The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-04 00:00:00

1852,

water were placed in the main mastheaJ, fearing the
ship might sink further; however, after the gale, 3
reefed foresail and one reefed foretopsall were se',
and the ship bore up without further ipjury fur
this port.
SHEERNESS, SUNDAY.._. Her Majesty's steam-
frigate Terr ble, 21, Captain James Hope, was spoke
on Thursday, as she proceeded up the Thames on Li.
way to Woolwich, to be put out of commission, and
to have her engines and machinery thoroughly
repaired. _ _ _

Her Majsty's iron screw steam-troopship Megwre,
6, Commander John Johnson, made her number on
the 30th ult., as she passed down the Thames, on her
voyage to Barbadoes.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Myrtle,
Mr. Bouchier master-commanding, returned here
from Woolwich on Friday, to resume the duties of
tender to the Monarch, 84, guardship of the ordinary.
The boilers and machinery of the Myrtle have und!>r-
gone a complete repair at the factory of Woolwich
dockyard.
tier Majesty's brig Bittern, 12, Commander Vat,
sittart was removed from the fitting basin on Friday,
and warped to moorings abreast of the dockyard. She
was swung yeterday for the purpose of ascertaining the
local deviation of her compasses, and will proceed
forthwith to the Little Nore, where she will take in
her powder, and sail thence in a day or two for Spit-
head, en route to the Esst Indies. She is a few
hands short of her compliment of 135.
Her Majesty's screw line-of-battleship Agamem-
non, 90, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, passed by here
from Woolwich yesterday afternoon, and proceeded
round the Mouse to test the efficiency of her engines
and machinery. Shortly before five P.m. she anchored
in the harbour. A captain, subaltern, 2 sergeants, 2
corporals, 2 fifers, and 84 privates of the Royal Ma-
rines, together with a subaltern, sergeant, corporal,
and 30 gunners of the Marine Artillery, are to em-
bark in her.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Lizaad
was dispatched to Chatham yesterday at 9 A.M.,
with invalids for Melville Hospital. On her return
in the afternoon she proceeded to the Nore, to accom-
pany the Agamemnon into port.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-vessel Cyclops,
one of the advanced steam squadron of reserve, was
ordered yesterday to take on board, with all possible
dispatch, one month's provisions for 100 men. Senior
Lieutenant Seacomb, Second Master J. W. H. Har-
vey, Mr. G. H. Shepherd, clerk, 20 marines, and 80
blue-jackets of the screw steam-ship Horatio, have
been placed on board the Cyclops for temporary ser-
vice. She is to be commanded pro tem. by Lieute-
nant Seacombe, and Mr. F. H. Blaxhall, Assistant-
Surgeon of the Waterloo, is to discharge the duties
of medical officer. Mr. Hockley, Second Master of
the London, is also ordered to embark in the Cyclops,
which vessel will leave port to-day for Deptford, and
thence proceed, in company with the Blazer steamer,
to Milford, for the purpose of assisting in towing to
the Clyde, and subsequently to Spithead, the leviathan
screw three-decker Windsor Castle.
Her Majesty's ship Hercules, 12, Commander
Baynton, was taken out of dock on the 30th ult., and
will leave Chatham probably to-morrow (Monday)
for this port, and hence to London, to be placed in the
East India Docks.
Her Majesty's brig Daring, 12, Commander
Gerard Napier, is expected here on Tuesday next, on
her way to Spithead.
Her Majesty's ship Wellesley, 72, was docked at
Chatham on the 30th ult., to have her defects made
good.

