The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-09 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.
The following appointments have been made :
Commander Donald M‘Leod M'Kenzie (1854), to the
Excellent gunnery•ship, at Portsmouth.
Lieutenant-Commander George S. Boys (1845), at
present serving as additional to the Trafalgar, 120, flag-
ship at Sheerness, for the purpose of raising men, is ap-
poieted to command the Athol' troop-ship, commissioned
this day at Portsmouth.
Surgeons—James Salmon (1840), from the Neptune,
120, at Portsmouth, to the Excellent gunnery-ship, at
that port ; Lenox T. Cunningham, M.D. (1840), from.
the St. Vincent to the Neptune, vice Salmon.
Paymasters—Robert W. M. Jones (1854) from the
Wrangler screw steam despatch gun-boat, in which he
was serving as clerk in charge, has been appointed to
the Modeste, 18, sloop, on the Mediterranean and Black
Sea station, vice William E. Sanders (1851), from the
Modeste, to the Diamond, 27, on the same station.
Clerk in Charge Tobias E. Palmer (1848), from the
Leander, 50, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea sta-

tion, to the Wrangler, vice Jones.
Clerk James W. Lishman (1853), from the Leopard,
18, paddle wheel steam frigate, to the Ajax, 60, screw
steamship.
Clerk's Assistant William Hood, to the Ajax.

DEATH OF ADMIRAL BOWEN.
This gallant officer entered the navy in 1799. After
serving for a year on board the Achille, 64, he attained
the rating of midshipman, October 21, 1300 ; and in the
following- year was present at the battle of Copenhagen,
in the Edgar, 74, which ship led the attack upon that
fortress. He next accompanied Captain Murray in the
London, 98 ; and in November, 1802, was transferred
to the Juno, 32, attached to Lord Nelson's fleet, in the
Mediterranean, where he remained until after the battle
of Trafalgar. In 1807 he was employed in the Poly-
phemus, with the rank of lieutenant, in the hostile ope-
rations in the Rio de la Plata, being subsequently
transferred to the Hermes, 18, and the Nereus, 36, and
returning home in the latter ship with the remains of
Lord Collingwood in 1810. In 1812, in the Northum-
berland, 74, he assisted in the destruction, off L'Orient,
of the two French 40-gun frigates, L'Arienne and
L'Andromaque, of 450 men each, and of an 18-gun brig
with 150 men, though defended by the galling batteries
of the fortress. In 1813 he was employed off the
in the Indus, 74, Captain Hall Gage, and subsequently
in the blockade of the French Mediterranean coast up to
the peace of Paris. In 1822 he was promoted to the
command of the Driver, 20, in which he served for three
years off the coast of Africa during the Ashantee war,
where he gained great credit, as evinced by the acknow-
ledgments of Lord -Bathurst, then at the head of the Co-
loniol-office, and of Commodore Sir Robert Mends, par-
ticularly in mounting and equipping the guns of Cape
Coast Castle in 1823, and also for his co-operation in
May 1824, with the troops of Colonel (now Lieutenant-
General) Sutherland. Admiral Charles Bowen attains
the rank of post-captain in 1825, and that of rear-admiral
in January, 1854. He died on the 28th of October.

REINFORCEMENTS OF THE CAVALRY IN

THE CRIMEA.

It is intended to reinforce the cavalry in the Crimea.
'The weakness of that branch of the service there is, un-
fortunately, not to be denied. The heavy brigade con-
sists of five regiments, nominally about 1,200 strong ;
but, in reality, there are but two, or at most three, in
an effective condition. The 4th Dragoon Guards, which
left Cork in splendid order, were so reduced by sickness
at Varna that they were " disregimented,” and what
remained of the officers and men were incorporated with
the 4th Dragoon Guards. The Ist Royal Dragoons and
Enniskillens, as is well known, have lost more than half
their horses ; and, besides the 4th Dragoon Guards, the
only effective heavy cavalry regiment is the Greys, de-
scribed as being in admirable condition. The light bri-
gade is not quite so badly off, as the five regiments
composing it—the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, Bth
and 11th Hussars, and 17th Lancers—are, all things
considered, in pretty good case. Nevertheless, although
the particulars of the casualties of the 25th ult. are not
exactly known to us, they must be of a character greatly
to reduce their effective strength. The plan of sending
out cavalry, troop by troop, in sailing vessels, is so slow
and uncertain that we believe it is wisely abandoned ;
but the scarcity of large steam-ships suitable for the
transport of horses will necessarily cause some delay in
sending out the reinforcements. The cavalry regiments
to be sent out have not yet been selected. Those at
home are the Ist, 2d, 3d, and 7th Dragoon Guards,
which are heavy, and the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabi-
neers), 3d Light Dragoons, 7th and 15th Hussars, and
16th Lancers, light. The Carabineers, 16th Lancers,
and 7th Hussars, with one of the heavy regiments, are
the most likely to be despatched.