The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-24 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

VALETTA, JULY 18.—The following movements
of her Majesty's ships of war have occurred during
the week :—The screw gunboat Alacrity, 4, Com-
mander K. E. Baird, arrived on the 14th inst.,
from Corfu, with despatches from Admiral Martin
and a mail ; and the screw gunboat Foxhound, 4,
Commander the Hon. A. C. Hobart, left Malta on
the 15th, for Zante, with the despatches for the
Commandenin-Chief brought on that day from
England, via Southampton and Marseilles. Capt.
Vesey, 22d Regiment, and Ensign Burnett, 15th
Regiment, returned from Corfu by the Alacrity.
The gunboat Growler, Lieut.-Commander Denni-
stoun, also arrived on the 14th from Corfu. The
screw corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier,
left port on the 15th for Gibraltar, and the Procris,
1, Lieut.-Commander the Hon. J. B. Vivian, left on
the 16th for the same destination, to resume her

station there, The screw corvette Doris, 32, Capt.
Sir F. L. M'Clintock, having had the defects to her

Use keel made good, took her departure for Corfu
on the evening of the same day. The screw line-
of-battle ship Algiers, 89, Capt. E. B. Rice, will
follow for the same island about Saturday. We
have no other large ships here at present. Besides
the Algiers and the receiving-ship, the only war
vessels in port are the gunboats Surprise, 4, and
the Wanderer, 4, making good their defects prior to
leaving for the coast of Syria ; the Alacrity, 4, which
vessel is to take up the next mail to Corfu, on the
22d inst. ; the Trident, 3, having her engines re-
paired; the tenders Gruwler and Boxer, and the
surveying ship Medina. The screw liner Queen,
86, which had been despatched from the lonian
Islands to Beyrout, is daily expected at Malta; and
the Magicienne, 16, and Scylla, 21, are also expected
here from Gibraltar. The Magicienne transferred
the invalids she conveyed from Malta to the Hima-

Jaya, which vessel arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th
inst. from Corfu, with the 2d Queen's, to replace the
6th Regiment on that station, removed to Corfu.
By letters from Corfu of the 12th inst. information
has been received that the only ships of war lying
there at that date were the Marlborough, 131, bear-
ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin,
K.C.8., the Amphion, 36, and the Alacrity gunboat,
the last taking the mail to Malta that day. Up to
the last accounts the ships of her Majesty's Medi-
terranean fleet were distributed as follows :—The
Alacrity, 4, Commander Baird, Malta; the Algiers,
89, Capt. E. B. Price, Malta; the Amphion, 36,
Capt. A. C. Gordon, Corfu; the Boxer, tender to
the Hibernia, Malta ; the Cockatrice, 2, Lieut-Com-
mander R. M. Gilson, Constantinople, for the
Danube ; the Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock,
left Malta on July 16 for Corfu; the Exmouth, 86,
Capt. J. A. Paynter, the Piraeus of Athens ; the
Firebrand,, 6, Commander Piers, coast of Syria; the
Firefly, surveying steamship, Commander A. L.
Man:aell, Beyrout ; the Foxhound, 4, Commander
tte Hon. A. C. Hobart, left Malta on July 15 for
Corfu ; the Gannet, 11, Commander the Hon. M.
H. Nelson, Constantinople; the Growler, tender to
the Hibernia, Malta; the Hibernia, receiving ship,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. S. Codring-
ton, C. 8., Commander R. B. Harvey, Malta; the
Icarus, 11, Commander Salmon, V.C,, coast of
Syria ; the London, 86, Capt. H. Chads, Naples ;
the Marlborough, 131, bearing the flag of Vice-
Admiral Sir W. 'F. Martin, K.C.8., Capt.
W. H. Stewart, C. 8., Corfu; the Mars, 80, Capt.
J. N • Strange, Coast of Syria; the Magicienne, 16,
Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen,
expected daily at Malta from Gibraltar; the Ma-
lacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, left Malta on the 15th

July, for Gibraltar ; the Medina, surveying steam
ship, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., Malta; the Nep-
tune, 86, Capt. G. T. B. Hornby, Naples ; the Peli-
can, 17, Commander P. Brock, Alexandria; the
Procris, 1, Lieut.-Commanding the Hon. J. B.
Vivian, left Malta on the 16th July for Gibraltar ;
the Queen, 86, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, daily expected
at Malta from the coast of Syria ; the Scylla, 21,
Capt. R. Lambert, expected at Malta from Gibral-
tar ; the Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte,
Malta; the Trident, 3, Commander Balfour, Malta;
the Weser, 6, Commander A. H. Johnstone, Danube;
the Wanderer, 4, Commander M.C. Seymour, Malta.
Yesterday the chartered troopship Akbar em-
barked the following reinforcements at Govern-
ment-quay, Gravesend, for Kurracbee—viz., 3 offi-
cers and 172 non-commissioned officers and men of
the 51st King's Own Light Infantry ; 1 officer and
14 men of the Ist battalion 19th Regiment, and 1
officer and 24 men of all ranks of the 94th Regt.,
from Chatham ; 1 man of the 7th Dragoon Guards,
from Kneller-hall ; 1 officer and 30 men of the 71st
Highland Light Infantry, from Stirling; 8 men of
the S)3d Highlanders, from Aberdeen, and 2 men of
the 98th Regiment, from Canterbury ; total, 8 offi-
cers and 300 non-commissioned officers and men.
The sailing of the Akbar was delayed in consequence
of the provisions on board having been condemned
on the vessel being inspected by the officers of the
Staff from Chatham. She will take her departure
from the Thames to-day. The reinforcements which
embarked in the Conflict, R. Dees commander, in-
cluded 3 officers and 178 non-commissioned officers
and men of the Royal Artillery, from Woolwich;
7 men of the Bth Hussars, from Canterbury ; 2 offi-
cers and 70 men of the 27th Enniskillens ; 1 officer
and 29 men of the 48th Regiment, from Cork ; 2
officers and 20 men of the 80th Regt., and 7 men of
the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers from Buttevant.
In accordance with orders to that effect received at
Chatham, the G field battery of the 9th brigade
Royal Artillery has proceeded from Canterbury to
Shoeburyness, for the purpose of going through an
extended course of Armstrong gun drill at the
School of Gunnery with the 12-pounder field guns.
The horses and guns of the battery remain behind.
The following officers accompanied the G battery to
Shoeburyness :—Capt. F. E. Byrne, Lieut. F. H.
W. Milner, and Lieut. A. E. Turner.
The strike which recently took place among the
hired mechanics employed on the iron frigate
Achilles, 51, at Chatham Dockyard, having caused
the whole of the skilled mechanics to leave the
yard, upwards of 100 of the best workmen have been
removed from the Royal Oak, 51, and the other
wooden ships building, and placed on the Achilles,
where they will work as riveters, platers, and in
other branches of the trade, until the iron vessel is
completed. To supply the vacancies thus caused
have given directions for 200 addi-
the Admiralty
tion
al shipwrights to be immediately entered in the
yard to take the places of
the established ship-
wrights who are draughted onto the Achilles. Dur-
ing yesterday and the previous day large numbers
of hands presented themselves at the dockyard gates,
and in the course of a few days the entire number
of additional shipwrights required will have been
obtained.
The Pylades, 22, 400-horse power, under repair
at Chatham Dockyard, has had 100 additional
hands placed on her, in order that she may be corn..
pleted with the utmost possible despatch.
The Warspite, 50, attached to the sailing reserve
at Chatham, has been towed round from that port b
to the Thames, the Admiralty having lent her to e
med as a training ship for the Mercantile Marine
Society.