The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-26 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

The screw steamship St. George, 90, Captain the
Hon. F. Egerton, which left the Sound on Friday
morning, is gone for a month's cruise. H.R.H.
Prince Alfred has left the Euryalus, 50, to enable
him to obtain experience in the navigation of a
larger ship, and he joins the St. George, 90, in
January, when having visited Africa in the frigate,
he will have an opportunity of seeing the western
continent, his new trip being to the West Indies
and North America. Some of the other midship-
men of the Euryalus will be transferred with his
Royal Highness to the St. George. Mr. Brierly
has been honoured with instructions from Bucking-
ham Palace to prepare a painting of the young
Prince's new ship,.

The Royal Commissioners for inquiring into the
control and management of:the dockyards examined
Col. Greene, the director of works in the Admiralty
departments, on Wednesday last. The Commis-
sioners are to proceed to Chatham on Wednesday,
to make an inspection of the dockyard at that port,
and will next proceed to Sheerness.
The following line-of-battle and other screw
steamers are now lying at anchor at Chatham, and
compose the steam reserve in the Medway, under
the command of Captain C. F. Schomberg :-
First Division-The Meanee, 60, 400-horse power;
the Phaeton, 51, 400-horse power; the Challenger,
22, 400-horse power ; and the screw gunboats Bull-
deg, Carnation, Cochin, Griper, and Hasty, each of
two guns, and 60-horse power.
Second Division-The Hood, 91, 600-horse power;
the Rodney, 90, 500-horse power; the Waterloo,
90, 500-horse power; the Bombay, 81, 400-horse
power (in dock); the Goliath, 80, 400-horse power;
the Irresistible, 80, 400-horse power; the Arethusa, '
51, 500-horse power (in dock) ; the Severn, 51,
500-horse power ; the Galatea, 26, 800-horse
power ; the Orestes, 21, 400-horse power;
the Orpheus, 21, 400-horse power ; the Ma-
lacca, 17, 200-horse power ; the Horatio, 12,
250-horse power; the Dragon, 6, 560-horse power ;
the Victor, 6, 350-horse power ; the Griffon, 5, 80-
horse-power; the Plover, 5, 80-horse power; the
Cormorant, 4,200. horse power ; the Race-horse, 4,
200-horse power; the Wanderer, 4, 200-horse
power; the steam floating batteries iEtna, 16, 200-
horse power ; Thunderbolt, 16, 200-horse power ;
Thunderer, 14, 150-horse power; and Trusty, 14,
150-horse power; and the gunboats Herring, Julia,
and Mistletoe.
Third Division.-The Anson, 91,800-horse power;
the Atlas, 91, 800-horse power; the Newcastle, 51,
600-horse power; the Eurotas, 12, 200-horse power
(mortar vessel) ; the Swallow, 9, 60-horse power ;
the Hermes, 6, 220-horse power; the Virago, 6,
300-horse power ; and the gunboats, Dwarf, Manly,
Mastiff, Pelto, Spey, Sepoy, Surly, Thistle,
Thrasher, and Tickler.
Fourth Division.-The Collingwood, 80, 400-
horse power; the Leander, 51, 400-horse power;
the Phoenix, 6, 260-horse power ; the Salamander
6, 220-horse power; and the gunboat Fidget.
His Netherlands Majesty's ship Cornelis Dirks,
Capt. Koopman, sailed from Spithead for the West
Indies on Saturday.

A letter dated Corfu, Nov. 3, has been received
at Plymouth, from the screw steamship Orion, 91,
Capt. J. B. E. Frere. It states that mite of the crew
quarrelled with a shipmate, whom he stabbed with
a knife. Death followed almost immediately, and
the perpetrator was sentenced by court-martial to
six months' imprisonment in England. It was ex-
pected that the Admiral would on the sth instant
hoist his flag on board the Orion, which was likely
to winter at Corfu. The frigate Melpomene, 51,
Capt. Jas. J. F. Ewart, was to go home shortly to
be paid off. Sickness among the crew was increas-
ing so much on board the St. Jean d'Acre, 101,
Capt. T. P. Thompson, that it is probable she will
have to:leave the station.

Rear-Adm;ral Sir T. Sabina Pasley returned to
Devonport on Saturday, from leave of absence, and
re-hoisted his flag as Admiral Superintendent on
board the reserve depot ship Royal Adelaide, 104,
Capt. W. K. Hall, Cal., in Hamoaze.
The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee, 4, Master
Commander T. C. Pullen, having completed with
coal, took her departure on Saturday from Ply-
mouth for Pembroke.

The iron screw steam storeship H;malaya, Capt.
J. Seccombe, from Ireland, arrived. in Plymouth
Sound on Saturday.

The screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Capt. A. P.
E. Wilmot, flagship at Queenstos‘ a, having taken
on board supernumeraries for the Ajax, left Ply-
mouth Sound on Friday afternoon, under canvas
only, for Queenstown.

The screw steam corvette Charybdis, 21, Capt.
the Hon. G. D. Keane, was placed in No. 3 dock in
Keyham Steamyard on Saturday afternoon.
The rudder of his Netherlands Majesty's steam
frigate Admiral Wassenaar is being repaired at
the Devonport Dockyard. When completed, the
frigate will probably return to Holland.
The yards and masts of the screw steam sloop
Flying Fish, 6, Commander C. W. Hope, have been
struck, and she is refitting at Devonpoit.
His Russian Imperial Majesty's steam frigate
()leg, 67, Capt. Audreof, from Cronstadt, on her
passage to the Mediterranean, put into Plymouth
Sound on Saturday morning, and saluted the British
flag, which was acknowledged by the citadel and
the flag of Port Admiral Sir H. Stewart, K.C.8.,
and responded to by the Impregnable, 104, Capt.
Lord F. Kerr, in Hamoaze. Mr. W. Luscombe,
Russian Consul and Mayor of Plymouth, visited the
Oleg in the afternoon, and was complimented on
his departure by a salute of seven guns.
The name of the officer appointed to the Hero is
not Henry, but Edye.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—W. L. Gordon, M.D.,
surgeon, to the,lmmortalite ; W. J. Grady, second
master, to the Himalaya ; W. B. Edkins, clerk, to
the Majestic.