The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-25 00:00:00

71LE NAVY.

A Malta letter, dated Valletta, Oct. 19, says :
" Her Majesty's steam despatch-boat Caradoc, Lieut.
Scott, which has been lying at her mooring in
Slieraa Creek for some time past, suddenly received
orders to get up steam, and at 5 30 p.m., left port
for Naples. The corvette Argus also left port yes-
terday evening,for Gibraltar, to relieve the Scourge,
which is expected here. The Kertch, which has
been converted into a tank for naval purposes, left
with her, also bound for Gibraltar. The line-of-
battle ships Orion and James Watt took their de-
parture to-day, both for Corfu, the former carrying
a mail. It is said that eight line-of-battle ships
have been ordered to assemble at Corfu, and that
the Marlborough, bearing the flag of Admiral
Martin, was to leave Beyrout for that island on the
11th inst. The gunboat Assurance is hourly looked
for from Beyrout, to carry on to the Admiral,
wherever he may be, the London mail
of the 18th instant. The screw transport
Supply came into port yesterday morning with
stores from Woolwich, Plymouth, and Gibral-
tar. A Prussian gunboat, the Loreley, came into
port yesterday morning from Gaeta and Civita
Vecchia, bound for Constantinople. The Dutch fri-
gate Admiral Van Wassenaer also arrived here
from Alexandria. The French steam transport
A rnerique entered port to-day from Marseilles, hav-
ing on board 262 French troops, 6 horses, and pro-
visions for the French forces in Syria. Mr. Scamp,
Admiralty engineer, who had been charged by the
Imperial Government with a survey of the Great
Harbour, preliminary to the execution of the pro-
jected extension scheme, left Malta on Tuesdaylast
on his return to England.
The Undaunted, 51, 600-horse power, one of the
two improved screw frigates under construction at
Chatham Dockyard, is fast approaching completion,
and will shortly be ready for launching, but no day
has yet been named for that event by the Admiralty.
The Belvidera, 51, the other screw frigate, is also
progressing very fast, the Lords of the Admiralty
having given orders for her construction to be has-
tened forward.

The Tartar, 20, screwcorvette, Capt. Hayes, sailed
yesterday for the Pacific.
The Trafalgar, 91, screw, Capt. Fanshawe,
steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morn-
ing to complete her refit.

The new steam sloop Foxhound, 4, Commander
Alfred Mitchell, left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday
for the Mediterranean. She took an engine for the
screw steam sb;p Orion.
The screw steam corvette, Jason, 21, went from
Hamoaze on Tuesday outside the Plymouth Break-
water, to test her machinery in the measured mile.
Commander Ross has commissioned the screw
steamship Desperate, 8, at Plymouth. She is to
have a complement of 170 men.

The screw steam gun vessel Nimble, 5, and the
new contract•built gunboat Speedy, were hauled
on Tuesday from the north crane, in the Keyham
ateamyard, to the south basin ; a portion of their
machinery is shipped. Steam was got up the
same day on board the gunboats Ripple and Til-
bury, in the basin.

The screw steam gun vessel Penguin, 5, made a
trial outside Plymouth break water yesterday (Wed-
nesday), and returned to her moorings in the steam
ordinary in Hamoeze. Her engines appeared to an-
swer very well.

The artisans of the Devonport Dockyard ore
scraping the sides of the screw steamship St.
George, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, preparatory to
be'ng painted, when she will complete her equ;p-
ment.

The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. D. Curry,
is to be removed from No. 3 dock in Keyham steam-
yard to-day.
The screw steam store ship Industry, 4, J. G.
Hodges, master, has sailed from Plymouth for the
Hand of Ascension and Rio Janeiro.
The crew of the screw steamship Donegal, 101,
Capt. H. Broadhead, at Devonport, were paid wages
and granted leave of ab.,;ence. yesterday.