The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INT ELLIGENCE.

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PORTSMOUTH, DEO. 18.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw-ship, Captain Lord
Clarence Paget, crossed topsailyards yesterday.
The Gladiator, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, hauled
under the shears in the steam-basin yesterday morning,
and had her masts stepped, preparatory to being refitted
to join the steam reserve.
The Cmsar, 91, screw, will be undocked on Monday,
and placed under the shears in the steam-factory basin,
to ship the heavy portions of her machinery.
The sailing sloop Helena, 16, is ordered to be brought
down from the ordinary to-morrow, and prepared for
docking and refit.
The following Admiralty circular relative to engineer
officers of the fleet has just been promulgated by the
Port Admiral :—" Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour.—
Standing Order.—The services of first and second class
assistant-engineers being required, the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty have acquainted me that such
assistant-engineers as may in other respects be eligible,
are to be permitted to present themselves for examina-
tion if they belong to ships about to leave England,
provided they have completed to within six months
their period of service. They will thus, if they pass, be
eligible for promotion when their full time is completed,
instead of having to pass abroad, where frequently pass-
ing officers cannot be obtained ; and the same is hereby
made known for general information accordingly.—
(Signed) T. J. COCHRANE, Vice-Admiral, Commander-
in- Chief."
The Tyne store-transport, Master Commander Tucker,
arrived at Spithead this morning, en, route from the
Thames to Ascension, Rio, &c., with stores for the
squadrons on those stations.
The Seapark, convict ship, arrived at Spithead from
the Thames this morning, to embark prisoners for Fre-
mantle penal settlement.
The Frolic, 16, sailing sloop, Commander Nolloth, is
ably manned, with the exception of a few petty officers
and artificers, and is ready to go to Spithead.
We are informed the James Watt, new 91-gun screw-
ship, at Devonport, will not be commissioned at present,
but that the Cressy, 80 (new class sailing ship, adapted
to a screw), will be the next screw line-of-battle ship
commissioned.

The Eurydice, 2G, sailing frigate, is not to be commis-
sioned at present, but returned to ordinary until wanted.
The Dauntless, 31, screw-frigate, has nearly com-
pleted the stowage of her holds, and will make trials
soon after Christmas at the measured mile in Stokes-
bay.

The tw• steam-sloops ordered to Devonport hence, to
ji,in the steam reserve at that port, having been delayed
by alterations in the screw sloop Conflict, will not now
go until after Christmas.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 17.
APPOINTMENTS.

Captain George Knyvet Wilson (1848), to study steam
at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard.

Lieutenants.---Wm. Graham (1849), formerly serving
in the Tortoise, 12, storeship, at the Island of Ascension,
and during the last three months studying steam at the
factory at Woolwich Dockyard, to the Blenheim, 60,
screw steam guardship, at Portsmouth ; G. L. Sulivan,
to the Vesuvius paddle wheel steam sloop.

Chaplain Rev, Frederick J, M, Draw's. (1853) to the