The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

SHEERNESS, JUNE 15.
The Monarch, 84, guard-ship of ordinary, Captain
Charles Hope, is now all ataut, her standing rigging is
being dressed down, and she is all ready for reeving run-
ning gear and bending sails.
The Nerbudda, 12, gun brig, Commander Boyd, has
this day been inspected, and officers and crew mustered,
by Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, flag captain, in
consequence of the indisposition of the Commander-in-
Chief the Hon. Josceline Percy, C. 8., &c.
The Cyclops, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, now in
charge of Mr. Benjamin Renaud, master, R.N.(lent from
Horatio), is ordered to return all her armament (except
two small guns) and ammunition to the ordnance de-
partments at Chatham and Upnor, and it is reported
that she will in future be appropriated as a steam trans-
port and employed on particular service (like the steam-
transport Rhadamanthus), and be commanded by a
master in service. Mr. Renand, now in charge, is
spoken of as likely to retain his present command.
The Horatio, 24 guns, screw steam guard-ship, on
her crew being turned over to the Tribune, will be ap
propriated as a receiving ship for the instruction of
seamen. Able-bodied landsmen will be permitted to
enter the service, and will be instructed in seamanship
and gunnery, &c., on board this frigate, and when qua-
lified will be draughted into other ships as ordinary
seamen. An order has been received, giving directions
that in future the crew of this ship are not to be em-
ployed, as formerly, in rigging and getting ready for
being commissioned ships ordered to be brought forward,
and for that purpose taken into the fitting basin. This
duty, in future, will be carried out, under the directions
of the Master-Attendant, by the seamen riggers belong.
ing to the dockyard. We have known, for many months
past, of fine healthy countrymen, who have left their
agricultural pursuits and arrived here, not doubting for
a moment that:they could be entered in the navy ; and
who, on being rejected, have immediately proceeded to
the garrison and enlisted in the Royal Artillery corps.
Many of these aro now smart and well-drilled artillery-
men, and the same time would' have made them *Matt
active seamen could they have entered.
The Royal George, 120, screw steam-line-of-IT:Lae
ship, will be put out of dock at Chatham on the 2.8 d
inst., and will be immediately towed down here and
taken into the fitting basin. Her boilers rid machinery
are to be sent down here from Woolwich and Blackwall,
and she is to receive them on board here while lying un-
der the masting sheers, for the convenience of the appa-
rP,tus for transshipping and lowering her boilers and
other heavy parts of her monster machinery into their
respective positions. _ _

The BosCawen, 70, guard-ship-of•ordinary at Chatham,
Caesin Peter Richards, is ordered to be approptiabed for
receiving landsmen, precisely on the same ritinciple as
the Horatio.

The Cuckoo paddle-wheel steam-vessel has been
ordered to return from Gravesend, where she has been
for some time past engaged in searching outward bound
ships for deserters. Her officers and crew will be re-
turned to the flag-ship Waterloo to-morrow.
The Myrtle, paddle-wheel steam-;,ender to Monarch,
has repaired her defects, and left the basin to-day. She
has again taken her moorings ready for service when re-
quired.

THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.—The contract has been
taken for the erection of a new formidable battery which
is to be built on Grain Spit, opposite the Garrison Point
at the entrance of the river Medway. The Admiralty
have been pleased to issue an order that the Captain-
Superintendent of this dockyard is to supply on loan any
lighters, boats, cranes, or gear of any description the
Ordnance may require to facilitate the erection of the
said battery, the foundation for which has been laid for
some time past. This battery will not only command
the fairway ship track up Sea Reach, abreast of South-
end, but will also form a most commanding and destruc-
tive concentrated crossfire with the garrison batteries
here against any ships attempting to enter the Medway.

PEMBROKE.
The launch of the Rover brig of war has been ap-
pointed to take place on Tuesday next, the 21st inst.
Immediately after being ballasted and jury-rigged she
will be navigated round to Devonport, and for this pur-
pose the Master-Attendant, Mr. Brown, with his party
of seamen riggers, attend at this establishment. The
Ifamoaze lighter brings round jury-gear and rigging
from the above yard.
The newly appointed Master-Shipwright, Mr. 0. Lang
(son of the late Mr. 0. Lang,
Master-Shipwright at
Woolwich), has been required to attend before the Par-
liamentary committee now sitting on the communication
between London and

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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS-(THIS EVENING.)

The LORD CuANcELLoR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition from the
Grand Jury of Dublin, praying that a system of regis-
tration of births, deaths, and marriages be established in
Ireland.

THE BISHOPRIC OF SYDNEY.
Lord REDESDALE asked the noble duke the Secre-
tary of State for the Colonies what was the reason of
the delay which has occurred in the appointment of a
successor to the late Bishop of Sydney, who died in
England on the 20th of February last ?
The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that some altera-
tion had been contemplated in the present division of the
colonial see, and until that was determined he had not
thought it his duty to recommend her Majesty to fill up
the vacancy caused by the death of the late bishop.
The Bishop of SALISBURY put a series of questions
to the Lord President of the Council, relative to the
subject of education. The right rev. prelate entered into
a long statement on the subject, but the nature of them
did not reach the gallery, as the right rev. prelate spoke
in so indistinct a tone of voice as to be almost.inaudible,
and totally unintelligible.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS EVENING.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
—Alston Roads ; Birmingham and Oxford Junction,
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley and Great
Western Railways ; Burton-upon-Trent Improvement
(No. 2) ; Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Rail-
way ; London and North-Western and London and
Blackwall Railways ; Pelham Clinton's Estate ; Spald-
ing Improvement.
The reports upon the following bills were considered
and agreed to, and the bills ordered to be read a third
time : Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway ;
Holme Reservoirs (No. 2) ; London and North-
Western Railway (Saint Alban's, &c.) ; Saint Mar-
garet and Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster,
Vestries ' • Westminster Improvements ; Halifax Water-
works and Improvement.
The London and Finsbury Improvements and Rail-
way, &c., Bill was read a second time.
PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented against the bill for
the registration of assurances, and against the bill for
the inspection of nunneries.
Sir J. DUKE presented a petition from a place in
Scotland in favour of the release of Edward Murray.
Lord HOTHAM presented a petition from Yorkshire
in favour of the Nunneries Bill.
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Basingstoke
against the Education Bill.
Captain SCOPELL presented a petition from Bath in
favour of the inspection of nunneries.
Mr. COBBETT presented a petition from Oldham,
praying for the free distribution of Parliamentary pa-
pers to literary and scientific institutions.
Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Maryle-
bone against the occupation of Rome by the French
troops.

PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
Mr. C. PORTESCUE gave notice that on Monday
next he would move for leave to bring in a bill to extend
the Public Libraries Act to Ireland.