The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sir James Graham and the Board of Admiralty, on
the inspection tour, are still at Queenstown, whence
they proceed to Kingstown and Holyhead to-morrow.
The First Lord will join Lady Graham at the Castle,
Dublin, where her ladyship is on a visit to the Lord
Lieutenent.

Vice Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., is now the only
naval member of the board at Whitehall, with Captain
W. A. B. Hamilton, the secretary. Rear Admiral
Berkeley, C. 8., has left Whitehall, for Chichester.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 26.
The Prussian corvette Anlazone, 12, sailed to-day
from Spithead for Prussia. She saluted the garrison
on leaving.

The Princess Royal, 90, screw, got up steam for the
first time to-day in the steam basin dock, to prove her
boilers. In a few days more she will be coppered and
ship her propeller, and by the 14th of October will be
at Spithead ; thus showing that by the excellent ar-
rangements of the officers, and skilful application by the
artisans belonging to the dockyard establishment at this
port, any amount of work, if stated to the Lords of the
Admiralty can be completed by any stated time, is inva-
riably performed ; and this is effectually carried out
from the gallant Rear Admiral Superintendent Fan-
shawe down to the meanest labourer attached to this
important and chief of arsenals.
Letters from the fleet at Queenstoirn announce a court-
martial, ordered for this day, to be held on Second-Lieu-
tenant Toms, of the Queen, on a charge of drunkenness.
The whole of ships in the outer roads, comprising
both the sailing and the screw divisions of the Channel
fleet, have been placed under the command of Rear-
Admiral Corry by the Lords of the Admiralty.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 26.
APPOINTMENTS.

Paymaster--James B. Hay (1846), to the Madagas-
car, receiving ship at Devonport.
Clerk in Charge—Richard Allen (1847), from the
Trafalgar, 120, on the Mediterranean station, to the
Triton steam-vessel, employed in the conveyance of the
mails between Malta and Marseilles.
Clerk—F. A. Cave (1853), to the Magicienne, 16,
paddle-wheel steam-frigate.
Midshipman—J. IT. N. Spalding, to the London, 90,
at Queenstown.
The Cyclops steam-frigate, in charge of Mr. Alexander
Pope, Assistant-Master Attendant at Sheerness Dock-
yard, arrived at Woolwich on Saturday evening, from
Devonport, and reports having passed in the Downs a
French fleet, consisting of three line-of-battle ships and
three war-steamers.

The figure-bead of the Royall Albert, 131,screw steam-
ship was put up at the bow of that ship to-day. When
viewed as a profile, it has a commanding and correct
resemblance, combined with the dignity of attitude ob-
served by all those who have seen Prince Albert in
military uniform ur dressed in the robes of State.

THE NEW PENNY RECEIPT STAMP.—The new uni-
form penny receipt stamp conies into use on the 15th of
October. The Stamp-office has already issued a notice
that it is prepared to supply them, or to stamp paper
and forms. Although not yet announced, we presume
that bankers will sell to their customers, at the cost of
the stamps, cheques having the penny stamp, and made
payable to order, instead of to bearer, not the least of
the advantages that will result from the new post.
Penny receipt stamps will now be as convenient a small
coin for transmitting small payments as penny postage
stamps. We have no doubt that the revenue will gain
by the change, for every receipt will now be stamped,
whereas at present not one receipt in fifty is stamped.
Remember that the payer of money, providing the stamp,
is empowered by the act to deduct it from the payee.—
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