The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-05 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Calcutta, 84, sailing two-decker, Capt. Wm.
King Hall, and Belleisle, 6, old sailing 74 (hospital
ship) Commander Henry Bingham, may be expected
to arrive in England on or about the 14th instant.
The Dauntless, 33, screw, Captain Edmondstone.
—Up to noon yesterday this ship had not entered
a single A.B. Popular captain or popular officers
are equally at a discount. Men of the right sort
will not enter unless they know to a certainty the
destination of a ship. It is reported that she is to be
sent to the " coast. This is the reason for the non-
entry of seamen. The Mediterranean station would
work a change for the better. She is supposed to
leave the Portsmouth steam basin on the 14th
inst., and to be at Spithead by the 18th. Active
and zealous officers must not be blamed because the
Dauntless cannot pick up hands at the rendezvous.
Although her ventilation has been much improved
she is yet very much deficient in this necessary
matter. She was always a deep, unwieldy, and
heavy-looking vessel ; better at once caulk in her
main deck ports, make her a corvette, and mount
six heavy guns on her upper deck. " Jack" does
not like the representation of a 33-gun frigate,
which is in no way equal to the 21-gun Pearl cor-
vette, which has double the accommodation as well
as ventilation.
The Hornet, 17, screw, Commander Viscount
Gilford, whose arrival at Spithead from China was
reported in The Sun of yesterday, will steam into
Portsmouth harbour this morning from Spithead,
for dismantling and paying off.
The Urgent, screw troopship, Commander Hirr,
at present under repairs in No. 8 dock at Ports-
mouth, will, on her completion, proceed from that
port to Deptford, where she will load provisions,
&c., for Malta.
The Meander, 44, sailing frigate, fitting in the
ship basin, Portsmouth, as storeship at Ascension,
commenced masting yesterday.
The Odin, 22. paddle, having completed her
repairs to hull in No. 2 dock at Portsmouth,
has been towed round to the steam basin to re-
ceive her outfit at the hands of the factory and
steam reserve. The Volcano, 6, paddle, has been
removed from the station to the ship basin, for the
purpose of being docked in No. 2 dock. The Medea,
paddle, will be placed in No. 4 dock (now undergo-
ing the process of lengthening) so soon as it is suffi-
ciently advanced to receive her, for the purpose of
survey, and repairs, if so decided on at the time of

survey.
His Imperial Brazilian Majesty's corvette
Bahiana, bearing the flag of Commodore d'Hou-
damn, is shortly expected to arrive at Spithead from
Cherbourg.
Tjie Ariel, 9, screw, Commander C. Bromley,
and the Megcera, Commander Purvis, will, accord-
ing to present arrangements, pay off at Ports-
mouth, the former on the 7th, and the latter on the
9th inst.

The Osborne, paddle yacht, Master Commander
U. K. Bower, hauled into the steam basin in Ports-
mouth yard yesterday, and will be placed in dock
to clean her copper, and for re-embellishing, &c.
Her crew will be berthed on board the Bellerophon
hulk.

Twelve gunboats, on an improved principle, of
80-horse power engines, and intended to be fitted
with Sir William Armstrong's gun, are ordered
to be constructed at the building yards of Messrs.
Scott Russell, Mare, Pitcher, and Thames Iron
Works, &c.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. R. J. J. G. Mac-
donald, to the Hogue, vice Capt. Moore , Lieut. G.
A. Brine, to the Donegal ; James Rae, promoted to
be Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals ; S. J.
Rogers, Master's Assistant, to the Edgar ; and C.
C. Edwards, Assistant-Paymaster, to the Vulcan.