The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-20 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

It was yesterday announced at Chatham, that by
command of the Queen, no royal salutes are this
year to be fired from either vessels of war or bat-
teries, on the anniversary of her Majesty's acces-
sion or coronation.

Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., commanding the Ex-
cellent gunnery ship at Portsmouth, has, on the
expiration of the customary term of service in con-
nection with that ship and the Royal Naval College
at Portsmouth, been reappointed to his command
by the Admiralty for an additional year's service,
in consequence of important experiments which
require to be brought to a conclusion under his
personal superintendence.
The Actmou, surveying frigate, Capt. J. Ward,
was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yester-
day, under the superintendence of Capt. H. 13road-
'head, commanding the steam reserve at the port,
and the crew were granted the ordinary leave of
absence. This ship xvas commissioned in AuguSt,
1856, for Commander W. T. Bate, then on survey-
ing service in China. After the death of Capt. Bate
at the bombardment of Canton, the Acta:33n was
engaged in the survey of the Canton River until
August, 1858, when Capt. Jenkins was succeeded
in the command by Commander J. Ward, and the
ship sailed for the North and the coast of Tartary
(Manchooria), returning to Canton in the end of
DEC. of that year. In Feb., 1863, she sailed for the
Gulf of Pecheli in company with the Sampson ,Alge-
rine, and Dave; surveyed Ta-lien-whan Bay and
part of the gulf as a rendezvous for the combined
fleets of England and France. She was afterwards
engaged with the Dove tender, Cruizer, Algerine,
Leven, and Slaney in completing the survey of the
whole coast of the gulf of Pecheli and the north of
Shantung. The Actmm's next labours were in sur-
veying the lower part of the Yangtze river, above
Shanghae. In May.lB6l,she sailed forJapan,andon
arrival there continued surveying, assisted by the
Dove, Algerine, and Leven, until December, when
she returned to Hongkong, and finally sailed for
England on the 9th of January, 1862.
Her Msjesty's paddlewheel sloop Virago, 6 guns,
300 horse power, Commander William G. Hope-
Johnstone, arrived at Spithead from Sheerness yes-
terday with 30 supernumeraries. On her arrival
at Portsmouth the vessel will be taken into dock to
have her shaft repaired.
The Argus, 6, paddlewheel slo3p, 300 horse power,
is being brought forward with.all despatch, and is
in an advanced condition in the fitting basin at
Sheerness. It is expected that she wilt shortly be
placed in commission.
The workmen from the factory department in
Sheerness yard are actively employed in removing
the machinery of the Terrible, 21 guns, 800 horse
power, preparatory to the vessel undergoing
thorough and complete repair.
The Chesapeake, 51, screw steam frigate, 400
horse power, is being sufficiently repaired to enable
her to float at her moorings in the harbour at
Sheerness ; when this is accomplished she wilt be
remoeed from No. 1 dock.

The screw steam storeship Industry, Master
Commander Hodges, in basin at Woolwich, has
discharged her cargo, and commenced loading for
Rio de Janeiro.

The sailing transport Rqpid, No. 8 in the trans-
port service, has discharged a heavy cargo of re-
returned war stores at Woolwich from Hong Kong.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—David Thomas, surg., to the
Black Prince ; E. P. Forrest, assist.-surg., and J.
W. Jones, acting assist.-surg., to the Black Prince.
Mr. W. Adams Jukes and Mr. E. Beauchamp
have been nominated to naval cadetships.

lhe following appointments have been made in
the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Lieuts.—James
Disney Smythe and John Gray. To be Sub-Lieut.
—Edward Proctor.

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding in
Chief will hold a levee, at one o'clock, on Tuesday,
the 24th inst.

The following instructions, framed by direction of
the Secretary of State for War, for the guidance of
corps of artillery volunteers, regarding the care of
mawzines in their charge, have been promulgated
at Chatham garrison :
" The magazine is to be kept strictly clean, and free from
all gravel, sand, or grit, and no wax• light, lucifer-match, or
anything likely to cause combustion is to be permitted
therein; nor is any one to enter a magazine with articles
of a combustible nature on his person. No smoking er firs
is to be permitted near the magazine. In moving powder I
barrels about the magazine all friction is to be avoided as
much as possible, and care is to be taken that no powder is
spilt on the floor, on which an old rug or blanket should be
placed ; and all persons employed in the magazine should
either wear list slippers, or remove their boots or shoes.
The magazine floor should be carefully swept after every
transaction. When tha magazine is open for airing curing
fine weather, some one must be in charge on the 'Tot to
warn persons from approaching it, except on duty."
In consequence of the inconvenience arising from.,
the medical duties connected with the corps of R. oytao
Engineers being performed by officers belong:ngand
other regiments and corps, seven su.rgteendnto the
assistant-surgeons will shortly be a
p
tribution among the several companies eonging Royal Engineer establishment, ChpatChatham,lfor
to that branch•of the service.
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laiiwltndeed actions ; and
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inst. He served with the army of the Indus from.
1838 to 1841—was in advance at the storm and
capture of Ghoznee, where h
was in the engagements in the
1 uzeerah Valley,
and in tlel,eah Sutalld Sobi'ieamPraaiognn, including
wludsr wounded
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where he was severely
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wounded.
The transport Dartmouth, Capt.
Davis,
soroes
933 tons register, to Messrs.
iandgetachment of the 75th
mouth wound on Wedges-
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evening.
af
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leyalcutta Marc 8, and the
Cape of Good Hope April 24, and has on board 7
officers and 52 non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates, under the command of Major Brooks. There
have been 22 deaths among the
men from cholera.
Fine weather has been experienced during the
voyage. She spoke, April 13, in lat 29 S, long 44
E, the ship Granite City, from Mauritius for Lon-
don ; 15th, lat 30 S, long 41 E, the ship Trafalgar,
from Madras for London ; 24th, lat 33 35 S, long
15 41 E, the American ship Garibaldi, from Calcutta
for London ; 29th, Ist 30 48 S, long 12 42 E, the
Dutch bark Van Berg, from Rangoon for Falmouth;
30th, lat 29 49 S, long 10 20 E, the bark Arthur
Partlew, from Algoa Bay for London; May 4, lat
26 6 S, long 4 49 E, the ship Storm Cloud, from
Calcutta for England, and the ship Robert F ulsford,
from Calcutta for Liverpool ; May 24, lat 4 N, long
24 30 W, the ship Marshal Pelisaier, from London
for Mauritius, and the ship Great Australia, from
Liverpool for Melbourne; June 6, lat 34 7 N, long
38 32 W, the ship Coldstream, from Madras for
London ; and 10th, lat 38 2 N, long 31 3 NV, the
bark Wellington from Ancona, and the ship
The
East from Ceylon, both for Falmouth.
East India and London Steamship Company's
ship Lady Jocelyn, Capt. Robert W. Kerr, from
London for Madras and Calcutta, WitO ofirlymouth