The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

JHE NA-Vl.

The Mars, 80, screw, Captain Strange,• left Spit-
head under all plain sail on Saturday for the west-
ward.

The Arrogant, 47, perew, Capt. W. Edmonstone,
in company with the Mceander storeship, COTII:
mander Sir Malcolm McGregor (pro tem.), sailed
from Spithead yesterday morning at daylight for
the Coast of Africa, wind at the time E.S.E. ; but
before they were out of sight of the anchorage the
wind had changed to the southward, with rain and
every appearance of dirty weather.
The Perseverance, screw troopship, Commander
Power, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for the
Mediterranean, with detachments.

The paddlewheel steamsloop Centaur, 6, Com-
mander 0. Aplin, at Plymouth, received her powder
on Thursday, and was inspected on Saturday. She
will probably sail to-day for China.
The screw steam sloop Encounter, 14, Capt. R.
I)ew, steamed from Hamoaze on Friday outside
Plymouth Sound, and on returning saluted the flag
of Sir Charles Fremantle, which was duly acknow-
ledged by the Impregnable.
In consequence of the absence of Admiral Sir B.
Reynolds, and the departure of Sir C. Fremantle,
the supreme naval command at Plymouth devolves
on Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Pasley, Bart., Admiral
Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard.
The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, Capt.
Lacon, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Chas. Fremantle,
K.C.8., left Plymouth Sound on Saturday evening
for Portland.

The Queen Charlotte, 102, Capt. H. Harvey, took
in her 'powder and stores on Saturday. She sails
this day for Portsmouth, attended by the Locust
and Lizard steam vessels. It is intended to employ
the Queen Charlotte as the gunnery ship in lieu of
the Excellent, which has been surveyed, and found
to be rotten in many of her timbers.
The Simoom, 8, screw, Commander Cook, will
embark from the Portsmouth Dockyard, on Friday
next, Capt. Blakiston and 275 non-commissioned
officers and men belonging to the Royal Artillery,
for supplementary service in China. The detach-
ment will proceed from Shoeburyness, where they
have been stationed, to undergo field practice with
Sir W. Armstrong's rifled cannon.
The screw steam frigate Mersey, 40, Captain
Henry Caldwell, C. 8., was preparing to follow the
flagship.

lier Majesty's screw corvette Charybdis, 21,
having completed her trial trips at Sheerness for
the purpose of testing her machinery, has returned
to Chatham in order to complete her fitments for
the first division of the steam reserve at that port,
to which she is to be attached.

Her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Commander
J. Seccombe, arrived at Spithead yesterday morn-
ing from Bermuda, with the 26th Cameronians on
board.

Admiralty orders have unexpectedly arrived at
Chatham dockyard, directing a considerable aug-
mentation to be made in the number of shipwrights
and mechanics belonging to the various depart-
ments connected with that establishment by the
immediate entry of GO additional shipwrights, 30
joiners, and 60 labourers, together with extra hands
for the other departments, the details of which have
not been promulgated. In order to hasten forward
the necessary works connected with the construc-
tion of the squadron of line-of-battle ships now in
progress at Chatham dockyard, orders were on
Saturday issued for the mechanics employed in the
smitheries to work extra hours, at increased wages,
from 7 o'clock in the morning until 8 in the even-
ing ; and the workmen attached to the millwright's
department and the saw mills, together with the
plumbers and braziers, to be employed from 6 o'clock
in the morning until 8 in the evening.
The following appointments were made on Sa-
turday at the Admiralty :—W. B. Trenwith, acting
3d-class assistant-engineer to the Wellington as
supernumerary ; David Francis, 3d-class assistant-
.engineer to the Snap: and Albert Jolliffe, acting
3d-class assistantengineer to the Asia as super-
numerary.