The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-01 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Vivid paddle yacht, Master Commander
Allen, returned to Osborne yesterday, from her
cruise to the westward, with his Royal Highness
-Prince Arthur on board. The Vivid afterwards
went into Portsmouth harbour to fill up with
coal, preparatory for her coasting cruise with
their Royal Highnesses the Princes Arthur and
Leopold.
An attempt was made yesterday to remove the
Black Prince iron frigate from her berth in Ports-
mouth harbour to the steam basin, but it had to be
abandoned owing to the existence of a strong eas-
terly wind. The intended trial of the Coquette
screw gunvessel at the measured mile in Stokes
Bay, prior to her departure for China, was deferred,
owing to the same cause.
The Zebra, 17, screw steamsloop, 200 horse
power, Commander A. H. Hoskins, after having
had various alterations made upon the internal
steam pipe, was again taken to the measured mile
off Maplin Sands for a final trial of her machinery
this day, Capt. J. P. Thompson, of the steam re-
serve, was in command of the vessel, and Messrs.
W. Price, inspector of machinery afloat, and G.
Blaxland, chief engineer of her Majesty's dockyard,
Sheerness, were in charge of the engines. The fol-
lowing are the results of the trial :—Average speed
per hour, 10 knots; revolutions of engines, 92 ;
ensure of steam, 22 ; vacuum, 261; draught of
water aft, 14ft. 10in., forward, 13ft. 6in. Imme-
diately on the conclusion of the trial the Zebra
started under steam, and sailed for Portsmouth on
her passage to the West Coast of Africa. Captain
Thompson and the officers belonging to Sheerness
returned from the trial in the Fearless tender.

The Mullett, 5, screw steam gnnvessel, 80 horse
power, Commander Cortland H. Simpson, left Sheer-
ness this day, under steam for Devonport, on her
passage to the West Coast of Africa, to which
station she is appointed.

The Eliz3 hired transport, laden with war stores
for Bermuda, yesterday sailed from Woolwich pier
for her destination.

The repairs of the Rochester having been com-
pleted in dock at Woolwich, the whole of the hired
ship wrights, 50 in number, employed thereon were
yesterday discharged. The whole of the hired sail
makers employed during the past year have also
received notice of dismissal. The construction of
the Caledonia, intended to be iron clad, is being
hastened with all speed. Upwards of 300 ship-
wrights are now employed in preparing her sides
for the reception of the plates. It is said she will
be the strongest ship ever built.

The Flying Cloud, No. 6, transport, yesterday
completed landing her cargo of war stores at Wool-
wich from India, consisting of 32 guns, 12,000 solid
and 7,000 hollow shots, 4,000 shells, 8 mortars,
400 cases of medical comforts, &c. Her number
was erased, and she was paid out of the service.

The screw steam frigate Tribune, 23, Capt. Lord
Gifford, from Portsmouth, arrived yesterday morn-
ing in Plymouth Sound, en route for Vancouver's
Island.

The paddlewheel steam tender Advice, 3, Mr.
Raymond master, from Portsmouth, arrived yester-
day morning at Plymouth. After coaling she
Would proceed for Queenstown.

The crew of the screw steamship St. George, 91,
Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, in Plymouth Sound,
were inspected yesterday morning by Port Admiral
Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B.

The screw steam transport Himalaya, Capt. John
Seccombe, was removed yesterday from Plymouth
Sound into Hamoaze to have defects made good.
Capt. W. R. Mends, C. 8., has been appointed
Director of Transports; Capt. J. W. Tarleton,C.B.,
is appointed Deputy Controller-General of the
Coastguard, in the place of Capt. Mends.
Letters dated the 28th of January have been re-
ceived at Plymouth from the screw steam corvette
Charybdis, 21, Capt. the Hon. D. Keane. She had
left Jeddo, and was then at Sokahama, where the
peaceful character of the natives was in strong con-
trast to the violence of the inhabitants of the capital
of Japan. Guards of every description were unne-
cessary, and the officers and crew of the corvette
could visit the shops and the theatre at Sokahama,
or make excursions into the country without appre-
hension of danger.
From private letters received by our Chatham
correspondent from the screw frigate Immortalite,
51, Capt. G. Hancock, we learn that that vessel
arrived at St. John's, Antigua, from St. Thomas's,
on the 3d ult., and having relieved the Cadmus, 21,
screw steamer, Capt. H. S. Hillyar, C. 8., left on the
11th of April for Barbadoes. At the latter date the
Cadmus was still lying at Antigua, waiting the de-
cision of the Admiralty Court respecting the pzize
brig Lama. As soon as the finding of the Court
was announced the Cadmus would leave for Ber-
muda. The island was exceedingly healthy, and
all the crew, as well as the officers, were well.
Admiralty instructions have been received at
Chatham Dockyard announcing that, in conse-
quence of her Majesty having signified that no
celebration of her birthday will take place this
year, the customary holiday on the 24th inst., will
not be granted to the workmen employed in the
several naval departments. The Lords of the Ad-
miralty will, however, name a day during the
summer on which a general holiday will be granted
to all the hands employed at the several Royal
dockyards.

The sum which the Admiralty have decided on
paying Messrs. Westwood, Baillie, and Campbell
for building the iron screw steam frigate Resist-
ance, 18, 800 horse power, including the additional
fittings and work on board, and not specified in the
contract, is £167,850, or rather more than £45 per
ton.

Commodore Superintendent Sir F. Nicolson and
the departmental officers of the dockyard yesterday
went down to Greenhithe from Woolwich, and in-
spected the steam troopship Adventure, Commander
Lethbridge, under orders to embark her first draught
singe being newly fitted for that service. It having
been found that the cooking berth was ill ventilated
and inconvenient for the requirements of a large
body of troops, a number of shipwrights and others
were despatched from the dockyard to make the
necessary improvements, for which the ship will be
detained at Greenhithe.
i• The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander C. J. Rowley, to the
Renard, vice Commander Goodenough, invalided;
Francis E. Wilmot, midshipman, to the Tribune;
George Deans, in the Coquette, confirmed as engi-
neer ; George Batchelor, acting-engineer, from the
Indus to the Fisgard, as supernumerary; E. Wil-
liams, in the Coquette, confirmed as 2d class assist.-
engineer ; James W. P. Foord, paymaster, to the
Jason ; Charles P. Fielon, paymaster, additional, to
the Victory ; Henry M. Itarrison, assist.-paymaster,
to the Megcera ; W. F. Crosthwaite, assist.-clerk, to
the Cambridge; and Edward Henry Clarke, has
been nominated to a naval cadetship.