The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-06 00:00:00

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N.,CP 4L AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Tin Itoyai Alberti betide sails to-day, and is daily ex-
pected to proee.ed out on a trial of her machindry and for
rate of speed. RUN) is still considerably'short of her com-
plement of blue jackets, A.B.'s, and petty officers. The
cause ca snot be (as irr some ships) dislike to her officers.
They, fr pro her captain down to the master-atrarms, .the
latter. la st though not lera to bo stndied, all seem to do
everythir tg in their power to- make the ropes run right and
light to a 11 hands. It was fully expected that she will soon
cet ins,u:ted,. when ,tho seamen who are now returning
h ome fl•ol n the :Baltic have their six weeks' leave of ab-
sea -co, ri,nd on return permitted to volunteer for any chip
they may give a preference to in commission.
The George., 120, Captain Eyres, at Spithead, has
been o rdered to Plymouth to be paid off.
The 'iota, 78, has been ordered to bo fitted as a sheer
hulk,
in place of the Spartiate, condemned.
Thend L
on
sander, 50, from Scotland, arrived in Plymouth
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Saturday afternoon.
e
-s•Qoa, screw, 31, Captain tho lion. George P.
has been fully manned by volunteers from the
Hastings,Th e Cu
Neptune, 1 'rinco ne,gent, and St. George, sailing-ships at
Spithead. '.The Hannibal, 91, screw, Captain the lion. F.
W. Grey, C 8.. is also allowed to have volunteers from
-Ithips to complete her crew, which will now
b these sailingfine
i tannd
,experienced one.

The Curie\ V 9, screw-sloop, Commander Lambert, ar-
rived at SpiAllead from Sheerness on Saturday to. await
orders.

The Heels, f 6, paddle-sloop, Captain W. H. Hall, was
docked at, Yort4 mouth on Saturday.

I The Gorgon, 6, paddle-frigate, Commander Peter Cra-
croft, steamed into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, and
hauled alongsido the hulk to berth her crew while she is
docked to _repair. On being lashed alongside her fires were
pat out, which have not been extinguished for five
months and 22 days, except on one occasion to clean the
funnels.

The new stirew. istasin-unriette—Pylains,- 20; btading Sit
Sheerness, is so far completed that preparations are being
made for her being launched next spring tides.
A new screw steam-frigate is to be immediately built
on the same slip on the lines of the Diamond, with im-
provements% in length and beam, to adapt her the better
for a screw steam-ship of war.
The Dee, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Smith,
steamed into- Portsmouth harbour from Spithead, to be
paid off, it is supposed, on Satarday.
The steam gun-boat Zephyr, Lieutenant-Commander C.
Crawley, is ordered to be dismantled and placed in ordi-
nary. Her cre 17 will be transferred to the Calcutta and
Cossack, at Pl)rinouth.
The FormidaN4e, guara`ship of ordinary at Sheerness,
has taken her lower deck and middle deck guns on board,
and to-morrow sho will have her complete armament on
board. She is icvmecliately to receive her ammunition,
shot, and shell, am I to be ready for active service at the
shortest notice.

The Talbot and North Star, Arctic discovery ships,
have been taken into No. 1 and No. 3 dry docks, Sheer-
ness, for repairs, necessary to enable them again (if re-
quired) to proceed out next spring.
That part of the provisions unloading from the damaged
transport Conrad which is fit to send to the forces in the
East will be placed on board the transport True Briton,
and the remainder will be sold by auction at the Royal
William VictuaLling-yard, Plymouth.
The Baraguay- d'Hilliers, loading in the Royal William
Victualling-yard for the Black Sea, will sail from Plymouth
in a few days.
The following appointments have been made :
Captain Robert Craigie (1839), borne on the books of
the Fisgard flag-ship atWoolwich for service in raising men
in Scotland for the .Royal Naval Coast Volunteers, is
appointed to be Captetin Superintendent of the packet
service, Southampton, in the room of Captain Horatio T.
Austin, C. 8., appointed Captain-Superintendent of Dept-
ford Victualling and Dockyards.
Captain William H. Hall (1844), who commanded the
Hecla, 6, paddle-wheel steam-ship, during her recent em-
ployment in the Baltic, is appointed additional to the
Victory flag• ship at Portsmouth.

Couimadder henry S. Hawker (1846), to the Hecla.

THE GUN-BOATS.

The following gun-boats are now being built for the
Admiralty :—Lark, Magpie, Grinder, Boxer, Biter, Sky-
lark, Jasper, Clinker, Jackdaw, Cracker, Stork, Hind,
Fanny, Swinger, Starling, Dapper, Snap, Thistle, Red-
wing, and Weasel. They are all progressing rapidly, and
will be ready for launching about the middle of January.
Each will carry two Lancaster guns. In addition to the
above the following mortar vessels are also being built by
command of the Admiralty, and will be ready for service
early in the spring—namely, the Mastiff, Porpoise, Manly,
Hardy, Growler, Lively, Blazer, Havoc, Flamer, and Firm.
The Wrangler, screw gun-boat, from Portsmouth, ar-
rived at Plymouth on Saturday morning, bound to the
Black Sea.

THE FLEET AT PORTSMOUTH.
The fleet at Portsmouth is thus composed :

HorseGuns' Power.
Victory, Captain Hay, flag of Vice-Admiral
Sir T. J. Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-
in-Chief
Neptune, Captain Hutton, flag of Rear-Ad-
miral Plumridge l2O
Si. Vincent, Captain Eliott, flag of Rear-
Admiral W. F. Martin
St. George, Captain Byres, C.B.
Hannibal, Captain the Hon. F. W. Grey, Q
Prince Regent, Captain Smith —4—.410
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Monarch, Captain Erskine
Ajax, Captain Warden 6O
Excellent, Captain Sir T. Maitland, C.B 46
Dauntless, Captain Ryder
Cara coa, Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings 3l 350
Illustrious, Captain Harris - 26
Leopard, Captain Giffard it 560
Brisk, Commander Curtis
Curlew, Commander Lambert
Heels, Captain W. H. Hall
Gorgon, Commander Cracroft 6 320
Rolla, Lieutenant Fenwick ....
Sealark, Lieutenant Lowther
Dee, Lieutenant Smith
Palter (tender to Excellent)

~ 101
.. 120

6 200
2 60

NON-COMBATANT.
Victoria and Albert, Captain the Hon. J. Denman ;
Vivid, fanter-Commander Allen ; Fire Queen, Master-
Commander Paul ; Fairy, Master-Commander Welch ;
Elfin, Master-Commander Balliston ; Portsmouth; Master-
Commander Read ; Sprightly, Acting-Master Commander
G. Allen ; Fanny, Acting Second-Master Scarlett ; Pigmy,
Echo, and Comet tugs ; and transports Walmer Castle and
Robert Small.

FITTING FOR WAR SERVICE.

Raleigh
Pembroke
Hastings
Falcon
Ariel
Centaur
Geyser

Guns Horse-power,
50
60 200
60 200
9 60
9 60
6 540
6 280

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