The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-13 00:00:00

SCREW CORVETTES.

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Pylades .
Esk 2O " ..
SCREW SLOOPS.
Fawn
Falcon ...... .... 16 "
Ariel
Total addition to the screw fleet, 12 ships, to mount
530 guns.

Woolwich.
Sheerness.
Millwall.

The right hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty is to be entertained at dinner at the Navy Club,
Thatched House Tavern, to-morrow ; Vice-Admiral Sir
T. J. Cochrane, K.C.8., the commander-in-chief at
Portsmouth, presiding.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 12.

The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain H. 13. Martin,
C. 8., sailed from Spithead this morning at 6 o'clock, on
a few days' cruise to the westward. She is to fall in
with the Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Mait-
land, C. 8., and try rate of steaming, ttc., under the di-
rections of Rear-Admiral Corry.

The Black Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Master-
Commander Petley, one of the squadron appointed to
accompany the Victoria and Albert from Holyhead to
Kingstown on her Majesty's intended visit to Dublin,
returned this morning, and the Victoria and Albert,
Captain Crispin, and Fairy tender are expected in this
evening, having been left by the Black Eagle, at Ply-
mouth last night.
The Sphynx, 6, steam•sloop, Commander Hillyer, ar-
rived at Spithead this morning from the East India sta-
tion, last from Plymouth, where she landed her mails
and news. She is ordered to be paid off at this port.
The speed obtained yesterday by the Conflict was
about two knots per hour less with her common screw
than she attained with the last trial of the boomerang
propeller.
The Queen Charlotte, 104, was hauled out of dock
into the fitting basin this morning, having had her leak
stopped.
Upwards of 3,000 strangers came into this town to-
day, principally from Brighton, and belonging to the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company's
establishment, to see the fleet. Sore was the disappoint-
ment at the Great Duke having left the anchorage, for
she was the grand object of attraction to most of the
numerous party, and, they being chiefly scientific men
(engineers, &c.), their desire to see the interior of the
greatest steam man-of-war in the world will easily the
understood.

We regret to state that Lieutenant Macdonnell, of the
Odin (the officer alluded to in our yesterday's report),
has not, up to this time, been heard of.

WOOLWICH, Jut 12.

APPOINTMENTS.

Captain Astley C. Key (1850), to be acting captain in
the Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, in the room of
Captain Charles G. E. Patey, who has commanded that
frigate since December, 1852, but is at present unable
to do duty, owing to the severe injuries he received by
the falling of a block upon his head when on board idle
Amphion.

The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw steam-ship,
Captain Henry B. Martin, will, it is said, extend her
cruise as far as the station occupied by Vice-Admiral
Dundas in the Mediterranean, or at the entrance of the
'Dardanelles.

DINNER IN HONOUR OF PRINCE ADAM CZARTORYSKT.--
The Polish Historical Society- received their illustrious
compatriot, Prince Adam C zastoryski, patron of that
society, at dinner, in the Thatched House Tavern, on
Monday last, Colonel Last Szyrma, president, in the
chair. The assemblage of the Poles, both members and
guests, was numerous, inclu ding Lord Dudley Stuart
and other patrons of the P‘olish Society. After the
customary toasts for the Queen, Prince Albert,
and the rest of the Roy al Family, which were
all given in Polish, the national toast of "Poland
followed, and in the next pltv.ce, that of Prince Adam
CzartOryski, as one of her in ost em:nent sons. In pro-
posing his health the chair :man drew a lively outline
of the prince's public career -as a statesman, and dwelt
in particular on the services -which he had rendered to
his country by promoting zu rt ional education, and pro-
tecting the administration o 1 justice from the corrupt-
ing influence of Russia. Th, e illustrious prinee's health
was drunk with all the hot tours, as was abo that or
the princess his amiable co usort, a lady who is moo,
deservedly respected by the, Poles for the solicitude
which he is bestowing on the 'education of the daughters
of the Polish exiles, at her OA e..n residence in Paris, and
mainly at her own expense. The toast was proposed
by the vice-president, Lieul nant Szulczewski. The
prince proposed the health of Lord Dudley Stuart,
the zealous and unwearied pi resident of the Literal y
Association of the Friends of 7 Poland, in conjunction
withits members, which toast was acknowledged by the
noble lord in a speech in which he took occasion to ren-
der a tribute to the memory of Cutlar Ferguson, Thomas
Campbell, Wentworth Beau: mont, and other distin-
guished supporters of the Pol it 1 cause who had preceded
him. Several other toasts vere proposed and drunk,
as " English Hospitality," ;:,Regeneration of Poland,"
&c. The festivity closed wi ,tth the recital of a piece of
poetry, composed for the c ,ecaision by Mr. Alexander
Rypinski, and the party brc ,ke up at a late hour, amidst
aspirations for the continua nce of the prosperity of Eng-
land, and admiration of bet free institutions.