Her Majesty's brig Nerbudda, 12, has been fitted
at Chatham for commission.
Her Majesty's ship Goliath, 80, has been removed
to moorings in Long Reach.
The officers and crews of the ships in commission
were respectively mustered on Friday, by Captain
the Hon. Montague Stopford, of the Waterloo flag-
ship.
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Jocelyne Percy, C. 8.,
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, has returned to
his official residence after an absence of six weeks.
The health of the gallant officer has derived much
benefit during his visit to the continent.
APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, OCT. 2.—Chief Engineer Alexander
Leys, to the Agamemnon, 90, screw steam-ship
Sheerness.
Surgeons Charles Smith (1843), to be Surgeon-
Superintendent of the Duchess of Northumberland
convict-ship; Charles T. S. Kevern (1836) to be su-
perintendent of the Didbrook convict-ship.
Assistant-Engineers G. Goldsack (Ist class), John
Lee (2d class), R. C. Reynolds (2d class), and Henry
Lee (3d class), to the Agamemnon.
Assistant-Surgeon John Barclay, M.D. (1846), to
the Agamemnon ; Robert Sproule, to the Dee steam-
vessel, at Woolwich.
The Agamemnon, 90, Captain Sir Thomas Mait-
land, C. 8., when she went down the river on Friday
afternoon, made a speed of upwards of ten knots per
hour until she arrived opposite Purfleet, when some
small part of the engine which had been made of
hardened steel, and too tightly fitted, became suddenly
hot and set fast, which caused the breakage of an
eccentric band. This slight damage was made good,
and the corresponding part of the engine ground, so
as to prevent the possibility of its heating and causing
a similar accident. After the accident she was taken
by the Monkey and African steam-vessels to the deep
water below Gravesend, where she anchored for the
night.
On the following day (Saturday) she raised her
anchor and started at 1 o'clock P.m., having on board
Captain Sir Thomas Maitland ; Commander Hall,
who had joined on the previous day ; Mr. Lloyd,
chief engineer of the steam department at Somerset-
house ; Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer
at Woolwich Dockyard; Mr. John Penn, Mr. Hartree,
and Mr. Matthew, of the firm that constructed her
engines ; Mr. Whitworth, engineer, Manchester ; and
Mr. F. P. Smith. Immediately preceding her start-
ing, the Alexander of London, one of Mr. Blyth's
ships, was coming up the river with a strong tide
running, when the Custom-house officers in their
boat wanted to board her, and the Alexander let go
her anchor on being cast off from the steam-tug that
was towing her. The anchor dragged a considerable
distance, and had it not been that the African was
promptly detached from the side of the Aga-
memnon she must have been completely
crushed between the two vessels, but she
fortunately escaped with the loss of her bowsprit
and a rip in front of her paddlewheel. The Alexander
came with considerable force against the side of the
Agamemnon, and was turned completely round and
clear of the larger vessel. The Agamemnon, in a few
minutes after starting, began to draw the Monkey
and African steam-tugs through the water, and it
was amusing to witness the greatly increased rapidity
of the engines of the smaller vessels when they were
drawn by the screw steam-ship. When the Aga-
memnon arrived opposite the measured mile in sea-
reach the time was taken, and she accomplished the
distance in 6 min. 24 sec., or at the rate of 9.375
knots, and the calculation gave her an average speed of
upwards of 10f knots per hour. As the Agamemnon
proceeded onwards, her engines, of 700-horse power,
Messrs. Penn's patent trunk, worked in the most sa-
tisfactory manner, making 60 revolutions per minute
without the slightest heating in any part.
The cylinders of these magnificent engines
are 78 inches diameter, equal to cylinders
of 70i when the area of the trunk is deducted. The
number of revolutions was from 58 to 60, or eight
revolutions above the contract speed, and, notwith-
standing this high velocity of engines of 3 feet 6
inches in stroke, not the slightest jarring in any of the
fixed parts could be perceived, and the boilers sup-
plied ample steam with moderate firing. The speed
of the splendid screw steam-ship,drawing 17 feet 7
Inches forward and 20 feet 4 inches aft, propelled by
a powerful screw of 18 feet diameter, with a pitch of
20 feet 6 inches, was the astonishment of all the
captains and crews of the numerous sailing-vessels
coming up the river with the tide, and Mr. Stuart,
the pilot of the Agamemnon, had a most difficult task
to steer clear of them when tacking, as they thought
they could cross her path in ample time, inst Cadof
which they had narrow escapes, and it was more
owing to the excellent look-out of Mr. Bean, Master
of the Fisgard, and the care of the pilot, together with
the admirable manner in which the engines could be
stopped and set in motion, and the way in which she
answered her helm, that her safe progress through
so many vessels as were in the reaches below Graves-
end was accomplished without the least accident.
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On reaching the Nore the Agamemnon's
which
boilers
got clear of the mud, in some degree,
passed into them while working in the basin w_ahti Wool-
wich. She left the tugs several miles behind hi
upwards a
and,the fast steam-packet Dryad, belonging to the
Woolwich company, was at that timwe.
he
mile astern, being unable to keep up with her.
City of Canterbury, a fast boat,
on
her passage to
keep in g up w ith
in
the former had 1 per
Herne Bay, had great difficulty
the Agamemnon, and although
kept ahead in fine
Agamemnon
foresails up; the Again
style for upwards of three miles, until the City
of Canterbury turned eastward for Herne 13a y.
Between the Nore and Mouse Lights the epee d of
the Agamemnon was tried by Massey's patent log
for half an hour, and found to be 10 G.-10
knots, against a strong head-wind, the ,en -
glues making 58 revolutions, and the rea ult
was so satisfactory to Captain Sir Thou las
Maitland and Mr. Lloyd that they congratulated 1N "
Penn on the success of the trial, which exceed ed
their most sanguine expectations. This fine yes sel
arrived and cast anchor near the Waterl 00,
120, flagship at Sheerness, at half-past four o'cl.o
and all the officers and crews of the vessels s ifloat
came on deck to witness her surprising speed. T.he
Admiral's yacht Triton came out to meet the . Aga -
memnon, but was obliged to drop astern ; alth .ough
going at her utmost speed the Agamemnon y 'wised
her, and she did not get into Sheerness till some
minutes afterwards. It is understood that no f tart her