The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-19 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Nearly the whole of the extra shipwrights,
smiths, joiners, and other mechanics and labourers
ordered to be hired at Chatham dockyard have been
entered, with the exception of the shipwrights,
several more of whom are still required. Yesterday
it was officially announced that 30 more spinners
were required to be entered, in addition to those
already hired. Great activity prevails in all the
establishments, the workmen connected with which
are working until a late hour in the evening at
increased wages.
Captain Warburton, commanding the depot of
her Majesty's 3d Regiment, the Buffs at Limerick,
has received instructions to hold in readiness a
draught consisting of 2 officers and 100 non-com-
missioned officers and men to embark on the Ist of
June for Calcutta.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Bain,
constructed on the novel method of steering fore
and aft with equal facility, recently commissioned
at Woolwich by Captain -Williams for coast sur-
vey, sailed from Woolwich on Tuesday for Green-

hifhe to be adjusted for sea.
The hired transport Queen, having shipped 2,000
barrels of gunpowder and war stores from Wool-
wich, has sailed for Malta, where she will take in
an equal quantity of powder presumed to be unfit
for use from over age.
The steam transport Peninsula yesterday com-
menced shipping war stores from Woolwich Arsenal
for Gibraltar, and the John Banks for Sidney. Not-
withstanding that the reception and manufacture
of war materials in Woolwich Arsenal exceed, at
the present moment, that of any former period, the
departure of vessels is frequently-delayed from a
lack of supply on hand, on account of the enormous
quantities which have been unremit tin gl y despatched
for some time past to our home and foreign stations.
The shot and shell factories in the Arsenal, said to
be turning out 16,000 heavy shot per day, are daily
increasing their establishments. Canvas awnings
have been erected along the outer walls of the fac-
tories, so as to form additional accommodation, and
the most unprecedented activity is perceptible both
without and within. _ _

Applicants for enrolment in the Royal Navy still
continue to offer themselves at the rate of about
200 per day at the Fisgard's offices at Woolwich,
the great majority of whom being growing country
lads from the ages of 15 to 20 years, and under the
height of 5 feet 6 inches, are rejected, that being
the standard appointed by the Admiralty for lands-
men of all ages. It is stated that already have the
large number of 20,000 been admitted in different
parts of the kingdom.
The following officers and troops embarked yes-
terday on board the Melbourne, hired screw steam
transport, at the South Jetty, Portsmoath dock-
yard : For Gibraltar—Royal Engineers, Lieut.
Durnsford, and 14 non-commissioned officers and
men ; 2d Battalion 7th Foot, 31 non-commissioned
officers and men, and one woman. For Corfu--
Royal Artillery, Major L'Estrange, Lieuts. Harris
and Sexton, 117 non-commissioned officers and men,
9 women, and 16 children'; Royal Engineers, Capt.
Bridge, wife, and child, Lieuts. Luard and Craw-
ford,ll9 non-commissioned officers and men, 8 women
and 10 children ; 2d Battalion 4th Regt. (King's
Own), Lieut.-Col. Thompson and wife' Capt. Smith,
wife, and child, Capt. Hamilton and wife, Lieuts.
Broomhead, Clerry, and Rynd, and Assist.-Sur. Lane,
265 non-commissioned officers and men, 11 women,
14 children, and two horses ; 2d Battalion 9th
Regiment, Capt. Grace, wife, and two children,
Ensigns Layton and Dunn, 20 non-commissioned
officers and men, two women, and three children ;
Ist Battalion 4th Regiment (King's Own), Ensigns,
Metcalf, Hutchinson, Close, and Hall. The Mel-
bourne will sail for her destination this morning.
A large number of naval cadets yesterday passed
for active service out of the Britannia, cadet train-
ing ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Robert Harris.
The Eurydice, 26, sailing frigate and future sea-
training ship for the naval cadets, was towed into
Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday, and
berthed alongside the Prince Regent.
The Doris, 32, Capt. E. Heathcote, got under way
at Spithead yesterday morning, in charge of Capt.
George Gordon and staff, and proceeded to the trial
ground in Stokes Bay, to make her last screw trial
with the Admiralty screw, but was again compelled
to defer it on account of the weather. _ _

A large proportion of the men who have arrived
in Portsmouth from the outports, where they had
been entered for the navy as " stokers," have
proved, on being tested, to be totally unacquainted
with a sea-going stoker's duties. The Lucifer
steamer was yesterday ordered to get up her steam
in consequen2e, take a party of men on board, and
proceed with them outside to test their qualifica-
tions.

