The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-15 00:00:00

THE NAVE

VALETTA, April B.—For the last two or three
days the weather here has been very stormy, and it
is now blowing a gale from the north-east, which
has prevented her Majesty's ship Exmouth, 89, and
Amphion, 36, from leaving port. The former is
under orders for the Piraeus, and the latter for
Naples. The Exmouth has shipped stores and pro-
visions for the Mars, 80, which has been stationed
for s-ome months at the Pirmus. It is reported that
the Commander-in-Chief, with a portion of the
fleet, will, before long, proceed to Naples, and re-
main there some time. It is said that he has already
engaged a house for his family at Capodimonte.
The military authorities are busy just now mounting
Armstrong guns of large calibre on the fortifications,
24 of which have lately been received from Eng-
land. Another supply is daily expected in the hired
steam transport Tartar, which left Woolwich for
the Mediterranean on the 21st ult. Her Majesty's
ships in port are—the Marlborough, 131, Capt. W.
IL Stewart (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral '.Sir
W. F. Martin, K.C.8.); the Hibernia, receiving-
ship, Commander Harvey (bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral H. J. Codriogton, C. 8.); the Neptune, 89,
Capt. Hornby; the Exmouth, 89, Capt. Paynter
the Amphion, 36, Capt. Gordon; the Icarus, 11,
Capt. Salmon ; the Medina, 4, surveying-ship, Capt.
Spratt, C. 8.; and the Hearty, tug; also the Grow-
ler and Boxer gunboats, out of commission. Foreign
—The Italian corvette Tripoli, 4 guns. April 9
Since posting my letter last night information has
been received that the Peninsular and Oriental
Company's steamer Sultan has been seen about 300
miles to the westward of Alexandria, with her ma-
chinery disabled. Her Majesty's corvette Icarus has
in consequence been ordered to take the mails
brought by the Mooltan to Marseilles, and leaves
with them this afternoon.

The Tribune, 23, screw frigate, Capt. Viscount
Gilford, weighed her anchor at Spithead yesterday
morning and tested her speed at full and half boiler
power at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under
charge of Capt. H. Broadhead, commanding the
reserve at the port. The ship drew 17ft 3in forward
and 20ft 3in aft. The wind was at west-north-west,
with a force of two, and comparatively smooth water.
The mean pressure of steam in boilers was 201 b.,
with 201 b. load on the safety valve, and a vacuum in
the condensers of 231 inches. The revolutions of the
engines were, at full boiler power, 691, and at half
boiler power, 261. Six runs were made at the mile
with full power, which gave a mean speed to the
ship, in knots, of 9.665. At half boiler power four
runs were made, which gave the ship a mean speed
of 7.581 knots. At the conclusion of the trial, dur-
ing which the ship was three hours and 50 minutes
under steam at full speed, without stopping, the
Tribune again anchored at Spithead, where she
awaits her final orders for the Pacific.

The Eagle, sailing frigate, is fitting at Portsmouth
for a training ship at Aberdeen. She will be commis-
sioned by Commander Charles James Balfour.
The Diadem, screw frigate, Capt. Scott, C. 8., was
officially inspected at Portsmouth yesterday, on
completion of clearing out and dismantling for pay-
ing out of commission to-day.
The Zebra, 17, screw steam sloop, 951 tons, 200
horse power, Commander A. H. Hoskins, is ready
for sea, having her full complement on board, She
will leave Sheerness for Portsmouth on Wednesday
next, on her passage to the West Coast of Africa, to
which station she is appointed.

The African, steam tug, Master Reuben Harvey,
which has been a most useful tender at Sheerness,
either as a tug or in rendering assistance where
casualties at sea have occurred, is considered unfit to
receive new machinery, and it is probable she will
shortly be broken up.
The Rattler, 17, screw steam sloop, 960 tons, 200
horse power, lately launched at Deptford, is now
having her machinery fixed in the basin, Sheerness
dockyard, and being fitted for the first division of
the steam reserve at Sheerness, in place of the Zebra,
17, which has been commissioned.

The Chesapake, 51, steam frigate, 400 horse power,
is in No. 1 dock at Sheerness, being repaired. She
is not to be refitted, but it is believed she will be
shortly iron-plated, for which purpose she is ad-
mirably adapted.
The iron steamer Resistance, 18, 600 horse power,
got up steam in Chatham harbour yesterday morn-
ing, and at 11 was taken in tow by the paddle-
wheel steamers Adder, Mr. Blakey, Master-Com-
mander, and the African, Mr. Harvey, Master-Com-
mander. She then proceeded to Sheerness under
the charge of Mr. W. Hemsley, Master of the Wel-
lesley, 72, and a party of riggers and labourers from
the dockyard assisting in navigating her. After
getting clear of the harbour the Resistance pro-
ceeded under her own steam, and was found to an-
swer her helm very satisfactorily. No time is to be
lost in rigging and completing her at Sheerness for
the first division of the steam reserve.
Orders have been received at Portsmouth dock-
yard, from the Admiralty, to suspend all further
work on sails for ships of the line.
Admiralty directions have been received at Chat-
ham for all vessels, where practicable, to be venti-
lated by means of a fan.

