The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-27 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.
The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, held a levee yesterday at the Admiralty,
Whitehall. The following officers attended :—Ad-
miral Bethune, Admiral Sir J. Scott, Capt. R. B.
Old&ld, Capt. A. J. Curtis, Capt. E. W. Turnour,
Capt. M. H. Haswell, Capt. J. Walford, Capt. A.
M. L. Lyons, Capt. T. R. Sulivan, Capt. J. M.
Bruce, Capt. T. Fisher, Capt. Sir T. M,Clintock,
Capt. I. E. Edgell, Capt. W. J. Lake, Capt. E. A.
Sotheby, Capt. H. Broadhead, Capt. W. B. Holland,
Commander F. Rich, Commander J. W. T. Saulez,
Commander E. Madden, Commander W. Arthur,
Commander R. Scott, Commander W. M. W. Dou-
glas, Commander D. Walker, Commander J. R.
Alexander, Commander W. A. B. Home, Comman-
der J. C. Soady, and Lieut. T. D. Curtis.
The Emerild, 34, screw,
shipped her four-bladed screw in readitleirs- for her
third experimental trial, which will take place at
Portsmouth in the early part of next week, if she
should not, in the meantime, be ordered to accom-
pany the Channel fleet to Flushing.
The Powerful target ship has been broutzht;down
Portsmouth harbour, and placed alongp"
yard to receive a fresh supply of
testing by the gun of the Stork gu..—
plates have arrived from the Etawick Ordna►..
Company, and two others are expected to arrive to-
day from France. The trial of these latter is
naturally looked forward to with much interest.
Orders were received at Portsmouth yesterday
for the Channel fleet, now lying at Spithead under
the command of Rear Admiral Robert Smart, K.H.,
to sail at 1 p.m. to-day far Flushing to escort her
Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Den-
mark in the passage across from the Continent to
England.
In addition to the line-of-battle ships and other
vessels which, in accordance with orders to that
effect, are being prepared to join the flotilla to be
stationed at tne Nore on the arrival of the squadron
conveying her Royal Highness the Princess Alex-
andra, on the 7th proximo, orders have also been
received at Chatham for four of the screw gunboats
attached to the steam reserve in the Medway to

take part in the display_ The vessels composing
the squadron will be the Formidable, 84, 2,289 tons,
Capt. W. G. Lnard, flagship of Vice-Admiral of the
Red Sir W. J. Hope Johnstone, Commander
in-Chief at the Nore ; the Cumberland, 70, 2,214
tons, Capt. T. P. Thompson, flagship of the steam
reserve ; the Leander, 51, 2,760 tons, 400 horse
power, attached to the first division of the Chatham
steam reserve ; the Revenge, 73, 3,322 tons, 800
power, Capt. C. Fellowes, flagship of Rear-
Admiral of the Red R. Smart, commanding
the Channel fleet; the Warrior, 40, 6,109 tons,
1,250-horse power, Capt the Hon. A. A. Cochrane;
the Black Prince' 40, 6,109 tons, 1,250 horse-power,
Capt. J. F. B. Wainwright; the Resistance, 16,
3,710 tons, 600 horse power, Capt. C. Chamberlain ;
the Defence, 16, 3,720 tons, 600 horse power, Capt.
A. Phillimore, and four gunboats. No orders have
yet been received for the Wellesley, 72, Commander
R. Studdert, training-ship at Chatham, to join the
squadron, and as time and expense would have to
be incurred in preparing her for the service it is not
probable that she will take any part in the naval
display.
The Vigilant, 4, 250 horse power Commander
Hobson, fitting for the East Indies, will be ready to
leave the Medway on Tuesday next, when she is
ordered to proceed round to the Thames, to join the
Racoon, 22, 400 horse power, Capt. the Count Victor
Gleichen.

The whole of the State barges, gigs, shallops, and
other boats belonging to the Admiralty are to be
placed in store at Deptford dockyard, and not at
Sheerness, as previously ordered.
special service,.
ordered to be fitted at Chatham fuormaapree
The 50-gun sailing frigates, and other vessels
armament placed
are, it appears, not to have anyyed
on board, and will only
ed about 18
for the service
on which they will
bite that they will be used in.
months. It is prohcae.
The vessels selected to be
beemreilic-!;
the transporet !_carevki
n,
i 50 • the Worcester, 50 • the
fitted are tho Pi.
the Isis, 2'7 ; and the Diamond,' 27.
Chichester, .
'lof the White Sir Michael Seymour,
Vice-Admiral ..
G.c.8., will on Monday next succeed Vice-Admiral
of the Red Sir Henry William Bruce, R.C.B. as
Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. We regret
to hear that Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce is still
suffering from severe indisposition.
An Admiralty order has been received at Chatham
directing that every person in the Gov,rnment em-
ploy is to have a holiday on March 10, and that the
whole of the public establishments are to be closed.
The entrance-gates of the dockyards, Royal Marine
barracks, and naval hospitals are to be illuminated
in the evening.

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THIS DAY.—Morning, 811. 30m.—Afternoon, 9h. 15m.
To-monnow.-Morning, Oh. 55m.—Afternoon, 10h. 35m.

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