The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-25 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Thunderbolt, 16, and Etna, 16, steam-floating
batteries, are still in Chatham harbour in charge of
Lieut. Bateman and. a party of seamen from the
Cumberland, 70, both batteries being unable to pro-
ceed to their stations in the Thames in consequence
of the non-arrival of their cables from Sheerness.
The cables arc expected to be on board to-morrow,
immediately after which the batteries will proceed
round to the Thames to take up their positions
on the Kentish and Eisex sides of the river at
Shornemeade and Coalhouse Point.

Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamvessel Ca-
radoc, lately employed as a packet carrying mails
and passengers in the Mediterranean, has been or-
dered to undergo thorough repairs at Woolwich.
Her boilers and machinery, after eight years' hard
service, are in course of being renewed, when she
will be recommissioned for similar service.

Yesterday Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, superintendent
of Chatham dockyard, returned from a short leave
of absence and resumed
,his duties at the establish-
ment. Capt. G. Goldsmith, C,8., the late superin-
tendent, quitted the dockyard yesterday.
The following screw steam gunvessels now in
Chatham harbour have completed fitting for the
steam reserve :—The Pigeon, 5, 60-horse power ;
Dart, 5, 80-horse power; Serpent, 4, 200-horse;
and Linnet, 4, 200-horse power.

The Racehorse, 4, 200 horse power, screw gun-
vessel, and the Plover, 5, 80-horse power, fitting for
the steam reserve at Chatham, are in the hands of
the c6ntract engineers,
The Louisa gunboat, 60-horse power, tender to
the Edinburgh,.6o, at Leith, is having the defects
to her hull and machinery made good at Chatham.
The Fairy, Royal screw yacht, Master Com-
mander Welch, steamed out of Portsmouth Harbour
yesterday, and tested her machinery under the
supervision of the officials of the dockyard. Every-
thing working well, the Fairy will resume her
duties in attending on her Majesty to-day.
The Marlborough, 131, screw, Capt. W. TI.
Stewart, C. 8., completed shipping her three lower
masts and bowsprit in the steam basin at Ports-
mouth yesterday.
Tue Euryalus, 51, screw, fitting out at Ports-
mouth in the first-class reserve as a future flagship,
is ordered to receive her guns at once alongside
the north quay of the steam basin.
Ths Cruiser, 17, screw, Commander Bythesea,
V.O , and the Inflexible, 6, paddle, Commander
Brooker, according to present arrangements, will
pay off at Portsmouth, the latter on Saturday
next, and the first-named on Monday.
The Admiralty paddle-yacht Osborne, Master
Commander G. K. Bower, anchored in the Tagus,
from Portsmouth, on her way to Madeira, at 6 p.m.
of the 15th inst., after a fine passage out: She was
expected to leave again the next morning for Ma-
deira, after coaling.

A court-martial assembled yesterday (Wednes-
day) on board the flagship Impregnable, at Devon-
port, to try Mr. John Rivers, assistant-paymaster of
her Majesty's ship Magicienne, on a charge of
drunkenness on board that ship ou the night of the
11th of January, 1861. The Court found the
charge proved, but, in consideration of prisoner's
good character, merely sentenced him to be placed
at the foot of the list of paymasters and to be
severely repremanded.
Twenty boys were draughted yesterday (Wed-
nesday) from the flagship Impregnable, 104, to the
guardship of steam ordinary Indus, 78, Capt. Astley
C. Key, C. 8., both in llamoaze, Plymouth.
Yesterday the stripping of the jury rigging IN as
completed, and the masts and bowsprit were re-
moved from the now ship Defiance, 91, just brought
to Plymouth from Pembroke.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Bann (tender to the
Fisguard, 42, at Woolwich), was put into No. 4
dock at Devonport yesterday, to be examined.
The paddlewheel steam frigate Altigicienne, 16,
Capt. J. E. Commerell, at Devonport, will be ready
for paying off her crew on the 30th inst.
The steam gunvessel Weser, 6, made an experi-
mental cruise yesterday (Wedneiday) from Hamoaze
outside Plymouth Breakwater.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Wm. Waterfield, second-class
assist.-engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary ;
H. 'Sugden, second master, to the Marlborough.

LONGEVITY.—An old lady, named Marks, died
last week, at Woodbury (Devonshire), aged 103 years. Up
to the period of her death she retained her faculties, and for
some time previous she was enabled to rejoice in the fact of
having no less than.,36 great-grandchildren,