The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

NA V AL INTELLIGENCE.

SHEERNESS, Nov. 23.
The Spy, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander
Henry B. Beresford, passed here yesterday from the
West Coast of Africa, last from Portsmouth, for Chatham,
to be stripped and paid off. During her entire commis-
sion her crew have been very healthy, with a few excep-
tions.

The Rhadamanthus, 4, paddiewheel steam transport,
Master-Commander John Belam, arrived here at 4.15
p.m. yesterday, from Milford, Devonport, and last from
Portsmouth. She has brought seamen volunteers for
the Royal George and the Diamond —six seamen for the
former and seven for the latter named ship. After dis-
charging stores for this and Chatham yards, she will
proceed hence to Woolwich, to complete her discharge.
The Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship, Captain
Henry J. Codrington (20th January, 1826).—This ship
is now all a-taunt. Her rigging is being thoroughly rat-
lined down, and she is reported to be ready for leaving
the fitting basin on the 7th of December next, shortly
after which she will steam round to the westward, accom-
panied by either the Cyclops or Driver steam-vessel, in
order to complete her complement of seamen, of which
at present she is very short.
The Diamond, 28 guns, Captain William Peel, is now
nearly complete in her fitment, and will shortly be
ready to leave the basin ; Captain Peel has had the
pick of some very fine able-bodied seamen, and at pre-
sent is only a few short of her complement of blue
jackets.

- Captain the Hon. Montague Stopford, of the flagship
Waterloo, has this day commenced his duties as Cap-
tain-Superintendent of her Majesty's Dockyard here,
in the absence (on leave) of Captain-Superintendent
Charles Hope.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 28.
APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants,—Herbert F. Ingram (1845), from the
Neptune, 120, guard-ship at Portsmouth ; Henry W.
Corneck (1848), from the Excellent gunnery-ship, at
Portsmouth ; and Robert G. Tufneil (1847), to the Bos-
cawen, 70, at Chatham, flagship of Rear-Admiral Fan-
shawe, for the North American and West Indies
station ; R. Chambers, to the Blenheim, 60, screw
steam-guardship, at Portsmouth.
The Apollo, troop ship, commissioned at Chatham by
Master-Commander George Johnson, recently serving
in the Boscawen, arrived at Woolwich to-day, being
now ready for sea, and will take on board detachments
of the Royal Artillery, amounting altogether to about
180 men, and convey them to Gibraltar, Malta, and
Corfu, to fill up the companies at these stations. The
Apollo will at the same time take on board a supply
of stores for the ships and war steamers on the Medi-
terranean station.

The Orion, originally designed for an 80-grin sailing
ship, has been lengthened on the slip on which she was
built at Chatham Dockyard, and will now mount 90
guns, and be similar to the Agamemnon. The Orion,
when launched, is to be fitted with engines of 600-horse
power, by John Penn and Son, similar to those in the
Agamemnon. The Repulse, originally designed as an
80-gun sailing ship, has been lengthened on the slip on
which she was built at Pembroke, and will now mount
90 guns of the same class as those in the Agamemnon,
and, when launched, will be fitted with engines of
600-horse power, by Maudslay, Sons, and Field.
The Pylades, 50, frigate, building at Sheerness, is to
be fitted with engines of 350-horse power, by John Penn
and Son, similar to those in the Euryalus, 50, built at
Chatham.

The Curacoa, 50, frigate, building at Pembroke, is to
be fitted with engines of 350-horse power, by Maudslay,
Sons, and Field.

The Harrier sloop, building at Pembroke, is to be
fitted with engines of 100-horse power, by Humphrys,
Tennant, and Dyke.
The Falcon, 16, building at Pembroke, and the Fawn,
16, building at Deptford, are to be fitted with engines of
100-horse power to each, by Miller, Ravenhill, Salkeld,
and Co.

The Hornet sloop, building at Deptford, is to be fitted
with engines of 60-horse power, by Bolton and Watt.
The Swallow, 8, and the Ariel, 8, both building at
Pembroke, are to be fitted with engines of 60-horse
power, by Miller, Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co.
The engines of the above vessels are all adapted for
screw propellers, with which these steamers will be
fitted, and, as they will all be ready by the end of the
next financial year, the Royal Navy of 1854 will have
an addition to its strength of two 90-gun screw steam-
ships, two 50-gun frigates, equal to the Imperithise,
three steam-sloops of 16 guns, and two steam-sloops of
8 guns each, besides the vessels at present in a more
advanced state.