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London, England, 1861-06-15 00:00:00

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PRICE 4D. STAMPED, 51).

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A vacancy has occurred among the Naval Aides-
de•Camp to the Queen by the promotion of Capt.
James John Stopford, who has obtained flag rank
by the death of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Richard
Saunders Dundas, K.C.B.
A letter received from an officer belonging to her
Majesty's ship Bacchante, 51, screw, dated Van-
couver's Island, April 21, says,—" We hear that
strange rumours are flying about in England rela-
tive to the Bacchante, and have been highly amused
by some that have reached us. One of these was
that Capt. Mlienzie had been thrown overboard
by the crew. These canards have not the slightest
foundation. Our captain is a man. thoroughly re-
spected by all on board the Bacchante, and not the
slightest symptom of discontent has ever been
shown. We arrived here on the 2d, ten hours after
the arrival of the Tartar, 20, screw; Capt. Hayes."
Letters received from Hong Hong, dated April
29th, state that the Impericuse, 51, screw, was pre-
paring to hoist Admiral Sir James Hope's flag on
his arrival at Hong Kong from the north. The
Chesapeake, 51, screw, was refitting, and was un-
der orders to sail for England with'ltear-Admiral
Jones.. The Pearl, 20, screw, Was ordered to Can-
ton as senior officer's ship there. The Simoom screw
troopship was under orders to proceed immediately
from Hong Kong to Penangand Madras with the 21st
Madras Native Infantry, andi was expected to return
to Hong Kong and convey thence to-Eugland the
60th Rifles. The Sphinx sailed for the north on the
19th, with troops and military stores for Tien-tsin.
The Urge* was hourly expected at Hong.Kcing on
her way to Calcutta, with the Punjabee Regiment
on board. ' Sir James Hope was expected to arrive
about the-middle of May. The gunboats were kept
continually on the move, %coking after pirates. The
ships at Hong Kong comprised the Imperieuse, 51,
screw, the Chesapeake, 51, screw, the Simoom screw
troopship, tenders CorOmatidel. and Cowper, and
gunboats Weasel, Firm, Snap, and Insolent. The
Simoom was to tow the iron steamers Thor and
Touze to Singapore, where they are to remain for
the use, of the Governor of the colony.
The Marlborough, 131, screw, Capt. W. H.
Stewart, C. 8,, is carrying out her refit alongside
the sheer jetty of the dockyard. She will be ready
for sea about the 3d proximo. The Marlborough's
complement of Armstrong guns consist of two
100-pounders and eight 40-pounders. The
Euryalus, 51, screw, in the first-class reserve at the
same port, will ship one of the 100-pounder Arm-
strongs on Monday. She has, in addition, two
40-pounders ordered for shipment. The Duke
of Wellington, 131, screw, has one 100-pounder
and eight 40-pounders set aside for ship-
ment on board of her; bat this order, may probably
be cancelled in favour of the Royal Sovereign, 131,
screw, as it is expected that _the latter vessel will
be substituted for the former in consequence of the
age of the Duke's boilers. The Shannon, 51, screw,
has her complement of Armstrong guns fixed at
one 100-pounder and two 40-pounders. Each ship
supplied with A-emstrongs is also supplied with sets
of facing tools to suit the calibres of the guns on
board.
A letter from the squadron at Beyrout, dated
May 10, says.:--The Renown was then about to
proceed with the Ambassador to. Constantinople.
The Hannibal would hate gone, • had her. engines
been in order. The French had three ships in
Beyrout Bay, and were elicCtlng sir line-of-battle
ships. The Turks had one ship of the line and two
frigates. The 6,000 Imperial troops in the town
were appointed to evacuate in June, but the prepa-
rations for that movement did not appear very
active. There was a. possibility that half the crews
of the Hannibal and the other ships might have to
land. By the treaty concluded after the. termina-
tion of the Crimean war no vessel carrying over
six guns was allowed to pass the Bosphorus ; now
ships belonging to nearly every nation, and of
much stronger armament, go up and down freely.
The apprentices' brig Nautilus, 6, Lieutenant B.
Grant, from Pogtsmouth, arrived on Thursday
evening at Plymouth with the men for the Nile
And. Challengarsaatho- will take pass Age in the
riadne,26, Dept. Vansittg*, to NorthAttniffida.
Thc Diadeau, sc?j=wo-4)Will ‘#7vt4l3l
hai moored ship at Spitheast,isarld wit sai to-day
to join the Portsmouth division of the Channel
fleet, now on their way to Leith.
The Rattlesnake, 21, which has been built in No.
1 shed, for a screw steam corvette of 400. horse
power, is ordered to be ready for launching on the
9th of next month.

The Shannon, 51, screw, chief engineer Austen
in charge, was yesterday placed in the new No. 10
dock at Portsmouth for examination, and to repair
defects prior to her being commissioned.
One of the iron caissons has been placed in No. 6
dock at Portsmouth for examination. The sides

present a singular appearance ; the starboard side
comparatively clean, while the port side has been
covered with oysters and all description of shell
fish, and the iron facing considerably corroded and
looking as though it had been under water for
nearly half a century. The convicts have been

employed to get out the iron pig ballast.
A number of workmen are now employed in lay-
ing the keel of the iron-cased steam vessel Caledonia
at Woolwich Dockyard, and as the greater portion
of her timber work had been prepared it is expected
that she will progress rapidly.
The following ships have been taken up by the
War Department to load with war stores from
Woolwich Arsenal for stations abroad, viz.:—the
Queen, the Persian, the Marathon, the James, the
Reward, the Eliza, the Conqueror, the Harvest
Queen, the Merchantman, the steamer Britannia,
the Lord Londesborough, the Index, the Eva, the
Dora, and the Constance. The steamer Britannia
and the sailing ship Persian will ship 20 cupolas for
supplying liquid iron for the guns at Gibraltar and
Malta.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—William Morgan, pay-
master, to the Pembroke; Mr. William Waterfield,

Ist class assistant engineer, to the Indus, for
charge of the machinery of the Spider; John N.
Nugent has been nominated to a naval cadetship.

T 111? A Bid Y

officers commanding stations abroad, dated the 12th
The annexed circular memorandum, addressed to
inst., has been issued by Gen. the Hon. Sir James
Yorke Scarlett, the Adjutant-General :—" Much
inconvenience and delay having been caused by
military convicts arriving from abroad unaccom-
panied by the required legal order for their com-
mitment, his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief desires that whenever soldiers
are sent home for the purpose of undergoing penal
servitude officers commanding will be very Parti-
cular in ascertaining that the judge's order of com-
mittal is given to the officer in charge of such
prisoners."
Recruiting for the army is for the present en-
tirely suspended, except for the Ist Dragoon
Guards, the Royal Artillery, and the Royal Engi-
neers. The recruiting sergeants in the metropolis
have been ordered to join their respective depots.
Yesterday Major-General J. Bloomfield, Inspector-
General of Artillery, arrived at Sheerness in her
Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Shoeburyness, for
the purpose of making an inspection of the Royal
Artillery quartered at Sheerness garrison. He ex-
pressed himself highly pleased with the general ap-
pearance of the men, and with their high state of
efficiency, as also with the excellent condition of
the artillery materiel, and the sanitary state of
the barracks. Last evening the Major-General
proceeded to Gravesend to complete his annual
inspection of the Chatham district, by surveying
the forts and batteries in the Thames, and in-
ipecting the Artillery detachments stationed in them.