The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Victoria, 121, screw, has received two of her
boilers in the steam-basin at Portsmouth.
No. 40 mortar-boat, at Portsmouth, has been
taken down to the gunwharf to ship her mortar.
The Immortalite, 51, screw, had her jurymasts
taken out alongside the sheer-jetty at Portsmouth
yesterday. _

Tho Alia, 80, Capt. George T. Gordon, guardship
of the steam reserve at Portsmouth, has taken in
the old guardship's moorings off the Stony-steps,
Gosport.

His Netherlands Majesty's steam sloop Citadel
von Antwerp, 14, Capt. Mossal, which left Sheer-
ness on Tuesday, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday.
She is bound to Sava, and, on entering the Sound,
saluted the national flag in the citadel and the flag
of Port-Admiral Sir B. Reynolds, G.C.8., which
was duly acknowledged by the Impregnable.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Ardent, 3, from
Portsmouth and Portland, which arrived on Wed-
nesday evening at Plymouth, went up to Hamoaze
on Thursday, to make good defects. She is short
of hands, and is bound to the West Coast of Africa.

The screw steam sloop Sarispareil, 70, is receiv-
ing coal in the basin at Devonport, and the men
belonging to the steam reserve are rigging her.
When recommissioned at Plymouth, the screw
steamship Conqueror, 101, will have a complement
of 930 men, and the Centurion 750.

The Portuguese screw steam gunvessel Donna
Maria Anna having received some slight repairs'at.
Devonport, left Plymouth Sound on Thursday for
Lisbon.

Her Majesty's screw gunboat Wrangler has been
practising the last few days in the Harwich waters
with her large rifle .cannon. The practice, it is
stated, has ben extraordinarily effective, both in
range and precision.

On Thursday evening Capt. Arthur Farquhar
read on the quarter-deck of H M.S. Victory, in
Portsmouth harbour, a letter addressed to the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., by the
direction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty, in which their lordships stated, " that having
taken into consideration the paragraph appended
to the sentence of the court-martial held on the
seven seamen of H.M.S. Princess Royal, viz.:—
The Court could not; separate without noticing
with approbation the conduct of . George Hoad in
remaining under the sentry's charge in the fore
cockpit when released from irons on the 12th Nov.
last ; and their lordships having fully considered
this expressed opinion of the court-martial, and the
previous good character of the said George lload,
have recommended her Majesty to grant him a free
pardon. He is to remain on board the Victory a pri-
soner at large until her Majesty's pleasure is known!'
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. A. T. Collier, to the
Edgar ; Lieut. H. N. Hippisley, to the Queen ; H.
Proud, master, to the Greyhound; D. Thompson,
staff-surg., to the Queen ; J. T. Jenkins, surg., to
the Tartarus ; W. J. Hamilton, surg., to the Grey-
hound ; T. G. Wilson, assist.-surg., to the Grey-
hound •, E. IT earthy, assist.-surg., to the Himalaya;
F. E. Graham, assist.-surg., to the Victory ; Robt.
Barton, midshipman, was, on Thursday last ap-
pointed to the Aboukir, and not to the Fawn ; H.
1). Short, master's assistant, to the Greyhound ; H.
Parry, paymaster, to the Greyhound ; T. 0. Lewis,
first-class assistant-engineer, to the Fisgard for the
Ranger ; F. J. Pendleton, third-class assistant-en-
gineer, to the Greyhound ; G. Griffiths, engineer
qualified for charge, to the Greyhound; and R. K.
Heaven, clerk, to the Greyhound.