The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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Commodore Seymour, superintendent of Devonport
Dockyard, was summoned to the Admiralty on Sunday
by electric telegraph, and he arrived yesterday morning
by mail train. It is said that he is to be Captain of the
Baltic Fleet,

Capt. Lyons (son of Sir Edmund, second in command
of the Mediterranean), who was promoted from the com-
mand of the Helena, 16, for his gallant attack on the
pirates in the China seas, has been appointed to com-
mand the Miranda, 14, screw, at Sheerness.
We understand that every available steamer at the
ports will be commissioned immediately.
Commander Otter. in the old Comet steamer, has
been scouring theWestem islands for seamen volunteers.
At the Isle of Skye the gallant officer picked up one
man,. but at,Stornowayle entered the first nine good
fellows. Sir James 'Mnthison rendered him every as-
sistance.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 27.
REAR-ADMIRAL CORRY'S SQUADRON.—Every one here
has been on the tiptoe of expectation looking for Rear-
Admiral Corry's squadron. At 2 p.m. the Magicienne,
Captain Thomas Fisher, was signalled to get up steam
and go in search. The squadron was reported to have
been seen coming up Channel last evening, and we fully
expected to have seen them before noon this day.
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., hoisted his
flag, as Commander-in-Chief of the fleet for the Baltic
(blue at the fore), at 3 o'clock this afternoon, on board
the Princess Royal, 91, Captain Lord Clarence Paget,
at Spithead, where it will fly until taken by the Duke of
Wellington, 131. Sir Charles exchanged salutes with
the Port-Admiral, which he duly acknowledged.
The Princess Royal was inspected officially this morn-
ing by Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, after which
she got up steam and stood away to the westward to
look for Rear-Admiral Corry's squadron. She was re-
called from this service, and the Magicienne steam fri-
gate sent in lieu. The Princess Royal then proceeded
to try her speed along the measured mile at Stoke's Bay,
with Sir Charles Napier on board, having gone out to
her in the Sprightly steam-tender, Acting-Master George
Allen, commanding.

By' the commissioning of eight more war steamers
there seems every probability of the North Sea fleet
being of far greater proportions than has been generally
contemplated. One of them, the Gorgon, is ordered to
be commissioned at this port by Commander Cumming.
The Blenheim, 60, Captain the Hon. F. T. Pelham,
steamed out of the fitting basin this morning, and tried
her engines alongside the jetty, preparatory to going to
her hulk to ship her crew and leaving for Spithead.
The Cesar, 91, Capt. Robb, hauled out of dock to
the steam-basin this afternoon. She has topmasts fidded.
The Melampus, Diligence, and'Tortoise, store-ships,
came into harbour this morning to land stores for the
fleet.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 27.
The following promotions and appointments have taken
place in the corps of Royal Marines, dated Feb. 24.
Capt. James Buchanan, of the Woolwich division, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, and appointed to the Plymouth
division. ' _ _

Captain Henry George Mitford, of the Woolwich
division, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and appointed to the
same division, vice Dawes to retired full pay.
First Lieutenant Ebenezer Tristram Thomas Jones,
of the Portsmouth division, to be Captain, and ap-
pointed to the Woolwich division, vice Buchanan pro-
moted.
First Lieutenant Joseph Henry Joliffe, of the Ports-
mouth division, to be Captain, and appointed to the
Woolwich division, vice Mitford promoted.
First Lieutenant and Adjutant John Wm. Alexander,
Kennedy, of the Woolwich division, to be Captain, and
appointed to the Chatham division by augmentation.
First Lieutenant Robert Boyle, of the Chatham divi-
sion, to be Captain, and appointed to the Portsmouth
division by augmentation.
First Lieutenant Simon Ridley Little, of the Ply-
mouth division, to be Captain, and appointed to the
same division by augmentation.
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, John Elliott, of
the Woolwich division, to be Captain, and appointed to
the same division by augmentation.
First Lieutenant Charles M'Arthur, of the Ports-
mouth division, to be Captain by augmentation, and
appointed to the Chatham division.
First Lieutenant Hamond Weston Gwyn, of the Wool-
wich division, to be Captain by augmentation, and ap-
pointed to the Portsmouth division.
First Lieutenant and Adjutant Charles London Bar-
nard, of the Artillery Companies, to be Captain, and
appointed to the Plymouth division.
First Lieutenant Henry George Johnstone Davies, of
the Portsmouth division, to be captain by augmentation,
and appointed to the Woolwich division.
First Lieutenant and Adjutant Rodney Vansittart
Allen, of the Woolwich division, to be Captain, and ap-
pointed to the Portsmouth division, vice Schoenberg, to
be transferred to the Artillery Companies on their aug-
mentation.
First Lieutenant Nevinson Willoughby de Conroy, of
the Plymouth division, to be Captain, and appointed to
the Portsmouth division, vice Julius Roberts, to be
transferred to the Artillery Companies on their augmen-
tation.

VIENNA.—The mercantile letters from Vienna state
that the 15,000,0001. of bank-notes arranged to be taken
out of circulation by the Government are to be converted
into 41 per cent, silver metallics—that is to say, the
Government issue 15,000,0001. of 41 per cent. metallies
at par ; but, as notes lose 25 per cent, against silver,
the stock will virtually cost only 75.
GREENWICH PENSIONERS ONCE MORE AFLOAT.—It
speaks well for the spirit of the British tar that neither
years nor infirmities can quench his ardour, nor extin-
guish that love of country which was his guide in early
life. As an example of this, about a hundred of the in-
mates of Greenwich Hospital, nearly all over sixty years
of age, and some exceeding the limit allotted to man,
"threescore years and ten," volunteered to serve in her
Majesty's vessels in the approaching war with Russia.
And although the services of but few of them have been
accepted, we doubt not that a ship manned by the gal-
lant old fellows even now would be able to give a good
account of the enemy. Several of the most active will
be discharged in a few days at their own request, to join
her Majesty's ships and the coast-guard.—Kentish Mer-
cury.