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London, England, 1849-03-28 00:00:00

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NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
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GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS. ‘.‘
The two good service pensions, which were plac
tho disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by
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promotion of Captain Mends and the death of Captliklaldsv`""
Lawrence, C. 8., have been Conferred by Sir F. 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•
mend of a boat 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-sebuyts; 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 rho 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 final evacuation, 1807. Liautenant of
the same ship serairg 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 wish the army et the capture of Java, Com-
mander of Raven in the Gulf of Perla, 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 Schiermonikoeg ;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 Curscoa, in command of an advanced post ; axed
commanded one of the boats at capture of French
primeer Felicit'e, 1804. Lieutenant of Surveillaute,
and in her boats at cspture of numerous vessels near
Campeachy, 1805; and, in 1806, in cenamand of a
single boat, boarded and captured Spanish schooner
Serpauton, of 6 guns and 35 men, at the mouth of the
Juan. Lieutenant of Alen Le 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,seige of Flushing; and as aide-de-camp to
Sir E. Coote and General Don. Lieutenant of Impe-
rieuse, 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, asssisting 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 gazetted 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 Agincourt, depot ship of the
ordinary at Devonport, 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 obtained Admiralty leave to visit his brother, the
Duke of St. Albaa'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. Sho 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 dead wood for her screw has not yet
been cut. She has no copper oa, 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 Merapie, that arrived
in Plymouth Sound on Saturday, from the Cape, sailed
for Helvoetsluys 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, 80, Captain Purcell,
at Spithead, pro tern.

APPOINTMENTS.
Assistant Surgeons—John W. Reed, to Plymouth
Hospital; and Dr. Jamus Rae, to the North Star, disco-
very ship, fitting at Sheerness.

Second Masters—J. W. H. Harvey, to the Ocean,
flhg-
ship, at Sheerness; 11. B. Gamier, to the North Star.
Clerk—F. J. Rutter, to the North Star.
Midshipmau—Albert Dent, to the Trincomalee, 25, in
the West Indies.
Master's-Assistant—J. F. R. Aylen, to the North Star.
Gunner—J. G. Twine, to the North Star.

LAUNCH OF THE ARCHER STEAM-VESsELL.
DEPTFORD, MARCH 27.—The keel of the Archer was
laid down at Deptford Dockyard on the 18th Oct., 1847,
and the vessel wus built under the superintendence
of Mr. Willcox, master shipwright, from a plan by Cap-
tain Lord John Hay, C. 8., ono of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty. She was originally intended to have engines
of 250-horse power, but subsequent experiments having
shown that vessels fitted with screw propellers have at-
tamed a considerable proportionate speed with engines
of less power, it has been decided that she is to be fitted
with the engines, of 202-horse power, taken out of the
Rifleman steam-vessel. The change of the engines gives
her a greater space in the hold by 18ft. than could have
been attained with the original engines of 250-horse
power, and they are now to be fitted to the Horatio at
Chatham. The less weight of the engines of the Rifle-
man will enable the Archer to carry a greater armament,
and instead of one 68-pounder of 95 cwt. and 10 ft. long,
one 10 inch gun, 85 cwt. 9 ft. 4 in. long, and two 32
pounder guns of 25 cwt., 6 ft. long, she is to mount two
68-pounders of 87 cwt., and twelve 32-pounders
of 42 cwt, and may be used as a troop-ship,
having every convenience for the accommodation of 400
troops in addition to her crew. The preparations for
the launch having been completed, and the tide being
nearly high water at half-past three o'clock P.M. to-day,
that hour was appointed, and a great concourse of spec-
tators were admitted to witness the ceremony. Captain
Sir John Hill, superintendent of the dockyard; Mr.
Willcox, master shipwright; Commander Willcox, Mr.
Alderman Sidney, and a number of ladies and gentle-
men assembled on the platform constructed at the bows
of the vessel, at a quarter past three o'clock, and a bottle
of wine having been opened, Mrs. Sidney, wife of Mr.
Alderman Sidney, drank success to the Archer, and then
broke the bottle on the bows of the vessel. In a few
minutes after the Archer glided into her future element,
cheered by the assembled spectators. The Monkey then
took her in tow to take her to Woolwich, to be fitted with
her engines.
The following aro the dimensions of the Archer:•-•
Ft. in.
••• 186
... 162 7
33 10
•••
36 6
32 10
•••
18 11
973 22-94
706 69

Length of tonnage •••
Length of keel fur tonnage
Breadth extreme
Breadth for tonnage ...
Breadth moulded
Depth in hold ...
Burden in tons, old ...
Burden in tons, new

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— Colour• Sergeant T.
Smith, Captain Harrison's company, II th battalion,
Royal Artillery, stationed at Languard Fort, near Hare
wicb, went out to walk on Saturday afternoon the 17th
instant, and as it was dark when on his return, it is sup-
posed he had slipped and fallen down a bank fifteen feet
high into the mud of a ditch at the bottcm, the body
when found the next day having the appearance of deem
by suffocation. A coroner's inquest was held on the fol-
lowing Monday, and a verdict of " Accidental Death
returned. The funeral took place on Wednesday, the
21st instant. The coffin was mounted on a platform
erected on a gun•carriage, drawn by two horses, pre-
ceded by a sergeant's firing party, and followed by the
remainder of the company. ne body was interred at
Walton-on-the-Naze, and between 300 and 400 of the
country people assembled to witness the spectacle of a
military funeral in that retired district. The deceased
was within three months of having served his full time,
and was considered a most steady and trustworthy non-
commissiom d officer.

' STATE OF TRADE.—MANCIIESTER.--There was not
much alteration in the market yesterday, the depression
of. last week still continuing. Little disposition was mite
infested by buyers to enter into fresh engagements. The
continued unsettled state of the Continent is the chief
reason assigned for this holding back. In the ware-
houses there has not been much business transacted, and
generally, where sales to much extent have been made,
they have been at a slight-reduction of last week's prices.
This has been the case with shirtings and priated cloths
to a greater extent than some other goods. Yarns may
be also quoted as lower where business is really trans-
acted. But as the spinners are yet well employed, and
the business really done at the reduced rates is exceed-
ingly limited, prices are more nominal than real. The
depression in the continental department is more felt at
the present time, on account of this being the season
when their orders are most numerous and important.
There is no doubt, however, that the rapid advance
which some time since took place in the price of cotton
has had the most depressing effect on the general state
of the market. Should there be, however, a reaction in
the price of the raw material, with the largo demand
which there is from the United States, there is little
; doubt but a large trade will soon bo done.

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