The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-05 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Tortoise, naval store ship, has hauled 21p to
Chatham dockyard, and yesterday commenced un-
loading war stores from Devonport dockyard.
The Aid Hs commenced shipping war stores at
Chatham for Portsmouth and Devonport dockyards.
A court-martial assembled en Monday, at 9 a.m.,
on board the flagship Waterloo, at Sheerness, to
try (on his own application for a court-martial)
Charles Frederick Puckett, late master of the
steam sloop Alecto, on the following charges :
That he, the said Charles Frederick Puckett, when
master of her Majesty's steam sloop Alecto, and in
actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet
. did, on the 9th day of Sept. 1858, on board thesaid
sloop, use insubordinate language to Commander J.
Hunt of the said sloop, by.stating to the said com-
mander that he would make him prove his words
with reference to a statement of the said com-
mander, that he thought the said sloop was at the
time 30 miles or thereabouts out of her position,
contrary to the directions given by the said com-
mander to the said C. F. Puckett; and by the said
C. F. Puckett stating to the said commander that
he the said commander gave him no course—which
statement was untrue. Captain E. P. Halsted was
the President. The decision was to the following
effect, that the Court were of opinion that both
charges were fully proved, and they adjudged the
prisoner to lose six months' time and to be severely
reprimanded and admonished to be more careful in
future.

Excepting First Lieutenant C. O. B. Hall, Lieu-
tenant W. T. W. Hambly, Lieutenant F. Osburn,
and Additional Paymaster Robert Bone, all the offi-
cers of the screw steamship Russell, 60, re-commis-
sioned at Plymouth on Saturday by Capt. Wode-
house, have been re-appointed. Previous to her
being put out of commission, Lieut. Hambly had
applied to be superseded. Lieut. Kirby has been
appointed Second and Lieut. Alexander Third
Lieutenant. The two other vacancies continued
open up to Monday evening. The crew were paid
off, with seven days' leave of absence and permis-
sion to join any ship in commission. Above 100
have returned to the Russell. A few have joined
the Racer, Cambridge, Excellent, Impregnable, &c.
Lieut. Meheux and the detachment of Marines
continued on board the Russell.

The storeship Diligence, Mr. Crook, master, with
stores for Pembroke, was towed from Hamoaze to
Plymouth Sound on Monday. The Hamoaze, with
bread, for Queenstown, was appointed to leave
Plymouth yesterday.
The screw steam-frigate Topaze, 51, was placed
at her moorings in Hamoaze on Monday.
The Conway, 26, for Liverpool, will be ready to
be moved out of the basin at Devonport on Friday.
The repairs of the screw steamship Victor Em-
manuel, 91, and of the paddlewheel steam vessel
Advice, will probably be completed at Devonport
on Saturday.
The screw steamship Desperate, 8, was placed in
Keyham Basin, Devonport, on Monday.
Her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Commander
John Seccombe, embarked the following officers
and men yesterday from the dockyard at Ports-
mouth :—Royal Engineers—Major Sedley, Lieut.
Warren, and 103 rank and file (for Gibraltar). 2d
Battalion 15th Foot (for Malta)—Major Fulton,Capt.
Morshead ; Lieuts. Dickson, Fitzroy, Alhuson, and
Burdon ; Ensigns Coetiogon, Hawkes, and Shaw ;
Assistant-Surgeon Hinton, 104 rank and file,
9 women, and 18 children. 4th Battalion Rifle
Brigade (for Malta)—Lieutenants Tottenham and
Curson, 150 rank and file. The Himalaya will go
out of Portsmouth harbour this morning at nine
o'clock to Spithead, and thence proceed to Queens-
town, at which port she will embark the
2d Battalion 6th Foot (for Gibraltar)-30 men
25th Foot (for Gibraltar)-2 officers, 41 rank and.
file, 1 officer's wife, 2 officers' children, and 1 ser-
vant, 2d battalion 3d Foot (for Malta)-1 officer,
52 rank and file, 2 children, and 2 servants, Ist
battalion, 23d. Foot, for Malta-4 officers, 32 rank
and file, 4 women, and 2 children ; barrack depart
ment, 1 man, 1 woman, and 1 child.
The French sloop Le Faon, Captain Auger, has
arrived at Spithead from Calais and Newkaven,
and will proceed to Weymouth, it is said for the
purpose of inquiry connected with the herring
fisheries.

Mr. Charles J. Parker was yesterday appointed
master to the Victory.
Nothing is known at Portsmouth of the supposed
arrival of Admiral William Bowles, C. 8., &c., as
immediately succeeding to the command in chief.