The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

THE GUN-BOATS.

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The steam gunboat Cuckoo. igtr;;,Eieutenant A. G. E.
Murray, left Sheerness for the Baltic direct on Tuesday
morning last. This versel is noted for her exploits in
transporting the French troops up through through Lofta
Channel to attack Bomarsund last autumn. She was the
last home, and is the first to take her departure. On her
arrival at Sheerness last autumn, Captain Snellman, of the
Russian Finnish Artillery, who was a prisoner from Bo-
inarsund on parole of honour, took the opportunity of
being introduced to the commander and officers of the
Cuckoo on board, and paid them a very high compliment
on the accuracy of their firing in passing up and down the
Lofta Channel, within 1,000 yards of the batteries, many
of the Cuckoo's shots doing great execution.
The undermentioned gun-boats are under sailing orders
at Sheerness immediately the weather moderates (the wind
having for the last three days blown very heavily from the
N.W. to W.N.W.) :—The Magpie, tender to the Orion,
Lieutenant Prim; the Snap, tender to the James Watt,
Lieutenant Wise ; the Lark, tender to the Exmouth ; the
Badger, tender to the Hogue ; the Pincher, tender to the
Blenheim, mate in charge_Mr. Stewart; the Gleaner, ten-
der to the Ajax, mate in charge Mr. Bogle ; the Snapper,
tender to the Edinburgh, mate in charge Mr. Villierps.rec
The Grinder new steam gun-boat, having beenees.o.pfnexel
and all her works below completed, and bilge
masted and for c
dock at Portsmouth this day to be
externally to give her more bearing, will be removed frof
mission. are at S in
Ti:e Geyser and the Magicienne
the Badger
the Lark, the Gleaner, the.t
tow when the weather perm' s.
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found impossil.le
w engines and propeller of the
Sheerness to take
Cornwallis, 60, Captain
successful. The wind at the ti•iie
was not very s B. CORNV7
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without
t About two knots only coold
to keep her bead toi
it was necessary to atop be got
out of her, and at times. pthe engii2ei
d'ffi ltt
On returning great i cu y was
no.rth-
blew smartly from
altogether.experienced
in passing between
fouling the steamtransport Victoria, lying there. After
dropping her starboard anchor off the rubble bank •
in Ila-
moaze the anchor broke about two feet
and she then let go the port anchor 'Ali hbelow the stock,
The signals for assistance were promptly brought her up
Confiance steam-tug and other v answered by the
chief engineer and inspector of easels.
Mr, Trickett,
ham, went out in the C •Machinery from Key-
ornwallis
one cause of the• It is stated that
present
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to the fact that the fresh failure is attribuable
nese of the boilers had leftwater used. for testing the tight-
working of the pistons. a sediment which impeded the
only 5 feet diameter, However, the fan df this ship is
9 feet, and it is , while that of the Agamemnon, 00, is
of her machinery.therefore impossible to get much speed out
Th
sailit e Cornwallis having been built for.
lg, and subsequently •
moving the pierced, she has no well for ro-
screw • and on all occasions of defect will have
to go into dock. '

DEPARTURE OF THE ARGO.
The Gene►al Screw Company's steamship Arge, Caplain
Hyde, will leave Southampton this day with troops and
horses for the Crimea. She has on board in all 305 ar-
tillerymen, 201 of whom, with their horses and equip•