The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-24 00:00:00

21LE NAVY

The screw steam-transport Balaklava, Pellatt
master, belonging to the military store department
of Woolwich. Arsenal, sailed yesterday morning,
laden with shot and shell,-2,100 boxes of small
arms' ammunition from the War Department,
Woolwich, and 107 boxes of muskets from the
Tower, for Southampton, to be reshipped on board
the mail packet for Alexandria, thence to China.

The whole of the boxes -are carefully packed in an
exterior covering of canvas, a precaution rendered
necessary in consequence of the distance overland.
The ammunition boxes contain 2,000,000 rounds of
ball cartridges. As a proof of the promptitude and
capabilities of the department, it may be stated that
the whole of the above-named stores were packed
and stowed away on shipboard within three days
after the delivery of the order. The departure of
the ship was; however, delayei by some slight de-
fect in her machinery. A second order for the same
destination, to a much larger extent, is in course of
execution, to be despatched by sea.
The freight-ships Irene and Daphne were yester-
day chartered by the War Department for the ship-
ment of military stores from Woolwich Arsenal.

The Havock gunboat was commissioned yesterday
at Portsmouth by Lieut. Fairholme.
The Sphinx, 6, paddle, Commander Hay, fitting
out in the steam basin at Portsmouth, has already
entered upwards of 60 of her crew.
The Perseverance, screw transport, Commander
Power, undergoing repairs in No. 8 dock at Ports-
mouth, will be out of the hands of the steam factory
department on the 27th inst. In consequence of the
reports received of the working of Cunningham's
patent topsails on board this vessel, it is the inten-
tion of the Admiralty to have the whole of the troop
steamers fitted on that principle.
The Avon paddle steamer, sailed from Devonport,
for Portsmouth, yesterday with supernumerary
Marine Artillery for her Majesty's ships Encounter
and Centaur, fitting out at that port.
The Mmander, old sailing frigate, recently fitted
out at Portsmouth for a storeship at Ascension, is
ordered to be filled up with' stores for that port,
after which she will sail under convoy of her Ma-
jesty's frigate Arrogant, 47, screw, Captain W.
Edmnnstone, about to leave for the coast of Africa,
as senior officer's ship on the station.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. L. F. Jones to be flag-
lieut. to Rear-Admiral L. T. Jones, second in com-
mand in China ; Lieut. G. W. Carter to the Mel-
pomene; Lieut. the Hon. M. R. Winfield, to the
Nile; Lieut. the Hon. A. K. H. Legge to the Edgar;
Lieut. C. H. Wilkinson to the Odin ; Lieut. W. It.
Hobson, additional, to the Victory ; Lieut. W. H.
Royse to the Snake ; P. Briggs, midshipman, from
the Algiers to the Imperieuse; J. N. Compton, mas-
ter's assistant, to the Arrogant ; W. M. Savage,
master's assistant, to the Imperieuse; R. H. War-
ren, master's assistant, to the Agamemnon ; W. F.
Strong, master's assistant, to the Trafalgar ; W. B.
P. Thompson, master's assistant, to the Donegal ;
A. G. Master, master's assistant, to the Topaz ; and
W. D. Rust, master's assistant, to the Mars. Second.
Lieut. W. D. Welsh, R.M.A., to be First-Lieut.,
vice L. H. I. Inglis, killed in action at the recent
attack on the Taku Forts, at the entrance to the
Tien-tsin River; Second-Lieut. W. Stewart, R.M.A.,
to be First-Lieut., vice H. Woolridge, killed in the
same action. Both.the above officers are reappointed
to the Artilery Companies of the Royal Marines.