The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-08 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 7.
THE SPITHEAD FLEET.

The Blenheim, 60,,Captain Henderson, C. 8., returned
from Ireland yesterday morning, and rejoined the fleet.
The Queen, 116, Captain Michell, arrived to-day.
The programme of the review, on Thursday, is offi-
cially what we gave on Saturday. It is feared the St.
Jean d'Acre, 110, cannot be got up in time from Ply-
mouth. The Lords of the Admiralty have engaged
apartments at the George Hotel for seven members of
the Board (the full number all but one), and will arrive
at Portsmouth on Wednesday, on which day a part of
the fleet will get under weigh (the sailing line-of-battle
ships), or be taken in tow, and drop outside the Knab.
On the following morning the remainder of the fleet (at
Spithead) will " dress ship" early, and prepare to man
yards, salute, &c., on the arrival of the Queen in the
Royal yacht. After the ceremony of receiving the Queen
by a general Royal salute, &c., the steamers will weigh
and follow the Royal yacht in two divisions outside the
Knab, where they will join the other six sail, where
various evolutions will be performed, terminating in a
sham action, under the directions of Vice-Admiral Sir
Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., the Admiral of the Fleet for
the day, whose temporary flag-ship (the Duke of Wel-
lington) it is expected that her Majesty will board, also
that of Rear-Admiral Corry (Agamemnon), and probably
others. After the review the whole will return to Spit-
head. Portsmouth and the surrounding neighbourhood
are filling very fast with visitors, anxious to see this im-
portant marine spectacle ; already the hotels are nearly
all occupied, and private lodgings are at a premium.
Boat accommodation, especially steamers, is daily be-
spoken, and any Thames steamers of good tonnage might
make a good speculation of the trip round to embark the
thousands of holiday strangers, who otherwise, we fear,
will have but little chance of getting a glimpse of the
doings outside Spithead. At present the fleet is moored
thus :

Westward and Port division• Starboard division
Blenheim ... Duke of Wellington ... Banshee
Sidon ••• London ... ... Prince Regent
Odin Agamemnon ... ... Hogue
Leopard ... Ajax ... ... Edinburgh
Vesuvius ... Amphion Imperieuse
Magicienne Encounter ... Arrogant
Valorous ... Desperate ... ... Tribune
Vulture ... Highflyer
Prussian frigate Gefion, 46, and Amazone, 12, to the
eastward.
It is reported that the Neptune, 120, is to make up
her complement by a draught from the Excellent, and
join the fleet at Spithead to-morrow or Tuesday.
By a private letter from the West India squadron,
dated the 21st ult., we learn the courts-martial on the
first lieutenant and engineer of the Medea had not been
held, but were daily expected. Both officers remained
under arrest, and Lieut. Robson, of the flag-ship Cum-
berland, was lent to her to do first lieutenant's duty ad
interim. The Vestal, 26, Captain Thompson, was at
Halifax, preparing to be hove down to repair damage
sustained by taking the ground off Newfoundland. The
Buzzard, 6, Commander Dobbie, had detained a slave
vessel under Spanish colours ; after holding her two
months, she was given up by the judicial authorities,
not being considered a legal capture ; but this decision
was, it is said, arrived at in a manner the most unique.
There was not an equal number of commissioners to
settle the case, and so those present tossed up for choice
of decision, and the slave party won the toss.
The Prussian Commodore Schroeder and officers of the
Prussian frigate and corvette went on board the Excel-
lent on Friday to witness practice from that ship.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 6.
The Avon, steam-vessel, arrived from Portsmouth,
yesterday.
The Scorpion, brig, will be placed in dock on Monday,
preparatory to being put in commission.
The James Watt, 90, screw steam-ship, is ordered to
be put in commission.
The frigate Madagascar was masted yesterday.
Six apprentices to shipwrights were entered in the
Devonport Dockyard to-day.

AUG. 7.

This morning, at 5 o'clock, a paddle-wheel steam-
frigate, under steam and canvas, was observed five or
six miles inside the Eddystone, going up Channel. She
had chequered sides, bore the white ensign on her peak,
and was under three royals, her forecourse hauled up.
Wind light, from the northward.

SHEERNESS, AUG. 6.
The Driver, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, commanded
(pro tern.) by Lieutenant William E. Fisher, from the
Horatio, bent her sails this morning, ready to proceed
to Spithead to join the squadron there. She is ordered
to leave here at daylight on Monday morning next,
manned from the Horatio.

