The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.
The Fairy, royal yacht, Staff Commander Welch, has left
Portsmouth, for the purpose of being in attendance on the
Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse. The Victoria and
Albert, royal yacht, Captain his Serene Highness the Prince
of Leiniugen, will leave on Tuesday next.
Orders were received at Portsmouth yesterday that the
men employed on board the Orontes troopship, Capt.W. H.
Hire, are to work extra hours, and if necessary all right, as
well as on Sunday and on the Queen's birthday, so that she
may be coaled and got perfectly ready by Thursday night,
26th, and ready to leaving on the following morning.
The serious delays which arose in the construction of the
ironcased frigate at Chatham during the earlier portion of
her progress, in consequence of the contracts failing to
supply the iron in sufficient quantities, are likely to
be repeated in the case of the iron frigate Bellerophon, now
under construction, and already some portions of the works
of that frigate are at a standstill from the want of the
necessary angle and plate iron from the contractors.
Under the new system adopted by the Admiralty the con-
tracts are made with different firms, instead of only with
one establishment, as was the case with the Achilles; but

even under the new arrangement the same difficulty ap-
pears likely to arise in obtaining a constant supply of ma-
terial from the contractors, as was the case under the for-
mer system.

The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, which
is undergoing a thorough refit and repair at Chatham dock-
yard in readiness for the first division of tho steam reserve,
is to be supplied with a new Griffiths propeller, in lieu of her
present screw, which is to be taken out. The Cadmus
during the time she has been in dock has been fitted with a
topgallant forecastle, and has undergone a general repair
at an estimated cost of £12,000. She will be out of the
shipwrights' hands in the course of a fortnight.
The screw corvette Clio, 22, 400 horse power, fitting for
commission, is intended, according to an announcement at
Chatham yesterday, for service in the Pacific, The Scout,
22, 400 horse power, is ordered to be brought forward to
take the place of the Clio in the first class steam reserve.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty:—Samuel M. Spry, master, additional to the Fis-
gard, for the Racer—James E. Cavenaugh, master, to the
Indus, for the Cordelia—D. Moore, master, to the Indus,
for the Ocean—W. 11. Drysdale, master, to the Asia, for

the Victoria—Pierre G. Evans. midshipman, to the Wol-
verenne—R. Allen, paymaster, to the Dauntless—W. Jons
and G. E. Wright, acting assist.-surgs. to the Victory, for
Hasler Hospital—H. A. Close, assist•-surg., to the Naiad—
T. W. Sutton, chief engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Prince
Albert—Henry Cooper, in the Rattler, promoted to be
acting chief engineer—G. L. D. P. Keeling, engineer, to
the Fisgard, as supernumerary—T. Wilson, engineer,
to the Wolverene —J. J. Bluden, engineer, to the Asia, and
granted one month's leave of absence—H. W. Masterman,
assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary—and
G• M‘Burney, assist.- engineer, to the Gladiator.