The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-09 00:00:00

THE N. 41,17.

Subsequent ad-flees from Cadiz to those published
in The Sw• of yesterday state that the Empress of
Austria disembarked from the Royal paddle yacht
Victoria and Albert at that port early in the morn-
ing of the Ist inst., notwithstanding that it was
blowing a southeast gale at the time. The Em-
press was conveyed from the yacht to the shore in
the Royal barge, which was in charge of Capt. the
Hon. Joseph Denman. The Empress, according to
the then arrangements, would proceed to Seville.
The Osborne paddle yacht,Master- Commander Geo.
K. Bower, arrived at Cadiz 11 hours after the Vic-
toria and Albert. The Bartolemo Diaz, 21-gun
screw corvette, with his Royal Highness the Duke
of Oporto on board, did not arrive at Cadiz until 21
hours after the Victoria and Albert. All three of
the vessels, it will be remembered, left Madeira for
Cadiz at the same time. The health of the Em-
press is stated to have been materially improved by
her visit to Madeira.

The Flying Fish, 4, screw, Commander C. W.
Hope, sailed from Spithead yesterday for Plymouth
Sound.

A further instalment of Armstrong guns has been
received at Portsmouth from Wool wich, comprising
11 100-pounders, nine 40-pounders, and four 25-
pounders. Two 100-pounder guns have also been
received for the Warrior and the Black Prince.
The Marlborough, 131, screw, Capt. W. H. Stewart,
C. 8., when complete in her refit, will receive one
100-pounder and eight 40-pounders. The Rinaldo,
17, screw, Commander Hewitt, V.C., will be sup-
plied with oue 40-pounder as a pivot gun. In addi-
tion to forthcoming experiments for more fuliy test-
ing the penetrating powers of the Armstrong pro-
jectile as opposed to iron plates, a new felt wad will
be tried and reported upon. Its intended purpose is
to supersede the present lubricating wad.
The ship yacht Sylphide, the property of the
Marquis of Downshire, arrived at Portsmouth yes-
terday from her cruise in the Mediterranean. She
sailed from Genoa on the 6th of April, and passed
through the Straits of Gibraltar eight days after-
wards. From the Rock to Lisbon she has had
strong head winds. A large number of vessels are
reported by her as being astern of her, working up
Channel against the prevailing easterly winds.
The Sprightly, paddle, Master Commander Allen,
with Commander Stokes on board, Assistant Mas-
ter-Attendant of Portsmouth Dockyard, left Ports-
mouth yesterday, and proceeded down the western
channel of the Solent to superintend the operations
for removing the Avon, paddle-steamer, from her
position on the Shingle Shoal, all previous endea-
vours to do so having proved unavailing. In addi-
tion to the Sprightly, the Pigmy, Master-Comman-
dant Johnstone, with the steam-tugs Echo and
Comet, remain by the Avon in readiness to assist
her each tide. None of the steamers had returned
to Portsmouth at the time our parcel left.
The Industry, screw-storeship, arrived at Ports-
mouth yesterday evening from the westward.

The War Department transport Marlborough,
Mr. Fishington, master, arrived at the Ordnance-
wharf, Chatham, yesterday, and landed nearly 50
tons of shot, of various descriptions, together with
other stores, from the line-of-battle ship Ganges,
84, at the Nore.

The Rattlesnake, 21, screw steamer, building
under the first shed at Chatham, will be ready for
launching during the ensuing month, when it is
understood that a paddle-wheel steamer will be laid
down on the same slip.
Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Lily, recently
built at Millwall, having received her engines of
200-horse power at Woolwich, yesterday went
down the river in charge of the officers of the steam
reserve, on her first trial trip. Mr. Partridge,
inspector of steam machinery, attended the trial on
behalf of the Admiralty, and reported favourably
on the working of the engines and the speed of the
vessel.

The screw steamship Cressy, 80, Captain Thomas
Harvey, which left Gibraltar on April 26 with in-
valids from the Mediterranean fleet, arrived in Ply-
mouth Sound yesterday.
The screw steam sloop Pantaloon. 11, having
been completely rigged under the supervision of
the Master-Attendant of the Devonport Dockyard,
left Hamoaze yesterday, and went outside Plymouth
Breakwater to test her eugines at the measurca
mire. She is destined for the first division of the
steam ordinary in Hamoaze.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, 6, Com-
mander George F. Jackson, recently returned from
the Mediterranean, went on Tuesday from Ply-
mouth Sound into Hamoaze to have some defects
made good by the artisans of the Devonport Dock-
yard, near which she is berthed.
The paddlewheel steam surveying vessel Bann,
J. Wills, master, commanding, having been tho-
roughly repaired at Devonport, left Plymouth on
Mouday to resume her duty on the coast of Cornwall.
The gunboats Heron and Doterei went on Tues-
day from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound to try
their machinery.
The paddlewheel steam tender Advice, M. Ray-
mond, second master, commanding, from Queens-
town, arrived in Plymouth yesterday morning with
supernumerary boys and men.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lient. Henry Vaaghan, to
the Liffey ; Richard E. Pym, master, to the Cum-
berland, for the Phaeton ; F. W. Rea, master, to
the Challenger; A. S. Bradley, second master, to
the Challenger; W. J. Warren, promoted to the
rank of first-class assistant engineer in the Havoc ;
J. IL Binns, promoted to the rank of first-class
assist.-engineer in the Majestic, for the Dapper; E.
Pearce, promoted to the rank of first-class assist.-
engineer in the Asia, for the Escort; B. Foreman,
promoted to the rank of acting first-class assistant-
engineer in the Curacoa; J. Hill, promoted to the
rank of acting first-class assist-engineer in the
Woodcock ; and G. P. Bell, promoted to the rank
of acting first-class avAist.-engineer in the Pylades.