The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

IL Will and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

VALETWAm Aug. 23.—Her Majesty's screw gun-
boat Foshc rind, 4, Commander W. H. Anderson,
arrived on the 18th inst. from the Piraeus, with
despatches from the Commander-in Chief and letters
from the sc Luadron on the coast of Greece. At the
date of het • departure, 9.30 a.m., of the 14th inst.,
the following English ships of war were anchored
in Falarum Bay, outside the Piraeus :—The Marl-
borough, 1 21, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Robert Stu; trt, K.H., Capt. C. Fellowes ; the Tra-
falgar, 70, .Capt. T. Mason ; the St. George, 84,
Capt. the H, an. F. Egerton ; the Aleance, CO, Capt.
G. Wodel-aotu ; the Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hilly ar ;
Capt. G. G. Randolph; the
the Orlando, 26,
cienne, 16, .Capt• W. Armytege : and the learn' sl

11. an iier N. Salmon, V.C. She brought no
political neN rs. In the collision at the Pi: re us
between the English sailors on leave and the sailors
of the Grew k vessel of war Hellas, six or eight of
our men. Were seriously wounded, chiefly with
sabre cuts, ;Lid one man bad a bullet wound in the
head. Soria() of the Greeks were also badly hurt.
They were armed with pistols and sabres, the
English seam en only with sticks and the legs of

tables and avers. The Foxhouud called in at Ka-
lemma and Koren Bay on the evening of the Lath ;
found anchored off Model], near Navarino, her
Majesty's screw frigate Liffey, 39, Capt. G. Parker,
and discharging stores to her for the Pelican, 27,
Commander 1". Brock, believed to be cruising be-
tween Zante and Patras. The Liffey reported hav-
ing seen her Majesty's ship Revenge, 73 (bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8.),
Cept. the Hon. F. A. Foley, on the morning of
the 15th, courses down, bearing up for Zante.
At 11.30 p.m. the Foxhound continued her
route for Malta, under slow steam, using all
possible sail. She is now in the dockyard,
and it having been discovered that the dry rot
has made considerable inroads in her upper works
it is likely that a month at least will be required to
make good the neoessary repairs. She is one of the
vessels which were hastily built of not properly
seasoned wood, to meet the emergencies of the late
war with Russia. Her Majesty's screw frigate
Phoebe, 35;, Capt. F. D. A. Fortescue, arrived at
Malta on the 17th inst. under sail, 21 days from
Beyront, 18 from Jaffa, and 13 from Alexandria.
She in now being caulked and refitted. My last
letter :mated that the Malacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Na-
pier, was to go to England. The order has since been
withdrawn. The following are her Majesty's ships
at present in Malta harbour :—The Hibernia, re-
ceiving ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H.
Ain3tite, C. 8.), the Phoebe, 35, the Malacca, 17,
the Cessack, 20, the Medina, surveying vessel, the
Foxhound, 4, the Psyche, 2, and the Growler and
the Boxer, tenders. Tho 4th battalion Rifle Bri-
gade, '2d battalion 15th Regiment, and Ist battalion
22d Royal Welsh Fusileers, are under orders to
leave for Gibraltar, and will be replaced here by the
2d battalion 7th, 21 battalion Bth, and 100th Regi-
mute. lier Majesty's iron troopship Orontes,
Capt. Hire, will effect these changes of troops. She
is expected about the 25th or 26th inst. with the 7th
Regiment, and will return to Gibraltar with the
Rifles. She will then embark the Bth and 100th
successively, returning to Gibraltar with the 15th
and 23d, iu their numerical order.
A court-martial assembled on Thursday oe board
her :Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the
trial of Thomas Kenny, A. 8., of her Majesty's pad-
dle frigate Odin, dismantling for paying out of com-
mission alongside Portsmouth dockyard, on a charge
of straing Mr. Goldup, boatswain of the Odin, in
one or the ship's boats. The court was composed
of Capt. Scott, her Majesty's ship Victory (presi-
dent); Capt. Count Gleichen, of the Racoon; Capt.
John Seccombe, of the Duke of Wellington ; Com-
manders Curme and Phelps, of the Duke of Wel-
lington and Victory. Lard John Hay, C. 8.,
commandlog tue Odin, appeared as prosecutor.
The charges were fully proved, and the prisoner
was sentenced to receive diS lashes, and afterwards
to be dismissed from her Majesty's service.
The Odin, 16, paddle frigate, Captain Lord John
Hay, C. 13., will be Reid out of commission at Ports-
- mouth this morning.
sterday in the steam factory of Portsmouth
I)Jcl:yard one of the Royal Alfred's armour plates,
measuring 15ft. in length, 3ft. 6in. in width, and
41in. in thickness, wss successfully covered with its
coating of copper by the " Walenu" process. The
thichriess of the coating was fully the sixty-fourth
of an inch, and it was deposited with a beautifully
even and bright surface, notwithstanding that a
plate had been selected by the dockyard officials
which was undercut and honeycombed on its outer
surface in a most peculiar manner. The severe trial
to which kir. Walenn% process has been subjected
in electrotyping such a mass, and the very perfect
maniaer in which the plate has been coated, is the
best possible proof of the efficiency and value of the
principle, and we trust in fature to have no such
errors committed as bolting wrought-iron armour-
plates on ships' sides below the water line with
zinced bolt fastenings.
The Cadmus, 21, 400-horse power, now in the
shipwrights and engineers' hands at Chatham Dock-
yard, is undergoing a thorough overhaul and repair
which will detain her in dock several months. Her
screw, which is the common Admiralty blade, has
been. lifted, and is to be altered to the Griffith's
shale by having the leading corners of the blades
cut off. The engineers aro new repairing her boilers,
the Admiralty having decided on making her pre-
sent. boilers last during another commission, and a
large number of defective plates have been taken
out, and are now lying about her decks. The Cad-
mus is also to be strengthened by being fitted with
additional knees, and during the time she is in the
shipwrights' hands she will be furnished with new
decks. In addition to the other repairs and altera-
tions she is to be fitted with a topgallant forecastle,
for the protection of her crew during inclement
weather. Her repairs will involve an outlay of from
£lO,OOO to £15,009,
On the recommendation of Capt. J. K. Hall, corn-
maneling the Chatham steam reserve, the Lords of
the Admiralty have given directions for the requi-
site appliances to be fitted on board the Cumberland,
74, guardship of the steam reserve, for mating cor-
vettes and other smaller vessels. This will render
their removal in Chatham harbour or into the mast-
jug basin unnecessary, thereby saving considerable
exPerale and delay.
The Paddlewheel steamer Salatnc.n.ler, 6, 818
tons, 220.h0r,e
power, is ordered, when her fitting
has been completed, to be attached to the first divi-
elan of the steam
reserve in the Mersey.
Her AL.i.j.st-so, iron steam storeship Wye, Master
Commander V.
G, Roberts,twent downa to Wool-
wich yeerday,
from tford, laden
with
victuallinge Victoria yard at Dept.
stores for the West
Coaet of Africa, and is to te
in her powder maga-
zines from the Arsenal.