The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-26 00:00:00

yard is being proceeded with rapidly by the contractors,
Messrs. Baker and Co., who have also received orders to

clear the mast-ponds from the accumulation of mud.
The Hercules store-ship is to be placed in ordinary.
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i of
It the
eopn.
superintendent
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TIIESDAY.—Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate-s
.10, 22, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, had her powder
operation:zPected
taken out early yesterday morning, and was towed by
harbour to those abreast
the Myrtle and African steamers from her moorings of
(which
kard the
the west shore nof the
her
rdeofakd3i,
ti sand-wall
ted.
Captain t he
Ep u. r p
jo.s e
Johnson,o f
of the compass department at the .Admiralty, is
hereto-day to conduct the necessary
pears the deviation of the compasses on •
Horatio varies according as the tunnel
the telescopic principle) is raised or d
information that has reached us relativeepressed. From
trial cruise, it appeared that the to her recent
most satisfactory manner; her speedengines worked in a
plain sail set, with the wind free under steam and
hoar. With the screw-propell , Was eight knots per
single-reefed topsails and to er disconnected and under
aft, she made upwards of •
topgallant sails, with the wind
working expansively with nine
knots per hour. While
light wind was nearly eight
oksail set her speed against a
her cruise encountered g o-not.
The Horatio during
ward, and was placed uncle --rate gale from the west-
reefed courses for near] l'
treble-reefed topsails and
proved herself to be y 24 hours, during which time she
being extremely ea au excellent sea-boat, her motion
ing end in funai sY and regular. She is slow ill tack-
" multiplying ng a complete circle. She is fitted with
lions ot the screw-propeller whereby the ratio of the revolu-
to 1. sheew-propeller to that of the engines is as
going full speed, without coal to last here inn_ day::
quan-
tity rafficient,
if
steaming
the aid
e0f...02nre7 5
t grades of
expansion, to last her innegaruinder the
weeks,nwe as her con-
sumption of fuel under thoseycircumstances is extremely
small. The Amphion, screw steam-frigate, although
50-horse Power more than the Horatio, during her last
commission never exceeded greater speed than Ave knots
an hour, and stows a much less quantity of coal in pro-
portion to the latter, taking into account their relative
consumption.
The Goodwill dockyard lighter, Patrick master, sailed
last evening for Davenport, with stores.
The Rev. G. Jackson,"" chaplain and naval in-
structor of her Majesty's ship Waterloo, Captain the
Hon. Montagu Stopford, has obtained Admiralty leave
of absence for the space of one month.
of the Monarch, 84 n
The chaplaincy , Captain n ../. Hope,
vacant by the removal of the Re,. Josiah Thompson to
the Impregnable, flag-ship at Devonport, has not yet
been filled up, in consequence, it is said, of there being
no one on the active list of chaplains in the navy un-
employed.
The following is an analysis
of the recommendations
of the Select Committee appointed to investigate the
system hitherto in force in her Majesty's navy relative
to the mode of keeping the victualling accounts by the
paymasters and pursers, and to the remuneration of that
class of officers:—
" I. That the present system should be abolished, and
that the paymasters and pursers should be placed on a
fixed scale of pay, and in proportion to the duties they
have to perform.
.4 2. That they be divided into seven classes, and that
the promotion from one class to another depend on the
faithful discharge of their duties.
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3. That thonuniber of paymasters and pursers, at
present amounting to 474, be reduced to 340, and that
th© namber of widows receiving pensions be limited
to 162.

"4.
well as a 1: Thamited retirement."t a liberal scale of half-pay be instituted, as
The report also recommends a similar plan to be
adoptedds and with respect
to the paymasters' and pursers'
th® ultimate reduction inten.
theyß the plan thus suggested
pursery establishment will
amount to 34,797/ annually.

leading clubs in London, and a master of foxhounds, will
A FAST YOUNG Lai---71.------------
back a young lady, for from 2,0001. to b,OOOL, to ride
A. member of one of the
against any other lady
ride from London to Birmingham in twelve hours, using
two horses; to ride four miles over Newmarket Course; to
a four-mile steeplechase over Hertfordshire; or to hunt
in England as follows:—viz., to
the Hursley foxhounde iri October taw; and to Isal, a fox
with them.