The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-02 00:00:00

THE NAVY;

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A. draught of 40 volunteers for the Navy was for-
warded-froni_Liverpool to Portsmouth yesterday.
They consist for the most part of able seamen.- The
enlistment proceeds at, the rate of 15=men per day
in the first-named put. • .
Her :Majo:;ty's. •ship Nile,-Taptain _Wilmot, is
expected in the Mersey, an Unexpected order hav-
ing been.receivedior her departuro from the Clyde
for Liverpool. • . • •
We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth
that the ship Alfred, Capt. Pope, from Calcutta for
London, has arrived in the Channel. She, left
Saud Heads March 7, and St. Helena May 14, and
brings passengers, 42 adults and. 40 children,
among whom are Colonel and 'Brigadier Steele,
C. 8., and Lieut. Grant, of the Company's service.
She has also' 130 military invalids, men, women,
and children, under command of Major Dunbar,
75th, and
m Mr. Whitty, 2d battalion of the 10th,
.
and in edical charge of Dr. Lee, .of the Indian
artillery service._ ..•

The Octavia, Captain Dale, belonging to Messrs.
Dunbar, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday
afternoon. She brings 149 men, Women, and chil-
dren, invalids from various regiments in the Ben-
gal Pre,sidency. Fourteen deaths, chiefly from
'dysentery, have occurred.
The screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Captain G.
W..Preedy,,which arrived in. Plymouth Sound on
Wednesday. evening, brought from Liverpool 77
men for ships at Plymouth, and 100 for the squadron
at Portland..

The gunboat Violet, tender to the coastguard
ship Eagle, 50, Captain E. Tatham, at Milford, left
Plymouth on Thursiiay for her stationi -
The screw steanrship 'Aboukir, 90, Capt. Schom-
berg, in Plymouat Sound; received her powder on
Thursday. •
The screw steam frigateTopaze, 51, was removed
on Thursday from the sheer hulk to her moorings
in Ilatuoaze, Plymouth.
The fishing sloop Arrow, of Plymouth, reports
her Majesty's screw steam sloop Hornet, 17, Com-
mander -Viscount Gifford, in the Channel, on Thurs-
day, from the China station. •
Ne4rly the whole of the shipwrights have been
taken off the Irresistible, 80, Rattlesnake, 21, and
Orpheus, 21, now being. P alit at Chatham dock-
yard, and placed on board the Rodney, 91, and
Severn,-51, which are being converted into screw
steamers at that establishment. The Irresistible is
in a very forward state, and is now in the hands of
the caulkers.

Notice was yesterday circulated in Chatham dock-
yard that a number of the hired shipvnights
recently taken on at that establishment would be
discharged this afternoon.

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The folloWing appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty R. B. Nicholetts, to
the Amphion ; Lieut. J.E. Erskine (flag), to the
Edgar ' • LieUt. A. C. Chatfield, to' the Cornwallis ;
Lieut. W.; B'. A: &Patterson, to
,the Spanker ;
Lieut. Hunter K,enti to the Simoom ;,,Lteut., F.
Stirling, ,to the
,Mars,; Lieut. the Ron. .T. G.
Crofton, to the AniphiOn ; William • Mills,, master
(additional),:. to the. • Minotaur ; Jahn 'F: Mills,
master (additional), to the:Wellington ; and Br` .-
ley Oregory,: acting. asSistantsurgeon, to ::,Aw
Amphion. • ' -•• • ' . • :
j. X'!l 367.4 r.
orb/ ,raasa 19 l'refY
The efforts to raise the required tieldfaireireaVen
for the augmbntation -of :theeoriAti AbSiirtlarmes
have proved satigfidOrf, and iher i t ilvery proba-
bility that in, n- short time. the augmantation .ot.this
branch 'of the 'Service, Will be complete. :The re-
erniting for the Ist (or Chatham) division -is pro-
ceeding satisfactorily, the-number of reinits who
joined headquarters during the last month being
nearly 200. In addition to this number the Militia
regiments have 'given a-, Considerable number of
Volnnteers.to the Chatham division, and yesterday
information was received at heacl-quartexs• that 86
volunteers, chiefly from the'Bedford Lighanfantit,
Antrim Rifles; and North COrk Rifles, lgilitia.Tegv
ments, would arrive , at Chathain,,from Aldershhtt
cultip, during the; afternoon; for . the purposhir Of
raining the division of. Marines into which they
have volunteered. Fourteen volunteers arrived at
head-quarters yesterday morning from the Stirling
Highland Light Infantry, and joined the Chatham
division, which has now nearly 500 recruits attached
to 'heact-qiiarters. •
. Col. Wright and Major White, Royal 'Engineers,
have just completed a survey of the foitifications
at Mount Wise, Devonport. A breastwork six
feet high is to be raised on the redoubt, and two of
Sir William Armstrong's heavy guns are to be
placed on the angles. It is also intended to fill in
the trench on the eastern side .of the Parade, the
ground of which will be extended as far as the
quarry by the Bluff Battery. The work has com-
menced at the fosse.

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The effective strength of the Royal North Glou-
cester Militia has been increased this week to 534
men. On Thursday Major• General Bloomfield, In-
spector-General of Artillery and Aide-de-camp to
the Queen, and his brother, Col. Henry Bloomfield,
commanding the garrison at Colchester, arrived at
Cirencester from Kingscote, and proceeded imme-
diately to the park of Earl Bathurst, to witness a
`field-day of the North Glocester Regiment. The
regiment, commanded by Col. Kingscote, executed
a variety of manoeuvres with steadiness and preci-
sion. Gen. Bloomfield and his brother expTessed
in very strong terms their admiration-of the corps,
not only as regards the rapid proficiency in drill
which it had made, but also the orderly and military
appearance of the men.
The Inverness Highland Light Infantry, under
the command of the Hon. Col. Fraser, will assemble
on the Bth of July for training.