The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-01 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Commodore the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8.,
Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, and Superintendent
of Woolwich Dockyard, yesterday hoisted his flag
on board the receiving ship Fisgard, at Woolwich;
and presided on board that vessel at a Court of
Inquiry.
Her Majesty's steam store transport Rhadaman-
thus, Master-Commandant Sturdee, was yesterday
=docked at Woolwich, after a thorough course of
general repairs. The Prometheus, Barracouta, and
Icarus are also completed and ready for trial.
The screw steamsloop Racer, Commander the
Hon. Thomas A. Pakenham, in Plymouth Sound,
discharged her powder on Sunday morning, pre-
paratory. to going up Hamoaze for the purpose of
being docked.
The screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, is to
be commissioned at Plymouth with a complement
of 900 men.

The permission for leave of absence to Sir Thos.
S. Pasley, Admiral-Superintendent of the Devon-
port Dockyard, has been cancelled.
The troopship Cospatrick, which sailed on Friday
with detachments for the East Indies, put back on
Sunday to Plymouth Sound.
The Curacoa, 31, screw, Captain T. H. Mason,
will leave Portsmouth harbour on the 3d instant,
and. anchor at Spithead, to receive shot and shell,
and.• await orders to proceed on her diplomatic
mission to New York with Lord Lyons and suite.
The Perseverance, 6, iron screw troop frigate,
Commander Edward lt. Power, and Urgent, 6, iron
screw troop frigate, Commander John W. D.
M'Donald, are both coaling alongside the dockyard
at Portsmouth, and will shortly receive on board
troops for Malta and the Mediterranean.
The Virago, 6, paddle, Commander M. B. Dunn,
went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday, to land
the remainder of the Tipperary Artillery Militia
from Cork. She sailed in the afternoon from Ports-
mouth to the westward.
Captain Harry Eyres, C. 8., commanding St.
Vincent, 102, ordinary guard ship at Portsmouth,
has recovered, we are happy to learn, from his late
indisposition, and has gone on three weeks' leave
of absence, after which he will resume his official
duties.

Commodore Eden, C. 8., controller-general of the
coastguard, having his broad pendant in the Argus,
screw steamer, Commodore Grandy, arrived at Fal-
mouth on Friday on an official visit to the Russell
and the Naval Coast Volunteer Department under
his orders. _ _ _

Lieut. F. H. Hastings is appointed to the Excel-
lent, and not to the Exmouth.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Commander—N. F. Hewett, to the Viper.

Lieutenants—Geo. Douglas, to be Flag-Lieutenant to
Rear-Admiral Hope ; C. 0. H. P. St. John, to the St. Jean
d'Acre; Charles J. Wray, Charles J. Rowley, U. C. Sin-
gleton, and William Johnston, to ditto; Cuthbert Le Me-
surier and Alex. Butler, to the Hogue.
Masters—C. R. P. Forbes to the St. Jean d'Acre ; Thos.
R. Collingwood (additional) to the Exmouth; Charles
Gahan (additional) to ditto.
Second Master Frederick J. Ray, to the Vesuvius;
Paymaster George W. Pickthorn, to the St. Jean
d' Acre.
Clerks—Henry W. Andrews and Alfred P. Cox to the
St. Jean d'Acre.
Assistant Clerk—Thomas; W. Cleave to the St. Jean
d'Acre.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.
General.—R. S. Brough, Royal Artillery.
' Major Generals.—Major Mitchell, Unattached ;
H. J. Wood, C. 8., H.M. Indian Forces.
Colonel.—W. H. Robinson, Unattached.
Lieutenant-Colonels.—C. Holden, Unattached;
J. P. Hart, late 11th Foot.
Majors.—Wm. Anderson, 2d West India Regi-
ment ; G. Langdon, retired, full pay, Royal Ma-
rines ; W. Ford, ditto ; John T. Tucker, ditto ; E.
Sheppard; half.pay, Royal Artillery.
Captains.—Fred. Wm. Goldfrap, 18th Dragoons ;
Sir Chas. Des Voeux, Bart., half-pay 63d Foot;
David Gordon, half-pay sth West India Regiment;
James Girdlestone, Unattached; John Inman, do.;
Joseph Triscott, half-pay Royal Marines ; Alex.
Eckford, ditto ; Arthur Onslow Lake Lewis, half-
pay Royal Marines.
Lieutenants.—Robert Harding, Bth Dragoons,
adjutant, of wounds ; Edward Hales, 19th Foot, at
sea, on passage to England ; Lucas Waring, 24th
Foot; George Pinckney, 73d Foot; Wm. Maclean,
80th Foot ; James Blagg, 91st Foot ; Henry Percy
Tillard, Royal Artillery •, Wm. Taylor Cathcart,
ditto ; Alexander Smith, half-pay 42d Foot ; Geo.
Dunlevie, half-pay 83d Foot ; Lewis Ketchner,
half-pay Ist Light Dragoons, King's German
Legion; Thomas Bonner, half-pay Corsican Regi-
ment ; John Roberts, half-pay Royal Artillery
Drivers ; James Dusautoy, retired full-pay Royal
Marines ; Duncan Campbell, half-pay ditto ; John
Nicholas Fischer, ditto ; James Cassel, ditto ; Robt.
Saxby, ditto ; James Walker, ditto ; Robert Wil-
son, ditto ; Frederick Parker, ditto ; Samuel Cox,
ditto; John Alexander, ditto; Henry Arnold, do. ;
John James Douglas, ditto.
Ensigns—William Parry Jones, 10th Foot ;
Henry Aug. Knopp, half-pay 2d Light Infantry
King's German Legion.
Second Lieutenants—Augustus Hailes, half-pay
Royal Marines ; Samuel Hugoe, ditto ; Richard
Sargent, ditto.
Quartermasters.—William Hill, half-pay Rifle
Brigade ; Robert Eager (Captain), half-pay Royal
sAoin. ti
Commissary Alexander Harrison, half-pay Ist Garri-
General—Sir Randolph I. Routh,
lery
Battalion Ale.
K.C.8., half pay.
Deputy Commissary General--Wm. Heyward,
half pay.
Assistant Commissary General—Jas. Lane, half

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Deputy Assistant Commissary General—Thomas
Peter Marter, half pay.
Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals—W.
Cruikshank, M.D.
Surgeons—S. G. Lawrance, half pay, first class ;
T. Cowan, M.D., 94th Foot ; F. Clark, staff; J. N.
Shelley, half pay Ist Greek Light Infantry.
Chaplain—Rev. IL Irwin, half pay Royal Artil-
lery.