The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-09 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FLAG LIST
OF THE NAVY.
The following appeared in the London Gazette of last
night. The announcenAnt that her Majesty has been
pleased to promote Sir George Cockburn to be Admiral
of the Fleet will be received throughout the whole ser-
vice as a most gratifying compliment to the navy.
ADMIRALTY, JULY 1.
In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, Admiral of the
Red the Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., has
this day been promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet.
With reference to the Plan of Naval Retirement which
appeared in the London Gazette of 27th Juno, 1851, the
following Flag Officers of the Royal Navy have been
appointed to receive the pensions of 150/. a year each,
provided for by her Majesty's Order in Council of 25th
June, 1851, and the names of the said Flag Officers
have this day been removed to the reserved half-pay list
accordingly:—
Admiral of the Red, Frederick Watkins, Esq.
Admiral of the Red, John Giffard, Esq.
Admiral of the Red, Henry Richard Glynn, Esq.
Admiral of the White, Sir Henry Heathcote, Kut.
Admiral of the White, Hugh Downman, Esq.
Admiral of the White, John Mackellar, Esq.
Vice-Admiral of the Red, Richard Carry, Esq., C.B.
Vice-Admiral of the White, Frederick William Lord
Aylmer, C.B.
Rear-Admiral of the Red, Robert Elliot, Esq.
Rear-Admiral of the White, Sir Thomas Fellowes, C.B.
And further, with reference to the arrangements sanc-
tioned by her Majesty's said Order in Council of 25th
June, 1851, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
hereby give notice, that the Active List of Flag Officers
of the Royal Navy now stands as follows, viz. :
Admirals of the Fleet.
Sir Thomas By= Martin, G.C.B.
Right Hon. Sir George Cockburn' G.C.B.
Admirals of the Red.
Thomas Le Merchant Gosselin, Esq.
Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.
Hon. Sir John Talbot, G.C.B,*
Sir John West, K.C.B.
Sir Charles Ekins, G.C.B.
Sir William Hall Gage, G.C.H.
Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart., K.C.B.
Admirals of the White.
Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, R.C.B.
Right Hon. James, Marquis of Thomond, G.C.H.
Sir Charles Adam, K.C.B.
Sir Thomas Livingstone, Bart.
Sir Francis William Austen, K.C.B.
Sir John Acworth Ommanney, K.C.B.
Zachary Mudge, Esq.
Admirals of the Blue.
Sir Edward Durnford King, K.C.H.
Sir George Mundy, K.C.B.
James Carthew, Esq.
Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G.
Right Hon. Thomas Earl of Dundonald, G.C.B.
Sir William Parker, Bart., G.C.B.
George McKinley, Esq.
Vice-Admirals of the Red.
Sir John Wentworth Loring, K.C.8., K.C.H.
Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart.
John Dick, Esq.
Sir Charles Bullen, K.C.8., K.C.H.
Sir Samuel Pyea, K.C.B.
Robert Jackson, Esq.
Honourable George Elliot, C.B.
Lord William Fitzßoy, K.C.B.
Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.8., K.C.H.
Vice-Admirals of the White.
Edward Hawker, Esq.
Richard Thomas, Esq.
James Richard Dacres, Esq.
John Sykes, Esq.
Sir Francis Mason, K.C.B.
Thomas Brown, Esq.
Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C.B.
Sir John Louis, Bart.
Brian Hodgson, Esq.
Vice-Admirals of the Blue.
John Ayscough, Esq.
Sir Thomas John Cochrane, K.C.B.
Sir George Francis Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H.
Honourable George Poulett.
Charles James Johnston, Esq.
Honourable Josceline Percy, C.B.
Honourable Sir Anthony Maitland, C.B, KC-M.G.
Right Hon. Granville George Lord Radstock, C.B.
Right Honourable George Earl Cadogan C.B.
Rear-Admirals f the Red.
Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.G.B.
Sir Edward Tucker, K.C.B.
Sir William Augustus Montagu, C. 8., K.C.H.
Sir Edward Chetham Strode, K.C.8., K.C.H.
William Bowles, Esq., C.B.
Hyde Parker, Esq., C.B.
Charles Sibthorp John Hawtayne, Esq.
James Whitley Deans Dundas, Esq, C.B.
Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, Bart., C.B.
Sir William Henry Dillon, K.C.H.
Henry Hope, Esq., C.B.
Honourable Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Fellow,
C. 8., K.C.H.
Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B.
John Brett Purvis, Esq.
Richard Arthur, Esq., C.B.
Phipps Hornby, Esq., C.B.
Honourable William Gordon.
Rear-Admirals of the White.
Charles John Austen, Esq., C.B.
Henry Prescott, Esq., C.B.
John Coode, Esq., C.B.
John Pasco, Esq.
William Fisher, Esq.
Edward Harvey, Esq.
William Fitzwilliam Owen, Esq.
Manley llall Dixon, Esq.
Peter John Douglas, Esq.
Barrington Reynolds, Esq., C.B.
Honourable George Alfred Crofton.
Charles Sotheby, Esq.
Sir Augustus William James Clifford, Bart., C.B.
Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart.
Alexander Renton Sharpe, Esq., C.B.
Gordon Thomas Falcon, Esq.
Sir Watkin Owen Pell.
William Fairbrother Carroll, Esq., C.B.
(In the first vacancy which may occur, this List will be
reduced to 17.)
