The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-16 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

VALETTA, Oct. 10, 1862.—Her Majesty's screw
frigate Amphion, 36, Capt. A. C. Gordon, which
was hourly arrived from Sicily when the last mail
left Malta, arrived on the Bth inst. She is to pro-
ceed to England in about a fortnight to be paid off,
and is only waiting the,4rrival of Admiral Martin
from Corfu, expected here about the 20th inst.,
before taking her departure. The Magicienne, 16,
paddle, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leiningen, which arrived at Naples on the 2d inst.
from Malta, has since left for Marseilles, for the
purpose, it is said, of embarking Lady Elgin for
Alexandria. The Government contract steamer
Eva, G. C. Smith, master, arrived on the 7th inst.
with a detachment of troops ior this garrison, under
the medical charge of Dr. *Madden, Ist battalion,
Bth Regiment. He has since been attached to
the 23d Regiment, until an opportunity occurs of
his returning to his regiment stationed at Gibraltar •
The detachment consists of Capt. Reid, 2d battalion'
23d Regiment ; Ensign Martin, 2d battalion, 22d
Regiment ; Sergeant Buckingham, R.A., and wife,
two sergeants, 30 men, four women, and five chil-
dren of the 2d battalion, 23d Regiment, and Rifle
Brigade. Major Fisher, barrackmaster, also re-
turned by the Eva. The following arrived the
same day by the Euxine from Marseilles :—Major-
General Wood, Mrs. Wood, and Mr. Wood, aide-
de-camp; Capt. Bolton, 2d battalion, 22d Regiment;
Lieut. the Hon. J. Abercrombie, Rifle Brigade;
Capt. Evelyn and Mrs. W. Houston Stewart and
daughter. By the Aunis, on the 9th, from Mar-
seilles and Italy :—Sir Victor Houlton, K.C.M.G.,
chief secretary to the Malta Government, and Lady
Houlton; Capts. Scheberras, 80th Regiment, and L.
Eynand, R.M.F.A. Lieut. Sadler, 23d Regiment,
and Capt. F. Watt left Malta by the Delta, on the
Bth inst., for Southampton.
The Sntlej, 36, screw, Capt. M. Connolly, has
had her sailing from Portsmouth for the Pacific
postponed, and is ordered to again berth alongside
the dockyard, reported for the purpose of being
fitted with a poop, the Admiralty having deter-
mined to appropriate her as a flagship, to relieve the
Bacchante, screw frigate, now on the Pacific station.
This, if true, will not be justice towards Capt. Con-
nolly, who has fitted out the ship on the under-
standing that she would be a private command.
The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. E. Lacy,
has been placed in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth for
examination and repairs.
The Victoria and Albert, Royal paddle yacht,
Capt. G. H. Seymour, C. 8., sailed from Portsmouth
at 8 a.m. on Tuesday for Antwerp.
The Enchantress, paddle despatch vessel, in the
steam basin at Portsmouth, is having a 28-foot deck
cabin, similar to the Osborne's fitted on the upper
deck for the accommodation of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty, for whose service she is destined, the cabin
accommodation of the Psyche, a sister vessel, having
been found altogether inadequate.
Capt. Henry F. M'Kiliop, late of her Majesty's
ship Bulldog, goes out in a few days to the Azores,
on leave, to endeavour to save the Black Eagle, East
Indiaman, wrecked at Flores, and recover her cargo.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—.D. Batt, master, to the
Barrosa ; R. J. Wemyss, chief engineer, to the
Asia, for the Curacoa ; J. Baptist, in the Bacchante,
promoted to engineer; R. E. H. Buckner and A.
C. Bellamy, master's assistant, to the Leopard ; H.
J. Mills, master's assistant, to the Euryalus ; 3, M.
Lloyd, master's assistant, to the Victory, as super-
numerary ; and I. R. M. Macfarlane, master's assis-
tant, to the Galatea.