The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Commodore D unlop, Superintenden t of Woolwich
Dockyard, yesterday received instructions from the
Board of Admiralty to be in attendance to-day
at Gravesend and superintend the embarkation
of the Prince and Princess Louis of Ilesse (Prin-
cess Alice Maud Mary of England) and their family
for Germany. The Royal yacht Osborne, Staff
Commander D'Arcy, has arrived at Gravesend for
that purpose. The paddlewheel steamtug vessel.
Bustler, Second Master Draper, with Commodore
Dunlop and officers of the dockyard, will go down
this morning from Woolwich, the Bustler towing
down the Admiralty barge used on similar occasions.

Her Majesty's 22-gun frigate Endymion, launched
on Saturday from Deptford Dockyard, will leave
her moorings in the river this morning for Sheerness.
She will be towed to her destination by the Monkey,
Widgeon, and Locust, attached to the Woolwich,
Deptford, and Sheerness yards. The Locust went
up to Deptford yesterday from Sheerness, conveying
a number of seamen riggers from the Naval Bar-
racks there, in command of Capt. George Hodges,
R.N., Assist.-Master-Attendant of the yard, and
will navigate the Endymion to Sheerness, to be fitted
for service.

Yesterday being the 25th anniversary of the birth
of the Princess Royal, the Royal Standard was
hoisted on the flagstaffs at Woolwich.

Her Majesty's 6-gun paddle-wheel sloop Spiteful,
Commander A. W. D. Fletcher, having shipped her
guns from Woolwich Arsenal immediately after her
official trial in September last, yesterday received
her shot and ammunition at the powder buoy, and
will be inspected in a few days by Commodore
Dunlop, preparatory to her departure.
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The hired transport Richaid Wilson yesterday
arrived at Woolwich and commenced shipping guns
and other war stores for the ships at Portsmouth.
The War Department vessel Lord Raglan, Mas-
ter-Commander Wilkins, yesterday hauled alongside
the wharf at Woolwich Arsenal, and disembarked a
number of Armstrong guns brought up from Ports-
mouth to be repaired and re-sighted for service, and
the Lord Panmure, steam store vessel, Master-
Commander Moore, yesterday commenced shipping
200 tons of shot and shell for Portsmouth, and will
sail in a few days.
The Turkish paddlewheel yacht Fuad went down
the river on her official trial on Monday, and made
the prescribed run at the Lower Hope. She was
built by the Millwall Company, under the direction
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made 41 revolutions per minute. The builders were
represented by Mr. Lungley ; Mr. Trickett was in
attendance from Woolwich Dockyard by order of
the Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Ravenhill at-
tended in charge of the engines.
Mr. John Large, R.A., master gunner, Thorn
Island fortress, has been pensioned, after 28 years'
service. On the 19th of February, 1861, during a
dreadful gale of wind, Mr. Large, at the risk of his
life, rescued three men from the brigantine Har-
mony, which was wrecked in Freshwater West Bay.