The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-18 00:00:00

ME NAVY.

The Black Eagle and Vivid, accompanying the
squadron employed in escorting the Queen and
royal family to England, are expected to return to
Woolwich during the day ; and if the weather should
continue unfavourable for her Majesty's passage
direct to Osborne, instructions have been forwarded
to Woolwich that the Queen will take the Fairy and
land at Woolwich dockyard. Due notice of the first
appearance of the royal squadron is ordered to be
telegraphed to Woolwich from Admiral Johnstone,
commanding at Sheerness, so that the necessary ar-
rangements may be carried out.
Master-Commander J. Petley, in charge of the
paddlewheel despatch vessel Psyche, and for a num-
ber of years commanding the Black Eagle at Wool-
wich, was yesterday appointed to the new despatch
vessel Enchantress, ordered for service at Ports-
mouth. The Psyche is under sailing orders for the
Mediterranean, and is expected to sail from Wool-
wich early next week.
The paddlewheel steamer Spitfire, in charge of
Mr. Jones, chief engineer, has completed her repairs
at Woolwich, and yesterday went down the river on
trial of her boilers and machinery. The trip was
highly successful. The clutch gear and every portion
of the engines are reported to have worked well.
The Spitfire will sail shortly for Bermuda to relieve
the Kite, employed in harbour service there.
The steam storeshipßhadamanthus, Master-Com.
Sturdee, was yesterday taken into basin at Wool-
wich, to ship steam-gear for the western yards.
Her Majesty's troopship Adventure, now in dock
at Woolwich completing repairs, has received her
sailing orders as follows :—To leave Woolveich
on wi
Ist
th
500 officers and men of the Royal Artillery,
November, for Port. Royal, Jamaica, thence to St.
Lucia, Barbadoes, and Trinidad; Belize and Caro-
sal, Jamaica; the West Coast of Africa, Sierra
Leone, Barbadoes, and Lagos ; Berbice, Barba-
does; St. Lucia, Nassau, Jamaica, and Eng-
land. She will be employed in shipping from the
above-named stations the Ist battalion 10th Foot,
the 4th West India Regiment, and portions of the
Royal Artillery, and will retail to England about
the latter end of April next•
power, and the Con-
The Anson, 89, 800-hole
queror, 101, 800-horse power, are both ordered to
divisionthe steam reserve
of
be fitted for the first
in the Medway, at chfitham.
In consequence of there being a large accumula-
tion of Moorsoiile .
fuzees store,
directions have
been received at Chatham from
the Admiralty that
they be used in future for all guns in the navaltha charges for which do not exceed 81b
service
they are on no account to be used with
but larger
charges than the above. In cases where there is a
mixed armament of smooth-bore guns, some of them
having larger charges than 81b., the Peltman fuzees
will be supplied for the' 'heavier and Moorsom's for
the lighter guns.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. G. F. S. Jeayes, to
the Asia ; W. R. Heins, master additional to the
Indus, for the Liverpool ; W. H. Fetch, master, to
the Enchantress; Sub-Lieut. A. W. Warry, to the
Euryalus, supernumerary for disposal ; Sub-Lieut.
Yelverton O'Keefe, to the Leopard ; J. C. Gruchy,
chief engineer, to the Barrosa ; J. Roberts, acting
chief engineer, to the Cumberland, as supernu-
merary; Alfred J. Boyton, assistant paymaster in
charge, to the Psyche ; and H. Collins, second mas-
ter, to the Psyche.
The following appointments have been made in
the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieuts.—Frede-
rick Wherland and William Tate.