The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-03 00:00:00

711 E NAVY,

Orde?s have been received, at Portsmouth from
the Admiralty to give the iron frigate Black Prince

•another trialof speed,at the measured mile in Stokes
Bay,. with the pitch of her screw altered 21 inches.
According to the present arrangements,the trial will
take place in the early part of next week, The indi-
cate d horse power of the Black Prince's engines in her
fall cud reduced power trials of Saturday and Mon-
day/ was, with ten boilers on Saturday, 5,746.514;
sir c boilers, on Monday, 3,569.6; and with four
b oilers the same day, 2,989.06. The operation of
swinging the ship, to ascertain the deviation of her
compass, was commenced at Spithead yesterday.
The screw corvette Pylades, 21, 400 horse, which
has been under repair at Chatham for several months
past, has had an additional number of hands placed
on her. Draring the time she has been in dock her
decks have been ripped up and her beams strength-
ened 1)7; the addition of iron knees. Additional
space has also been secured on board for the in-
er•ased quantity of ammunition vessels of her class
vrill in future carry, the shot and shell ordered to
be supplied to the Pylades being 40 common and 30
'segment 110 pounder Armstrong shells filled, and 30
common and 40 segment empty shells; of the 40
pounder Armstrong shells sh e will receive 100 com-
mon, and 100 empty, tor,ther with 50 boxes of the
filled and 200 of the err,pty Armstrong 12 pounder
shells. Of the ordinr,ry shells she will be furnished
with 400 of the 8-inch filled, and 80 of the empty.
Her solid shot consist of 50 100 pounders, 120
40 pounders, and 200 of the 12 pounder Armstrong
conical shoo,.
Third(); shipwrights have been entered at Ports-
moutk 'Dockyard to strip off the copper and prepare
as FA target ship the Alfred sailing frigate. She is
to, be fitted with a number of armour plates, and
'made ready for taking up Porchester Creek for
-practice by Tuesday next. Among the plates to be
tested are four forged in Portsmouth Dockyard, and
several others from private firms.
Advices received from the Baltic state that the
iron frigate Defence, Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., had
struck on a rock and knocked a hole in one of her
bottom plates of so serious a nature that she was
only kept from foundering by being divided into
compartments.

The following changes bore taken place in Sheer-
ness dockyard :—Mr. H. L. Peak, late master ship-
wright, Deptford dockyard, has been appointed
master shipwright in Sheerness dockyard ; Mr. W.
B. Robinse,n, srmior assist.-master shipwright in
Sheerness de,ckyard, has been appointed master
shipwright, to the Malta dockyard; Mr. Henwood,
foremem of shipwrights in Woolwich dockyard, who
is now at Constantinople giving instructions in the
art of shipbuilding, is appointed second assist.-master
si-Aipwright in Sheerness dockyard; and Mr. E.
- Wood, foreman of shipwrights at Devonport, is ap-
Tointed to act at Sheerness as acting assist.-master
shipwright till the arrival of Mr. Henwood from
Constantinople.
The Resistance,
,18, iron screw steamship, 3,710
tons, 600-horse power, Capt. W. S. Chamberlain,
was inspected yesterday by Vice-Admiral W. J.
Hope Johnstone and Staff. The vessel will be taken
on trial at the measured mile off Maplin Sands on
Thursday, after which she will proceed to Ports-
mouth, when she will be taken into dock for neces-
sary repairs.

The foil:ming 'appointments were made yester
day at tine Admiralty :—R. R. M. Hall has been
nominated to a naval cadetship; C. Atchison, sur-
geou, additional, to the Severn; Fred. S. Turner
rAnd Wm. J. Fellowes, acting second-claas assist.
engineers, to the Indus, as supernumeraries.