The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

TUE FLAG APPOINTMENTS, &C.
As was stated yesterday, the death of Rear-Admiral Hen-
derson, C. 8., promoted no less than ten captains to flag rank,
on the active, retired, and reserved half-pay
lists.
By these promotions a good-service pension, the appoint-
ment of a naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, and the com-
mand of the screw-ship Nile are relinquished'.
The vacant good-service pension, we believe, has been be-
stowed upon Captain Lushington (1819), now in command of
the Albion, 80, in the Black Sea fleet.
This selection is an act of
justice towards a senior captain
of good service in his present rank, and of distinguished
service in an inferior grade, who has been passed over
several times in favour of juniors. Captain Lushington, as
a commander, distinguished himself in command of the
'Etna, bomb, at the taking of Morea Castle. As a captain
he commanded the Retribution, steam-frigate, and the
Vengeance, 84. He was then appointed superintendent of
the Indian navy, which post, however, he resigned in order
to continue his service in the Royal navy, and has held the
command of the Albion since July, 1852. There are only
three officers senior to Captain Lushington on the list that
can be said to have any claims to the good-service pension.
Commodore Henry 13yam Martin, C. 8., having attained his
rank of rear-admiral, the command of the Nilo, 90 gun screw
ship, in the Baltic, has been given to
Captain George Rodney Mundy (1837). This gallant officer, it will be remembered, was for some time ,aptain of the Waterloo, 120, and then of
the London, 90 ; but after fitting
and manning the latter ship,
Captain Mundy, iu consequence severe illness, was obliged to
relinquish his post, and was succeeded by Captain Charles
Eden.

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It is deemed probable that Rear-Admiral Martin may take
out the Royal Albert, screw three-decker, to the Black Sea,
to serve as flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the.
.British
Commander Doobnbi
fleet in those waters, Rear.
Captain of the Fleet.
remained at Halifax in his Admiral Martin remaining as
Rear-Admiral Fanshalve, C.BThe force of Admiral Faush:awg.
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the commander-in-chief,
Thompson, July 6.
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division of the station at Halifax consisted of the flag-ship
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northern islands, June 28; and the Devastation conveyed the
Magdalena, Royal Mail steam-packet, out of the port.
Commodore Henderson, is the In,
di e dw, a thestcocon cursings n );dnyeoda:l-.
Juno
2;23 ,Efosrpileigaivea,
hll2la,hC.ommander
having
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ed3'd'evolveB 01:1a.sa,
at Madeira, from
Cuba ; Medea, 6, paddle, Commanclielraaplindiekw,
limmanociree,r_liettft.cJhaimet:ca,
Commodore Adams, commander-in-chief for the coast of
Devonport, June 22, and after coaling Proceeded to Ascension.
Africa, in the Scourge, 6, paddilse
Morris, of the
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le-chief
efnodfe Rear-Admiral
Finch
ein Henderson,eHhi:awz
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sbestationiiev e ,
The command in chief of another station—the Cape of
Good Hope—is left to a commander, who, by the way,
from South-
Hshyodurald, h6a,vpao
abdeleenata
the Cape,
forwa sCaocnitinmganetr
captain twice when
with Commodore Plumridge iu the East Indies.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Simla,
Captain George Brookes, which is to take the 4th Dragoons
Y---, against seven
ampton to Plymouth. She left the docks at 3 a p.m. ,
Saturday, and entered the Sound at 1 45 a.m.
on Sunday.
, where she was
On the passage from the Needles to the Breakwater Light-
to the East, made an extraordinary p
four inches by the head, her proper trim being seven inches
by the stern. She anchored in the Sound until nine o'clock in
Light-
hours' oo
uu
rs
se , she o
flood
averaged
tide
andl4 knots ot s
strong underh head
asteam
win
doi
the morning, when 11r. Thom sou, Queen's harbour-master,
shortly afterwards inspected by the Brigade-Major. The
Simla is nearly 100 feet longer than her Majesty's shin
navigated her to her moorings off Keyham
She takes in all 320 horses—namely,'
Duke of Wellington.
26 in the hold, 127 between decks, and 167 on deck. Of
these, she embarked at Southampton six, supplied by the
6th Enuiskillens, nine by the 6th Light Dragoons (carbiueers),
three by the 17th Lancers, and two by the 15th Light Dra-
goons. The 4th (Queen's Own) Light Dragoons, under the
command of Colonel Lord Paget, will consist of two squad_
roils, comprising 250 horses and 293 mon. The A
and B
troop, under Major Lowe,
arrived at Plymouth on a. t da ur Y,
and tho E and F troop, under Major Acker, arrived
on
Monday.
The Clifton, Belgravia, Edwin, Columbia, and Hereford-
shire transports left the Downs yesterday for Calais, to be
ready to embark the French troops. The Prince, screw
steamer, 2,700 tons burdens, left Blackwell on Saturday for
the same service. She carries a vast quantity of shot, shell,
and ammunition.
The Orinoco screw-steamer sailed from off Portsmouth on
Saturday with the Rifles and a detachment of Foot for the
Black Sea.
An immense quantity of shot, shell, barrels of cartridges,
cases of swords, &c., have been shipped on board the Manilla
for conveyance into the Black Sea.
The Himalaya will not arrive at Liverpool until Friday.
Instead of proceeding to that port direct she has gone round
by Kingstown for the purpose of embarking a portion of the
Sects Grays stationed there. The main body of that
regi-
ment still remain at Manchester.
Yesterday morning the senior and junior companies of the
46th Regiment, consisting of 200 rank and file, with 22 non-
commienioned oillcen and drununers, nauched horn the In- ,