The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-15 00:00:00

The Admiralty order was issued on Saturday in-
creasing the pay of the measurers in the dockyards
from £l5O to £lBO per annum.
The mechanics and labourers employed in the de-
partments of Woolwich Arsenal have been notified
by the War Department that a close holiday will be
observed throughout the establishment from the
morning of the 25th inst., Christ mas•day, until the
following Monday morning, the ten hours of Fri-
day and six of Saturday to be made up by working
overtime.

The screw steam frigate Emerald, 35, Captain
Arthur Cumming, which left Lisbon on the Bth of
December, under steam, and experienced a very
heavy gale on Friday night when off the Lizard,
arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday morn-
ing. She left Plymouth on the 29th ult. with
despatches from the British Government for his
Majesty the King of Portugal, and having experi-
enced very strong southwest gales on the passage,
arrived at Lisbon on the 6th inst. The Emerald re-
turns with a communication from the Portuguese
Court, which has been brought to London by one of
the gentlemen officially connected with the depart-
ment of Port-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, at Plymouth.
The crew of the frigate have been granted leave of
absence until to-day (Monday), when she will re-
plenish with coal and then ship for trial a propeller
similar to the one with which an experiment was
recently made by the screw steam frigate Shannon,
35, Capt. 0. J, Jones.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Spitfire, 5, arrived
at Lisbon, Dec. 7, short of coal, having experienced
very severe weather, and left again on the Bth for
the West Indies.

The screw steam sloop Shearwater, 11, was re-
moved on Saturday from No. 1 dock in the Devon-
port dockyard, and the Cordelia, 11, placed therein,
for the purpose of having Mr. Mulley's steering ap-
paratus shifted further forward.

The screw steam sloop Alert, 17, was towed on
Saturday from her moorings in the third division of
the steam reserve in Hamoaze to No. 4 dock in the
Devonport dockyard, to be repaired and advanced to
the third division.

The Royal paddle yacht Osborne, Master-Com-
mander G. K. Bower, arrived at Portsmouth on Sa-
turday morning, from the Mediterranean, last from
Plymouth. The Osborne has been in attend-
ance on his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales and their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Prussia during their tour
along the coasts of the Mediterranean. After land-
ing the Prince of Wales at Marseilles, the Osborne
left for England, calling at Gibraltar to take in
coal and effect temporary repairs to her broken
paddle shaft. Sailing again on the Bth inst., Lis-
bon was reached on the 10th, and she left again on
the same day, Owing to the damaged state of
the Osborne's paddle shaft, the voyage home has
been made under half speed. Since leaving Gib-
raltar heavy weather was experienced, and espe-
cially in crossing the Bay of Biscay and
at the mouth of the Channel. The screw frigate
Doris was the only British man-of-war left at Gib-
raltar, and she was appointed to sail on the 9th inst.
for England to be paid off. At Lisbon was lying
Rear-Admiral Smart's squadron, consistng of the
Revenge, 86, screw, Capt. C. Fellowes, flagship;
Warrior, 40, iron frigate, Capt. Hon. A. A. Coch-
rane, C.B. ; Black Prince, 40, iron frigate, Capt.
Wainwright ; Defence, 16, iron ram, Capt. A. Phil-
limore ; Resistance, 16, iron ram, Captain Chamber-
lain ; and the Trinculo, screw gunboat, tender to
the Revenge. The squadron had been severely
tried in recent gales, and the Warrior had lost her
mainyard, while the Black Prince had damaged,
one of her cylinder covers. The squadron were
under orders to sail for Madeira as soon as damages
were repaired.
The Lily, 4, screw steam gun vessel, 702 tons,
200-horse power, which left Sheerness on the Ist
inst. for Plymouth, en route for Cuba, returned to
Sheerness harbour on Wednesday last, by order
of the Lords of the Admiralty, to undergo inspec-
tion relative to certain defects which rendered
hex unseaworthy, having been reported on her
arrival at Plymouth. It will be remembered that
the Lily had been fitted at Sheerness, had been tried
at the measured mile with most satisfactory results,
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ties of the dockyard, who reported, as also did the
commander of the vessel, that she was in a perfectly
efficient state. On the return of the Lily to Sheer-
ness, Mr. Joseph Large, constructor of the navy,
and Mr. James Wright, assistant chief engineer of
the navy, from the office of the Controller of the
Navy, proceeded to inspect the ship and to inquire
into the reported defects. The report of these gen-
tlemen is not officially promulgated, but the result
of the inspection is that there is no necessity for any
material alteration, and that the Lily will proceed
to her destination in the course of this week. The
authorities at Sheerness dockyard believe that the
practice of complaining of trifling defects in vessels
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and having claims on the service, to make them up.
This decision is received with general satisfaction.

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