The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-25 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 24.
THE SPITHEAD FLEET.
There seems to be now some authority attached to the
report of her Majesty's intention to review the fleet at
Spithead, and the it of August is the day at present
fixed upon ; but the day will of course depend upon divers
circumstance's, such as the state of the weather, the
Queen's"health, and '" foreign affairs. Certain it is that
the Duke of Wellington has been recalled to Spithead to
form the principal feature in the display, and,the follow-
ing, we believe, will be the force collected for the par-
,
pose : . „. •
Names

Class.

; Guns_
I

Where

31 uke of Welllingtoul 131 ;crew three-decker Cruising in channel
ii e -dune ••.. • ..• • - 121 , .ailing three-decker; Portsmouth harbour
Waterloo •••• • • • • 120 Ditto Sheerness
Queen .. •.••.• • • • • 116 Ditto :Plymouth
St. Jean D'Aerc •• ' 101 Screw tTro decker Devoriport
.Agamemnon .. •• • 11 Ditto Portsmouth
Prince Itegent, ••• . ' '!.) Sailing two-decker iSpithead
London ••• • • ..• .. 9 )
Di" • ;Spithead
Dlenhoim .••• • • • 6n *rev: two-docker i Kingst vni
............60 • 60 Ditto !Spit head
Edinburgh •••.• • • • ; Ss Ditto - iSp them!
..klf, •••••• • • •• f'S ; ; Di t . ;S pi tiles; I
50 Nterew•frt al 0 i,:pithud
'46 1 DPJ o ;,:pithead
40 (Sailing-Itigll o Plymouth
34 ,Serew•l'ri6.ii•• iiiithcail
31 [ Ditto =i,,i•rni,i4
22 IPae.ille•friga•r. ,ialti•ail
91 iierrw.frigatc Spithcad
.1 1041.:'-iriglitc Apithead.
16 1 Ditto Spitbead
•
14 !Screw-corvette ' In search o( the Duke
of Wellhigton
!Spithead
Portsmouth
Sheerness
Spilhead
Spithead

,trr.•{c%ltt ..
Anirh
Tribune • • ••
Si(l,l, • - •- • •
11.uhtiver ••
Terrible ~..
Encounter ..

Leopard

Desperate .
Barraeouta

•. • • 12 l'athile•filgate
•• • !4crew-cmvette
• . I 6 ;Pitthile-slurp
•.••: 6 Ditto
2 lExprers-boat

