The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-04 00:00:00

7HE NAVY.

The screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Capt. George
W. Preedy, C. 8., which left Bermuda on the 12th
of June, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday
evening. She brings 77 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 7th brigade Royal Artillery, under

command of Col. Turner and Lients. Slesser and

Barton, 30 women and children, and 7 men of the

39th Foot, with Lieut. Lynam lately belonging to
that regiment ; Mr. John E. Price, late second
master of the screw steam corvette Cadmus 21 ; 11

other naval invalids, the Rev. John Freer, and
Master John Kelly. On the 20th of June, in lat.

41 11 N., long. 47 32 W., quantities of field ice
were observed. The Liffey spoke, June 26, lat. 46 30

N., long. 27 40 W., the English barque Benjamin
Heape (query the Pio Nono), from Colombo for Lon-
don, with main topgallant mast gone ; the transport
Turrell, No. 9, from Otway for Portsmouth ; the
English barque Pride (query Henry Chapman) ;
the English ship Matilda, from Akyab for England;
the English ship Ocean Child, from Palmyra Point
for London ; the English ship Rhoderick Dhu
(Edla ?), and her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop
Vesuvius, from Plymouth for Halifax ; on the same
day and in same latitude, upwards of 100 merchant
vessels were observed. The improper use of signal
flag No. 4 instead of flag No. 6 has caused the un-
certainty in the names of the ships spoken. The
Liffey was commissioned on the 3d of November,
1858, at Plymouth, and has been employed
on the Channel, Mediterranean, and North
American and West India stations. No change of
officers has occurred during the whole commission.
The frigate is in good condition. After being in-
spected she will probably be ordered up Hamoaze,
where her crew will be paid off.
The floating battery Terror, 16, Capt. Frederick
Hutton, the sorew steam frigate Orlando, 50, Capt.

Francis Scott, C. 8., and the screw steam gun ves-
sel Steady, 5, Commander Henry D. Grant, were
at Bermuda. The screw steam sloop Desperate, 7,
Commander John F. Ross, left the island on the Bth
June for Halifax. The remainder of Col. Turner's
battery of Royal Artillery will embark for England
in the paddlewheel steam sloop Bulldog, 6, Com-
mander Henry F.
The lighter Devon, T. Jennings master, at De..
vonport, is ordered to proceed to Queenstown, and
will be placed at the disposal of the Dublin Board
of Works.

The trials made with Muntz's patent metal for
sheathing the bottom of ships having proved highly
satisfactory, directions have been received at Chat-
ham for it to be manufactured at that dockyard and
supplied to the various Government yards requiring
it. The Royal Oak, 51, iron-plated frigate, building
at Chatham, is being sheathed with the metal which
has been affixed to the Bombay, 81, the Arethusa,
51, and some other vessels of war, with very satis-
factory results.
In consequence of a number of shipwrights hav-

ing been placed on the iron steamer Achilles, 50,
building at Chatham dockyard, the whole of the
hired platers, angle-iron smiths, and rivettere here-
tofore employed on that vessel, with the exception
of some two or three men, left in a body yesterday
afternoon, and refused to work any longer until the
shipwrights 'were removed. A deputation from the
workmen, consisting of two mechanics named Hall
and Hunt, had an interview 'with Capt. Fanshawe,
the superintendait, and Mr. T.a ;
—.ng, the master
shipbuilder. Capt.Fanshawe reasoned with the men
but to no purpose, as the mechanics were firm in
their determination not to do another day's work
on the iron ship so long
the as the shipwrights were
employed on it. Seeing men firm in their
refusal, an intimation was given to them that
they might leave
the yard, which they at once
did in a body. Au intimation of what had taken
place was at once forwarded to the Admiralty.
A meeting of the workmen was held last night, when
it was decided that under no circumstances would
the mechanics resume work as long as shipwrights
were employed on the Achilles.
An Admiralty order was yesterday received at
Chatham directing that the whole of the workmen
are to be granted ere days leave of absence, for the
purpose of visiting the International Exhibition,
together with such additional time as will allow of
their going and returnlng•
The workmen are to be
granted leave of absence by detachments, in order
that the whole of the works of the yard may not be
stopped at the same time.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have
granted to the artiaans and labourers engaged in
the various Government establishments at Ply-
mouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse three days' leave
of absence without loss of pay, ;
=la order that they
may visit the International Exhibition. The men
will leave, a few at a time, as they can be spared
from their work.
The following appointments were made
yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. W. C. Chamberlain to
the Resistance, commissioned; Commander C. AO_