The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-06 00:00:00

master, has been taken into dock at Chatham to
have her defects made good.
A new despatch screw gun-vessel, intended to
carry six guns, has been commenced in No. 6 slip
at Chatham Dockyard, and is to be completed with
all despatch.

' Toes were put over the mastheads of the screw
steam corvette Jason, 21, at Devonport, on Friday
by the men attached to the ships in ordinary.
The paddle-wheel steam storeship Dee, 4, Master-
Commander T. C. Pullen, having received a cargo
of provisions at the Royal William Victualling-
yard, and embarked supernumerary officers and
seamen, left Plymouth on Friday for Cork.
A Malta letter, dated July 29, says :
" Her Majesty's steam frigate Racoon left on the
24th inst., for Beyrout, with stores for the squadron ;
she is to proceed under canvas, for the sake of eco-
nomy of coal. Her Majesty's line-of-battle ships St.
Jean d'Acre and Cressy arrived to-day from Zante,
which port they left on the 21st inst. Her Majesty's
gunboat Intrepid also came in to-day from Naples
and Messina, with dates from the former place to
the 26th, and from the latter to the 27th inst. One
of the three Dutch steam frigates, lately arrived
here from Tunis, the Admiral Van Wassanaer, Capt.
C. R. Van Voss, left here on the 27th inst. for
Beyrout. The Greek Government steamer Le Roi
Othou arrived on the 23d inst., from London and
Gibraltar, and left on the following day for Syra.
Another Greek Government steamer, the Byzantien,
arrived on the 27th, from Glasgow, also on her way
to Syra, and left on the following day for her desti-
nation. The English screw steamers Prompt and
Admiral Kanaris arrived from London on the 24th
inst., the former for the lonian Islands and the
latter for Constantinople ; bath vessels have left for
their respective destinations. The English screw
steamer Alice arrived on the 27th, from Middles-
borough, Falmouth, and Gibraltar, and left shortly
afterwards for Alexandria. The Euphrate, which
proceeded on her way to Alexandria at 1 p.m. the
same day, brought the first detachment of the ex-
peditionary army, which it is now known the
French Government have determined upon de-
spatching to Syria for the protection of the Chris-
tian populations in that country. The troops on
board this vessel consisted of a general officer and
staff and 29 non-commissioned officers and soldiers
of the Intendance. The Amerique and Gauge,
Fiench steamers, were embarking at Marseil:es
some 1,100 or 2,000 troops and materiel when the
Euphrate was leaving, and orders have been re- 1
ceived by the French Consulate here to have a sup-
ply of coal in readiness for them in case they should
touch at Malta. It had not been quite decided
whether the expedition should take the Malta or
the Messina route. The Messina way would have
been preferred, but owing to the present unsettled
state of things at that port, Malta will probably be
elected as the place of call."

The following transpOrts were on Saturday taken
up by the War Department to ship from the mili-
tary store depot Woolwich, for foreign stations—
namely, the Adventure, the Director, the Persian,
the Western Star, the Skipwith, the Jane, the
Yaratilda, and the steamer. Peninsula.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—J. Moore, paymaster, to the Wel-
lington; J. K. Bell, clerk, to the Diadem ; Lieut.
R. H. D. King, to the Orion ; E. Harris, paymaster
additional, to the Impregnable ; J. N. Harvey, as-
sistant-paymaster, to the Royal Adelaide ; Lieut.
G. Powys to the Royal Albert ; Lieut. J. E. M.
Wilson to the Conqueror ; Lieut. C. Le Mesurier to
to the Orion ; Lieut. J. A. Hodgskin to the Daunt-
less, additional for the Coastguard ; R. B. Lambert,
mate, to the Marlborough, for disposal ; E. L. B.
Williams, master, to the Indus, for the Desperate;
J. Waye, master, to the Indus, for the Jason ; C. P.
Mulbany, W. E. Dillon, and F. Egan, acting assis-
tant-surgeons, to the Victory, for service at Haslar
Hospital ; G. Mair, G. V. Hart, and C. L. Cunning-
ham, acting assistant-surgeons, to the Impregnable,
for service at Plymouth Hospital; and R. Borrows,
acting assistant-surgeon, to the Royal Adelaide.