Vesuviu,•..
B ahe .. •

The Blenheim is to leave Kingstown for Spithead on
the 23th', and all other ships and vessels on the home
station, in the above list, or not included, but which are
ordered to join the Spithead fleet, are to be at their an-
chorage .by the 2d of August. The above is a more
powerful fleet in character than ever assembled at this
atatiou, anduc, review of any such force has ever been
•
made by royalty,since the visit of the Allied Sovereigns
to Portsmouth, on which occasion the Prince Regent
reviewed the fleet at Spithead (on the 23d of June,
1814); in their presence :—Tbe ships of the line were
moored in one line from the N.E. to the S.E. end of
Spithead, `thus :—Sceptre, 74 ; St. Domingo, 80 ; Bed-
ford, 74'; "Rodney, 74 ; Cliatham, 74 • Ville de Paris,
; 110 lmpregnable, 98; Prince, 98 ; Tigre, 74 ; Queen,
74 ; Magnificent, 74 ; Stirling Castle, 74 ; Montagu,
74 ; Norge, 71; and the following frigates and sloops :
—Andromache, Ackbar, Apollo, Galatea, Ceres, Belle.
Poule, Cerherus, Cleopatra, Magicienne, Tartarus, Am-
phion, Tisiplione, Foxhound, Banterer, Tyrian, Orestes,
Archer, Eclipse, Bitiern, Hope, Penguin, Chanticleer,
Martial, Urgent, Harrier, Snap, Reynard, Sparrow,
Freya, and Fervent.. The Impregnable carried the
Royal standard of England, as that was the ship on
board which the Prince Regent and his foreign allies
took .up their position on the interesting occasion. The
Ville de Paris carried the flag of the Lord High Ad-
miral. The Chatham carried the flag (union at the
main) of the Duke of Clarence as Admiral of the Fleet
for the occasion,, Rear-Admiral the Hon. H. Blackwood
acting as the captain of the fleet, and Rear-Admiral
Lukin actin's, as.the captain of the ship. The Prince
carried the flag of Admiral Sir R. Bickerton, Bart.
The Rodney carried the flag of Vice-Admiral G, Mar:
tin. The Tigre carried the flag of Rear-Admiral T. B.
Martin, nesir. Sir T. B. Martin, Admiral of the fleet, and
Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom ; and the Queen
carried the flag of 'lter-Adiniral Sir T. Lafoney, Bart.
The allied Sovereigns (the Prince Regent, the Emperor
of Russia, and the King of Piussia) and their illustrious
suites, including:the-Duke' of Wellington; Blucher, and
the other heroes of that memorable era, proceeded 'in
barges to 'the westernmost ship of the line, and re-
viewed the whole up to the flag-ship. The majestic ap-
pearance of the ships of the line, the first-rates especi-
ally, was at once the admiration and wonder of the
allied Sovereigns. .
The fleet at Spithead seems to engage as much atten-
tion from foreigners of distinction as does the camp at
Chobhain. It has been visited lately by the following
distinguished personages :----Pririce di Carini, the Nea-
politan Ambassador and suite ; General tho Count de
Montebello, General of Brigade and Aide-de-Camp to
the Emperor of the French ; General Ozaroff, Aide-de-
Camp to the Emperor of Russia, and staff ; Count Bern-
stoffand Baron Brandeustern, from Berlin ; Command-
ant le Compte Reille, Colonel on the staff of the Empe-
ror of the French; Don Argel Villabois, from Spain
Colonel Laurencez ; Lady Langdale and party ; M. de
Kleuze, Chamberlain to the King of Bavaria ; Count
Ferponser and party, Count Euzenbarg and party, M.
Wasserburger, Captain Salvador ; Lieutenants Tole and
Youzon, of the Swedish navy, &c.
The Terrible, 21, paddle-frigate, Captain M'Cleverty,
arrived at Spithead and joined the fleet from Woolwich,
yesterday afternoon.
Commodore Lord Adolphus Fitzclarcnce, G.C.H.,
struck his broad pendant on board the Victoria and
-'perk on Friday night at sunset, and went on leave.
The Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir T. Maitland, C. 8.,
having received a false keel of upwards of a foot aft, was
undocked yesterday morning, and came out of the fac-
tory bagan into harbour, to reship her stores and enable
her to speedily return to Spithead. This work has been
quickly and well done. In fact, the manner in which
the Agamemnon and the Arrogant have been attended
to by the engineer and shipwright department on an
emergency, and the manner in which the Duke of Wel-
lington was got ready to the day by the first-named de-
partment in this dockyard, as also the expedition they
are using to get the steam power aboard the new ship
Princess Royal, recommend them as pre-eminently
worthy of notice and eonnnendation at the bands of the
cover innent.

The Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Thomas Byam Martin,
G.C.J3., has arrived at this port, and taken up quarters
at the Portland Hotcl, South Sea, with his family. It is
currently rtirnoured- that the gallant Admiral 111-Chief's
son, Rear-Admiral Fanshawe Martin, will succeed to
the command-in-chief 'Ol the Pacific station.
By an arrival from Sydney we learn of the safe arrival
there of the Torc'J, steam tender to Captain Denham's
surveying-ship herald, on the ith of April.
The Nelson, 120, was brought down to-day for dock-
ing again. This ship was built in 1814, but has'never
hoisted a pendant.

THE DOCKYARD BRIGADE.

This battalion, consisting of 1,800 officers and men, in
addition to those of the Royal Clarence battalion, are
progressing in their summer drills most favourably, not-
withstanding the unfavourable state of the weather. On
Wednesday, the artillery corps, under the command of
Major Edwards (storekeeper), were exercised in the
drills at the field-battery, as also firing from the garrison
guns on Frederick's battery at the lower end of the
dockyard. On Thursday the infantry, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Abethel (master shipwright),
were formed on the parade-ground, and went through
several manoeuvres in presence of Rear-Admiral Super-
inte ldent Fanshawe, C.B. (Colonel-in-chief of the bri-
gade), and Major-General Simpson, Lieutenant-Gover-
nor of Portsmouth, who, at the conclusion, expressed
their entire satisfa.etion at the appearance of the men and
their steadiness in the ranks, and highly complimented
Lieutenant and Adjutant Long on the progress made in
the brigade under his instruction.

• PLYMOUTH, JULY 23.
Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Simoom, Captain
Smith, having had repairs made good, will sail in a day
or two for Malta, taking in tow the brig Savage, which
is fitted for a mooring vessel for that island. The Savage
Ras taken out of harbour yesterday by the Pike steam-
vessel.

