The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-02 00:00:00

IE•E NAVY.

Yesterday Admiralty orders were received at
Chatham for the screw steamship Majestic, 80,
400-horse power, attached to the steam reserve, to
be sent round to Liverpool in orderthat the officers
and crew of the screw steamer Hastings, 60, em-
ployed on the Coastguard service at the port, may
be transferred to that vessel, the Lords of the Ad-
miralty having decided on employing the Hastings '
as a drilling ship in the Mersey for the Naval
Coast Volunteers. The Royal Marines for the Ma-
jestic were selected from the Chatham division yes-
terday, and these will embark in that vessel at
Sheerness and be conveyed round to Liverpool.
The paddle-wheel steamsloop Prometheus, 5,
Lieut. T. B. Hollinworth, has discharged her
powder in Plymouth Sound, preparatory to going
into dock at Devonpert to-morrow:
The screw steafrigate Emerald, 51, Captain A.
Cumming, will be placed in dock at Devonport to-
day (Thursday).
The screw steamship Roptl Albert, 121, Captain
Lacon, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle,
K.C.8., got up steam in Plymouth Sound on
Thursday afternoon, and left for Portland. On
reaching the offing she made sail. Excepting the
few cases of measles in the Royal Naval Hospital,
Plymouth, the crew of the Royal Albert is in a
healthy state. She numbers, officers and all, about
1,100 men, and of these there were last week about
30 on the sick list, five of whom only were confined
to their beds.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. J. T. Campbell, to the
Excellent; Lieut. Lord C. T. N. D. Scott, to the
Forte ; Lieut. J. E. Stokes, to the Alecto •, Lieut. H.
N. Hippisley, to the Alacrity ; Lieut. J. J. Gregory,
to the Queen ; Lieut. R. J. St. Aubyn, to the Pem-
broke, for service in the Coastguard ; W. H. C.
Selby, midshipman, to the Forte ; C. F. Fox, mid-
shipman, to the Melpomene ; H. F. Gye, naval
cadet, to the Forte; J. G. Risk, surg., to the Hawke,
T. J. Layton, surg., to the Conqueror; M. W. Cowan,
assist.-surg., to the Forte ; J. C. Robinson, chief en.
gineer, to the Majestic ; B. Greetham, chief engi.
neer, to the Majestic, for service in the Hastings ; H
J. Layland, chief engineer, to the Forte ; J. H. H
Smale, first-class assistant-engineer, to the Forte
G. H. Beaten, first-class assistant-engineer, to the
Majestic; W. H. Harvey, second-class assistant-
engineer, to the Majestic ; N. Farrant, promoted to
second-class assistant-engineer and appointed to the
Cumberland, for charge of machinery of the Wrang-
ler ' • C. M'Keever, third-class assistant-euginoer, to
the Maj T.Rose,third-class assistant-en gineer,to
the Majestic; W. M'Glashan, acting third-class
assistant-engineer, to the Majestic; C. Platt, third-
class assistant-engineer, to the Majestic, for service
in the Dapper ; J. M'Arthur, acting third-class
assistant-engineer, to the Majestic, for service in the
Hastings ; W. Ball, acting third-class assistant-
engineer, to the Forte ; C. M. Johnson, acting third-
class. assistant-engineer, to the Forte ; H. Clyde,
third-class assistant-engineer, to the Cumberland,
for temporary charge of the Fly ; J. Nutter, acting
third-class assistant-engineer, to the Cumberland,
for service in the Bullfrog ; H. W. Masterman,
aeting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Fisgard,
for temporary charge of the machinery of the
Weser; S. M'Dougald, acting third-class assistant-
engineer, to the Pembroke; F. G. Fegen to be sec-
retary to Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne, the Comman-
der-in-Chief of the North American and West In-
dian Station ; and J. T. Sueter to be secretary to
Admiral Bowles, the Commander-in-Chief at Ports-
mouth.