The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-12 00:00:00

2HE _NAVY.

Vice-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8.,
struck his flag at sunset on Tuesday on board the
Indus, 78, Capt. Hall, at Plymouth.
The Wasp, 13, screw-sloop, at Sheerness, is or-
dered to be commissioned immediately, with a com-
plement of 165 officers and men. Commander
Charles Stirling, who has been appointed to her
command, served as Lieutenant of the Queen, 116,
in the Black Sea fleet, from March, 1853, until re-
appointed in July, 1855, Flag-Lieut. to the Win-
chester, 50, flagship of Rear• Admiral Sir James
Stirling, in the East Indies, where he remained un-
til promoted to commander, June 16, 1856.
The Forte, 51, screw, Capt. E. Tumour, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir H. Keppell,
K.C.8., arrived at Spithead from Sheerness early
yesterday morning, and at 8 a.m. exchanged the
usual honorary salutes withthe Victory, flagship of
the Commander-in-Chief. The Forte has a few de-
fects to be made good.
The Siren, 16, sailing sloop, Commander George
M. Balfour, was paid off at Portsmouth yesterday.
The Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. George D. O'Cal-
laghan, took out her powder awl shell yesterday at
Spithead, and will go into Portsmouth harbour this
morning for repairs.
The Firebrand, 6, paddle steamer, Commander J.
M. Bruce, went into Portsmouth Harbour yester-
day morning from Spithead. She is expected to
proceed to the Channel Islands with troops.
The disturbance on board a line-of-battle ship at
Spithead, on Tuesday, and referred to in the Sun
of yesterday, occurred on board the Edgar, 91,
screw, Captain Baton, flagship of Rear-Admiral
J. E. Erskine, second in command of the Channel
Fleet. It is stated that the Marines first displayed
signs of insubordination relative to leave on the
Monday, which was renewed on Tuesday, on which
day a portion of the ship's company joined them,
when there ensued the usual routine practised of
late on such disgraceful occasions. Five of the
ringleaders, comprising two Marines, one Marine
artilleryman, and two seamen, were sent on board
the Victory, where it is supposed they will be
tried for their mutinous conduct. Various rumours
are in circulation as to the cause of the disturbance
and its extent. The Sprightly steamer was ordered
to bank her fires, and the Marines on board her
Majesty's ship Victory were to hold themselves in
readiness during last night to proceed in her on
board the Edgar, should their services be required.
The screw steamship Hero, 91, Captain Seymour,
having been fitted at Devonport Dockyard for the
reception of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, received her powder on Tuesday morning.
The gunboat Hind, tender to the Russell, 60, at
Falmouth, left Plymouth on Tuesday morning for
Salcombe, and returned to the Sound in the even-
ing. She has since taken in about 13 tons of pro-
visiobs, and will proceed to-day or to-morrow for
the coast of Cornwall.
The Howe, 121, was hauled off from Devonport
Dockyard on Tuesday, and placed alongside the
sheer hulk Kent, to be dismantled. She will be
placed in the basin at Keyham to-day (Thursday).
The screw steam frigate Phoebe, 50, was taken
out of the north dock at Devonport on Tuesday and
moored to the jetty. The vessel has been lengthened
60 feet, and the alteration appears to have been very
successful.

The screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Captain
Sotheby, C. 8., was taken out of No. 3 dock at Key-
ham Steamyard on Tuesday, and moored in the

basin.

The gunboat Redwing, tender to the gunnery-
ship Cambridge, in Hamoaze, has had defects made
good, and will be taken outside Plymouth Break-
water to prove her machinery to-day (Thursday).
Boats belonging to the Nile, Conqueror, Hero,
Orlando, Avon, and several other ships at Plymouth,
have been fitted with Capt. Kynaston's lowering
apparatus.

The paddle-wheel steam frigate Terrible, Capt.
Glasse, in Plymouth Sound, discharged her powder
on Tuesday.
The iron paddle-wheel steam vessel Dover, late
on service in the river Gambia, yesterday went
down the Thames from Woolwich Dockyard on az
engineer's trial of her machinery, after thorough
repairs, prior to being handed over to the Colonial
Department. Mr. Robert Taplin, assistant-inspec-
tor of machinery, accompanied the Dover for the
purpose of rendering an official report to the Board
of Admiralty.

The chartered East India troopship Windsor
Castle, 1,259 tons, Capt. Peare, which arrived at

Gravesend on Tuesday from Bombay, having on
board a large number of soldiers who have been
sent home from the various cavalry and infantry
regiments serving in Bombay, disembarked her
troops on Tuesday afternoon, when they were for-
warded to Chatham, where they arrived on the
same evening. The Windsor Castle sailed from Bom-
bay on the 3d of lan. last, touched at St. Helena on
the 26th of Feb., and sailed three days after, the
vissage to the Thames occupying 99 days. The
number of troops who embarked was 207.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. IV. Gillett to the

Wasp ; 1,. W. Moncrieff, midshipman, to the Mars ;
Arthur Thomas, master, to the Wasp; J. J. Martin,
surgeon, to the Implacable ; W. N. Ogilvie, sur.

geon, to the Wasp ; W. L. Powell, acting assist.-
. surgeon, to the Meg -era ; S. G. Tattersall, master's
assistant, to the Aboukir ; T. Heard, second-class
assist.-engineer, to the Wasp; M. B. Kelly, third-
elts9, and D. Wishart, acting third-class assist.-
engineers, to the Wasp ; R. W. Drummond, acting
third-class assist.- engineer, to the Asia, as super-
n•

.nrnerary ; Thos. 'Hatton, acting third-class assist.-
engineer, to the Pisgard, for service in the Bustler ;
J. IT. Jackson., paymaster, to the Wasp ; and J. W.
Featherstone, assist,-clerk, to the Euryalus.