The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

Lieutenants—Williamß7§Mith (1841), George
L. Norcock (1841), and J. R. Rodd (1840), fiat
of the Britannia, fl+g►-hip at Portam uth, hart been
promoted to the rank of commander.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain William— H. A. Morshe3d, C,B. (1842),
has been appointed to command the Dido, 18, at
Chatham.
Commander Lord William Compton (1842) has
been appointed to command the Alocle4te, 14, at
Sheerness. _ .

Ciiznmander Arthur-hit-Hersh (1849), wher—hss,
been Aerving as Admiralty agent on board one of
the Cape service contract steamers, has been ap-
pointed to re-commission the Rattler screw-sloop at
Woolwich.

Clark—William F. Dixon to the Vengeance, 84,
Spitheml.
Ce,pentor—John Edwards has been advanced to
the second clue.

DEATH OF LORD JOHN HAY.
PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.-We have the painful
duty to record the loss of one of the most active and
skilful officers in her Majesty's naval service. Last
night, at half-past 9 o'clock, Rear Admiral Lord
John Hay was relieved from his sufferings, ut St.
Michael's-terrace, Stoke; his Lordship had been gra-
dually declining for the last ten days. According to
O'Byrne, the Right Hon. Lord John Hay was born
on the Ist of April, 1793, and was the third son of the
seventh Marquis of Tweeddale. He entered the navy
as a first-class volunteer on the 4th of December,
1804, on board the Monarch, 74, Captain Searle, and
continued with the Mediterranean force until June,
1811, during which time he lost his left arm at the
cutting out of some vessels in Hy eres Bay, and on
the night of the 15th of July, 1808, contributed to the
capture, after a memorably furious engagement, of
the Turkish man-of-war Badere Z lifer, mounting 52
guns, with a complement of 543 men, of whom 170
were slain, and 200 wounded; and the Alis Fegan,
26, was at the same time put to flight. Lord John's
commission was dated May 1, 1812 ; his appointment
to the Pique, 36, June, 1, 1812 ; and to the Venerable,
74, 31 May, 1814 ; he was advanced to the rank of
Commander on the 15th of June; and on the 15th
of November joined the Bustard, 10, off Lisbon.
In 1815 his Lordship obtained the command of
the Opossum, 10, in which sloop be served in the.
Channel and North American stations ft
until paid oft
on the sth of August, 1818. He attained post rank
on the 7th of December following, and was subse-
quently appointed December 24, 1832, November 19. ,
1836, and March 8, 1837, to the Castor, 36, Phoenix
steamer, and North Star, 28, which vessels be corn-
' and acted as Commodore
vices
mauded till 1840. He had charge of a battalion of
otthe
marines
a
importancellsquadron
duringthis
civil war, especially at the siege of Bilboa, procured
him in 1837 the Grand Cross of the order of Charles
111., and toe Companionship of the Bath. Lord
of
his o n periods thee north coast of Spain, where
r as connected with the
John Hay, who next, from the 17th of August, 1841,
until October, 1845, commanded the Warspite, 50,
on the coast of North America whither he conveyea
Lord Ashburton) and in the West Indie-, was suc-
cessively appointed in 1846 Acting Superintendent of
Woolwich Dockyard, 'Chairman of the Board of
Naval Construction, and a Lord of the Admiralty ;
which latter office be retained until his appointment,
on the 9,11 of February, 1850, Captain Superintendent
of the Devonport D,,ckyard. His Lordship was a
Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Haddington,
and sat in Parliament for that shire in 1826 and 1830.
In 1833 he received a large silver medal from the
Society for the Encouragement of Arts for the inven-
tion of a telescope-holder for the use of a person with
only one hand.
Lord John Hay was brother-in-law of Mr. John
Henry Ley, clerk to the House of Commons, and
of Lord Broughton, President of the Board of
Control.
On Sunday the flag of Lord John Hay, on promo-
tion as Rear-Admiral of the Blue, was hoisted on
board the St. George, 120, when she saluted the flag
of Port-Admiral Ornmaney, which compliment was
duly acknowledged by the Impregnable, 104. The
same day the frigate Pique, on passage from Pew`
broke, put in, owing to contrary winds.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN GHINT.-Captain William
Grint (1818), lately. promoted to the captains„rei:
served half-pay list, died on the 24th inst., st " ,
worth, aged 66. lie entered the navy in 1800, and
He was
served afloat during the war for 14 years.
at the battle of Copenhagen in the Anacz?Dl'
38,
Cap-
tain Riou; in the Courageux, 74, 1.13 witnessed.l h
he
surrender of St. Lucia ; in the Britannia,a!
00
%e
iTag at the battle of' Trafalgar, and was lieute-
nantact at the celebrated capture of Curagoa. He was.
confirmed a lieutenant July, 1807, and_ served in
Anson, 44, Vulture and nopewseltelpss,cormommpaenydlead 4a,
Zenobia sloop, and forseaof few
his services he received
gun-boat.
. In the copurt iotic Fund. He wa
a gratuity from the a r made
commander in 1818. .
Yesterday day cTuesday), in honour of Prince Albert's
...ester
birthday, soya
salutes were fired from the citadel and
from all the ships- in commission, which were deco-
rated with colours. The royal standard was hoisted
at the Government establishments and at the Guil6-
Plymouth, of which b'arough the Prince is Lot d
High Steward.
The Plymouth regatta was, in consequence of bad
weather, postponed from yesterday to this day. There
are not many yachts in harbour, and the prowess of
the America at Cowes seems to withdraw attention
from all other such sulketi.
WouLwics, AUG. 27.-The Rattler steam-vessel
had ber steam up in the basin to-day to try her en.