The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-09 00:00:00

NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 8.
The Simoom, 18, iron (screw) troop-ship, Captain
Kingcome, arrived yesterday from the Cape of Good
Hope, with the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade. The
Rifles are to be landed at Dover.
The Turkish steam-frigate Vassatai Tidjaret, from
Plymouth for the Thames, to refit, brought up off Ryde
yesterday afternoon.
The usual salutes and return of salutes by men-of-war
on arriving at one port from another, on going out of
harbour, &c., are abolished by Admiralty order. The
standard of England and the flags of foreign nations
will alone receive those gunpowder compliments in
future.
All the artificers employed in shipbuilding are to be
allowed to make unlimited earnings, to expedite the
work now in progress.

THE SCREW FLEET.
The following appear in the Navy List, published last
week, as screw men-of-war in course of construction or
being fitted for commission at the home dockyards :
Name. 11 Class.; Horse-power. I Where at.

' Algiers
A riel ' 8 GO Pembroke.
Aurora 5O Not stated. Pembroke.
Cesar .. 90 400 Portsmouth.
Chesapeake
Conqueror
Curacoa
Curlew
Esk 2O Not stated. Millwall.
Exmouth
Falcon • 16 100 Pembroke.
Fawn
Forte
Hannibal
Harier l6 100 Pembroke.
Hero . 9O Not stated. Chatham.
Hornet
James Watt 9O 600 Devonport.
Liffey 5O Not stated. Devonport.
Majestic BO 400 Sheerness.
Malacca
Marlborough l3l Not stated. Portsmouth.
Nile 9O 600 Devonport.
Orion
Pearl 2O Not stated. Woolwich.
Pylades 2O 350 I Sheerness.
Repulse
Royal Albert l3l 400 Woolwich.
San Fiorenzo 5O Not stated. Woolwich.
Shannon 6O 600 Portsmouth.
Swallow
Topaz 5O Not stated. Devonport.
THE CHINA SQUADRON.

THE CHI:
By private letters we
the China squadron :
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I SQUADRON,
earn the following changes in

Lieutenant Brock, from the Rapid to the Bittern, vice
Dall, from the Winchester, to be Acting-Lieutenant of
the Rapid.

Surgeons—T. R. Pickthorne, of the Spartan, to the
Winchester; J. Browne, of the Rapid, to the Spartan.;
A. Gordon, of the Serpent, to the Rapid ; H. Slade,
from the Bittern, •to the Hermes, vice J. M'Leod, in-
valided home.

• Assistant-Surgeons.--G. Gordon, of the Minden, to
the Bittern, as acting-surgeon ; G. Sibbald, from the
Spartan to the Minden, vice Gordon ; J. W, Bradshawe
(additional of the 'Winchester), to the Spartan, vice
Sibbald ; A. E. Mackay, from the Minden to the Fan-
tome, vice Bent, deceased ; R. Pickcn, M.D., from the
Lily to the Minden, vice Mackay.
Acting Paymaster—A. T. M. Roberts, of the Hermes,
exchanged with J. H. L. Giles of the Styx.
The Hercules, 72, from Australia, was to be converted
into an hospital ship for the troops; the assistant-surgeon
of her was to be retained. The Alligator, 26, late hos-
pital-ship, had been sent to Whampoa as a Consul's
" chop."
Great inconvenience was felt on the station from the
high rate of exchange. It was hoped the Government
would soon send out dollars to pay officers with, instead
of bills.

WOOLWICH, J. 7.
APPOINTMENTS.
Surgeons.— Robert T. C. Scott (1841), to the Royal
George, 121, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; Samuel
Donnelly (1842), from the Juno, 26, at Chatham' to the
Euryalus, 50, screw steam-ship, at Chatham ; George
A. Nicolls, M.D. (1848), to the Juno, vice Donnelly.
Chaplain.—The Rev. Thomas R. Hamilton (1854), to
the Royal George.
Clerks.—Stephen H. Moore (1850), from the Victory,
flag-ship, at Portsmouth, to be Secretary to Commodore
John Shepherd, Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard ;
Henry R. Shaw, to the Monarch, 84, guardship of ordi-
nary at Sheerness ; John E. Stiles, to the Neptune,
120, guardship of ordinary at Portsmouth ; James L.
Thorne, to the Ajax, 58, screw steam flag-ship, at Cork.
The Cyclops steam-frigate, Master-Commander Robert
W. Roberts, is ordered from Sheerness to Woolwich to
embark about 180 men of the Royal'Artillery, for a pas-
sage to Gibraltar and Malta, to fill up the companies at
those stations.

