The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

A spec,',al report is to be made to the Admiralty
of the lungth of time it will take to complete the
C°Aqueror, 86, 500-horse power, for the first divi-
sion of the steam reserve in the Medway, that ves-
sel being intended to take the place of the line-of-

battle ship Meanee, 81, 400-horse power, just com-
missioned for sea Two other large steamers—viz.,
the Leander, 61, 400-horse power, and the Colum-
bine, 4, 669 'cons, are also fitting for the first-class
steam reserve at Chatham, and both are nearly
completed.

Ttte screw steamer Meanee, 81, Capt. G. Wode-
hruse (1854), having undergone a thorough over-
haul and examination in No. 1 dock at Sheerness,
has been removed into the steam basin, where she
is being rapidly completed for sea. About 500 of
her crew have already joined, and the remainder of
the complement are expected to arrive in the course
of a few days. According to present orders she is to
be completed and out of the dockyard's hands by
the 10th inst., shortly after which she will take her
departure for tb Mediterranean, calling at Spit-
head for final orders,
Mr. Ware., of New York, United States of Ame-
rica, whu has given his attention in England
during the past two years to the improvement
of e,ur naval signals as employed at sea, has
returned from Liverpool, where he has been
rlngsged in lecturing on the subject of marine tele-
graphs before the Associated Shipowners . A
..ssembly.
He last night displayed his improved signal tele-
gra'ph,
suspended on the flagstaff in Woolwich
dr.4ekyard, by special direction of the Lords Com-
missioners of the Admiralty. Sir F. Nicolson, C. 8.,
the Commodore-Superintendent, and other officers
of the yard were present. The improvement con-
sists of a different arrangement of the lanterns, and
in the use of five lamps instead of four as formerly,
which are provided with t ed lenses and dark shades,
worked from the deck by MP/ITM of erae.ll jack eto.ye.
The 1-..mpe aro trioed up as fixtures and are arranged
at 'equal distances in a vertical line, and the opera-
'tor stands on the deck beneath. The extra lantern
gives the advantage of using an additional number
of white signals, the latter being distinguished at a
sreater distance at sea than the red. The trials last
night como:enced at half-past 4 p.m., and extended
over two hours. In order to test the superior bril-
lianc:f of the signals one of the old Admiralty lan-
ter ris was hauled up the flagstaff, and was pro-
-flounced a mere glimmer in comparison to the new
signals. The efficacy and speed with which the
messages were delivered was remarkable, no less
than 100 having been recorded under the lapse of
30 minutes. The lanterns were disconnected and
exhibited as steering lamps -and ordinary signal
lanterns.
Sir F. Nicolson yesterday 'inustered the officers
and crew of the screw steam sloop Racer, arrived at
Woolwich from North America and the West Indies
to be paid off. }ter war stores were yesterday re-
turned to the ::I,oyal Arsenal, and the dismantling
will be commenced to-day in basin.
Commander A. M. Lyons, R.N., was promoted
Yes t:trday to the rank of captain.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at. the Admiralty :—Capt. A. W. A. Hood to the
Pylades, commissioned ; Lieut. the Hon. J. T. Fitz-
clarence to the St. Vincent, for service in the Sea-
lark.; Lieut. Sackville W. H. Thompson to the
Majestic; Robert J. C. Grant, master, to the Py-
lades; William N. C. Gould, naval cadet, to the
Edgar ; John Pooley, paymaster, to the Pylades ;
C. A. Hobbs, chief engineer, to the Asia, for
the Algiers, when the latter is paid off; R, Samp-
son, chief engineer, to the Asia, for the Arrogant,
• 'when the latter is paid off ; Frederick S. Turner,
acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus,
for the Valorous; W. Vawdrey, acting second-class
assist-engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Con-
queror ; F. T. Fitzmaurice, assist.-paymaster, to
the. Pylades ; E. S. M. Power, assist.-paymaster, to
the Cumberland ; W. T. Tregidgo, master's assis-
tant, to the Victory, as supernumerary ; R. H.
Warren, master's-assistant, to the Meeanee ; R.
Smyth, clerk, to the Pembroke ; Alfred Clements,
clerk, to the Colossus ; and E. D. Green, elerk, to
the Pylades.