The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-28 00:00:00

1111? NAVY.

The following is the copy of an order recently
.ued by the Board of Admiralty :--
"Victory, Portsmouth, Oct. 18.—In pursuance of in-
t uetions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
pensioners borne on the books of her Majesty's shins
ider my orders are to be discharged on the 30th of Novern-
r next. Any pensioners wishing to serve as ship-keepers

the reserve may be re-entered, but will not be allowed to
•aw their pensions whilst serving. Pensioners serving in
,e Coast Guard on shore, and borne on ships' books, may

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allowed to continue to serve on the distinct understand-
g that they will not be allowed their pensions whilst serv-
g. In all cases men continuing to serve without their
nsions will be allowed their time for increase of pension,

der the existing regulations. Signed, 11. W. BRUCE,
1 ice-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief. To the respective
ptains, &c."

The order has created very considerable dissatis-
mtion in the service, and the result of it will be
hat some hundreds, or perhaps, thousands of vain-
ble seamen will be lost to the British navy.
The Orpheus, 21, screw, in the old ship basin of
.'ortsmouth Dockyard, had her pennant hoisted on
aturday, as flagship for Commodore Burnett, C. 8.,
a the Australian station.
Her Majesty's screw gunboat Thrasher, attached
► the first-class steam reserve in the Medway,
crived at Chatham on Saturday, having on board
:e officers and Dutch troops from the Dutch trans-
I art Constance, which recently came into collision
with a British ship off the Longships, the Constance
being at the time bound for Batavia, with troops.
The Constance received such serious injuries in the
collision that she was taken into Sheerness Dock-
yard to be repaired, the troops being transferred to
the Leonidas, 42, which has been given up for
their accommodation by the Admiralty during the
time the Constance is under repair. The Dutch
troops, to the number of about 150 men of all ranks,
consisting of cavalry and light infantry, were, in
charge of their colonel and several officers, permis-
sion having been freely accorded them by Vice-Ad-
miral Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief up the Nore,
taken to Chatham in one of her Majesty's steam
vessels, which was placed at the disposal of the
oficer commanding for that purpose.
The gunboat Skipjack, Lieut. H. Packs, which
arrived at Plymouth on Friday, as already reported
in The Sun, left at Bermuda, September 24, the
Bulldog, 6, Commander H. F. Maillop, which
was to sail the next day for Nassau, and the
gunvessel Cygnet, 5, Commander A. T. Thrupp,
waiting the mail from Halifax. The Ariadne, 26,
Capt. Vansittart, left Bermuda on the 21st for
Halifax, with Commander Nelson and the crew o f
the sloop Driver, 6, recently lost. The Skipjack
touched at Fayal Oct. 19, since which she experi-
enced severe weather. She lost her jibboom and
some canvas, and sprung a leak. She left the station
in consequence of her defects. When her boilers are
repaired she will proceed to Portsmouth, when her
crew will be paid off.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles E. Stevens
to the St. Vincent, additional, for the service in the
Sealark ; the Hon. J. Ellis, sub-lieut., to the
Orpheus ; W. A. Hudlestone, C. J. Prevost, B. W.
Fielding, and Fitzhugh D'Este Jerningham, mid-
shipmen, to the Orpheus; W. C. Fairbairn,
assistant-surgeon, additional, to the Fisgard ; Ben-
jamin Crabbe, assist-surgeon, to Greenwich Hos-
pital ; W. M'Laurin, first-class assistant-engineer,
to the Indus, for hospital treatment ; E. Ander-
son, second-class assistant-engineer, to the
Medea, vice M'Laurin ; J.G. Johnson, acting second-
class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Vivid ;
H. Lanckester, acting second-class assist.-engineer,
from the Indus, to the Asia, as supernumerary ; C.
E. Drake, J. Henderson, W. Pearce, and W.
Hooker, masters' assistants, additional, to the Marl-
borough.