The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-13 00:00:00

TILE NA V.F.

Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, the Commander-in-
t Chief, in the Marlborough, 131, with the Princess
. Royal, 911 Euryalus, 51 ; and Lapwing gunboat,
left Malta harbour on the morning of the sth, after
the .receipt of despatches from the Admiralty on
the preceding evening by the Terrible, from Naples,
and, joining in the offing the Victor Emmanuel, 91 ;
. Brunswick, 80 ; and Renown. 91, stood away for
the north-east, destined, it is said, for Naples, to
sahite the new King, and be present at the arrival
on a special mission of Sir J. Hudson. The
Terrible was to follow on the night of the 7th
with the overland London mail ana despatches,
leaving the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, and Orion, 91,
undergoing some repairs atMalta. The captain
of this last mentioned vessel has ben obliged to go
to the hospital, but will, it is hoped, be well in time
to leave when the vessel is ready for sea.
The following is to be the armament of the
Rodney, 90, now in dock a: Chatham being con-
verted into a screw steams,kip :—Lower deck-30
8-inch guns, each 65 cwt. :and 9 feet 6 inches long,
and 2 8-inch guns of Gr., cwt. and 9 feet long;
middle deck-34 32-pou,nders, each 56 cwt. and 9
feet 6 inches long ; upper deck-22 32-pounders,
each 43 cwt. and 8 feet long, and 2 68-pounders,
each 95 cwt. The shipwrights and mechanics are
working extra hours on board this vessel in order
to complete her dining the present summer, when
another large line-(3fbattle ship will be taken into
the same dock to r.ndergo a similar process.
A new line-of-battle screw steamship, the Re-
pulse, to carry an armament of 91 guns, ordered to
be built on the new slip recently constructed in
Woolwich dockyard, was last week laid down on
the blocks. Her principal dimensions are intended
to be as follows :—Length between perpendiculars,
250 feet ; breadth, extreme, 58 feet ; burden in
tons, 3,71.5; length of keel, 240 feet 7 inches ; length
over. all, 300 feet.

Lieut. Robert Hamilton H. Mends, 9th of No-
vember, 1846, took up his commission on Saturday,
and joined the screw steamship Trafalgar, Captain
E. G. Fanshawe.

The officers and crew of the steam reserve
guardsllip, now hulked on board the Minotaur,
are adered to prepare for being turned over to
the Cumberland, 70 guns, on her arrival at Sheer-
ess.

The following ships are ordered forthwith to be
got ready for the pendant :—The Driver, the Bar-
racouta, the Wrangler, the Eurotas, the Clio, the
Miranda, the Wasp, the Janus, the Queen, and the
Hood, including the Firebrand and the Trafalgar,
already commissioned.
Large draughts of volunteer seamen are daily
.arriving at Sheerness for general service.
Captain R. B. 'Watson on Saturday last com-
menced his duties as Captain Superintendent of
Sheerness Dockyard, and in command of the
guardship of ordinary the Formidable.
The steam transport Gibraltar sailed on Saturday
from Woolwich with shot and other war stores.
The Flying Fish, 6, screw despatch vessel, Com.
Hope, was paid advance of wages at Spithead on
Friday, and sailed for Portland on Saturday.
The Emerald, 51, screw frigate, Capt. Arthur
Cumming, sailed from Spithead, for Portland, on
Saturday evening.
The Pioneer, 6, screw despatch vessel, Com. May,
has gone out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead.
The Agamemnon, 91, Capt. T. Hope, has com-
pleted coaling from the Malabar depot in Ports-
mouth harbour, and has taken up her former berth
alongside the Prince Regent. She will shortly go
to Spithead.

Tile equipment of the Neptune, 91, screw steam
ship, Capt. Sir W. Hoste, in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, is rapidly proceeding. Her lower
stays and bobstays are of wire rope; the remainder
of her rigging will be of hemp.
The Dauntless, 31, screw frigate, Capt. W.
Edmonstone, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, has
her lower rigging over her mast heads and tops on.
The Melpomene, 51, screw frigate, Capt. Ewart,
is filling up her provisions and stores at Spithead.

The Urgent steam troopship, Commander Hire,
arrived at Spithead at 4 30 p.m. yesterday, from
Gibraltar, with military invalids, &c.
Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle, C. 8., is ex-
pected at Plymouth to-day, and it is said that the
squadron will sail on Wednesday.
The screw steamship Exmouth, 90, Captain J.
Stopford, and the screw steamship Cressy, 80, Capt.
the Hon. J. G. Elliott, C. 8., from Portland on Fri-
day, are now receiving provisions at Plymouth,
preparatory to sailing for the Mediterranean.
The screw steam corvette, Cadmus, 21, Capt. H.
S. Hillyar, C. 8., from Portsmouth, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Friday. Her enginesworked very satis-
factorily, but it will be necessary for her to go into
dock at Keyham, to improve the ventilation of her
stokeholes.

-The strew steamship London, 90, Captain Henry
Chads, steamed f'rom Hamoaze on Friday into
Plymouth Sc.und, where she saluted the flag of
Port-Admiral Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.B. Sne took a
trial trip outside, and, while steaming at the rate
of 10 knots, one of her quarter boats (fitted with
Capt. Kynaston's slip hooks), containing Captain
Moorman, R.N., and the usual crew, was disen-
gaged with great facility, in the presence of Capts.
Robinson, Jerningham, Lowe, Houston Stewart,
the lion. Mr. Edgcumbe, and others.

The steam gunboat Rind, 2 (tender to the Rus-
sell, GO), left Plymouth on Friday for Falmouth.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Com-
mander Montagu B. Dunn, embarked the remain-
der of the Hampshire Artillery at Drake's Island,
Plymouth Sound, on Friday, and sailed for Fal-
mouth and Pembroke.

The paddlewheel steam vessel Advice (tender to
the Nile), from Queenstown, with 80 men for the
navy, arrived at Plymouth on Friday evening.
Forty men, by the South Devon Railway, arrived on
Saturday morning, and 12 in the forenoon.
The greatest activity prevails at Sheerness yard.
The Scout and Scylla, new screw steam corvettes,
ordered to be commissioned at Sheerness, are both
ready for the pendant.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieutenants Sir F. Black-
wood and H. W. Brent, to the Scylla ; E. B. Pusey,
W. 0. Butler, and M. G. Jackson, to the Topaze;
the Hon. A. K. H. Legge and H. T. Marsden, to
the Sidon ; L. C. Koppel and A. F. Hunt, to the
Cossack ; J. 0. J. Hamner and H. H. Morgan, to
the Scout ; Tom B. Read, master, to the Topaze ;
and Henry N. Scaife, paymaster, to the Topaze.