The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 28.
Her Majesty and the Court will arrive at this port to-
morrow afternoon, en route to the Isle of Wight.
A night telegraphic communication with the Admiralty
is ordered to be established in the Port Admiral's office
here.

Lieutenant Clavering, of the Excellent, is appointed
supernumerary to the Victory, for the special object of
raising 100 volunteer seamen (60 A.B. and 40 ordinary)
for Admiralty service.
A committee of Royal Artillery officers, consisting of
Colonel Cator, Colonel Colquhoun, and others, arrived
at this port on Wednesday, to try experiments on shells
—principally of French invention—on board the Excel-
lent.

The Earl of Northesk having visited the Portsmouth
Sailors' Home lately, and finding that in addition to the
sum necessary for providing the requisite increased ac-
commodation, 1,000/. are wanting to complete the pur-
chase of the original premises, kindly offered 1001. for
that object, if nine other persons would give the same
amount. The following sums have been offered, subject
to the terms of the proposer :—The Earl of Northesk,
100/. ; the Earl St. Vincent, 1001. ; London Central
Committee for Sailors' Homes, 1001. ; "the Mother of a
Sailor," through Rear-Admiral Sir W. E. Parry, 1001.
As the necessary alterations are delayed until this pur-
chase is effected, it is to be hoped the six more names
needful to accomplish the desired object will not be want-
ing to complete the requisite sum.
By letters from the Indian squadron we learn with
much regret the death of Mr. Morgan, the assistant-
surgeon of the Fox, 24, from cholera, on board.
The Sidon, paddle-frigate 21, 1,326 tons, 560-horse
power, was ordered to be commissioned at this port
yesterday, by Captain Goldsmith, late of the Wellesley,
72. She is to have a complement of 300 officers and
men.

The Furious paddle-frigate, 16, 400-horse power, was
also commissioned yesterday at this port by Captain
Loring.

The weather on this part of the coast is awfully bad—
nothing but a succession of gales, squalls, and high seas,
destructive alike to trade ashore, shipping afloat, and
comfort everywhere, especially in the low longshore
dwellings of the poor.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28.
The Avon steamer, Master Commander Veitch, ar-
rived last evening from Portsmouth.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Spiteful, 6, Commander
George Parker, arrived yesterday.
The steam-frigate, Vulture, 6, was commissioned
yesterday by Commander Glasse.
The steam-frigate Magicienne, 16, will be commis-
sioned to-morrow by Commander Fisher.

The crew of La Hogue steam block-ship, Captain
Ramsay, will be paid down on Thursday.
The steam gun-vessel Sharpshooter, 8, Lieutenant-
Commander J. E. Parish, sailed for Rio Janeiro on
Wednesday.

The officers of the ships in ordinary in Hamoaze
were mustered on board the St. George on Friday.
The General Screw Steam Navigation Company's new
mail packet Mauritius, Captain Elder, having been de-
tained in the Downs, did not arrive here until the 26th.

The late severe gales have caused considerable damage
to merchant shipping in the entrance to the Channel.
SHEERNESS, Nov. 28.

Her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance, 10, Master Brad-
shaw, master commanding, arrived at the Nore yester-
day, 'at 1 p.m., 15 days from Gibraltar. She is to pro-
ceed forthwith to Woolwich.

Her Majesty's steam-vessel African, second master
Gill, got up her steam yesterday at 2.30 p.m., and pro-
ceeded to the sore, to communicate with the Resistance,
and to tow her to Woolwich.

Her Majesty's cutter Thames, tender to Waterloo,
flag-ship, left port yesterday at 9 a.m., returning in the
afternoon with Mr. Henry Morgan, hief clerk in the
pay-office of the dockyard, in charge of money to pay the
artificers their wages.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steamer Wildfire, tender
to Waterloo, Mr. Brockman, second master commanding,
was dispatched to Chatham on the 23d inst., with Cap-
tain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, of the Waterloo,
Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, of the Agamemnon, and
other officers, ordered to attend a survey on invalids at
Melville Hospital.
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Her Majeinty's screw steam line-of-battle ship Aga-
memnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, has slung
her lower yards and sent them aloft. She will be com-
plete in her rig in about a fortnight. Her complement
of marines has been increased by one subaltern and 24
privates of the Chatham division.

Her Majesty's ship London, 90, advanced ship, Cap-
tain G. R. Mundy, is 30 hands short of her complement
of 445. Her Commander, Mr. George Hancock (1850),
is about to be superseded at his own request, and will
be succeeded by Commander Octavius Cumberland (1852).
Captain Mundy has been granted further leave of ab-
sence until the end of December for the benefit of his
health.
Her Majesty's brigantine Dolphin, 3, Lieutenant
Comanding William Wood (b.), arrived yesterday after-
noon, and brought to at the anchorage between the
Swin and Nore. On coming into harbour she will be
placed in the fitting basin to be dismantled and paid off.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops,
Lieutenant Seccombe, commanding pro tem. arrived at
Greenock on the 20th inst., four and a quarter days
from Portsmouth.

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We hear that a retirement of several officers in each
division of the Royal Marines will shortly take place.
First-Lieutenant B. B. Herrick, of the Chatham division,
has obtained two months leave of absence. First-Lieu-
tenant R. V. Allen, of the same division has been
appointed adjutant of the Woolwich division.
The sloop Elizabeth, of Wisbeach, from Glasgow, for
London, with a cargo of iron castings valued at 2,0001.,
struck on the wreck of the Apollo, at the Nore Sand, on
the morning of the 23d instant, and immediately sunk.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 27.
• APPOINTMENTS.
Commanders.—Thomas Miller (1847), to the Penelope
steam-frigate, flag-ship on the west coast of Africa station ;
Octavius Cumberland (1852) to the London, 90, at Sheer-
ness, vice Hancock, superseded at his own request.
Lieutenants.—William Mould (1842), to the Impreg-
nable, flag-ship at Devonport ; William G. Jones (1848),
to the Leander, 50, at Portsmouth.
Midshipman—William H. Cuming, to the Hogue
screw steam guardship, at Devonport.
Clerk.-_Henry Peng ell (1851), from the Leander to
the Impregnable.
Naval Cadet.—Charles Eden, first nomination.
Boatswain.—James Thompson, to the Britannia, 120,
flagship on the Mediterranean station.
The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Cranford,
was taken into the basin yesterday, and is to be paid off