The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-22 00:00:00

NAVAL IN

• APPOINTMENTS. •
Lieutenant—W. G. Crowder, to the Megm7a.
Second Master—Richard F. Browne, to the Trident,
Mds:er'S'Assistant•-•--W. C. &Ana, to the Trident.
Paymaster—William Ellis, to the Inll6xibln.
byres—G. G. Lomax, tho Winchester; Henry
comaHuxbann, tO the TriTrident;James Saumartz, to the Till,-
ree. • •
Midshipmna—W. H. Heaton and Alexander bender-
seQ, to the Waterloo; C. E. Burtton, to the Queen; J.
H. Tbemas, to the Blenheim.
PORTSZICATTII, WEbNESDAY.—EiT Royal ,lligb.ness.
the Duchess of Cambridge arrived at the RJyal Clarence
Yard, Gosport, this afternoon, at 5.15, en route to Os-
borne, to visit the R2yfa Family. Her Royal Highness
was received by Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs Cora-
mandcr-in..o hicft. Captain G. B, ?.rirtin; Flag2Lieuto-
nant Pasley; ;Jr. Davies, R.N., gaster-Atteadani,; Mr.
Tinhorn, storekeeper, and embatkel cu board the
royal Mr.•Alfreci.BalliAun, A.eting-Master
Comm ding, which Ccinveyel her to Osbornp, under
royal:salutes from the Victory, Blenheim. the Brilliant
(yacht of Commodore Wekers, of the R. V. Y.
the Royal C.), and
:Victoria Yacht C lub-houl.,e battery. Her
Higti.ness intends staying at Hyde for same short
tine, asiers does her Royal Highness the Duehesq of
instant. Glouce,,who is expected at that ,plac,o, on. the 27th

- The Ferioue, new paddle.wbeel steam-frigate, fitting
to join the .ateain reserve at this
. 1)93, is now complete
is her rigging, and is being. Superintendent FL Prescott, Admiral
.Prescott, C.E., with the
and paid went on board the Victory
gtheinst lmorning,
8,
ceinnuinsr3.ew
_s_ix months' wages.
The Seelsik,
slicers, dismantling, and preparing !. 6"uthhY, is under the
for paying off,
The Stromboli, steace.s ()
.
rieged alongside the pitch-house (advanced), is being
the yard. . i
as been got ready
The small steamer the Fire Queen has been
for service; to be.used, it is said, asn
to attend daily;
the ships at Spithead, which she a dispateh-boat, by
whereby there will be a great saving beats and men s
The French, at Cherbogrof labour.
—autaiat that anchorae
steamer that daily attends on the fleuetg' have a small
ebeuni l
Toe famed little brig the
has
se
been found by
Mr.s
t :.
White, of. Cowes, many years ago,
defective that orders have come down to break
The steam-yacht belonging to the /eachher up,
landed and packed uleall her steam-nee:Ill Egypt has
sent back ,to the maker, and the yacht,herilileelr,"' to be
altered to a.sailivg-vessel by the people ee Portsmouth
to be
Dockyard. -The screw and shaft are to come
out.
naouth
The Simoom troop steam-frigate. will be taken into
dock No. 7on Saturday. Captain Kingcome is on leave.
The Inflexible is receiving new copper. Commander
Viroolridee has joined. She will receive her new
fore-
mast in a city or tw0.... . • •
The Argus revenue -steamer went out of Portsmouth
harbour, and anchored at Spithead.
A military court assembled this. mornivg at Fortun,
Lientenant-Colonel Wearing, Royal Marines, president,
to try First Lieutenant Hal!, of the Royal Marine Ar-
tillery, for 'having been drunk on the evening of the let
of July, at Fort 'Cumberland, and for appearing at
tattoo in an improper dress. The evidence for the pro-
secution ended at'aboutiwo o'clock, when the court ad-
journed till Friday next, when the prisoner will enter
en his defence. „
The America peal, Lord de Blur:line, went out of
Portsmouth harbour this morning. She appears to have
lost none of her sailing qualities, for she sailed with the
cutters this morning., but not in the match, and ap-
peared to beat them all very considerably,
SHEERNESS, Ater 21.—Her Majesty's paddle-wheel
steam-vessel. Wildfire, Mr. Brockman, second master,
commanding, was dispatched' to Chatham yesterday
morning. 'She returned to port at three r.at., leaving on
board Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy. my. Co-
mmander in-Chief of her Majesty's ships in the Thames
and ;Medway. The Admiral 'landed at the dockyard,
when the broad pendant of Captain the Hon. Montagu
Stopford was struck on board the ' Waterloo, 120, and
the flag (blui,) of the Commander-in-Chief was hoisted
at the fore. .
Her hire iron screw steam-frigate Ilepers, Cone-
mender John Johnson, was yesterday taken into the
north dock, of the fitting basin to undergo necessary
repairs, and to have defects in, her steering qualities re-
moved.
Her Majeety'a paddlewheel. steam-vessel Adder, Mr.
J. Watt in charge, having removed the obstruction to
the navigation near the Nore,tniddle ground, came into
port yesterday at nine P.M, with a lighter in tow.
Her Majesty's ship. Vestal, Clll3laill C. B. Hamilton,
has entered .very nearly the whole of her crew. As soon
as the tide will permit, she will he removed from the
fitting basia to moorings in the harbour, and then pro-
ceed to Spithead, whence, after a stay of a few days, she
will sail for the West Indies. Captain Hamilton's health
we hear is .so much improved that ho will probably bo
able to return to his ship early in the ensuing, week.
The Lords of the Admiralty will arrive hero this
evening on an official visit to the various departments of
the dockyard, the ships in commission and fitting fur
foreign service. They will be entertained at dinner at
the Admiralty-house, on which occneion the captains and
commanders of her Majesty's ships in port will be pre.
sent in full dress uniform.