The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-25 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, struck his flag on
board the Duke of Wellington, 131, at Spithead, on
Saturday evening, having obtained Admirality leave for
the Christmas.
The Royal George got up steam at Sheerness on
Saturday morning, and steamed down to the docking
moorings, where she will remain until next spring tides.
Her- crew have also similar leave to the crews of the
Majestic and Cressy.
The screw seam-ship Princess Royal, 91, Captain
Lord A . Paget, having been fitted with a new false
keel; was taken out of dock at Devonport on Saturday.
The screw steam-ship Ciesar, 91, Captain Robb, was
docked at Keyham on Thursday.
The Monarch, 84, will leave Hamoaze for Plymouth
Sound on the 21th inst., and is appointed• to sal for
South America on the 2d of January.
The Majestic, 80, was slipped from her moorings on
Saturday last, warped into the fitting basin, and docked
in No. 3 dry dock, Sheerness. Her crew. were granted

leave until to-morrow morning.
The crew of the Cressy, 80, who were draughted from
the Portland, Fox, and %Vaterwitch on her going to the
Baltic, were sent up to Chatham in the Wildfire to re-
ceive their pay and the same term of leave as the crew
draughted from the Centaur to the Majestic. All her
crew here were granted liberty on Saturday last, to ex-
pire to-morrow morning, when they are to be paid and
have leave granted them.
The steam blockship Cornwallis, 72, will be taken o'

of dock at Devonport on the Bth of January.
The Imperieuse, 51, Captain Watson, C.B:, arrived at
Spithead on Saturday from the Baltic.
The screw steam-frigate Euryalus, 51, Capt. Ramsey,
last from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Satur-
day morning, and is appointed to go up Hamoaze for
repairs.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants.—George John Malcolm (1849), from the
Powerful, 84, to the Waterloo, 120, at Sheerness ; Lord
F. Conyngbam (1845), from the Blenheim, 60, screw
steam-ship, to the Exmouth, 91, screw steam-ship, at
Devonport ; Benjamin L. Lefroy (1854), to the Blen-
heim, 60, at Portsmouth ; the Hon. William L. H.
Anson (1853), recently serving in the Monarch, 84, to
the Tartar, 21, screw ste urn corvette, at Chatham ;
Charles A. B. Pocock (1853), from the Excellent
gunnery ship at Portsmouth, to the Monarch, 84, at De-
vonport ; J. P. Smallpage (1854), from the Boscawen,
72, to the Belleisle hospital ship at Devonport.
Master George H. Loveridge (1847), recently serving
in the Salamander paddlewheel steam sloop, to the Coast
Guard.
Chaplain Robert Picton Picton to the Powerful, 84.
Mates—Philip H. Colomb (1852), recently serving in
the Phcenix screw steam sloop, to the Ajax, 60, screw
steam ship; J. F. St. G. M9Donnell, recently serving in
the Racehorse, 14, sloop, to the Nankin, 50, at Chatham.
Assistant Surgeons—John Hudson (1853), serving in
the Waterloo, 120, flagship, at Sheerness, is confirmed
to that ship ; Thomas Coghlan, serving in the Royal
George, 120, screw steam ship, at Sheerness, is con-
firmed to that ship.
Third Class Assistant-Engineers—George Hl)vvgate,
William Fowler, William Hurst, and James Higgons
Bray, to the fleet.