The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-06 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The screw steamship Indomitable, Captain Kitt
from Calcutta, May 23, and St. Helena, Aug. 25
arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon. She has
passengers, Lieutenants Busell, 23d Regiment;
Graham, 10th ; Standish, 7th Hussars ' • Young,
79th, and Ensign Haigh, 90th; and 86 invalids
under the command of Captain Moreby, 42d, and
Lieutenant Taylor, 53d Regiments ; medical officer
in charge, Dr. Brown. The rank and file included
detachments from the sth, 23d, 42d, 53d, 64th,
79th, 88th, and 90th Regiments. Lieut. Hayes, of
the 7th Hussars, and 14 rank and file, died on the
passage. She spoke, August 4th, lat. 32 34 S.,
long. 17 25 E., the ship Fanny Forsyth, from Bom-
bay for Liverpool, out 65 days ; September 4th, in
lat. 2 44 N., long. 19 33 W. the barks Fleetwood
and Frances of London, from Cardiff for King
George's Sound, leaky, making 10 inches per hour ;
Oct. 3d, in lat. 46 43, long. 14 13 W., the bark
Jessie, from Newport for Callao, dismasted in a
heavy gale of wind. in lat. 44, long. 16 W., endea-
vouring to reach Cork for repairs, leaky, but did
not require assistance.
His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia,
Lord High Admiral of the Prussian navy, left his
yacht, the Grille, in Hamoaze, on Monday morn-
ing, and with his flag-captain, Bothwell, was re-
ceived at the Devonport Dockyard by Mr. James
Brown, master-attendant (in the absence of Ad-
miral-Superintendent Sir -Thomas Pasley), and the
principal officers, who conducted the royal visitor
round the Arsenal, and through the tunnel to
Keyham steam-yard, where he was met by Mr.
Biddlecombe, master-attendant, and the officers of
that establishment. Prince Adalbert inspected the
steam-frigate Orlando, 50, recently launched at
Pembroke, and the screw steamship Donegal, 101,
just sent off the stocks at Devonport. He also
visited the Keyham steam factory, and. thence pro-
ceeded on board the screw steamship St. Jean
d'Acre, 101, Charles Gahan, master, lying off the
yard. The following, among others,had the honour
of invitations to luncheon on board the Royal
yacht :—Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief; Major-General Eden, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Forces ; Captain Bobinson,
her Majesty's ship Exmouth ; Capt. W. H. Stewart,
her Majesty's ship Impregnable •, Mr. Jas. Brown,
master-attendant ; Mr. Wm. Edye, master ship-
wright ; Mr. George Biddlecombe, master-attend-
ant, Keyham ; Captain Mackinnon, aide-de-camp ;
and Mr. J. Tucker, her Majesty's ship Exmouth.
At 3 p.m. Prince Adalbert's yacht was towed by
the steam tender Lark into the Sound, where his
Royal Highness inspected most of the ships of
Admiral Fremantle's squadron, all of which bore
the Prussian flag at the main. His Royal High-
ness dined with the Port Admiral, and in the even-
ing left in his yacht for Spithead.
Admiral his Royal Highness Prince Adalbert ar-
rived at -Spithead yesterday morning in the steam
yacht Grille, and was saluted on his arrival by the
garrison and Victory with 21 guns, which. the
Prussian frigate Gefion, 48, Captain Donner, re-
turned. At half-past 12 o'clock his Royal High-
ness came into harbour in his yacht, and Admiral
Sir George F. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief, in
company with Captain Seymour, C. 8., of the Vic-
tory, went off to his Royal Highness on a visit.
The Termagant, 24, screw frigate, was taken out
of the ship basin at Portsmouth yesterday, and got
up her steam for trial of her engines.
The Alfred, 50, sailing frigate, is again ordered
up the harbour, and is moored off the Excellent for
further shot practice on her sides.
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From the Official quarterly Navy List, just pub-
lished, we find that there are now 12 screw ships,

5 sloops, 4 frigates, 3 corvettes, 3 sailing ships, and
1 schooner building at the various naval dock-
yards, which vessels will carry in all 1,599
guns. The following are their names, together with
the places where they are being built :—The
Ariadne, 32, screw frigate, at Deptford; the Atlas,
91, screw, at Chatham ; the Aurora, 51, screw-
frigate, at Pembroke ; the Chamelion, 17, screw-
sloop, at Deptford; the Charybdis, 21, screw-cor-
vette, at Chatham ; the Defiance, 91, screw, at
Pembroke • the Duncan, 100, screw, at Ports-
mouth ; the Edgar, 91, screw, at Woolwich ; the
Galatea, 26, screw-frigate, at Woolwich •, the Gib-
raltar, 101, screw, at Devonport ; the Greyhound,
17, screw, at Pembroke ' • the Hood, 80, screw, at
Chatham ; the Howe, 121, screw, at Pembroke ;
the Icarus, 11, screw-sloop, at Deptford; the Im-
mortalite, 50, screw-frigate, at Pembroke; the
Irresistible, 80, screw, at Chatham ; the Jason, 21,
screw-corvette, at Devonport ; the Mutine, 17,
screw-sloop, at Deptford; the Narcissus, 50, at
Devonport ; the Orpheus, 21, screw-corvette, at
Chatham ; the Pantaloon, 10,. screw, at Devoiwort ;
the Pelican, 17, screw-sloop, at Pembroke ; the
Prince of 'Wales, 131, at Portsmouth ; the Ranger,
8, screw-schooner at Deptford ; the Revenge, 91,
screw, at Pembroke ; the Rinaldo, 16, screw-sloop,
at Portsmouth ; the Royal Frederick, 116, at Ports-
mouth; and the Victoria, 121, screw, at Ports-
mouth.

A letter dated St. Helena, Aug. 31, says :
" The slave barque Governor Paris, taken by the
Heron off Loango, reached this in the beginning of
the month. She was fitted to take 1,000 slaves,

and intended embarking them the day after her
capture. The Indomitable steamer, from Calcutta,
with 90 invalids, arrived on the 22d, and left on

the 24th. The French brig of war Nisus, from
Reunion and the Cape, arrived on the 26th, and
left the folio wing morning for France. The Hecla,
Commander Alpin, came in on 25th from the coast
of Africa, and left on the 30th for Ascension. The
vessels that have come :on from the eastward re-
port that a very large number of vessels have been
detained off the Cape of Good Hope by bad wea-
ther. Many have called in within the last two or
three days."
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty:—Charles G. Burney, pay-
master, to the Cornwallis ; Assistant-Paymaster
Richard Munday has been promoted to the rank of
paymaster.