The steam-Vessel Avon sailed yesterday for Pembroke,
with 80 riggers and seamen riggers, who will navigate
the-CAar, 90. to Portsmouth. The lighters Brisk and
Devon are ordered to proceed to Pembroke with stores
for the Ca:sar.
A long friga.to under three royal 3 Was observed yester-
day reaching in on the west side of the Eddystone. She
then
'±cd, an went down Channel on a wind.

Testerda y - -
WaS the PEMBROKE, JULY 22.
period fixed upon, as previously
announced in our cobn for the launch of the Casar
at the Royal Dockyard at and, true to the
appointed time, the
authorities had succeeded in making
every necessary preparation ^ed
arrangement for the
safe launching of this large and.fine vessel. Weinuch
a regret to state, however, that through some unforeseen
nd unknown cause the attempt to launch'her was com-
pletely frustrated, as will be seen below,principhaal,poLrion of the For some time pact the
dock-
yasd strength, with extra help,
put upon this
vessel, in order to hasten her completleoen in conformity
with the wishes of the Admiralty, and '
waretrisatnhs;
been manifested to finish her by the allotraeat zeal has
hours being had recourse to by the various time, over-
own •
At the proper hour the gates of the yard
open, and the available space in and around thee
occupied by a numerous body of spectators, while, wZ,
side, those
.points which presented a favourable
view
were also crowded. * •
At about half-past 5 o'clock p.m. the ceremony of
christening was performed, when Lady Balfour, (laugh_
ter of Earl Cawdor, officiated. After two unsuccessful
attempts, at the third trial the bottle of wine was fairly
broken on the bows, and the vessel named the etnsar ;
the dogshores were knocked away, and she glided beau-
tiftrlly and majestically down the ways, but not into the
waster ; for, after proceeding about a space of her own
ierigth-(1.9',1 the ways; and when entering the water, her
pregress was suddenly arrested, and a stop put to her
onward movement. The greatest surprise was felt at
sr 'unlooked-for an event, one which might be fraught
with dangerous consequences ; and instantly the whole
force of the establishment was on the alert. The Star
steamer was attached with a strong hawser, and full
power put on ; but the hawser broke more _ than ones
without moving the noble fabric. The efforts of the
shipwrights, and artisans of all classes, marines, la-
bourers, &c•, with sledge-hammers, d
wed,es&c ' ge-hammers, screw-jacks, levers,
Id I; b *, were unavailing
ear
and no strength that
cou ebrought to F
,ear was canahle of moving her an
inch. There she lay, the water flowing around her,
and until it receded it was impossible to ascertain the
• cause of .so.extraoreinarY a detention.
Various causes
the
were given, some stating that
the ways hai suuk, while others ground underneath
cradle on which she was placed had eoniectured that the
was anticipated, and thus that itsiettled more than
l,
This was nearly the ease with the Datifike of W become jammed.
Night "closed, and "nothing could be attempted ellittg•ton.
rise of the morningstide. until the
This morning'(Friday) every effort was 'made him,
water to get her off, but without effect, and alleaert -la:
are suspended until the evening, when at high exertions
about half-past 7, all,the force of the establishment tide,
be 'brought .to bear, with the assistance of the Rhadal-
man thus and other steamers. She appears toli4 in an

easy position, and is not at all strained or injured. The
cause of the mishap is at present unknown, but the pro-
bable supposition appears to be that the ground under
the ways has sunk.

The -Rbadamantbus, paddle-wheel steamer, Master-
Commander J. Belam, arrived this (Friday) morning
from Portsmouth, with Mr. Tonquin, master-attendant,
and a party of seamen and seamen-riggers, for the .pur-
pose of taking charge of the vessel, and jury-rigging and
equipping her prior to navigating her round to Ports-
mouth. The Avon will also bring a large, party of
riggers round from Plymouth.
The following is a hst of the Ctesar's principal dimen-
sions :

Length between perpendiculars
Ditto of keel for tonnage
Breadth, extreme "
Ditto for tonnage

Ditto moulded
Depth of hold
Burden in tons

ft. in.
207 4
170 rg
56 0
55 2

. 54 4
. 23 4
,2,761 23-94

The Casar is a two-decker of the second class, mount-
ing 90 guns, and forms another addition to the squadron
of steam line-of•battle ships which have been fitted with
the screw propeller. Her engines will be nominally of
400 horse power. The following is her armament : -
Lower deck ... 20 gulls, 8 in. 65 cwt., 9 ft. 0 in.
Ditto
Main deck
Ditto
Quarter deck „22 „ 32's. 42 „ 8 „ 8 „
Forecastle

SHEERNESS, JULY 23.

