The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-13 00:00:00

ME NAVY.

Yesterday orders were received at the . Royal
Naval Rendezvous, Tower-hill, to use increased
exertions to complete the crews of the Mars, 81,
Capt. J. F. Strange ; the Scylla, 21, Capt. R. Lam-
bert; the Topaze, 51; Capt. the Hon. W. Spencer;;
the Trafalgar, 91, Capt. Faushawe ; and the Done-
gal. 101, Capt. W. F. Glanville. The bounty of.
A-1,8 to able seamen under 45, and £4 to ordinary.
seamen, will continue to be paid up to the 30th inst.
Her Majesty's 32-screw steam frigate Ariadne,
in command of Mr. Hall, yesterday left Woolwich,
in tow of the steam-tugs Monkey, Bustler. and
Widgeon, for Chatham, where she was to anchor
for the night and to proceed this morning to
Sheerness. The Ariadne was• built at Dentiord,
has just completed the fitting of her engines at
Woolwich, and will be masted, rigged,.and".cop-
pered at Sheerness. The Galatea, a sister
vessel, is just . completed at Woolwich, and will be
launched from her building slip to-morrow (Wednes-
day.) Her principal dimensions are :—Length be-
tween perpendiculals, 280 ft. ; of keel for tonnage,
245. ft. 8 in. ; breadth. extreme, 50 ft. • for tonnage,
49 ft. 6 in. ; moulded, 48 ft. 8 in. ; depth in hOld,
19 ft. 4 in. ; burden in tens, 3,202 ; horse power,
800;. complement of men, 475'; number of guns, 26.
Her Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus, Master-
Commander Sturdee, sailed from Woolwich yester-
day with steam gear for Devonport.
The Excellent gunnery ship, stationed at Ports-
mouth, is ordered to be taken into dock to be re•
paired and overhauled. It is expected that her
moorings will be taken up by her Majesty's ship
Colossus, SO guns, to fully test the cupola furnace
with which she has recently been fitted for firing
hollow shot filled with molten lead.

Yesterday morning a collier brig, called the Maid
of Kent, bound for IZochester, ran into her Majes-
ty's screw steamer Meanee, at her moorings at
Sheerness. Both the brig's masts went by the boarl;
the Meanee's figure-head was carried away, and she
sustained other damage. The Maid of Kent was
towed away a complete wreck by one of the Med-
way steamers.
The Trafalgar, 91, screw, Capt. Fanshawe, left
Spithead, under canvas at six p.m. on Saturday
for Portland, with provisions and stores for the fleet.
The Arrogant, 47, screw, Capt. W. Edmonstone,
has been undocked at Portsmouth and placed in the
steam basin. She got up her steam to move
machinery yesterday.
The Svetlana Russian screw frigate, at the
Motherbank, dresser' out in colours and. fired a
salute on Sunday, it being the birthday of his Im-
perial Majesty the Emperor of Russia.
A second court-martial, to inquire into the loss
of her Majesty's brig Heron, which occurred during
a violent tornado on the 9th of May last, took place
yesterday in Portsmouth harbour, on hoard her
Majesty s ship Victory. The Court, comprising
Capt. G. F. Gordon, president ; Capts. R. Harris,
R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., J. Borlase, C. 8., W. Edmon-
stone, A. Farquhar, and J. W. Hillier, Esq., De-
puty Judge-Advocate, proceeded to the trial of
Lieut. Blair, the officer of the watch at the time the
ship was lost. Much evidence was gone into, the
result of which was the following finding of the
Court :
" The Court find that the loss of her Majesty's
sloop was caused by, her foundering at sea during
a heavy squall, owing to the senior lieutenant
having, contrary to the advice of Lieut. Blair, who
was officer of the watch, caused the ropes to be
coiled up shortly before the squall struck the ship,
thereby preventing the sail beinr, shortened when
required. And the said Court is further of opinion
that the said Lieut. Blair was not free from blame
on the occasion as it was his duty, as officer of the
watch, to have called the commander when the
senior lieutenant required him to act contrary to
his judgment in a case where the safety of the ship
was concerned ; and the Court does ther: fore ad-
judge the said Lieut. Blair to be reprimanded and
admonished to be more careful in future."
The wreck of the hull of the Eastern Monarch,
which was destroyed by fire in June last, has been
raised from its position, slung between lighters, and
was yesterday towed round to Southampton, where
she will be surveyed, with the intention of, if pos-
sible, rebuiling her.
THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.—During the last ten
days the Channel squadron, consisting of ten sail of
the line and two stout frigates, has been stationed at
Torbay, where it has been constantly engaged, to the
delight of the population of the surrounding coast,,
in the. xecution of various beautifui manceuvres. A
correspondent, writing from Brixham, says that a
more magnificent sight was never witnessed ; and
he adds," this coast is distant only eight or ten hours'
steaming from Cherbourg or Brest. From Portland
to Plymouth it is wholly open to the attacks of an
enemy's steamers, and even friend Bright would be
pleased to find himself protected by such a force."
On Saturday the fleet weighed and steamed to the
westward in two eolumns.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Henry Salmond, mate, to
the Trafalgar; W. L. Martin, mate, to the Caesar;
J. V. D. Butler, mate, to the Royal Albert ; J. G.
F. Ledesck, mate, to the Algiers ; Hugh B. Ham-
ersley, mate, to the Mersey ; H. A. 'Wilmot, mid-
shipman, to the Aboukir ; Percy B. Naid, midship-
man, to the Imperieuse ; and Henry H. A'Court,
midshipman, to the Hero.