The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

It will be seen by the report of Rear Admiral Berke-
ley's speech at the Mansion House, on Saturday, that,
as we stated, the gallant officer was ae earnest candidate'
for service in the Baltic fleet, and " ran a race " with
Sir C. Napier for the chief command.
A weekly contemporary states that on Captain Charles
Hope attaining his flag rank, which he will do on the
31st March, if the Admiralty remove the name of Sir
Bohn Franklin from the list as "missing," Captain
Christopher Wyvill (1832) will succeed him as superin-
tendent of Sheerness Dockyard. The new secretary will
be Mr. J. B. Luson.
Commander William M. I. G. Pasco (1846), son of
the late Rear Admiral Pasco, who was Nelson's flag
lieutenant at Trafalgar, has been appointed to command
the blue division of transports, and will convey artillery
to the Mediterranean. He will hoist his pendant on
board the Caduceus. The pay attached to the appoint-
ment is 1/. 12s. per diem.
Commodore Adam's flag-ship for the coast o f Afrioa is
not to be the Termagant, 24, screw, but the Sc ourge, 6,
paddle, to be fitted at Portsmouth. The Termagant will
be commissioned for Baltic service.

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 25.
Conway, 26, Captain Ft:llford, is all ataunto under her
jury rig, and we suppose will soon leave this port for
Cork, to bear the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Fair brother
Carroll, K.C.B.

Fairy, tender, Master Commander David N. Welch,
having Captain Crispin on board, went to the measured
mile at Stokes Bay, to test the powers of a propeller by
Messrs. Lowe and Co. After taking four runs, the mean
of the whole was 10.926 with 141 b. pressure, and ave-
raging29i revolutions.

,Clerk's Assistant—Charles W. Roache, to the Tictory,
flag-ship, Portsmouth.
Mr. G. C. Edwards, who has been appointed to a
clerkship at Somerset-house in the accountant general's
department, is son of W. Corbet Edwards, Esq., store-
keeper of this dockyard.
Mr. Penny, tide surveyor of this port, has been pro-
moted, and appointed to the Liverpool station.
Mr. Trestrail, tide surveyor of the second class, pro-
moted to first class, vice Penny.
Royal Marines—Capt. W. Suther, of the Woolwich
division, has proceeded on the recruiting service to
Aberdeen, to relieve at that station Lieut. Colonel Haw-
kins, recently promoted. Lieut. Frederick Ley, of the
Chatham division, appointed to Portsmouth, vice
Symonds, deceased.
The Second Lieutenants of Royal Marines who have
lately received their first commissions are appointed—
F. G. Le Grand to the Portsmouth division ; G. C. S.
J. Graham to Woolwich ; Robert F. Taylor to Ports-
mouth ; James H. V. Arbuckle to Woolwich - A. H.
Ozzard to Portsmouth ; E. B. Pritchard to Portsmouth ;
G. F. Blake to Woolwich ; R. Kerwan to Portsmouth ;
Alexander Donellan to Plymouth ; C. H. Gaffe to Ports-
mouth ; H. C. Forbes to Chatham ; and A. H. Barnes
to Woolwich division. These officers having been pupils
of Mr. Gustavus Dittman, the naval instructor of her
Majesty's ship Excellent, have presented that gentleman
with an elegant silver inkstand, to mark their sense of his
worth and talents in preparing them for their respective
commissions.