The Barracouta. 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com-
mander George Parker, has nearly completed receiving
stores, ammunition, &c., on board, and will be ready in
a few days to take her departure for Spithead.
The Tribune, 30, screw steam-frigate, Captain the
Hon. S. T. Carnegie, is completing the stowage of her
provisions and stores. In the stowage of the former
some considerable inconvenience is anticipated, particu-
larly as far as the bread room is concerned. She is not
expected to possess stowage room for more than two
months' supply, instead of four months, for her comple-
ment, including officers and men, to say nothing of
supernumeraries occasionally carried out to fill up va-
cancies in ships on foreign stations. She remains in the
sitting basin. All parties are working extra hours to
complete her fitment.

The Royal Ge;rge, 120, chief engineer Mr. John R.
Cloth, is progressing rapidly, preparatory to her being
commissioned. A number of Messrs. Penn and Sons'
engineers are engaged upon her, working extra hours, in
order to forward the completion of her engines, &c.
The Ocean, coal depot, has this day been put out of
the basin, and towed to Salt-pan Reach, having taken
in a pair of first-rate's moorings, until her own moorings
(now prepared by Brown and Lenox) are laid down.

WOOLWICH, Jura 21.
APPOINTMENT.

Master's Assistant—Henry W. Burnett to the Vesu•
vies paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.
Rear-Admiral John B. Purvis, commanding the squad.
ron at Cork, has been promoted to the rank of Vice.
Admiral of the Blue, on the active list.

We recently alluded to the examination of 32 candi-
dates for admission as engineers in the Royal navy,
which took place before Commodore 'Superintendent
Henry Eden, Mr. Charles Atherton, chief engineer
at the factory, . the Rev. J.: C. Connolly, chaplain,
of the: Fisgard flagship, and Mr. M'Avoy, schoolmas-
ter,' at Woolwich dockyard, and proved most satisfac-
tory, the whole of the boys being remarkably clever
and intelligent for their age. The 1G boys highest on
the; list -of the names are sent to the Admiralty have
been impartially appointed, and the order for them to
join at the factory here to commence work until• they
arelappointed to serve in the steamers of the Royal
navy was received yesterday. The names of the boys
appointed to be engineers are—Charles Chambers,
George Newbury, Henry 0. Passau, Peter Baldwin,
Edward Baker, George Hockey, William Crow, William
G. Hughes, Richard Kneebone, and Robert Drummond.
The Cyclops steam-frigate In charge of Mr. Pope,
assistant to the Master-Attendant at Sheerness, arrived
here to-day from Portsmouth and Sheerness, and, after
she has taken in coals at this port, will go up to Dept-
ford to receive on board a quantity of the machinery of
steam engines manufactured by John Penn and Son,
and now ready for conveyance to their destination.

Bab FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF BETTING
HOUSES. -

Lord . Pahnerston's bill with this object has been
printed. The following are its most important provi-
sions :--

No place shall be. kept for the purpose of the owner,
or occupier, or any person employed by such owner or
occupier, betting with persons resorting thereto, or for
the purpose of any money or valuable thing being re-
ceived as the consideration for any promise, express or
implied, to pay thereafter any money on any event re-
lating to any horse race, or other race, fight, game,
sport, or exercise, or as for the consideration for secur-
ing the paying or giving by some other person of any
money or valuable thing on any such event or concin-
gency as aforesaid ' • and every house, office, room, or
other place opened, kept, or used for the purposes afore-
said, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and contrary to
law.

Any house so illegally opened to be considered and
dealt with as a common gaming house. Penalty for keep-
ing or assisting to keep such places one hundred pounds,
or at the discretion of justices committal to the common
gaol, with or without hard labour, for six calendar
months.

