The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-23 00:00:00

THE NA VY.

The paddlewheel steam storeship Rhadamanthus,
4, J. R. Sturdee, master commanding, from Wool-
wich and Portsmouth, arrived yesterday (Sunday)
at Plymouth, with marine engine gear for Keyham
steamyard.
The principal defects of the screw steam-sloop
Greyhound, 17, Commander Sullivan, at Devon-
port, having been repaired, her crew are to be paid
wages to-day.

The iron paddlewheel steam-vessel Bloodhound,
3, Lieut.-Commander Bennett, from Woolwich,
which arrived on Friday in Plymouth Sound, got
up steam on Saturday and went to Hamoaze for
the purpose of having leaks stopped and defects
made good, preparatory to sailing for the West
Coast of Africa.

The paddlewheel steam-vessel Avon, J. Day,
master, at Devonport, filled up with coal on Satur-
day.

The paddlewheel steam-sloop Geyser, 6, Com-
mander George M. Jackson, at Devonport, is re-
ceiving her guns, and is ready to have sails bent;
she is out of the hands of the dockyard authorities.
The Barracouta, 6, paddle, Commander W. Wood,
arrived at Spithead, from the eastward, early on
Saturday morning, and sailed again for the west•
ward yesterday afternoon.

The Princess Royal, screw, 90, fitting for the Ist
class steam reserve at Portsmouth, has commenced
taking in her engines and boilers. The Shannon,
51, screw, in the Ist class reserve, has reshipped
her propeller, which has had the leading corner
of each of its blades cut off.

The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander B. C. Pim,
has been placed in the steam basin at Portsmouth
to refit and receive new boilers, &c.

The IViegmra screw troop-ship, Commander Hen-
derson, at Portsmouth, is under orders for further
service in the Mediterranean.

The launching of the fine line-of-battle screw
steam-ship Atlas, 91 guns, took place from No. 6
slip at Chatham on Saturday afternoon, with the
most complete success, making the fourth large ves-
sel of war which has been launched from that dock-
yard in little more than 12 months. Mrs. Schom-
berg, the wife of Capt. Schoenberg, superintendent
of the steam reserve ordinary in the Medway, per-
formed the ceremony of christening the ship.
The following is stated to be the dimensions of the
ship :—Length extreme, 281 feet; length between
perpendiculars, 244 feet 9 inches; breadth extreme,
54 feet 4 inches ; breadth for tonnage, 54 feet
6 inches ; height forward, 53 feet ; height aft,
58 feet 6 inches; burthen in tons, 3,317 78-34.
Another vessel, of a similar size to that of the Atlas,
will be immediately laid down on the same slip.
The next vessel to be launched at Chatham dockyard
is the Bulwark, 91, nearly completed.
The screw steam Coastguard ships which have
been assembling at Portland during the last few
days left that harbour under canvas on Friday
afternoon for a cruise in the Channel. The fleet
consists of the Colossus, 80, bearing the broad pen-
dant of Commodore Yelverton ; Majestic, 80 ;
Blenheim, 60; Ajax, 60 ; Hogue, 60 ; Cornwallis,
60 ; Hawke, 60 ; Dauntless, 31; Pembroke, 60;
Edinburgh, 60 ; and the Russell, 60. The two
latter vessels, in consequence of the leeward position
in which they had been anchored, were assisted
round the end of the outer breaker by the steam-
tug Rattler, after which sail was made down
Channel. The spectacle presented by 11 large men-
of-war under full sail passing round the island Was
very splendid,

The following promotions in the navy, to bear
date the 21st inst., are announced :—Commanders
to be Captains—E. G. Hore, J. G. Bickford, W. E.
A. Gordon, and C. Vesey. Lients to be Comman-
ders—W. Strickland, D. Herbert, Iltid T. M.
Nicholl, James Simpson (b), H. West, and J. W.
Pike.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Almiralty :—Lieut. Lord W. T. Kerr to
the Emerald ; W. F. Boughey, midshipman, to the
Mersey ; C. J. H. Bliss, midshipman, to the Orion ;
H. V. Smith and H. C. Walker, midshipmen, to the
Barracouta ; S. Vaughan, surg., to the Royal Ade-
laide; W. Taylor, master's assist., to the Geyser;
J. T. Price, clerk, to the Donegal ; Wm. Barnes,
clerk, to the Formidable ; Adolph Hunter, clerk, to
the Trafalgar; and W. Nottidge, secretary's clerk,
to the Formidable.