The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-24 00:00:00

OUR NAVAL RESERVE.

The following is a more accurate statement of our
actual reserved force at the home ports not in actual
commission—that is, ships that are at once available for
service—than the one we published last week.. They
include the following, to each of which we have appended
the complement that would be required to man them :

SHIPS OP TUE LINE.
, Guns. Men.
Nelson
Princess Charlotte 104 850
Royal Adelaide lO4 850
Powerful
Coiling wood B4 750
Bombay B4 750
Calcutta B4 750
Canopus B4 750
Clarence B4 750
Thunder B4 750
Asia
Formidable
FIRST-CLAN
Guns. Men.,
Vindictive 5O 500
Alfred 5O 500
Dublin
America 5O 500

Guns. Men.
Ganges
Meanee
Foudroyant
Cambridge 7B 650
Indus 7B 650
Achille
Hawke
Russell
Wellesley
Pembroke 72 600
Implacable 72 GOO

SS FRIGATES.

Guns. Men.
Eagle
Warspite
Grampus
Java

These vessels are what are termed the "advanced
ships," and all, with the exception of the Gauges, at
Sheerness (which ship will be completed by July), are
ready for commissioning. It was under Lord Hadding-
ton's presidency at the Admiralty that this advanced
force was established—ten sail of the line at each of the
three principal ports, Portsmouth, Devonport, and
Sheerness ; and each succeeding Beard of Admiralty'has
partially kept up these " advanced " line of battle ships.
Many of them have their lower masts in, and on shore
every article of large store is kept' in a separate place,
ready to be shipped at a moment's notice—in a word,
they are reported complete in all departments except
that of the personnel.

The above comprises the largest and soundest sailing
ships of the navy ; but to them we may add a second di-
vision, nearly all of which are reported complete in the
dockyard departments, although their armaments and
stores are not so ready. They comprise the following
frigates, corvettes, and sloops :

FRIGATES.

Guns. Men.

Guns. Men

Nankin 5O 500

Raleigh 5O 500
Cambria

Isis .

44 360
Cony
Guns. Men.

Alarm
Action 26 240
Brilliant
SLOOP'
Guns. Men. Guns. 11 en,
Helena
Fame l4 130 Persian , 12 130
Siren
Childers . . 12 125 Sappho
Acorn l2 130 Spy 3 65
All the above are complete, with the exception of the
Isis, Cambria, Alarm, Havanna, Helena, Persian, Mari-
ner, and Spy. Isis will be completed for a flag-officer
by the end of June.

T
.
Guns. Men,
Havanna
Arachne lB 145
Terpsichore
1, &o.

THE STEAM RESERVE NOT IN COMMISSION.
We have frequently drawn attention to the fact that
our steam reserve has almost been exhausted. The
Admiralty, well knowing the advantage that steamers of
smaller force must have oveer sailing-vessels, have thrown
the whole strength of the dockyards upon the steamers,
and screws and paddles have been brought forward and
commissioned as quickly as they could be turned out.
'We find that the only steam-vessels of all classes that
are afloat and not in commission at the present time are
the following :

SCREWS.
Guns, I Men.

Colossus
Termagant
Malacca
Minx

H.P. I Ports.

80 750 400 Portsmouth.
21 300 620 Portsmouth
1G 200 220 Chatham.
3 GO 10 Wolwich.

The Colossus is being converted from a sailing-ship
to a screw ship, in the same manner as the-Majestic
and other ships have been, with little expense and ex-
cellent results. The Termagant has often been tried,
and as often thrown aside ; but there are those who
insist that she has not had a proper trial, and that
she is an effective ship. As it is she must now try her
luck in the Baltic. The Mala-coa was built at Moulmein,
and has lately been navigated to England. She is being
fitted with experimental machines of 200-horse power,
high pressure. Minx is an iron vessel, rigged as a
schooner, and is to be used as a gun-boat. She is ready
for the pendant.