The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-23 00:00:00

2HE NAVY.

A letter dated Valetta, Sept.'l7, says :—" Her
Majesty's gunboat Assurance, 4 guns, Lieut. P. E.
Luard commanding, in the absence of Commander
Aynsley, sick, which left Malta on the Bth inst.,
returned on the 14th at 330 a.m., from Messina,
9th ; Castellamare, 10th; Naples, 11th ; and
Palermo, 12th inst. I learn by her that the fleet
under Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K,C.8., con-
sisting of the Marlborough, 131, flagship, Victor
Emmanuel, 91, London, 90, James Watt, 91, Nep-
tune, 90, Liffey, 51, and the Doris, 32, sailed from
Naples on the 11th inst. fora cruise. Her Majesty's
ship Exmouth, 90, remained at Castellamare, and
the Terrible, 21, at Naples. The Scylla, 21, was at
Palermo when the Assurance sailed. The British
screw steamer Malacca, having on board another
section of the Malta and Alexandria electric tele-
graph cable, came in on the afternoon of the 12th
inst., from London 26 days, Plymouth, 17 ; and
Port Mahon, 3. Mr. Samuel Canning, managing
engineer for Messrs. Glasse, Elliott, and Co., and ti
staff of electricians arrived by her. The Rangoon,
which has been here two or three weeks with ano-
ther portion of the cable, awaiting the arrival of
the Malacca, left on the 15th inst. She proceeds to
the Alexandria buoy, and, after joining the ends,
will pay out the cable she has on board to Bengazi.
To this place the Malacca will repair in a day or
two to await for her. The Malacca will then com-
mence laying her cable from the buoy in the Gulf
of Syrtis to Bengazi, which will complete the whole

line between Malta and Alexandria. The re-
mainder of the cable on board the Malacca, which
it is expected will amount to about 50 miles, is to
be coiled in a tank now being constructed on the
shore of Malta harbour, to be used in case it should
be wanted for repairing any part of the line. Her
Majesty's ship Medina, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt,
C. 8.; the Mohawk, Commander E. Howard ; and
the Assurance, Lieut. Luard, have left for the scene
of operations to render such assistance as may be
necessary. On board the Rangoon are Messrs.
Canning,Clifford, and De Santy,a staffof electricians
and labourers on the part of the owners of the cable,
Messrs. Ford and Laws on the part of Govern-
ment, and Mr. J. Quintana, appointed to the Ben-
gal station. The only vessels of her Majesty's navy
in port are the Hibernia (bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral Codrington, C. 8.) ; the Sanspareil, 70
(which is to return to England) ; the Melpomene,
51 ; the Surprise, 4 ; and the tug Hearty."
The Warrior was successfully placed in dock at
Portsmouth on Saturday, the operation being car-
ried out with as much ease and regularity as at-
tends the docking of an ordinary frigate. At noon
the ship's head was brought to the entrance of the
dock, and at half-past 12 she had been warped into
the desired position over her blocks, with 15 inches
to spare under her keel in the shallowest part of her
block•line. The water was afterwards pumped out
of the dock to the ships' 10 foot water-mark aft.
The remainder was allowed to remain in under the
ship's bottom, but will be pumped out this morning,
and the workmen of the Thames Iron Shipbuilding
Company will at once commence removing the iron
launching cleats from her bows and quarters. Since
her arrival on Friday she has naturally been an
object of great interest to naval officers of all ranks,
" and by them her beauty of hull and the exquisite
finish of her plating have been greatly admired.
Her rig has been subjected to considerable criti-
cism, but the " Rifle Tower,"or gallery on her deck,
has astonished all who have yet been on board from
its intense ugliness. It is felt, and expressed by
many, that in the Warrior England possesses a war
ship as much super for to the Merseys and Emeralds
of the present day as are those vessels to the
Blondes and Hussars of the past. The crew of the
Warrior have been berthed on board the Bellero-
phon hulk during the stay of the ship in dock.
The Alert, 17, screw, Commander Pearse, arrived
at Spithead on Saturday, from the Pacific station,
sailing from Valparaiso, June 8, passing the Gulf
of Peenes on the 20th June ; cleared the Straits of
Magellan on the 6th July ; arrived at Rio de Ja-

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his life. Jordan's temple is bruised and his hand
crushed. An inquest on Barrett was commenced
at Devonport on Saturday, but was adjourned until
the 7th of October, by which time it is expected
that Jordan will be sufficiently recovered to appear
before the jury.
Her Majesty's ship Firebrand, 6, paddlewheel
steamsloop, 400-horse power, Commander J. M.
Bruce, which arrived at Sheerness a few days ago
from the North American and West Indian
Station, to paid off owing to the ravages of the
yellow fever, has since been ordered to Woolwich to
be refitted for further service.

