The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-28 00:00:00

211 E NAVY.

The following is the copy of an order recently
is,ned by the Board of Admiralty :
"Victory, Portsmouth, Oct. 18.—In pursuance of in-
structions from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
al- pensioners borne on the books of her Majesty's ships
under my orders are to be discharged on the 30th of Novem-
be r next. Any pensioners wishing to serve as ship-keepers
in the reserve may be re-entered, but will not be allowed to
draw their pensions whilst serving. Pensioners serving in
the Coast Guard on shore, and borne on ships' books, may
be allowed to continue to serve on the distinct understand-
ing that they will not be allowed their pensions whilst serv-
in g. In all cases men continuing to serve without their
pensions will be allowed their time for increase of pension,
uoder the existing regulations. Signed, IL W. BRUCE,
V ice-Admiral, Commander-in-Chicf. To the respective
captains, &e."

The order has created very considerable dissatis-
faction in the service, and the result of it will be
that some hundreds, or perhaps, thousands of valu-
able seamen will be lost to the British navy.
The Orpheus, 21, screw, in the old ship basin of
Portsmouth Dockyard, had her pennant hoisted on
Saturday, as flagship for Commodore Burnett, C. 8.,
on the Australian station.
Her Majesty's screw gunboat Thrasher, attached
to the first-class steam reserve in the Medway,
arrived at Chatham on Saturday, having on board
the officers and Dutch troops from the Dutch trans-
port Constance, which recently came into collision
ith a British ship off the Longships, the Constance
being at the time bound for Batavia, with troops.
The Constance received such serious injuries in the
collision that she was taken into Sheerness Dock-
yard to be repaired, the troops being transferred to
the Leonidas, 42, .which has been given up for
their accommodation by the Admiralty during the
time the Constance is under repair. The Dutch
troops, to the number of about 150 men of all ranks,
consisting of cavalry and light infantry, were, in
charge of their colonel and several officers, permis-
nion having been freely accorded them by Vice-Ad-
miral Johnstone, Commander-in-Chief up the Nora,
taken to Chatham in one of her Majesty's steam
vessels, which was placed at the disposal of the
cffieer commanding for that purpose.
The gunboat Skipjack, Lieut. H. Packe, which
arrived at Plymouth on Friday, as already reported
in The Sun, left at Bermuda, September 24, the
Bulldog, 6, Commander H. F. M'Killop, which
Was to sail the next day for Nassau, and the
gunvessel Cygnet, 5, Commander A. T. T,hrupp,
waiting the mail from Halifax. • The Ariadne, 26,
Capt. Vansittart, left Bermuda on the 21st for
Halifax, with Commander Nelson and the crew of
the sloop Driver, 6, recently lost. The Skipjack
touched at Fayal Oct. 19, since which she experi-
enced severe weather. She lost her jibboom and
some canvas, and sprung a leak. She left the station
in consequence of her defects. When her boilers are
repaired she will proceed to Portsmouth, when her
crew will be paid off.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles E. Stevens
to the St. Vincent, additional, for the service in the
Sealark ; the Hon. J. Ellis, sub-lieut., to the
Orpheus ; W. A. Hudlestone, C. J. Prevost, B. W.
Fielding, and Fitzhugh D'Este Jerningham, mid-
shipmen, to the Orpheus; W. C. Fairbairn,
assistant-surgeon, additional, to the Fisgard ; Ben-
jamin Crabbe, assist.-surgeon, to Greenwich Hos-
pital ; W. M‘Laurin, first-class assistant-engineer,
to the Indus, for hospital treatment ; E. Ander-
son, second-class assistant-engineer, to the
Medea; vice M‘Laurin ; J.G. Johnson, acting second-
class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Vivid ;
H. Lanckester, acting second-class assist.-engineer,
from the Indus, to the Asia, as supernumerary; C.
E. Drake, J. Henderson, W. Pearce, and W.
Hooker, masters' assistants, additional, to the Marl-
borough.