Help with transcription - Royal Navy record from c1850s

[AlanBoyd]

In agreement with being on the Reserved List, here he is 'on the beach' in the 1861 census.

He is a lodger at 41 Duke Street, Devonport where the head of household is Edward Leatherby a smith at the navy dockyard:

Alexander Burniston, lodger, unmarried, 34, Master RN  Half Pay, Ireland. Kingston, Dublin

[AlanBoyd]

There is a record on An***y of him becoming a freemason in Malta in February 1856. Record has him age 28, RN, Master.

[AlanBoyd]

The other record available for Alexand Raven Burniston, which you forgot to attach, and referred to in reply #4 is:

Mr Alexr. R Burniston [Master's Assistant scored out] 2nd Master 3 October 1850

?? ?? College (22.9.50) 6 January 1853 Trinity House
For? – 4 Aug 18?? Victory – ?? Feb 48/9? Sappho and? 16 Feb 1852 [more dates] – Paid off
March 1853 Valorous ... 10 May 1855 ?? ... 28 July 1855 Hannibal

[AlanBoyd]

following on from the previous two posts which imply that he was in Malta in early 1856 aboard Hannibal

LLoyd's List 25th October 1856
Portsmouth, 24th October 1856, HMS Hannibal arrived from Malta

[AlanBoyd]

Some more –first two lines– from the later record (the one attached to the OP)

Hannibal 10th May 1856 promoted for War Service. 27 Aug? 1856 Appointed by
 Sir? H? Stewart ?? & Master of Hannibal for ?? of Naval Yard & to Hospital?

from the WP entry for Sir Houston Stewart:

Stewart became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, with his flag in the fifth-rate HMS Ceylon, in April 1853 and second-in-command in the Black Sea, with his flag in the second-rate HMS Hannibal in January 1855. He took part in the Siege of Sevastopol in Winter 1854 and commanded the fleet at the capture of Kinburn in October 1855 during the Crimean War. For his services in the war, he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 5 July 1855, appointed to the French Legion of Honour, 2nd Class on 30 April 1857 and awarded the Turkish Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class on 2 March 1858.