The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-23 00:00:00

IHE NAVY•

VALETTA, Oct. 18.—Her Majesty's steam frigate
Doris, 32 guns, Captain Sir F. L. M'Clintock, ar-
rived on the 13th inst., under steam from Naples,
with invalids, &c., from the fleet, to proceed home
in the Himalaya. The Doris left the fleet at Naples
on the 11th inst. The ships daily weighed anchor
and practised the new steam evolutions, returning
to their anchorage at night. The bay affords great
facilities for these exercises. They were to be con-
tinued for another fortnight, when the fleet was to
return to Malta. The screw steam frigate Liffey,
51, was expecting orders to return to England. The
screw steamer line-of-battle ship Caesar, 90, and the
screw steam corvette Racoon, 22 (the latter vessel
now at the Pincus), are also going home. Her Ma-
jesty's screw troopship Himalaya, Captain J. Sec-
combe, returned from Corfu on the 13th inst., with
invalids, &c., having performed the passage there
and back in less than three days. She continued
her route to Gibraltar and England yesterday, hav-
ing on board Rear-Admiral G. R. Mundy, C. 8.,
who is proceeding home on sick leave, a company
of Royal Engineers, consisting of 1 officer, 93 sol-
diers, 8 women, and 14 children, 49 naval and mili-
tary invalids, and others. Her Majesty's screw gun-
boat Wanderer, 4, Commander W. E. Seymour, left
port on the 16th for Corfu, with the commissioners,
Dr. Sutherland and Captain Galton, who are on a
tour of inspection of barracks and hospitals. 'Lieut.
%Voolcombe, R.A., returned to Corfu by her. Her
Majesty's screw frigate Melpomene, 61, Captain
;wart, returned from Marsa Susah yesterday,
whither she had been to embarksculptures atCyrene.
She also brought back Lieut. Smith, R.E., and
Porcher, R.N., to whom the credit is due of
discovering these ancient works of art, and Mr. W.
Dennyson, despatched by the trustees of the British
Museum to superintend the packing of them. The
only ships now in port are the Hibernia (flagship);
the Hannibal, 89; the Melpomene, 51; the Doris,
32; the Supply, 2; and the Hearty, tug. Telegra-
phic communication is again interrupted with the
continent. The interruption exists in Sicily, and is
supposed to have been caused by the violence of

the weather.
The Mohawk, 4, screw, Commander E. H. Howard,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Malta.
She left Malta on the 6th of Oct.,, arrived at Gibral-
tar on the 14th, and left that place on the 15th. It
is expected that she will be paid off.
The screw steamsloop Greyhound, 17,Commander
F. W. Sullivan, arrived in Plymouth Sound yester-
day. She sailed from Gibraltar on Oct. 10, leaving
there the iron paddlewheel steam vessel Trident, 6,
Commander B. B. W. Nicolas, and Scourge, 6, Com-
mander the Hon. Wm. J. Ward, and the gunboats
Procris, Lieut. and Commander Geo. Palmer, and
the Cockatrice, Lieut. and Commander R. W. Gill-
son. On the passage very heavy weather was ex-
perienced from the N.W. The Greyhound comes
home under Admiralty order ;she was commissioned
in Dec., 1859, when her crew was turned over from
the Conflict.
The defects of the screw steamship Donegal, 99,
Capt. S. Osborn, C. 8., at Devonport, can be made
good without her going into dock.
The copper of the screw steamship Conqueror, 99,
Capt. E. S. Sotheby, C. 8., having been repaired in
No. 3 dock at Keyham steamyard, she was removed
yesterday afternoon.
Mr. J. It. Aylen, master of the Royal yacht Vic-
toria and Albert, has been appointed Queen's har-
bour master at the port of Plymouth, vice Comman-
der W. IL Thompson, deceased. By the promotion

31r. Aylen obtains the rank of commander.

The repairs of the screw steamship Revenge,Capt.
C. Fellowes, flag of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart,
having been completed, she made an experi-

mental trip outside Plymouth breakwater on Mon-
day, and returned into the Sound, where she will
remain until the Warrior goes down Channel for

the Bay of Biscay on her trial trip.
Yesterday the 'War Department transport Marl-
borough was placed alongside the Government quay
at Chatham, and took on board several hundred
cases of the 100-pounder Armstrong shot and shell,
together with the brass ordnance for the boats and
pinnaces of the screw steamer Barossa, 21, 400-
horse power, attachedto the first-class steam reserve
at Chatham. The Bomarsund, War Department
transport, also landed during the day upwards of
80 tons of 68-pounder solid shot from the advanced
ships in the river.
The screw gunboat Bullfrog, 2, 60-horse power,
belonging to the first division of the steam reserve
at Chatham, steamed up to the Ordnance wharf on
Monday, and landed her 68 and 32-pounder cast-
iron guns, after which she shipped a 100-pounder
and also a 40-pounder Armstrong gun, together
with the usual quantity of Armstrong shot and shell.
The salary of the Master Attendant of Devonport
dockyard has just been increased from £4BO to £6OO
per annum, and those of the assistants to £5OO.