The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-30 00:00:00

THE NA fl.

Her Mnjesty, the Prince Consort, with the mem-
bers of the Royal family at present at Osborne,

and suite, arrived in Portsmouth harbour soon
after 10 a.m. yesterday on board the Fairy screw
yacht, with the Elfin in attendance, from Osborne,
receiving the customary salute from the men-of-
war and the forts of the garrison, the Russian
squadron at the Motherbank being first dressed
out in bunting and leading off the Royal salute ;
her Majesty was received at the Royal Clarence
Yard by the military and naval authorities and a
guard of honour of the South Tipperary Militia
Artillery. Immediately after land'ng from the
Fairy, her Majesty left by special train for Vaux

hall.
The National Defence Committee embarked yes-
terday morning at Portsmouth on board the
Sprightly, steam tender, Master Commander Al-
len, and with a Government pilot (Mr. Jones) on
board proceeded to the Needles passage to complete
their inspection of the western approaches to Spit-

head.
Orders have been received at Chatham for the fol-
lowing officers belonging to that garrison to em-
bark for Calcutta—viz , Ensign Jones and Ensign
Bains, Bth Regiment; Ensign Fellowes and Ensign

Caldwell, 24th Regiment.
The first superannuations under the revised scale
of pensions recently adopted by the Lords of the
Admiralty have just been made at Chatham dock-
yard, in ;accordance with the provisions of the
Civil Service Superannuation Act, the mechanics
and artisans receiving nearly double the amount of
pension awarded under the old scheme. The lead•
ing men of shipwrights superannuated receive each
£57 7s. Bd. per annum; the shipwrights, £46 19s.
each per annum instead of £24 under the for-
mer allowance ; the spinners in the ropery, £45
4s. 2d. per tnnum ; the first class labourers,
£3l 6s. per annum ; and the police-constables
superannuated, £25 10s. 81 per annum. The supe-
rior officers of the yard will also receive a similar
improved scale of allowance.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Vivid sailed
from Woolwich on Sunday for Dover, to embark, it
is said, his Royal Ilighness Prince Alfred and suite
for Ostend.
The sailing transports Reaper and Great Britain
have been chartered by the War Department to
ship stores from Woolwich.
Her Majesty's steamer Donegal arrived in the
Mersey yesterday.
The sailing corvette Alarm, 26, Capt. D. Curry,
arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday, Monday,
morning. She left the Pacific on the 28th of
March, Rio Janeiro on the 9th of July, and crossed
the line on the 24th of July. The Alarm was
commissioned in June, 1855, and has been chiefly
employed in the Pacific. She has lost one officer
and three seamen by sickness and three
sea-
men by drowning. Forty-five naval invalids a
ersnd
distressed British subjects came home passeng.
She passed six or seven large ships, apparently 7 the
Channel fleet, on Sunday, in lat. 49 6 N., long
10
W. She spoke July 17, in lat. 19 30 S., long. 35
48 W., the English ship Catharma ; July 24., in lat.
00 40 N., long. 32 10 W., the American ship War•
hawk, bound for San Francisco; July 29, in lat. 10
32 N., long. 30 28 W., a ship to the east, firing
guns, supposed to be her Majesty's ship Harrier ;
Aug. 7, in lat. 29 50 N., long. 43 W., boarded the
American ship Morning Light, 13 days from Bos-
ton, all well ; Aug. 21, in lat. 44 15 N., long. 25
w., zig,nalled an English brig, showing third dis-
tinguishing pendant over 3,986, from Savanilla for
Liverpool; Aug. 27, in lat. 47 45 N., long 9 26W.,
passed the English ship Greyhound, steering S.S.W.
The screw despatch vessel Pioneer, 6, Com. Chas.
May, from Portsmouth, arrived in Plymouth Sound
on Sunday afternoon.
The gunboat Biter, tender to the Blenheim, left
Plymouth on Sunday for Portland.
The paddle-wheel steam frigate Sidon, 22, Capt.
Crawford, with the gunboats Forward, Lieut. Rob-
son, and Grappler, Lieut. Helby, in tow, left Ply-
mouth on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, for Van-
couver's Island, calling at Rio Janeit o.
The Harrier, 17, screw, Commander Sir Malcolm
M'Gregor, arrived at Spithead from Rio yesterday
at 4.30 a.m. The Harrier sailed from Rio on the
Bth of July, and has had beautiful weather the