The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-02 00:00:00

7'1.111 NAVY.

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On Sn; turday the Channel fleet arrived in Yar-
mouth I toads. The squadron, wnich has been en-
gaged •i .n target practice in the North Sea duiing
the pw it week, consists of the Royal Albert, 120 ;
Congo eror, 101 ; Donegal, 101 ; Algiers, 91 ; td-
gar,. '9l ; Aboukir, 91 ; Trafalgar, 91 ; Centurion,
80 ; .Mars, 80 ; Mersey, 40 ; Diadem, 32 ; Ariadne,
26; and Flying Fish, 6. The fleet is not expected

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to rel nal n in Yarmouth Roads more than three

or four days, as it is to take part in a naval review
before the 'departure of his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales for Canada.

The Royal Oak, 91, line-of-battle screw steamer;
has been laid down at No. 7 slip at Chatham dock-

yard, and the screw frigate Belvedere, of 51 guns,
on No. 4 slip, and both vessels are to be proceeded
with in their construction without any delay. The
preparations for the launch of the line-of-battle
steamer Atlas, 91, which is ordered to take place on
the 21st inst., have been commenced, and a number
of shipwrights are employed in preparing the
launching ways and other preliminaries for that
event.

The Bulwark, 91, and the Undaunted, 51, im
proved screw frigate, building at Chatham, are in
a very advanced state, and a large number of ship-
wrights are employed on them in pushing them
forward in order that they may be completed
as early as possible. The Rattlesnake, 20, and the
Reindeer, 17, the latter just commenced, are both
being proceeded with.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, 6, Com-
mander Jackson, was towed on Saturday from the
coal ship in Hamoaze to the Devonport dockyard,
to be rigged and fitted for sea service.
The screw steamship Orion, 91, Capt. Fr ere, was
hauled on Saturday from under the sheers in Key-
ham steamyard to the south jetty, and lashed there
for a trial of her machinery to-morrow (Tuesday).
The folloWing line-of-battle and other screw
steamers are now building at Chatham Dockyard
and in various stages of progress, viz. :—The Atlas,
91, completed; the Bulwark, 91, more than half
completed; the Royal Oak, 91, just commenced ; the
Undaunted, 51, about half finished ; the Belvedere,
51, recently commenced ; the Rattlesnake, 20, in a
very forward state ; and the Reindeer, 17, com-
menced last week. In addition to the above, the
Bombay, 84, and the Arethusa, 51, are in dock un-
dergoing the process of conversion from sailing
vessels to screw steamers.
The Mullett, screw despatch vessel, built for the
Government at Blackwell, is ordered to be com-
pleted for service at this yard.
The screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the
Hon. J. Egerton, will be out of the hands of the
dockyard artisans at Plymouth on the 4th inst.
She received a draught of thirty-five men from the
flagship Impregnable on Saturday.
Col. Haddon, R.E., has been directed to inspect
a site for an additional fort or battery proposed
to be erected for the defence of the harbltr of Great
Yarmouth.
The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan-
mure got up steam at the Royal William victual-
ling-yard, Plymouth, on Saturday, and proceeded
to the gun-wharf to complete loading for Woolwich.
The paddlewheel steam tender Lucifer, 3, from
Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday,
with 150 supernumeraries, including 50 boys for
the training ship Implacable, and the same day
took on board supernumerary seamen and marines,
and sailed yesterday morning for Portsmouth.
Eight hired sawyers were discharged from the
Devonport dockyard on Saturday.
The Victualling-yard steamer Thais is under re-
pair alongside Keyham steam-yard, Plymouth.
The paddlewheel steam frigate Terrible, 21, Capt.
Glasse, has received supernumerary stokers from
the steam guardship in ordinary Wellington, for a
passage to the Mediterranean. The Terrible will
get up steam to-day (Monday) to prove her boilers,
and if found perfect she will proceed for her desti-
nation.
The defects of the steam gunboat Violet, Lieut.
Eugene C. Batty, at Devonport, will be completed
about the Bth July.
His Brazilian Majesty's steam corvette Donna
Isabel left Plymouth Sound yesterday morning for
the westward. It is stated that she is gone to Canada.
The screw steam troopship Himalaya, Capt. John
Seccombe, was cast off from the hulk Endymion, in
Hamoaze, on Saturday morning, and she proceeded
out of Plymouth Sound in charge of Commander
Paul, of the Devonport dockyard, to try her engines
and new propeller; at 6 p.m. she returned and
anchored in the Sound.
The crew of the guard-ship of ordinary Royal
Adelaide, 101, at Plymouth, will be paid off about
the 20th July.
Capt. Charles Wise was on Saturday appointed
Captain Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard, vice
Capt. 8.. B. Watson, C.B.
Capt. Luard is appointed to the Formidable, to
be commissioned as flag ship to Vice-Admiral John-
stone, at Sheerness.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Edward J. Maitland, mas-
ter, to the Adventure ; J. Young, third-class assist-
ant-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary, for
hospital treatment ; John Adams, third-class acting
assistant-engineer to the DiaZem ; Robt. Anderson
(h) and Joseph V. B. Thompson, acting third-class
assistant-engineers, to the Himalaya; John Symons,
acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Wel-
lington, as supernumerary ; George A. Moses, acting
third-class assistant,-engineer, to the Geyser, as
snpernumcrary; and John G. Card, clerk, to the
Pembroke.

