The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-07 00:00:00

7HE NAVY.

The Duke of Somerset, the First Lord ; Vice-Ad-
miral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., Rear-Ad-
miral C. Eden, C:B., Rear-Admiral C. Frederick,
Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., Junior
Lords ; and Rear-Admiral Lord C. Paget, First
Secretary of the Admiralty, leave London by spe-
cial train this morning for Shoeburyness, to witness
some interesting experiments with the heavy Arm-
strong guns. Several military officers will also
attend on the occasion.
The iron frigate Resistance, 18, 600-horse power,
3,668 tons, at present attached to the first-class
steam reserve in the Medway at Chatham, has been
commissioned by Capt. William C. Chamberlain
(1856) late of the Racoon, 22, 400-horse power, who
yesterday hoisted the pendant on board that vessel.
She is to have complement of 455 officers and men,
including 30 non-commissioned officers and men of
the Royal Marines from the Chatham division,
and 1 subaltern, and 37 men of the Royal Marine
Artillery from Portsmouth.

The Edgar, 86, screw, Capt. Mends, is dismant -
ling in the ship basin at Portsmouth, for paying out
of commission. She is to be recommissioned imme-
diately, report says, for the flag of Rear-Admiral
Dacres, as second in command in the Mediterranean.

It was considered probable that the body of me-
chanics employed on the iron frigate Achilles, 51,
who struck work at Chatham dockyard on Thursday
afternoon, would resume their employment next
morning, but at the hour of opening the yard not a
single man of the whole number who turned out on
the previous day presented himself at the gates, and
it therefore appears that the men are firm in their
resolve not to re-enter the yard as long as ship-
wrights are employed on the iron ship. As soon as
it was found that the men who voluntarily quitted
their work would not return, another body of ship-
wrights was placed on the Achilles, and, acting on
instructions received from the Admiralty, a third
party was removed to that vessel from the iron-
plated frigate Royal Oak on Friday afternoon. The
mechanics on strike an:oot complain of the insuffi-
ciency of the wages paid them—skilled mechanics
obtaining from 7s. to Bs. 6d. per day—nor of the
number of hours they are required to work. Their
sole ground of complaint is that shipwrights are
employed on work which they cannot perform, and
that ultimately they will monopolise the whole of
the labour connected with iron shipbuilding at the
royal dockyards. At present the strike is confined
to the platers, rivetters, and angle-iron smiths.
The number who had left their work up to
Friday is about one hundred. Notwithstanding
the attempts made by the workmen who have quitted
the yard to induce the hammermen, holders-up,
chippers, and labourers to leave their work, no dis-
position has yet appeared among them to join in
the strike. Arrangements were on Friday made
by the Admiralty to procure a fresh supply of hands
to take the places of those who had left work, and
under no circumstances will any of those men who
are out on strike be allowed to resume work at
Chatham Dockyard. After the weekly payment
of the ordinary workmen of the yard had been
made on Friday, the men on strike were admitted
to receive their pay, which was handed to them
in the presence of Capt. Fanshawe, by Mr. Clut-
worthy, the accountant ; after which the mechanics
again left the yard. On Friday the chairman,
secretary, and some of the leading committee of the
Trades' Union, arrived at Chatham from Manches-
ter and London, and commenced an organisation
for preventing any new hands being allowed to
enter the dockyard to take the place of those on
strike. A strong body of police is on duty in
and near the dockyard to prevent intimidation
towards workmen who may be desirous of entering
the yard. On Saturday Mr. Lang, the master ship-
builder, proceeded to London to have an interview
with the Admiralty on the course to be adopted
under the present circumstances, as the works in
connection with building the Achilles will be
nearly at a standstill unless skilled mechanics can
be obtained to take the places of the men who have
struek. The workmen boast that they have a fund
amounting to some thousands of pounds at their
disposal, and can not only decline to work them‘,
selves, but can also prevent a single hand from
entering tne yarn tor several mourns to come.
Each of the men on strike is paid the sum of 12s,
per week during the whole time the strike lasts.
In consequence of the demand which now exists for
skilled first class mechanics, most of the turnouts
have already obtained employment. In consequence
of this sudden and unlooked-for strike the comple-
tion of the Achilles will be delayed several months.
Since the Admiralty order for the mechanics and
other workmen employed at Chatham dockyard to
be allowed leave of absence, in detachments, for the
purpose of visiting the International Exhibition, it
has been decided to grant the whole body of officers
and workmen of that establishment two complete
days' holiday on Monday and Tuesday, the 28th
and 29th inst., so that the yard will be closed from
early on the previous Saturday afternoon until the
following Wednesday morning. Orders have been
received at Portsmouth to allow the officers and
men three days leave to visit the Exhibition.

The Swedish sailing frigate Norrkoping, 32 guns,
Capt. Aldersparre, arrived at Spithead on Satur-
day, 24 days from Boston, United States, bound to
Stockholm.
The Severn, 51, 500 horse-power, attached to the
Chatham Steam Reserve, is ordered to proceed to
Plymouth, where she is to be commissioned for
service in the East Indies. She will hoist the
broad pendant of Captain F. B. Montressor. A
party of 150 seamen, riggers, and stokers have ar-
rived to assist in navigating her round to Plymouth.
The Rattler, 17, 200 horse-power, belonging to
the steam reserve in the Medway, was commissioned
on Saturday by Commander Edward H. Howard
(1857) for service in China. Her detachment of
Royal Marines will be selected from the Chatham
division.

The hired transport Tyrell, Capt. P. Morgan,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from China'
with Government stores, and military and naval in
valids. She sailed from Hongkong on the 14th of
February, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the
15th of April, and sailed again on the 20th, calling
in at St. Helena on the 13th May, and sailing again
from thence on the 15th. Fine weather prevailed
during the entire homeward voyage. Off soundings,
in lat. 40 and long. 2‘;
931 immense number of ves-
sels were seen making for
the English Channel.
The Tyrell has brought home 20
military invalids,
chiefly from the Army Hospital Corps and the 99th
Regiment, and a
few naval invalids, in charge of
board Lieut. Heron, R,N., Admiralty agent on ard and
staff-assist-surgeon Hoile. She also
p;
brought
home
invalided Mr. Singer, acting chief-ma
engineer, from
H.M.S. Renard, and second-class assistsengi„,er
Beazeley, from the flagship on the station. Orders
were received at Portsmouth last evening for the
Tyrell to land her invalids and proceed on to Wool-
wich to discharge her cargo.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Robert C. Scott, surgeon to
the Resistance; John M. Bateson, assist-surg• to the
Resistance ; Richard Holman, chief engineer to the
Fisgard, for the Alecto ; Josh. Deal, chief engineer
to the Resistance ; H. H. Mothersole, engineer to
the Cumberland, for the Mayflower; Neil Brodie,
engineer to the Resistance George Batchelor,
supernumerary in the Fisgard, to the permanent
list as engineer ; Richard Mockett and T. F. Hight,
first• class assist.-engineer to the Resistance; V. C.
Friend, second-class assist-engineer to the Resist-
ance; J. R. Abbott and James M‘Millan, acting
second-clads assist.-engineers to the Resistance ;
Richard W. E. Middleton, master's-assist. to the
Defence, and Francis A. Symcs, master's-assist. to
the Shannon.

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