The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-10 00:00:00

' June 4, a Colonel of Marines; was nominated a K.C.B.
Jan. 2, 1815; made a Rear-Admiral August 12, 1819;
a Vice-Admiral July 22, 1830; and a full Admiral
November 23, 1841; and created a G.C.B. February
23, 1842. He obtained the good service pension May 5,
1847. Sir John Talhot married October 17, 1815, the
Hon. Juliana Arundell, third daughter of Jas. Everard,
ninth Lord Arundell of Wardour, by whom, who died
Dec. 9, 1843, he had issue two sons and five daughiers.
His fourth daughter, Margaret Victoriosa, married, in
1841, William Edm. Pole, second son of Sir Wm.
Templar Pole, Bart., D.C.L., of Shute House, in the
county of Devon.'
By the death of Admiral Talbot, Vice-Admiral Sir
John Wentworth Loring, 8art.,:1i.C.8., C fl., becomes
Admiral of the Blue; Sir Edward King, K.O H., be-
comes Admiral of the White, and the Hon. Sir Thomas
Bladen Capel, K C.B. (Commander-in-Chief at Ports-
mouth), becomes Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K C. 8..
obtains his promotion to the rank of Vice-Admiral; Rear_
Admiral Austen, C.B. (Commander-in-Chief in the East
Indies), becomes Rear-Admiral of the Red), reducing
the number of those of the White squadron to that
newly established (17); and Captain Sir John Ross, C.B.
(1818), the distinguished Polar voyager, now abroad in
search of Sir John Franklin, succeeds to his flag on the
active list.

Retired Captains Edward Barnard (1817), and Wil-
liam Bateman Dashwood, Martin White, John Cooksley,
Charles George Rodney Phillott, and William Wolrige
(7th December, 1818), being seniors to Sir John Ross,
become entitled to their rank as retired rear-admirals in
accordance with the terms of the order in Council of
1846, without increase of pay.
Captain W. A. B. Hamilton (1820) comes within the
senior list of captains; and Captain Richard Devonshire
(1838) succeeds to the half-pay of the 12s. 6d. Two
good-service pensions have fallen in hand—an admiral's
by death, and a captain's by promotion. It is to be
hoped that these will now be absorbed in an extended
retiring fund. At least, the admiral's pension of 300/.
per annum might bo so allocated that two more officers
physically incapacitated from serving, and above seventy
years of age, might have a chance of retiring from the
active list.

Retired Commander Thomas Crawley died on the Bth
ult., at his residence, Point Amelie, near Sydney, C. 8.,
in his 94th year, and after four days' illness. He was
for many years member of council and surveyor-general
of the island of Cape Breton, under whose superintend-
ence the settlement of the land in this island proceeded
during a period of nearly half a century. The deceased
was at the head of the list of retired commanders of
1816, and he was the senior commissioned officer in the
navy, his lieutenant's commission bearing date in De-
cember, 1778. His services commenced about the pe-
riod of the first insurrection in the North American
provinces, during which contest he was present in some
severe actions with the harbour batteries; and he also
bore part in the subsequent important services of the
British fleet off the coast of Spain, under Lord HAve.—
Halifax Journal, Juno 23.—[Admiral Ballen is the
senior commissioned officer in the navy. His lieute-
nant's commission bears date March 6, 1778, or more
than 73 years ago.]
Lieutenant Thomas Hamilton (1825), of the coast
guard station at Sligo, died on the 26th ult.
DOCKYARD.—Mr. William Jenkins, storekeeper of
Devonport Dockyard, died at Brighton on Sunday last.
Report says that his place is to be filled up by Mr. D.
Dent, late storekeeper of the new works at Keyhans,
who was placed on the redundant list in the reduction of
the staff in the last year, and by whose reappointment
between 400/. and 5001. per annum will be saved to the
navy estimates.
Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, at Port
Royal, Jamaica, debarked head-quarters and two com-
panies of the 16th Regiment, and embarked the same
number of the 97th. She was to sail on the 16th oe
June for the north side of the island, where, after land-
ing the remaining companies, and receiving on board an
equal number of the 97th stationed there, she was to,sail
for Halifax, through the. Florida Channel.
Magicienne steam-sloop, in charge of Mr. Biddle-
combe and party, returned to Devonport from Pembroke
on Monday.
Tortoise lighter, Shearman master, arrived at Devon-
port with stores from Pembroke on Monday.
Adam Davidson, second-class engineer, borne on the
St. George for the Devonport steam reserve, has been
superannuated the past week on a pension of 501. per
annum.