Yesterday a party of 60 ship wrights recommenced
operations on the Salamis, 4, paddlewheel steamer,
at Chatham, the works connected with which were
some time since suspended by order of the Admi-
ralty. No time is now to be lost in preparing her
for launching.

We regret to announce the death of Admiral Sir
Ed Nerd Chetham Strode, 1C...C.13., K.C.H. This
distinguished officer entered the navy in 1786. Two 1
years later lie became midshipman of the Centurion,
50, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Affieek, at
Jamaica, and while on that station was actively
employed in suppressing a formidable negro insur-
rection in St. Domingo. In 1793 ho joined the
Victory, 100, under Lord Hood, and was employed
at the evacuation of Toulon and at the sieges of St.
Fiorenza, Bastia, and Calvi. He was made Lieut.
in 1794, and appointed to the Agamemnon, 64,
under Nelson, He was First Lieut. in the Seine,
48, in the brilliant action with the French frigate
La Vengeance, of superior force, which was cap-
tured after a gallant defence of two hours and a
half, and for his conduct on that occasion was made
Commander. His next appointment was to the
Sally, armed ship, engaged in the North Sea and
Baltic. On the 7th of June, 1809, he was made
Acting Captain of the Illustrious, 74, and em-
ployed in the expedition to the Scheldt. While
fitting out the Leander, 50, in 1816, he
volunteered to join the squadron then fitting out,
under Lord Exmouth, against Algiers, and took a
prominent part in the expedition. He was after-
wards appointed Captain-Superintendent of Haslar
Hospital and the Royal Victualling Yard. By his
death a flag officer's good service pension of 1300
is PlaeQd at the disposal of First Lord of the
Admiralty,
CaPt.-Francis Scott, C. 8., is appointed a Naval
Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, in the room of Capt.
George St. Vincent King, C. 8., who is promoted
to be Rear Admiral by the death of Rear-Admiral
James Clark Ross, Knt.
The following
appointments were made yesterday
al) the Admiralty t--Capt. E. Ommaney to the
Procris, for service at Gibraltar, vice Capt. Warden,
whose perind of service hag expired ; Astley Cooper,
assist. -surgeon, to the Pi
Iv
G. RiY:a,_eu,,th 'Division of the
Royal Marines; W.
the Arrogant;
assist-surgeon, to
the Cumberland ; CLarles
Robertson and James
E, Tully-, master's assistants, to
and
George A. Broad, master's assistant, to th Fisa•ard.

FLAG PROMOTIONS IN THE ROYAL NAVY.
By the death of Admiral of the White Sir
Strode, the following promotions will take place
Admiral of the Blue Sir P. Horn by, to
be Almiral of the White.
Vice Admiral of th 3 Red Sir F. Moresby, K.C.8.,
to be Admiral of thc Blue.
Vice Admiral of the White the lion. H. J. Roux,
to be Vice Admiral of the Red
Vice Admiral of the Blue Sir C. Howe Fremantle,
K.C.8., to be Vice Admiral of the White.
Rear Admiral of the Red Henry Smith, C. 8., to
be Vice. Admiral of the Blue.
Rear Admiral of the White john M‘Dougall (b),
to be_ Rear Admiral of the Red.
Rear Admiral of the Blue George Elliot, to be
Rear Admiral of the White.
cvtains JOtteph Gape, M. J. Currie, W. B. Doh- b

son, W. Turner, F. M. Boultbee, J. Sherer, K. H.
E. Yonge, Hon. E. T. Wodehouse, W. L. Castle, J.
B. L. Hay, Hon. E. A. J. Harris, W. W. P. John•
son, and D. Marsh, to be Rear Admirals on reserved
half-pay.

Captain John Washington (1842) to be Rear
Admiral of the Blue.

Retired Captains Henry Stroud, W. Hest, W.
Haydon, W. B. Suckling, W. Gordon, T. Sanders,
D. Cos, E. L. Rich, E. Nepean, G. V. Jackson, C.
Colville Frankland, W.G. H.Whish, E. R. P. Main-
warin,g, T. Fraser, C. Basden, H. E. Coffin, T. V.
Cotton, F. D. Hutcheson, C. Smith, F. Harding, J.
W. Aldridge, W. Allen, and J. B. P. Hay, become
retired rear admirals, they being senior to Captain
Washington, who obtains flag rank.