The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-22 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The Adjutant of the County of Edinburgh Militia
(Captain Petley) has opened his enrolment at Dalkeith as
head-quarters, and already such large numbers have
volunteered, that it is expected, before the entire county
is visited, the number of the regiment, 730 men (includ-
ing officers), will be completed. The Queen has ap-
pointed Lieut.-Colonel Geddes, late of the East India
Company's Artillery Service, as Lieutenant-Colonel of
the Edinburgh City Militia Artillery. An experienced
staff is being organised, and the enrolment of the regi-
ment, which is to number 255 men (including officers),
will take place without delay.

NAVALG PROMOTIONS
T FOR THE EN-
,4GEMENT IVITH HE SEBASTOPOL
BATTERIRS.

The following official announcement of promotions
of officers engaged on the 17th ult, in the attack of the
Sebastopol batteries will be read with the greatest in-
terest.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 21.
The Lords of the Admiralty, in order to mark their
approval of the gallant conduct displayed in the engage-
ment of the fleet, on the 17th of October, with the Rus-
sian batteries at Sebastopol, and of the skill and seaman-
like qualities shown on that occasion, have made the
following promotions, dated the 13th inst.:—
Commander A. F. Kynaston, of the Spiteful, and
Commander H. D. Rogers of the Albion, to be captains.
Lieut. W. G. Jones, of the Firebrand ; Lieut. Henry
Lloyd, of the Triton ; Lieut. J. P. Luce, of the Lynx ;
and Lieut. Win. Bowden, of the Arethusa, to be Com-
manders.
N. G. Arquimbau, second master of the Triton, and
E. C. Ball, second master of the Camden, to be Masters.
J. F. Pritchard, assistant-surgoon of the Albion, to
be surgeon.
The Lords of the Admiralty have also been pleased
to place a commission for the promotion of a lieutenant
to be a commander at the disposal of Vice-Admiral
Dundas and of Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, re-
spectively.
In addition to these promotions the board have directed
commissions in blank to be transmitted to Vice-Admiral
Dundas, to be filled up by the promotions of officers ac-
cording to the following directions :
Provided that during the action the conduct of the
officers to be selected was to the satisfaction of their
several captains ; but otherwise to be filled up with the
names of any officers of the rank most distinguished in
action.

The senior commander of the ships of the line on
board during the action.
The senior commander in command of a sloop en-
gaged.
The four senior lieutenants actually engaged ; the
eight senior mates, &c.
The two senior assistant-surgeons en board and en-
gaged ; the three senior clerks actually engaged ; three
chief engineers of the second and third class, provided
they were actually engaged, will be advanced one grade
each ; and three assistant engineers of each class will
also be advanced one grade, provided they were in the
action.
The three senior gunners, boatswains, and carpenters,
of the second class, will be advanced to the first class ;
and the three seniors of the third class will be advanced
to the second.
The promotion of those officers selected by their
lordships' who have not served the required period at
sea, or who may not hays passed their examinations,
is contingent on their subsequently qualifying themselves
according to existing regulations.
The Royal Marines of the fleet having been employed
at the time of the action with the besieging army, these
naval promotions have necessarily been made without
reference to that branch of the service, or to the nava)
brigade similarly employed on shore.
These promotions, it will be seen, include—
Commanders to the rank of captain
Lieutenants to the rank of commander
Mates to the raak of lieutenant
Second masters to the rank of master
Assistant surgeons to the rank of surgeon....
Clerks to the rank of paymaster
Chief engineers of second and third class advanced one
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Assistant engineers advanced one grade - 3
Gunners, boatswains, and carpenters, from second to
first class, three of each rank
Ditto, from third to second, three each 9
Of the captains two have been promoted by their lord-
ships—namely, Commander A. F. Kynaston (1852), of
the Spiteful, 6, paddle sloop, and Commander H. D.
Rogers (1847), of the Albion. Captain Kynaston is, we
believe, three officers excepted, the junior commander in
the fleet, but, being the only commander whose name
was mentioned in Admiral Dundo.s's dispatches, in
which; it is said the Rodney " was got off by the great
exertions of Commander Kynaston, of the Spiteful,
whose crew and vessel were necessarily exposed in
performing this service," the Admiralty could do no
less than place this officer first on the list of promo-
tions, the commander of the Rodney, Captain Ran-
dolph, the second senior commander in the Black Sea
fleet, having been promoted the day before yester-
day. Captain Kynaston entered the service in 1830,
and was promoted by Sir George Seymour to the coin-
mend of the Devastation, 6, paddle-sloop, in the West
Indies, in 1852. He was appointed to the Spiteful only
in July last, so that he may be regarded as a fortunate
although a long-service officer. Captain Randolph, of the
Rodney, having been promoted as we have already
stated, Commander Rogers came next in the list of
seniority of the commanders of the Black Sea fleet, and
here seniority and luck go together ; for Captain Lush-
ington, of the Albion, having been on service ashore as
commander of the naval brigade, the commander (Cap-
tain Rogers) Lad the command of the Albion in the en-
gagement. As, such, although perhaps not the most
brilliant officer on the station, the Admiralty have dealt
most handsomely by him. -
The other two commanders to be promoted, it will
be seen, are to be the senior of the line-of battle ships
and the senior of the sloop engaged. Looking over the
list we find that the senior commander of the line-of-
battle ships is Captain J. J. B. E Freere, of the Belle-
rophon, Lord G. Paulet (Nov. 9, 1846), who is also the
senior commander of the Black Sea fleet ; and next in
seniority of the liners are Commander Burnett (1846),
of the Queen, 116 ; C. J. F. Ewart, (1848), Trafalgar,
120 ; G. L. L. G. Bowyear (1851), of the Vengeance,
84 ; 0. Cumberland (1852), of the London, 92 ; H.
S. Hillyar (1853), of the Agamemnon, 90, screw ;
W. E. A. Gordon (1854), of the Sanspareil, 70, screw ;
and G. 0. Willes (1854), of the Britannia. But
of the sloops engaged, Commander Leopold Heath
(1847), of the Niger, 15, screw, is the senior ; and the
others next to him are Commander Spratt (1849), of
the little Spitfire, paddle; Commander Powell (1851), of
the Vesuvius, 6, paddle. Allowing, however, that the
conduct of the seniors was satisfactory, the following
will be the list of commanders promoted for the engage-
ment, to be captains :
Commander Randolph (1846), Rodney, 90.
Commander-Rogers (1847), Albion, 90.
Commander Kynaston (1852), Spiteful, 6, paddle.
Commander J. J. B. E. From (1846), Bellerophon,
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Commander L. G. Heath (1847), Niger, 15, screw.
LIEUTENANTS TO BE COMMANDERS.

