The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-06 00:00:00

7IIE NAVY.

The "Agamemnon, 86, screw, Capt. Thos. Hope,
arrivrid at Spithead yesterday from Port Royal,
Jamaica, bringing home Capt. Shadwell, C.B. and
th'T remainder of the officers and crew from her Ma-

jesty's ship Aboukir, transferred as flagship to the
officer commanding at Port Royal. The Agamem-
non sailed from Port Royal on Aug. 29, steaming

through the windward passage. After clearing the

windward passage she experienced a succession of
calms and light variable winds. Bermuda was
sighted on Sept. 8, and numbers were exchanged in
the distance with the Jason, steam corvette, steam-
ing out at the time. The light winds and calms

continued as far as the banks of Newfoundland,
when favourable winds were fallen in with, which
enabled the voyage to be completed in 37 days.

The ship awaits orders at Spithead.
The Resistance, 16, iron ram, Capt. Chamberlain,
has sailed from Spithead for Lisbon.
The Osborne, Royal paddle yacht, Master• Co-
mmander Bower, sailed from Portsmouth at 4 30
p.m. on Saturday for Lisbon, having on board Sir
Arthur C. Magennis, K.C.8., her Majesty's Envoy

at the Court of Lisbon. From Lisbon the Osborne

proceeds to Genoa, where she will take on board
the Prince of Wales and the Crown Prince and

Princess of Prussia, and remain in attendance upon
their Royal Highnesses during their stay in the

Mediterranean.

A solid piece of iron, weighing 22cwt., was on
Saturday rivetted to the Adventure, in dock at
Woolwich to replace that portion of her keel which
was carried away at St. John's. On examination
of her injuries it was found that upwards of six
tons of iron were lost from the keel and fore part of
the hull in striking on the rock. The damages ex-
tend six feet beyond the bulkhead. The repairs
are expected to the terminated about the 20th inst.,
when the interior of the hull will be recoated with
cement throughout.

The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. E. Lacy,
arrived from Canada, at Spithead, on Saturday
afternoon, with passengers and troops, &c., having
sailed from Quebec on the 17th of September,
arrived at Halifax on the 20th, and sailed again
on the 25th. At Halifax was lying the Nile, 90,
screw, flagship of Sir A. Milne; the Hero, 90, screw,
Capt. Ryder (about to resign command of his ship
and return to England; the Immortalite, screw fri-
gate, Capt. Hancock ; the Ariadne, screw frigate,
Capt. Vansittart ; and the Medea, the Nimble, the
Cygnet, the Steady, the Landrail, the Petrel, and

the Plover. The Petrel had cleared out to get rid of
yellow fever, by which she had lost her surgeon, as-
sistant-surgeon, two assistant-engineers, and 11
men. The Melpomene also arrived on the 21st Sept.
from Nassau, with yellow fever on board, by which
she had lost nine men, and two days afterwards the
Spiteful arrived, suffering from the same cause, and
by which she had lost one master's assistant and
seven men. The Bishop of Nassau and his niece
were also reported to be dead, but the news had not
been fully confirmed wnen the Himalaya left. On
the 24th Sept. the Admiral, with the Nile, Hero,
and the gunboats, were outside for a few days' tar-
get practice. From Halifax the Himalaya brought
the following passengers and troops, &c. :—Capt.
F. E. B. Beaumont, Royal Engineers, 84 rank and
file, 20 women, and 26 children ; Lieut. H. Locock,
Royal Engineers ; Lieut. A. F. Edge, 2d Westlndia
Regiment; Lieut. F. Dwyer, 2d battalion 17th Re-
giment; Ensign J. Arnott, 39th Regiment; Capt. J.
C. Childs, Royal Artillery, 10th Brigade; Mr. C.
Moore, Purveyor's Clerk; Mr. John Dawe, acting
gunner, from the Petrel, dismissed his ship by order
of court-martial; Mr. C.D. Smith, naval cadet,from
the Nile for the Britannia ; Mr. John T. Harding,
acting gunner third-class, from the Plover, who is
to undergo three months' imprisonment by sentence
of court-martial ; Mr. A. H. Campbell and Mr. A.
W. Gilbert, naval cadets, who were disrated from
midshipmen and dismissed their ship by order of
coart-martial, for desertion ; Mr. Lancaster, assist.-
paymaster, dismissed with disgrace by court-mar-
tial; 35 invalids, pensioners, objectionable charac-
ters, and prisoners. From Quebec she has brought
Col. F. M. Eardley Wilmot, commanding 7th Bri-
gade Royal Artillery (Masters "Konrad and Arthur
Wilmot, sons of Col. Wilmot); Limit-Colonel A.
P. S. Green, Royal Artillery, who has effected an
exchange from the 10th Brigade to the 7th with
Col. Bens, R. A. ; Capt. C. Carpenter, Capt. and
Adjut. James Barton, Capt. M. Tweedie ; Lieuts. A.
S. Macartney, C. Long, and T. C. Price, Quarter-
master John Morris, and Assist.-Surg. H. C. Miles,
all of the 7th Brigade; Capt. W. Crossman, Royal
Engineers ; Staff-Stirg. T. L. Blatherwiek ; Mr. G.
M. Thorn, Military Store Department ; Lieut.
Young, Royal Artillery, on leave; Major Armstrong,
Ist battalion 16th Regiment, on leave; Lieut. F.
Jefferson, lst battalion 16th Regiment, on leave ;
Lieut. C. Ashbnrnham, 4th battalion 60th Rifles, on
leave ; Capt.' Straton, 47th Regiment, on leave ;
Staff-Surg. Duncan Rennie and Staff-Assist.-Surg.
E. Low, M. 8., who went out in medical charge of
women and children ; and the wives, children, and
servants of various officers. The total numbers were
—two batteries and head-quarters of the 7th Bri-
gode of Royal Artillery, 219 rank and file, 51
women, 76 children ; detachments and prisoners
from various regiments in Canada, 22 rank and file,
5 women, 11 children. On the Himalaya arriving
at Spithead orders were telegraphed to her to pro-
ceed to Woolwich with her freight, which she did
immediately without dropping her anchor.
The following appointments were made on
:.--
Saturday at the Admiralty Walter P. J. Purcell,
assist.-surgeon, to the Dasher ; and Gerald Molloy,
assist.-surgeon, to the Nile. The name of Mr.
Frederick P. Trench, nominated to a naval cadet-
ship, was erroneously printed "French" in The
'Sun of Saturday.