The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-16 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—Lieut. John Imrie
(1811), died at his residence, Union-road, Landport,
on the Bth instant, aged sixty-two, leaving a widow
and ten children, eight of whom are totally unpro-
vided for, to lament his loss. The following are his
services :—He entered the navy in March, 1793, on
board the Robust, 74, Captain Lord Keith ; was at
the siege and surrender of Toulon, and conveyed the
ships home that surrendered there. Served on board
the same ship with Captain Edward Thornbrough,
and was in Lord Bridport's action off L'Orient, in
June, 1795, and afterwards with Sir John Borlase
Warren's squadron at the landing of the French emi-
grants in Quiberon ; went all through that expedition
in the year 1795, and was in the same ship at the
capture of the La Hoche (afterwards the Donegal in
our service) and the squadron commanded by M.
Bompart, with troops on board for the invasion of
Ireland, in October, 1798 ; served in the same ship
afterwards with Captains George Countless, William
Brown, J. A. Ommans, and William Henry Jervis.
In the month of September, 1801, was turned over to
the Edgar, Captain Robert Walter Otway, and served
in that ship while employed in Quiberon-bay, and at
the Island of Jamaica, until the peace, when the
Edgar was paid off, July, 1802. In August following
the deceased was appointed to the Portmahone, where
he served in the Channel with Captains Walter
Gosset and Martine Neville, until the war broke
out again; when he joined the Plover sloop, Com-
mander Richard Turner Hancock, on the Milford
station. In April, in the year 1804, he joined
the Courageoux for a passage to Jamaica, to join Ad-
miral Dacres, but the destination of that ship being
altered she proceeded to the island of St. Helena with
&convoy, and returned to England with another ;
served on hoard the same ship, with Captain Richard
Lee, in the action with Sir Richard Strachan in the
month of Nov., 1805, and was in the same ship with
Captain James Bissett at the capture of the Marengo
and Belle Poule in 1806, and continued in the same
ship at the blockade of Cadiz until May, when that
ship was laid up at Chatham, her crew being draughted
to several other ships; was then appointed to the
Hyperion, and employed in the Mediterranean until
October, 1809, when she returned to England with a
convoy ; she was then ordered to the West Indies
with convoy. On her arrival at Barbadoes in Fe-
bruary, 1800, he left that ship and joined the Pompey
under Admiral Cochrane, where he remained, and in
the Neptune with the Admiral until July, 1810, when
the Admiral appointed him to the Frolic, in which
ship he served on the West India station until May,
1811, when he joined the Dragon, Rear-Admiral
Sir Tho:nas Lafoney, and on the 28th of the same
month was appointed to the Surinam sloop, and served
on the coast of Surinam until September, 1811, on the
10th of which month he was confirmed to the rank of
Lieutenant, and returned to England. In September
following he was appointed to her Majesty's ship
Boxer, Commander Blythe, and in October was re-
moved to the Barham, 74, Capt. Spranger ; was em-
ployed in the Channel until March, 1813, in July of
which year he was appointed to the Egmont, 74, Capt.
Bingham, and was employed in her at the blockade
of Rochefort, until hoisting the flag of Rear-Admiral
Penrose, who commanded the squadron which forced
an entrance into the Gironde ; after which he was
employed in conveying the troops from that river to
England until the ship was paid off. In November,
1840, Lieutenant Imrie was appointed to the Java,
1,880 tons, as Admiralty agent for transports, in
which ship he served conveying troops and stores to
various ports until January, 1845, when he left her
in China (Hong-Kong), the Government having no
further use for her services. He then joined the
Cambrian, 36, Commodore Chads, by order of Ad-
miral Cochrane, for passage home. While on the
passage, having a screen berth under the half deck
with other supernumeraries, just after retiring to his
cot, and while sitting up in it, one of the main deck
half ports, placed over his head, came down by the
run (the ship rolling heavily at the time), striking
and throwing him out on the gun, whereby his collar-
bone and two of his ribs were broken, and other parts
of his body injured internally, which compelled him
to resign as agent for transports on the 6th of August,
1845, since which time he has been a great sufferer.
The internal injuries at length turned to mortifica-
tion, and death ensued on Wednesday last. Mr. John
Irnrie, Second Master, late of the Rhadamathus
steam-transport, is the eldest son of the deceased
veteran, whose remains were interred this day, fols
lowed to their last resting place by numbers
of friends and admirers of his bravery in the service
of his country, and his character as a husband, father,
and friend.

The Trincomalee, 25, Captain R. L. Warren, went
out of harbour this afternoon under topsails, foresail,
and jib, in a very admirable manner. This is a sister
ship to the Amphitrite, a reduced 46 gun frigate,
teak built, 1,066 tons, of the French Leda class. She