The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-25 00:00:00

SATURDAY

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENT.
Lieutenant Lardner Dennys, as retired commander,
vice Thomas Hills, deceased. The newly-appointed
gentleman and his professional services are thus de-
scribed by the naval biographer O'Byrne:—" Lardner
Dennys, whose family is of high and ancient
extraction,
is the youngest son of the late Nicholas Dennys, Esq.,
formerly of Ashley-park, near Tiverton, Devonshire, and
grandson of Nicholas Dennys, Esq., for many years
M.P. for Barnstaple. This officer entered the navy
about April, 1805,
as midshipman, on board the Achille,
74, commanded by the late Sir Richard King. While
in that ship, independently of many cutting-out affairs,
he was present at the battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21,
1805; witnessed Sir Samuel Hood's capture of four
French frigates, off Rochefort, Sept. 25, 1806;
served
on shore during the operations connected with the ex-
pedition to Walcheren in 1809; and was employed, in
1810, at the siege of Cadiz. In the early part of 1811
ne accompanied the same captain into the San Josef,
110, flag ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Charles
Cotton ; and after a subsequent attachment of
four months, as signal mate, to the Caledonia,
120, flag-ship of Sir Edward Pellew, to whom
his knowledge of French signals enabled him on one
occasion to intimate the approach of a French squadron,
he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant February 6,
1812. From November 25, following, until June, 1816,
Mr. Dennys next served in various parts of the globe
on board the Horatio, 38, Captains Lord George Stuart
and William Henry Dillon; under the former of whom
he assisted at the capture, in December, 1813, of the
Dutch islands of Schouwen and Tholen. He returned
home from the East Indies in December, 1816. as acting
captain of the Elk, 18; and, being then paid off, has not
re-
ceived a reward from Lloyd's for services rendered to a
ship in danger on the coast of Ireland. He married a
great grand-daughter of Admiral Sir Richard Haddock."
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PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The ;
..Joc,m, troop screw-
steamer, Captain Kingcome, is coming up to Spithead
from Pembroke, to which 1
since been employed. In 1815, Lieutenant Dennys p
-ace she took masts and spars
for the Windsor Castle.
The Blenheim, 60, screw block-ship, is hourly ex-
pected at Spithead, she having been now a month on her
experimental cruise.
The Growler, 5, steam-sloop,
Commander Stoddart, is
not to be dismantled, as previously ordered. A survey
has been held upon her, and she will be pail off to-mor-
row, but all her serviceable stores are to be kept on board
ready for re-commission.
The Stromboli, 6, advanced steam-sloop, lias completed
the adjustment of her compasses to-day,
The Leopard and Vesuvius, paddle steam•frigates,
have been taken out of the fitting basin to-day to make
room for the Ajax, 60, Captain Quin, which is to be
taken in and docked to-morrow. aid been taken
to moorings ready for service.

The Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinson, trill be paid off
to-morrow, and re-commissioned by Captain Freemantle.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Her Majesty's, steam-vessel
Avon sailed ysterday with supernumeraries for Ports-
mouth.
Her Majesty's screw steam ship Pfi 141
--g—A.Yer, 21, Captain
Matson, arrived on Monday from Portsmouth, and Failed
the same evening for the West Indies.

The Hamoszo.. lighter sailed on Tuesday for Queens-
town with provisions for the Channel fleet, on their ar-
rival at that port.
..

The St. George, 120, ordinary guard•ship, Captain
Nias, was paid wages on Tuesday.

,
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 24.—Apartments are being fitted
up with furniture of his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland in the official residence of the First Lord of the
Admiralty at Whitehall, as the present gallant First
Lord intends to reside there while the alterations about
to be made at Northumberland House take place. His
Grace is expected to return to town in about a week, al-
though the day is not yet named.
Captain A. Milne, one of the Lords o! the Admiralty,
returned to town yesterday, and has resamed his official
duties at the Admiralty.
Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., First Secretary, is on
his way home from Malta.
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the
Navy, and Mr. Lloyd, Chief Engineer of the Steam De-
partment-
st ea a
steam-ship,
Somerset-house,
p, in
e rse t h
the b
o usaes, visited a
t t gaummnon, 90,
wWoolwich
to-day,
-day, and
Mr. John Penn, the constructor of her engines, being on
board, the steam was got up for the first time, and the
scre
engines were worked for upwards of an hour and a half,
and everything found in the most sasfactory and per-
fect order. The powerful screw-propeller, 18 feet in
diameter, the largest yet made for the Royal Navy, re-
volved 35 times per minute at her nicaringB, and it is
expected it will be accelerated to 50 revolutions per
minute when she is under way, when tried on the river
or at sea.