The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-28 00:00:00

THR NAVY.

Preparations on an extensive scale have been
made at Blackwall by Messrs. Mare and Co. for
launching her Majesty's iron-clad screw steamship
Warrior to morrow. As the launch is expected to
be attended with more than ordinary difficulties
their lordships have instructed the authorities at
Woolwich to render whatever assistance may be
required. A large amount of coloured bunting has
been supplied for decorations, and cables, hydraulic
cranes, &c., have been provided in case of mechani-
cal force of great power being rendered necessary.
An Admiralty order was yesterday received at
Woolwich and other dockyards announcing their
lordships' approval of the proposed plan of forming
a proportion of the storehouse labourers into an
established first class, with an increased pay of 6d.
per day, or 21s. per week, instead of 18s. as at pre-
sent. The arrangement is to date from the 27th
of December.
Her Majesty's screw corvette Scylla, Commander
IL Lambert, and screw frigate Amphion, Capt. T.
Cochrane, left Valetta on the 15th inst.—the former
for the Pirams and the Levant, and the latter for
Sicily. Her Majesty's line-of.battle ship Orion,
Capt. J. Frere, left on the 20th inst. for Corfu, a
vessel from that island coming down there to take
her place. The Victor Emmanuel, Capt. W. Clif-
ford, C. 8., is still there under repair, and will take
a long time to complete. Besides the Hibernia
.receiving-ship, Hag of Rear. Admiral Codrington,
there were only three British men-of-war at Malta,
the .Victor Emmanuel, the Melpomene, and the
Assurance gunboat, which last reached there on
the 22d of December from Corfu with despatches
and a mail.
A letter from Corfu of the 18th inst. says :
" The Assurance gunboat will leave to-morrow with.
a mail for Malta. The gunboat Foxhound arrived
yesterday from Malta, and is still in harbour. The
Ca sar line-ofobattle ship came into port on the
night of the 14th inst. ; and a liner, I believe the
James Watt, left for Malta or Naples on the following-
morning. This morning tho Mars and London sailed
out of the channel for a cruise, and as I am writing
the Marlborough, which had returned from a cruise
of two days, has hoisted sail, and is beating about
the port. I expect all the ships that aro here at
present will leave to-day; but it is not likely that
Admiral Martin will allow the fleet to spend their
Christmas at sp.
Letters have been received from Messina to
the 18th of December, announcing the arrival there
of 2,500 Piedmontese troops ; 1,500 more were ex-
pected. They were very well received .by the
people. • The commandant of the citadel still held
out. It was not believed he would surrender •
after the fall of Gaeta, unless forced to do so.
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the deputies to sit in the forthcoming Italian Par-
liament. _

---The following appointments Were made yesterday
at the Admiralty:—G. —G. R. Rope mate, to the
Ariadne ;A. W. tiller, master's-assistant,-to the
Donegal; and W. F. E. Moribon, paymaster, to
the Trincomalee,

TEE ARMY.

General Lord Clyde has been en, a lordship,
Chat-
ham during the last few days. II- iorasnip, who
during his tisMeor-Gene 1
ra
Eyre, left they was
the guest 0 , J
garrison on Wednesaay.
A couple of
muzzle-loading guns, manufactured
at the Alswiek factory, were received yesterday
at I,Voolwich for trialat the Arsenal butt. The ap-
PAearanee of the guns is precisely that of the usual
'rmstrongs, with the exception of the closed
breech. The grooves are, however, only three in
number. They are both of heavy calibre, and, as
a shot or bolt of 100 lb. and
stated, are to carry
1251b5. weight respectively. Much speculation is
afloat as to the superiority of the two systems—the
muzzle-
loading system having the greater number
of advocates among the artillery officers and the
officials connected with the departments of the
Royal Arsenal. The new guns received yesterday
were transported with the ordinary amount of cau-
tion observed in the removal of the old 68-pounder,
while the breech loaders, from their complicated
inachinery, are al ways packed in cases and moved
about with great care. .

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