The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY.—The Ilmander, 44, Com-
modore Talbot, Commander-in-Chief of the Cape of
Good Rope station, is detained hero a few days, to hate
some alteration made in her powder magazines.
The Encounter, 14, screw steam-frigate, on being paid
'
off by Captain G. T. Gordon, will be commissioned by
Captain O Callaghan,
Vesuvius. late of her Majesty's steam•sloop

Orders have been received by the naval authorities of
this dockyard to report to the Admiralty whether her
Majesty's ship Leopard (new vessel), and the Stromboli
and Medea sloops (all paddle vessels) are ready for see,
and how many seamen
cellent has for disposal. gunners her Majesty's ship Ex-
The steam guardahip Blenheim, 60, Captain Hender-
son, C. 8., from this station, put in at Queenstown on
Saturday, the 4th, and left on Tuesday last, for the com-
pletion of her cruise at sea. It is auppos3d she will
praise as far as Lisbon ere her return.
The Frolic, 16, is ordered to be expedited for re-eom-
mission at this port, sad his been taken in..° dock for
that purpose.
The Electra, 14, Commander W. 'Morris (I;), is
manned. Her dez,:iaatiou is not yet ordered
The Arrogant. 46, screw-frigate, Captain Robinson,
is to be paid off text week and reconirnisbior.ed try
Captain S. G. Fremantle, but her boilers being worn
,at, new ones have been ordered for her, which will
deltly her new fit-out n couple of months.
The Termagant, 24, Captain G. Gifford, fitting out
this pert, is to be manned by a complement of 330,
andat
employed on home sorvice.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Tyne storeWp. Master
Commander Wellington, sailed from Spithead yebturday
afternoon for Ascent:dun and Rio.

The Trident steam vessel, Lieutenant Commander
Harvey, arrived at Spithead this morning from the east-
ward, on her way to the South American station.
The Independence line of packet•ahip arrived at
Spithead this afternoon to take in passengers for
New York.

Captain
G. W. D. O'Callaghan is appointed to re-
commission the Encounter, 14, screw-corvette, at
this port.
The Admiralty have ordered the sum of 101. to be
paid to the master and crew of the Eliza and Ann,
merchantman, of this port, for the good service they
rendered to the pinnace of the ordinary flagship Nep-
tune, 120, when in danger recently.
SHEERNESS, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty's iron paddle-
wheel steam-vessel Trident, Lieutenant R. 13. Harvey
commanding, arrived here on Friday, at two P.M., from
Woolwich, and, having embarked 35 supernumerary
boys from the Waterloo flag-ship, for general service in
her Majesty's vessels stationed on the south-east coast
of America, proceeded at four P sr. down the Prince's
Channel for Spithead, en route to the Brazils.
Her Majesty's iron screw steam-troop-ship Megsera,
6, Commander J. Johnson, was swung on Friday for the
purpose of ascertaining the deviation of her compasses,
under the direction of Mr. Tonkin, Master of the Wa-
terloo. The officers deputed by the Horse Guards ar-
rived the same day, and, in conjunction with those of the
port, held a minute survey of her internal fittings, &c.,
which did not terminate till late in the afternoon. We
bear that, in addition to her own crew and stores, the
Megaara has accommodation for 400 troops only. Some
alterations are to be made in her internal arrangement;
with the view of improving the ventilation.
Her Majesty's brig Bittern, 12, Commander Vaasa-
tart, has her yards across, and is rattling down her
rigging. Her commander arrived yesterday and took
up his oommission.
Her
J. Wattldinajecshtayr'gs
arrived
lmsteam-vessel Adder, Mr.
Her Chatham on Friday.
Majesty's cutter Hart, tender to the Monarch,
has returned from Yarmouth an Lowestoft,d having en-
tered 15 boys for service,
ag
icefi in the navy,who have been
riP as supernumeraries.
plaeed on board
thefirst entry for service on boardpu so ry on all boys, on their
Hitherto it has been compulsory
herwherewith
Majesty's ships, to be
provided with the sum of 2/
erewith to purchase a
suit of clothes and other necessaries.h
hear that this regulation in respect of We are glad to
boys of the first
boon were
class is no longer in force; if a
similar
granted to those of the second class, hundreds would
to pay the amount in
enter the service who
question. cannot do so from their inability
Her Majesty's ship Hercules, 10, Commander B.
Boynton, fitting at Chatham, has hoisted the pendant,
and is rapidly making good her defects. Her comple-
ment of officers and men is to be 125. One of Grant's
cooking apparatus, of a size to cook for 1,000 men, is
to be placed on board. When completed by the dock-
yard artificers the Hercules will be removed to the Ettkit
India Docks, where her internal arrangements will be
effected under the direction of the Commissioners of
Emigration for the colonies.

Lam Majesty's brig Daring, 12, at Chatham, Com-
mander Gerard J. Napier, is manning slowly, hav-
ing as yet entered but few seamen. With the as-
sistance of the dockyard riggers, she is progressing
in her equipment. A sergeant, corporal, drummer,
and 17 privates of the Royal Marines have embarked
in her.

Her Majesty's cutter Thames, tender to the Waterloo,
was dispatched yesterday morning to Chatham at nine
A.m., on service for the dockyard, and returned in the
afternoon.

Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Lizard, tender
pro tem. to the Monarch, was masted on Friaay.
ANCHOR TRIALS.—The further series of trials on an-
chors will take place at the Nore on Tuesday next, the
14th inst., instead of to-morrow (Monday), as originally
determined on. This postponement has taken piece in
consequence of the Locdon cc mmittee having Engage-
ments in town which prevent their attendance before
Tuesday.

