The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-09 00:00:00

ETENING,

dock the end of the present week, and he comp feted ten
days efcet4.
Hcr Majest:';'3 paddle-wheel steam,vessd 1:....-Ard pro-
ceedtld to Chatham yeaterdc7 with for modieal
treatment to Melville Hospital, and returned in the af-
ternoon,

Her 7,lajestv's screw steam-frigate Horatio, 22, Cap-
tain the lion. S. T. Carnegie, is to have some alteration
made in her steering-wheel. The fitting of her gun.
ports is not yet completed.
Her Majesty's ship Me2nder, 44, Commander Charles
Talbot, fitting at Chatham, wants about 60 bluejackets
to.eomplete her complement of 366, She is reported to be
ready for sea by the 4th proximo.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Wildfire,
Mr. Brookman, second master commanding, left the
Nore Sand last evening, end took up her moorings in
the harbour.

In accordance with the, Order in Council of the 25th
of June, 1851, Ceakm,,,
muel Rerose:, (1828), -
Robert 'V. Pilkington (1830). John P.
E-u\e.l.• James Creagh (1827,, Ss-
Warren (1833),
(C;apeites.; and Lieutenants
(1839), have been pieced Land, (1837), noel W. N. Powell
Edward Robinson (1813), IL IZempthorn
801: (1813),
Henry Cox
as Commanders
(1815), William Vicary.
S. Burniston (1325),)ihea"dreslicravgeldi
half-pay lists of their respee• ranks.
Important directions (haviT.ee•
to seare-vessels), relative to
tbhreefer9ce. more especially
passes, have been promulgated by deviation of the
Admi-
raltycern-
to the captains and commandingthe. Beard
of
jesty's ships. The following is
sh officers of her 2.1a-
-1. Once in each year, immediatelyandt eir substance:—
foreign station, all ships
andvessels
s on arrival at a
order to ascertain the errors of th,,i
compasses.ure to be swung, in
2. When at sea, observations by -
ampli-
tude are also to be made for the sameaz math and
3. Whenever ships are swung, purpoie.
at sea, the circumstance, withtcgetherorbeetrvations taken
the amount of
error of the compasses, is to be
put into the ship's log
and remark-books.
4. With the quarterly returns enditboe the
31st of De-
cember in each year, an account of the local attraction
is always of the ship is to be forwarded; and it
stated if the compasses have been corrected by magnets.
The Lords of the Admiralty have issued directions
that in future all log-hooks forwarded to Whitehall from
ships that have returned to, or arrived in port after h riving
• g
made passages, shall be a faithful copy of the ship's log,
and contain a track chart having marked thereon
winds experienced during the voyage_
and, further, thatt
he
;
in steam-vessels' log-books, at noon of each day, the
amount of coal on board, the number of days it will last
(judging from the average consumption), and the
num-
ber of hours under steam during the last tweuty-four
hours, are to be inserted in a column to be taken from
the space now used for denoting the true bearings and
distance. In the log-bookie vessels fitted with a screw
propeller, if under steam, word " steaming" is to be
put at the termination of each
provided they b in every re-
, spect a true copy of the ship's log.
ROYAL MARINES.---First Lieutenant H. J. Jell, of the
Chatham DiVision, is appointed to the Artillery Com-
panies, vice 11. W. Hall, dismissed the service. First
Lieutenant E. L. Pyci, of the same division, has been
granted two months leave of absence.
THE SCHOONEII RENOWN.—The stores and cargo of
this vessel were yesterday being shipped for London,
under consignment to the owners, Messrs. Reynolds and
Son, of Se Ancirew's-wh. crf. Up to the present time
more than 1,609 pigs of iron ballast have been recovered
by the divers, who havo made a point of surveying the
state of the vessel at every tide. With the exception of
the starting of the sterepost when she first struck on the
sand, they report there are no indications of her having
received injury, nor has she embedded herself to any
eet-
ex-
tent, being only keel d
line PeePee forwerd, and her three -f
mark aft brieg on a with the sand. She is there-
fore in a fe.vourable pNition for being raised, which will
be attempted so soon as the whole of the cargo has been
removed.
The Wildfire steam'vessel loft yesterday evening her
anchorage at the Nore Sand, and a coast-guard cutter,
directions of Mr. G. A. Henry, inspecting corab-
menderr at Southend, is to protect the Renown from
further depredations, and to prevent interference with
the divers and others employed in saving the cargo and
vessel..

