The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-12 00:00:00

21-IE NAVY.

It is uow stated in official quarters that 20 post
captains on the active list will be promoted to that
of rear admirals. This great augmentation of ad-
mirals arises, no doubt, from the want of younger
men as flag officers. The names will be gazetted
in the course of a few weeks, and will include all
those now standing on the captains' list of 1843.
Plymouth, Mail.
Commodore Charles Wise, now senior officer on
the West coast of Africa, is spoken of as likely

to receive some home appointment in the civil
sor-
vice of the Crown. The 'Vesuvius, 6, at present

under that officer's command, will have completed
her three years' commission in April next.—Ply-
mouth Mail.
The Alacrity, 4, screw, Commander J. K. E.
Baird, yesterday received ier marines.
The Avon, steam tender to Impregnable, arrived
at Pembroke on Saturday evening last, with the
seamen riggers, under the charge of Mr. Paul,
assistant master attendant of the dockyard, Devon-

port.
'rho Charybdis, 21, screw steam corvette of 400-
horse power, which has been completed in her
rigging and other fittings at Chatham, was towed
down the Medway yesterday to Folly-point, where
she remains to receive her guns, which are to be
Armstrong's 10-inch, and 1 pivot gun; the ship is
moored alongside the Nankin, 50.
The Constance, 50, at Devonport, is to be con-
verted into a screw ship.
The Devon, lighter, arrived at Pembroke, on
Sunday last, with jury rigging for the Espoir;
and the Tiamoaz?, lighter, with stores from the
eastern yards.
The Espoir, 5, screw steam gunvessel, was
launched at Pembroke-yard on Saturday last, and
as soon as she is jury rigged will be navigated to
Devonport to receive her engines. _

The Greyhound, 17, screw, Commander Sullivan;
fitting at Devonport, will in a few days be ready

For service.

The Implacable, 72, fitting as a training shit
for Devonport, was taken into dock on Tuesday.
_ _

The Inductrz, iron steam vessel, Master Com-
mander Hodges, at Woolwich, has been ucdocked
after repairs, and is ordered to receive, a cargo of
stores for Rio de Janeiro and Ascension.

The North Star, 28, lately employed in the
Arctic exploring service, goes into dock at Chatham
to-day, to be taken to pieces.
The Porcupine, 3, paddle steam surveying vessel,
Captain Otter, was paid wages at I)evonport on
Tuesday, and the crew granted leave.
The Rodney, 91, screw, which has been in dock
at Chatham under conversion, was floated out into
the river Medway yeEterday. She is now a splen-
did ship, R ith a new stern, having been lengthened
25 feet. lier figure-head is also new, it being a
correct bust of the late Lord Rodney; the ship is
moored alongside the sheerhulk, to receive her
enzines fromMessrs•Maudslay and Co.
The Shamrock and Magpie, gunboats, arc under-
going a thorough repair at Devonport.
The Wanderer, 4 screw, Commander M. R Pechell,
. _

is ordered for Chatham to be paid off. The :me
sailed from Malta to Gibraltar and England on the
19th o last month. After she is paid off she will
be placed in the third-class steam reserve.
The Prince of Wales (a converted three-decker)
is in a very forward state, and will be ready for
launching on the 26th inst. Her ways have been
laid and poppets nearly completed. Her figure-
haad is an exact likeness of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales ; it will be in position next week,
and dogs infinite credit to the carvers, the Messrs.
Hellycr..
DEVON PORT DOCKYARD.—Mr; Sturgess, third
class clerk in the storekeeper's office, has been trans-
ferred to Deptford; and Mr. W. G. Gilbert, of
Malta-yard, is appointed to this yard. The follow-
ing superannuations have taken place :—Richard
Pasco, leading mau of rig,,ers, on £52 3s. 4d. per
annum ; Samuel Organ and J Lander, shipwrigbts,
on .£46 19s. per annum, each ; and Henry Broad,
smith, on £45 ss. 2d. per annum.
PEMBROKE YARD.—Amongst other changes in
the Navy List for this quarter we notice that the
clerk of the works at this establishment has been
made a principal officer of the yard, and will for
the future take rank next the store-receivers.
Two courts-martial were held yesterday on board
the flag-ship Impre :liable in Hamoaze to try James
Martin, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery. The
charge was that he, " being in actual service and
pay in her Majesty's fleet, and serving on board her
Majesty's ship Royal Albert, did, on or about the
sth day of January, 1860, while Lieut. Cuthbert
Featherstone Daly, Royal Marinas, serving on
board the said ship, was going the usual night
round between the hours of 10 and 11 p.m. on board
the said ship, rush from under cover on the main
deck and did attempt to strike the First Lieut.,
Cuthbert Featherstone Daly, his, the said James
Martin's, superior officer, in the execution of his
duty, and did make use of threatening and dis-
gusting -language, saying, ' Let the have
it,' or words to that effect, meaning him, the said
First Lieutenant, Cuthbert Featherstone Daly."
Also on Jobn Dillon, private, Royal Marine Artil-
lery, for violently striking the said Lieut. Daly in
the mouth and knocking him down. In both cases
the' prisoners jumped out from between tke guns
and committed the assault. The courts martial
assembled at nine o'clock in the morning, Sir
Thomas Parley, president, and sat until two o'clock
p.m. We learn by electric telegraph that the sen-
tence on James Martin was that he be hanged on
the yardarm of any of her Majesty's ships; and 013