The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-08 00:00:00

TAE NAVY.

Admiralty orders have been given for the follow-
ing screw gunboats, attached to the third-class steam
reserve in the Medway, at Chatham, to be immedi-
ately fitted for the second division :—The Manly,
Mastiff, Fetter, Thrasher, Fidget, Spey, Pigeon,
Tickler, Thistle, Linnet, and Dwarf. The
gunboats attached to the second division of the steam
reserve are being prepared for the first division,
to take the place of those despatched to the various
seaports. They are the Mistletoe, Spanker, Herring,
and Sepoy. Each gunboat will be armed with a
100-pounder and 40-pounder Armstrong gun.
The greatest alacrity is being displayed by the
officers and crew of the iron ship Defence in rigging
her and bringing her forward for sea. The whole
of her topmasts are now pointed, and it appears
evident that the work of fitting, so far as it rests
with the crew, will be accomplished with the
greatest despatch.

Yesterday the War Department transport Marl-
borough went alongside the gun wharf at Chatham,
for the purpose of shipping the Armstrong guns for
the Severn, 51, 500 horse power, one of the advance
frigates fitting to be in readiness fcr immediate ser-
vice. In addition to eight 8 inch 65 cwt. guns, 18
32 pounders of 58 cwt. each, and 14 32-pounders of
45 cwt. each, which have already been supplied her,
the Severn is to be furnished with 1 100-pounder
Armstrong pivot gun, 4 70-pounders, and 6 40-
pounder Armstrongs. The Marlborough also ship-
ped a quantity of Armstrong conical shot and shell
for the Severn.

The Calypso, 18, sailing corvette, Capt. Frederick
B. l'vlontressor, arrived at Spithead yesterday morn-
ing from the Pacific. She sailed from Callao Aug.
22, 1861, and arrived at Valparaiso on Sept. 16 ;
sailed thence on October Ist ; entered Magellan's
Straits on the 17th, and anchored in Port Famine
on the 19th. There the grave of Capt. Pringle
Stokes, who died while in command of her Majesty's
ship Beagle, was visited and put in order. On the
following day the Calypso anchored off Sandy Point
and some stores which had been brought for the
Governor of the Chilian settlement from Valparaiso
were landed. She arrived at Rio de Janeiro on No-
vember 9th, where she remained until the 13th,
when she finally sailed for England. Fayal was
passed on December 19th, and colours exchanged
with the signal station of the English Consul, but
the weather was too boisterous for further commu-
nication. Within 300 miles of Spithead strong
easterly winds were met with, which lengthened a
passage which otherwise would have been a remark-
able good one, considering the time the ship has
been in commission and the necessarily foul state of
her bottom.

The Racoon, 22, screw, Capt. Chamberlain, has
sailed from Spithead to Chatham to pay off, &c.
The screw steamship Cecilia, Capt. Toovey, from
the lonian Islands for London, which coaled at
Plymouth on Tuesday, left Gibraltar on the 28th
of December, when the screw steamship Caesar,
86, Captain Thomas H. Mason, and two other large
ships were in port. One ship of war left for Ame-
rica on the 26th. The Caesar would have followed
on the 27th but for the severity of the weather. A
large fleet of merchant ships came through the
Straits with the Cecilia.

The screw steam sloop Stromboli, 6, Commander
Arthur R. Henry, bound to the south-east coast of
South America, is detained at Plymouth, possibly
to convey the gunboat Spider.

The screw steam frigate Plieebe, 61, went on
Monday, on a trial trip from llamoaze to the offing
at Plymouth to try her machinery. If the intelli
gence from America prove peaceful she will be
placed in the first division of the steam reserve at
Devonport.

The screw steam gunboats Gleaner, Tilbury,
Ripple, and Nightingale, were hauled on Monday
out of the basin in Devonport Dockyard, and placed
alongside the floating depot in Hamoaze to complete
their supply of coal. These boats are rigged, their
sails are bent, and they are ready for the first
division of the steam reserve. In a fe* days they
could be prepared for active service at sea. The
engines of the Heron and Trinculo will be ready for
a trial at sea in a few days.
The screw steamship Revenge, 89, which lately
carried the flag of Admiral Stuart, is now in
Hamoaze, ready, on the receipt of orders, to proceed
into Plymouth Sound.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Robert Hodge, in the Corn-
wallis, E. T. Read, in the St. George, Walter Ash,
in the Asia, for the Blazer; H. G. Pilcher, in the
Simocn, J. Matthews, in the Hardy, and J. E. Der-
rick, in the Weser, have been promoted to,- Engi-
neers ; J. 'Weir, in the Algiers, W. Castle, in the
Alecto, and F. H. Morgan, in the Queen, have
been promoted to acting engineers ; W. Hammond,
in the Vigilant, promoted to first-class assist.-en-
gineer; D. B. Keiller and R. Sutherland, acting
second-class assist.-engineers, to be the Asia as
supernumeraries; J. T. Rose, acting second•class
assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, and lent to the
Formidable ; Edwin R. S. Card, clerk, to the Royal
Adelaide ; Lewis G. Hodder and John Carlisle,
clerks, to the Victory.