The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-21 00:00:00

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.
C gptain—Wa,
lace 11.)ustown, to the Trincomalee.
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Lit utenaut—J. 0 ,t,ho Trincomalee.
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Minshipmatt—Mr- —• Broughton, to the &W..
B.
Frifielierkeiey, to the lc ary.
Naval Cadet-11r. F. S. D.
pareil.
Boatswain—Mr. Nicholas Broad, confirmed in the
Monarch.
Gunner—Mr. Charles Oliver, confirmed in the EI- 1
cellent.
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PORTSMOUTII, SUNDAY.—This being the fifteenth
niversary of her lusiestvt, acce;bioa to the thethropf,s.
day was commemorated rn the fleet by all the siall).B.,,lnd
commis,iou " dressing;' the royal standard yes hoisted
at the Dockyard, Victualling-yard, the
the King's rooms, Gun-wharf, and other Government
establishments, and a general royal salute was fired by
King's bastion,
the ships at one o'clock, and also by the platform bat-
tery, at half-past twelve; the former waitieg until ge-
neral Church seiviee was over, but the latter firing when
the garrison chapel service terminated,
The Dido, 18, Captain Morshead, which grounded et
Callao prioi to the departure of ' the April mails from
that port, got off we hear without damage,
for Guayaquil on the 9th of April. and had kit
The Thetis. 36, Captain, Kuper, C. 8., has
been or-
dered up to Vancouver's Island for the protection of
British interests in reference to gold discoveries in that
quarter. _

The Baracouta now steam-sloop. after a trial under
the command of Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, came
into this harbour yesterday to replenish coal.
The Cyclops, 6, advanced steam-frigate, arrived at
Spithead this afternoon from Sheerness.
When launched, the Windsor Castle, 140, now nearly
completed at Pembroke, will, when ready, be brought
round to Portsmouth; juryspars, rigging, 84-c., are now
being selected at Portsmouth, to be sent to Pembroke
for the use of that ship.
The Dragon, steam-frigate, was dismasted on Friday,
and her officers and crew were turned over to the Tiger.
and the pendant hoisfe Saturday. _
_TheTigs will
be immediately fitted' or seiVinc_ _

The old convict-ship, Windsor Castle, has been
brought into the basin, at Portsmouth, for the purpose
of alteration. Her dccks will ho lowered to give her
greater accommodation, and adapt her for a hospital
ship.
The Sampson, steam-frigate, Captain Jones, has come
into harbour, and her crew have been hulked. The
vessel requires docking, to get at somo of the steam dis
charge pipes.

The Grampus, 50, has been brought into the north
dock. She requires new copper.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Geyser sailed this forenoon
for the coast of Ireland.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 19.—OFFICIAL SURVEY OF THE
STEAM FLEET AT SPITHEAD.—This morning Captain
Sir B. W. Walker, R.N., K.C.8., Surveyor-General of
the Nave, accompanied by the Surveyor-General of the
Steam Fleet, Captain Warden, R.N.; Mr. Isaac Watte,
A ssistant-Surveyor of the Navy; Mr. T. Lloyd, Chief
Engineer and Inspector of Machinery to the Admiralty;
and Mr. John Dinnen, Inspector of Machinery, of her
Majesty's ship Fisgard, arrived at this port, to make au
inspection of her Majesty's screw steam-frigates Arro-
gant, 46, Captain Robinson; Dauntless, 24. Captain
Hafted; Highflyer, 21, Captain Matson; Encounter,
14, Captain Gordon; and the paddle-frigates Retribu-
tion, 28, Captain the Hon. J. Drummond; and Barra-
coats, 6, Captain (pro tern.) the Hon. S. Carnegie,
which latter arrived at this station to-day, after a cruise
in the Channel under her gallant and experienced tem-
porary captain, whose own ship, the Horatio, 24
screw-frigate, is at Sheerness. The inspectieg board
embarked in her Majesty's steam-tender Sprig,htly, with
Port-Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, whose flag di-14-. car-
ried. Mr. Andrew Murray, Chief Engineer of Ports-
mouth Dockyard, accompanied the board to Spithead,
and attended thi-m during the inapec ion of the respec-
tive vessels, which now being reported ready for sea,
will sail in the early part of next week (probably on
Monday), ou an elaborate trial of their several
merits and capabilities, under the orders of the senior
officer of the squadron, Captain Robinson, After
cruiz!ng in-the Channel to the extent of their store of
coals, the squadron will make for Lisbon, where they
will replenish. They will then have another cruizo of
three weeks, and communicate with Rear-Admiral
Dundas in the Mediterranean, rendezvousing at Gib-
raltar or Minorca (as the Arrogant has some supernu-
merary
seamen and Marines for the Mediterranean
squadron), and then return to this anchorage.
Her Majesty's troop-ship Resistance, Manser Brad-
shaw, Esq., master, R.N., commanding, arrived at
Greenock on Thursday, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, with
the 42d Hightlaaders (18 officers and upwards of 600
men), who-leaded yesterday, and proceeded by railway
to Stirling, Perth, Dundee, &c.
The Southern Cross, from Hobart Town, passed this
port to-day„ and sent in mails and Government dis-
patches.
The Encounter, 14, Captain Gordon, went out of
Portsmouth, Harbour to Spithead this afternoon,
The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Thomas Briggs, (ern-
cially inspected her Majesty's ship Highflyer, Captain
Matson, at Spithead, this morning.
DEVONPORT, SUNDAY.—Leander, 50, Captain G. H.
V. King, sailed yesterday afternoon to join the squadron
at Cork.
Buzzard steam-sloop, Commander Dobbie, went Into
the Sound yesterday, and will sail in a few days for the
West Indies.
SHEERNESS, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty's iron screw
steam troop-ship Megsera, 6, Mr. J. C. Barlow, Master
Commanding, made her number Yesterday morning, and
proceeded on her voyage to Woolwich.
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Cyclops,' 6,
was ordered on the 17th instant, to get ready for sea,
and forthwith bent sails, coaled, &c. She left port yes-
terday afternoon for Spithead end Plymouth, with the
officers and privates of the Ptymcuth division of Royal
Matinee, and some seamen belonging to the Superb, 80.
A portion of the Horatio's crew and some officers trom
the ships in port have been placed on board the Cyclops
pro tem. On arriving at Plymouth and disembarking
the Marines, &a., the Cyclops, we are informed, will
probably proceed to the river Clyde, and convey the
Miranda, 14, new screw steam-sloop of 250-horse power,
to this port, as as addition to the advanced steam squ W-
ren of reserve.
Her Majesty's ship Vestal, 26, Captain CospatrEek-
Baillie Hamil.on, has been taken into the north dock. of
the fitting basin to have her detects made good. She is
destined, we bear, for service on the North American
and West India station.

Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam•vessel Cuckoo ar-
rived from Chatham yesterday at 2 P M., with seamen
end Marines from the Superb, for conveyance to Ply-
mouth in the Cyclops.
Her Majesty►', paddle-wheel steam-vessel Cuckoo,
tender to the Waterloo, left port ou Friday afternoon for
Chatham.

Her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, Captain E. Purcell,
was paid off at Chatham yesterday, the 19th inst.
The Goodwill lighter, Patrick master, arrived here on
Friday from Portsmouth with stores for the dockyard
and a supernumerary naval cadet of the Victory for her
Majesty's ship London, 90.
In consequence of the unfavourable state of the
weather during the past week the usual drills of the
Royal Dockyard Battalion, commanded by Col. ' Reed,
have not taken place.
The Chatham division of the Royal Marines was in-
spected on the lsth inst. by his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge. The efficiency evinced by the first
division drew forth from the Duke expressions 4W gnat
satisfaction. Brigadier Major-General Collin, and
Major Wesley, Assistant-Adjutant-General, we.7,e pre-
sent with his Royal Highness during the inspectiran.
Second-Lieutenant S. G. Walsh, of the Chatham
division of Royal Marines, has embarked for service in
the Waterloo, 120, Port-Admiral'a iing-ship, in. lion of
Second-Lieutenaat William H. H. West, sent to Mel-
ville Hospital for medical treatment.

Captain William Gordon, of the Chatham division of
Royal Marines, has had his leave of absence eztendEd
for a month from the 15th inst.
The fortifications of the Channel Islands will shortly
be visited by Lord Hardinge, Master-General of the
Ordnance Department, and Colonel Sir F. Smith, of
tho Royal Engineers, with a view of,placing Literati if ne-
cessary, in a state of greater efficiency.
To-day being the anniversary of her Majesty's twee_
sion, at 8 Am. the ships in port were decorated with
flags in 'the usual manner, the, Royal standard fkying at
the main of the Waterloo and ,at the dockyard.
.i1t,1.30
P.M. the Waterloo, flag-ship, Captain the lion. Alontega
Stopford; Monarch, 84, Captain C. Rope; and maw,
90, Captain G. R. Mundy, fired Royal salutes (tie first
gun being fired from the Waterloo) in honour of the
occasion.

SHIPS In rohT AND FITTING.
In Harbour—Waterloo, 120 (fiag) Captain the lion'
Montagu Stopford; Monarch, 84 (guard-ehip of ordinary).
Captain C. Hope; London, 90 (advanced
ship), C!all'tal°
G. R. Mandy; Horatio, 22 (screw-step frigate),
C'sP,,.'",,,ma
the Hon. S. T. Carnegie; Ag ,
frigates; Cuckoo, Lizard, and M 1
—Yrt 0
rophion, 34 (,ere P"Owl
--es
and Hart , tenders to the dockyard.ckyard. steamers;
In the fitting basin—Achille, 76; Russ€ll, 72. under
In the discharging basin--Wildfire steamer,
going repairs. ,
In dock—Howe, 120; Ganges, .t 026, Captain
B. Hamilton, fittin.g for foreign serri'l ath slip.
84; Va..-- 0d Fribune,
30, screw steam frigate, building on the notrwo
Corporals,
WOOLWICEI, JUNE 19.--Two berge.a:a,,t„s' of R(Tal Ma-
_and 66 privates of the Woolwich division
Hues, under the commend of Lieutentlkent Rls3.waY, at
at the Dockyard station of 1 he North
b
nEr 80, being paid off
twelve o'clock to•day, on the Su'
la
station.
at Chatham on her return from the to play then up to
The divisional band was in waiLiug at head-quarters
4 jog
1 the barracks, and, on the'rr 1 nel
0 Mercer, Commau-
DaihY. arrived
here, they were iuspeoted by ‘,' "
arrived,
and joined head-quarters , i
dant of the Division. and 11 privates
Two corporals, one drogue
r, n
the came day, from the
Island of Ascension.
screw steam troop-ship, Master-
The Megmra iron cd at Woolwich this afwernoon
Master-
Commander Barlow,aql
with invalids from the_citine Royal Artillery,
i d
0,....
Royal Sappers %went& The nom-COED Miali"
"uc pe of Good Hope, consintindg of
number of linerrtire latter were transferred to the
cers and men °`
,Light-
ning steam-vessel,
Master-Command.Or H. Vir,-.Alls n, for