The plan of retirement for the paymasters of the Royal
Navy, we hear, will be promulgated on the Ist proximo,
and the new regulations relative to their duties, pay, Btc.,
at the commencement of the ensuing year.
It is stated that the Hannibal, 90, and the Emerald,
' 50, building at Deptford, are to be fitted with auxiliary
screw- propellers.
The Board of Admiralty have given directions for the
breaking up of her Majesty's ships Tweed, 18 (500
tons), Racer, 12 (431 ton.), Seagull, 6 (279 tons), and
Kestrel (200 tons). The Tweed and Racer were launched
at Portsmouth in 1833; the former was built from plans
furnished by the Navy-;,ffice, the latter from designs of
the ex-Surveyor of the Navy, Sir W. Symonds. The
Seagull was designed by the late Sir R. Seppings, and
built at Pembroke upwards of twenty years ago. The
Kestrel was built by White at Cowes, for the Earl of
Yarborough, and subsequently purchased by Government,
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 12.—The Avon, steam-tender, A.
Veitch, second master commanding, has received now
boilers. She took a party of men and boys to Ports-
mouth, and returned on Tuesday.
The Calcutta, 84, advanced ship, was masted on
Thursday.
with
hthestate
sta had
The Hound, 8, on being paid off by Commander Hall,
that officer assembled the ship's company on
insfeolcmesedasthheimghlythaptleatsheed Admiraltythe quar-
terdeck
the ship.
texpressed-er deckand
em t h
The Cornwallis, 72, fitting as a
store-ship for Hong-
Kong, having been re-coppered, will be put-
out of dock
on Monday next.
The Chatham hulk, having been caulked and re•cop-
pored, will be put out of dock on Mon d d towed to
her old station, at the Breakwater. ay,
an
Sir William Burnett, director-general of the medical
department of the navy, arrived
this ort on Thurs-
day evening on an official visit. P
The officers and crew of her Majesty's "earnvessel
.
Geyser, 6, wages on
Commander Wilson, were paid
Saturday- She will leave the Sound to-day for North
America and the West Indies.
Her Majesty's steam-ship Valorous made a trip to the
Eddystone on Wednesday to try her engines. steam.
`WOOLWICH, SEPT. 11.—The Vivid tu' r
packet, Captain Smithett,
willhave l'
he improvements
completed, and leave connected with her engines
Wool-
wich about 12 o'clock on Tuesday for Dover, to resume
her duties at that station. .
The Greenock steam-frigate was taken out of dock
to-day and into
basin, where one of her masts
the
shears ready to be put on board,
was suspended in the
• alongside, to be put into her
with the greatest expedition,othermasts
as her services as an Alas-
tralian mail-
Packet will be required early in October.
of the Royal Navy contemplate the hi-
The authorities
troduction of engines of full instead of auxiliary power
be built for the service, as it has
to each vessels as may
athat the expense in the end would not be
been foul's" while a greater certainty would exist of the
much more. • •
l efficiency of the vessels supplied with full-
genera
en.aes.
tower 1
been decided that the Government shall
' it has also
not be confined in their knowledge of the capabilities of
the steam-vessels in the mercantile service for carrying
guns, which will be reported by the committee of their
own assistants to the master shipwright, as it has been
resolved that fully qualified official engineers are to be
appointed to examine and report on the state of the en-
gines and boilers of every steam-vessel in the mercan-
tile navy, and their capabilities for service on any emer-
gency.

Gl.
H.
S.
Ray
APPOINTMENTS.
)9 to the Dauntless
the Excellent gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth;
mails uth; Patrick
steam-frigate,—atAPlofrretsdmo Nealuth ;
(85H0
Inglis (1827), to be Admiralty agent for in a con-
tract steam-vessel.(lBs2), to
at Devon
Master .—L. C. Bailey, to the Magicienne steam-frigate,
port
140Chie rew f Engineers---James Steil, to the Windsor Castle,
, sc-ship, to be launched next week at Pembroke,
and brought round to Portsmouth; John Vedder, to the
Niger steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.
Assistant-Surgeons—John E. Hamilton (1845), to the
to the
Electra, 14, at Portsmouth; John Stuart (1852),
Hercules emigration-ship, at Chatham.
Master's Assistant—Wm. Wooldridge, to the isfegfera
steam-trigste, at Sheerness.
Clerk—F, F. Miller, to the Hogue screw steam ship,
1 at Devonport.

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ANNETTE.—An extremely interesting story has
just been published with the title of "Annette," under the
auspices of the Hon. Sir T. N. Talfourd. The work has all
the best features of a novel written by a clever man, but
there can be lit' le doubt that no small share of the public
admiration it must excite will be bestowed upon the prefa-
tory memoir of the author (the late W. F. Deacon), which
has not only the attraction of proceeding from the pen of Sir
T. N. Talfourd, but possesses the further recommendation of
including two of the most admirable letters ever written by
Sir Walter Scott.
NEW PALACE AT BALMORAL —lt has just been
determined to build a new palace for the Queen at Balmoral.
It Is to be built on a site between the river and the present
castle, fronting the south, and is estimated to cost from
80,0001. to 100,000/. The architecture is modern, and will
combine the ornamental with the useful. A new bridge is
to be thrown across the Dee ; and the public road which
now leads through the forest of I3allochbine is to be shut
up, and a better road provided along the south bank of the
river. The old palace is to be entirely removed. The new
palace is already staked Out.