The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The first Lord of the Admiralty returned to his
official residence, 'Whitehall, from his German tour,
yesterday.
Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 13., is expected to return
to the Admiralty, from the Continent, next week.

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TIIE SECOND NAVAL AIDE-DE-CAMP TO
TEE QUEEN.
Captain Christopher Wyvill (1832), the second of
the new batch of naval aides-de-camp, is commodore
of the second class, and commander-in-chief at the
Cape. Sixty-eight eligible officers, many of them
C B.'s, have been passed over. He has, however,
served afloat twice as many years as his senior, Sir
George Peden. His services are thus given in the
" Naval Biography :"-
" This officer entered the navy Oct. 2.5, 1805, as
volunteer, on board the Tribune, 36. In the boats of
the Thames, 32, assisted by those of the Pilot and
Weazle sloops, he contributed, July 25, 1810, to the
very gallant capture and destruction, under the bat-
teries of Atnantea, on the coast of Naples, and in face
of a most spirited opposition, of a convoy of 31 ves-
sels, laden with provisions and stores for Murat's
army at Scylla, together with seven large gun-boats
and five armed scatnpavias. He was present at the
cutting out too, Oct. 5 in the same year, by the
boats of the Thames and Eclair sloop, of ten trans-
ports, collected near Agricola, in the Gulf of Salerno ;
and on June 16, 1811, he witnessed the destruction by
a detachment from the Thames and Cephalus, 18, of a
similar number of armed feluccas on the beach near
Cetraro. Besides sharing in a variety of other dashing
services, we find him, March 31, 1813, employed iu
the boats of the Volontaire, Undaunted, and Redwing,
under Lieutenant Isaac Shaw, at the capture and de-
struction (with a loss to the British of one man killed
and four severely wounded, and to the French of four
killed, five wounded, and seventeen taken prisoners) of
two strong batteries (mounting five 36-pounders and
two 24's) and 18 sail of vessels at Morjean, near Mar-
seilles. For his conduct on that occasion he was
strongly noticed in Captain Waldegrave's official
letter. In May, 1813, he was nominated acting lieu-
tenant of the Kingfisher sloop, and on July 5 follow-
ing he was confirmed. He was paid off in November
of the same year, and was subsequently appointed, in
February and October, 1814, to the Leopard, 50, and
Towley, 24, July 22, 1815, for three months to the
Tigris, 36 ; in January, 1816, to the Pactolus, 46;
Nov. 10, 1818, as senior to the Arab, 18; aed Nov.
14, 1821, to the Dover, 28, as flag-lieutenant to Sir
John Poo Beresford at Leith. Attaining the rank of
commander July 29, 1824, he was appointed in that
capacity April 28, 1827, to the Camelion, 10, where
he became, Oct. 31, 1828, and April 28, 1830, se-
cond captain of the Asia, 84, and Britannia, 120, flag-
ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm. The Camelion
formed part of a squadron under the orders of Sir
Thomas Staines in an attack made upon a fort and
several vessels in the possession of the pirates at Ca-
rabusa, Jan. 31, 1828. On the return home of the
Britannia, Captain Wyvill was presented with a post
commission dated Feb. 22, 1832. He commanded
the Cleopatra, 26, and since May 7, 1849, has been
serving in the Castor, 36. In 1827, while Captain
Wyvill was on his passage in the Dartmouth, 42, to
join the Camelion, the former ship narrowly escaped
being burnt in consequence of some men having set
fire to a cask of spirits which they had clandestinely
opened. The catastrophe was, however, averted
through the handsome conduct and exertions of Cap•
tain Wyvill, who, with one of the gunner's mates,
plugged the cask and slung it apparently in the midst
of the flame. He is senior of 1832."