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Naval and MlEtas/ Intelligence.

THE NAVY.
The Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. A. Cochrane, C. 8.,
steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday evening, and
joined the Edgar, bearing the flag of Admiral S. C. Dacres,
C. 8., commander in chief of the Channel Fleet, and the
Resistance, 16, iron frigate, Capt. Chamberlain, at Spithead
anchorage. Messrs. Traehsell and Clayton, patentees of the
ozone gas, with which the engine room and screw alley of
the ship is partially lighted, have received orders from the
Admiralty to complete the lighting of that part of the ship.
on their system. Capt. Cochrane soon after the arrival of
the ship in port applied to the Admiralty for an order for
lighting the ship throughout, or nearly so, on Mesas.
Traehsell's system ; but the Admiralty have declined to ac-
cede to his request, owing, it is said, to the contents of are-
port, forwarded for their information by the chemical assis-
tant of Portsmouth dockyard, ascribing explosive powers to
the gas, together with other properties dangerous to human
life. Now the chief qualities claimed by the patentees for
the ozone gas are its perfect non-explosiveness and its free-
dom. from sulphur or other vapours that can be deleterious
to life if inhaled in confined spaces, and the numerous expe-
riments which have been carried out on board the Warrior
fully confirm these conclusions.
During the recent cruise of the Channel Fleet round the
coasts of the United Kingdom much valuable information
was collected from the records kept onboard different ships.
As an illustration of the nature of these records, and the
wide range they have taken, we give two of the shortest in
form and most apposite in character, selected from the many
kept on board the representative ship of our iron-dads---
the Warrior. The consumption of coal from July 11 to Oc-
tober 3 from the time of leaving Spithead at the com-
mencement of the cruise until anchoring at Plymouth
Sound at its conclusion, for the various purposes, was as
follows—Lighting fires and getting up steam, 186 tons ;
keeping fires banked, 35 tons ; in evolutions and experi-
ments, 82 tons 10 cwt.; distilling water, 72 tons; culinary
purposes, 21 tons 5 cwt.; keeping station with squadron,
563 tons 10 cwt. The total expenditure was thus 962 tons
5 cwt. The number of hours the fires were lighted was
1,406 ; the number of hours steam was up, 604;, the number
of hours the screw was actually working, 341 ; the total
quantity of fresh water distilled in gallons was 127,000 ; the
total distance the ship went in knots, by log, was 2,286; the
maximum power of engines exerted was 3,186 horse power,
and the minimum 73.5 ; the number of days was 35. The
most striking feature in these figures is the reduction of the
working power of the monstrous engines of the Warrior to
73 indicated collective horse power, the engines at the time
making 10 revolutions, and the ship going 21 knots. This
is probably the greatest feat yet accomplished with marine
engines of large power. Friction in this instance can scarcely
be said to have existed at all. As an example of a record
of an entirely opposite kind we give the following, which
relates to the number of visitors received on board the War-
rior at the various ports visited. The numbers were—At
Yarmouth, 15,000 ; Sunderland, 24,285 ; Leith, 47,049;
Invergordon, 4,500 ; Orkneys, 2,000; Lough Foyle, 35,000;
Greenock, 41,100; Belfast, 21,500 ; Liverpool, 57,400 ; and
Dublin, 20,000. There was also received on board at the
various porta from yachts and small vessel, of which no
exact record was kept, an estimated number of 30,000. The
grand total was thus 301,634. The greatest number of
visitors on board in one day was 14,273, at Sunderland, and
the greatest number of steamers alongside in one day was

194.
The Steam Reserve Commission still remain at Ports-
mouth, and yesterday were engaged in receiving evidence in
the room set apart for their use in the offices of the steam

factory.
The Duncan screw liner, at Portsmouth, is being hurried
forward for commission as the flagship of Admiral Sir
James Hope, Mr. Crichton, the newly appointed chief
engineer, has joined. The pennant, it is expected, will be
hoisted on the Ist of January, 1864.
The Wasp, 17, screw, Commander W. Bowden, fitting
out at Portsmouth for foreign service, was swung yesterday
for the adjustment of her compasses, and is expected to go
out of harbour to Spithead to-day, where she will take in
her ammunition and complete stores previous to leaving for
her destination.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :-51atthew Barker, engineer, to the hussell—
Hubert F. Roe, assistant paymaster, to the Victory—T. H%
L. Bowling and• James K. Bell, assistant paymasters, addi-
tion, to the Edgar—John H. Mooney, assistant paymaster,
to the Royal Oak—and George T. T. Cheyney, assistant
paymaster, to the .Ajax.