The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-07 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

"VALETTA, Sept. I.—Her Majesty's screw line-of-
battle-ship Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, arrived
yesterday morning from Athens, having on board
120 naval invalids and supernumeraries for Malta
and England. She left Phalerum Bay on the morn-
ing of the 21st ult., and called in at Marathonisi,
communicating there with her Majesty's screw
sloop Icarus, 11, Com. N. Salmon, V.C., and taking
on board invalids and condemned stores from the
Revenge, 73 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H.
R.Yelverton, C,8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, and
otherships of the squadron on the westcoast of Greece.
The Queen arrived at Marathonisi on the 24th
ult. at noon, and left on the 26th at daylight,
steaming a small part of the way. The Icarus left
at the same time to join the Commander-in-Cnief.
The following British and foreign ships of war were
at Athens when the Queen left ;—English.—The
Marlborough, 121 (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
R. Smart, K.H.), Capt. C. Fellowes ; the Trafalgar,
70, Capt. T. H. Mason ; the St. George, 86, Capt.
the Hon, F. Egerton; and the Orlando, 46, Capt.
G. R. Randolph (all in Phalerum Bay) ; and the
Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte (Pirreus).
The Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, had left
for Smyrna on the evening of the 19th, and the
Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse, on the night of
the 20th for Syra, in consequence of reported dis-
turbance there. French.—The Xenophon (bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Touchard), the Monette,
4. the Tangier, 4, and a frigate, called the Magi-
cienne (bearing a rear-admiral's flag), which had
just arrived to relieve Rear-Admiral Touchard (all
anchored in the Pirmas). Austrian.—The Novara,
51, the Frederich, 22, and K.erka, 4 (Pirus). The
Novara was to leave for Pola (Adriatic) to be caulked
and refitted, when Commodore Tegethoff would
shift his broad pendant to the Frederich. The See-
hand, 4, left on the 19th for Paros. Italian.—The
Costituzione, 8 (Pirxas) ; the Re Galantuomo, line-
of-battle ship (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Vacca), left on the 13th for Naples. Turkish.—The
Broussa, 22 (Piraeus). Greek,—The Hellas, 28, two
gunboats, and one sailing brig (outside Piraeus),
The Russians some time ago withdrew their ships
and have now no naval force in Greece. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Revenge came round to Elalamata on
the 23d, to communicate with the Icarus. She had
been ashore at Navarino, but had been got off with-
out injury. The Liffey, 39, Capt. G. Parker, was
at Boron on or about the same day, and the Peli-
can, 17, and the Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C.
Seymour, were at Patras. Commander P. Brock,
of the Pelican, has arrived here invalided, as also
Mr. Ellis, clerk of the Marlborough. Flag-Lieut.
Boger will join the Pelican as her temporary com-
mander. A court-martial assembled on the 13th
ult. on board the Trafalgar, presided by Capt. T.
Mason, of that ship, to try Mr. C. B. Hogg, master's
assistant of her Majesty's ship Queen, on two charges
—(1) absenting himself wi'chout leave, and (2) nego-
tiating a bill of exchange of £3 10s, having endorsed
the said bill " Commander Woolleombe,'' without
Commander Woolieombe's knowledge or consent.
He was found guilty and sentenced to be imprisoned
for six months,,,and to be dismissed from her Ma-
jesty's service with disgrace. On the same day
was tried George Pick, cook's mate of the Queen,
for using foul and disgusting language, and strik-
ing Thomas Olden, ship's cook, his superior officer.
The charge Was proved and the prisoner adjudged
to receive 48 lashes, to be imprisoned for two years
with hard labour, and to be dismissed her Ma-
jesty's service with disgrace. Another court-
martial was held on the 19th ultimo, on board
the Trafalgar (President Capt. T. Mason) to try
3y
an able-seaman, Edwin Hosking, of the_ ge e n
Smith,
on a charge of violently assaulting I
the gunner of the ship, by drawingia cutlass on
the maindeck and attempting
to of the beams.
P
The cutlass fortunately struck one
by the prisoner,
at him down.
The gunner then ran aft,
pursued
bulkhead, made a
thrust at him but ml°d
who on reaching thees
throughs
wardroom ne
and the blade of tho cut-
lass, went right
the
disarmed and made pri-
soner. The Court found him guilty, and sentenced
him to penal
servitude for life. Her Majesty's ship
'
Queen was inspected on the 21st of July by the
commander-
in-chief, prior to her leaving the sta-
tion. She then only waited the arrival of the
Orlando to leave for England, but she has since
been detained for reasons that have not transpired.
She is expecting fresh orders, having been three
years and 10 months in commission, for nearly the
last 12 months of which time she has been stationed
at the Piraeus. She may, however, be sent back to
the Piraeus with stores for the squadron. Her Nla-
jesty's screw corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. W. It.
Rolland, left Malta on the 931 of August for the
Piraeus with a mail. She is to relieve the Icarus,
ordered home. Her Majesty's screw frigate Ma-
lacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, left yesterday morn-
ing also for the Pitreus with a mail for the com-
mander-in-chief. Her Majesty's surveying tender
Growler, 2, under the command of Mr. Stokes, RN.,
Master of the Medina, has lately visited the Island
of Favignana (south-west coast of Sicily), for the
purpose of ascertaining the exact position of a
lighthouse recently erected on that island, and er-
roneously stated by the Italian authorities to be on
Point Sottila, in lat. 37 deg. 55 min. 46 sec. N.,
and log. 12 deg. 16 min. 6 sec, E. Mr. Stokes found
it to be on Point Ferro, the westernmost point of
the island; in lat. 37 deg. 57 mill. 23 sac. N., and