The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Lords Commissioners composing the effective
Board of Admiralty yesterday paid an official visit
to Woolwich dockyard. They first inspected the
hydraulic machinery employed in bending and pre-
paring the armour plates of the iron cased ship
Caledonia, and afterwards went on board the ship.
Their Lordships—viz., the Duke of Somerset and
his secretary, Captai❑ Ryder, Admirals Sir Fredk.
Grey, K.C.8., and Charles Eden, C. 8., Captain
Drummond, Admiral Robinson, Controller of the
Navy, entered the dockyard at 3 p.m., and left at
4. After leaving the Caledonia they inspected
the operations of Bray's traction engine, purchased
by Government for the general work of the yard,
and made a short visit to the inner basin.
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Mr. Thornton, assistant master shipwright of
Woolwich dockyard, having completed his inspec-
tion of the Galway packet, on behalf of Govern-
ment, yesterday returned to Woolwich from
Liverpool.
The Royal Oak, 34, 800 horse power, having
completed coaling, got up steam yesterday morning
alongside the Ocean coal depot, in the Med way,
and proceeded up the river to Chatham harbour,
taking up her moorings at Folly Point, where she is
to be completed for sea. The paddlewheel steamer
Adder, and other steamers were in attendance on
the Royal Oak, in order to render any assistance
which might be required. There is still a great
deal remaining to be done on board, and fully six
weeks or two months will elapse before the Royal
Oak can be ready to proceed to sea.
The Hector, iron frigate, has been undocked from
the large double dock at Portsmouth, in order to
render the dock available for the Black Prince, iron
frigate, Capt. J. F. B. Wainwright, now refitting
for further sea service in the steam basin. A few
men are about the Hector's decks marking every
part of her metal fittings, whether of brass or iron,
with the Government broad arrow, and greatly to
the disfigurement of some of the work, such
as the brass tubing, stanchions, and hand rails
over the engine-room. No other men are yet em-
ployed upon the ship's outfit from the shipwright
department, nor will there be until the outfit of the
Esk and Curacoa, wooden corvettes, is completed.
The Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt. A. Philli-
more, is lying alongside the dockyard at Ports-
mouth, with sails unbent, &e. She awaits orders.
It is expected that her officers and crew will be
turned to the Hector, and that she will then be
placed in the steam reserve of the first class.
The Pandora, 4, screw gunvessel, Commander
Ruston, has been swung in Portsmouth harbour, to
ascertain the deviation of her compass, and is ex-
pected to go out of harbour to Spithead to-day be-
fore sailing for her destination.
The Dutch screw corvette Sorembing, 8 guns
Commander J. N. Slegt, anchored at Spithead
shortly before sunset yesterday evening, from
Batavia, bound for Flushing. She will resume her
voyage homewards after taking in a supply of coals
and provisions.
The deaths of the following officers have been
officially reported at the Admiralty since Jan. 1 :
Admirals F. Temple and C. G. R. Phillips; Vice-
Admiral A. T. E. Vidal; Rear-Admirals C Wy yid),
J. J. F. Newell, D. Marsh, and D. Cox; Capts. J.
J. M'Cleverty, C. 8., F. Liardet, W. A. Willis, C.
Knight, K.H., J. Roche, J. Shepherd, W. S. Ad-
dington, G, Palmer, and J. N. Gladstone; Com-
manders A. C. May, J. A. Pritchard, R. Reid, R.
Ward, J. White, J. Dalrymple, J. Jones, J. Athill,
J. M'Killop, T. Akers, J. Heyland, W. Leslie, the
Hon. C. St. Clair, C. Seaver, S. H. Pickard, A.
Cooper, H. G. Veitch, and J. Higgs ; Lieuts. B. W.
Clark, G. H. Barnard, T. F. Studdert, T. M. Wright,
F. Bickerstaff, J. G. Seton, G. Lyall, and J. Sander-
son ; Masters J. W. Smith, F. R. Child, E. Colburne,
C. Chown, W. Yeames, J. Brown, T. B. Codnor,
and J, Bowler; Surgeons J Coulter, M.D., W. H.
Woods, F. Logan, G. H. Jones, M.D., N. W. Roche,
M.D., J. Campbell, M.D., and W. Doak ; Assist.-
Surgs. R. Ratliffe and W. Dickson ; Chief
Engineer W. Lowther ; Paymasters G. Teait, R.
H. Hire, T. Darby, F. W. Pike, J. Walter, J.
Mason, and G. Starr; Assist.-Paymaster D. L.
Rhind. Royal Marines—Major. Gen. H. E vans ;
Lieut.-Col. G. H. Coryton ; Capts. E. T. T. Jones
and R. Searle; Lieuts. W. S. Bond, P. M'lntyre,
and S. H, Browne.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. his Serene Highness
the Prince of Leiningen, to the Victoria and Albert
Royal yacht, vice Seymour, promoted to be Rear-
Admiral ; Capt. W. Armytage to the Magicienne,
vice the Prince of Leiningen; Capt. J. Seccombe,
to the Hannibal, commissioned ; Lieut. P. Sharpe,
to command the Investigator, vice Lefroy, pro-
moted ; Thomas Potter, master, to the Hannibal ;
W. H. Harris, master, to the Canopus ; Sub-Lieut.
Augustus B. C. Booth, to the Defence ; Daniel
Finnicane and Horace H. Smith, surgeons ad-
ditional, to the Meander; James B. Hay, paymaster,
to the Canopus ; Charles A. Thorne, paymaster, to
the Hannibal ; and W. P. Guyer, in the Narcissus,
promoted to acting engineer.