The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-23 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Royal Albert will be all ataunt. with top gallant
masts sent an-end, on Saturday next, the 26th inst.
(the armtverssry day of the birth of his Royal Highness
Princ Albert.) She will,, if the tides permit, be put
out of d..ck on the same day, if not on Monday follow-
nig, Her steam machinery department will be quite
ready by that time.
The crew of the Impregnable, 104, Captain Wise, in
Hamoaze, rove life lines on Mon lay for exercise of the
crew, preparatory to the arrival of the Lords of the
Ad mita! ty.

Cotoastis, 80, Captain R. S. Robinson, has got every-
thing on board except powder. She will now paint
outside, and with another 150 blue jackets is ready for
any service in 24 hours. She has stowed 290 tons of
coals, and has found more room for provisions than could
have been expected. She has picked up lots of Atholl
men.

The frigate Inconstant, 36, has been towed from her
moorings in Hamoaze to the jetty of the Devonport
dockyard to be jury-rigged and fitted as a receiving-
ship for Queenstown.

The Eck, 20, screw steam corvette, recently launched
from the shipbuilding yard of John Scott Russell and
Company, with all her machinery on board, and one of
Griffith's screw propellers in its proper place, was taken
into dock at Woolwich, to be coppered and made ready
for commission.

The Malacca is completing her stock of coals at Sheer-
ness from the brig Porcia, of Colchester. More iron
ballast is being bent off to bring her down to her intended
displacement in the water. A number of the blue jackets,
since receiving their advance, have been on liberty on
shore. The men are most punctual in their return at
the expiration of their leave, and they express a wish
that they may be sent where they can do their duty to
their country and their officers. '
The Harrier, 16, new screw sloop, was removed from
the steam-factory basin at Portsmouth yesterday, and
placed alongside the dockyard for facility of equipment.
Commander Story had not arrived yesterday to commis-
sion her.

The Salamander, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Priest,
hauled out of the factory-basin yesterday morning to the
stream in the harbour, to have her compasses adjusted.
The Spy brigantine had her compasses adjusted yes-
terday (by swinging ship), under the directions of Mr.
John C. Barlow, master of the Formidable, guard-ship
of ordinary;

The Rhadamanthus, paddlewheel steam store•vessel,
Master Commander Belam, has been sent into the basin
at Woolwich to take on board a portion of the machinery
of the Exmouth, 91, screw steamship at Devonport, and
convey it to that port. She left the Melampus, 42,
frigate, at Pembroke, as it is now doubtful if that ship
will proceed to Glasgow to bring round the machinery
said to have been made by Napier for the Russian Go-
vernment. Mr. Napier states that the engines in ques-
tion were never intended to be sent to Russia, and,
therefore, they are not liable to be seized by the British
Government.

The Black Eagle, Master-Commander Petley, arrived
on Monday evening with some of the Lords of the Ad-
miralty from Weymouth.
The Vivid, steam-vessel, arrived in harbour yesterday
morning from the eastward.
The American packst sailed from St. Helen's roads
yesterday morning for New York.