The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-16 00:00:00

21IE NAVY.

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(the reserve guardship), and tho engineers
from Haslar. On the signal being made from the
flagship "Man gunboats," each one told off will col-
lect together his sea kit, and, whatever may be the
duty upon which at the moment he may be engaged,
will at once proceed in the ship's boat to the gunboat
on board of which he has been warned to hold him-
self in readiness to serve. The two first manned
will then immediately take in a month's provisions,
which will be held in readiness for them, and when
complete will be succeeded by the remainder. As
soon as the provisioning is completed. the whole
force will be at once ready for any service, home or
foreign. Each boat carries a 40-pounder Armstrong
forward, and a 100-pounder Armstrong aft; with
shot and all the necessary stores, except powder,
which will be sent to them on the signal to man the
boats being made.
The Comus, 14-gun sloop, belonging to the first
division of the sailing reserve ordinary, was yester-
day removed from her moorings at the Rochester-
reach, Chatham, and towed down to the dockyard,
where she was placed alongside the hydraulic crane
in order to have her ballast and heavy stores re-
moved, previously to her being broken up by the
convicts. The Comus is a very old vessel, and for
some time has been considered unfit for further ser-

vice.

The work of fitting the iron steam frigate De-
fence, 18, is progressing very fast at Chatham, a
numerous body of mechanics and artisans being
employed in completing what remains to be done
in connection with the various departments of the
vessel. The work is being performed by the dock-
yard hands, the Admiralty having entered into an
arrangement with Messrs. Palmer Brothers to
complete the fitting of the steamer, in order that as
little time as possible may be lost in getting her
'to sea. Yesterday the screw steamer Normandy
arrived from the Tyne with stores for the Defence,
and afterwards shipped a quantity of superfluous
iron from on board that steamer. A number of
painters yesterday commenced painting the exte-
rior of the Defence, in No. 3 dock.
The following notification has been issued from
the Admiralty .
" There exists a vacancy for the admission
into Christ's Hospital of the son of a lieutenant
in the Royal Navy, between seven and ten years
of age, and born in lawful wedlock. Preference
will be given to the sons of such officers as have
been killed ty the public enemy or in the ser-
vice; but, if no application be made on behalf of
a son of a deceased lieutenant within six months,
the son of a living lieutenant in low circumstances
will be selected within the next three months. All
applications to be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W."
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander Edward Lacy,
of the Castor, as additional for service in the Presi•
dent; Mr. Ge.o. W. Allen, sub-lieut., to the Marl-
borough; J. H. Keane, chief engineer, to the
Phaeton, vice Miller, superseded ; S. Harrison, first-
class assist.-engineer, vice Nurse, to the Asia, for
hospital treatment; Joseph Halpin, assist.-surgeon,
to the Rifleman ; Peter Comrie, assist.-surgeon, to
the Edgar ; William Warburton, paymaster, to the
Castor, for the President ; Frederick B. Williams,
assist.-paymaster, to the Revenge ; Robert Dim-
widdie, clerk, to the Emerald ; and Alfred G.
Roberts, clerk, to the Nile, as supernumerary.