The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-14 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

MALTA, March S.—On Sunday last the Austrian screw
frigate Schwartzenberg, 50, bearing the broad pendant of
CommodoreTegetoff, accompanied by the gunboat Seehund,
4, Capt. Kronoweller, arrived from Corfu in two days
and on the same day the screw frigate Conte Dandolo, 22,
Capt. the Baron M, Sternick, came in from Algiers. A tele-
gram awaited the arrival of this squadron here, ordering it
to Gibraltar, with directions to do that at sea which their
brethren were doing ashore. This is understood to mean
to capture any Danish ship of war or merchant vessel that
might be fallen in with in the Mediterranean. It is said
that the gunboat before reaching Malta captured in lonian
waters, and sent in charge of a prize crew to Trieste, a
Danish brig, coffee laden, from Rio Janeiro, bound to Con-
stantinople; and I am also informed that the Conte Dandolo
overhauled on the morning preceding her arrival, and
nearly within gunshet of Malta, a Norwegian coal-laden
vessel, the Medea, from Sunderland, which arrived here
shortly afterwards. The object of the Austrian captain, it
appears, was to inquire if the master had seen any Danish
ships in the Mediterranean, to which he received the reply,
" No, but if I had I would not have informed you." The
master was at first very much alarmed, believing that war
had broken out with Sweden, and that he was a prisoner.
The squadron left on Monday for Gibraltar and the Baltic.
The Dutch screw steam-frigate Prince Maurit z of the Nether-
lands, 18, Capt. H. Kempes, entered port yesterday morning
from Messina. She has come here for repairs, which, it is
expected, will take a month to complete. The following
movements among the ships belonging to Vice-Admiral
Smart's fleet havo been reported since the departure of the
last mail : —The Royal Oak, 35, ironclad, Capt. F. A. Camp-
bell, quitted port on the sth inst. for Corfu, to embark War -
office stores for Malta. The Magicienne, 16, paddlewheel
frigate, Capt. W. Armytage, left for Corfu on the following
day for the same purpose, Lady Hotham proceeding in her
as passenger. The Gibraltar, 81, screw line-of battle ship,
Capt. J. C. Prevost,was, on being relieved by the Resistance,
ironclad, to return to Malta from the Piraeus, calling at
Corfu for ordnance stores. The Liffey, 35, Capt. G. Parker,
has also been ordered to return to Malta from Syria,
on being relieved by the Phrebee, calling at Col fu for Ord-
nance stores. The Meanee, 60,Capt. G. Wodehouse, arrived
last night from Corfu with a large quantity of War-office
stores. She left Corfu on the sth, and is now unloading,
preparatory to going up again on a like errand. The Fox,
2, screw storeship, Staff-Commander T. C. Pullen, arrived
last night from Pembroke in 11 days, and will leave imme-
diately for Corfu, The Dromedary, 2, Master-Commander
A. Brown, is on her way to Malta and Corfu, having left
England on the 3d inst. The Cossack, 20, Capt. W. R.
Rolland, was at Corfu on the sth, having returned from
Zante. The Orlando, 46, Capt. G. G. Randolph, was also
at Corfu at the same date. The Orontes, 2, screw troopship,
Capt. W. H. Hire, left Corfu on the 6th with the 6th Re-
giment for Gibraltar and Bermuda. The Icarus, 11, Lieut.-
Commander Boger, was seen off Paxo on the sth, for Corfu
from Malta and Benghazi. The Pelican, 17, Commander
Comber, left Malta on the 7th inst. with supernumeraries
for the East Indies. They were to be forwarded across the
Isthmus of Suez, where the Pantaloon was waiting to re •
ceive them. The Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte,
is in attendance on the cable-ship Fanny Lambert, near
Benghazi. It is reported in town that one of the broken
ends of the cable has been fished up. Tho Hydra, 1, Com-
mander A. L. Maasell, and the Firefly, 5, Lieut.-Comman-
der G. R. Wilkinson, surveying vessels, are to put to sea
early in April, to resume their surveying duties. The
Caradoc, 2, Lieut.-Commander E. Wilkinson, which left
on the 2d inst. for Constantinople with Sir Henry Bulwer,
will, it is said, shortly return to Malta to be docked and to
undergo some extensive repairs. The Turkish war steamer
Kars, which came in en Thursday last from Constanti-
nople, and Candle, left on the following day for Tripoli,
The ironclad frigate Caledonia, 35, 1,000 horse power, is
being fitted for sea at the Nero with the utmost despatch,
in order that she may be ready for the pennant by the Ist
April. It is said that the officer selected by the Admiralty
to command this fine frigate is Capt. the Hon. G. D. Keane,
now in command of the Royal Naval Barracks.
Her Majesty's iron screw steam storeship Supply, Master
Commander Bawden, arrived at Woolwich on Thursday,
and went alongside the Royal Arsenal Pier to discharge the
guns and war stores returned from the fortress at Corfu.
She left Corfu on the afternoon of Feb. 23. Mr. Armstrong,
late Master of her Majesty's ship Cossack, taking passage
to England, died on board, off Capo do Gatt, and was buried
at sea.

The following appointments and promotions have been
made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. George D. Morant, to the
Blenheim; Lieut. Thomas Nir. Oliver, to the Colossus;
Lieut. Lewis B. Solly, to the Dauntless; Lieut. Frank
Rougemor.t, to the Bulldog ; James IV. Ashton, master,
to the Bulldog; Acting Sub-Lieut. Francis Romilly, to the
Hector; Thomas Coghlan, surgeon, to the Research; Dr.
John Breakey, surgeon, to the Bulldog Alez. M'Donald,
acting assist-surgeon, to the Research; John Mockridge,
assist.-surgeon, to the Boscawen ; James Parker, assist-
surgeon, to the Cambridge; Dr. E. L. Moss, acting assist.-
surgeon, to the Bulldog; Victor E. J. B. Von DonoP,
midshipman, to the Black Prince : Joshua C. Robinson,
chief ongineer, to the Indus, for the Zeillelis JALIZOO Comte,