The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE CAPTAIN'S OUT PENSION OF GREENWICH
Hosapre.L.—The captain's out pension of Greenwich
Hospital, of 801. per annum, vacant on the decease of
Captain Sir Samuel Roberts, C. 8., has been conferred
on Captain William Slaughter, K.H. (1837). Captain
Slaughter entered the navy 1794, and in the usual
igrades served in the Triumph for ten years in the North
Seas and Mediterranean, during which he was in Lord
Duncan's action 11th Oct., 1797, and was wounded in
the right hand. His next ship was the Barfleur, in
which he was present on the retreat of the British
squadron under Admiral Lord Cornwallis, and was
again wounded. From this ship he was appointed sub
lieutenant of the Bold in 1805, and was promoted into
the Lucifer, Captain Sir H. Mall, in September, 1806,
fur his conduct in cutting out off Calais with two boats
of the Bold, a national cutter, and her convoy a
vessel with stores. Whilst lieutenant of the Lucifer
he received the personal thanks of the late Admiral
Sir J. Duckworth for storming the heights on
Prince's Island, near Constantinople, and taking a field-
piece from the enemy; and was engage d in defending
the town and castle in the Bay of Roses, in conjunction
with the Spanish army, when he was again wounded
slightly. He received the thanks of Admiral Sir A.
Ball, at Malta, and was by him appointed to the Am-
phion for conveying in an open boat public important
dispatches to the senior officer commanding the British
squadron at Syracuse, then in pursuit of a Russian squa-
dron. As Lieutenant of the Amphion he served in the
two attacks on the enemy's strong garrison of Cortel-
langdo and Grado, in the Adriatic, and in innumerable
boat attacks upon the enemy's towns and convoys; and
was upset in a boat with rockets in the night in attempt-
ing the destruction of the Russian squadron in the har-
bour of Trieste, for which service he was recommended
by the late Sir W. Host% and was promoted to the rank
of commander. As a commander, he was appointed to
the Archer in 1812, and commanded her until 1815.
Whilst commanding this vessel he presented, in person,
to Louis XVIII. a deputation from the port of Dunkirk,
inviting his Majesty to take possession of the throne of
France; and it has been matter of complaint from this
gallant officer, that although he incurred expenses to the
amount of hundreds of pounds in the public service he
was never reimbursed ; and only received the personal
thanks of the King of France. He bad not served afloat
since his command of the Archer, but was inspecting
commander of the Coast Guard, from 1829 to 1832, and
was promoted to the rank of captain, January 10, 1837,
vt hen his late Majesty King William conferred upon
him the third class of the Royal Hanoverian Guelpbic
order.

PROMOTIONS.

Commander James M'Cleverty (1842), now in com-
mand of the Polyphemus steam-sloop, at Gibraltar, has
been promoted by the Board of Admiralty to the rank
of Captain, for his recent services on the coast of Mo-
rocco, in rescuing the British merchantman, the " Three
Sisters," from the possession of
,pirates who had cap-
tured her.

Lieutenant Alan Henry Gardner (1841), who served
as first lieutenant of the Polyphemus in the above affair,
and who was wounded in bringing off the brig, has been
promoted to the rank of Commander. This gallant
officer is a grandson of the celebrated admiral, Lord
Gardner, nephew of Admiral second Lord Gardner,
and of Rear-Admiral the Honourable F. F. Gardner,
and son of Lieut.-Gen. Hon. W. H. Gardner. Com-
mander Alan Henry Gardner entered the service as a
student of the Royal Naval College, Sept., 1830, and after
remaining there two years was appointed to the Donegal,
74, and served in that ship, and the Spartiate, 74; Con-
way, 28; and Dublin, 50; and then as mate for some
time of the sloop, the Sparrowhawk, 12; and Dido, 18.
In the latter ship he served for four years, and was in
her during all the operations on the coast of Syria, when
he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1841, on
the recommendation of Captain Lewis Davies. As a
lieutenant he served four years in the Aigle, 26, in the
Mediterranean, studied for steam at Woolwich factory,
and was appointed to the Polyphemus, steam-sloop, in
April, 1846.

Mates—James Edward Beckford, who passed for sea-
manship in March last; and John E. Commerell, who
passed Jor seamanship in May last, have been promoted
to the lank of lieutenant.

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander Sir Henry V. Huntley (1838) has been
appiinted to study steam at the factory, Woolwich.
Commander Richard Borough Crawford (1842), who
paid off the Mutine, 12, in August, 1846, from the Cape
of Good Hope, where he had been most successful in
capturing slavers, but had the misfortune to prejudice
the new commander-in-chief against himself, has been
appointed to the command of the Polyphemus steam-
sloop, at Gibraltar, vice M'Cleverty, promoted. Com-
mander Crawford, like Captain M'Cleverty, has seen
much very gallant service, especially against pirates.
They were associated in service on the coast of China,
when the former defended the transport Pestonjee Bo-
manjee, and the latter commanded the Hon. East India
Company's steam-vessel Phlegethon.
Commander James Rawstorne, who was promoted in
November, 1846, from First-Lieutenant of the Trafal-
ar, has been appointed to the command of the Apollo
troop-frigate, vice Littlehales, who has declined the
appointment in consequence of ill-health: Commandeir
Rawstorne is an officer of very long and very good and
distinguished service, and his selection for an arduous
and responsible 'command, which must assuredly gain
him his promotion, reflects credit on the Nuble First
Lord of the Admiralty.
Lieutenant Augustus J. Kingston, recently promoted
to the Polyphemus, vice Gardner, promoted.
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—The Scorpion is to be refitted
at thib port for commission, and employed on surveying
service.

The Apollo (troop ship) will be commissioned, it is
expected, to-day. Her complement of men is 118; most
of her officers aro appointed.
The Impregnable, 104, is to be the new flag-ship at
this port, but will not be ready for commissioning before
the Ist of February.
The Bellisle (troop ship) will not bo ready for service
for six weeks.