The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-10 00:00:00

THE NAVY

Her Majesty's steam transport Urgent, Com-
mander J. W. D. M'Donald (with the troops on
board, as enumerated in The Sun of yesterday),
steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday at
noon, and anchored at Spithead. It was blowing
a gale at the time from S.W. She will proceed to
her destination (Malta) as soon as the weather
moderates.
Her Majesty's steamship Algiers, 91, was com-
missioned at Portsmouth yesterday by Captain G.
W. D. O'Callaghan.
Her Majesty's steam transport Himalaya, Com-
mander John Seccombe, at Portsmouth, is dis-
charging a quantity of old ordnance and naval stores
from Malta. She has commenced coaling and filling
up with provisions, &c., for further service.
About 200 men were sent on Monday from the
flagship Impregnable, in Hamoaze, to expedite the
fitting of the screw steamship St. Jean d'A. cre101„
at Devonport.

The screw steam sloop Racer, 12, Commander
the lion. T. A. Pakenham, sailed from Plymouth
on Tuesday for the North America and West India
station, touching at Bantry.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Vulture, 6, Captain
F. A. Campbell, which left Gibraltar, January 29,
is hourly expected at Plymouth.
The Rodney, 90, sailing ship, is ordered to be
navigated round from Portsmouth to Chatham
Dockyard, where she is to be docked and made
ready for sea.
The Trafalgar, 120, in dock at Chatham, being
converted into a 90-gun screw steamer, is nearly
completed, and will be ready to be undocked next
month, when it is understood she will be attached
to the Channel fleet.
The residence of Commodore the Hon. James R.
Drummond, C. 8., aide-de-camp to the Queen and
superintendent of Woo
Woolwich Dockyard, is in pro-
gress of thorough repair, and is ordered to be com-
pletely renovated throughout. The attestation of
documents and the performance of similar official
duties connected with the establishment tempora-
rily devolve on Mr. Vincent Williams, of her Ma-
jesty's ship Fisgard, and according to seniority on
any naval officer who may happen to arrive on
duty at Woolwich.
Commanders J. Roche, W. M'llwaine, W. Speck,
T. D. Stewart, and G. Kennicott are promoted to
be captains on the half pay list. Lieutenants S.
Strover, A. Grose, T. Cartwright, T. Brydges, and
W. W. Oke are promoted to be commanders on the
reserved half-pay list.
. The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—E. J. Benet and J. Atkin-
son, midshipmen to the Gannet ; J. E, Haines,
second master, to the Calcutta ; George E. W.
Yates, master's-assistant to the Termagant ; Fre-
derick Seaton, master's-assistant to the Gannet;
E. L. W. Wright, assistant-surgeon to the St. Jean
d'Acre ; 'Matthew Inman, assistant clerk to the
Britannia ; and John C. Sabban, assistant clerk to
the Termagant.
A favourable report has been made to the autho-
rities of the result of the experiments with the new
description of rifle bullets invented by Captain J.
Norton.

It was yesterday stated in Woolwich Arsenal
that Mr. Armstrong, the inventor of the wrought-
iron rifle cannon, has entered into a contract with
her Majesty's Government, and that a considerable
number of the guns are to be forthwith supplied
for the use of the Artillery.