Rear-Admirals of the Blue.
William Bowen Mends, Esq.
Sir George Rose Sartorius, Knt.
Robert Wauchopo, Esq.
Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart.
Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Esq., C.B.
Sir David Dunn, K.C.H.
Fairfax Moresby, Esq., C.B.
Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., K.C.H.
Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart.
Francis Erskine Loch, Esq.
Edward Collier, Esq., C.B.
David Price, Esq.
William Willmott Henderson, Esq., C. 8., KIL
Sir John Hill, Knt.
Arthur Fanshawe, Esq., C.B.
llounston Stewart, Esq., C.B.
The elevation of Sir George Cockburn, and retirement
from the active list of Admirals Watkins, Giffard, Glynn,
Heathcote, Downman, and Mackellar, on the 1501. a
year pension, in addition to their admiral's half-pay, re-
duced the active list of full admirals from 30 to 23, and
the removal to the old retired list of admirals of Ad-
mirals Joseph Bullen and George Barker, have brought
the list of admirals within the newly-established number,
27; so that by the new arrangement, not a single pro-
motion has been made to the rank of full admiral.
Of the 45 vice admirals, the seniors, Vice Admiral
Curry, C. 8., and Lord Aylmer, C. 8., have accepted the
retiring pensions, and the following have been placed on
the retired list:—Vice-Admirals Buckle, Allen, Noble,
Nesham, White, Praed, Tremlett, Temple, Gordon,
Carden, Laney, H. M. Ommanney, Duff Sir W.
Proctor, Ratsey, Bateman, Lysaght, and Hon. G. L.
Proby. This brought the number down to 25; so that
Rear-Admirals Lord Radstock, C. 8., and the Earl of
Cadogan, C.B.,thave been promoted to the rank of vice-
admiral, to make up the newly-established number, 27.
Of the 75 rear-admirals, Robert Elliot, Esq., and Sir
Thomas Fellowes, C. 8., have been superannuated on the
150/. a year pension; and the following have been placed
on the retired list:—Rear-Admirals Croft, Philips, C.
Gordon, W. Ward, C. F. Daly, C. 8., P. Browne, Hoare,
A'Court Repington, Hon. A. Jones, V. F. Hatton, Sir
A. P. Green, G. Ferguson, G. E. Watts, R. R. Worme-
ley, O'Grady, Lord Byron, J. E. Wemyss, the Duke of
Northumberland, J. C. Carter, and Meynell. 'These two
promotions and 22 retirements reduce the number on the
active list to 51, the established number.
SAFETY OF THE SCREW-FRIGATE VIILCAN.--The in-
telligence of the safe arrival at the Cape of Good Hope
of the Vulcan screw-frigate, Master-Commander Penn,
will be received with much gratification. The Vulcan,
it will be rembered, left Cork with her troops on the 14th
March. She arrived at the Cape on the 12th May.
The Vulcan, after landing the 74th at Algoa Bay, re-
turned to Simon's Bay on the 26th May. She was to go
ckon
to Table Bay to coal, and to leave for England about
the Bth June, calling at St. Helena and Ascension on her
way home.
ADMIRALTY LEVEES.—The following officers were
received by the First Lord of the Admiralty yesterday:—
Vioe-Admiral Thomas; Captains Sir Thomas Belcher,
Cs.BF,
H.Collier;e,j
. B.
Comman-
d
H. Hore, C. F. Hillyar, J., G. Phillips, M. Matthews,
r. J.
Patten,l R.
Booth,
J.
Barnes, W.L W.L. Castle,N v .jLa
Lak©,
A. Smith, D. De Saumarez; Inspector of Hospitals, Dr.
Gilbert King; Lieutenants G. Bereton, W.P. Chapman,
G. Mason, G. Road, S. H. Laston, H. Boys, J. 0. Free-
land, W. R. Lee, H. Bacon, T. L. Gaussen, E. P. Fudge,
J. A. Smith.
Surgeon—J. R. S. Duff.
Paymaster—R. G. Didham.
The following officers had interviews with the senior
Naval Lord :—Rear-Admiral Cater; Captains W. Ram-
say and Castle; Commanders Hillyar, A. C. May, A.
smith ; Lieutenants G. Mason, Wale, J. R. Baker, G.
Read, W. Rodger, 11. Boys, W. P. Chapman, H. St.
John Mildmay, J. N. Norman, 11. 13. Hankey, a„,,n;
Masters C. 11. Dillon and Parker; Paymasters T. M.
Tilley, F. Munday, W. Reeve, G. L. Herbert, M. Glynn.
APPOINTMENTS.
Second Mesters—C. R. B. Wilkinson (1849), late of
the Wellesley, and H. W. Short (1848),
additional to the
Victory, 11 ig-ship, at Portsmouth.
Clerk—John ii. Hayward to the Impregnable, 78, flag-
ship, st Devonport.
Commander Leigh Spark Jack (1840), died at Trull,
year of his age. He was a
near
rteTnaaunnt Taunton,
in
1 806t,he Bthan6dhad seen some service during
the war.
The riggers and men belonging to the Dauntless, 24,
screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, csmmenced work on
board the Odin steam-frigate, at 3 A.M. yesterday morn-

* Since the preparation of this list the death of this
Admiral has taken place, which now reduces the number of
ilear-Adizial* of the White to 17,