The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-14 00:00:00

7HE NAVY.

Her Mojesty's screw steamship Himalaya, Cipt.
J. Seceombe, le'r Spithead under steam yesterday
at 3.15 p.m., by the eastern passage, proceeding
down Channel in search of her Majesty's ship Hero,
is compliance with instructions to that effect re-
ceived from the Admiralty. A port ion of the sea-
men aid stokers belonging to the ship are away on
leave, but draughts of men from other ships in the
harbour were sent on board temporarily to fill their
berths. Immediately on the receipt of the ship's
orders she was taken in tow by two steam tugs, and
towed out of harbour to Spithead, getting up her
own steam on.the way. The wind at the time of
her sailing was from the N.E., with thick weather,
the Mersey frigate, at anchor at Spithead, being
barely distinguishable from the shore during the
day.

The Osborne, paddle yacht, Master Commandant
G. K. Bower, sailed yesterday morning at daylight
from Portsmouth for Antwerp, at which port she
will embark the Empress of Austria and suite for
Madeira, calling at Plymouth on her way down
Channel to fill up coal.

The Commander-in Chief at Sheerness, Vice-
Admiral J. hope Johnstone, has received instruc-
tions from the Admiralty for the entry of 50 novices
and boys of the first-class for training on board her
Majesty's ship Formidable, 84 guns, flag ship at
Sheerness, and also for the entry of as many as 15
second-class boys from ashore for the same purpose.
The sailing transport Norwood has been chartered
by the War Department to embark Capt. Mercer's
battery for Auckland, New Zealand, and is expected
to arrive at Woolwich about the 15th inst. to em-
bark stores and prepare for the reception of the
battery. Mr. T. Ingram, an officer of the Military
Store Department at Woolwich, is under orders to
take passage i❑ charge of the stores.
The following vessels have been taken up by the
War Department to ship military stores from
Woolwich—namely. the John Henry, Celerity,
Ranger, Caroline, Renshaw, Elizabeth, Runny-
mede, Georgiana, Neptune, Victoria, and Gotten-
burg ; and the steamers Prompt and Cadiz, all for
foreign stations.

The newly constructed steam sloop Zebra was yes-
terday launched from Deptford Dockyard. The
ceremony of christening the vessel was performed
by Miss Emily Schmidt, and her principal dimen-
sions are as follows :—Length over all, 212 ft. Sin. ;
ditto between perpendiculars, 1851 t. 4in.; breadth,
extreme, 33f. 2in. ; depth in hold, 17f. sin. ; bur-
then in tons, 980 8-94. Her armament will consist
of 17 guns—namely, 16 32-pounders, 32 cwt., Oft.
Gin. long, and one 32-pounder, 58 cwt., 9ft. Gin.
long. Hsr engines will be nominally of 200-horse
power.

The screw iitealwhi p Royal George, 91, at Ply-
mouth, is to be armed on her lower deck with 32
8-inch guns, 65 cwt. each and Oft. long; on the
main deck 34 32-pounders, 55 cwt., 9ft. Gin. long ;
and on the upper deck 22 32-pounderki, 42 cwt. Sftq
and 2 68-pounders, pivot guns 95 cwt., 10ft. long.
The members of the Royal Commission of In-
quiry now sitting in the Devouport dockyard arc—
Lord Gifford, Mr. Dalgleish, M.P., Admiral
Robinson, axd Sir H. Willoughby ; Mr. A. Price
is secretary.

His Netherlands Majesty's steamship Retch,
Captain de Kock, from the Texel on Saturday, put
into Plymouth Sound yesterday (Tuesday) morning,
bound to Batavia.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. S. It. Huntley to the
Arrogant additional for disposal ; Lieut. Edward
L. Green and Lieut. H. Eden to the Bacchante
additional for disposal ; Lieut. R. Onslow and
Lieut. A. B. Wodehouse to the Marlborough addi-
tional for disposal ; Lieut. George B. Evans to the
Nile additional for disposal ; Lieut. R. S. Hu it to
the Harrier additional for disposal ; Lieut. John
G. F. Leacock to the Chesapeake additional for
disposal ; Frederick F. Flynn acting assistant-
surgeon to the Argus ; and Thomas 0. Joynson,
assistant-paymaster in charge to the Caradoc,