The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-17 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

A letter, dated Valetta, Jan. 11, says :—" Her
Majesty's steam surveying ship Medina, Captain T.
Suratt, C. 8., arrived yesterday morning from Can
dia. She left eerapetra at 7 o'clock on the evening
of the 6th inst., after taking on board two sarco-
phagi, destined for the British Museum, one weigh-
ing about 7 tons and the other about 4 tons; they
are to be sent home by the first opportunity. The
Medina left the Scourge at Suda Bay, where she
was expected to remain until the 22d of January,
when she would most likely proceed to Malta. A
Turkish squadron, consisting of five vessels, the
largest being a frigate of 50 guns, and also a French
steam brig, the Sentinelle, 's ere likewise in Suda
Bay when the Medina left. The Medina has been
absent from Malta for about seven months, during
which time she has completed the survey of the
Archipelago, besides being a month at Rhodes for
the protection of the Christians in that island, an
outbreak of the Moslem population being then ap-
prehended, but which fortunately, and most pro-
bably owing to the presence of the British flag, did
not take place. Her Majesty's steam surveying
vessel Firefly, Commander A. L. Mansell, was at
Alexandria by last accounts ; her surveying officers
had proceeded across the Isthmus to the Red Sea,
for the purpose of selecting the best sites for the.
lighthouses about to be erected at the expense of
the Viceroy in the neighbourhood of Suez. She is
expected to return to Malta to refit about the end
of the month. Her Majesty's despatch boat Caradoo
has been docked, and will proceed home in a few
days, touching at Tunis on her way. Her Majesty's
line-of-battle ships Renown and Agamemnon re-
turned from Naples and Palermo on the 9th inst.,
and the gunboat Assurance left the preceding day
for Corfu, with a mail."

The whole of the docks at Chatham being
likely to be occupied for some time to come, orders
have been received for the newly-launched
screw frigate Undaunted, 51, to be towed round
to the Thames this week, and placed in the
Victoria Docks, where she will be fitted with her
engines, of 600 horse-power, by the contractors,
Messrs. Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co.

The Trincomalee, 24, Commander T. Heard, is
completely fitted at Chatham for the Naval Reserve
at Sunderland. She is still some hands short of
her complement, and a notice is posted at the dock.
yard gates that seamen pensioners are required for
her.

The Isis, 44, sailing frigate, in the second dock
at Chatham, is nearly ready to be rigged, the tops
having been got over her masts. She is expected
to be ready to be undocked in the course of next
month.

The Mega3ra, screw troopship, Commander Hen-
derson, left Portsmouth yesterday at noon for
Woolwich, to embark troops, &c.

The Barripeouta, 6, paddle, Commander W. Wood,
sailed from Spithead at 2 30 p.m. on Tuesday, for
the West Indies.

The Princess Royal, 91, screw, in the first-class
Steam Reserve at Portsmouth, is ordered to be
fitted as a flagship, and to be held ready for imme-
diate commission.

The screw steam corvette Satellite, 21, Capt. J.
C. Prevost, went yesterday from Plymouth Sound
into Hamoaze. After she got under way the cus-
tomary salute was fired in compliment to the Port
Admiral, and acknowledged by the :flagship Im-
pregnable, 104, in Hamoaze. This ceremony was
not performed when the corvette arrived from the
Pacific on Sunday, in consequence of the sickness
of an officer on board.

Intelligence has been received at Chatham dock-
yard by Capt. Goldsmith, C. 8., that the Admiralty
transport Aid, Mr. Grundy, master commander,
which sailed from Chatham a few days since with
a valuable cargo for Devonport and Pembroke, was
on shore in the neighbourhood of Beachy Head; the
paddle-wheel steamer Adder, Mr. Minchin, second
master, got up steam immediately and proceeded
yesterday to her assistance.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Martin J. Dunlop, mate, to
the Narcissus ; Adolphus Fitz George, naval cadet,
to the Narcissus ; Thomas Andeison, chief engineer,
to the Indus, for charge of the Royal Albert;
Richard E. Denison, second class assist.-engineer,
to the Indus, for charge of the machinery of the
Porpoise; Edward L. Williams, third class assist.-
engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary for hos-
pital treatment ; John W. Bishton, third class
assist.-engineer, to the Spiteful; William Moore,
acting third class assist.• engineer, to the Cumber-
land, for service in the Adder; and Edward Foster,
paymaster, to be secretary to Rear-Admiral Talbot.