21 JANUARY 1854, Page 17

NAVAL GAZETTE.

ADMIRALTY, Jan. 12.—The following promotions have this day taken place, con- sequent on the decease, on the 11th inst. of Rear-Admiral of the Red T. 0. Falcon- Rear-Admiral of the White W. B. Mends to be Rear-Admiral of the lied; Rear- Admiral of the Blue W. Walpole to be Rear-Admiral of the White ; Capt. Right Hon. C. Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved half-pay list ; Capt. H. D. Chads, C.B. to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The following Cap- tains on the Retired List have also been promoted to be retired Rear-Admirals, on the terms proposed in 0.e London Gazette of the 1st of September 1846, without in- crease of pay—Capt. J. Skekel; Capt. G. 0. Lempriere.