The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

Walls End.

Belmont . lB $
Ships at mark,

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind this day at noon, Light
breeze from S. to S.E. The frost continues.
PLYmount,lDec. 19. Wind, E.—Arrived—El Mun-
dens, from Cuba to Bremen, with damage from collision in
the Start; H.M.S. Nile, from Queenstown; H.M.S. Eme-
rald, from Deal ; Triton, from Sunderland for Hong Kong,
to stop a leak. Sailed—Elizabeth, for Gambia.
POUTSMOUTII, Dec. 19. Wind, S.S.W. to S.W.—
Sailed—H.M.S. Prometheus, for Portland.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Morning.
A large paddlo-wheel steamship has just anchored in the
Sound. She is painted black, with white topgallant bul-
warks, has two funnels, and a white bird figurehead. The
ship shows a white flag, with diagonal red cross, and a coat
of arms in the centre, and is supposed to belong to the
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company.
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.

Arrived.—Oak, from Montrose; Gazelle, from PlymoUtik;
Ceylon, steamer, from Alexandria ' • Three Sisters, from
Guernsey; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey; Valelia, from
Shields; Transit, United, and David Legg, from Sunder-
land; Calumet, and Water Witch, from Soaham ; Char-
lotte, from Guernsey.
Sailed.—Havre, steamer, for Havre ; Courier and Ata-
lanta, steamers, for Jersey.

LivEurooL, Tuesday Morning.

711 E NAVY.

The screw steam-frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A.
Cumming, from the Downs, arrived at Plymouth on
Sunday morning. She experienced a heavy fall of
snow in the Channel.

The screw steam troop-ship Himalaya, Capt. J.
Seccombe, is waiting orders at Plymouth. Her
cylinder plato broke on the passage from Ports-
mouth.

Rear-Admiral Erskine returned to Plymouth on
Saturday, and rehoisted his flag on board the Edgar,
91, Capt. James E. Katon.i is probable she will
join the Channel fleet shortly.
The screw steamship Greyhound, 17. Commander
Sullivan, gat up steam on Saturday morning, and
having slipped her moorings went outside Plymouth
Sound on trial, and after five houis' cruise returned
to Hamoaze. She was very much by the head, but
appeared to obtain a fair rate of speed.
The Perseverance, iron screw troopship, Cora-
Ynander E. It. Power, steamed into Portsmouth
harbour yesterday morning from Spithead, and
landed her military and naval invalids alongside the
dockyard, the former being taken charge of by the
military authorities, and the latter being conveyed
on board her Majesty's ship Victory. In
addition to the list of officers and passengers
arrived by this vessel, which was published in The
Bun of yesterday, the following naval officers have
come as passengers by her, invalided and on pro-
motion :—Lieuts. Kirby, from the Lapwing; Buckle
from the Conqueror; Cheek, from the Marlborough;
and Gilmore, from the Orion ; Messrs. Du Boulay,
midshipman, from the Renown ; A. Marshall, second
master, from the Orion ; Ray, from the Hannibal ;
and J. Wilson, engineer ; and Dr. Govett, on pro-
motion.

The Prometheus, 6, paddle, Commander Grey
Skipwith, left Portsmouth yesterday by the Needles
Channel for the westward.

The Vigilant, 4, screw steamsloop, Commander
W. Armitage, will be paid off at Portsmouth to-
morrow.

The ancient piece of Ordnance which was disco-
vered in the Medway at Chatham a few days since,
has attracted great interest since it has been de-
posited on the gun-wharf, and careful examinations
of it have been made, in order, if possible, to ascer-
tain its age. From the great number of years the
gun has been in the water, it is eaten away consi-
derably by rust, and the operations of cleansing and
scraping have consequently been performed with
great care. No traces of any date can be discovered
upon it. The general opinion is that the cannon,
which originally weighed about 24 cwt., was laid
down in the river to serve as moorings for one of
the ancient line-of-battle ships belonging to the
fleet kept in the Medway.
The following appointments were xgade yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieuts. A. C. S. Blaekett,
to the Diadem ; Lieut. John Bruce, to the Ganges,
additional for disposal; Lieut. C. Jenkins and Lieut.
H. B. Hamersley, to the Chesapeake, additional for
disposal ; Lieut. A. T. Brooke and Lieut. F. G. D.
Bedford, to the Marlborough, additional for dis-
posal ; Fred. Piper, master, to the Prometheus ;
and Stephen L. Lancaster, clerk, to the Ariadne.