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

her Majesty the Companionship of the Bath, upon th
recommendation of Lord Palmerston. In 1852 Captain
Loch was appointed to the command of the Winchester,
50, which was ordered to relieve Hastings, as flag-ship,
in the East Indies. So that, by a singular coincidence,
his short but brilliant career was chiefly remarkable, fot
his services in river warfare, on the Yang-tse-Kiang, the
San Juan de Nicaragua, and the Irrawaddy. Shore):
after his arrival at Rangoon Admiral Austin died 0'
cholera. The commodore remained with the squadron
off the coast, and the commander of the river devolved
principally on Captain Loch. In spite of an oppressive cli
mate and a harassing enemy, lie kept the communise'
tions open, and succeeded, against enormous odds, in corn'
pelling the Burmese to retire, in great measure, from the

stockades and positions they held on the banks.
was, however, of a rather impatient temper, and he sr
pears to have acted with some precipitation. In every'
thing he attempted, he entered heart and soul in the
matter, and generally succeeded ; but in this instance
he paid dearly for his characteristic dashing. Had be
lived, the chances are he would have carried through all;
as it was, his fall, and that also of the senior officer of
the troops co-operating with him, rendered theattempt
a failure. Honour, however, be to his memory ! He loe
shown himself a true English sailor, worthy of the
honours his young services acquired ; and, we doubt not
the gallant fellows who followed him to the death have,
ere now avenged the loss of an ornament to their profef

Commodore Lambert, in the Fox, 42, Captain Tall
ton, was at Rangoon, with the Winchester, 50. Rattler
9, screw, Commander MeHersh, had proceeded to Chins;
Sphynx, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hillyar, was .re
leave for England in a fortnight, having been orde
home in December.
The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Massie, had arrived .1-
Rangoon from China, en route to England, to be paid OP
The Spartan, 26, Captain Sir W. Hoste, Bart., was te
be sent to Hong-Kong, as senior officer of the Chinese
division, which was composed of the Hermes, 6, paddle'
sloop, Commander Fishbourno, at Hong-Kong ;SO
mander, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Ellman, Amoy'
Lily, 12, Commander Sanderson, Shanghai ; Rapid,
Commander Blane, Canton ; Royalist, 11, Commander:
Bate, at Hong-Kong ; and Alligator and Minden, store
and hospital ships.
Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. Spencer, 11°
left China, en route for England, to be paid off. - 1

THE WEST INDIES.
The Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G.
Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H., in his flag-ship Cumberland,
70, Captain Seymour, was at Bermuda.
Commodore M'Quhae was at Port Royal in the
Imaum, with the Devastation, 6, steam-sloop, CO
mander C. Y. Campbell ; Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Coto'
mander Wilson, ordered home ; Daring, 12, Command
Napier ; Resistance, troop-ship, Commander Bradshasc
and Alban, 4, steam-tender, Lieutenant-Coromandel
Meynell, March 13.

Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, and Buzzard,
paddle-sloop, Commander Dobie, were cruising at I
vannah. In harbour there were two French men
war and the Spanish squadron. The Medea, 6, padc
sloop, Commander Crawshay Bailey, had not arrii
March 13.

Devastation arrived March 2, from Honduras, bat
from Nassau.

Daring, arrived on the Bth from a cruise.
Resistance, arrived from Woolwich on the 10th wit)
artillery anedetachments of the 16th Regiment.
Geyser, arrived on the Bth from Bluefields. Alban,
ordered to England to be paid off. •
Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, it'
mained at aibadoes in good health. •

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