The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-30 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelliljence.

The ironcased screw steamship Prince Consort, Z 5, Capt.
George 0. Wines, C. 8., arrived at Plymouth ,on Thursday
evening, and has
gone up Ramon. to be overh a uled.
The Clio, 22, screw steam corvette, 1,472 tons, -400-horse
power, recently commissioned by Capt. Nichol as E. B.
Tournonr, was taken to the measured mile off Mapl in. Sande
yesterday, for the final trial of her machinery prel ii ma to
her departure to the Pacific, where she will relieve h e. - Ma-
jesty's ship Charybdis, 21, screw steam corvette, Capt. :3 W.
Tumour. During the trial the vessel was in charge of £'apt.
W. Hall, of the Sheerness steam reserve. The machinery
was under the inspection of Mr W. Rumble, inspector of
machinery afloat, and Mr George Blaxland, chief engineer of
the Bheerness Dockyard. The engines, which were built by
Messrs. Ravenshill and Salkeld, worked very sat;sfactorily
during the trial. The following were the results :—At full
boiler power, a mean speed of 10.990 knots per hour ; re_
volutions of engines, 57; pressure of steam, 23; vacuum
33; at half-boiler power an average of 9'805 knots; re-
volutions of engines, 50. The vessel went round the
circle in 4 min 37 sec at full power, and at half-power it
5 min 33 see, the diameter of each circle being 28Q an eL
358 yards respectively; the revolutions of engines in turnir
the circle were 45 and 44. The draught of water during t,1,6
trial was 17ft Bin forward ; 20ft 10in aft. The vessel is
fitted with Smith's propeller, with the leading corners. cut
off; diameter, 16ft ; pitch, 26ft; length, 3ft ; immersica of
upper edge, 2ft 4in. After the trial the Clio was brought
back to the Little Nore, where she anchored, aad shl will
be inspected to-day by the Commander in Chief, Sir Chas .
Talbot, She will proceed to her destinatio non Mon-
day next.
The Recruit, 6, iron paddlewheel vessel, 160 ho rse power,
is to be taken into the dock at Sheerness yard to be cleaned,
when an examination of the relative merits of the various
compositions to prevent fouling, with which she has been
coated for some time, will be made.
The Porcupine, 3, paddlewheel surveying va isel, 132
horse power, is expected shortly to arrive at Sl teerness,
where she is to make good defects.
The Wizard gunboat, which has been commies toned as
tender to the Marlborough, flagship, in the Medit.'r ranean,
was taken for trial at the measured mile off Map] in Sands
this day, previous to her leaving Sheerness for her station.
The trial was considered very satisfactory. She w ill leave
Sheerness in a few days,

Mr E. J. Reed, the chief constructor of the navy, visited
Chatham Dockyard late on Thursday afternoon, and spent
some time in the inspection of the works connect ad with
the construction of his two iron-clad frigates, tb.e Lord
Warden and the Bellerophon, both of which are being
pushed forward with the greatest possible despatch. The
stem of the Bellerophon, weighing between 20 and 30 tons,
has been completed at she smithy, and is the largest work
of the kind ever prepared at Chatham Dockyard. It has
been removed to the factory, where it is now undergoing
the operation of planing. Barnaby, the head of tho
draughtsman's department at Chatham Dockyard, who
assisted in making the drawings and designs for both the
Lord Warden and Bellerophon, has received the appoint-
ment of assistant constructor of the navy.

The gnn vessels Albacore and Tyrian went out fc cr a trial
of their machinery and speed at the measured tulle in
Stokes Bay yesterday morning, under the superinte t tdence
of the otii,cials of the steam reserve and dockyard, pre •vious
to their departure on foreign service. The results wer, 3 very
satisfactory. The Tyrian subsequently put her gul Is on
board the Racer screw steam sloop, Commander Saulk z, at
Spithead, being under her convoy to the Mediterranet.n.
Captain Baron Wedel Jarlaberg, of the Norwegian screw
steam frigate Nordstjernen, landed at the Dockyard, .?orts-
month, yesterday, and, accompanied by M. L. A. Val leen-
burgh, Vice Consul, paid his respects to the naval and
military authorities.