The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 6.
Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain
Crispin, after being lightened of all her contents, was to
have been moved yesterday at mid-day, but, on the
chains being started to unlash her, she showed so great
an inclination to fall right over on her broadside that
messages of terror were sent off to Rear-Admiral Fan-
sha we, who immediately ordered 50 tons of iron ballast
to be put aboard, which was accordingly done before the
riggers could attempt to move her. She was taken
out of the basin to-day and into the north dock for alte-
ration.

Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., superintendent of this
dockyard, struck his flag this morning and proceeded on
leave of absence for one month.

The President, 50, Captaini3urridge, sailed from St.
Helen's for Plymouth this morning.
The Sutlej Indiaman and Devonshire American line
of packet ship sailed to-day for their several destinations.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 6.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Stromboli, 6, Captain
Robert Hall, sailed for Rio Janeiro this morning.
The Queen, 110, Captain Mitchell, was towed into
Hamoaze this morning by the Avon and Confiance
steamers.

The Agamemnon, 90, screw steam-ship, Captain Sir
Thomas Maitland, is gone from the Sound into Hamoaze
to refit.

The repairs of the Queen and of the Agamemnon are
to be forwarded with all dispatch.
The Valorous, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Buckle, was
taking her powder out yesterday, preparatory to going
up harbour, when the order was suddenly annulled, and
the powder returned. Her officers and crew will be paid
advance of wages to-day.

CHATHAM, OCT. 0.
The Euryalis, screw steam-frigate, 50 guns, built in
this yard, and which was commenced on the 27th Oct.,
1821, in the third dock, was floated out at two p.m. on
the sth, in the presence of the Captain-Superintendent,
Captain Peter Richards, C.B , and the other principal
officers of the yard ; there were also several naval and
military officers and civilians from the towns to witness
the ceremony. It was considered a novelty for such a
class ship to be launched, or rather floated out, without
its being christened. It is a splendid built frigate. On
her being brought alongside the shear-hulk, her launch-
ing draught of water forward was 18ft. 10 in. ; abaft,
IBft. 3in. ; broke in launching, lift. She will lay in the
river until next spring tides, when she will be taken into
dock to be fitted and coppered. The following are her
principal dimensions :

Ft. in.

Length between the perpendiculars, as shown
on the sheer draught
Length from foreside of stem at the maindeck
to aftside of post at rudder-hole
Length of the keel for tonnage lBO 9
Breadth extreme 5O 2
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth moulded ....
Depth in hold
Burden in tons (old rule)
~ (new) 1,628 35
Engine-room 4BB 8
Register 1,139 5
She is to have two engines, each of 200-horse power,
and they will be furnished from the factory of Messrs.
Penn. The boilers and part of the machinery have been
brought by the Rhadamanthus, steam -transport, which
vessel arrived here on Sunday evening last.
On the recent official visit of the Lords of the Admi-
ralty to Chatham last month, Mr. Gotsell, the master
smith, was introduced to their lordslips, and on that
occasion he was directed to submit a plan for altering
Porter's anchors, and rendering thens efficient by con-
verting them to the plan of the ancho r made by him for
the Clopatra. In accordance with -the wish of their
Lordships, he submitted a plan which has been approved
by the board, and an order has subsequently been given
to proceed on the plan submitted, and one of the anchors
is now in course of alteration, under the immediate
superintendence of Mr. Cotseil.
The Majestic, 80 guns, screw propeller, building in
the third slip, is progressing very fast. Several extra
hands are put on her in order that she• may be completed
by the end of the month. She is to be launched the
beginning of next month.
It is understood that the Admiralty intend doing away
with the pay-office at this yard, and that the duty of
paying salaries and half-pay will in future be performed
by the storekeeper ; and the purser of the ordinary
guard-ship Boscawen, it is stated, is to pay the pensions,
&c., quarterly. By this alteration a .Donsiderabl e saving
will be effected in the public expenditure.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 6.
APPOINTMENTS.
Acting First Assistant-Engineer to the Centaur, 6,
paddle-wheel steam-frigate, flag-ship on the South-east
Coast of America station, Patrick G. Lambert, to be
First Engineer.

Clerk. O. W. Motherwell (1853), to the Impregnable,
flag-ship at Devonport.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.

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British Consulate, Cadiz, 27th September, 1853.
Official intelligence having reached this city that the
cholera has broken out in Newcastle and neighbouring
towns, and also in Bermondsey and Southwark, the Board
of Health of this city has decided that vessels arriving from
the infected ports are inadmissable here, and must proceed
to Vigo to perform quarantine. Vessels arriving from
healthy ports of England will be subject, for the present,
to a quarantine of observation of three days in this harbour.