The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-23 00:00:00

lIIE NAVY.

EmeraH, 51,, scrcw, Capt. A. Cumming,
arrived. at Spithe3.d. at 9 a.ra:icstcrday, under can-

vas, from the Scheldt.
The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Commander James M.
Bruce, and her Majosty's Royal screw yacht Fairy,
Commander the Prince Leiningen, both arrived at
Spithead from the Scheldt during the previous
night. The Fairy afterwards steamed into harbour,
The Biter gunboat, tender to the Colossus, 80,
screw, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the

westward.
The Herefordshire, from the Thames for Ceylon,
is hourly expected in at Spithead, to embark a de-
tachment of the 50th Regiment to join head-guar-

tens in India.
The Immortalite, 51, screw, has unshipped her
Maudslay's propeller in the steam basin at Ports-
mouth, and shipped her Admiralty propeller as her
working one. The Maudslay will be stowed below
as her spare screw.

The Prince of Wales, 131, screw, in the steam

basin at Portsmouth, yesterday unshipped her
Maudslay's propeller, and shipped her Griffiths's, for
her trial trip, which, according to present arrange-
ments, will come off on the 30th inst.
The Royal paddle yacht Elfin, has been placed in
dock at Portsmouth to clean and examine cop-

per, &c.
The control of the police constables in the Devon•
port dockyard was transferred yesterday (Monday,
to the metropolitan force, under the superinten
dente of Mr. Bray. The number of constablos
from London is 34, and the number of the former
force (Admiralty) retained is about 30. Various
new regulations will be adopted ; among others it
is stated that all seamen belonging to ships of war
in Plymouth Sound will hereafter be landed at the
Royal William victualling yard, and those from
ships in ordinary and otherwise in Hamoaze at the
Devonport dockyard. The men will be liable,
when passing out through the gates, to be examined
by the police.
The defects of the paddlewheel steam sloop Gey-
ser, 6, Commander Jackson, having been made good
at Devonport, she steamed yesterday (Monday)
from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound.
The war department screw steamvessel Lord
Panmure, IL T. Moore, master, from Woolwich,
arrived yesterday in Plymouth Sound, and went to
the gunwharf in Hamoaze, whereshe will discharge
her cargo, which includes 340 boxes of Armstrong
shot, 3,427 Armstrong shells, 4,000 6-pounder shot,
2,000 ,-barrels and 300 1-barrels of powder and
ammunition, 40 chests of arms, and various other
military stores for coast defence purposes.
The iron screw steam storeship Industry, G.
Hodges, Master, from -Woolwich, arrived yesterday
(Monday) at Plymouth, and went alongside the
harbour coal depot in Hamoaze.
The gunbus.t Redwing, tender to the gunnery
ship Cambridge, wont from Hamoaze yesterday
(Monday) into Plymouth Sound for shot practice.
The crew of the Indus, 72, Capt. Key, in Hamo-
aze, Plymouth, was turned over yesterday from the
berthing-hulk.
The screw steam gun-vessel Foxhound, 4, Corn-
mader Alfred Mitchell, from Portsmouth, arrived
yesterday (Monday) at Plymouth, on the way for
the Mediterranean, and went alongside the coal
depot Lavinia in the Sound.
The screw steam frigate Narcissus, 51, fitting at
Plymouth for a flagship, is to have a poop and
suitable cabins, and be prepared for the first divi-
sion of the Steam Ordinary.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Arthur Salwey, to
the Donegal ; Lieut. Richard Chambers, to the
Southampton; Lieut. George R. Bell, to the
Hawke ; John C. Solfleet, Master, additional to
the Indus ; Ccesar H. Hawkins, H. E.M. Dolben,
W. G. P. O'Callaghan, Midshipmen, to the Mi-
randa ; A. W. Benyon and F. M. S. Osborn, Mid-
shipmen, to the Bacchante, for disposal ; R. P.W.
Powney and F. J. Easther, Midshipmen, to the
Forte, for disposal ; Bouverie F. Clarke, Midship-
man, to the Ariel ; John Andrews (b), Surgeon, to
the Valorous ; Edward H. Cree, Surgeon, to the
Orion ; Selwyn S. Sugden, Second Master, to the
Quail ; James G. G. Dunn, Chief Engineer, to the
Desperate; Henry A. Henri and Hugh Duncan,
second class Assist. Engineers, to the Desperate ;
James Daly, third class Assist. Engineer, to the
Desperate ; and Frederick Holden, acting third
class Assist. Engineer, to the Desperate.