The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-07 00:00:00

Rear-Admiral, R. F. Stopford's port division of
the Channel -squadron, in Plymouth Sound, re-
ceived orders on Monday evening to prepare for
sailing yes'.erday (Tuesday). morning for Lisbon :
and the ships were supplied by Mr. W. F. Collier,
the Porturoese Vice• Consul, with bills of health
for that city—a course not frequently observed.
They co7.lsist of the flagship Royal Albert, 121,
Capt. Fl. D. Lacon ; Conqueror, 101, Capt. E. S.
Seth& Jy, C. 8.; Donegal, 101, Capt. H. Broadhead;
AborJkir, 90, Capt. D. Curry; Centurion, 80, Capt,
H. D. Rogers, C.B. ; and Emerald, 31, Capt. A.
Cv.mming. At an early hour yesterday (Tuesday)
morning, they picked up their small bower an-
mhors, and at 11 o'clock fires were lighted under
the boilers of the Royal Albert and Aboukir. At
one p.m. the ships were detained for despatches.
At two the Conqueror, Centurion, and Donegal lett
the Sound under canvas, and the Royal Albert and
Aboukir under steam. They would soon put out
their fires, as the wind continues strong from the
eastward. The Emerald hauled down her blue-
peter at 14, and will not sail with the rest, but re-
main at Plymouth for the stragglers, of whom there
are about 200 on shore without leave.
The paddlewheel steam-tender Avon is on the
look out, near the Eddystone; she has men on
board ;for the Hero, 91, Commander George H.
Seymour, C. 8., hourly expected from America,
with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
O•n Thursday morning last her Majesty's steam
corvette Charybdis,2l guns, 400 horse power, was
ordered to be brought forward for commission. She
was at the time completely stripped for winter
moorings, having her lower yards and topmasts
struck, but through the activity of the officers and
men of the Steam Ordinary at Sheerness, under
the command of Capt. Schomberg, she has been
fitted and coaled for sea service. Her sails are now
bent, and the ship is ready in all respects and await-
ing her officers and ship's company. She has been
commissioned by Capt. G. Parker and the pennant
hoisted by Mr. Giles, master, and it is expected
that she will be ordered to sea in a few days.
The screw steam gun vessel Landrail, Commander
T. H. M. Martin, left Plymouth Sound on Sunday
for the West Indies, taking supernumeraries for
the flagship Nile.
The Immortalite, 51, screw, in the first-class
steam reserve at Portsmouth, is ordered for imme-
diate commission, by telegram from the Admiralty,
received yesterday at Portsmouth.
The Geyser, 6, paddle, which left Spithead for
Sheerness on Monday, put back to the former an-
chorage yesterday. It was blowing an easterly
gale in the Channel.
The Ariel, 9, screw, Commander Alexander, will
go out of harbour at Portsmouth to-day to Spithead,
weather permitting.
The Himalaya, screw troopship, Captain J. Sec-
combe, at Portsmouth, is reported for further troop
service on the 16th inst. Her crew have been paid
wages and granted leave ashore.

The screw steamship Desperate, 8, at Plymouth,
nearly ready for sea, is expected to be sent to New
Zealand, and will probably remain three years on
the Australian station.

The paddlewheel steamvessel Spiteful, 6, Com-
mander Wilson, is ordered from Plymouth Sound
to the Chops of the Channel to relieve the home-
ward-bound merchant ships, of which there are
many detained there by the prevailing strong
easterly winds.

Salutes of 19 guns were fired on Monday after-
noon at Plymouth from the citadel and from the
ships in commission, in honour of the capture of the
Taku Forts and the victory in China.
The naval transport Diligence, I. Head master,
being laden with provisions, with stores from the
Devonport dockyard, boats, &c., was ready to sail
yesterday (Tuesday) from Plymouth for Deptford
as soon as the wind shifted to a more favourable
quarter.

His Danish Majesty's screw frigate Sjvellatfd,
Captain Ipsen, from Copenhagen, bound to the
Brazils,North America, and West Indies, arrived at
Spithead yesterday. On anchoring she exchanged
the usual honorary salutes with the fortress and
H.M.S. Victory. Captain Ipsen afterwards landed,
and accompanied by Mr. A. L. Vandenbergh, the
Danish Consul at the port, waited upon the Port
Admiral, Lieutenant-Governor, and the Admiral
Superintendent, at their respective residences. The
Sjvelland is a new frigate, of 2,000 tons burden.
She carries 42 30-pounder guns, and is fitted with
300-horse power (nominal) engines, by Messrs.
Maudslay, Field, and Sons. The ship will take on
board a supply of coals at Spithead, and sail to-
morrow or Friday for the Brazils, calling at Cadiz.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander H. Christien,
to the Victoria and Albert ;ILieut. G. L. Sulivan, to
the Victoria and Albert; J. Bridgman, chief engi-
neer, to the Charybdis ; J. Roffey, confirmed in the
rank of chief engineer ; E. Hawke, second-class
assistant-engineer, to the Charybdis ; W. Roberts,
second-class assistant-engineer, to the Blenheim, for
service in the Violet; J. V. Slade, acting second-
class assistant-engineer, to the Charybdis:; N. r
Hockerston, acting third-class assistant-engineer,
to the Asia, as supernumerary ; Wm. D. Bertram,
acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Charyb-
dis; T. Lewis, third-class assistant-engineer, to
the Charybdis : and G. Grandier, paymaster, addi-
tional, to the Royal Adelaide.