Of the officers promoted, Lieutenant Heiry Lloyd,
the commander of the Triton, 3, iron paddle vessel, who
was very dangerously wounded by the fragment of a
shell, was one of the seven lieutenants in the action ; W.
Bowden, of the Arethusa, 50, was a lieutenant of 1847 ;
H. Luce, of 1848, and commander of the Lynx, 4, screw
dispatch-cruiser ; and W. G. Jones (1848), of the Fire-
brand. Thus two commanders of vessels and two senior
lieutenants of frigates have been promoted. We believe
the four seniors of the ships in the engagement, who
are to be promoted, " provided," &e., are Sawley,
Rolland, Kennedy, and Johnston, but we are uncertain
whether they were serving ashore or afloat. The list of
lieutenants, therefore, promoted and to be promoted,
are the following :
Henry Lloyd (1841), commander of Triton, 3, paddle.
W. Bowden (1847), Arethusa, 50.
H. Luce (1848), commander of Lynx, 4, screw-
cruiser,
W. G. Jones (1848), senior of the Firebrand, paddle.
J. N. T. Sawley (1841), Bellerophon, 78.
W. R. Rolland (1841), Agamemnon, 91, screw.
J. J. Kennedy (1841), London, 90.
Gabriel Johnson (1841), Spitfire, 3, padddle.
Eight mates are ordered to be promote de.
but only
two second masters have been made masters—the acting
second master of the Caradoc is
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Mr. Arquiwbau, of the Tritoans, not
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master.
This short analysis of the above promotions will show
that there is a spirit of fairness in the selection, which
must be most gratifying to the navy ; and so k ear as they
limitedaerleceti to the small number of officers rewarded, the
selections must reflect credit upon Sir James Graham
and his board.
The distinguished captains, it will be remarked, re
main to be rewarded, and it would appear as if the mas-
ters, the surgeons, the chief engineers, and the pay-
masters are left to share their rewards with the captains
and admirals.
The solitary assistant-surgeon promoted is Mr. Pritch-
ard (1850), of the Albion, 90, who, when Mr. Mason,
the surgeon of that ship, was wounded in the engage-
ment, most creditably exerted himself to relieve the 70
men who were wounded in that ship.
The promotions of a lieutenant each are given to the
Commander-in-chief, Vice Admiral Dundas, and his su-
bordinate.
The flag lieutenants are Mr. Macdonald (1151), to the
Commander-in-chief, and Mr, Cowper Coles (1846), to
Rear Admiral Sir E. Lyons.