The new Greek steam frigate of war, the Amalia,
which arrived at Sheerness on the 19th inst. from
the Thames, bas since been out on trial of her en-
gines, and is now anchored at Black Stakes, await-
ing further orders.
The Leander screw steam frigate,4oo-horse power,
got up steam yesterday at Sheerness, after being sub-
jected to water-pressure for the purpose of trying
the effects of the new patent expansion gear of Messrs.
Bolton and Watts. The trial was eminently success-
ful.

By direction of the Admiralty the following Go-
vernment vessels are to be sold by tender :—At
Woolwich, the Messenger, 733 tons; at Portsmouth,
the Carysfort, 925 tons ; at Deptford, the Crocodile,
501 tons ; at Sheerness, the Espiegle, 443 tons ; the
Waterwitch, 324 tons; and the Gossamer, 48 tons.
At Devonport, the Merlin, 889 tons.
Arrangements are now being made at the Thames
Iron Shipbuilding Works, Blackwall, for the imme-
diate construction of a new iron-eased screw frio,
gate jar the_ ktrairalty ot 6,80 tons, the, cost of
which will amount to about half a million:'"'

A number of shipwrights and labourers were on
Saturday employed in altering the blocks in No. 3
dock at Chatham, in which the iron screw steamer
Defence, 22, is to be placed, and reducing them seve-
ral inches, in order to give that vessel a greater
depth of water on the occasion of her being docked.
The sill of the docks where the old gates formerly
stood has been cut away level with the flooring to
give a clearer space under the vessel's stern. The
utmost care will be required in docking the Defence,
as, although No. 3 dock is sufficiently long to take
her in, the great breadth of beam of the frigate will
leave only a very small space between the sides of
the dock and the iron ship. The alterations required
to be effected in the dock will prevent her being
admitted into it during the present high tides ;
and, indeed, it is now understood that she will be
masted in the river before being docked. This will
necessitate a farther delay, as, although her top-
masts, yards, and other gear have been for some
time at Chatham, her iron lower masts have not
yet .arrived from the Thames Iron Company, at
whose works they are being constructed. Notwith-
standing the delay which has arisen in docking the
Defence, the work of completing her is being rapidly
proceeded with afloat, a body of 100 mechanics being
engaged night and day, with only ;Try short inter-
vals, in getting her ready for sea.

The Derry Standard says it is impossible to speak

in terms of overstrained compliment of the cour-
tesy, urbanity, and kindness of the Admirals and
officers of the Channel fleet during their stay in
Lough Foyle to the crowd of visitors of all ranks
who during four or five days thronged the ships
incessantly from early morning till a late hour at
night. It sees much utility in periodical visits of
the fleet to the Irish ports, as such a gigantic exhi-
bition of British power would awe the disaffected,
stimulate the courage of the loyal, and make the
tar-paying public feel that they get substantial
value for their money.

The 31st compan.
non-commissioned
2n fromAlLe de t companies at headquarters. Me a
company piCeeeEto Malta to relieve the 17th com-
pany, which returns to Chatham on the cempletioil
of its period of foreign service. The officers ;who
P7-eed to Malta are Capt. A. B. Fyevs, Lieut.. W.
Al. I. Caulpbell, and Lieut. R. U. Jones. The 33d
company, which has been increased to 120 men,
embarks for Gibraltar, under the command of Capt.
R. Hawthorn and Lieut. W. Salmond, to relieve
the 24th company, ordered home. Detachments to
the number of 60 men, selected from the Royal En-
gineers at headquarters, will also leave Chatham
this morning, and embark for Corfu, Gibraltar, and
Malta, to augment the companies serving at those
stations.

Detachments of dismounted men attached to the
sth Dragoon Guards have arrived at Ipswich and
Norwich barracks. The regiment will be divided
so that three troops are stationed at Norwich
with the headquarters, three at Ipswich, and two
at Northampton. As the various troops have
crossed the country from Aldershot by easy stages,
the parties en route for Norwich are not expected
now to arrive before Wednesday or Thursday, and
the head-quarters will not reach their destination
till Saturday. Two troops have, however, arrived
at Ipswich. The regiment is under the command
of Lieut.-Col. Calthorpe. Capt. Montgomery's and
Capt. Ferguson's troops are to be stationed at Nor-
thampton ; Capts. Swinfen, Hampton, and Travers
command the troops at Ipswich ; and Capts. Bur-
nand and Garrard and Lieut. Balders are conduct-
ing the three remaining troops.
Two 100-pounder Armstrong guns have been for-
warded to the head-quarters of the Marine Artil-
lery, Fort Cumberland, from the Ordnance stores
at Portsmouth.