The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-09 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

The flag officers' good service pension, vacant by
the death of Admiral the Earl of Dundonald,
G.C.8., has been bestowed upon Admiral Sir Ed-
ward D. King, K.C.H.
A lag officer's good service pension has become
in the gift of the Lords of the Admiralty by the
demise:of Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.B.
Capt. H. M. Denham, now commanding her
Majesty's ship Herald, is to have the captain's good
service pension vacant by the promotion of Capt.
T. M. C. Symonds, C. 8., to flag rank.
Yesterday the Royal Commissioners of Fortifica-
tions arrived at Chatham by the first train from
London, and embarked at the Strood pier on board
the paddlewheel steamer Fearless, tender to the
Cumberland, 70, which had been especially placed
at the service of the Commissioners by Admiral
Hope Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore.
The Fearless proceeded at once down the river to
Shoeburyness, where the Commissioners landed,
and were engaged for some time in the inspection
of the works of defence recently erected in that
locality, and after transacting some other business
returned to Chatham in the afternoon.

Mr. S. Whitbread, M.P., one of the Lords of the
Admiralty, yesterday paid an official visit of in-
spection to Woolwich dockyard, and transacted
business with the Commodore Superintendent of
the Yard, the Hon. J. H. Drummond, C.B.
The Geyser, 6, paddlewheel steam sloop, 280
horse-power, Commander G. M. Jackson, arrived at
Sheerness from Portsmouth on Thursday. She
contains supernumeraries for her Majesty's ships
now fitting at Sheerness.
In accordance with Admiralty instructions, the
screw steam vessel Zebra, of 17 guns, will be
launched at Deptford dockyard, on the 16th inst.
The Danish screw frigate Sjvelland, 30 guns,
Capt. Ipsen, sailed from Spithead yesterday, for
Cadiz and the Brazils.

The Ariel, 9, screw, Commander Alexander,
steamed out of Portsmouth harbour on Wednesday,
and anchored at Spithead. Yesterday she was
under weigh examining machinery.
The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander B. C. Pim,
swung yesterday in Portsmouth harbour for the
adjustment of her compasses. Orders have been
received for her departure to therhops of the
Channel, to look out for her Majesty's ship Hero,
and to relieve the homeward-bound. She was ex-
pected to sail at daylight this morning.
The Euryalus, 51, screw, Capt. J. W. Tarleton,
C. 8., will, on her arrival at Portsmouth from the
Cape of Good Hope, turn over the officers and
crew to the Immortalite, 51, screw, in the first-class
of the steam reserve at the port.
The new screw steam sloop, Desperate, 8, Com-
mander T. F. Ross, got up steam at her moorings
in Hamoaze, to try her machinery on Wednesday
afternoon, and again yesterday (Thursday) morn-
' ing, when she went into Plymouth Sound. Her
powder is on board, and she is receiving coal from
the floating depot, preparatory to sailing for the
West Indies.

The screw steam corvette Jason, 21,.400-horse
power, in the first-class steam ordinary at Devon-
port, is ordered to be prepared for the pendant.
The lighter Hamoaze, Thos. Webber master, at
Devonport, is laden with stores and ready to sail for
Pembroke dockyard.
Most of the stragglers from the port division of
the Channel Squadron have gone on board the
screw steam-frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. Arthur
Cumming, in Plymouth Sound, preparing to fol-
low Admiral Stopford to Lisbon.
The screw steam gunvessel Viper, 4, was removed
yesterday from the upper moorings in Hamoaze to

the west shore.
The riggers of the Devonport dockyard have com-
pleted the masting of the screw steam frigate Nar-
cissus, 51, in Keyham basin.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—S. M'Cullum, second class
assistant -engineer, to the Asia for the Rose; J.
Hall, C. Hill, and J. D. Wood, acting third class
assistant-engineers, to the Cumberland, as supernu-
meraries; C. Cartwright, paymaster, to the Ariel ;
Char bdis.
and W. Barnes, clerk, to the
y
.21,E1 ARMY.

Captain Mercer's battery Royal Artillery, under
orders for New Zealand, will sail from the Royal
Arsenal
pier, IVoolvrich, according to present ar-
rangements, on the 17th of the present month. An
escort was
yesterday despatched from head quar-
ters to Fort Clarence and the various military pri-
sons in which men belonging to the battery are at
present under confinement, for the purpose of col-
lecting the entire force of the battery in readiness
for departure. The total number ordered for embar-
kation consists of Captain Mercer and four other
officers, 214 men, 22 women, and their children.
By private letters received at Chatham from offi-
cers serving in China in the battalion of Royal
Marines tinder the command of Lieut.-Col. J. H.
Gaseoigne, the depart tire of the Royal Marines from
China was stated to be decided upon, the date on
which the battalion would embark for England
having been announced byVice-Admiral Hope, C,8.,
as the Ist of October last, by which time it was
confilently expected that the allied operations in
China would have been brought to a termination.
One 0.. f the heavy Armstrong 100 pounder guns,
on
beim g the first of that species yet completed, was