The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence

Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence E. Paget, M.P., arrived
at Portsmouth on Saturday, and embarking in the Fire-
queen steam yacht, Staff-Commander Paul, accompanied by
Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., paid a visit to the
Channel fleet at Spithead. On returning from his visit to
the fleet his Lordship left Portsmouth for Brighton.
The Channel fleet is expected to sail from Spithead to-
day on a cruise westward, probably calling in at Torbay,
and afterwards looking in at Bristol, and other ports not
visited during last summer's cruise. From the western ports
the fleet is expected to proceed to the north coast of Ireland.
The Channel fleet now at Spithead anchorage consists of
the Edgar, 71, screw wooden line-of-battle ship, Capt. G.
T. P. Hornby,flagship of the Admiral commakding,Sydney
Colpoys Dacres, C.B. ; the Warrior, 40, iron frigate, screw,
Capt. Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C.B. ; the Black Prince, 40,
iron frigate screw, Capt. James F. B. Wainwright; the
Defence, 16, iron frigate, screw, Capt. A. Phillimore, and
the Trinculo, screw wooden gunboat, tender to the flagship.
The Galatea, 26, wooden frigate, screw, Capt. R. Maguire,
is under orders to sail from Spithead for the West Indies,
and is expected to convoy out the wooden gunboat, scraw,
lAlbacore.

On Saturday Rear-Admiral R. S. Robinson, the Control-
ler of the Navy, paid an official visit to Chatham dockyard
for the purpose of inspecting the works in progress and the
vessels under construction at that establishment. On
arriving at the dockyard he was met by Capt. Stewart, C. 8.,
superintendent, and the principal officials, and proceeded in
the first instance to inspect the iron frigate Bellerophon, in
the construction of which very considerable progress has
recently been made, Leaving the dock in which the iron-
clad is building, Admiral Robinson visited the smitheries,
which have recently been considerably enlarged to keep pace
with the iron shipbuilding works, and examined the working
of the powerful steam hammers for forging the heaviest por-
tions of stem and stern of the Lord,Warden and Ballerophon
iron. elad. The Lord Warden was inspected. The progress
made in the construction since the last visit of the Control-
ler was considered very satisfactory, the vessel being com-
pletely in trame and the operation of fixing the inner course
of planking now proceeding. Admiral Robinson also visited
the Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, undergoing a thorough
repair, and also the Torch, 5, and after transacting official
business with the captain-superintendent returned to the
Admiralty in the afternoon.
The paddle-wheel steam sloop Bulldog, 6, Capt. C. Wake,
arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday afternoon, She
left Sheerness on Saturday, June 25, having in tow the
hired transport Waubogweez. She conveyed the vessel to
the entrance of the roadstead of Madeira and arrived there
on the 6th inst. The paddle .wheel steam sloop Gladiator,
6, Capt. F. 11. Short, being in attendance, took the trans•
sport in tow immediately and left the same day for Cape
Coast Castle, where the Waubcgweez will embark sick
troops for conveyance to the West Indies. The Bulldog left
Madeira on the 9th inst., and spoke, July 14, lat 45 40 N,
long 9 40 W, the bark Zealand, of Amsterdam, and lat 45
12 N, long 9 20 W, the brig Johanna, of Christiana, both
bound out ; and July 16, off the Lizard, her Majesty's ship
Conklin. The United States frigate St. Louis left Madeira
on July 6 for tho Azores.
The hired transport St. Lawrence, 1,093 tons, Captain
Toynbee, belonging to Messrs. T. and W. Smith, left Ply-
mouth Sound on Friday evening with about 30 passengers,
including Col. Lamb. The St. Lawrence is gone to Queen-
town to embark the right wing of the 11th Regiment, when
she will sail for Calcutta.

A hired transport, said to be the Copenhagen, with a de-
tachment from the East Indies, has been spoken in the
Atlantic short of provisions. On Friday afternoon the
screw steamsloop Cordelia, 11, Commander John B. Scott,
left Plymouth Sound in search. She was observed off the
Lizard on Saturday by the Bulldog. Yesterday one of
'the Channel squadron, the iron screw ship Hector, 24, Capt.
G. W. Preedy, C. 8., made her number off Pl} mouth at 8