The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-27 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Marlborough, 131, screw, Capt. W. H. Stew-
art, C. 8., at Portsmouth, will be placed in the steam
Win to carry out her outfit, and as soon as possible
afterwards will be admitted into dock, either Nos.
'1 or 8, for examination and repairs below the water
line. The admission of the ship into No. 7 dock
must depend on the progress made towards com-
pleting its connection with No. 10, the two when
completed forming the new entrance into the steam
basin, and will also be capable of being thrown into
one dock. It is in this dock that it is intended to
place the Warrior on her arrival at Portsmouth from
the Thames. The work of the dock has proceeded
rapidly within the last few weeks, but the point of
junction with the two docks has not yet been taken
in hand. There appears to be some difficulty in de-
ciding upon the best method for effecting this, the
floor of No. 7 being some feet less in depth than
No. 10, and its sides being of more contracted pro-
portions. Portsmouth is singularly deficient in
docks for our ships of war, the ships appearing to
have outgrown the docks, all the latter now avail-
able only admitting vessels of light draught. As
if to clinch this evil the invert at the entrance of
each dock, not even excepting the new No. 10, is
raised about five feet above the flooring of the
dock itself, so that the most essential point in con-
nection with the formation of a dockdepth of water,
is decreased as much as possible by the designers
of the work. The original estimate for this work
was £lOO,OOO, but £102,176 was voted for it before
the publication of the estimates for the present year.
The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell,

went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from
Spithead, and berthed alongside the Sultan hulk.
The Cossack, 20, screw, Capt. R. Moorman, has
removed her position from her hulk in Portsmouth
harbour and berthed alongside the sheer jetty,
where she is getting up her lower yards and ship-
ping her chain cables, &c.
The Euryalus, 51, screw frigate, fitting 13) the
steam ordinary in the steam basin at Portsmouth,
has topmasts fidded and rigging battened down.
The' Osborne, paddle, Admiralty yacht. Master
Commander George H. K. Bower, will proceed to
the measured mile to-day (Wednesday) to test bolers
and machinery. She has been swung in Portsmouth
harbour to ascertain the deviation of her compass.
The Athanasia screw steamer was admitted into

the Portsmouth Dockyard steam basin yesterday to
discharge a cargo of machinery for the Chanti-
cleer, 17, screw corvette, from the manufactory of
Messrs. Napier.
The Trusty floating battery was yesterday taken
into basin at Woolwich to be refitted for service.

The screw steam tank vessel Wye, under conver-
sion for a storeship, for the transport of stores to
the coast stations of Africa, was yesterday un-
docked, and the Zebra taken in her place.

An order has been issued from the Admiralty
that the entry of novices at all the ports shall be dis-
continued. This determination on the'part of their
lordships is a wise one, as an unlimited supply of
boys of the best character can be obtained as fast
as they may be required. The boys may be longer
before they are turned to any practical use than
are the novices ; but the boys prove a far superior
acquisition to the service than do the novices.
By the new regulations just issued from the Ad-
miralty, one half of the annual sum awarded by
their lordships to apprentices in the Royal dock-
yards, as scholarships for superior attainments, is

to be given to the schoolmaster of the yard, for the
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care bestowed by him on the apprentices' education.
A scholarship of £2O per annum has just been
awarded to J. Wildish, shipwright apprentiee at
Chatham. and under the new regulations, £lO of
this sum will be annually paid to the master of the
dockyard school.
The Lords of the Admiralty have awarded Mr.
E. Stigant, one of the inspectors at Chatham Dock-
yard, a superannuation allowance of £95 15s. per
annum.

His Danish Majesty's screw frigate Sjvelland, 38
guns, Capt. Ipsen, arrived at Spithead yesterday
afternoon from St. Thomas's, which port she left on
the Ist inst. No. men-of-war were at St. Thomas's
when the frigate left. Fine weather had been ex-
perienced, accompanied with strong westerly winds,
on the passage home, during which no vessels were
spoken. The Sjvelland put into Spithead to fill up
coal, and will proceed on as quickly as possible to
Copenhagen, probably this evening. Capt. Ipsen
and his officers will be introduced this morning, by
the Royal Danish Consul at Portsmouth, Mr. A.
L. Vanderberg, to the military and naval authori-
ties of the port and garrison. On the frigate's
anchoring at Spithead she exchanged the usual
honorary salutes with the ports and garrison.

