The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-02 00:00:00

THE NAVY

The screw steamship St. Jean &Acre, 101, Capt.
Thompson, sailed from. Plymouth on Thursday to
join the squadron.
The crew of the Royal William, 120, Captain W.
J. Williams, about to be converted into a screw,
were paid off at Plymouth on Thursday, and trans-
ferred immediately to the Royal Adelaide,lo4, now
appointed guardship of ordinary in Hamoaze.
The London, 90, 'was undocked at Devonport on
Wednesday.
The St. George was taken out of Keyham basin
on Thursday.
The sloop Ferret, being fitted for the naval ap-
prentices, was docked at Devonport on Thursday.
A letter received at Plymouth from a seaman be-
longing to the screw steamship Orion, 91, Captain
E. C. T. D'Eyncourt, states that she left. Bantry
Bay on the 7th of March, and, steaming all the
way, reached Gibraltar on the ISth. The crew ex-
pected that on the 22d she would sail for Malta, stay
there two months, and then return to Plymouth.
The Osborne paddlewheel steam yacht, Master
Commander George H. IC. Bower, was yesterday
undocked at Portsmouth, after undergoing a
thorough repair. She afterwards received her
masts under the inner sheers in the ship basin.
The Agamemnon, 91, screw steamship, fitting for
the first-class steam reserve at Portsmouth, got up
her steam yesterday in the steam basin, to try ma-
chinery, &c.

Conimander H. W. Hire joined the Urgent screw
steam troopship at Portsmouth yesterday. The
Urgent's present orders are to proceed to Jersey on
the sth inst., and embark there the depot of her
Majesty's 77th Regiment for conveyance to Cowes,
Isle of Wight.
The Melpomene, 51, screw steam frigate at Ports-
mouth, yesterday completed sending up her lower
and topsail yards.
The Victory,lol,flagship of Admiral W. Bowles,
C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and the
Hannibal, 91, screw steamship, Captain George T.
Gordon, commanding steam reserve, yesterday
sent up their topmasts and fidded topgallantmasts
for the summer.

The St. Vincent, 102, Capt. Harry Eyres, C. 8.,
guardship of ordinary at Portsmouth, was paid on
Thursday, and her crew granted leave until Monday,
when they will rejoin on board the Illustrious.
Her Majesty's steam transports Rhadamanthus
and Dee left Woolwich yesterday laden with steam
gear for vessels under construction in the western
yards.

The paddlewheel steam sloop Barracouta steamed
down the river yesterday from Woolwich on trial
of her engines and machinery, and proceeded to
Sheerness to be placed in the second class steam
reserve of that yard.
The iron screw steam storeship Supply, in ordi-
nary at Woolwich, yesterday commenced shipping
stores and provisions preparatory to her expedition
to Asia Minor.

The following ships have been taken up by Go-
vernment for the transport of war stores from Wool-
wich arsenal :—The Vicar of Bray, for Valparaiso ;
the Britannia, for Gibraltar; the Julia Augusta,
for Algoa Bay; the Sir George Pollock, for Auck-
land, New Zealand ; the City of Hamilton, for
Quebec • and the Princess Louisa, for St. Lucia.
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Doris, 32,
arrived on Wednesday evening at Portland, from
Plymouth. The other ships in harbour are the
Algiers, 91 ; Termagant, 25 ; and the Blenheim,
61. The gunboat Biter sailed for Portsmouth on
Thursday morning.
The followin6 appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Captain T. Wilson, to the
St. Vincent, recommissioned • J. C. Sabben, surgeon,
to the Illustrious ; W. J. Wilson, surgeon, to the
Perseverance ; W. Lochart, assistant-surgeon, to
the Impregpable ; I. K. Smallbone, assistant-

surgeon, to the Victory ; R. T. Crispin, paymaster,
to the Illustrious ; F. 'Oliver, assistant-paymaster,
to the Illustrious H. W. P. Kooystra, clerk, to
the Boscawen ; A. Hertzel, clerk, to the Illustrious.