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

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The United States steamship Arago, Captain
Lines, with dates from New York to the 23d ult.,
has arrived. She brings 219 passengers and 818,410
dols. in specie, of which 150,000 dols. are for Eng-
land and the remainder for France.
The Arago spoke the following ships :
On June 23, in New York Bay, bound in, the
American ship J. M. Bogurton and the Italian bark
M. Posero ; on the same date exchanged signals
with the American ship Eliza, bound east.
On July 4, in lat. 40 42, long. 14 5, exchanged
signals with the American ship Corramus, bound
west.

At the same time exchanged signals with the
brig Carmina, bound east.

On July 5, lat. 49.52, long. 7.50, exchanged sig-
nals with the American steamer Vanderbilt, from
Havre and Southampton for New York.

July 6, off the Start, passed the French ship
Sourabaya, of Havre, bound west.

QUEENSTOWN, JULY 6.

The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Company's steamer Vigo, Capt. Jenard, with dates
from New York to the 23d ult., has arrived.
She states that the surveying steamer Walker
had sunk from a collision off Absecom Light. 20
persons were drowned.
NEW YORK, JUNE 23.

Exchange, 1091 to 1091. The specie engage-
ments per Vigo and Arago amount to 1,500,000
dollars.

NEW ORLEANS, JUNE 22.
Cotton dull; middling, 104 c. to 111 e. Sales of
he week, 11,000 bales.

THE NA VY.

Two of the contract-built gun vessels, the Linnet
and Pigeon, having been surveyed at Chatham
dockyard, have had a few deficiencies made good at
the expense or the contractors. Both vessels have
been coppered and completed, and on Thursday
were put out of dock.
The Torch, 5, Commander F. Smith, screw gun-
ves,el, fitting at Chatham for the coast of Africa,
will be out of the hands of the dockyard workmen
to-day, and as soon as she has received her sailing
orders will leave the port, probably on Tuesday
next.
By an Admiralty order, warrant officers in the
Royal navy may retire from active service at 60
years of age without survey or prejudice to their
rate of pension. Warrant officers widows will also
be entitled to their annuity in the event of their
husbands' death after one year's service as a war-
rant officer, instead of 10 years' as heretofore. Sea-
men and Marines are also to be entitled to their
good conduct badges at the end of three years, in-
stead of five years as before.
The Ariadne, 26, Capt. E. W. Vansittart, sailed
from Spithead for Plymouth Sound at 7.30 p.m. on
Thursday.
The Prince of Wales, 131, screw three-decker, at
Portsmouth, has been placed in dock to have her
valves fitted and receive her copper.
The Osborne, Admiralty steam yacht, Master
Commander G. K. Bowers, according to present
orders, will sail from Portsmouth for Plymouth to-
morrow. _

Seyed Mahommed el Shamee, the newly accredited
Ambassador from the Emperor of Morocco, a Trea-
surer of the Imperial Palace, and one of the' most
wealthy magnates of the empire, yesterday went
over the various departments of the Arsenal at
Woolwich.
Commander J. H. Brown, R.N., registrar-general
exhibited his
of seamen and shipping, yesterday
newly invented battle signals at Woolwich for the
approbation of the Board of Admiralty. They
were hoisted experimentally at the masthead of the
flagship Fi-sgard, Commander the Hon. J. R.
Drummond, and were pronounced a most im-
portant improyement on the present flag system of
battle signals, the flag being subject to flap and
twist, and thereby become unintelligible, whereas
Capt. Brown's system can Ile made out under every
variation of weather. Mr. Thomas and other officers
attached to the Fisgard proceeded up the river as far
as the irregularity of the current permitted a sight
of the masthead, and reported that in the present
hazy state of the atmosphere the signals might be
seen with sufficient distinctness at a distance of four
miles or more. They are formed of strong iron
wire frames, covered with slight canvass painted
black, and distinguished by shape, regardless
of colour, but black is most discernible. They are
made to fold up when not in use, and weigh about
201 b. each. A second trial is ordered to take place
on the 10th inst. on the departure of the Prince of
Wales for Quebec, when the signals will be hoisted
to test the fact as stated by Captain Brown, that
the smoke from the funnel of the ship and the guns
will not interfere with the reading of the signals.
An exquisitely formed model, on an unsually
large scale, of the attack, siege, and capture of a
strongly fortified town has just been completed at
the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, by
the sappers and miners, who have been occupied
about 12 months in the undertaking, under the
superintendence of Captain H. Schaw. The model,
which is unique of its kind, describes every incident
connected with a siege, the works being constructed
according to Vauban's theory of fortification, and
the whole worked out with the utmost fidelity.
Since the work has been completed it has been in-
spected at Brompton barracks by a number of
offi-
cers of all branches of the service, all of
whomperfect as
concur in pronouncing it one of the most
Peerr
well as interesting models of the United
con-
structed. It has been forwarded ktoin.clot hseeovin
ti
Service Institution, where it will remoaffi
cer oft the
on exhibition, a non-commissioned.
lly. sent from head-
construction having been
specially
together and
Royal Engineers who took a . leading part in its
quarters to superintencltlsiPe
arrangement of the model.ments were made
The following P P
y°,i.nt George J. Tomlin, secondr-
d'Acre ; W. J. A •
dmaaystaetr,thteo Athdoinisrattl.t
Jean
Nile ; RThert J. t"us"'
second master, to the Barrett,
second master, to the Victory ; Thomas Cann, acting
assist.-surg., to the Geyser; G. M. Eyles, acting
assist.-surg., to the Agamemnon ; George B. Farr,
acting assist.-sung., to the Magicienne ; John B.
Miall, acting assist.-surg., to the Centurion; Henry
Rickard, acting assist.-surg , to the Impregnable:
John Mockridge, acting assist.-surg., additional, to
the Chesapeake ; Henry C. Jones, first-class assist.-
engineer, to the St. George ; John P.t.t. is, pay-
master, additional, to the Victory George Gran-
didier, paymaster, to be secretary to Rear-Admiral
Stopford; and F. H. Chown, assistant paymaster,
to be secretary's clerk to Rear-Admiral Stopford.