The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 30.
Captain Patey and the men who were injured with
him on board the Amphion are going on favourably to-
day.
The Neptune, 120, Captain E. H. Scott, is taking in
her sea-stores, preparatory to going to Spithead. Rear-
Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., struck his flag on board this
ship last night at sunset, and went on three days' leave.
During his absence the superintendence of this dockyard
will devolve on Master-Attendant Underwood.

The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fremantle,
is ordered to be expedited as much as possible, to rejoin
the Spithead fleet, and the steamtactory staff are work-
ing over hours to get her out of hand. She has shipped
her new boilers, and hauled off from under the slings to
alongside the factory jetty to-day.
The Banshee, express vessel, Lieutenant Hosken com-
manding, having replenished fuel, &c., returned to the
Spithead fleet this afternoon.
The violence of the weather having somewhat mode-
rated, the ships at Spithead re-hoisted loweryards, top-
masts, and topgallantmasts this morning.
150 convicts are employed in repairing the works of
Fort Cumberland, which commands the entrance to
Spithead from the eastward.
A convict prison, to accommodate 300, with their
quota of officers, is ordered to be erected at Gosport,
the transit of convicts from the Portsmouth side in boats,
whenever any work for them was laid on the Gosport
shore, having been found both inconvenient, expensive,
and unsafe. The Secretary of State's order for this
establishment arrived here this morning ; and Captain
Knight, the Governor of the Portsea Convict Prison for
1,000 men (at whose suggestions the Gosport depot has
been ordered), with other officials, has been at Gosport
to-day, with the view of selecting the most eligible site.
This sort of " tender," as it will be, to the Portsea pri-
son will be built of corrugat2J iron, and commenced
forthwith ; this port A;11, with the addition of the Gos-
port 300, therefore, soon have upwards of 1,300 convicts
located ashore.

PEMBROKE, JUNE 30.
The Rover, 18-gun brig, launched on the 21st inst. at
this dockyard, has been in the hands of Mr. Brown,
second-master attendant, and a party of about 40 seamen
riggers, for the purpose of being fitted with jury gear,
&c., prior to being navigated round to Devonport. Her
model is pronounced to be a very good one, and there is
every probability that she will prove a fast sailer. The
following are her principal dimensions :

Feet. Inch.
Length between perpendiculars ... 110 0
Breadth, extreme ... ... •• . 34 10
Depth of hold •• • ... ... 15 0
Burden in tons .. 550 2-3
.

The Caesar, two•decker, 90 guns, will, it is expected,
be launched on the 20th or 21st of next month ; and, in
order to hasten her completion, nearly the whole of the
available strength of the dockyard has been placed upon
her. She is fitted with the auxiliary screw propeller,
and will he the third line-of-battle ship sent afloat from
this establishment in the space of nine months.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 30.
APPOINTMENTS.

Mates—George B. Golden (1852), from the Excellent
gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth, to the Vesuvius steam-
sloop, at Portsmouth ; Robert S. Chisholme (1853) to
the Sybille, 40, at Devonport.
Midshipman--Daniel O'Connell to the Tribune, 30,
screw steam-frigate, at Sheerness.
Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Gilbert L. King (1853) to
the Vesuvius; John C. Robertson (1853) to the Tribune.
Naval Cadet—C. S. P. Woodruffe to the Agamem-
non, 91, screw steamship, at Portsmouth.
Clerk—John B. Swann (1851), recently serving in
the Hastings, 72, on the East India station, to the
Vesuvius, at Portsmouth.

Commodore Henry Eden, Mr. Atherton, chief engi-
neer at the factory ; the Rev. J. C. Connelly, chaplain
of the Fisgard flag-ship ; and Mr. McAvoy, schoolmas-
ter at the dockyard, have been engaged during yester-
day and to-day and just concluded the examination of

32 boys, candidates for admission as engineers in the
faotory and for the naval service. The examinations in-
cluded reading; writing, arithmetic, vulgar fractions,
decimal fractions, algebra, and mathematics. The
ability of the boys, aged from I3i to 17 years, and the
quickness of their answers, were surprising in many in-
stances ; and, altogether, the examination was of a very
satisfactory nature. The boys were brought up from
vari.;!. - parts of the country, and will be entered as op-
unities offer.
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COURT CIRCULAR.

Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Prussia
and the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, left Buckingham
Palace at half-past 9 o'clock yesterday morning for the
camp at Chobham. Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros,
Count Puckler, Count Goltz, and Baron Treskow being
in attendance on- heir Royal Highnesses.
The Queen left Buckingham Palace at half-past 11
o'clock for the camp, accompanied by the Princess
Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess and the Princess
Louise of Prussia, the Duchess of Saxe Coburg Gotha,
and the Prince of Hohenlohe Langenburg. The Royal
suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe,
the Countess Oriolla, and Lord Charles Fitzroy.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their
royal visitors, returned to Buckingham Palace soon after
five o'clock.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duke and Duchess
of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the Prince of Hohenlohe-
Langenburg, went, at ten minutes to ten o'clock last
evening, to visit the Duchess of Gloucester, at her resi-
denee.,..Gloueesterhouse, Piccadilly. The royal suite
consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, the Hon.
Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Countess
von Hacke, the Countess Oriolla, Baroness de Wangen-
heim, the Marquis of Ormonde, Major-General Berke-
ley Drummond, the Master of the Household, Lord
Charles Fitzroy, Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros,
Count Puckler, Count Unit; Count Boos, Baron See-
bach, and Baron Treskow.
Her Itoyal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accom-
panied by the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, and
attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lord James
Murray, went from Clarence House, St. James's to be
present at the concert given by the Duchess of Glou-
cester last evening.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday,
at her residence in St. James's Palace.
The commanding-officer and the officers of the escort
of the 2d Life Guards, which attended his Majesty the
King of Hanover to Buckingham Palace on the occasion
of the christening of Prince Leopold, the lieutenant of
the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen•at-Arms, command-
ing the guard of honour to his Majesty in the Palace,
and the officer commanding the escort of Royal Horse
Guards on the King's visit to Windsor, had the honour
of dining with his Majesty in Grosvenor-place on
Wednesday evening.
Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., had an interview with the
Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in
Downing-street.
A deputation on the subject of the extension line of
railway to Bantry had an interview with the Right
Hon. E. Cardwell yesterday at the Board of Trade.
The deputation consisted of the Earl of Bandon, Mr.
Winkworth, Mr. F. T. Mackreth, Sir M. Barrington,
Mr. P. D. Jeffers, Mr. John A. Radcliffe, Mr. Thomas
and Colonel Chatterton.

Mr. Fitzjames and Mr. Hamilton had interviews yes-
terday with the Earl of Aberdeen.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday in the Council Chamber. The lords present
were—The Lord Justices Turner and Knight Bruce,
Sir John Dodson, and Sir E. Ryan. The appeal from
Bengal, " Rai Srl Kishen v. Rai Huree Kishen" (part
heard), was concluded, and judgment given by Lord
Justice Turner.