The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-08 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Tho iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard, ',employed in har-
bour duty between Chatham and Sheerness, has been
selected by the Admiralty to bo experimented upon with
Capt, coffer-dam, or portable dock, in order to
test the merits of that invention. -The Lizard having been
placed on the gridiron to ascertain the state of her bottom
will be floated into the steam basin to-day, should the gale
at all moderate, and will be placed in the dock to-morrow
in order to save the spring tides.
The Bombay, 67, 400 horse power, which was to have
been undockod at Chatham during the present week, is now
ordered to remain in dry dock for a month longer, and in
the meantime she is to be made ready as soon as possible
for commission. During the time she has been in the ship-
wright? hands she has been fitted with an entirely now
description of apparatus, from the plan of one of tho officials
in the dockyard, for more expeditiously and safely lower-
ing the boats at sea. The date at which the Bombay is
now ordered to be undocked is the 7th of April.
The Ariadne, 26, 100 horse power, Capt. E. W. Vansil-
tart, having been inspected at the Noro byVice-Admiral of
the White Sir C. Talbot, K.C.8., naval Commander-in-
Chief, has discharged the whole of her powder and shells
into the magazines at Upnor Castle, and yesterday the War
Department transports Marlborough and Bomarsund landed
her hea e
vyhat 68 pounder and Armstrong guns at the Ordnance
Wharf, hero. The orders previously given for the
Ariadne to be paid off in Chatham harbour have been
countermanded, and she is now to be paid off at the Noro,
intoemp employed
d dockyard,i adis
ta a
and afterwards placed in the third division of the Stevan
Reserve in the Medway. The crew of the Ariadno are now
ntNlinogtwtihtehasthainpdainn: returninghas
th h rf
been in commission, the vessel is in excelleut
order, and her condition reflects the highest credit on Capt.
stores
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Vanaittart and the officers under him.
'esterday a large party of convicts arrived at the St.
Mary's convict establishment, Chatham, from Leeds, to bo
employed on the works now in progress for the enlargement
of the dockyard.
Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham for the
paddlewheel steamer Hamm 6, 830 tons, 220 horse power,
attached to the third-class Steam Reserve, to be broken up,
the Lords of the Admiralty having decided that she i 8 "t
to bo sold, as was previously directed.
A portion of the Channel Fleet, consisting of the screw
line-of-battle ship Edgar, SO, bearing the flag of Vice-Adeii-
nil Decree, C. 13.; the iron plated screw steamships Warrior.
10, Black Prince, 40, and the Defence, 18, arrived at Port-
land on Saturday. The Rector and Prince Consort hake
been in port some days.
Tho following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :----Tr
enrY M. Barkley, midshipman, to the
Princess Royal ; Robert F. Smyth, assist.-paymaster, to the
Rattlesnake ; Russell llill, assist.-
paymaster, to the rum-
broke; Dr. Alexander Mitchell, acting assist.-surg., to the
Excellent ; John Lambert, assist.-surg., to the Implacable ;
William Oliver, chief engineer, to the Asia, for the Royal
J. Ibbett, chief engineer, to
Sovereign, vice Tailor; W.
the Ask, for the Prince Regent; and Ada al Dann, chief
engineer, to the Pembroke.

THE LAST MOT OF AUEER (t 1 Very small one) is
that, hearing two ladies at the Opera sing in discord, ho
exclaimed to a friend," How difficult it is, my friend, to keep
wo women in accord!".