The Sun. — 1860-07-16 (London, England)

OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly APPEAL tc the public for PECUNIARY ASSISTANCE to aid them to meet the present. heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. It has now 103 lifeboats, some of which saved la 4 year 227 persons frDm shipwreck. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CRAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 14, John-street, Adelphi, W.C., June, 1360.  P. ankus—Mesrs. Willis and Co. ; COutts and Co.; Harries and Co.  The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander Bedford C. T. Pim, arrived at Spithead on Saturday evening from the West India station. She has made a long. passage owing to her boilers being in a very defective state. Twelve naval invalids from ships on the station have come home as supernumeraries in her. She has also brought home three convicts from Bermua, one on a charge of murder. It is expected that she will go into Portsmouth harbour this morning.  The screw steam sloop Greyhound, 17, Commander T. F. Sullivan, at Devonport, struck topmasts on Friday, it being necessary to make some alterations in her channels, to allow her yards to brace up sharper, and thus be enabled to hold a better wind. Her crew will be paid wages before she  proceeds to sea. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 50, Capt. A. Cuming, is now in dock at Keyham steamyard. She grounded at Bermuda, and recently at Barn Pool; but the only apparent damage sustained is the loss of some 60 feet of copper off her false keel. The crew of the guardship in ordinary Royal Adelaide, Capt. Williams, at Devonport, were paid wages on Friday in the presence of Rear-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, and turned over to the hulk Endymion, while the Indus was preparing to take the place of the Wellington. • The books of the steam guardship in ordinary Wellington, Capt. C. Keys, at Devonport, were closed on Friday. The crew of the screw gun vessel Viper, 4, Commander Hewett, at Devonport, were paid off on Saturday, and the ship is placed in the third-class steam ordinary.  The gunboat Porpoise, at Devonport, took on board her powder on Friday. She will sail for Ireland to-morrow.  The screw steam-ship Orion, 91, Capt. Frere, having bad defects made good, steamed from Hamoaze, on Friday, into the Sound, and proceeded to sea to try her machinery. On passing Milbay she saluted the flag of gear-Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley (who is doing duty as commander-in-chief), which was acknowledged by the Impregnable, 104, Capt. Lord F. Kerr, in Hamoaze. Since the steam floating battery Thunder, 14,  150 horse-power, has been in dock at Chatham, she has undergone a careful examination, in order that the Admiralty may be made acquainted with her condition. With the exception of some portions of her interior the battery is in a very sound condition with scarcely any apparent signs of decay. The bottom, which was found to be in an exceedingly foul state, is now being cleaned and made ready for being coated with Peacock's patent composition for preserving the hull and destroying the marine worm. The Racehorse, 4, screw steam sloop, 200 horse pqwer, will leave Chatham harbour this day for the coal depot at Sheerness, to take on board a supply of coals, preparatory to going on a trial trip to test her engines and machinery. She will afterwards return to Chatham to be made ready for the steam