The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Rear-Admiral Sir David Dunn, Kt., K.C.11., pro-
moted by the death of Sir J. B. Pechell, has been in
the service forty-nine and a half years, twenty-six of
which he has served afloat. According to O'Byrne's
Naval Biography, he entered the navy 30th April,
1800, as first-class volunteer in the Jason, 36, and
was wraeked. as midshipman, off the coast of France,
and taken prisoner, 21st July, 1801. In August of
the same year, having been liberated, he rejoined
Captain Yorke in the Canada, 74, 11th May, 1802,
was appointed to the Donegal, 74, and during the
four following years assisted at the capture, in 1804,
of the Spanish 44 .gun frigate Amphitrite, and of a ship
with a cargo on board worth 200,0001. He partici-
pated in the capture of El Rayo, of 100 guns, one of
the ships defeated at Trafalgar, and by Sir John
Duckworth's action off St. Domingo, became acting
lieutenant Ist September, 1807, and was confirmed,
12th July, 1808. Subsequently to the surrender of
the islands of Ischia and Procida, Mr. Dunn
(who, during his attachment to the Warrior,
was also employed in command of a gun-
boat at the defence of Sicily, and the re-
duction of Zante and Cephalonia), removed, as
first lieutenant, in October, 1810, to the Amphion, 32,
Captain William Mate. While in that frigate he
was severely wounded in the memorable action off
Lissa, 13th March, 1811, when a British squadron,
carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, com-
pletely routed, after a battle of six hours, and a loss
to the Amphion of 15 killed and 47 wounded, a
Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted
to 214 guns and 2,655 men. Being rewarded for his
most " zealous, brave, and intelligent" conduct on the
occasion with a commander's commission, dated back
to the day of the action, Captain Dunn, on the 24th
November in the same year assumed the acting-
captaincy of the Bacchante, 38, which he retained
until appointed, 21st March, 1812, to the Mermaid,
32, armee en flute. Continuing in the Mediterranean
and Adriatic, he particularly distinguished himself,
in October and December, 1813, by his assiduity at
the siege of Trieste. As a post-captain, to which
rank he was elevated June 7, 1814, Captain Dunn's
appointments appears to have been-6th January
and 28th November, 1824, to the Jupiter, 60, and
Semarang, 28, employed on the Halifax and Cape
of Good Hope stations ; 2d April, 1831, to the
Curacoa, 26, which he paid off, from the East In-
dies in the summer of 1835 ; and, 2d April, 1840,
to the Vanguard, 80, successively stationed in the
Mediterranean and off Lisbon. Sir David Dunn
received the honour of knighthood, 12th August,
1835, and was nominated a K.C.H. Ist Jan., 1837.
THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.-.--The Ganges, 84,
Captain H. Smyth, C. 8., now in Plymouth Sound,
has been ordered to the Mediterranean, to join the
fleet under Vice- Admiral" Sir William Parker, G.C.8.,
not, we are sorry to find, to increase the fleet, but to
relieve a ship of larger force, the Prince Regent, 92,
Captain W. F. Martin ; so that in fact the force will
be reduced rather than increased, for an 84-gun ship
of 750 officers and men will take the place of a 92-
gun ship of 820 officers and men—reducing the force
thereby 8 guns and 70 men. We then have in the
Mediterranean just half as many ships of the line as
the French have—less than one-half the number of
line-of-battle ships that were under the command of
Sir R. Stopford in the Mediterranean in 1840.
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, is
ordered from the Mediterranean to Lisbon, where
Captain Martin will hoist a commodore's broad
pendant, and take the sailing and screw vessels there
under his command for the purposes of exercise.
The Hogue, 60, screw two-decker, Captain Mac-
dougall, is ordered from Queenstown, on a cruise so
far as Lisbon.

The Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport, it is under-
stood will hoist the pendant in a day or two, and
be fitted out with a complement of 500 officers and
men. Several officers have been named from time
to time as likely to command this huge frigate—
Captains Rowley, Lord G. Paulet, Kingcome, Elliot,
Loch, and Smart, and indeed it has been stated that
one or two of the above officers have already chosen
their first lieutenants, &c.; but we are inclined to
believe that the last named—the one least expected
to obtain the command, but not the less smart as
on officer and a sailor, will be the fortunate captain
of the Indefatigable.
Commander Frederick Patten (1837) is again to
be employed afloat, and is to command the Hound,
8, at Devonport, for service on the coast of Africa.
Surgeons—Dr. James Allan (1842) has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the Bangalore, convict-
ship ; Samuel Donelly (1842), from the flag-ship at
Woolwich, to the St. Vincent, convict-ship.
The Leander, 50, Captain Dacres, has hauled into
the stream at Portsmouth, and her compasses were
to be swung yesterday, by Mr. Thompson, the master
of the Victory. She is a noble-looking frigate, and
carries heavy armament well. We hear she is to be
fitted with a long pivot gun aft. She is ordered to
be paid advance, and to be ready to sail for dispatches
to Lisbon.

The Serpent, 12, sloop, Commanderßarker, that
sailed on Sunday from Portsmouth, for Singapore, put
back to St. Helen's roads on Monday night, in con-
sequence of the strong westerly winds. The Myrtle,
steamer, was sent down to her yesterday morning,