The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

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The screw steamship Revenge, 91, was warped
from the Devouport Dockyard to the shcer hulk.to
have her jury-masts taken out.
The screw steamship Lion, SO, was taken into
Keyham basin, Plymouth, on WedneSday.
The building of the various ships now in progress
atPembroke dockyard is carried on with the greatest
' energy and despatch. Never during the Russian war
was there more activity shown than now. Not only
are all the shipwrights' employed on job and task
work, but they labour from seven o'clock in the,
morning until seven at night, with only half an
hour at dinner, instead of the customary time.
Two Norwegian men-of-war (a-corvette and a
schooner) were off.Falmouth on Wednesday at one
p.m., and had taken pilots for the anehorage.,,..
By a letter yesterday received at Woolwich
from her Majesty's steam .storeship - Supply at
Gibraltar it appears that the ship experienced a
stress of most severe weather in the Mediterranean.
She took out a number of boys and. provisions 'for •
the navy, to be landed at Gibraltar and Malta,
and was to proceed thence to Asia Minor. The
letter states that the ship rolled so much, and
shipped so much sea, that they were seldom able to
cook a meal. The foremast was bent nearly double
for four days, and on the fifth it broke about eight
feet from the deck, and fell. Fortunately no one
was. injured. The repair of damages which the
ship has sustained it is calculated will amount to at
least £2,000.

The steam. storeships Dee and Rhadamanthus,
from the western yards, yesterday arrived at Wooh
xvich.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam frigate Fire-
brand, commissioned at Woolwich by Commander
Joseph Dayman, is being masted and preparing
for service. Her armament will consist of four 10
inch 81 cwt. guns, and two 68-pounder 95 cwt.
pivot guns.
Sixty-five volunteers for the Royal Navy were
forwarded from Liverpool to London on Mondays
and 35 on Wednesday. The enrolment goes on
steadily at the usual rate of about 20 per day.

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May, reports that Vice-Adinii. -a ot ' 4
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Marlborough, 131, with the St. .Tean Atcre(lol,
the Princess , Rqyal, - 91, and: tl ie - Brunswick, 80,
screw steam line-of-battle ships.; and the Lapwing,
steam gunboat, were still cruising within sight ofi
Valetta harbour, in which the Hibernia receiving
ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Cedrington,
Superintendent of Malta Dockyard, the Orion, 91, - ' '
and the Victor Eminanuel, 91, screw steam liners ;
the Euryalus, 51, steam frigate ; the Racoon, 21, .
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steam corvette ; the Argus, 6, and the Arid, 9, steam "
sloops ; the Vigilant, steam gunboat ; the Azov and
the Kertch, sailing gunboats ; the Caradoc, steam
despatch vessel; the Hearty, steam tug; the Medina,
steam surveying- vessel; and Supply, steam store- .
ship, were at anchor, making a total of 19 pendants,
of which six are screw line-of•battle ships, a heavy
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frigate, a corvette, and two sloops. The Orion line-
of-oattle ship arrived at Malta from Genoa on the
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14th, and on the same day the Euryalus frigate -
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from Car. C a.se,
'PsyriranC.eTAhleft
from England and Gibraltar on the lath, with heavy
damages to -her masts, yards, sails, and rigging,
sustained in the vicinity of Lisbon. The Caradoc
despatch steamer returned to Malta from Mar
seilles, after landing Lord Elgin and suite, on the
11th, commariicating with the fleet in the offing,
and left at Marseilles the Coquette awaiting Admi-
ralty despatches.
The Fethie, Ottoman screw steam line-of-battle
ship, arrived at Malta from Plymouth and Gibraltar
on the 12th, and left for Constantinople on the 14th
May.
All the Austrian Lloyd's steamers have discon-
tinued running in the Mediterranean. Steam com-
munication between Corfu and Trieste is inter- . .
rupted:
The Royal Marines and Royal Marine Artillery
selected for service on board the Agamemnon, 91,
Captain T. Hope, being fitted for sea in the steam
basin at Portsmouth, embarked yesterday.
The Hannibal, 91, screw steamsWp, Captain M.
Connolly, was swung at Spithead for adjustmentof
compasses yesterday, and her crew paid. advance of
wages. Rear-Admiral George Rodney Mundy
shifted his fl ig on board from blue to white at the
mizen, under the usual salutes.
The Melbourne, screw steam transport, with
troops on board, as previonsly enumerated in The
Sun, sailed from Portsmouth for Gibraltar and.
Corfu at 11.30 am, yesterday. -
The Sir William Peel, screw steam transport,
arrived at Spithead at 6.30 last evening. She will
embark troops for the Mediterranean.
The gunboat Biter, • tender to the Blenheim;.
60, having taken on board some stores and powder
and several supernumeraries, left Plymouth on
Wednesday for Portland Roads.
The screw steamship Exmouth, 90, Captain Stop-
ford,
was inspected in Plyniouth Sound on 'Wednes-
day by Port Admiral Sir Barrington'lleynolde and.
Captain Jerningham. The crew were paid wages
yesterday, and she is appointed to sail to-day for
the eastward, probably Portland. . .
The gunboat Weazel . steamed from Hamoaze
round Plymouth Sound on Wednesday to try her
engines. The Cockchafer went on trial outside the
harbour. -