The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-10 00:00:00

day, at Devonrscrt, the 9th, whcn they will be icsdy
fJr FPII.

ird etc slonr, ecinmar.,kler Dohie,
is complete,
and ;r4gd go.out of hzrbcur at Devonport.
PunTS3IOI7TII, Edinburgh, 50,
screw gunnery ship, CaDtain Hewlett (acting), bent sails
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yesterday and haulbd off into the stream to swini for
the adjustment of.her compasses, which has been corn'
pleted today.
The Encounter, 14, screw corvettet, Captain Gorda'
has been removed from the fitting basin, and placid
alongside the jetty. She got up steam yeserday.
The Sprightly steam vessel Mr. George Allen, Mtn*
Master Commanding, left again for Devonport yesterday'
with seamen gunnels from the Excellcnt for the Sparta!
and Vestal, just commissioned there, and a set vice par',
of Royal Marine Artillery for the Sanspareil, 81, Cali'
tain Dacres.

The Vulcan screw steam troop frigate, Commander
Von Donop, was u and
her yesterday after a refit/
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her steam has been since got up to try her engines and
boilers.

We understand it is in contemplation to adapt Or!:
out of the four 120-gun three-deckers on the gala
in this dockyard to screw propulsion, which o°lll
be done in their present state without incurring rola2
expense.
It is rumoured in this port that the reason of tha 0111;
den return to Spithead of the Retribution steam-friga'
ia, that her Conimander, Captain Warden, is 001 re
take office at Somerset house. under the Surveyor of the
Navy, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K &c.
The bakery at the Royal Clarence Victualling B 81;
blishment, Gosport, is now in full work for the OPP
of the fleet.

APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, JUNE 9.—Lieutenant Arthur gorrell
(1850), to the Spartan, 26, at Deronport.
Master William H. Drysdale (1852), recently Pro:
meted in the Racer, in which he served as WO
master, being paid off to the Spartan.
Second Master Charles M. Hughes (1847), to the 2re
ton steam packet at Woolwich; J. C. &Ace, to tu
Dragon steam frigate at Lisbon.
Surgeons—Edward H. CrCP, M.D. (1843), 11' the
Spartan; William It. Dalton (1846), to tlie Vestal, -
at Shearness.
Surgeon-Superintendent Samuel Dennelly(lB42), from
the Sampson steam-frigate to the Lady Montague,
ship.

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Assistant-Surgeons—Francis C. Sibbald, M.D. (1546), rj;
to the Spartan; Alfred Jackson (1846), to the
Robert Irvine (1848), to the Cumberland, 70, f 144
on the North American and West Indian station. the
Midshipmen—S. Metcalf and E. H. Stuart, 1°
Spartan. •

Master-Assistant John D. Rogers, to the.Spartgll'
Gunner Joseph lloytun, to the Spartan.
Boatswain Gabriel Keating, to the Spartan.
Carpenter George Grcet, to the Spartan. oo
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The Alexandria steam-yacht, built by Messrf. •'` of
and. Co., at Blackwall, of iron, for the Empet°l:nd
Russia, and fitted with engines by Messrs. George ''s;,
Sir John Rennie, left the river on Saturday last for
Petcrshurgb, and will arrive there pillions to the b reEr
turn of his Imperial Majesty from his visits to the 01.4
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allied sovereigns of the Continent, which is fixed for P
17th instant.

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THE LARGEST' VESSEL IN THE W 04.•••
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PEMBROKE, JUNE 7.-1 he near completion ,J, tlO
leviathan line of battle screw steam-ship, the Wipuek
Castle, on the stocks in the Pembroke Dockyardoto
cites, at the present time, a vast amount of ettenanl
throughout the naval and maritime service, on acc°o9
of her stupendous size. Without exception, Abe to
largest vessel in the world, many hundred tone 1611 g
than the Great Britain, the Himalaya (new beilo*-0
for the Oriental and Steam Navigation ColuP5111;30
Blackwall), and the celebrated American built steilfgoil
the Pennsylvania. The Himalaya is 3,200 tong t ois
tons more than the Great Britain), and the Penney °
is nearly 3,300 tons.
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The annexed statement is an official return °f Abe
Windsor Castle's dimensions. Originally she "%le
tended for a 120 gun ship. The atterationa that
recently been made in her afford, we understand, oc-
modation for no fewer than 140 guns.