The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-19 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

The first portion of the iron plates required for
he projecting st.:ra of the Achilles, 50, were suc-
cessfully bent at the factory in Chatham Dockyard
yesterday aftergoon, under the direction of Mr.
Armstrong, by whom the whole of the plate-bend-
lag machines for preparing the plates both for the
Achilles and the Royal Oak have been constructed,
The plates operated upon yesterday were bent un-
der a new application of the hydraulic principle, the
machine used having been constructed in the dock-
yard under Mr. Armstrong's directions.

Prussian Majesty's screw steam corvette
Arcona, 26, Capt. Sundewall, at Devonport, having
been thor'aughly caulked and coppered, and her
stem ano stern posts having been secured by metal
bands, Fhe was removed on Wednesday from No. 1
Dock t, the Hamoaze.

The whole of the boys, about 380 in number, be-
longing to the Boscawen training ship, which is
stationed at Southampton, had a day's treat pro-
vided for them on Tuesday by Mr. G. N. Cooksey,
of that town. The festival was one of the pleasantest
character, lnd passed off without an accident of any
kind to ma.: its pleasures.
Orders from the Lords of the Admiralty were re-
ceived yesterday at Devonport to put into commis-
ion, with a complement of 510 men, the screw steam
frigate Phoebe, 51, now in the first division of the
Steam Reserve, in Hamoaze, in charge of Mr. Parry,
master. Capt. Fortescue is spoken of at Devonport
as her future commander. It is surmised there that
Warrior, Phoebe, Liffey,
four ships—the and
another—will shortly be sent to the Mediterranean.

The Edgar, 86, screw, Capt. Hon. F. F. Foley, is
under orders to go out of Portsmouth harbour this
morning, and test her machinery at Spithead, for
the purpose of discovering the exact extent and
locality of a somewhat furmidable leak existing
somewhere near her inner sternpost.
The screw steamship Jason, Capt.' J.;T. Hurst, be-
longing to the East India and London Shipping
Company, which left Gravesend on Monday, with
a cargo of general merchandise and 83 passengers,
f&t. the Cape of Good Hope, Madras, and Calcutta,
was off the Start at 5 a.m. yesterday morning, all
well, under steam and canvass, with a moderate
favourable breeze from E.N.E.

The Phoebe, 51, screw frigate, of 500-horse power
and 2,896 tons, which was launched at Devonport
in 1854, is now for the first time to be commissioned,
and will have a complement of 540 officers and men.
Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue has been appointed to the
command of this vessel.

The Royal Oak, in addition to her lower iron
masts, has also shipped a considerable portion of
engines and machinery, which are being fitted on

board by Messrs. Maudslay and Co. She is to be

supplied with engine-room telegraphs, similar to
those recently fitted on board the large line-of-
battle and other ships.
Her Majesty's screw troopship Adventure, Com-
mander Lethbridge, arrived at Spithead yesterday
morning from Quebec, with artillery and invalided
detachments. Her dates are as follows :—Sailed
from Halifax on the 15th of August, arrived in the

St. Lawrence River on the 19th, at Quebec on
the 20th ; sailed from Quebec on the 31st,
arrived at St. John's on Sept, 5, and sailed on the
following day. The New York telegrams and news
brought by the adventure from St. John's have been
anticipated by the arrival of later dates by the
Europa and City of Washington. The Adventure
received orders to proceed with her freight round to
Woolwich, and sailed from Spithead yesterday
afternoon.

A trial of Mr. Mulley's auxiliary and reserve rud-
der was made at Plymouth on Monday. The rud-
der, 3 feet 9 inches long by 3 feet wide, having been
fitted to the small river steamer Volunteer, she was

taken into the Sound, and the principle was tested
in the presence of Admiral Kingcombe and Capts.
Puckford, Cull, Walker, Dicken, and others. The

trials commenced with the steamer's rudder alone,
going fall speed, and a circle was formed in 2 min
12 sec ; with the auxiliary alone, in 3 min 35 sec ;
with both rudders together, 2 min 15 sec. The
smallness of time gained by adding the auxiliary
was anticipated, as the Volunteer is a fiat vessel
with a very short run, and hence very unsuitable
for the experiment. The trial was considered very
satisfactory by those on board, and they expressed
an opinion that such rudders would be of especial
service to, ships of the Warrior class.
A couple of handsome gold watches, valued at
£5O, bearing each a suitable inscription, were yes-
terday received at Woolwich, to be presented to
Mr. Moores, piermaster at the Royal Arsenal, and
Mr. Brine, chief inspector of the police, from his 1
Highness the Pasha of Egypt, in testimony of their
attention to the Viceroy during his sojourn at
Woolwich.
The following appointments were made on Wed-
nesday at the Admiralty :—Capt. T. D. A. Fortescue
to the Phccbe ; Samuel Smyth, paymaster, to the
Firebrand ; Henry S. Collins, paymaster, to the
Queen ; Benjamin Foreman, engineer, confirmed
in rank ; and Corsillis E. Grant, assist.-clerk, to the
Russell.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. Peter Cracroft, to
the Aboukir ; Capt. Matthew Conolly, to the Sutlej ;
W. D. Perrey, master, to the Pheebe ; W. H.
Sharp, master, to the Sutlej ; E. J. Maitland,
master, to the Orestes ; the Rev. Loftus Graham,
chaplain, to the Formidable; J. F. Phillips, pay-
master, to the Queen ; John Donald, paymaster, to
the Sutlej ; James T. Wells, paymaster, to the
Phoebe; Thomas Clayton, assist-paymaster, to the
Phcebe ; and. John J. Hill, assist.-clerk, to the
Phcebe.