The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-11 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS TO THE RESERVED LISTS.

The following officers have been promoted to their re-
spective ranks in the reserved list of June, 1851 • being
the third batch promoted to make up the complete list
of 50 reserved half-pay officers, 20 having been promoted
in 1851, ten in 1852, and ten in 1853.
To THE RANK OF CAPTATN.

Commander Robert Sinclair Hay (1827), who entered
the navy in 1812, has served 23 years afloat. He was
made a lieutenant in 1823, and as senior of the Talbot,
28, was slightly wounded at the battle of Navarino. He
has served as inspecting commander of the Coast Guard.
Commander William Cheselden Browne (1832), ne-
phew of the late Rear-Admiral Browne, entered the
navy in 1816, and served 21 years afloat. He was
wrecked in the Carron, in the Bay of Bengal ; was made
lieutenant in 1827, and served under Captain W. A.
P., Hamilton (now second secretary at the Admiralty)
in the destruction of several piratical vessels at Cara-
busa. He served as flag lieutenant to Sir John Gore,
in the East Indies. Since his promotion he has served
in the coast guard. He married the daughter of Vice-
Admiral Linzee.

Commander Felix Edwin (18'35) entered the navy in.
1810, and has served actively 22 years. In the Donegal,
78, he was at the attack of the French frigates Amazone
and Eliza, protected by the several strong batteries near
Cherbourg ; was made a lieutenant in 1821 ; and was
made a commander for his gallant and intrepid conduct
in an affray with a band of smugglers on the night of
July 12, 1834. He has since served as inspecting com-
mander.
Commander James Lamport Parkin (1837) entered
the navy in 1809, and has served 22 years afloat. He
saw some service in the expedition to Flushing, and in
blockading the French and Venetian squadrons. He
was master's mate of the Minden, 74, at the battle of
Algiers.; was made a lieutenant in 1818 ; served as first
of the Cruiser, 18, in • the Swan River; and was pro-
moted from flag-lieutenant to Sir W. Gage.
Commander Samuel Charles Umfreville (1838) en-
tered the navy in 1805, and has served afloat and ashore
35 years. His services are more distinguished than
those of any Lord of the Admiralty, and would have
obtained for him a better reward had he been a Parker
or a Berkeley. We shall (rive his services to-morrow.
Commander Henry Duncan I`vysden (1838) has
served 19 years afloat and ashore. He is son of Cap t.
Thomas Twysden, who commanded the Pylades when
wrecked in 1794 ; and the Revolutionnaire, 38, during
the latter part of the French revolutionary war ; and i s
grandson of the fourth baronet, Sir W. Twysden. He
entered the navy in 1809, and was in the Donegal at
Lord Cochrane's attack on the French fleet, in Aix
Roads, and at the attack on the French frigates near
Cherbourg, as before stated. He was made a lieutenant
in 1815, and subsequently served in a great number of
ships, including the Iphigenia, Captain Hyde Parker (a
ship as well known as the Resistance). He has served
also as inspecting commander in the coast guard.
Commander Thomas Peter Dobree (1839) entered the
navy in 1817, was made a lieutenant in 1827, and in the
Brisk, 18, was in the battle of Navarino. He served as
first lieutenant of the Pelorns, 18, Comus, 18, Larne,
18, and Volage, 28, and was promoted for his services
at Aden.
Commander William Morris (1841), has served afloat
20 years. He is son of the late Captain Morris, who
represented the city of Gloucester from 1805 to 1817, and
at the invasion crisis raised, and for many years sup-
ported at his own expense, a corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.
Captain Morris entered the navy in 1805, and in the
Kent, 78, was at the capture of the French frigate Le
Rhin, 44. From to 1812 he served at the blockade
of Toulon, and in an expedition against the pirates of
Ra,3l.lCyma in the Persian Gulf. He was made a
lieutenant in 1813, and, in the Genoa, was in the battle
of Navarino. He commanded the Partridge, 10, and
captured two slave vessels on- the Brazilian station.
Commander Thomas Baldock (1841), late superin-
tendent of the packets at Dover, has served on full pay
25 years, having served with the 'fleet of Indiamen under
Commodore Dance, when he . defeated the French
squadron under Admiral Lirois, entered the navy
in 1806 commanded a gun-boat at the defence of
,
Cadiz, was senior lieutenant of the Herald, 28,
in many operations on the coast of North America
and in the expedition to New Orleans, and com-
manded every detached operation at the mouth of the
Mississippi, including the capture of a privateer. Built
and commanded the Swallow packet, under the Post-
office ; commanded the Firebrand and Firefly steamers,
as packet-ships, and commanded for three years the
Snipe cutter, on the coast of Ireland.
Commander Hugh Myddelton EllieQmbe (1841) has