The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

burden, and in her magazine she has space for 1,000
shells, in addition to the requisite quantity of powder
and stnall-arms. The other mortar-boats are rapidly ap-
proaching completion, the Messrs. Scott having been
working at them night and day since they received the
order. The Leviathan gun boat, which is being con-
structed by Mr. Robert Napier, of Govan, on the Clyde,
is also making rapid progress, and will ;he launched in
the course of the spring. .
The 17th and 24th companies of the Royal Sappers
and Miners, under orders to leave Brompton Barracks
to embark for foreign service, are expected to Jeave Chat-
ham shortly, for the purpose of proceeding to the Baltic.
The strength of these companies is 300 men, the whole
of whom have been drilled and thoroughly instructed
under Colonel Henry Sandham, in the various duties
connected with field service. About 200 men are re-
quired to fill up the vacaneiee in this carps.
Another large nu:nber of Crimean invalids arrived at
Chatham yesterday' having come up by special train
from the hospital at Chichester. On their.arrival at the
Strood station a fatigue party from the previsional bat-
talion was in attendance to assist the sick and wounded
to the vans and ambulance waggon in waiting to convey
. them to Brompton. After the usual medical examine-
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The difficulty experienced in obtaining crews at the
commencement of the season has given place to constant
applications for berths, and bands are. ocnasionally rn-
jected. There is, however, still some diglaulty in pro-
curing petty officers, rho are required toise4iligent and
tritsterorthy-mess; with capabilities abate -trrare,
ordinary seamen.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—The. Rev. J. A. Barrough, Chaplain,
and Naval Instructor, to the London ; C. Osborn, Mas-
ter's Assistant, to the Arnphion ; James Cole, Master's
Assistant, to the Retribution ; John Pitman, Master's
Assistant, to the Vulcan ; Thomas H. Elliott, Master's
Assistant, to the London ; W H. Pt rvis, Master's As-
sistant, to the Rodney ' • W. H. Richards, Naval Cadet,
to the Seahorse ; J. T. De Sautnarez, Naval Cadet, to
the Royal Albert ; L. Ching, Naval Cadet, to the Con-
queror ; C. F. Hotham, Naval Cadet, to the Forth ; E.
C. Tinling, Naval Cadet, to the Pearl; T. P. W.
Neshatn, Naval Cadet, to the Conqueror.
Captain Sir Robert M'Clure (the discoverer of the
North-West passage), has superseded Captain Birch in
command of her Majesty's steam corvette Esk, 21,
and will, we have not the slighest doubt, soon get this
most useful ship well manned and is excellent order.
We have already heard that numerous blue jackets,
attracted by the appointment of the new captain, have
volunteered for the Esk.

There is a well-founded rumour that, in order to re-
lieve the commanders' list of many old officers, and thus
enable Sir Charles Wood to bring forward for employ-
ment a number of the rising young men, a circular has
been issued from the Admiralty to a certain number of
commanders, offering to plebe them, after the Ist of
July, on the retired list of captains, with a half-pay of
10s. 6d. per diem.