The Bartolomeo Dios and the Sagres passed
through Spithead yesterday at 6 p.m. from the
westward, and proceeded to the eastward, firing a
salute of 17 guns in passing, which was returned
from her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth
harbour.

The screw steam frigate Liffey, 51,_ Capt. Preedy,
left Portland harbour yesterday afternoon for the
estw
Not estward.
The he fortifications for the protection of the
town and harbour of Weymouth, and also the ad.
jacent roadstead of Portland, will be proceeded with
immediately. A very short space of time will
suffice to put this position in a defensible state.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Advice,
tocandie,uretso_
the Nile, Second Master Michael C. Raymond,was
taken alongside Keyham yard, Pymouth,
Tues-
day, to have sonic defects made good.
Several shipwrights from Liverpool were enterci
at Devonport dockyard on TueSday:
Sixty men for the navy, from Bristol, arrived at
Plymouth by the South Devon Railway on Tuesday.
The screw steam guardship of ordinary Exmouth,
90, Capt. R. S. Robinson, took her powder on board
in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday.
The paddlewheel steam store vessel Rhadaman-
thus, 4, Master F. R. Sturclee, left Plymouth for
Woolwich on Tuesday.
The steam gunboat Seagull, tender to the Porcu-
pine, Lieut. W. Chimmo, was undocked at Devon-
port on Tuesday.
The gunboats Weasel and Cockchafer were taken
out of Keyham basin on Tuesday.'
The screw steam ship Lion, 80, was undocked. at
Devonport on Tuesday afternoon. In the evening,
at 10, Lieut. J. Graham, Lieut. C. It. Ricketts, 1
sergeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 75 rank and
file of the Royal Marines, from Woolwich, arrived
at Plymouth by the South Devon Railway, for the
purpose of joining the Lion.
The screw steam gun vessel Intrepid, 6, Com-
mander Marryatt, was transported to the coal
depot in Hamoaze on Tuesday.
The ways are being laid in Portsmouth Dockyard
for the launching of the Bacchante, 51, screw, sister
to the Shannon, which will take place in June.
Admiral Wm. Bowles, C. 8., commander in chief
at Portsmouth, has struck his flag on board the

Victory at that port, in order to preside over the
committee meeting at Whitehall in connection with
the Royal Naval School, New-cross. Rear Admiral
Superintendent the Hon. G. Grey's flag flies at the
wizen of the Victory pro tern.
_ _ _

The Ganges, 84, Capt. Fulford, flag ship of Rear
Admiral R. L. Baynes, C. 8., in the Pacific, has
been ordered to England. The Tribune, 31, screw,
Capt. Hornby, is to receive the Admiral's flag. The
Cumberland, 70, Capt. Rogers, flag ship of Rear
Admiral Sir S. Lushington, K.C.8., is also ordered
to England; and the Leopard, 18, paddle, Captain
Wainwright, has been ordered to proceed from the
Mediterranean to take the admiral's flag.
An official inspection of the whole of the naval
and marine pensioners at the various stations having
taken place on Monday last, the following Admi-
ralty notice was issued yesterday and posted at the
Government dockyards :
Naval Pensioners Act, 14th and 17th Vitt., c. 73, s. 16.
—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty consider that
an emergency has arisen which calls for the temporary ser-
vice in the Royal Navy of all persons who nay be in receipt
of pensions for former service, as petty officers or seamen;
notice is hereby, given, that such pensioners, being fit for
her Majesty's service, will be forthwith required to serve,
either afloat or ashore, as their lordships may be pleased to
order. Such persons will receive the pay and allowances
of their respective ratings according to the increased scale
fixed for continuous service men, and they will also receive
their pensions as heretofore.
The Conqueror and the Centurion, which left
Malta under sealed orders, as reported in Malta
letters, found, on reaching the point where they
were to open their instructions, that the former was
to proceed to Leghorn, and the latter to Naples,
which she reached on the sth inst.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty:—Lieut. E. Denny, to the Aga-
memnon, Mr. J. S. Hill, master (additional), to the
Fisgard.
An Admiralty order was received yesterday
directing the Firebrand steam vessel to be got ready
forthwith, in order to survey the route and take
soundings from England to Gibraltar, and from
thence to Malta, including the skirts of the Bay, of
Biscay, with a view to laying down a submarine
electric telegraph for the service of the Government
at a future period. The Firebrand is temporarily
commissioned for this service by Commander Joseph
Dayman, late of the Gorgon. She has received her
armament from the Royal Arsenal, consisting of
four 98 pounder, and two 68 pounder guns, and she
is now shipping a large quantity of shot and shell.
The naval transport Sinbad is shipping a large
quantity of war stores at Chatham Dockyard for
Woolwich and Deptford.