Any person receiving, directly or indirectly, any
money or valuable thing as a deposit on any bet on con-
dition of paying any sum of money or other valuable
thing on the happening of any event relating to a horse
race or any other.race, or any fight, game, sport, or ex-
ercise, or as or for the consideration for any assistance,
undertaking, promise, or agreement, expressed, or im-
plied, to pay or give thereafter any money or valuable
thing on any such event or contingency, and any person
giving any acknowledgment, note, security, or draft on
the receipt of any money, or valuable thing so paid or
given as aforesaid, purporting or intended to entitle the
bearer or any other person to receive any money or value
able thing on the happening of any such event or con-
tingency as aforesaid, shall, upon summary conviction
thereof before two justices of the peace, forfeit and pay
a sum not exceeding fifty pounds, or at the discretion of
such justices be imprisoned, with or without hard la-
bour, in the common gaol or house of correction for
any term not exceeding three months, and may be ad-
judged by such justices to pay such costs attending such
convictions as to the said justices shall seem reasonable.
Any money or valuable thing received by any person
as a deposit on any bet, or as the consideration for any
such assurance, shall be deemed to have been received
for the use of the person from whom the same was re-
ceived, and may be recovered accordingly, with full
costs and suit, in any court of competent jurisdiction.
But nothing in this act shall extend to any person recei-
ving or bolding any money by way of stakes or deposit
to be paid to the owner of any horse engaged in any race
in the event of such horse winning such race.
Any person causing to be exhibited bill, card, or ad-
vertisement, whereby it shall he made to.appear that
any house, office, room, or place is opened or kept or
used for the purpose of making bets or wagers, or for the
purpose of exhibiting lists for betting, or with intent to
induce any person to resort to such house, for the pur-
pose of making bets or wagers, or any person who shall
invite other persons to resort to any such house or place
for the purpose of making bets or wagers, shall upon
summary conviction thereof, before two justices of the
peace, forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding thirty pounds
or, at the discretion of such justices, be imprisoned,
with or without hard labour, in the common gaol or
house of correction for any term not exceeding two
months.

The eighth clause enacts that the penalties shall be
recoverable by distress and sale of the goods and chat-
tels of the offender.

:One-half of every pecUniary penalty which shall be
adjudged to be paid under this act; shall be paid to the
informer, and the remaining half shall be applied in aid
of the poor-rate. of the parish in which the offence shall
have been committed.

Justices may issue special warrant to enter places
suspected of being used as betting-houses, and the police
employ force if necessary. The police may in like man-
ner enter upon the authority of the Commissioners of
Police. Appeal to lie to the Quarter. Sessions. The
act contemplates the United Kingdom, and in Ireland
the term " Metropolitan Police Force " and the terms
" Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis," and .the
terms " Metroplitan Police District," are to mean and
include respec#vely the Dublin Metropolitan Police
Force, the Commissioners of Police of Dublin Metro-
polis, and the police district of Dublin Metropolis.

ELECTRA.—The distinguished ' diplomatist who has
obtained brilliant success in imaginative literature as•the
author of "Rockingham," has just published a new novel
of society, society, under the title of " Electra ~ a Story of
cleosdaern Times," about which the clubs and literary cir-
buteare already evincing an interest that may be attri-
as much to the striking character of the work, as
.tlniaeyebx:lotwedn,position of the author. Something, too,
he has turned to account know bin, pi
efloto the na.tural curiosity of those who
or by repute, to discover whether
capitals of Europe:e Lest society of the two leading
joyea
of knowin,atcrunt the advantages he so long en-
CleNeElectra" possesses also the at-
traction of some
Fitzgerald, the son of tho ituusktreatoifo nLs
ebi
nyst
eLro.
—rdr Geraldvening
paper.
EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA
St?' UTRAMPTON FRIDAY.
—The Government Emigration
with
considerable gratio; Commissioners are still
energy. The
workbark of 675 tons• and the Credenda,
2noe6x t The
.
in the docks
Athenian, prosecuting a their
fine
a square-rigged ship of 900 tons
preparing to sail for Australia on 11 are
,Ionda)!
Athenian is capable of accommodating
adults ; she has, at present, embarked 140. Thsetatute
Cre-
denda is intended to sail for Geelong, and although
capable of accommodating in comfort 385 passenger--
there there are only-thirty at the depot at present, most of
whom will embark to-night. There is every expectation
of her leaving full- in about a week. The Pekin, 562
tons, leaves for Melbourne on or about the 10th August,
and the Epaminondas, 1,171 tons, will sail for Port
Adelaide on the 6th. ' The' Herefordshire, a large vessel
of 1,600 tons register, is taken up to sail for Sydney on
or about the 10th August. Her passengers will consist
principally of rail Way labourers. The Poitiers and:
David Malcolm, two ships of 756 and 638 tons register,
have also been taken up by the Emigration Commission- !
aas„ and will sail,- eery probably from this port, for Port I
port Philip and Adelaide, some time in September. "I

MIDLAND CIRCIIIT.-LEICESTER, JULY 23.

Mr. Baron Alderson arrived here, from Derby, about
half-past twelve o'clock to-day, and opened the commis.
sions for both town and county. _

The borough calendar contains only seven prisoners,
none of whom are charged with serious offences. The
county calendar contains ten prisoners ; one charged
with wilfully murdering her infant child, another with
attempting to murder his wife by cutting her throat,
and one with an unnatural offence. The other charges
are of a minor description.