MALTA, JULY 2.—There has been no intelligenco of
the ships since my last. One of the steamers is ex-
pected to arrive here for the mails received per Ganges
and Medusa, and which vessel (supposed to be the
Spiteful, Commander Parker), will receive the Admiral's
family on board. The anniversary of the Queen's co-
ronation was celebrated on Saturday wits the accus-
tomed compliments. The Royal standard and union
jack was displayed from the palace, forts, and public
offices; the ships were dressed, and a Royal salute fired
at noon from Fort St. Angelo and ihd Ceylon, re-
ceiving ship. The Datch frigate in port (which will
leave for Algiers to-morrow) also fired a Royal salute,
which compliment was returned on Sunday by the Cey-
lon. I forgot in my last to mention the death of Capt.
William Doran, paymaster of the 76th. after a short
illness. The deceased officer was much esteemed both
by his brother officers and the men of the regiment.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 9.—the Odin steam-frigate,
22, preparing for urgent service, bent sails this morn-
ing and hauled off into the stream to adjust her com-
passes. She is intended to sail to-morrow for Queens-
town, in charge of a navigating party of officers and men
for the screw frigate Dauntless, Captain Halsted.
The Echo steam-tug took out 47 prisoners from the
Stirling Castle convict ship, in this harbour, this morn-
ing, and transferred them to the Minden convict ship
for transportation to penal settlements on the Swan
River. A similar number were also sent oat from the
York convict depot.
The Maidstone Indiaman sailed from Spithead this
morning for Madras and Calcutta.
A letter from her Majesty's ship Fantome, 14, Com-
mander Gennys, dated May 25, Cape of Good Hope,
says she had been in awful weather from the Bth until
she made Simon's Bay on the 15th, having sprung her
foretopsail yards, &c. She was battened down on the 10th,
and no hammocks were got up; shipping water with
hammock nettings under. On the 26th she
received orders to sail for Hobart Town, and
would leave on the following Tuesday. On the Thursday
previous a melancholy accident had befallen a young
officer at the Cape. In the evening of that day, Mr.
Penville, midshipman of the Orestes, 14, Commander
Hawker, and Mr. Willoughby, Master's-Assistant of the
Pandora, 6, Commander Drury, had been on a visit to
the Commodore's ship Castor, and were returning to
their respective vessels in a small boat, together with
two officers of the Castor, when by some mishap the
boat capsized, and Mr. Penville was drowned. The
body was picked up the next day, and was buried on the
24th on shore, followed to the grave by the officers,
blue jackets and marines of the squadron. The Orestes
had taken a prize, which was condemned by the Mixed
Commission on the Friday antecedent to the last men-
tioned date.
The head-quarters and three troops of the 2d Dra-
goons, from Canterbury, will arrive in this district—the
first troop (at Troubridge Barracks, Wilts) on the 14th,
one trrop (at Dorchester Barracks) on the 17th, and the
head-quarters and ono troop (at the same place) on the
19th inst.
The seeond battalion of the Grenadier Guards will
not return again to Winchester barracks. A party of
that body arrived there yesterday and returned to Lon-
don this day in charge of the sick and heavy baggage.
The 88th (Connaught Rangers) may be daily looked
for in her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance from Halifax.