The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.
The Simoom, 18, iron troop-ship, Captain Smith, dis-
embarked the first battalion of the rifle brigade at the
dockyard this morning. The band of the second bat-
talion, the 35th and 79th regiments, played them to the
railway station at Landport, where a special train was
in waiting to convey them to Dover.
The Serpent, 12, Commander Lambert (acting), was
inspected this morning by the Commander-in-Chief,
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K. C. 8., at Spithead.
She will be paid off at this port.
The Apollo storeship arrived at Spithead this morn-
ing from Sheerness.
The Banshee steamvessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Reynolds, went out to Spithead again this afternoon to
receive orders. She has replenished with fuel, and her
crew have been paid wages.
The Fairy Royal steam yacht, Master-Commander
Welch, was removed from the steam basin this morn-
ing, and placed in No. 7 dock, to allow of the factory
artizans working upon her bottom.
The Oberon and Echo steainvessels were placed in the
steam basin this morning, the latter to undergo a tho-
rough repair.
The Pigmy steam tug Went out this morning to render
assistance to the Manceuvrer, naval lighter, which got
ashore off Langstone Harbour.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 11.
APPoiNTIficNTs.
Lieutenant Alleyne Bland (1845), to the Pique, 40,
at Devonport.
A cting-IVla,ster Frederick 13. Youel (Second-Master,
1846), to the Racehorse, 14, sloop, at Devonport.
Rear-Admiral Hon. Richard Saunders Dundas, C. 8.,
one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived at 11 o'clock
a.m. to-day at the barracks of the Woolwich division of
the Royal Marines, and svas received by Colonel Ellis,
C. 8., commandant of the division, with the officers and
the non-commissioned officers and men drawn up in line.
After a short inspection of the corps, the gallant admi-
ral proceeded to the
.say-officer's to inspect the books
and accounts of the division.
The Medea paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander
Augustus Phillimore, arrived at Woolwich to-day, and
is to be taken into dock at this port to have the injuries
she recently sustained repaired, and be again made ready
for sea.

CAPTAIN INFREVILLE'S SERVICES.
The following is O'Byrne's account of the services of
Captain Ermfreville, whose promotion to the reserved
half-pay list we announced in yesterday's Sun :
" Samuel Charles Umfreville was born Bth of June,
1794. This officer entered the navy, 10th January,
1805, as 2d class boy, en board the Malta, 84, Cap-
tains Edward Buller and W. Shields ; and on 22d July
following was present in Sir Robert Calder's action
with the combined fleets of France and Spain off Cape
Finisterre. He sailed afterwards for the Mediterra-
nean, where he served chiefly at the blockade of Tou-
lon, until transferred, in August, 1808, as midship-
man (a rating he had attained in August, 1806) to
the Montagu, 74, Captains Richard HusseY Moubray
and John Halliday. While in that ship he was
frequently engaged in boat skirmishing with the
enemy, and was afforded an opportunity of assisting,
in April, 1810, at the reduction of Santa Maura. On
his return to England in May, 1811, he joined, as a
supernumerary, the Aquilon, 32, Capt. William Bowles,
at Sheerness ; he passed his examination in thti en-
suing July ; and in September of tho same year lie was
received on hoard the Amelia, of 48 guns, CaptaidHon.
Fred. Paul Irby. Proceeding in her, as master's mate,
I to the Gout of Africa, he there, iu July, Hu, wit/Loped