The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

7HE NAVY.

T'de following letter is dated Valetta, Nov. 30 :
Rer Majesty's gunboat Foxhound, Commander A.
iehell, which left port on Saturday last with de-
bspatches for the Commander-in-Chief at Corfu,
arrived at Malta to-day to return with the de-
spatches and letters for the fleet at Corfu, expected
to-night from England via Marseilles, and those
received by the Pera yesterday from Southampton.
Her Majesty's steam frigate Terrible, Capt. Glasse,
also arrived to-day from Smyrna. Her Majesty's
line-otbattle ship London, ICapt. H. Chads, took
her departure for Corfu on the 25th inst. Major
Bolton, Royal Artillery, left by this vessel for
the purpose of cruising in the Mediterra-
nean for the recovery of his health. Her Ma-
jesty's steam troopship Magxra, Commander
Henderson, which came in on the 20th inst.,
from Corfu. left on the 27th at 11 30 a.m.
for Gibraltar and England, with the following
passengers :—His Excellency Lieut.-Gen. Sir W.
Codrington, who is returned to his post as Governor
of Gibraltar, after a short visit to this island and
Naples ; Lieut. Sullivan, R.N. ; Rev. Mr. Paynter,
RN.; Mr. Bentham, 22d Regiment; Capt. Thompson,
2d battalion 2d Regiment; Mr. Renshaw; Mr. Boxer,
RN.; Mr. E. Spinner, R.N.; Mr. Hentley, R.N.; Mr.
Haythor, R.N. ; Mr. G. Denham, R.N. ; Assist.-
Surg. M'Neill, 3d Buffs ; Mr. Winter, 520 invalid
soldiers and sailors, 25 non-commissioned offi-

cers, five women, five children, Mrs. M'Crea, and
Miss Tudor. Her Majesty's surveying vessel Medina,
Capt. T. Sprott, C. 8., was at Agha, on the coast of

Asia Minor on the 15th Nor. A letter from that

vessel of the above date says :--‘ We are at present
cruising round the shores of the Archipelago, cor-
recting the various charts. Our next anchoring
ground will be Mytelene. Thence we go to the Dar- '
danelles, Salonica, and, finally, to Malta, which last
mentioned place we hope to see by the beginning
of the year. The weather with us at present is very
cold, with violent winds and rain. Winter has set
in early. All the hills are capped with snow, and
last night the thermometer was as low as 38 deg.'
This week an examination of candidates for a com-
mission in the Royal Malta Fencible Regiment was
held in the Council-chamber at the Palace, to fill
up the vacancy caused by the death of Capt. Gon der.
The examiners were Lie*t.-Col. Anderson, 2d bat-
talison 22d Regiment, President; Major Boothby,
Royal Artillery ; and an officer of the Royal Engi-
neers. Seven young gentlemen competed, of whom
Mr. W. Sciortino, having obtained the greatest
number of marks, has been recommended for the
commission."

In consequence of the duties and heavy responsi-
bility devolving on the various clerks intrusted
with the direction of the cash establishments of
Woolwich Arsenal, the Secretary of State for the
War Department has recommended, for the consi-
deration of the Lords of the Treasury, the appoint-
ment of a paymaster to each of the four departments
—namely, the Royal carriage square ; the military
store department, which includes the Royal Mili-
tary Academy and other establishments drawing
their salaries from this department ; the Royal gun
factories, and the laboratory. The appointments
will be permanent, and, as suggested, on a progres-
sive scale, commencing at £270 per annum, with
the equal rank of captain in the army.
According to an extract from a private letter
yesterday received by an officer of the dockyard
at Woolwich it appears that the smallpox is
raging on board the 91 screw steamship of the
line Hannibal, Rear-Admiral George Rodney
Mundy, C.B. The Admiral, five officers, and 72
of the crew were already suffering from the disease,
and, with the exception of the Admiral, the whole
of the invalids thus attacked had been removed to
the Island of Nisida for treatment.
Her Majesty's despatch boat Cockatrice was yes-
terday hauled out of the fitting basin at Woolwich,
and was moored in the harbour; and the paddle-
wheel steam sloop Basilisk was taken alongside the
wharf for repairs.
Her Majesty's ship Malacca, screw steam slop,
200 horse-power, which was recently ordered to be
brought forward for the pennant, is in a forward
condition in the hands of the riggers at the dock-
yard at Sheerness. Her topmasts were pointed yes-
terday, and she will be ready for commission by
the 12th inst.
Orders have been received at Sheerness Dockyard
from the Admiralty to bring forward immediately
her Majesty's ship Griffon, 5, screw steam gun
vessel, 80 horse-power, for the first-class steam
reserve, and to prepare her for the pennant.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander Colin C. A.
Lane, to the Cornwallis, additional for service in the
Coastguard; Lieut. Frederick Hardy, to the Jason ;
Lieut. Chas. Parry, to the Hero; Lieut. Edwin D.
Acklow to the Bulldog; Wm. C. Buck, master
additional, to the Cumberland for the Challenger ;
John Molloy, master additional to the Cumberland ;
Dr. J. R. Holman, assist.-surg. in the Chatham
Dockyard ; Thos. M. Sanders, second-class assist.-
engineer, to the Harier ; Henry Vatcher, acting
third-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus ; Richard
S. Kiernan, W. Williams, and George Thompson,
acting third.•class assist.-engineers, to the Cumber-
land.