The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-10 00:00:00

7HE NAVY.

VALETTA, July 4.—The last English Marseilles
mail left us on the 23d ult., so that nearly 11 days
have elapsed since the date of my last letter. Now
that the monsoon season is commencing we may
expect to have to wait a day or two, or more, for the
arrival of the Indian mails, beyond the fixed dates.
A rumour is current here, based, I believe, on cor-
rect information, that a new system is about to be
adopted for the outward mails. The overland por-
tion, it is said, is to be made up in London every
Saturday night, instead of as heretofore on the 3d,
10th, 18th, and 26th of the month, and a cor-
responding alteration in the dates of departure of
the heavy portion will of course be simultaneously
brought about. The naval news may be summed
up as follows .—Her Majesty's iron screw storeship
Supply, Master-Commander W. H. Balliston, which
lately arrived from Woolwich with stores for this
arsenal, left Malta, on return on the 26th ult. ;
taking with her condemned stores. The screw cor-
vette Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brock, took her
departure on the same day for Alexandria; and the
Neptunus, 86, Capt. G. P. Hornby, after filling up
with provisions, sailed on return to Naples on the
30th. The iron paddlewheel sloop Trident, 3,
Commander C. J. Balfour, arrived on the 29th from
Corfu and Santa Maura, with despatches from the
Commander-in-Chief and a mail. The Marlborough,
131, was at Corfu on the 27th ult., having arrived
there on the Sunday previous from Zante and
Cephalonia ; she had on board Major-Gen. Sir John
and Lady Inglis, who accompanied the Admiral in
his cruise to the Southern Islands. The screw
frigate Amphion, 36, Capt. Gordon, arrived at
Corfu on the 23d ult. from Malta, and sailed soon
afterwards for Ithaca, which she reached on the
25th. The Lord High Commissioner arrived
there the same day in the lonian steamer lonia.
The Amphion was to accompany his Excellency
to Santa Maura. His Excellency was expected
to return to Corfu about the Ist inst. The
Queen, 86, Capt. C. Hillyar, arrived at Ithaca
on the 26th, under steam from Patras, and
was very unexpectedly ordered off to Beyrout. The
iron screw troopship Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe,
with the 2d Battalion 6th Regiment, was hourly
expected to Corfu from Gibralter, to relieve the 2d
Battalion 2d Regiment, ordered to Gibraltar. The
Trident, having sustained some damage to h3r
machinery, was unable to take up the last English
mjeaeitleatoasCaorfu, and the little gunboat Growler,
under the temporary command of Lieut. Denni-
Sht:rnde despatchedz:to which
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military invalids, chiefly, I believe, cases of con-
sumption. Should she not meet with the Himalaya
at Gibraltar, she is to prcceed with them to Eng-
land. On the same day arrived here from Rhodes
the Foxhound, 4, Commander the Hon. A. Hobart.
It is expected this vessel after refitting will be de
spatched to Corfu. The Ecrew gunboat Surprise,
4, Commander Whyte, is still refitting and under-
ping repairs, preparatory to being :stationed on
the coact of Syria. Lieut. the Hon. J. B. Vivian
has been appointed to the command of the Procris,
3, vice Lieut. J. Palmer, promoted. This vessel is
to return to Gibraltar. The Malacca, 17, Capt. J.
Napier, will, rumour says, also proceed to Gibraltar.
The screw frigate DoriE, 32, Capt. Sir F. L.
M'Clintock, is still here, having her boilers put in
order. The other ships in port ate the receiving-
ship Hibernia (flag of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codring-
ton, C. 8.), the little gunboat Boxer, and the
Hearty tag. The Medina surveying-vessel, Capt.
T. A. B. Spratt, C. 8., is at present busily engaged
completing the survey of Malta and Gozo. The
Italian steam corvette Tripoli, 3, is the only foreign
man-of-war here.

The Severn, 51, 500 horse power, belonging to
the first-class steam reserve at Chatham, has left
the Medway, for Plymouth, and she is to be imme-
diately brought forward for commission, for service
in the East Indies. The Arethusa, 51, 500 horse
power, is to be fitted for the first division of the
steam reserve, in lieu of the Severn.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. G. Annesley to
the St. George ; Lieut. F. C. Law to the Resistance ;
Lieut. G. Worsfold to the Euryalus, additional, for
disposal ; G. Moore, master, to the Majestic; the
Hon. E. H. Ellis, midshipman, to the Rinaldo ; J.
E. Blasland and C. H. Michaelson, naval cadets, to
the Euryalus, supernumeraries, for disposal ; W.
H. Sloggett, surg., to the Edgar ; E. M'Sorley,
surg., to the Rattler ; P. Comrie and J. Mockridge,
assist.-surg., to the Edgar ; B. H. M'Curdy, acting
assist.-surg., to the Rattler ; H. Cooper, engineer,
to the Rattler; J. H. Brettell, engineer, to the
Fisgard, as supernumerary ; R. W. Hulford, super-
numerary in the Fisgard, promoted to engineer; A.
Young, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Rattler;
C Deal, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Rattler;
H. Benbow, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to
the Rattler; W. B. V. Farror, paymaster, to the
Edgar; J. R. Horniman and J. Chambers, assist.-
paymasters, to the Edgar ; W. A. Dangerfield,
clerk, to the Edgar ; H. Dobson, assist.-clerk, to
the Edgar ; F. C. Gandell and P. Wood, masters'
assists., to the Euryalus, as supernumeraries.