The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-22 00:00:00

THE NAVY

A letter, dated Valetta, Jan. 16, from a Malta
correspondent, says :—" Her Majesty's steam
troopship Himalaya, Capt. J. Seccombe, arrived
here on the 12th inst., in I 5 days from Portsmouth,
12 from Plymouth, 8 from Lisbon, and 5 from Gib-
raltar. She brought with her in tow from Gibraltar
the gunboat Quail, Lieut. N. Osborn, which has
come to this arsenal for repairs; The Himalaya
landed at Gibraltar the 27th company of Royal
Engineers, and conveyed to Malta a number of pas-
sengers, a portion of whom were bound to Corfu ;
13 naval officers for the Mediterranean fleet ; Sur-
geon Lane, 2d Battalion 4th Regiment, and wife ;
Ensign Paten, 407 seamen and marines, 150 non-
commissioned officers andmen of different regiments,
23 women, and 24 children ; Mr. Tucker, Purveyor
to the Forces at Malta, and wife ; Mrs. Thorn-
borough, Mrs. Stewart, and Miss Hall. After
replenishing her coal, the Himalaya left on Sunday,
the 13th inst., for Corfu, taking with her the fol-
lowing passengers ;—Major-Gen. Warren, Captain
Trevor, Aide-de-Camp ; a captain of the Royal
Artillery and family; Mr. J. Kane; Mr. A. Mon-
tanaro, Military Store Department, and family ;
Surgeon Lane and wife, and 200 naval super-
numeraries. Her Majesty's steam surveying vessel
Firefly arrived on the 13th inst. from Alexandria;
after undergoing some repairs she will return to
that port to pick up her surveying officers, who had
proceeded to the Red Sea for the purpose of selecting
sites for certain lighthouses about to be erected
there by the British and Egyptian Governments.
The gunboat Assurance, Commander Aynsley, came
into port on the 14th inst., with despatches from
the Commander-in-Chief at Corfu. Her dates are
to the 12th inst. It was reported that two line-of-
battle ships were to return to Malta. The Foxhound
left with the English mail for Corfu yesterday. The
despatch boat Caradoc, Lieut. S. B. Scott, left
Malta on the evening of the 12th inst. for England,
to be paid off. She will touch at Tunis on her way.
The Egyptian frigate Scergebet took her departure
for Liverpool on the following day, to be fitted with
a screw propeller, and the requisite steam machi-
nery. Her Majesty's ships of war at present in port
are the Hibernia, receiving ship (flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Codrington, C. 8.) ; Renown and Agamem-
non, line of battle ships ; Melpomene, frigate; Me-
dina and Firefly, surveying vessels; Assurance and
Quail, gunboats."
The naval transport Diligence, J. Head, master,
is loading stores at the Devonport dockyard for
Pembroke. When completed there she will be towed
to the Royal William victualling yard, Plymouth,
to take on board provisions for Ireland.

The crew of the sere* steam frigate Ariadne, 26,
Capt. Vansittart, at Plymouth, were exercised on
Monday in making and shortening sail.
The crew of the screw steam frigate Satellite, 21,
Capt. Provost, at Devonport, will be paid off on
Saturday next. She is dismantling alongside the
dockyard.
An Admiralty order has been sent to each of her
Majesty's dockyards, to the effect that superannua-
tions to be granted to labourers at these establish-
ments, under the provisions of an act passed April
19, 1859, shall be deemed retrospective, as regards
labourers discharged since this date, whether they
entered the service prior to the passing of the act
or otherwise.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. Charles Fellowes, to the
Princess Royal, commissioned ; Lieuts. F. D. Wil-
son and G. F. Key, to the Princess Royal ; and
Henry W. Rowlstone, paymaster, to the Princess
Royal.