The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-02 00:00:00

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divsion of Royal Marines, to kg in i,,„:11777.•■•,. 7,11,44,-,it
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detachment of that corps for service orkbo ; :, :-.:T11:- ''''
Majesty's 101 screw steamship St. Jean d'46 MA S
service in China. The detachment Will, consist o
Capt. H.G. J. Davies,recently re
turned from China
on sick leave. Lieut. Thompson, one sergeant, one
corporal, one bugler, and 85 va' twd file.
Rear Admiral Jas. Thife,t937,7wirr-pioceed on
the `4th inst., by the overland route, to assume his
command on the
_East India and China Aitation.
The sailing transport Enthusiast., laden with
military stores for Antigua, sailed ' yestepday, from
Woolwich, and the following - named vessels com-
menced shipping-war -materials from-the-military
store department, namely: —The Broadwater, for
Hobart Town ; the John Pearce, for St. Helena ;
the John Bunyan, the Kelaran, the Jessie, and the
Lena, for Malta; the Hermione, for Corfu; the
Thomas Mitchell, for Hong Kong ; the Barracouta,
for the Mauritius ; the Virgilio, for Colombo i the
Minorca, for Algoa Bay; and the Jubilante, for
Cape Town.
Instructions have been received at Chatham to
raise seamen at that port for her Majesty's line-of-
battle screw steamer St. Jean d'Acre, 101 guns.
The ,Rochester, naval storeship, having made
good defects at Chatham dockyard, has commenced
shipping war stores fot-Devonport and-Pembroke
'dockyards.
The following are the names of the -vessels now
attached to the steam resersTztCli_atanlu
Chatham
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Goliath, 80 ; the Amphion, 36 ; lba c
the Thunderbolt, 16 ; the Etna, 16 ; the-Trusty, -14$
the Thunder, 14 ; the Wye, 3 ; and tlWCuekoo, 3.
The paddlewheel steam-sloop Argus, 6, Com_
mander Herbert F. W. Ingram, passed up
.Channel,
outside Plymouth Sound, on Sunday evening.
• The screw steam-sloop Racer, 11, Commander
the Hon. A. Pakenham, steamed from Plymouth
Sound into Hamoaze on Monday, and was moored
off the Devonport dockyard.
The Commander-in-hief, Port Admiral Sir B.
Reynolds, went into Plymouth Sound on Monday
morning and inspected the screw steamship Sans-
-pareil, Capt. Rochfort Maguire. She discharged
her powder and shell on Monday afternoon, did
received orders to leave yesterday morning for
Hamoaze, where her crew will be paid off. ,
Mr. Samuel Win icott, master, hoisted the pendant
on Monday on board the screw steam sloop Gannet,
11, at Devonport.
Great activity prevails on board the screw steam
ship James Watt, 91, which is being rigged and
caulked at Devonport with all despatch.
Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Termagant, 25,
Capt. Robert Hall, fitting out at Portsmouth, yester-
day fidded topgallant-masts and sent up her lower
and topsail yards. When completed she will proceed
to the West Coast of Africa, and on her arrival there
will hoist the pendant of Commodore C. Wise.
The Nankin, 50, Commander the Hon. Keith
Stewart, from the East Indies, entered Plymouth
Sound yesterday by the Western Channel, and,
having received orders from the Port Admiral,
sailed again immediately, by the Eastern Channel,
for Portsmouth.
The troop-ships Cospatrick and Ramifies, with
detachments, sailed from Plymouth Sound yester-
, day for the East Indies.
The Pique, 40, Capt. Sir Frederick Nicholson,
last from China and the East Indies, arrived yes-
terday afternoon at Plymouth, where she will be
paid off.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :

Lieutenants—N. J. Hodgson to the Gannet ; F. H. S.
Flood (additional) to the Vesuvius.
Master—Edward T. Cavell to be agent for mails.
Surgeon—Dr. Henry Edmonds to the St. Jean d' Acre.
Assistant-Surgeon—Edward H. Evans, to the St. Jean
D'Acre.

Mr. James W. M. Ashby to be Secretary to Rear-
Admiral Hope. •
Mr. George Granadidier, to be Secretary to Sir George

srmour.

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