The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-01 00:00:00

TILE RAVY.

Her Majesty's- berew frigate_ Shannon, of 50 guns,
Capt. F. Marten (act' ing), was taken into Ports-
mouth Harbc,ar yestr2rday morning, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Jones (n. Queen's pilot), and moored to
the Camperdown n ceiving hulk. In the afternoon
the Commander-in-IChief, Admiral Sir G. Seymour,
K.C.8., G.C.H., mu stored and inspected the Shan-
non's crew, who manned yards on the occasion of
the Admiral visitiug. and retiring from the ship.
Her Majesty's training-ship Illustrious, Capt. R.
Harris, was paid off yesterday at Portsmouth, and
the officers and crew will be turned over to the
Britannia, 120, -ovhich has been fitted as the future
training-ship fc,r naval cadets.
The freight -ship Bloomer, from the port of Lon-
don, has met with an accident coming down Channel,
by getting into collision with another vessel. The
Bloomer fias upwards of 400 troops on board.
Lloyd's• agents, Messrs. Garrett and Gibbon, of
Portsmouth, have requested assistance, which has
been obtained from the Port Admiral, Sir G. Sey-
mour, who has kindly issued the necessary instruc-
tions fir taking the vessel into Portsmouth Harbour.
Captain Kennedy, Woolwich division Royal Ma-
rine Light Infantry, yesterday left Woolwich for
Portsmouth, under orders to proceed to the Medi-
terranean to take the command of the detachment

of Royal Marines appointed to her Majesty's screw
steamship Princess Royal, 91.
Her Majesty's iron steam store vessel Supply,
Master Commander Ballston, having discharged
Itei cargo of antiquities for the British Museum,
was yesterday hauled into dock at Woolwich for
examination and repairs, preparatory to her com-
plete refitment for her second voyage to Boudroun
Bay.
The paddlewheel store transport steamship
Rhada.manthus, Mater Commander Sturdee, in
dock at Woolwich, has been considerably damaged
from the effects of her having been grounded by the
company's packet Princess Royal, in coming down
the Clyde heavily laden with steam gear, when
two lengths of her keel were knocked off, and she
suffered various other injuries. Her timbers are
somewhat decayed, and her treenails completely
rotten through.
The young widow of Abraham Alibone, third
engineer of the Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, and
who was killed on board that vessel during the late
voyage of the Prince of Wales- from Dover to Os-
tend, has been granted a pension of ls. per day
from his Royal flightiess's privy purse, in addition
to her widow's pension of £27 per annum, the ordi-
nary grant of Government.
The following named vessels are under orders to
ship war stores from the military store department
of Woolwich Arsenal :—The Czar, for Malta ; the
St. Clair, for Algoa Bay ; the Robert Morrison,
for Freemantle; the John Pearce, for St. Helena;
the Enthusiast, for Antigua ; the Storm Nymph,
for Dominica ; the James, for Bermuda ; the Kat-
lani-by, for Port Natal ; the Watchful, for St.
Kitt's ; the Traveller, for Auckland ; the John
Bunyan, for Malta • the steamer Brendon, for Con-
stantinople ; the Hawk, for Gibraltar ; and the
Lila, for the Bahamas.
The following appointmentswere made yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Captain—George Wodehonse to the Russell, re-com-
missioned.

Lieutenants—A. C. May and A. H. Fitzroy, to the Cal-
cutta; A. G. Sutton, to the St. Vincent; J. B. Mitchell,
to the Argus.
Second Master.—E. L. B. Williams, to the Rhada-
manthus.