The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-09 00:00:00

LT- 11? NA Y.l.

Her Majesty'a screw frigate Ariadne, 26, Capt.
F. Vansittart, was undocked at Chatham yesterday
afternoon. Her guns consist of twenty-six 10-
inch 84 cwt. (Armstrong's), and two pivot guns.
She has the whole of her stores, provisions, water,
shot, and shell on board, and is now lashed along-
side the sheer-hulk, opposite the dockyard. To-
day she will probably drop down to Folly Point,
a short distance from the powder magazine at
Upnor Castle, where she will receive on board her
armament and powder, and await further orders.
The draught of water when the ship was floated
was 18 feet 5 inches forward, and 19 feet 6 inches
aft. A considerable number of naval and military
officers and ladies were present to see the noble
vessel leave for her future element.
A new ship, the Belvidere, is ordered by the
Admiralty to be built at Chatham for a 91,.Screw.
She is to be raised upon the slip the AlFtsey was
launched from ; and the Royal Oak, 90, screw, is
to be raised on the slip the Hood wa4 recently'
launChed from.
The Charybdis, 21, 400-horse power, will to-day
occupy the dock vacated by the Ariadne, to be fitted
for the first division of the steam reserve, instead
of the second, as previously ordered.
The crew of the Conqueror, Captain Wrlcox,
were paid off at Plymouth on Wednesday. by Rear-
Admiral Sir T. Pasley, and of the Centurion, Capt.
Paley, by Capt. Williams. Two .detachments of
Marines were embarked the same day on board the
Conqueror and Centurion, preparatory to their
being recommissioned by. the same officers.
On the arrival of the screw steamship Nile, 90,
Captain A. P. E. Wilmot, at Plymouth, her crew
will be turned over to the screw steamship Sanspa-
reit. After repair the Nile will be despatched to her
original destination, North America and the West
Indies.
The yacht Plymouth, E. Crook, master, from
Penzance, arrived atkPlymouth on Wednesday,.
with loss of bowsprit.
Letters received at Plymouth, froth the Orion,
91,.Captain Frere, dated Gibraltar, Nor. 27, state
that there was no expectation of her return t:) Eng-
land 'before the spring. The Brunswick was to
leave for home on the. Ist of December; she has
been four years and six months in commission.
The Urgent, screw troopship, Commander Hire,
will sail for the Cape of Good Hope and China about
the 20th inst., from Dublin, where she will call to
embark troops for the Cape. It has been officially
notified that an extra mail will be forwarded by
ber to the Cape.
The Hero, 91, screw, Captain G. H. Seymour, ar-
rived at Spithead from Portland yesterday morn-
ing. under canvas. . •
The Fawn, 17, Commander X. B. Kator, sailed
from Spithead yesterday morning for Portland.
The Sprightly, paddle steamer, Master Com-
mander Allen, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday
for Plymouth, with supernumeraries, &c.
The Mutino, 17, screw, Commander W. Graham,
and the Weser, 6, paddle, Commander Itaby, V.C.,
arrived at Spithead, yesterday from the eastward.
The following appointments were made yester-
:—G. J. MiDongel, master
daday at theditionaltoAtdh7ri tycaylelops ; W. G Barr. chief engi-
neer to tho Asia, for the Duncan; W. J. Ibbett,
chief engineer to the Urgent; W. R: Davey, second
class assistant-engineer to the Aboukir; H. D.
Walker, master's assistant to the Icarus ; E. J.
Bennett, paymaster to the Diadem; and W. J.
Dixon, paymaster, confirmed to rank.