The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-23 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
In addition to the mail to be made up for the White
Sea squadron this evening, via Hull, Chri:itiansand, and
Wangoe, mails will also be made up at the General Post
Office for the British army in Turkey, and the British
fleet in the Black Sea, to be forwarded through France,
and from Marseilles by French mail packet to Constan•

The Volcano steam gun-vessel has been ordered for
immediate service in the Baltic. She has been commis.
sioned by Commander Roberts, and yesterday the entry
of the crew commenced at the naval rendezvous, Tower.
hill.

Advices were received yesterday at Lloyd's, that her
Majesty's steamer Tribune, Capt. Carnegie, bound for
the Black Sea, had been spoken, all well, on the 13th
inst., in 36 N, 3 E.
The Royal Albert, 131 guns, is to have a complement.
of 1,000 men, including officers. Commander A. Littl67
was expected at Sheerness yesterday to commission this
ship.

When the Esk screw steain.sloop went down the river
on Monday it was found that her engines, of 250 horse
power, on tho oseilating direct-action principle, worked
well, making GS revolutions per minute. She has been.
since taken into the basin at Woolwich to be fitted with.
all possible despatch for sea.
The Wellington tlerd-rate guardship, of ordinary pro
tent. at Sheerness was paid off yesterday, and her officers
and crew officially transferred to the Formidable, 84'
guns. They will remain hulked o:i board the Welling,.
ton until the Formidable is ready to receive them. She
is progressing slowly in her fitment, in consequence of
all force being put on the Royal Albert to equip her.
The Formidable has sent her topmasts on end, and with
more assistance she can shortly be completed. Her fit-
ment is proceeding under the directions of Commander
Josiah Thompson.
The Hannibal, 90, new screw steamship, of 450 horses'
power, Captain the Hon. Frederick W. Grey, slipped
from her moorings off Folly Point, at 8.30 a.m. yester•
day,
assisted by the Wildfire and Adder steamveseels.
Steam was got up in Saltpan Reach. The steamvesselg
having been cast off, she proceeded under her own steam.
power, and in a short time left the Adder and Wildfire
far in her rear. Her draught of water at the time was
—aft 25 feet 5 inches, and forward 32 feet 1 inch. She
proceeded on a trial of her machinery under pilot charge
of Thomas Crafter, Queen's pilot at Chatham. She
passed the flag-ship Waterloo, 120, at the garrison point,
at 10.30 a.m., rounded the Nore Light vessel at 10.43
a.m., and ran up Sea Reach, where she was turned by
her helm within her own circle. Sho returned again for
the harbour, and repassed the flagship at 11.30 a.rn. Her
rate of speed on this trial averaged over nine knots per
hour, on distance run, making the usual allowance for
the tides. She then proceeded to the moorings appro-
priated for her at Blackstakes, for the purpose of coal-
ing, taking in ammunition, shell, &c., and to adjust her
compasses by swinging ship. The latter will commence
as soon as she has completed her coaling of 500 tons.
Her engines average 32 revolutions per minute, with a
pressure of Plb. ; she was propelled by her new brass
screw with a pitch of 11 feet 6 inches, in lieu of one of
12 feet 6- inches formerly fitted, which is now to be ap-
propriated as a spare one, and is most conveniently
stowed immediately over the engine-room hatchway. On.
the starting of her machinery it was found that some of
the bearings which had been exposed to the transit of
chain cables, cordage, and other stores of various de-
scriptions, had accumulated a quantity of dirt and rub-
bish ; they became heated from the friction, but it was
shorty obviated by the dirt working its way out. The
machinery then acted admirably without the slightest de-
rangement. This ship is supplied with extra weights to
increase the pressure to 161 b. on the square inch, instead
of 121 b., as at present, whereby she will be enabled to
work her steam more expansively, and by this produce
a greater amount of power, with the same expenditure
of fuel. The machinery was superintended during the
trial by Mr. D. Partridge, of Woolwich dockyard. The
engines were originally made by Messrs. Scott and Sin-
clair, and put into the Greenock, from which ship they
were removed, and, after some alterations, fitted on.
board by the engineering department at Woolwich yard.
This ship numbers in crew at present about 470, clear of
her officers. She has the electric telegraph from her
poop, leading down into hsr engine room. There she
has a large dial plate fitted up on the fore side of the
after beam, with a conspicuous hand, under control of
the electric wire, which hand indicates on the port side
for movements a-head, as follows :—stop, slow, half-
speed, faster, full-speed, and it has a similar index in the
starboard side for movements astern. Thus the engineer
driving has the index immediately at all times before
him. The loud ringing of a bell is caused by each elec-
tric communication from the poop. This electric com-
municator has been patented by Captain William Cris-
pin, of her Majesty's yacht Fairy, and was fitted by
Mr. Alen, engineer, of London.
The following appointments have been made :
Lieutenant Hon. R. F. Boyle (1543), to command the
Spy, 3, brigantine, commissioned this day at Chatham.
Master William R. Madge (1832), to the Royal Al-
bert, screw steam-ship at Sheerness.
Assistant Engineer of the third class Henry Paine, to
the fleet.

Masters' Assistants.—William Stewart, to the Han-
nibal, 91, screw steamship, at Chatham ; Charles J.
Bigley, to the Gorgon, paddlewheel steam sloop ; Hugh
11. Ilanny, to the Monarch, &t ; Frederick Borne, to
the Boscawen, 70 ; James J. Brunton, to the Colossus,
scrc-v steamship, at Portsmouth ; James C. Thomas,
to the Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport ; Jesse Dixon,
to the Majestic, 80, screw steamship ; E. 11. C. Smith,
to the Royal George, 120, screw steamship.
Clerks.—B. B. French (1554), to the Colossus, 80,
screw steamship ; Jonathan Mayne (1854), to the Vic-
tory flagship, at Portsmouth ; F. M. Duane, to the
Royal Albert.

Seamen continue to volunteer freely at Liverpool for
the Royal Navy. On Wednesday evening 15 more
were forwarded from that port to the ►metropolis.
Yesterday the directors of the East India Company
gave notice at Lloyd's that a ship was required to con-
vey 300 more troops from the river Thames to Calcutta.
They are to embark between the 23d of July and the
4th of August.
Yesterday the transport Arthur the Great, No. 28,
in getting under weigh in the Downs, with troops and
stores for the Black Sea, got into collision with the,
Plaugh, of Whitby, earring away jibbom. It is ex-
pected that she will put back to Sheerness to make
good the damage.