The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-15 00:00:00

7.HE NAVY.

I
Lis Royal Highness Prince Alfred is to join the
St George, 90, screw, C 'aptain the Hon. F. Egerton
VA Plymouth, from the Euryalus. The Rev. W. L.
Onslow, chaplain and. naval instructor of the latter
al lip, will also join the St. George as special in-
:ructor to the Pri ace. Mr. Harris, one of the
n lidshipmen of the E uryalus, son of Captain Harris
of the Britannia, tra .fining ship at Portsmouth, has
been selected to ac(:.ompany the Prince in the St.
George. In this F.hip the Royal midshipman will
visit the \Vest In dia islands and North America.
Vice-Admiral of the White William James Hope
Johnsto ne, the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore has
receive d instructions from the Admiralty for the
entry of 50 novices and boys of the first class for
train ng on board the Formidable, flagship ; and
also tor the entry of 15 second-class boys for the
same, purpose.

The port division of the Channel fleet, under the
comm and of Rear-Admiral Stopford, which left
Plymouth for Lisbon last week, will return about
Christmas.
The Admiralty have authorised the counting of
the acAirtg second master's time, the same as mate's
time, after the first two years from the date of
pass;:ng.
The flag officer's good service pension vacant by
the death of Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.8., has
been conferred on Admiral John Ayscough.
A captain's good service pension is placed at the
disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the
promotion of Capt. T. Leeke Massie to the rank of
Rear-Admiral.
The new screw steam frigate Orlando, 51, was
detained in Plymouth Sound, completing with coal
and provisions, up to a quarter to 6 o'clock yester-
day morning, when she passed the Breakwater
Light to go in search of the Hero, with his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales. The frigate is under
the charge of Commander Paul,R.N.,Assist.-Master
Attendant at the Devonport Dockyard. The paddle
wheel steam sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander B. T. C.
Pim, on the same duty, left Plymouth Sound yester-
daymorning at half-past 4 o'clock. The screw steam
merchant ship William Hutt, 17 days from Patras,
arrived in the Sound at 2 o'clock yesterday morn-
ing; she brings no intelligence of the Royal squa-
dron. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam vessel
Avon, 3, tender to the flagship Impregnable, is
stationed in the Sound, ready to go into the Chan-
nel on being signalled from the screw steamship St.
George, 90, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, anchored
under the Breakwater, and keeping a constant
watch night and day for the arrival of the Prince.
The iron screw steam storeship Himalaya, Capt.
J. Seccombe, passed down Channel, outside Ply-
mouth harbour, early on Wednesday morning, and
signalled to the St. George, 91, inside the Break-
water. The Himalaya, the screw steam frigate
Orlando, 51 ; the paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon,
6, Commander B. T. C. Pim, and another ship have
been appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty to
take a position 250 miles west of the Scilly Islands,
and there to form a line extending north and south,
so as to lie across the course of the Hero and her
consorts, and either to receive the Prince of Wales,
or to return to port and early intimate the approach
of his Royal Highness. Capt. A. C. Key, C. 8., of
the guardship of steam ordinary Indus, 78, at Ply-
mouth, is in temporary command of the Orlando.
That officer took with him one lieutenant and 40
stockers. The St. George supplied two lieutenants
and 100 men. At Plymouth yesterday afternoon,
at 3 o'clock, it was blowing half a gale of wind
from the southward and westward, accompanied by
rain.

Rear• Admiral J. E. Erskine yesterday shifted his
flag, on promotion from blue to white, at the mizen
on board the flagship Edgar, 91, screw, Capt. J.
Katon.

The screw steam sloop Ariel, 9, Commander Alex-
ander, which arrived from Portsmouth in Plymouth
Sound on Tuesday night, was appointed to go up
Hamoaze yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, to have
her powder removed and to go into dock at Keyham
steam yard. Although she has been in dock at
Portsmouth and has been relieved of a quantity of
Totten timber, she continues leaky, making 18
inches an hour. The Ariel will now undergo a
thorough examination, after which a report of her
condition will be sent to the Lords of the Admi-
ralty, when it will be determined if it is proper to
send her to the Cape of Good Hope.
The compasses of his Netherlands Majesty's steam
sloop Retch, 8, Capt. De Kock, at Plymouth, on
her way to Batavia, require to be adjusted. The
officers of the ship, accompanied by Mr, Wm. Lus-
combo, Consul for the Netherlands, paid a visit to
Port Admiral Sir H. Stewart, K.C.8., at Mount
Wise, Devonport, yesterday.
Vice-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, in command at Ply-
mouth, shifted his flag yesterday on hoard the Im-
pregnable, 104, in Hamoaze, from White to Red,
under the customary salutes.
The contract-built gunboat Trinculo, 4, having
been coppered, was appointed to be removed yes-
terday (Wednesday) evening from No. 4 dock in
Devonport dockyard, to give place to the new
screw steam-sloop Petrel, 11, which will be coppered
there.