APPOINTMENTS.
WooLwrou, AVG. 'B.—Lieutenant—thigh Ilathorn
(1852), recently promoted fro m mate. of the. Penelope,
flig_bhip on the West Coast. of Africa station, to the
Cygnet, 8, sloop, also serving on the -%\' est Coast of
Africa station.
Midshipman—lion. A. Annesley, to the Ajax screw
steam-ship at Cork.
The Cruiser screw steam-sloop, recently launched at
Deptford, has been taken into the basin at this port, to
have her engines of 60-horse power put on board.
The Agamemnon, 90, screw steam-ship of 600 horse
power, has now all her boilers and both her cylinders
on board, and is to be taken out of the
inner basin on
Monday, the 16th inst., and will then be taken into the
east dock to be coppered, and the other works required
expedited, as great exertions are
being made to make
her ready for sea to test her qualitiesit being in con-
templation to build other vessels of her class us soon as
possible.
The figurehead' of the Windsor Castle, originally
constructed at Pembroke as a 120-gun ship, but subse-
quently cut in two and lengthened so as to carry 140
guns, and intended to be fitted kith engines and a screw
propeller, was brought down to Woolwich from BlaCk-
wall in a barge, and taken on shore preparatory to the
various pieces of which the figure will be formed being
sent to Pembroke. Some idea may be formed of the
magnitude of the figurehead of the Windsor Castle when
it id stated that it eOntaistS of a lion rampant, supportiug
a large shield with ha two fore paws. The figure of the
lion stands 18 feet in height, pith a noble head, dis-
tended nostrils, and wide open mouth, showing its
powerful teeth. The mane is large and raised, and the
tail, nine feet in length, is lashed round, as if the animal
was in the act of springing on its prey. The circum-
ference of the hind legs at the middle joint is three feet,
and the proportions of the whola figure are admirable.
A representation of Windsor Castle has been made in
raised carving on the shield, and when the figurehead
is put up on the splendid steamship for which it is in-
tended, it must have a fine effect.

TILE MISSING STEAMER BART):
The Ilarpy steam-vessel, about whose safety so much
apprehension had been felt, arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday evening. The Harpy is an iron paddle-wheel
steam-vessel of 350 tons and 200-horse power. She was
built for river service, and consequently had the power
of spreading but a small quantity of sail; a quantity
quite inadequate to her size. She has been employed for
some time on the southeast coast of America station,
acting as tender to the Centaur, flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
miral Henderson, on that station, and being under the
command of Lieutenant Thomas Drinkwater Williams,
who was appointed to her in November, 1851. Since
the appointment of Lieutenant Williams to the Harpy,
he had made several reports of defects in her machinery,
particularly as to her boilers, and ultimately a survey
was made, and these latter were found so exceedingly
defective as to render her immediate return home neces-
sary. She was consequently ordered to England on the
ISth of April last, when she left Rio Janeiro, touching
at Bahia, which she Left on the sth of May. She then
called at Pernambuco, when she took in water and pro-
visions, and made up her stock of coal to 150 tons, a 3
large a quantity as she could possibly carry, and amply
sufficient to take her to St. Vincent, which was the ob-
ject of her commander.

Soon after leaving Pernambuco, however, the condi-
tion of her boilers became much worse, being so defective
and leaky that steam could only be got up to the requi-
site force by the expenditure of a large quantity of coal,
and when it did reach that force the boilers would give
out or burst, and the steam escape. This state of things
continued for days and weeks, and there was no help for
it ; the vessel being so devoid of sailing capabilities she
was almost entirely dependent on her steam power, al-
though Lieutenant Williams adopted every possible
means of supplying the deficiency is her spars and sails.
Even these efforts availed little, from the prevalence of
light and variable winds, and the consequence was that
no progress was made, whilst the whole of the coals
were being rapidly consumed. At length resort had to
be had to other descriptions of fuel, in the shape of spare
or valueless stores ; these were converted into fuel for the
engines, and then the cabin doors were taken down, and.
together with coal bags, tables, and stools, and at length
some pitch and resin, were used for the purpose of securing
the satety of the ship and the lives of her officers and crew.
Under these circumstances it was the 13th of July before
the Harpy reached Fayal, being 58 days from Pernam-
buco, and having on board only half a tank of water, and
all sorts of provisions equally scarce. The officers and
crew had been for some time upon two-thirds the usual
allowance, and for a short time on one-half, whilst they
suffered most severely from thirst, only a pint of water
a day per man being served out. The supply of water
could not have lasted to this extent had not Lieutenant
Williams taken the precaution at an early period of the
voyage, of saving the condensed steam, which he had
collected as often as necessary, and put into the water
tanks. Nothing but the greatest efforts on the part of
the officers and crew could have brought the ship into
port or have saved their own lives.
Having completed her stock of water, coals, and pro-
visions, the Harpy left Fayal for Portsmouth on the 23d
of July, reaching Spithead, as already stated, on Satur-
day evening. She has brought home invalids from the
squadron, two distressed British subjects, a passenger
from Fayal, and four Kroomen, intended for St. Vincent,
which place the Harpy could not reach.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,--My attention having been drawn to an adver-
tisement of a company, called the Costa Rica Company,
in which it assumes that the district and harbour of
Bocas del Toro (belonging to the State of New Gra-
nada), is within the territory of Costa Rica, I feel it my
duty, in the interest of the Republic of New Granada,
which I represent, to protest against it being assumed
that the state of Costa Rica has, or had, any power or
right upon said territory, or to make any concession of
land which is beyond the boundary of that state.
I have caused a notification to this effect to be made to
the Costa Rica Company, and shall immediately Infect"
tho necessary representations to my Government, foyts
guidance.--I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient
servant,
Winchester-buildings, Aug.7,o 1852. YA, Vice• Consul.
9,

The Duke of Rutland and the Earl of Clarend one adat
interviews on Saturday with Mr. Secretary interview
the Home-office. Mr. Smith, M.P., had also an VVal
with the Right Honourable Secretary.
SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.--Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent arrived here from Osborne yeserd
morning. in the steamer Vivid, attended by
,S:r George 2
Couper, Colonel Phipps, and Lady Fanny Howta d, en route
for London. Her Royal Highness was met at the docks by
Captain Austin, superintendent of the packets at this port,
and the dock and railway official°.