The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-13 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The paddlewheel steam frigate Leopard, 18, J
Capt. J. Wainwright, from Port Royal, Dec. 9,
arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon. The
Basilisk, with crew sickly, left Port Royal, Dec. 6,
for Belize. The Tartar, Devastation, and Arachne
left on the 9th for Vera Cruz. The Leopard brings
home Commander Inglefield, of the Arachne, and
18 men, invalids, in charge of Dr. J. Wade. Mr.
Carr, mate, comes home passenger. Spoke, Jan. 11,
in the chops of the channel, the barque Paragon,
28 days from Carthagena, for Newcastle.
Her Majesty's ship Curacoa, 31 gun screw frigate,
Capt. Mason, having repaired all damages to her
hull in the Angle Dock, at Portsmouth, blackened
down rigging, and having completed outside paint-
ing, will be taken out of dock as soon as there is
sufficient water to float her into the fitting basin.
Her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, 91 guns, screw,
will be taken out of No. 7 dock at Portsmouth to-
day.
The appointments of first lieutenant and of pay-
master to the screw steam guardship of coastguard,
Russell, 60, Captain Wodehouse, at Plymouth, con-
tinued vacant up to Tuesday. Of the 300 men who
belonged to her during her previous commission,
140 have rejoined. The remainder, principally
young men, have availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity to join sea going ships. Lieut. Kirby, with
assistant engineers Blundell and Arthur, have been
appointed from the Russell to her tender, the gun-
boat Hind, which has a complement of 25 men and
boys and three marines.
The Hind left Plymouth yesterday (Wednesday)
to inspect coastguard stations in the vicinity.
The screw steam frigate Liffey, 51, Captain G.
W. Preedy, was towed out of Plymouth Sound on
Tuesday, and proceeded for Portland, under royals.
Wind W.
The screw steam sloop Racer, 11, Commander T.
A. Pakenham, was in the Sound yesterday (Wed-
nesday) morning, preparing to follow the Russell.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Hecla, 6, Commander
Alin, on arrival from the West Coast of Africa,
will be paid off at Plymouth.
Lieut. Wm. Rodger, R.N., has been promoted
from the reserved list of lieutenants to the reserved
list of commanders, under an order in Council, in
recognition of his valuable services to the Royal
Navy, as well as to the mercantile marine of the
country, by improvements which he has made in
various kinds of anchors.

Mr. H. W. C. Wise has been appointed master,
additional, to the Vesuvius ; and Mr. C. Strickland
has been appointed additional acting assistant sur-
geon to the Victory.
The following list of appointments to the Bri-
tannia, 120, fitting as a training ship for naval
cadets at Portsmouth, is current at Plymouth :
Captain R. Harris ; Lieutenants G. Y. Paterson,
M. Lowther, G. S. Nares, and I. James ; Master
0. G. Roberts ; Chaplain, S. K. Stothert ; Sur-
geons, J. Browne and W. H. Cameron; Paymas-
ter, W. P. Grant; Chaplain and First Naval In-
structor, R. M. Inskip ; Naval Instructors, K.
Knapp, J. D. Burtun, and W. D. Hay; Assistant-
Instructors, R. Fowler and F. West; and Assist-
ant-Paymasters F. Lima and E. R. Key ; all of
whom have been transferred from'the Illustrious.
The Britannia will be ready for service in about a
fortnight,