The Lizard, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, com-
manded (pro tem.)by Lieutenant Thomas B. Christopher,
from the Waterloo, is ordered to leave here on Monday
morning next, in company with the Driver, for Spit-
head ; she is manned from the Waterloo.
The Waterloo, 120, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stop-
ford—Vice-Admiral the Hon. Joscelin Percy, Comman-
der-in-Chief, has struck his flag on board, and proceeded
on Admiralty leave of absence. The Hon. Montagu
Stopford, in command of the Waterloo, has hoisted his
broad pendant as Commodore during the absence of the
Vice-Admiral. _ _

The Monarch, 84.—Captain Charles Hope, Captain- I
Superintendent, has proceeded on Admiralty leave of
absence. The. Thames (sailing tender to the Monarch)
was taken in tow, by the Tribune, and towed to Spit-
head. Mr. Jonathan Aylen, master-attendant, during
the absence of Captain Hope, superintends the duties on
shore, and also the harbour duty afloat.
The Tribune, 30, screw steam-frigate, Captain the
Hon. S. T. Carnegie.—By an extract from a letter from
Spithead we find that, after rounding the Garrison
Point, and proceeding towards the Nore, they took the
Thames, sailing tender to the Monarch, in tow for Spit-
head, and proceeded against a strong head wind at con-
siderably less than full speed, in consequence of the
priming of the boilers, which covered the decks, and
played havoc with the uniforms. This was owing to the
muddy water of the Medway. However, in time this
nuisance abated, and she steadily increased her rate
down the Swin, and at length, when in smooth water,
and losing the wind under the land, did 8.8 knots per
hour, notwithstanding a considerable accumulation of
small coal in the bunkers, ill-adapted for a trial or first
trip. This prevented the steam from being so strong as
it should have been. The following morning, the wind,
altogether light, being favourable, all plain sail to top-
gallantsails was set, and looked very well aloft for new
canvass ; she then did 10 to 101 knots, a short time
after which the wind fell, and as they were approaching
Spithead the sails were taken in, there being no oppor-
tunity of doing anything more than showing the sails to
the breeze fora time. All the exercise is yet to come,
and she promises to be able to play her part. The
steam was never taken off of her from her first start, for
it could not be said that she ever had any start before,
as the engines had never been adjusted. Her run was
considered very satisfactory.
The Royal George, 120, screw steam-ship, Chief Engi-
neer John R. Closh.—Ordms have arrived here to hasten
the fitment of this ship. She is to be masted and rigged
with all possible dispatch, all persons working extra
hours to expedite her completion.
The Dolphin, 3, brigantine, was put out of No. 4
dock yesterday and taken into the fitting basin. She is
to be masted and rigged immediately, ready for being
commissioned.
Lieutenant 0. Toll, of the Royal Swedish navy, has
this day, by an Admiralty order, visited her Majesty's
dockyard here. Lieutenant Toll leaves here for France
to visit the naval dockyards there.

WOOLWICH, AUG. 6.
APPOINTMENTS.
Commander Matthew Connolly (1853), recently pro-
moted from First Lieutenant of the Phaeton, 50, to the
PLieutenants.—EdmundWebber (1847) to the Dolphin,
brigantine,3,resident,so commissioned this day at Chatham.
co
mmissioned this day at Sheerness ;
William G. H. Morgan (1848), from the Excellent, gun-
nery ship, at Portsmouth, to the President ; George
Palmer (1853) to the President.
Paymaster Charles Walker (1841) to the President.
Clerks—Henry Campion (1848) to the President ;
Thomas Seccombe (1851) to the President.
Clerks' Assistants—Conrad Donner Collins and Von
Dadelezen to the President.
The Vivid, Dover mail packet, Captain Smithett, has
had her departure from Woolwich postponed until an
early hour to-morrow, and is now placed under orders
to proceed to Portsmouth, to remain there as one of the
royal squadron which will be in attendance on her Ma-
jesty during the grand review of the fleet at Spithead on
Thursday next.
The crew of the Lightning, steam-vessel, a portion of
the crew of the Fisgard, flag-ship at this port, and a
number of the seamen riggers of the dockyard, are under
orders to leave for Sheerness, to navigate and have charge
of the Driver, steam-sloop, of 280 horse power, ordered
to proceed from Sheerness to Portsmouth to be in attend-
ance at the naval review.
The Bloodhound, Lieutenant Commander Henry
Christian, was paid off at this port to-day. The chim-
panzee was purchased and taken away by Mr. Isaacson,
naturalist, Minories—it is said for the purpose of being
sent to Amsterdam., - •

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