The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-28 00:00:00

Yesterday preparations were commenced at
Chatham dockyard for laying down a screw vessel
of war, to be named the Reindeer, of 17 guns, on
the second slip, from which the Orpheus, 21, was
launched. The timber-frames for the steamer have
been for some time prepared, and she will be com-
pleted as fast as circumstances will permit.

Two more of the additional screw steamers or-
dered by the Admiralty to be built at Chatham
dockyard have been commenced at that establish-
ment—namely, the Royal Oak, 91, a line-of-battle
ship, and a fine screw frigate of 51 guns, to be
named the Belvedere. The Royal Oak is building
on the new granite (No. 7) slip, and the Belvedere
on the fourth slip. Both vessels will probably be
completed in about a year from the present time.
The Trincomalee, 24, sailing ship, fitting at
Chatham for the service of the Naval Coast Volun-
teers, is nearly completed, and will shortly be ready
to proceed to her destination at one of the northern
seaports. She has shipped her armament, but will
only take a portion of her guns, 18 in number.
The screw steamship Brunswick, 80, will be
docked in No. 3 dock in Keyham steamyard on the
removal of the Orion, 91.

A considerable quantity of decayed timber has
been discovered in the Albion, 90, now being
opened in Devonport dockyard.
The screw gun-vessel Surprise, 4, having been
hauled under the crane in the north basin at Key-
ham steamyard, is now in the bands of the factory
men.

Steam was got up on Tuesday on board the new
contract-built steam gun-vessel Penguin, 5, and she
proceeded from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound,
and went outside the breakwater to make trial of
her machinery, after which she returned to har-
bour and was placed along the Devonport dockyard.
The following hired transports were yesterday
chartered by the War Department to ship war
materials from the Military Store Department at
Woolwich—namely, the White Star, the Bullfinch
the Prompt, the Arabia, the Red Riding Hood
the Planter, the Maleombrown, the Bosphorus, the
Fanny, and the steamer Peninsula.
The War Department steamer Lord Panmure
proceeded from the gun-wharf, Devonport, on Tues-
day, to the Royal William Victualling-yard, where
she is now loading stores salved from the stranded
transport Havering. When loaded, the Lord Paa-
mure will proceed to Woolwich.
A number of well-grown, intelligent lads, desirous
of being enrolled for service in the Royal navy,
were yesterday forwarded to the Fisgard's office,
Woolwich, by Mr. Fraier, manager of the Field-
lane Ragged Schools ; but in consequence of the
Admiralty laws regulating that branch of the ser-
vice, which direct that the conssnt of their parents
must be given in writing, the boys were rejected,
pending the receipt of more ample instructions, as
the poor lads professed to be without friends or re-
latives, and are for the most part foundlings, hav-
ing no knowledge even of their birthplace, which
latter is also required to be entered in the Naval
Register.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander C. F. Boughey
to the Excellent ; Lieut. S. G. Price, to the Excel-
lent ; Percy V. James, master, to the Flying Fish ;
Daniel J. May, master, additional, to the Forte;
John Jones, master, to the Geyser ; H. W. Moles-
worth, assist.-paymaster, in charge, to the Rhada-
manthus ; Andrew Edwards, assist.-paymaster, to
the Castor; and Alfred Smith, second-class assist.-
engineer, to the Dasher.