The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-23 00:00:00

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THE NAVY. r{`' -
The Belleisle recently- arrived at Chatham:
freni HOngifi4g, is now in harbour at that port s
. shipping and dismantling preparatory to being paid "1.
off. A considerable portion of her stores has been •
returned into the.dockyard.
Her steam storeship Supply, having
discharged a portion of her cargo at Woolwich, con-
sisting
of military stores from IslaJta, has proceeded
to moorings off the dockyard, and commenced clear-
ing out her naval s ,ores and some eases of inscrip-
tions and and' from the Eastern city of
Onidus, in Cap fOr the British Mu-
-seum, after which s ie 'Pechltrid hauled
in,to basin to be paid off.
The screw steam storeship Lord Panmure, H. T.
Moore master, 'belonging to the Military Store De-
partment of Woolwich, having shipped 450 tons Of '
stores, left Woolwich on Thur Clay, calling•at Til-
bury
Fort, embarked 689 barrels of ammunition,
and sailed yesterday.
The screw steam storeship Himalaya, Commander
J. Seeeombe, !baying embarked the depot•of the
73d Regiment from De con part, left Plymouth Sound
on Thursday for Gravesend.
The steam screw vessel Argus (tender to the
Coastguard ship Pembroke, at Liarwieh), arrived
at Plymouth on Wednesday eveni, g, and leftagain
on Thursday.
The screw, steamship Caesar, 90,Xaptain J. IL •
Mason, waimoved "on Thursday from the basin at
Keyham to Hamoaze.

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The naval appN-414 ices' brig. Sea ark, Lieut. Com-
mander M. Lowther, sailed from Plymouth on-
Thursday fora cruise in-the Channel.
The Russian screw frigate polkan, 44 guns, Cap•
tain StitSenko, arrived at Spithead yesterday
morning, and exchanged the customary salutes.
with -the garrison and !the Victory. flagship in,
Portsmouth harbour. The Polkan will remain
at Spithead for orders. She is from the Medi-
terranean, last from Havre. The Grand Duke Con-
stantine is hourly expected at Spithead in a screw
yacht.
The Virago, 6. paddle, Commander M. B. Dunn,
arrived at Spithead .-yesterday morning, with the
OcWins,..4s_9, sailing frige, in
_tow, from Devon
poftltitighT74-iiii 'Tr° Tr' :the fatieflort fOr con- "-
version to a screw frigate. The Virago will return
to llevonparf this morning with Mr. Paul and. his
Party of men from the Octavius, and some super-
numeraries for the fleet.

•The Simoom, screw. troopship, Commander I.
Cook, has been placed in No." 8 dock, at Ports-
mouth, to make ready for further service.
The Urgent, screw troopship, Commander Hire,
sailed from Spithead for Deptford early yesterday
morning.
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Capt. Yelverton, late of the Conqueror, has. been
appointed Controller-General of the Coastguard, in
the place of Commodore Eden, appointed a Junior
Lord of the Admiralty.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. W. J. C. Clifford, .to
the Conqueror; Lieut. H. G. Belson, to the Sidon ;
Lieut. E. B. H. Franklin, to the Imperieuse ; H.
A. Close, Acting Assist.-Surg., to the Clio ; Henry
Haddow, Acting Assist.-Surg., to the Scylla • Geo.
H. Belleinger, Acting Assist.-Surg., to the Gladia-
tor; T. L. Bickford, Acting Assist.-Surg., to the
Scout ; G. F. Norman, Assist-Paymaster, to the
Impregnable ; H. M. Bernard, Assist-Paymaster,
to the Edgar; R. Williams, Clerk, to the. Ccesar ;
and J. K. Bell, Assist-Clerk, to the Diadetn.• •