The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-21 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

VALETTA, Oct. 16.—Letters received by her
Majesty's gunvessel Alacrity, 4, Commander J.
Baird, on the 14th inst. from Corfu, announce that
the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir W. F.
Martin, K.C.8., was still there on the 12th inst.,
with his flag flying on board the Marlborough, 131,
Capt. W. H. Stewart, C.B. The other ships at
Corfu were the Queen, 76, Capt. F. C. Hillyar, and
the Shannon, 50, Capt. 0. J. Jones. Tha Algiers,
89, Capt. E. B. Rice, and the Trident, 3, Comman-
der C. J. Balfour, had not returned from the Piraeus,
at which port the Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brock,
was also stationed by the last accounts. There is a
report that the Algiers is ordered home. The Marl-
borough got up steam on the 9th inst. for the pur-
pose of gunnery exercise, and orders were issued
for her and the Queen to put to sea for exercise on
the 13th instant, but at the last moment this order
was countermanded. The tidings of the death of
Gen. Inglis, K.C.8., lately commanding the troops
at Corfu, had cast a gloom over the place. Lady
Inglis joined her young family on the 11th inst.
The command now devolves upon Sir Henry Storks.
The officers of the garrison went into mourning in
testimony of respect for the deceased. The visit of
the Lord High Commissioner to the southern islands
has in consequence of this event been postponed.
Several casualties had occurred among the men,
women, and children belonging to the regiments in
garrison. Great complaints were made of the ex-
cessive heat and the backwardness of the rains. It
is believed the admiral will not leave Corfu so early
as was expected, and that if he does not change his
present intentions he will not be here till the last
day of October or perhaps the beginning of Novem-
ber. The Iscarus, 11, Commander Salmon, V.C.,
left for Corfu on Tuesday last, and the Amphion,
36, Capt. Gordon, left on the following day for the
same destination, taking up mails for Admiral
Martin. The Foxhound, 4, Lieut. Doughty (tem-
porary), was to have gone up with the mails, but,
having sprung a leak, she was admitted into
dock and the Amphion despatched in her stead.
The latter ship will on her return proceed to Eng-
land to be paid off, and be relieved by the Phbe,
35, Capt. Fortescue, now at Devonport. The Ma-
gicienne, 16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince
of Leiningen, which was reported to have left Na-
ples for Marseilles, was still there on the 13th inst.
The Princess left Malta on Monday last in the Ita-
lian steamer Dispaceio, to join the Prince, who ex-
pected to remain at Naples for another three weeks
Her Majesty's ships in Malta harbour are the Wan-
derer, the Foxhound, and the Alacrity gunboats,
and the receiving ship Hibernia, with her tenders,
the Boxer and the Growler, An interesting and
novel experiment was made in her Majesty's dock-
yard a few days ago, which met with the fullest
success. It appears that the boss of the shaft of the
gunvessel Wanderer broke, and in such cases it is
usual to replace it by an entirely new casting, at a
great expense. By an ingenious contrivance, how-
ever, of Mr. Hamshawe, the superintending engineer
of the yard, this was rendered unnecessary, and the
injured boss was repaired by a partial casting,which
answered in every respect as well as a new one.
The Himalaya, screw troopship, Commander E.
Lacy, is scraping and painting and carrying out
repairs in connection with her screw, in No. 10 dock,
at Portsmouth, preparatory for further service.
The Egmont, fitting in the steam basin as a store-
ship for Rio Janeiro, has her lower rigging over her
mastheads, tops and caps on, and topmasts pointed,
In progress of outfit. The Sutlej, 36, screw. Capt.
M. Conolly, is alongside the south jetty, with a
body of shipwrights employed in fitting her with a
poop, as a flagship, to relieve the Bacchante, in the
Pacific, reported for the flag of Admiral Elliot.
The Royal Sovereign has a housing in course of
construction over her stern to protect her from the

weather.
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possible terms of the ship's performance
since leaving Spithead. She is stated to be remark-
cn
ably stiff under her canvas, easy in her motion, and
as handy as a cutter. On one occasion she worked
out of Portland Roads under sail, with her screw
up, in a manner that surprised all who saw her. In
mid channel, between Portland and Cherbourg,
ships were met carrying close-reefed topsails with
a tumbling sea running, but the Resistance rode
through it easily. In fact, so slight has been her
motion during her limited cruising that we under-
stand not even the inkstand, nor any of the little
knick-knackeries :usually found on the captain's
the tablebmseirnoncrneite3ele:airvaoirnnrigpveaSddpdi
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paddlewheel
after cabin table, have been secured or removed from
Lisbon and the Brazils, after a somewhat long
Spithead last
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passage. She is expected to proceed round to Wool-
wich.

The Revenge, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. C.
Portsmouth
of the Red R.
Commander-in-Chief of
her repairs
harbour yes-
terday, and refit
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comprise
to-
day. rnprise the St.
Fellowes, flagship of the
the Channel fleet, Rear-Admiral
16, scream. Smart, K.H., bent sails in
iron
rata,
terday, on the completion of
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pithead
George, 86, screw, Capt. Hon. F.
Egerton
; Eme-
rald, 36, screw, Capt. A. Cumtnin g ; Galatea, 26
screw, Capt. R. Maguire ; Resistance,
Capt. Chamberlain ; Defence, 16
ram, Capt. A. Phillitnore ; Oberon, 3, pa, dd screw
iron
le, Lieut.
Commander I%.orice ; and Virago, 6,
paddle, Cm.
wander Johnstone.
A new plan for coppering the bottom of iron
vessels of war, to prevent the fouling of those de-
scriptions of ships, have been invented by Mr. Red-
man, employed in the assaying department of the