The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-09 00:00:00

THE NAVY,

Announcements were yesterday posted at the
gates of Woolwich dockyard that ablebodied seamen
are required for the following ships now in commis-
sion—namely, the Mersey, Hero, Doris, and James
Watt.

The Lords of the Admiralty have signified that
Marines who, on the termination of their first period
of service (12 years), shall re-engage for the further
term of years required to complete a total service of
21 years, shall have issued to them each the present
rat., of bounty, granted to a recruit—viz., £3, with
a further sum of £4 in lieu of free kit, deducting for
the latter sum the cost of any article or articles of
regimental necessaries the man may at the time
require to complete or replace his full kit. The
above order, which was yesterday issued at Wool-
wich, directs Colonels Commandant to cause a
schedule to be attached to each man's attestation
noting the date of re engagement on the fly sheet, so
that the same may be satisfactorily registered and
recorded.

The Mersey, 40, screw steam-frigate, Captain H.
Caldwell, C. 8., being fitted in the steam-basin at
Portsmouth, will, if she can be possibiy got ready,
make trial of her machinery and speed in Stokes
Bay this day. In the event of her not being ready
she will not be able to make her trial until next
" springs." Steam-power was applied yesterday in
hoisting from the gun-hoy, lying alongside the
north wall of the dockyard, the heavy 10 inch,
maindeck guns for this ship. The guns weigh each
85 cwt., and the height of hoist was 30 feet. The
engine used was one of Taylor's portable engines of
6.horse power, and the time occupied in hoisting
the gun with a common threefold purchase was five
minutes. The consumption of fuel in 12 hours is
about scwt.

The Hardy and Havoc,' gunboats, at Portsmouth,
are masted and rigged, shipwrights and riggers
are employed on board bringing them forward for
immediate service.

The Mary Ann troopship, which disembarked the
58th Regiment at Portsmouth on Monday, sailed
from Spithead from Spithead for Londom yesterday.
The screw steamship Doris, 32, Captain Heath-
cott, was commissioned at Plymouth on Monday by
Lieutenant Little, and towed to the moorings off
tho Devonport dockyard.
The screw steam frigate Topaze, 51, was hauled
alongside the sheer-hulk in Hamoaze on Monday,
to be fitted and rigged for the steam reserve, in
place of the Doris..

The gunboat Hind,, tender to the Russell, 60, at
Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, with
stores saved from the wreck of the hired steam
transport Czar, lost near the Lizard.

The paddlewheel steam frigate Virago, 6, Com-
mander Dunn, steamed from Hamoaze into Ply-
mouth Sound on Monday.
The small French Government steamer Galilee,
Lieut.-Commander Lemosy, which left Dartmouth
on Monday morning, arrived at Plymouth in the
afternoon, to watch the French fishing boats now
in harbour there.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—James Lewis, paymaster,
to the Impregnable ; William T. Rogers, surgeon,
to the James Watt ; Augustus N. Preston, surgeon,
additional, to the James -Watt ; Thomas H. Keown,
surgeon, to the Hero; Julian W. Bradshaw, sur-
geon, additional, to the Hero ; Patrick Keelan,
assistant-surgeon, to the Hero • John E. Palmer,
assistant-surgeon, to the James Watt ; Cuthbert R.
Radham, clerk, to the St. Jean d'Acre • Alfred P.
Cox, clerk to the Exmouth ; and John J. Covey,
master's assistant, to the Rhadamanthus.