Her Majesty's steam storeships Rhadamanthus
and Dee, laden with steam gear for ships fitting
out in the Western yards, sailed yesterday from
Woolwich for Devonport and Pembroke. The
Rhadamanthus, in addition to her cargo, took 150
first and second-class lads for the fleet.
The Charybdis, 21, screw corvette, Captain the
Hon. George D. Keane, at Sheerness, is in a very
forward state, and will shortly leave that port.
The following officers have also joined this ship—
Lieutenants Henry C. Burleigh, Henry Salmond,
and W. H. Childers ; Master—George Giles ; Sur-
geon—Christopher K. Ord, M.D.; Paymaster—
Edward I. Giles ; Clerk—William Barnes ; Act
ing Assistant-Surgeon—Henry Rickard; Midship-
men—R. A, Smith, A. R. Hewett, and V. E. J. B.
Von Donop; Chief Engineer—Jesse Bridgeman ;
Assistant Engineers—Edwin Hawke, James V.
Slade, Thomas Lewis, and William D. Bertram ;
also First Lieuten'ant C. B. Smith, 2 sergeants, 2
corporals, 1 drummer and bugler, and 34 privates
and gunners.
The Miranda, 15, screw sloop, Commander Henry
Carr Glyn, at Sheerness, is expected to leave that
port this (Thursday) morning for the Australian
station. Her hands were turned over on Friday
last, when she moved from the basin into the
stream. She has *got her sails up, and is quite
prepared for sea. The following officers have also
joined this ship :—Lieutenant—William H. Elton ;
Master—Arthur Thomas ; Surgeon—Henry Slade ;
•raYmaster—George Barnes ; Assistant-Paymaster
,~William Flood; Chief Engineer—J. H. Bishop ;
jusiatant-Engineers—Thomas Edgar, Andrew Con
nish
' Richard Oliver, and G. F. Gossage ; Mas-
te?s Assistant—Thomas J. Morris ; Clerk's As-
sistant—r W.
ago; Midshipmen—Caesar Haw-
ki
jn s. W
, ILlKusglit.valben, G. P. O'Callaghan, and
A. e.
The Euryalue, 61, screw, Capt. Tarleton, C. 8.,
arrived at Spithead at 7
day she was officially ;p en Tuesday. Yester-
.us inspected at Spithead by
Vice-Admiral H. W. liruee,the Naval Commander-
in-Chief at the port.
She is ordered into
Portsmouth harbour
this
morning, and will
pay off her crew, instead of turningthem over
to the Immortalite as first intended. Prior
to paying off, her guns, coals, provisions, and
other heavy stores will be discharged, but her
rigging and fittings will remain undisturbed,it being
in contemplation to recommission her shortly. She
will join the first-class steam reserve.
The Immortalite, 51, screw steamer, is expected
to be commissioned in about a week's time. Several
officers have been named for her ; among others,
Capt. Hornby, who lately commanded the Tribune
on the Pacific station.
The Pelican, 17, screw steamer, got up steam and
tested her machinery yesterday in the steam basin
at Portsmouth, on the completion of her fitment by
the contractors, Messrs. Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co.

She is of 200 home power nominal.
The Tribune screw frigate, in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, is taking out boilers, &c. The timber
beds underneath her machinery are in a very rotten
state.

The Eagle training frigate, Commander Strode,
l• ordered during the present winter to lie at the

moorings laid down in Southampton Water for the
use of the Great Eastern steamship.
By a typographical error in our columns of yes-
terday the sailing of the Osborne paddle yacht for
Antwerp from Portsmouth was made to read for
Tuesday instead of Wednesday. The yacht left
yesterday morning.
Colonel Pipon, Assist.-Adjt.-Gen. at headquarters,
with the assistance of Mr. J. F. Collier, barrister,
has published a concise manual of military law, in-
cluding the new Volunteer Act, which has received
the sanction of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—T. W. Orwin, acting-assist.-
surg. to the Doris ; H. H. J. Sterling, acting
assist.-surg. to the Hibernia ; C. C. Mitchinsom,
acting assist.-surg, additional, to the Victory ; B.
E. Fisher, acting assist.-surg. additional, to the
Impregnable ; J. Rogers, acting-assist.-surg. addi-
tional, to the Nile ; E. J. B. Bird, confirmed as chief
engineer in the Cadmus; Peregrine F. Bertie,
mid-
shipman to the Charybdis ; J. H. Pauline, nomi-
nated as a naval cadet ; and Henry A. Scrivener,
clerk, to the Harrier.