The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-13 00:00:00

necessity of employing all possible speed, in order
that the Favourite may be undocked and made place
for the Pallas, after her launch in March last.
An Admiralty order was yesterday received at
Woolwich, directing the paddle yacht Black Eagle,
Staff Commander Whillier (as more suitable for the
purpose than the Vivid), to be got ready for the
service of Prince Arthur for a cruise in the Medi-
terranean, to sail from Woolwich, where the Prince
will embark on the 15th of March. Preparations
are ordered to be commenced forthwith for the con-
struction of an elevated cabin, for which the dimen-
sions of the Black Eagle's quarter deck are highly
appropriate. The cost of the entire work has been
estimated at about 5001.

The decision of the Admiralty in the case of Mr.
Hatch, the foreman of riggers at Chatham dock-
yard, who was suspended from that establishment
for having, as was alleged, been in a state of intoxi-
cation on the occasion of the docking of Ir,T .Ira-
jesty's Cadmus, 21, Captain A. C. Gordon,
was announced at the dockyard yesterday.
'Their lordships direct the removal of Mr.
Hatch from his present office. He is ordered to
mtjhoaseintwetdahreralatVnctehlloaesfathleeeamyrs, 7w2a:,:fhhotrehsepoervrti.ce with the ordinary,
and he is no longer to be employed in the civil de-
NpartaTvahmleeßvnetesroenrfvothne:eansnoad,vagailyf.teinrwThgaefrdaprisgpoastieinn,ttment of foreman
of riggers at Chatham dockyard, thus rendered
vacant, has been conferred on Mr. Wallace, one of
at Chatham harbour for the first
to the Castor, 22, isr 0
u divisionround
ordered
to
lovfto o
ot 1 191 l
ee.
masts and gear belong-
ingr„ now attached to the Royal
wick where she will complete her fitments.
Theernvoews
Icvdfirmee wypec
ma tptalec the tomorrow,det
or
r tehnei nti readinessehae
ea me
f com-
pletion, steamf
or
steam reserve, will be out of the hands of the
handing over to the officials of the reserve. There
reserve
ship-
wrighta
er
se
and at the disposal of the* Admiralty for
commission, the whole being rigged and equipped—
viz., the Bristol, 39, 3,027 tons, 600-horse power,
screw frigate ; the Terrible, 21, 1,850 tons, 800-horse
power, the largest paddle-wheel steamer in the ser-
ahvrgt ue
arems
sneenle
completed,
vessel Torch, 50 , 80-horse, fitting
ser-
vice, which has recently been almost rebuilt ; the
Scout, 21, 1,462 tons, 400-horse power, screw cor-
vette, which has also undergone a most extensive
repair ; the Torch, 5, 428 tons, 80-horse power ;
and lastly, the ironclad frigate Valiant, 24, 4,063
tons, 800-horse power. In addition to the vessels
above enumerated, the paddle-wheel steamer Basi-
lisk, 6, 1,031 tons, 400-horse power, is being brought
forward with all expedition for the first class `,.steam
reserve.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :--Capt. A. L. Mansell, to the Hydra ;
Commander G: R. Wilkinson, to the Firefly; Lieut.
Thomas V. Williams, to the Excellent; William G.
Atkinson, master, to the Cumberland, for the
Basilisk; George A. Browning, additional, to the
Sutlej, for surveying services, promoted to master ;
Edward B. Brooks, midshipman, to the Cadmus ;
F. H. Richardson, assist.-surg., to Jamaica Hospi-
tal ; J. W. Ashford, assist.-surg., to the Donegal ;
E. W. Doyle, acting assist.-surg., to the Princess
Royal; C. J. Devonshire, assist.-surg., to the Pen-
guin ; R. H. Lavers, assist.-engineer, to the Indus,
as supernumerary ; J. Hindley, assist.-engineer,
the Dauntless ; C. F. H. Burt, assist.-engineer, to
the Wasp ; R. W. Allison and W. N. Sennet,
assist.-engineers, to the Princess Royal ; C. Wig-
gins, assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernu-
merary; and. R. S. S. Ross, assist.-clerk, to the
Dauntless.