The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-04 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The members of the new medical board, to which we
referred yesterday, are, we understand, to be Sir John
Richardson, Sir John Liddle, and Dr. Bryson. We believe
that this change in the medical department was originally-
propounded by the late Board of Admiralty, and as Cap-
tain Milne has been a member of the late, preceding, and
present boards, the alteration has been favourably consi-
dered. We do not yet know the exact position to be oc-
cupied by the respected director general of the medical de-
partment, Sir -William Burnett. We are, however, quite
satisfied that the services of this useful public servant will
not be neglected nor slighted.

PORTSMOUTH, MAT 3.
A court-martial was held to-day on board the Victory,
to try Eugene Egan, a seaman of the Agamemnon, for ab-
senting himself without leave from a boat belonging to
that ship, while on duty at Haslar Hospital, on the 22d of
March, with intent to desert. Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8.,
of the Agamemnon, prosecuted for the Admiralty. The
charge was fully proved, and, as he was a naval appren-
tice, he was sentenced to be imprisoned for 10 extender
months in Winchester gaol.
The Conflict advance screw-sloop' having shipped a
Boomerang propeller, steamed out of the basin this morn-
ing, ready to make another trial of her speed "to-morrow,
and at which a number of naval and scientific men are
expected to be present.
The Cygnet sloop, Captain R. White," exiled from Spit-
head last evening for Plymouth, to be paid off.
The Encounter, screw-frigate, came into harbour this
morning to be supplied with new boiler..
The Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, got
up her steam this afternoon and proceeded to Stoke's Bay
Ito test her speed by the measured mile. The trial lasted
between two and three hours, and was highly satisfactory.
Additional hands have to-day been put on the Princess
Royal, 90, screw steam-ship, building in this yard, in order
Io expedite her so that she may be launched next month.
t is understood to be her Majesty's wish that the launch
of this fine vessel should take place at a time when she
may be able to witness it.
The Duke of Wellington, 131 (screw), Captain Henry
Byam Martin, has the ordnance lighters alongside, and is
receiving her heavy armament therefrom ; her main-deck
guns were mounted to-day.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 3.
Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Argus, Commander
Purvis, sailed last evening for Halifax and the West
Indies. . .

The Avon steam-tender, Master-Commander Veitch,
sailed yesterday for Falmouth, to bring the detachment of
infantry stationed at Pendennis Castle, to this garrison to
join head quarters. They will be replaced by a detachment
of artillery from Woolwich, which will be taken there by
the Duke of Cornwall merchant steamer.

WOOLWICH, MAY 3.
APPOINTMENTS.

Assistant-Surgeon Charles Harper (1853), recently serv-
ing in the Phaeton, 50, to the Hogue, 60, steam guard-
ship, at Devonport.
Master's-Assistant John Richards to the Banshee steam-
packet, at Portsmouth.
The Fishgard flag-ship of Commodore Henry Eden, and
all the ships in ordinary at this port, were paid down to-
day.
The Melampus, 42-gun frigate, was towed from Wool-
wich to Sheerness to-day by the Monkey steam-vessel.
The Melampus has on board the machinery of the Janes
Watt, 90, ordered to be brought round from Pembroke,
where she was launched, to Devonport. The Melampus
has also taken the boilers of the Algiers, 90, for convey-
ance to Dovonport.
The Cyclops steam-frigate was taken into the basin to-
day to receive on board the machinery of the Algiers for
conveyance to Devonport, and on arriving at Sheerness on
her way round she will take the Melampus in tow from
that port to Devonport.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master-Commander H. W.
Allen, was taken into the basin to-day.
The weather has been as yet so unfavourable that Cap-
tain Washington has deferred laying down the electric tele-
graph cable from this country to Ostend. The Lizard
steam-vessel will direct the course of the wire, which will
be paid out from one of the screw steam collier vessels.
Vessels in the Harbour.—Fisgard, flag-ship of Commo-
dore Henry Eden ; Phcenix screw steam-sloop, Commander
Edward A. Inglefield ; Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master.
Commander John E. Petley ; Rhadamanthus steam-vessel,
Master-Commander Belam, in commission ; and the Spite-
ful, Merlin, Medina, and Medusa steam-vessels, not in
commission.

In the Basin.—Terrible steam-frigate; Hecate steam-
sloop ; Rifleman screw steam-sloop ; Frometheus steam-
sloop ; Janus and Jackall, steam-vessels.
In the Docks.—Tribune, 30, screw steam frigate ;
Un-
dine, Dover mail steam packet; and the Dover, iron steam
vessel.