The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1862.

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:[HE NAVY,

The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, will hold his first levee this season on
Thursday next at the Admiralty, Whitehall.
The screw steam sloop Cordelia, 11, Comman-
der Francis A. Hume, from the Australian sta-
tion, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morn-
ing. She left Sydney on the 24th of November,
rounded Cape Horn on the 31st of December,
arrived at the Falkland Islands on the 4th of
January, and sailed thence on the 15th: The Cor-
delia brings Mr. L mgden, late Colonial Secretary
of the Falkland Islands, en route to the Virgin
Islands ; Mr. Parkin, assistant engineer, from the
screw steam sloop Fawn ; and six naval invalids.
From December 8 to the 22d she encountered very
thick foggy weather, and passed through large
quantities of ice, since which she has had moderate
weather from S.W. to N.W. She spoke, March 19,
lat. 471 N., long. 131 W. the English bark Corsair ;
20th, the English ship Storm King, steering S.W.
The Cordelia was commissioned in April, 1857. She
has since then been employed in protecting the
guano trade at the Kooria Mooria Islands, and on
the Australian and New Zealand stations.

The defects of the flag ship Revenge, 91, at Ply-
mouth, willprobably be made good by Thursday
net; those
of the Virago by the Ist of April ; the
St. George, 91, by the end of the month. The
Warrior, 40, will not be-completod until early in
May. - _ -

The burial of Mr. Thomson, engineer-in-chief of
Haslar gunboat yard, took place at the Forton Ce-
metery yesterday, with full naval honours. A large
number of people were present, for, in addition to
aintsvbereyinwg a naval funeral, deceased
widely known and respected.
appointments were made yesterday
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at the Admiralty :—Edward W. J. Kennah, mid-
shipman, to the Chanticleer; and Thomas S. Lunt,
acting second• class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, as
supernumerary.

erected at Bishop's-marsh is ready to mount a single
gun. In order to obtain the necessary foundations
the soil had to be excavated to a depth of about 10
ft. ; but no sooner was this accomplished than the
ground gave way, and the water rushing in ren-
dered useless the works that had taken months to
complete. There It ere ilestroyed at the same time
about 30,000 tons of materials, which had been
deposited on the ground for conversion into concrete.
It was then decided-to attempt a new plan to relieve
the enormous outside pressure on the foundations
by driving piles, and throwing up the earth exca-
vated to form a counterscarp, the piles themselves
being securely bolted together. Again, however,
the treacherous soil gave way. A third attempt is
now being made to lay the foundation of the bat-
tery, the plan adopted being on a principle where-
by additional safeguards are taken to prevent land-
slips, and these up to the present time have been
attended with success, though how far the method
will answer time alone can show. Bvery exertion
is now being made to hasten the completion of the
battery, in order to make up for time lost, but even
now the utmost precautions require to be taken for
a thorough settlement of the foundations before a
single brick of the superstructure is laid, or front
the warnings already given, the fort, as soon as
completed, may suddenly sink out of sight, or crumble
to pieces through a natural yielding of the soil. The
same difficulties, although in a minor degree, have
had to be encountered at the works on the opposite
side of the river, at Folly-point. The guns from these
batteries will effectually guard the passage of
Pinope-reach, and will be so arranged that they will
cross their fire and effectually bar the passage of any
hostile flotilla attempting to ascend to Chatham
harbour, even supposing that the vessels had suc-
ceeded in passing the batteries at the entrance of
the river. Considerable progress has been made in
the erection of the formidable forts on the western
shore of the Medway, near the Spit of Grain, which,
it is anticipated, will be completed and armed by
the same time that the batteries on the opposite
shore, Garrison-point, are finished. It is now de-
cided not to remove the large martello tower erected
a few years since at the entrance to the river, the
new forts having been so constructed that the tower
will not interfere with the range of the guns
mounted on the batteries. The martello tower
cost between £20,000 and £30,000, and is a very
formidable structure, of great strength, and mount-
ing a tier of four guns carrying the heaviest metal,
Its admirable position has induced the authorities
to allow it to stand.

Au important branch has just been added to the
Royal Laboratory in Woolwich Arsenal, and is
closely approaching completion—namely, a new
factory, fitted with appropriate machinery for the
purpose of repairing damaged war stores returned
from foreign stations, or such as in many cases are
rendered unfit for use by transport. The building is
of corrugated ircn, and covers a space near the new
shell foundry, measuring 150 ft. by 100 ft.