The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-27 00:00:00

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power, and the Britomart, GO horse power, screw
gunboats, in tow for Plymouth. The vessels had
proceeded as far as Dungeness, when a heavy
squall struck _ the Julia, and nearly swamped
her. Her fires were extinguished by the water,
and her pumps became choked with the coals.
In consequence of this occurrence, the Vigilant
was compelled to return with the vessel to Sheer.
ness to have the water got out, and she is under-
going the necessary repairs. It is known that
gun vessels similar to the Julia have, by their
own power, steamed to China and back ;
and it is thought that if the Julia had ben
allowed to steam to her destination without being
towed she would have arrived safely
without any
accident. The Vigilant again left Sheerness on
Tuesday to convey the Britomart to Plymouth.
The Rattler, 17, screw steam sloop, 9M tons, 200-
horse power, which has recently been launched at
Deptford, has arrived at Sheerness, in tow of 4',
Widgeon and African steamtugs, to be fitted fok the
steam reserve. Her engines are to be supplied by
Messrs. Maudslay, Son, and Field.
The Esk and Highflyer, undergoing repairs in
dock at Portsmouth, are in a very defective state,
the first-named especially so. Their dates for com-
pletion at the hands of the shipwrights' depart-
ment has been deferred, the Esk from the 9th of
May to the 31st of August, and the Highflyer from
the 30th of May to the 12th of July. The Glas-
gow, screw frigate, has a!so been deferred in her
appointed date of completion from the 30th of April
to the 4th of June.
Four lifeboats for the use of her Majesty's vessels
employed on the West Coast of Africa, the first in-
stalment of the number ordered by the Admiralty,
have been received at Portsmouth Dockyard from
Mr. J. White's Medina Dock Shipbuilding Estab-
lishment, at West Cowes, Isle of Wight.
The iron-clad screw steamship Defence, 18,Capt,
Richard A. Powell, which left Portsmouth on the
17th inst., arrived in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday
evening. On the 19th, when off Start Point, a
gale from the eastward was experienced. The ship
was run to the westward, and when 100 miles be-
yond the Scilly Islands was, on the 20th, hauled to
the wind, and tried on all points under steam and
and under sail, during a strong gale from east-
north-east. The Defence has proved herself easy
at sea, rolls very little, and steers well. The
greatest speed attained under steam and canvas was
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dog, John Hancock (a) in the Emerald, Thomas
Rose in the Gannet, and Reginald C. Oldknow in
the Edgar, have been promoted to first-class assist.
engineers ; R. H. Trubshaw in the Cadmus, George
Simpson in the Asia, S. R. Brumage in the Doris,
and Thomas Barnes in the Cameleon, have been
promoted to acting first-class assist.-engineers ;
John Simpson, acting first-class assist.-engineer to
the Royal Adelaide, for the Cuckoo, when the latter
is put out of commission; J. E. B. Warrington,
acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Mullet ;
and James M'Graw, confirmed as second-class
assist.-engineer in the Centurion.