The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-10 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. the Hon. A.
A. Cochrane, C. 8., at Portsmouth, is ordered to be
supplied with 8 of the Armstrong 100 pounders,
which are to be substituted for 8 of her 68 pounders
that are situated forward and aft, out of her line of
armour plating. It is also intended to substitute
the new naval pattern 70 pounder Armstrong as
soon as possible for the ship's present complement
of 40 pounder Armstrongs. The 70 pounders are
said to be a very superior weapon, even to the Arm-

strongs at present in use for naval warfare. The
Warrior's maindeck port lids have been taken off
the ship's side, and are being fitted with vulcanised
indiarubber linings on her inner edges to fit in to

the back stops of the ports and render them water-
tight. The alterations and additions to her fit-

ments are being completed as rapidly as possible.
Tho vessel is complete in her engine department,
and requires only her propeller to be shipped to
render her, so far as her machinery goes, fit to pro-
eeed on a three years' cruise to-morrow.
The Black Prince, iron frigate, is being fitted out
as rapidly as possible in the steam basin of Ports-
mouth dockyard. An immense deal of work remains
to be done on board this ship before she can be at

all thought of for the first-class reserve on commis-
sion. There are employed upon her 122 shipwrights,
53 joiners, 44 smiths, 12 millwrights, and 40 la-

bourers.
The officers and crew of the Wasp, 13, screw,
dismantled yesterday, removed their effects to the
Chanticleer, 17, screw, lying alongside the north
wall of the steam basin, to which they are ordered
to turn over for farther foreign service.
The Sutlej, 51, screw, in the steam basin at Ports-
mouth, got on her tops over her lower mastheads
yesterday ; 60 seamen riggers are employed upon
her besides shipwrights, joiners, and caulkers, and
every exertion is being made in pushing forward
her outfit for commission.
The iron steamer Resistance, 22, 600 horse power,
will be completed at Chatham dockyard, and fitted
for commission with the utmost despatch.
The Lords of the Admiralty have accepted the
tender of the Bowling Iron Company for the supply
of iron plates to Chatham dockyard at the rate of
£37 per ton.
The Dragon, 6, paddlewheel steamer, 560 horse
power, attached to the Chatham steam reserve, is
to have her repairs discontinued for the present,
orders to that effect having been received from the
Controller of the Navy. The report of the officials
connected wit hSheerness dockyard where theDragoa
has been under repair, who have made a careful sur-
vey of this steamer, has been forwarded to the Admi-
ralty, and from the unsound nature of the timbers,
and the general unseaworthiness of this fine paddle-
wheel stearavessel, all intention of bringing her
forward for commission, has been for the present
abandoned. It is recommended that the Leander,
51, 500 horse power, be made ready for commis-
sioning in lieu of the Dragon, and this recommen-
dation has been adopted, the Leander being one of
the steamers now brought forward at Sheerness.
The screw steam frigate Orlando, 50, and the
%crew steamsloop Petrel, 11, preparing for commis-
sion at Devonport, will be finished to-day, Tues-
day. The screw steam gunvessel Sparrow is com-
plete, with the exception of some cabin conve.
niences. The screw steamship Defiance, 89, is
ready for trial at sea. It has been calculated that
the ships enumerated below may be out of the
hands of the shipwrights at the dates set against
their names respectively. The paddlewheel steam-
tng Redpole, 1, by the 231 inst.; the screw steam
frigate Phwbe, 41, by the 31st; the steam gunboat
Trinculo on the 18th of Jan. next ; the paddlewheel
steamsloop Styx, 6, by the 21st ; the screw steam
sloop Perseus, 17, February 4 ; the paddlewheel
steam frigate Magicienne, at the end of February;
the screw steamships Gibraltar, 99, and
Albion, 86, and the 'screw steam frigates
Liverpool, 51, and Aurora, 51, towards the
close of March; the screw steam frigate Con-1
stance, 51, by the end of June. The following have
not peen placed in the hands of the Master Ship-
'.cright,--viz., the screw steamships Royal Albert,
• 121, St. Jean d'Acre, 99, Renown, 89, and Centu-
rion, 30 ; paddlewheel steam frigate Leopard, 11,
land Valorous, 16; screw steam sloops Shearwater,
11, and Conflict, 7; the paddlewheel steam sloops
Buzz Ird, 6, Hecla, 6, and Gladiator, 6 ; the screw
steam sloops Mohawk, 4, and Assurance, 4 ; and
the gunboats Dapper, Skipjack, Violet, and Jack-
daw. These ships with additional artisans and
labourers might possibly be all completed at Devon-
port in six months, say by June 30, 1862.
The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A.
Cumming, got up steam yesterday morning, in Ply-
mouth Sound, and proceeded on her voyage. The
wind at the time was blowing strong from south-
west by west, very squally, and accompaLied by
occasional showers.

At Devonport yesterday, the men were busily
i„,f)re.",:.- icrwet rigging and Irit3ging
the topmasts of the screw steam frigate Phoebe, 51.
A large amount of reserve stores were yeiterday
despatched from Woolwich per rail to Liverpool,
for shipment in the Persia and Australasia. They
consisted of Armstrong and smooth bore guns, shot,
shell, and ammunition, and 13, 10, and 8 inch mor-
tar cartridges for siege train purposes. On Sunday
18 heavywaggon loads of war stores left for Camden-
town station, to be forwarded also to Liverpool.
The following appointments were made last evening at
the Admiralty : _ _

Commanders—John Dobree M'Crea to the Devastation
Lord Elphinston to the Stromboli.
Lieutenants—G. C. Musters to the Stromboli, 13. Shat-
tock to the Devastation.

Sub •Lieutenant H. R. Kelly to the Stromboli.

Midshipmen—Day H. Bosanquet to the Revenge, Wil-
liam Collins to the Defence; Thomas V. Williams, F. J.
T. Elliot, and Henry Rose to ditto.
Masters—Ramsey Cooke to the Stromboli, Francis 0.
Simpson to the Devastation, Samuel W. Browne to the
Chanticleer.

Master's Assistant W. S. N. Gow to the Geyser.
Faymasters—James H. Jackson to the Chanticleer, Ed-
ward W. Gordon (additional) to the Fisgard, Herbert H
Gain to the Stromboli, H. J. W. English to the Devas
tation.

Assistant Paymasters—Edward W. Whyte to the Strom-
boli, William Carter to the Devastation.
Surgeons—M. P. S. Ward to the Chanticleer, George F.
Banks to the Stromboli, Charles Sprone to the Devastation.
Assistant-Surgeons—R. W. Bridgestocko to the Chanti-
cleer, Albert A. Mullin to the Stromboli, Cunningham
Atcheson to the Devastation.

Engineers—Thomas H. Punshon to the Chanticleer.
Assistant-Engineers—Wm. Blainey (first-class), to the
Chanticleer ; Wm. Shaw (second-class), to ditta ; Stephen
V. Bull (acting second-class), to ditto.
Clerk—Richard Drury to the Chanticleer.