The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-19 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Trusty, 14, screw floating battery, has been
removed from Chatham to Sheerness, preparatory
to being sent to Shoeburyness, where she is to be
experimented upon by guns of heavy calibre, in
order to ascertain her capacity of resisting the steel
pointed spherical shot when fired at her from short
and long distances. The sides of the Trusty are
lined, from her water mark, with wrought-iron
plates of immense thickness, and the sides of the
battery sloped at a very obtuse angle to resist, as
much as possible, the effects of shot. At the for-
mer experiments made with the Armstrong gun,
several of the shots penetrated the sides of the
Trusty, splitting the iron plates, and one passed
right through her sides.
The Trafalgar, 91, screw, Capt. Fanshawe, left
Spithead under canvas on Saturday morning for
the westward. Wind fresh, from N.N.E.
The Iberia, screw steamer, left Portsmouth har-
bour during the night of the 17th inst., with troops
on board for Queenstown. _ _ _

Orders have been received from the Admiralty
per telegraph, by the authorities at Portsmouth
dockyard, to bring forward the Megrera, iron screw
troopship, for immediate service, and requesting a
return of the number of troop-boats available at that
port. Hands from all the departments are also
ordered to be employed upon the Perseverance,
screw troopship, in the steam basin, from 5 a.m.
until 7 p.m., to complete the necessary repairs to
her as quickly as possible.
The Pearl, 20, screw, Captain John Borlase, C. 8.,
has berthed alongside the Malabar coal depot, in
Portsmouth harbour, to fill up her complement of
coal.

The Brazilian sailing corvette Bahiana, 28 guns,
Captain d'Houdain, arrived at Spithead, on Satur-
day, from the North Sea. On bringing up at Spit-
head the Bahiana exchanged the usual complimen-
tary salutes with the Victory, flagship of the
Commander-in-Chief, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8.,
and the garrison saluting battery on the King's
bastion.

The Defence Commissioners were conveyed from
Plymouth by the paddlewheel steam tender Vivid,
to Falmouth, where they remained the night, and
returned to Plymouth on Saturday. They were
accompanied by Colonel Pester, Royal Artillery.
The screw steam corvette Scylla, 21, Capt. Lam-
bert, left Plymouth Sound on Thursday evening for
Gibraltar.

The paddlewheel steam vessel Centaur, 6, Chief
Engineer Thos. Duncannon, was taken from Key-
ham Basin on Friday to the Devonport liDockyard,
for the purpose of being fitted for sea.
The lighter Rochester, J. Dyer master, with
stores from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on
Saturday.
The paddlewheel steam-sloop Virago, 6, Com-
mander Montague B, Dunn, arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Saturday.
The screw steam-frigate Melpomene, 50, Captain
Ewart, rejoined the Channel fleet in Plymouth
Sound on Sunday morning.
The screw steam-frigate Imperieuse, 51, Captain
J. B. Frere, is ordered from Plymouth Sound into
Hamoaze, to repair and stop a leak. This will
occupy about four or five days.
The screw steam frigate Mersey, 40, Capt. Cald-
well, C. 8., which parted company withthe Channel
fleet at sea, rejoined the Admiral in Plymouth
Sound on Saturday.

The paddle-wheel steam tender Advice, M. C.
Raymond, Second-Master, from Queenstown,
arrived at Plymouth on Friday.
The screw steam gun .vessel Pioneer, Commander
Reilly, having been repaired at Devonport, left
Iraineaze on Saturday for Plymouth Sound.
The screw steam sloop Fying Fish, 6, Commander
lope, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday.
The following ships of war were in Plymouth
Sound yesterday (Sunday)—viz., the Aboukir, 90,
the Agamemnon, 91, the Algiers, 91, the Cesar,
90, the Emerald, 50, the Flying Fish, 6, the Hero,
91, the Imperiense, 51, the James Watt, 91, the
Melpomene, 50, the Mersey, 40, the Nile, 90, the
Pioneer, 6, the Royal Albert, 121, the Topaze, 51,
the Virago, 6, and the Dutch corvette Atlo, 3. The
Channel fleet requires about 1,200 tons of coal. The
movements of the James Watt during the late cruise
are extolled ; half of their crew received the bounty
(£5 to able seamen) on Friday, and obtained leave
until to-day (Monday), when the other half go on
shore. The gunboat Lark is constantly on duty,
attending on the liberty men belonging to the ships
in the Sound. It is reported in Plymouth that
2,000 seamen and 1,000 marines are to be raised
from the fleet for service in China.

Rear-Admiral of the Blue John Kingcombe has
tendered his services to the Admiralty.
The new screw steam corvette Clio, Capt. Thomas
Miller, left Sheerness yesterday at 2.45 p.m. for
Portsmouth. The Mars and Clio saluted the flag
of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral of the
Red Edward Harvey. The salutes were returned
by the guardship in ordinary Formidable, Capt.
Superintendent Rundle B. Watson, C.B. &c.
Mr. John Trott Butcher, the naval and military
contractor at Sheerness, has received instructions
from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to
continue to supply beef to all ships and vessels -at
this port under the supervision of the proper
authorities for 12 months.
The screw line-of-battle ship Mars, Capi. James
N. Strange, left the Nore, yesterday, at 2 p.m., for
POI tsmouth.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. R. P. Dennlstoun,
and Lieut. W, A. K. Craven, to the Pearl ; H. H.
Boys, mate, to the Pearl ; C. B. Charlewood, mid-
shipman, to the Pearl ; and Gt:;Prge E. G. Jaakson,
master's assistant, to the Pearl.