The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLI:GWICE.

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'9Tvl")&A' Ci-1/713EA4M-ini ADMIRAL tp; THOMAS LIVING-
'STONE,' ART-
. Admiral of the White sT.Thop:tha Livingstone, Bart.:,
died at-his seat Westcp.iarter, Nprtii. Britain, on Satur-
day. The Venerable 'and' gallant Officer succeeded his
-.lather as tenth baronet, in 1795, and was heir and re-
; presentative of the attaintecl Earl Of Linlithgow. He
entered the navy in 1762; and served afloat 25 yeari.
In the Monarch, 74, he • Witnessed •the unsuccessful
tack on 41tiOnicLue, in January, 1793. He commanded
nne, 64, in Sir J, B. Warren's pursuit to the
r:„4.thi3nieenast of 'Bap% of the French fieet;:.and when in POIA, •
bland of the Rehomm6e, frigate, captured the Vigiranie,
Spanith brig,, of la guns,
.under, the fire of Fort Calla-
retes, in Aprll, 1806. Ile was' not afloat from 1808 to
1821, when he was appointed to the command of the
Genoa, 74, at Lisbon. Sir Thothas was a deputy lieu-.
, tenantrfor the eounty oflinlithgow and of the Castle
Blackness, lie :Married in 1809, Janet, daughter of
Sir•Janicia Stirlingi • Bait.; who died in 1831. By, the
deCeacie of Sir Thomas Livingitone the following pronio-
tioln and removals take place :
To'be Admiral of the Blue—Vice Admiral the Right
lion. Lord Wm. Fitzroy,C. B vice the Earl of Dun-
lonald, .
G.C.8., to he admiral of the white.
" • TO be Vice Admiral of the Blue—Rear Admiral Henry
- Hope,- C. 8., vide the Right Hon. Lord Radstock, C. 1.,
to be vice of the white, vice Sir John Louis, Bart., to )3e
vice of the red. •
To be Rear Admiral -of the Blue—Captain George
Frederick Rich (July 1, 1823), _vice Rear Admiral D.
Price, to the white, vice Rear Admiral Sotheby, to the
red.

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A ditiptairN good service pension is relinquished by the
promotion of Rear Admiral Rich ; and the appointment
of Captain Superintendent of the Royal Hospital:and
victualling establishments at Plymouth becomes vacant.
•Sir John Hindmarsh- (1831), becomes one of the senior
captains, and, Captain W. 'Warren (1841) comes on the
- -12 s. 6d. half-pay list; •-„
The successor to Rear Adniiral Rich, by a new order
Sn COunq will not he allowed to count his time served
T. " at-1119 14944. a 0 _victualling yard for his aetive'ffag.
rank.

PORTSMOUTH, Ann, 5.,
The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain H. B. Martin,
C. 8., got up steam agaif to-dhy in the'basin in order tto
give her engines another trial, and kept them working
_the whole, of the day. The-'result was very satisfactory
in every r,spect.
The-Aga-mem-min, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland,
- C. 8., rehoisted her ensign again this morning? and re-
ceived such o,f her crew as were passed as convalescent
out of-lia,slar Hospital. Fifty more of her crew were
sent' to_ hospital from the Camperdoivn hulk this after-
1190n.

The Persian, 12, Commander T. Mitchell, sailed from
4ithead last night for SheerneSs to be paid off.
The Sprightly steam-vessel, Mr. George Allen, Acting
Master R.N.- commanding, embarked a- party of Go-
vernment °facials this morning, and proceeded with
them to 'inspect the fortifications commanding Stokes'
Bay and the Needles passage.
The'rare queen steam despatch yacht, Master Coth-
niandind J. Paul, has been refitted and re-embellished,
and will quit the dock, on Thursday, when the Conflict,
8, screw-sloop, will take the vacated space to complete
her refit.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL -4. -
A court-martial assembled on- board the Impregnable
- this morning, composed of Commodore Seymour- (pre-,
sident), Captains Mitchell, Lord E. Russell, Nias,
'Llacres, LOwe-- Hutton,Fremantle, Goldsmith, Cham-
berS, G/alse, -and Buckle, to try a:seau3an of the Jlogue'
60, screv;, guard-ship, Captiin Ramsey; named Jewell,
deserting ,i the. ship: The- seaman, who is quite a
youth, having been lately rated, pleaded guilty, stating
that his pulrwish was for - i -sea-going ship, and
proof he had joined the London for that purpose ; his
• . former character, ,being very—poir, the .court sentenced
- him to ,three months in the- county gaol. Court-
- martilds are very prevalent. There. will be another
here on Wednesday next.
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- • „...„ :• CHATHAM, APRlL.COrnmandef Warren took up his commission for the
6tar„ &gun -brig,- this. afternoon,. r.id immediately
hoisted the pendant.
.The.-twitterrnentioned shipwrights, &c., bave been su-
perannuated, :—James Bennet ,:leading man, 341. pei
annum Tlieinat' Foster, John C and George
Hammond, shipwrights, ,24/..each per annum ; Samuel
Hodges, labourer, 151. per annum. '

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WOOLWICH, APRIL

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