report upon the information he re-
ceived with reference to the loss of the Amazon, has em-
phatically denied that ho was applied to by any one to
send a steamer to the locality of the wreck- The fearful
loss was only reported to him on the Monday subse-
quent to the disaster.-Herald.
THE COMMAND OF THE HORATIO SCREW• E
We have stated that Captain Woodford Wilhanas s ap-
pointment to the Horatio screw-frigate, at Sheerness,
was cancelled. It is now understood that Captain the
Hon. S. T. Carnegie (1845), who was promoted from
the command of the Orestes, 18, will have the command
of this ship.
STEAM GITARD-SHIP AT DEYONPORT.--Captaiß Ram-
say left town yesterday, for Devonport, to commission
the Magicienne, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at De-
vonport. She is a new ship, of 1,255 tons and 400 horse
power. She was built in Pembroke in 1849. The Ma-
gicienne will he the commissioned ship of the steam re-
serve at Devonport pro tem.