Mr. Francis H. Paird, Mr. William Francis
Petre, and Mr. Leslie Augustus Royds Barrow
have been nominated to naval cadetships.
*The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—George G. Brodie, mid-
shipman to the Donegal ; Algernon H. Percy and
Arthur 11. Froude, midshipmen, to the Cossack ;
Henry Hosken, second master, to the Cockatrice ;
Bernard F. Meyer, clerk, to the Bulldog ; and
H. G. Dowman, assistant-clerk, to the Edgar.

HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS ORDERED HOME.
The following ships have been ordered home from
the undermentioned station :
Acorn, 12, Commander R. B. Pearse, from China.
This ship, which was built at Plymouth in 1838,
has been condemned, and is to be paid off at Hong
Kong, and the commander, officers (except Mr. A.
J. A. Parks, the master, and three warrant officers),
and the ship's company are to take a passage to
England in the Khersonese transport. The master
and warrant officers will also leave as soon as the
transfer of stores has been effected.
Adventure, 2, troop ship, Commander Lacy, from
China. She took her departure from Hong Kong
for England on the 15th of January.
Alert,l7, Commander W. Pearse, from the Pacific.
Cambrian, 40, Capt. Nl' Cleverty, C. 8., from China.
Cordelia, 11, Commander Hume (acting), from
Australia.
Cruiser, 17, Commander Bythesea, V.C., from
China. She sailed from Hong Kong on Jan. 15.
Cyclops, 6, Commander Pullen, from China.
Esk, 21, Capt. Sir R. M'Clure, from China..
Furious, 16, Capt. Oliver J. Jones. from China.
Fury, 6, Commander Wilson, left Hong Kong for
England on the 15th January.
Ganges, 84, Capt. Fulford, with the flag of Rear-
Admiral Sir Robert L. Baynes, K.C.8., left Val-
paraiso for England on the 18th January.
Herald, 8, Capt. Henry M. Denham, from the
Feejee Islands.
H. h flyer ig ,
21,Capt. William A. J. Heath, from
China.
Inflexible, 6, Commander Brooker, was to leave
Singapore for the Cape of Good Hope and England
on the 10th January.
Iris, 26, Capt. Vernon, from the Australian
station.
Jasper, Lieut. Commander Pym, from North
America.
Lyra, 9, Commander Oldfield, from the Cape of
Good Hope.
Magicienne, 16, Capt. Commerell, V.C., from
•China.
Niger, 14, Capt. Peter Cracroft, from Australia.
Nimrod, 6, arrived at Singapon, from Hong
Kong on her way to England on the 9th January.
Persian, 12, Commander Buckley, from the Cape
of Good Hope':
Plumper, 12, Captain Riehards, was to leave
Vancouver's Island for England early in February.
Pylades, 21, Captain De Courcy, was in Tobago
Ilay, Panama, on the 23d ult., refitting for the
'voyages to England.
Roebuck, 6, Commander Francis Marten, from
China.
SamPson, 6, Captain Hand, C. 8., arrived at Singa-
pore on her
Sha way to England, on the Bth of January.
the west
rNilooter, 8, Lieut. Commander Gibbons, from
weohaast?cf Africa.
Sparro
from China. ,4, Commander John C. Byng,
Vixen, 6, C
ommander Frederick W. Richards,
g
left Valparaiso for En don the llth of January,
prior to which the following officers had joined her :
—Lieutenants Ernest 'ticG ( and John Eliot
(acting) ; Assistant Sargelotltting)
ymonhdalLbeen Carroll,
M
as acting surgeon.r. Robertsona
ap-
pointed acting master, vice Ball, sent to the hospital.

GREETIN' Fou.- —ln days of old, when clareti in
Scotland was not considered shilpit drink, two B
lairds happened to ( line together. When the afternoonshire
had pretty far advan' ;ed, they wore joined by a neighbour
clergyman, who four hi them sitting over their wine i
paroxysm of tears. ;`What are you greetin' for, g„lea..
men ; what for are you greetin' ?" said the reverent
querist. "We are greetin', was the answer—" we are
greetin', minister, atout the National Debt."—,Dundee
Courier,