The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-01 00:00:00

711 E NAVY.

Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, second in command
in the Mediterranean, embarked at Portsmouth on
Monday afternoon on board the Fire Queen steam
yacht, Master-Commander Paul, and, proceeding
out to Spithead, joined his ship, the Edgar, 86,
screw, Capt. Hon. F. F. Foley. On hoisting his
flag he received the usual honorary salute from the
ship's guns. At 6 a.m. yesterday the Edgar left
Spithead under steam for Portland and Lisbon. The
Edgar was recommissioned under somewhat dis-
advantageous conditions, but, from the popularity
of her admiral, captain, and commander, she speedily
obtained a superior crew. Her rig and equipment
have been carried out with great care, and few ships
have left England for foreign service in better con-
dition.

The Revenge, 86, screw, Capt. C. Fellowes, flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral R.Smart, K.H., Commander-
in-Chief of the Channel fleet, has been docked at
Portsmouth to ascertain the extent of the damage
she sustained by getting on shore during her recent
cruise in the Baltic. This has been found to be
very slight, and is confined to the after portion of
her false keel. Workmen are now employed setting
up stout shores under the ship's quarters, to enable
them to remove the blocks underneath the keel and
carry out the required repairs.

The Falcon, 17, screw, Commander Heneage, is
stripping alongside Portsmouth Dockyard, and is
expected to pay out of commission on Monday next.
The St. George, 86, screw, Capt. the Hon. F.
Egerton, is having her defects made good at Spit-
head. She is reported ready for sea on the 10th
inst. According to present arrangements she pro-
ceeds to Lisbon.

Letters received from the Bacchante, 51, screw
frigate, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir T. M. Mait-
land, commanding in the Pacific, are dated from
Esquimault harbour, Vancouver's, July 10, where
it was expected the ship would remain until the end
of September. Several naval courts-martial had been
held during the stay of the Bacchante at Esqui-
mault. An engineer of the Charybdis had been
dismissed his ship and sent to England. Two days
afterwards another engineer in the same ship was
put under arrest for drunkenness, and hung himself
in the stockhole. Another court-martial was ordered
to be held on three officers belonging to the Came-
leon for attempted desertion at Mazatlan.

The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, Master-Com-
mander Whinier, having been supplied with a new
shaft and new framework to her machinery, da-
maged in accompanying the royal squadron to Ant-
werp, has again taken up her moorings off Wool-
wich dockyard, in readiness for service. The Vivid
was yesterday brought under the sheers at Wool.
with to undergo repairs of damages sustained on
the same occasion.

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at Portsmouth of a stern rudder constructed on the
patented plan of a Mr. Lumley. The peculiarity of
the rudder consists in its being cut in two vertically
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