The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-07 00:00:00

THE NAPY.

Letters from the South American coast, received
by our Southampton correspondent, state that her
Majesty's Oberon arrived at Buenos Ayres on the
20th of April from Rosario, and that she was sub-
sequently sent on to Montevideo, where she arrived
on the morning of the 30th, with supplementary
mails for the homeward mail packet. The Ardent
was lying in harbour at Buenos Ayres, and also the
French gunboat Fulminante and the American
gunboat Seminole. The American despatch boat
Culaski, with the Commodore on board, arrived at
BuenosAyres on the 23d of April from Montevideo.
The following ships of war were at Montevido :
Her Majesty's ship Curagoa ; the Brazilian gun-
boats Yequitenhonha and Araguay ; the Spanish
brig Gravina ; the French frigate Pandore, corvette
Thisbe, and gunboat D'Entrecasteaux ; and the
American frigate Congress. Her Majesty's ships
Madagascar, Leopard, Spy, and Curlew were at
Rio Janeiro on the 9th ult.

The Rinaldo, 17, screw, Commander Hewett,
V.C., made her official trial of speed, prior to pro-
ceeding to the North American and West India
stations, at the measured mile in Stokes Bay
yesterday. The mean results of the runs gave
the ship a speed of 10 knots, at a draught of
water of 15 feet 9 inches aft and 13 feet 8 inches
forward. The machinery worked satisfactorily.
At her steam reserve trial, on the Bth of August,
1860, prior to her commission, she realised a speed.
of 11.781 knots, but at a draught of water of only
12 feet 6 inches aft and 10 feet 6 inches forward.
She awaits her final orders at Spithead.
Her Majesty's steam storeship Industry, paid off
last week at Woolwich, was yesterday recommis-
sioned by the same captain, Master-Commander
J. Hodges. She is now in dock, and will undergo
considerable repair before proceeding to sea, which
it is expected cannot take place before the month
of September next. The steam storeship Wye,
on the same service, bound for Rio and Ascension,
has been detained at Greenhithe for repair of
boiler, one of the stays and some rivets having
given way. She sailed from Greenhithe yesterday
for Portsmouth.

The fittings of the Black Prince are being rapidly
executed at Greenock, and the engineers expect to
have steam up within three weeks or a month.
The Daedalus is ordered to be fitted as a training
ship, with a complement of 27 men.
The undernamed gentlemen have been nominated
to naval cadetships :—Herbert Williamson, Herbert
Maddock Hughes, Lord Algernon C. Gordon Len-
nox, William W. Arthur, the Hon. Keith Turnour,
Charles S. Cumberland, Edward Western Hodg-
kinson, Graham John Bower, Alexander Cook,
Henry George Ratcliffe, Charles R. Cragie, William
Leckie H. Browne, Arthur R. H. M. Maxwell,
William Anthony Kingscote, and George Samuel
Deverell.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty !—Lieut. Andrew R. Gordon to
the Revenge - Lieut. William D. D. Selby to the
Marlborough% Lieut. Conrad A. Watts to the Dra-
gon; Alfred King, Assist-Surgeon, to the Isis;
James Parker, Acting Assist.-Surg.-additional, to
the Narcissus ; R. W. M. Jones, Paymaster, to the
Dragon ; Henry J, selly,
paymaster, to the Cas-
tor, for the Ddalus ; T. W. T. Neame, Paymaster
additional, to the Castor ; John Rivers, Assist.-
Paymaster, to the Wellesley ; and Charles W.
Hoseason, Master's-Assistant, to the Dragon.