The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

IRE NAVY.

41111,

A M mita letter, dated Valetta, Nov. 22, says :
`` H er Majesty's paddlewheel sloop Scourge, Commander
Toner J, left port on the 17th inst. for Candia, and the gun-
boat Boxer, Lieut. Galliver, on the 19th, for Tripoli.
Lie' it. Porcher, R.N., and Lieut. Smith, R.E., proceeded
in' ner. From Tripoli these officers are to go on to Cyrene
to examine certain ruins of high historical interest known
to exist there, and I understand they are provided with
ti 11 kinds of implements for excavating, a tent, and
Pother articles suitable for campaigning, also a photo-
graphic apparatus, which has been sent out to them by
the Foreign-office, under whose auspices the expedition has
been organised. Lieut. Porcher has been engaged before in
Labours of this kind, and Lieut. Smith was successfully en-
gaged for two years with Mr. Newton on the ruins of Hall-
carnassurs.

" H.M. screw corvette Scylla, Capt. R. Lambert, arrived
here on the 19th inst. from Messina, leaving at that port
H.M. tine-of-battle ship Cressy. The Cressy had on board
several cases of the extraordinary pulmonary disease simi-
lar to that which had manifested itself on board the St.
Jean d'Acro, and she expect, d ,o winter at Messina. When
she left Naples on the 15th inst. there were 13 cases of
smallpox on board the Renown, and nothing said of her
going to Malta. The Queen was ready to bake Mr. Elliot
to Marseilles.

" Later news was received this morning from Messina by
the French packet Pausilippe—via., to 21st inst.—at which
date the Cressy was still there, and two French line-of-battle
ships, one of which, the Tage, bearing an admiral's flag,
was about to proceed to Gaeta, and replace the admiral at
present there.

" H.M. troopship Mega3ra, Cora. Henderson. which left
this port on the 12th inst. for the lonian Islands, returned
yesterday from Corfu and Zante, having touched at the lat-
ter island to take on board 50,0001 b. of currants for the
naval victualling yard at Malta. She brings the following
passengers :—Mr. and Mrs. Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. Wel-
lesley, Capt. Barfield, 22d Regiment, Lients. Pilsworth and
Dillon, do., and Major Bowden, do. ; Deputy-Assist. Com-
missary-General Mills and Mrs. and Miss Mills, Miss
Eisenbach, Miss Grant, 29 invalid sailors and soldiers, 3
women, and 11 children. The Megaora left Cerfu on the
16th at noon, at which date there were at anchor in that
port the Marlborough (flag of Vice-Admiral Martin), Ex-
mouth, Neptune, Orion, James Watt, and Mars (which
ship arrived the day before from Malta), and the fri-
gate Melpomene. Her Majesty's gunboat Alacrity, Com-
mander Baird, arrived this morning, bringing later news
from Corfu (20th inst.), and despatches from the Comman-
der-in-Chief. A letter from Corfu of that date says :—'Two
two-deckers left yesterday, destination unknown—report
says Malta. It is said that the Melpomene frigate is about
to proceed to the coast of Syria, to relieve the Liffey, of the
same class.' The Megwra is expected to leave Malta on or
about the 26th inst., with invalids from the Malta naval
and military hospitals, for England. His Excellency Lieu-
tenant-General Sir William Codrington, who returned to-
day by the French packet from Italy, will embark in the
Negfera for Gibraltar, to resume the Governorship of that
garrison."
The Barracouta, 6, paddle, Commander W. Wood,
arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening, with the
yellow flag lying at the fore, having on board
upwards of 30 cases of fever from her Majesty's
ships Imaum, at Jamaica, the Icarus, and other
vessels on the station. Six deaths have occurred
since leaving Jamaica on the 24th Oct., but the re-
maining cases on board are now progressing fa-
vourably. The ship called in at Bermuda on the
3d of November and remained there until the sth,
when she left for England. She remains at Spit-
head for farther orders.
The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander B. C. Pim,
went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and
anchored at Spithead to take in powder and. shell,
prior to proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope. The
Gorgon will call at Devonport, where she will take
charge of the Swift, fitted as a coal depot for the
Cape.
The Frederick William, 86, screw, will make her
official trial of speed at ,Portsmouth on the 29th
inst. The Harrier, 17, screw, Commander Sir M.
M'Gregor, will test her speed on the 28th inst.;
and the Pelican, 17, screw, will make her official
trial on the 2d proximo.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. W. Howell, to
the Jason ; Lieut. Colin W. Lindsay, to the Daunt-
less, additional, for service in the Coastguard ; Jas.
Ross, First-class Assistant Engineer, to the Indus
for the Lark ; and John H Cooper, Second-class
Assistant Engineer, to the Cumberland for the
Cochin.