The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

Great progress is being made in the building of
the Glasgow, 51, screw frigate, and the Chanti-
cleer, 17, screw corvette, in Nos. 1 and 2 building-
sheds in Portsmouth :dockyard. The first-named
vessel has, with the exception of a portion of her
stern, the whole of her framing in position, and the
greater portion of her midship flanking on. The
Chanticleer, which was laid down on the 2d of Feb-
-ruary last in the adjoining slip, is also complete in
her framing, with the exception of a part of her
stern. The stern framing of both vessels would
have been in the same forward state as the other
parts had it not been for the great difficulty experi-
enced in procuring the necessary supply of curved
timber suitable for the purpose. Upwards of 250
hands are employed on both vessels.
The first blocks were yesterday laid down in Slip
No. 2, from which the Barossa was launched a few
weeks ago in Woolwich dockyard, for the construc-
tion of a new gunvessel of 200-horse power.
The Anson, 91, screw steamship, building • at
Woolwich, is being rapidly advanced towards com-
pletion. Her topsides are being painted, and the
caulkers are proceeding with their work. She is
ordered to be ready for launching this summer.
The Hon. Robert Pandas, Storekeeper-General of
the Navy, and Capt. Charles Eden, C. 8., one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, paid an official visit yes-
terday to Woolwich dockyard, and inspected the
new arrangements for transmitting the factory
stores ordered to be annexed to the storekeeper's
department, and put into operation on the Ist of
April, the commencement of the present financial
year. They were accompanied by Commodore
Drummond and the principal officers of the yard.
The visit was likewise extended to a minute inspec-
tion of the model screw steam schooner Ranger;Com-
mender Wratislaw, in a forward state for sea, when
some new internal arrangements were sug-
gested and ordered to be adopted for the conveni-
ence and accommodation of the officers and the freer
ventilation of the berths., They likewise visited the
paddlewheel steamsloop Hecate, ordered to be
brought forwar l for commission and which is being
fitted with a small poop deck, to be used as a chart
room, in order to facilitate the surveying duties for
which she is about to be despatched, in the Pacific.
FLAG PitomonoNs.—ln consequence of the de-
mise of Vice-Admiral Alcx. Renton Sharpe, C. 8.,
which we announced in our paper yesterday, a
vacancy occurs on the list of flag officers in receipt
of service pensions, and as the appointments to those
vacancies are made from the active list, the follow-
ing promotions will take place :—Capt. Sackett
Hope (1840), who is in receipt of the pension for
wounds, mad who is also in the list of officers on the
out-pensions of Greenwich Hospital, becomes rear-
admiral on reserved half-pay ; Capt. Robert Fan-
' shawe Stopford. (1840), becomes rear-admiral of the
blue; and by the promotion of Capt, Stopford to flag
rank a good service pension falls to the patronage
of the First Lord of the Admiralty ; and Capt. IL
Spencer Robinson (1840), a recipient of the good
service pension, and in command of the Wellington,
72, 'guardship of steam ordinary at Devonport,
becomes the senior officer for promotion to flag
rank. •

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. W. Thackery, to the
Wrangler; Stephen Spain, master to the Cornwal-
lis ; Chas. S. Broome, midshipman, to the Algiers ;
Daniel A. Alcock, acting assist.-surg., to the Vic-
tory, for Haslar Hospital ; Frederick F. Flyn,
acting assist.-surg., to the Impregnable, for Ply-
mouth Hospital ; George West, acting first-class
assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, for charge of the
machinery of the Bustard ; John C. Gauchy, first-
class assist.-engineer, to the Terrible ; Frederick
Wm. Henderson, promoted to the rank of acting
second-class assist.-engineer in the Renard ; George
T. Gibbs, promoted to the rank of acting second-
class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as supernume-
rary ; John Richard Cooper, promoted to the rank
of acting second-class assist.-engineer in the Cressy;
William Payne, promoted to the rank of acting
second-class assist.-engineer to the Starling ;
Robert Wallace, promoted to the rank of acting
second-class assist.-engineer in the Supply ; George
Charles Scholes, promoted to the rank of second-
class assist.-engineer in the Virago ; Thomas 'Wil-
son, promoted to the rack of second-class assist.-
engineer in the Ardent ; Charles H. Pillar, third-
class assist.-engineer in the Wellington, for
temporary charge of the machinery of the
Goldfinch ; Francis Thornton, third-class assist._
engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary; Robert
Findlay, acting third-class assist.-engineer to the
Terrible; Joseph Whittall, paymaster to the
Ariadne ; and George Shield, clerk, to the Wasp.
Mr. W. R. Wollen is appointed temporary clerk
in Devonport dockyard, vice Coffin, appointed clerk
at Hong-kong.