The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-28 00:00:00

NAVAL IN TELLIGEN CE.

THE GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS.
The two good service pensions, which were placed at
the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the
promotion of Captain Mends and the death of Captain
Lawrence, C.B. have been conferred by Sir P. Baring,
Bart., on the undermentioned officers:—
Captain Edward Lloyd, C. 8., F.R.S., a Lieutenant of
1808, Commander of 1811, and Captain of 1821. The
epitome of his services in Allen's New Navy List are as
follow:---" E. Lloyd, midshipman of Dictator, serving
in the flotilla and on shore at Egypt, 1801, when he was
severely bruised; of Leda, and wounded when in com•
mand of a bunt in an attack upon a French mortar vessel,
moored near a battery at Boulogne, 1804; and in 1805,
assisted at the capture of seven gun-schuyts; and con-
ducted and fired a catamaran in the attack upon Bou-
logne flotilla. Midshipman of the same ship at the
reduction of the Cape, where he served on eho:e with
the army; Lieutenant of Raisonable, and commanded
a division of seamen and marines (Royal Blues) at the
capture of Monte Video, and attack upon Buenos Ayres;
and served till the Foal evacuation, 1807. Lieutenant of
the same ship serving on shore at the capture of St.
Paul's, Isle of Bourbon, and again wounded; and of
Boadicea, at the reduction of Bourbon and Isle of France,
where he was attached to the naval brigade. Served as
a volunteer with the army et the capture of Java, Com-
mander of Raven in the Gulf of Parma, and rendered
important services, 1814-15. Gaz. 1809, 10 10."
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Captain Sir Eaton Travers, C. 8., Lieutenant of
1804, Commander of 1814, and Captain of 1829. The
Navy List records of this officer are as follows Sir
E. Travers, Midshipman of Juno, serving in the boats
at capture of Dutch national brig Crash and other ves-
sels at Schiermonikocg ; at destruction of a 6-gun bat-
tery on the coast of Holland; and in armed schuyt in the
Texel expedition, and officially mentioned at the defence
of Lemner, 1799; and at capture by boarding of Spanish
12- gun schooner Volante near Campeachy, when Lieu.
tenant Burn was killed, 1801. Midshipman of Elephant
at capture of Duguay Tronin, and serving in Hercule's
launch when Clorinde was taken possession of at Cape
.Francois by Lieutenant Willoughby, 1803. Served at
the storming of Fort Piscadero ; and during the attack
on Curacoa, is command of an advanced post ; and
commanded one of the boats at capture of French
priva:eer Ftlicite, 1804. Lieutenant of Surveillante,
and in her boats at capture of numerous vessels near
Campeachy, 1805; and, in 1806, in command of a
single boat, boarded and captured Spanish schooner
Serpanton, of 6 guns and 35 men, at the mouth of the
Juan. Lieutenant of Alcmene at capture of several
vessels on the coast of France, 1808 ; and of Impe-
rieuse, commanding a division of seamen serving on
shore at the Beige of Flushing; and as aide-de-camp to
Sir E. Coate and General Don. Lieutenant of Impe-
ricuse, and in 1810 commanded the boats at the capture
of three gun-vessels moored under the batteries near
Possitano, in the Gulf of Salerno; and assisted at cap-
ture of a convoy at Palinuro, in 1811, and continued in
the same ship, asseisting in the various services per-
formed until 1814, including the storming of Port
D'Anzo, descent at Via Reggio, capture of Leghorn,
and reduction of Genoa. Has been nine times mentioned
in gardted dispatches." The above quoted services of
the officers will of themselves show how deservedly the
patronage of the new First Lord has been bestowed.
Sir Eaton Travers is the youngest in seniority as a cap-
tain who now holds the good-service pension.
Rear-Admiral B.' Mends, not yet having been super-
seded in command of the Agincuurt, depot ship of the
ordinary at Devcnport, hoisted his flag on Monday
morning, previously to attending the court martial on
Commander Newland and the officers of the Ranger;
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir John Louis, Bart.,
having shifted his flag pro tem. from the Agincourt to
the Ranger. The court had not closed at 4.45 P.M.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. The Stromboli steam-
sloop sailed this afternoon, in pursuance of her previous
orders, for Plymouth and the Chops of the Channel. She
is under the command of her senior Lieutenant, Mr.
Thomas Davies; Commander Lord A. W. Beauclerk
having chained Admiralty leave to visit his brother, the
Duke of St. Alban's, who is dangerously ill, and believed
to be at the point of death.
A seizure of 941 b. of manufactured tobacco was made
yesterday on board the Sidon steam frigate, by the tide-
surveyors of customs and boat's crew, and two men,
named respectively Thomas Piles and John Wright,
seamen of the vessel, were summarily convicted of smug-
gling the same this, day at the Borough Police Court.
The Sidon commenced unbending sails on Monday
morning, and also began to return stores. Admiral Sir
Bladen Capel visited her in the forenoon, and her crew
were mustered by Captain Blackwood, the flag captain,
in the afternoon. She will be ready, it is said, to pay off
on Friday. She has emptied her boilers and tanks, and
is, as usual, listed over several degrees from the bilge-
water having got over on the port side, so that she looks
like a vessel with her cargo shifted. It is said that when.
she gets a list on either side, say a list to port, that she
will even retain the list against a moderate breeze on
the port tack—that is, she will heel over to windward.
So much for the sailing qualities of the Sidon.
The Edinburgh has been taken into dock to have her
bottom scrubbed. She is razeed for a screw guard-ship;
but the hole in the 'lead wood for her screw has not yet
been cut. She has no copper on, and as the worms
may probably do her damage, she has been taken into
dock, to have the weeds scrubbed off, and to be fresh
blacked over.

The Dutch man-of-war steamer ➢ierapie, that arrived
iu Plymouth Sound on Saturday, from the Cape, sailed
for lielvoetsluys on Monday.
No ship has been yet brought forward as the one to
replace the St. Vincent, 120, bearing the flag of Sir C.
Napier, daily expected home. It is rumoured,Sir Charles
will transfer his flag to the Superb, 60, Captain Purcell,
at Spithead, pro tem.