The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

THE WAR.

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NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
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he was superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard.
Charles Hope, born in 1798, is second son of the
Right Hon. Charles Hope, Lord President of the Court
of Session in Scotland, by Charlotte, daughter of John,
second Earl of Hopetoun, nephew of Lieut.-General Sir
John Hope, G.C.H., and of Vice-Admiral the Right
Hon. Sir William Johnstone, G.C.B. ; brother of Win.
Hope, Esq., a major in the army and captain iu the 7th
Foot ; and first cousin of the late Captain Win. James,
Charles James, and George James Hope, R.N. This
officer entered the navy July 24, 1811, as second-class
volunteer, on board the Sparedon, 10, Captain James
Green, on the Leith station, where he removed in the
following November, to the Adamant, 44, flag-ship of
Rear-Admiral William Albany Otway. In April, 1812,
he became midshipman of the Semiramis, 36, Captain
Charles Richardson, bearing the flag afterwards of
Rear-Admiral Charles Tyler at the Cape of Hood Hope.
On his return home in August, 1814, he joined the
Chatham, 74, Captain David Lloyd, lying at Ports-
mouth, whence, towards the close of the same year, he
sailed for North America in the Erne, 20, commanded
by the late Lord Napier. In the course of 1815 he was
successively received on board the Endymion, Tagus,
and Alceste frigates, Captains Henry Hope, James
Whitley Deans Dundas, and Murray Maxwell ; under
the 'latter of whom he accompanied Lord Amherst on
his einbas-y to China, and was wrecked, while returning
hoine with that nobleman, in the Straits of Gaspar,
Feb. 18, 1817. Obtaining his first commission on the
20th of the following October, he was next, Feb. 22,
1818, appointed lieutenant of the Liffey, 50, Captain
Hun. Henry Duncan, in which ship he visited the lle.
diterranean and cruised for some time off Lisbon. After
serving with Captain Charles Adam in the Royal Sove.
reign yacht he was invested, October 15, 1822, with the
rank of commander, and on Feb. 28, 1824, nominated to
the Brisk, 10. In the month of September following he
captured, off Flaniborough Head, a large smuggling
lugger, with a cargo of considerable value. Captain
Hope,- whose advancement to post rank took place Jan.
26, 1826, was subsequently appointed, Oct. 21, 1830, to
the Tyne, 28, a vessel in which he served on the South
American station, and, prior to being paid off in Jan.,
1834, passed over 82,000 miles, a greater distance than
bad been traversed by any vessel since the war ; Jan.
24, 1835, to the Dublin, 50, fitting at Plymouth, where
he was superseded in the ensuing July ; and, August
28, 1841, to the Thalia, 42. He was employed in the
Litter frigate on the East India and Pacific stations until
the close of 1845, when she returned to England and
was put out of commission. Captain Hope married,
Sept. 12, 1826, Anne, eldest daughter of the late Rear-
Admiral
.Wm. Henry Webley Parry, C. 8., by whom,
who died Dec. 24, 1836, he has issue.

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,omonoN OF COMMODORE EDEN.
By the death of Rear-Admiral Hope, Commodore
Henry Eden attains the rank of rear-admiral of the blue.
This gallant officer, who has served actively afloat and
ashore for 25 years, is fourth son of the late Thomas
Eden, Esq., of ,Wimbledon, county of Surrey, deputy
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auditor of Greenwich Hospital, by Mariana, daughter
of the Exchequer of Arthur Jones, Esq., brother of John Eden, Esq ,
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G•C • • .B. , nephew of Sir Robert Eden, Bart , who was
governor of the province of Maryland in 1776 as also
of the late Lord Auckland • d cousin ' •
an of Captain C.
Eden, R.N. He entered the
navy June 15, 1811, as
first-class volunteer .on boartdh the Acasta, 40, Captain
Alexander Robert Kerr whom he cruised most
actively on the home andwl North American stations,
latterly
follewin as midshipman,
vember until August, 1815. In No-
the Namur, 4 g, after an intermediate attachment to
and at Cork of 7,
Si and Char Tonhs, o nant 8
, flag-ships at the Nore
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Hallowell, he joined the Alceste, egB,anBla Sir Benjamin
Captain Murray
Maxwell, and soon afterwards sailed •
with Lord Amherst
on an embassy to China-while on his return f m which
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country iu February, 1817, he suffered shi relic in the
first Straits of Gaspar.. Obtaining his
commission Oct.
20, in the same year,. Mr. Eden was next appointed
June 22, 1818, to the Liffey, 50, Captain Hon'
Henry Duncan, under whom he cruised forsome
time off Lisbon, and, March 28, 1820, to the Rosche-
fort, 80, as flag lieutenant to Sir Graham Moore
commander•in-chief in the Mediterranean. Ile theri
assumed the successive command, Oct. 23, 1821 e
and July 19, 1822, of the Chanticleer and Martin, sloops,
and in both those vessels was very efficiently occupied
during the revolution in Greece. On the paying-off of
the Martin, in February, 1825, Captain Eden was pre-
sented with a handsome sword as " a tribute of respect"
from his ship's company. He attained post rank while
in command of the Herald yacht, April 30, 1827, and
subsequently joined, February 17, 1332, the Conway, 28,
in which frigate, after being very actively employed in the
North Sea during the interruption of our friendly rela-
tions with the Dutch, and also as senior officer in the
Tagus under Sir William Parker in 1832-3, he proceeded
to South America, where he continued until his return. to England, in October, 1835. We next find hint offi-
ciating, in the Impregnable, 104, and Caledonia, 120, as
flag captain, from April 30, 1839, 'until April, 1842, to
Sir Graham Moore, then commander-in-chief at Ply-
mouth. His next appointment afloat was May 7, 1844,
to the Collingwood, 80, fitting for the flag of Sir George
Fr- I'os Seymour, the command of whicleship, however,
his health obliged him to give up in the following August.
Subsequently Captain Eden held the office of private
secretary to his noble and revered relative, the late Lord
Auckland, when first Lord of the Admiralty, and was
appointed from that porition to be superiatondeat of .