The Apollo, 8, store-ship, Master-Commander George
Johnson, was paid wages down to yesterday, and left
for Portsmouth at 7 o'clock a.m. to-day, to take on
board at that port a supply of stores for the use of the
ships and war-steamers on the Mediterranean station.
The Banshee, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Louis R. Reynolds 'has been taken out of dock and will
proceed immediately round to Portsmouth, where she
will be paid wages and embark Captain Brock for a pas-
sage to Malta, en route to join the Britannia, 120, flag-
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The Banshee is intended to remain for service as a mail-
packet between Malta and Marseilles.
The Vivid, Dover mail-packet, Captain Smithett, was
taken out of the basin to-day and will be tried down the
river on Monday, and, after being docked for a short
period to examine her bottom, she is expected to leave
Woolwich on Tuesday, to resume her duties on the Dover
station.
Preparations are being made on board the Justitia, con 7
wict ship, at the Royal Arsenal, it is said, for the pur-
pose of affording temporary accommod*on for about
200 invalid convicts expected here from Bermuda. The
health of the convicts on board the WArrior, convict
ship, at tire Woolwich dockyard, and the Defence, con-
vict ship, at the Royal Arsenal, has been remarkably
good during the past year, as, although there are on the
average about 900 constantly on hoard these hulks, and
about 1,500 altogether in the year, including those who
arrive and depart during that period, there have only
been eight deaths in the Unite Hospital Ship, including
the convict who met with a fatal accident at the saw-
mills in the dockyard. By the care and attention of
Dr. Burns to the whole of the convicts, who are all at-
tended to by him when necessary, the deaths for the last
year among them have not exceeded one half-per cent.,
although the previous mode of life of many of them could
not have failed to impair their constitutions. The mor-
tality in the surrounding parishes has been upwards of
2 per cent. of the population during the year.

REPORTED MUTINY IN THE "WINCHESTER."--A pri-
vate letter, dated Nov. 9th, has just been received in
this country from an officer serving on board the Win-
chester, which contains no• mention whatever of any
disturbance on board that ship. We give this intelli-
gence as it reached us, and sincerely hope the reported
mutiny may prove to be without solid foundation.—
United Service Gazelle.

GROUSE STATISTICS.—The " Shooting and Fishing
Quarters' Registry" states that the following noblemen
and gentlemen have killed in one day during tha late
season the numbers attached to their names, viz. :—Mr.
John Dundas, 113 brace ; Colonel Hall, 57 ; Captain
Craig, 60 ; Lord Wenlock, 93 ; Sir St. Vincent 'Whits-
head: 70 ; Mr. Burns, 106 ; Mr. Crutchley, 95 ; Mr.
Smith, 50 ; Mr. Brown Kinloch, 69 ; Sir Richard Sut-
ton, 62 ; Mr. J. Fenton, 50 ; Mr. Edwards, 52 ,• Mr.
Gillon, 51 ; Rev. J. Gorring, 54 ; Mr. Marshall, 94
Mr. F. Walker, 83 ; Rev. J. King, 101 ; Mr. J. Hall,
68 ; Mr. Mann,
Brown,
52 ; Mr. Batson, 66. ,• Mr. Jaffray, 70 ;
Mr. Muir, 65 ; Mr. 85 ; -Mr. Lurnsden, 55
Earl of Stamford and Warrington, 60 ; Sir Charles Ross,
67 ; Lord Hill, 101 ; Hon. R. C. Ri11,.76; Mr. Cross-
ley, 61.