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The following officers and. troops belonging to
the East India depots at Chatham garrison are
under orders to embark at Gravesend for Ctlento,
to join the head-quarters of their respective regi-
ments serving in Bengal, as soon as the required
amount of tonnage has been taken up for them by
the Hon. Council for India,—viz. Lieutenant C. J.
Backas, Ensign C. C. B. Tribe, Ensign H. Stokes,
and ,60 men of the Ist battalion 19th Regiment ;
Lieut. C. H. Webster, Lieut. C. Enys, Ensign T. A.
Davies, Ensign 'l'. Macaulay, and 70 men of the
Ist tratta4on -20th R-giment; Ensign A. H. Put-
chinson, Ensign W. 11. Adams, and 70 men of the
Ist battalion 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Ensign
W. Poste,- Ensign W. Tolson, and 98 non commis-
sioned officers and men of the 35th (Royal Sussex)
Regiment ; Lieut. 11. P. Dawson, Ensign A. F.
Leatham, and 96 men of all ranks of the 75th Re•
giment ; Captain W. J. Careen, Lieut. A. T. Butts,
Ensign 0. H..Blount, Ensign E. N. Mosley, En-
sign W. S. Henderson, and 115 non-commissioned
officersand'privates of the 77th Regiment, giving
a total of 18 officers and 509 non-commissioned of-
ficers and men. The following troops will embark
for Madras on Friday, at Gravesend :—Lieut. H.
Gorton, Ensign E. Villiers, Ensign R. M. Tod, and
186 men of ali ranks of the 431 Light Infantry;
Ensign R. B. Wesley and 272 non-commis-
sioned officers and privates of the 91st Regi-
ment. The undermentioned officers and men will
embark at Gravesend for Kurrachee, but the date
has not been announced—viz., Lieut. E. Pakenham,
FEnsign V. E. Knox, Ensign E. S. Ker, Ensign H.
Barker, Ensign F. E. Bowler, and. 50 men of
the 52d Light. Infantry • Capt. S: J. Lower Ensign
H. Maturin, P.ntign Il J. MacDonneli, and 35 men
of the 81st Regiment; and 60 men of the. 94th
Regiment. The total number of officers and troops
at present under orders to proceed from Chatham
garrison to India is 32 ofns' and 917 non-com-
missionetl officers and privates,r but the
troops
he garrison is
now so strong that at least 1,0
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could be def•patched from it to India should their
services be required.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in-Chief has countermanded the order fo
barkation for India of the draughts of thertishset these
regiments sth Fusiliers aua 37th Regiment, a
regiments will probably return home before tlle
next cold season. The draught of the 44th, under
orders for China, and consisting of 2 officers, 1 ser-
geant, and 90 rank and file, will embark on hoard
the White Star, at Tilbury, on the sth inst., and
the other drtengbts from the camp at CToleliester,
fic4roci Viobt, will 410 1,4"