The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The new Board of Admiralty mustered in full numbers
yesterday at Whitehall, and the Right Hon. the First
Lord, Sir J. Graham, with the Secretary, Mr. Bernal
Osborne, M.P., paid their first official visit to Somerset
House.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.

We have had nothing but a succession of gales. This
morning, at half-past eight, it blew a perfect hurricane
for about half an hour from the southward, The wind
then got up to W.N.W., and promised finer weather. At
two p.m., however, it backed again to S.W., and has
been blowing and raining a deluge.
The squadron at Spithead have struck topgallant
masts, housed topmasts, got lower yards down, and pre-
pared for a stormy night.

- A clipper-built ship, of remarkable length, was brought
up at Spithead about ten a.m. She is called the Chal-
lenge, Capt. Pitts, is nearly 260 feet in length, 46 feet
beam, and over 2,000 tons. ..h.She left the Downs on Sun-
day. The boisterous state of the weather drove her in
here. She is bound to Hong-Kong.
Mr. Alfred Balliston, the Acting-Master of her Ma-
jesty's steam-yacht Elfin, has been this day confirmed or
promoted to the rank of Master, and re-appointed to the
command of the Elfin. •

The Sidon, 22, paddle steam-frigate, Captain Gold-
smith, got up steam this morning to go to Spithead, being
manned and ready for sea ; but immediately after she
cast off from her hulk some sad fatality overtook her,
and she was compelled to come to an anchor in the
middle of the harbour. We believe some important por-
tion of her machinery became deranged, which she will
immediately repair.
The Furious, 16, paddle steam-frigate, Captain Lor-
ing, got up steam this morning and proceeded to Spit-
head, to await further orders. She saluted the Acting-
Commander-in-Chief, Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8.,
on going out.

The hodney, 90, Captain Charles Graham, C. 8., is
ordered to come into this harbour.
The Simoom iron steam-frigate (screw),
18, Captain
Kingcoine, has been detained the past few days for a
freight in specie from the Treasury for conveyance to
Malta for Government service: The money, to the
amount of 10,0001., arrived in special charge from the
Treasury last night, and has since been shipped on
board the Simoom, which will leave for Malta (calling at
Queenstown for troops) as soon as the present stormy
weather moderates.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Henry Russell, is
ordered to Devonport, to be " paid down," and refit,
and will sail as soon as the weather moderates.
The Encounter, 14, screw, Captain O'Callaghan,
ordered to prepare for sea.
During the awful weather which prevailed yesterday,
is
two seamen belonging to her Majesty's ship Rodney
were drowned alongside the Victory, at about four
glean from various sources, that the boat from the Rod-
neyo'clock in the afternoon. It appears from what we can
was on shore, and, unable to return to Spithead
in
consequence of the adverse gale blowing, the crew took
her to the flag-ship for shelter. The crew had left the
boat, with the exception of the two boat-keepers, who
were in the act of securing the boat when one of them
was unfortunately knocked off the swinging-boom ; the
other, in the honourable and praiseworthy endeavour to
save the life of his shipmate, jumped overboard after
him, but both perished.

SHEERNESS, JAN. 11.
e9rl;tCheapptaroinpelBleirr of this ship, it has
—An accident havinghappened to The
Maitland.hydraulic pump
bwehTeinehheforuAanigsdeasinnaeencmedsnsaloonryw, to shift all her after guns and stores
from aft to forward, to bring herdown in the water bythe
head, for the purpose, if possible, of ascertaining the ex-
tent of the accident. If this cannot be accomplished
she will be taken into dock here these springs to make
good the damage sustained.
The Cyclops, 6.—ln consequence of a probability of
the Agamemnon requiring to be docked this frigate was
not taken into the fitting basin yesterday.
The Myrtle, William S. Bourchier, got up steam
yes-
terday at noon, and proceeded to Chatham for Mr.
Thomas Crafter, the Queen's pilot there, and returned
again. Mr. Crafter is ordered to attend to pilot her
NMoajreesttyo'sCh6aot-ghuam.
n screw steam ship Impdrieuse from the
Harwich, with 17 fine stout lads, volunteers for the ser-
vice, 16 of whom were rejected yesterday, in cense-
The Hart, P. Green, arrived here on Sunday last from
aer;vai,goh.E:biapnd sails to-da,
quence of their not having been engaged in boats or coast-
ing for 12 months, agreeable to Admiralty instructions.
opamotrttlihthey entered from Mar"
One only passed muster.
The revenue cutter Scout, Isaac Saxby, commander,
-day
arrived
bwi e t
uhu tuhv euhyeler6de lads
b ae
k yesterdayot rejectedhf from
here, who will
wich).
Commissions have arrived here for Mr. Thomas Chat-
terton and Mr. Charles Lavender, assistant-engineers,
for the steam fleet ; both have taken up their commis-
sions, and are to be borne out on her Majesty's steam
screw guard-ship Horatio.
Rattlesnake, Commander Henry Trollops.—Mr.
Christopher R. B. Wilkinson, second-master (June 12,
1849), and Mr. Philip R. Sharp, mate (October 6, 1852),
have taken up their commissions to this sloop.
Amphion, Captain Charles G. E. Patey.—Lieutenant
Charles S. Dunbar (April 1, 1847), has taken up his
commission, and Lieutenant Charles H. Clutterbuck's
commission has been sent down here for this frigate.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 11.
The Impdrieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, Captain
Watson, C. 8., had her steam up shortly after seven
o'clock this morning, and having heaved her anchor
started on a further trial trip between the Nore and
Mouse Lights, in the deep water of that channel. She
soon left the Monkey and Africa steam-vessels far
behind, to the surprise of the crews of the numerous
craft on the river ' • her low, telescopic funnel being
almost invisible over her high bulwarks, and they looked
with astonishment to see a vessel of the dimensions of
the Impdrieuse moving with such speed, and having no
paddlewheels or outward appearanco of the mode in