The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-11 00:00:00

2HE NAVY.

The paddlewheel steam tender Advice, M. Ray-
mond second master, from Queenstown, arrived at
Plymouth on Sunday with newly raised men.
The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, in Plymouth
Sound, has embarked supernumerary boys for the
fleet, preparatory to sailing for Portland.
The men belonging to the steam reserve, and
boys from the Royal Adelaide, are rigging the
training ship Implacable, 72, at Devonport.
The paddlewheel steam tender Avon, G. Day
master, from Plymouth, arrived at Pembroke on
Saturday with Mr. Paul and a party of riggers to
take the Espoir to Plymouth.
The Perseverance screw troopship, Commander
C. It. Power, has reshipped her bowsprit, and tested
her machinery alongside the dockyard at Ports-
mouth yesterday. She proceeds to the Channel
Islands on the 12th inst.
The Ariadne, 26, screw frigate, 800-horse power,
Captain E. W. Vansittart, arrived at Spithead yes-
terday morning from Sheerness. She exchanged the
customary salutes with the flag of Admiral W.
Bowles, C. 8., the Commander-in-Chief. She will
not test her speed before the 12th or 13th inst., a
portion of her machinery requiring some slight
alterations.

The Dee, paddle steamer, Master Commander
Pullen, is discharging machinery and boilers for
the Duncan, 101, and Nelson, 91, in the steam basin
at Portsmouth.

The Rhadamanthus, paddle steamer, Master Com-
mander Sturdee, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth
for Woolwich.

The Wanderer, screw despatch vessel, Commander
M. Pechell, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning
from the Mediterranean. She sailed from Malta
Dec. 17, experienced heavy gales, and anchored
under the lee of the island of Galeta, on the 20th
of December, for 46 hours, and Cape Talas (near
Carthagena) for 20 hours ; starting again from the
latter place on the 27th, and arriving at Gibraltar
on the 30th. The English fleet at the rock com-
prised the Marlborough, Victor Emmanuel, Orion,
Brunswick, Neptune, Doris, Czesar, Mohawk, and
Vulture. She left the rock on the 2d inst., with light
winds from the southward, and veering to a stiff
breeze from the westward, on the 3d increasing to
a hcayy gale; on the 4th and sth had bulwarks
considerably damaged, starboard binnacle washed
away, stern port burst open end washed away, two
jibs and mizen split, and mizen-boom carried away.
On the evening of the 6th the weather moderated
and veered round from north to the eastward, and
became fine. Tho ship had a splendid run up Chan-
nel on Sunday night, with clear bright weather, and
anchored at Spithead at 10.10 a.m. yesterday. She
brings home a few supernumerary invalids.
The Arcona, 28, screw (Prussian frigate), Capt.
Sundowald, at Spithead, requires docking, and will,
it is expected. go into Portsmouth harbour for that
purpose if a dock can be provided for her.
The Mare, 80, screw, Capt. Strange, is expected
to leave Portland for Spithead, according to present
orders, on the 12th inst.

The slides for launching her Majesty's ship Ba-
rossa, under construction at Woolvvick, have been
brought out into the river and preparations com-
menced for the launch, which will take place at an
early date. A portion of the factory has been ceded
to the smiths employed in the shipwrights depart-
ment of the dockyard, in consequence of an *in-
creased number of that body having been taken on,
in order to complete the whole of the ships now in
a forward state, if possible, by the end of the finan-
cial year.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. C. F. Schomberg to
the Cumberland, vice Capt. Patey. whose appoint-
ment has been cancelled ; Capt. D. Curry to the
Aboukir, vice Schomberg; Lieut. C. E. Stevens ,to
the Britannia, for service.in the Scalark, vice Low-
ther, promoted ; J. M. Vales, Ist class assist.-engi-
neer, to the Wellington, for service in the Petrel ;
C. Homer, 2d class assist-engineer, to the Fire-
brand ; R. H. Hawes, master's assistant, to the
Saracen ; J. W. Silverlock, clerk, to the Diadem ;
George E. Price, F. M. S. Osborn, and George
Jervis, midshipmen, to the Algiers ; Clement
Laprumandage, midshipman, to the Queen ; L. N.
Monerieff and Hilary G. Andoe, midshipmen, to
the Mars ; Martin J. Dunlop, midshipman, to the
Royal Albert; Jno. Fellowes, R. H. Boyle, and W.
P. Barrow, midshipmen, to the Diadem ; T. H.
Falcon and W. B. Littledale, midshipmen, to the
Ariadne ; and C. R. T. Russell, midshipman, to the
Scylla. The above midshipmen's appointments are
dated the 9th inst.