The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-15 00:00:00

THE GUN-BOATS.

The Hind, screw gun-boat, arrived at Sheerness yes-
terday, about 1 p.m., in tow of the Lizard, paddle, Lieu-
tenant Curistopher. This •easel, it will be remembered,
got ashore off Clay, and was despaired of ever being'got
off ; but, through the assistance rendered by the Lizard,
assisted by the able, and judicious judgment of Mr. Jack-
son, second master attendant of the dockyard, this ves-
sel is safely brought in here, to all appearance not very
much injured.
The Gleaner, gun-boat, remains at Sheerness to make
good defects of machinery, to enable her to leave for
Portsthoutb. '

The steam gun-hoat3 Magpie and Redwing, having
had their copper exa,•oined and repaired, were taken out
of the basin dock. at Devunport yesterday. •
The Thistle, screw gun boat, hauled out of No. 1 dry,
dock yesterday morning, and is now in the basin, caulk-
ing anti making good all her defects.

The paddle steam-vessel Vixen, Master-Commander
R. E. Pym, left Woolwich yesterday to proceel to
Port,mouth, Devonport, and Southampton. She takes
a mixed cargo of machinery, to the amount of 267 tons,
and consists for the most part of the machinery for the
Repulse, 90 gun, and 600-horse power, at Pembroke ;
four boi'ers, weighing 80 tons, for the -Furious, 16, pad-
dle, of 400-horse power ;,and the greater portion of the
engines for the Whiting, gun-boat, at Southampton,
weighing 16-tons, and the remainder is filled up with
light et res for the western yards.
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`The 'sail in ..tr an spo rt Eden, No. 107, which arrived off
Woolwich D ickyard yesterday afternoon, has on board
a quantity of guns which were captured by the English
at the taking of Bomar-und. They appear to be made
of very excellent metal, and vary from 6-pounders op to
32-pounders. Some of the 6 pounders have as great
weight of metal in them as our long 32-ponnders,- and
are of a description of metal rearly -approaching OA
metal. They number about 80 pieces. The vessel is
at present moored alongside the Hebe receiving hulk,
awaiting orlers.

M. Vandenbergh, the Imperial Royal Austrian C.m.
solar Agent at Portsmouth, has, by Imperial decree,
been promoted and appointed the Imperial Royal Aus-
trian Vice-Consul for Portsmonth, the Isle of Wight,
Southampton, and the coast as fry west as Bridport, in
a-v.et,hirs, and received his new commissions under
the grea,t'seal of Abstria, accompanied by her Britannic
Majesty's Royal licence and approval, under the seal of
her Maj-sty's Secretary of State for Foreign Afflirs;
yest-rday morning.
Thy Lord 4 of the Admiralty have rewarded. James
Newby; late boatswain of her Majesty s ship Sanspareil,
with an appOintment of that rank to' Malta Dockyard,
for his intrepidity in saving the lives of then from the
Balaklava wrecks la,t year.

The aunnery ship Hotspur, 44, in the Homonza, is to
be fitted as a floating Catholic chapel, for the use of
Irish militia, ex rwcted at Plymouth.
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A number of 8 inch guns f,,r di,char4ing. hollow-shot
and shell, and several 32-pounders, for the East
Company's service, as well as the an for tt e Torkisli
G ~vernraent, have been satisfactorily proved at the Royal
Ar-enal butt at Woolwich.

The whole of the machinery lately received from
Aim-rica, and landed on the Arsenal-quay, waa yesterrlay
i.hipped in barges, and forwarded from Woolwich to the
small-arras fact,ry, which is nearly completed at Eofit-Id.
60 barges aro in constant use there, under Govern►uent
contract, for the especial service of reshipping and re-
moving ordnance and other stores,

C level Sandham, the director of the engineer estab,
lishment at Chatham garrison, made his half•yearly in-
spection of the corps of the Royal and East India Com-
pany's Sappers and Miners, and of their kits arid arms
yesterday. The troops assembled at half past 10 a.m. on
the general parade of the barracks at Bronipton. The
number of men was about 500, and a very fine body they
arc.. The whole of the engineer officers was also present;
everything was very satisfactory, and the commanding
officer was highly pleased with the order and regularity
in which everything is kept belonging to the. force.
It is generally reported that her Majesty will arrive
at Chatham on Friday next, to pay a.visit of condolence
to those brave troops from the Crimea now in the hospi-
tal at Fort Pitt, and the supplemental hospital, Brornp-
ton Barracks. It is also expected that the Queen will
inspect the encampment for the Royal Sappers and
Miners, which is formed within the works of the fortifi•
cation ; the road leading thereto being formed and
covered with fresh gravel. At the hospitals everything
is being got ready to receive the royal visit.

APPOINTMENTS.
The following appeared in our late edition last
night :

LIEUTENANT.
A. C. Ballingall, to the Polyphonic!.

ASSISTANT CLERK.
William Harriett, to the Arachne.

MASTERS' ASSISTANTS.
Thomas Silk, to the Impregnable.
C. L. Pope, t 9 the Sampson.
THE QUALIFICATION FOR CLERKSHIPS.
The memorandum relative to the qualification required
for clerkships under the Admiralty which appeared in
the newspapers .was not intended as an invitation to can-
didates to offer themselves for a competitive examination,
but was inserted that the public might be mado an
quainted with the subjects of which persons nominated by
their lordships would be required to have a knowledge.

T EtEOToßpreOTioEnn.EcaTtAhPe
last
IN CANADA.—Canada
t
('ays the New York. Courier) haas nowk
of line ending on
3,400 miles of tele-
grapHhEw ire in rat
Lake Huron at Gooderich •
was finished last wee k and
bu,iness commenced. Twenty-two hundred '
ed miles have
been constructed by Mr. William D. Snow, of Roches-
ter, commencing at Halifax and ending on Lake Huron,
with several branches. He has been engaged nearly
four years on the work.
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