The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-30 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Vestal, 26, Captain C.
B. Hamilton, which took the ground on Staustead
Point, between Cowes and Yarmouth, on Thursday
night, came back to Spithead on Friday, and irttt this
harbour yesterday to be decked. Her irjuries ate not
so great as was expected, chiefly consisting of the remo-
val of some forty or fifty feet of her false keel. •This
was repaired by last night, an i the Vestal will go out
of . tqk agate to .mortav (Mon) morning, and again
•6d on her voyag Whilst on the ledge of at*
o ich she strials,Alip Vesta/Ag4 at one time
very . ward pallitithe tidW'evas going down, ael
' she listed over almost on her beam ends. To prevent
her doing so entirely, her spare tepmasts had to be got
out (and in doing this her waste hammock nettings were
carried away) to keep her up. She had also to be bat-
tened down, to keep tee water from coming in. A court
of inquiry was held on board yesterday, consisting of
Captain Scott, of the Neptune, Captain Kingc..me, of
the Simoom, and Commander Heath, of the Niger, to
ascertain by whose culpability she took the ground,
and it has transpired that the master (Mr. Sullivan) is
considered to have miscalculated his distance from the
shore. The ship at the time was on the point of an-
choring until the morning; there was no intention of
her running through the Needles' passage at night, but
the master's error was in not coming to an anchor in
Cowes roads. The Lively lighter remained at the scene
of the mishap on Saturday to pick up the anchors, &Ca
let go to get the vessel off.
Rear-Admiral A. Fanshawe, C. 8., the newly-
appointed Superintendent of the dockyard, visited the
establishment yesterday,
and spent the evening with
Rear-Admiral Prescott, C.B. the present superintendent.
The former officer enters upon his duties on the Ist of
October.
The Blenheim, 60, Captain W. If. Henderson, C. 8.,
sailed yesterday morning from Spithead for a month's
cruise to exercise the ship's company. She brought
up, however, at St. ILlen's, where she remains this
evening.
The Electra, 14, corvette, was undocked yesterday
and masted, preparatory to recommissionG.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. eorge Allen,
acting master, commanding, returned this morning from
Master-General of the Ordnance; Lieutenant-General
the Channel Islands with Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8.,
Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.8.,
Inspector-General of Forti-
fications; Sir Charles Fox, GE., of the firm of Fox,
Henderson, and Co.; Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, C. 8.,
M.P., commanding the Royal Engineers in the garrison,
&e., who have been on a visit of inspection to the de-
fences of the coast and Channel Islands.
The annual jke given by her Majesty and Prince
Albert to the seamen and marines of the royal yacht
establishment, and artisans and labourers at Osborne,
came off on Saturday. It was a fine day, and the
usual races, climbing poles, dipping for apples, &c.,
took place.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Royal Family,
with the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, are ex-
tLhiiesutenant-Commander
morning,
pected at the Royal Clarence Yard at eleven o'clock,
en route for Balmoral.
FeTnwheickßo ,
and pro-
ceeded to the eastward.
went apprenticeoat ofharbnoriug;
The Prince of Wales, one of Mr. Green's frigate-
built •
Indiamen, arrived at Spithead, outward bound,morning. this
PLYMOUTH, Ana. 29.—Her Majesty's brig
Commander R. Hall, arrived on Saturday from ound,
Ports-
mouth. She will be inspected on ay Ntonday, and
harbour to be paid off. go up
The steam-sloop Geyser,
she
Commander
on Thursday from Ireland. It is Hand, arrived
orders for the West Indies, to relievereported that she has
The Hogue, 60, screw steam b the Rosamond.
M'Dougal, steamed into Ham lock-ship, Captain J.
_
oaze on the 21st inst. 00
the 23d the crew commencedth dismantling, prepatrodry:
atV
to her being paid off. On
sheer hulk, to have her masts taken 2 h
oat. On
the 27th, orders were received from the
Admiral*" to
pay her off all standing, but by that time the ship was
dismantled and unmasted, and her stores returnee to
the e dockyard. It is now reported that she will be,
off on Tuesday, and recommissioned as the guar
e in place
by Captain Ramsay, chief of the steam ivory
of the Magicienne. • jog Company's
The General Screw Steam _
ea on Saturday
packet Propontis, Captain and the Cape
afternoon for St. Vincent's, St. Aden'
Helena, Ascension, and
of Good Hope, returning by Ss'engers for Sierra Leone,
Cape Verd. She has fotsirsoaagg
Rough, and Mr. Moss, a full
Mr. and Mrs. Scott, BfiLajrbed goods for St. Helena and
cargo of British manila in specie for the commissariat
the Cape, and 50,e0oosfir
tc frontier.
of the army on!b_intvar,—Her Majesty's ship Mean-
SHEERNESS, 0
clo*re Charles Talbot, is to have her cent-
der, 44, Comore this port, whence she will proceed to
passes adjust a
ore her crew will be paid their advance
Spithead, w
money- . 's brig Bittern 12
Her PetelestY , Commander Edward
W. Venal
*tort (1849), has been warped to the east aide
of the fitting-basin, and has commenced entering men.
She is to have a complement of 130 officers and men,
and when ready for sea will proceed to the East Indies.
Her Majesty's brig Daring, 12, Commander H. Le-
en, fitting at Chatham, is destined for service in North
America and the West Indies. Her complement of
officers and men will be 130. She will relieve the
Sappho, 12, Commander the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane,
that vessel having been upwards of three years in
'
commission.

Her Majesty's iron-screw StOSTIII troopship Mews, 6,
Commander J. Johnson, will be completed by the 6ti
proximo, and ready for sea by the 14th. She is to pro-
ceed with troops to the West Indies.