The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-20 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Letters dated Juty 15 have been received at Ply-
mouth from her Majesty's ship Havannah, 19, Capt.
Thomas Harvey. She was then in Panama Bay,
and had just returned -from a short cruise on the
coast of Central America. The crew were all well,
and expected to leave shortly, by Cape Horn, for
England. She will probably be paid off at Ply-
mouth, from which port she sailed Oct. 13, 1855.
The paddlewheel steam-sloop Hydra, 6, Comman-
der R. V. Hamilton, recently returned, with crew'
sick, from Sierra Leone, steamed from Plymouth
Sound on Thursday into Hamoaze, and went along-
side the Argo hulk. She will undergo a thorough
repair, and an effort will be made to discover the
cause of some most offensive effluvia which rises
from between her timbers. _

A court-martial assembled on Thursday on board
the flagship Impregnable, at Plymouth, for the trial
of Mr. Alfred Barren, additional paymaster of the
Eagle, for drunkenness. He was sentenced to be
dismissed the ship and placed at the bottom of the
list for two years.
It is expected that the Channel fleet will leave
Spithead this morning for a cruise of eight days off
Ushant, at the end of which time it will -return to
port for three days, when it will again-put-to sea,
and being joined by her Majesty's ship Coisar, from
Devonport, will cruise until about the 20th Sept.,
when it will form two divisiGas, one of which, it is
supposed, will winter at Bantry Bay and the other
at Portland.

The Pioneer, 6, screw, Commander H. Reilly, at
Spithead, is under orders for foreign service.
The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8.,
got under weigh at Spithead yesterday, to make
an official trial of her screw, but owing to the prim-
ing of her boilers the trial was again deferred until
to-day.

The Pcictiers troopship left Spithead yesterday's
in tow of a steam-tug for London, for the purpose
of being docked and examined as to the cause of
her leaking.
Letters received at Portsmouth from her Majesty's
ship Arachne, dated Port Royal, July the 26th,
speak of a terrific hurricane encountered by that
v-ssel on the 25th of June, on her passage from
Vera Cruz to Port Royal, in which she lost the
greater part of her canvas and one of her quarter
boats. She had been 32 days making the passages
lmtween the two ports.
The Sidon, 22, paddle, Captain R. B. Crawford,
was officially inspected, and her crew paid advance
of wages, at Spithead yesterday. She is under
orders for foreign service, and is expected to sail on
Monday next, calling at Devonport for final instruc-
tions.

The Arrogant, screw steam Coastguard ship,
Capt. L. G. Heath, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yester-
day from Southampton-water. After taking out
her powder and shell she will go into Portsmouth
harbour, when Capt. W. Edmonstone and the offi-
cers and crew of the Dauntless will take posses-
sion of her, Capt. Heath and officers and crew of
the Arrogant turning over to the Dauntless, which
will supply the Arrogant's place in the Southamp-
ton river.

The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander Bedford C•
T. Pim, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the
Downs.

Edward Pearce has been appointed surgeon to
the Tortoise ; W. J. Grundy, master's assistant to
the Mars ; and Francis Oliver, assistant-paymaster
to the Dauntless.