The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 23.
The Vulcan steam troopship, Commander Von Donop,
beingis c, prepared for the reception of the Rifles to-mor-
row. Their baggage is being stowed below to-day, and
we expect the troops will embark about half-past 7in the
morning. A detachment has already gone on board and
taken charge of the baggage.
Rear-Admiral Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.8.,
accompanied by a distinguished ciricle of friends, visited
this dockyard to-day to witness the progress making iq
equipping the ships here for the Baltic fleet.
The Princess. Royal, 91, Captain Lord Clarence
Paget ; the Edinburgh, 53, Captain Hewlett ; and the
Dragon, 6, Captain Willcox, will be paid wages at Spit-
head to- m orro w.
Contracts were taken to-day at the Royal Clarence
Victualling Establishment, Gosport, Captain Superin-
tendent Courtenay, for 2,500 quarters of wheat, at an
average of 86s. 11d. ; 100 quarters are daily manufac-
tured into biscuit meal and flour, making 105 tons of
navy biscuit per week. The mills and bakehouse are
now being worked night and day to victual the fleet fit-
ting out.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 23.
The stores returned to the victualling•yard, damaged
by salt water on board the Pique, 49, Captain Sir F.
Nicelson, on Sunday last, are 129 bags of biscuit, 13
boxes of candles, 10 boxes of raisins, 7 chests of tea,
21i hogsheads of 011999140. 26 ditto of pegs, 1 calk of

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rice,
'24 barrels of flour, 2i hozghead.g o oatmeal, 16
bales of slops, and 33 damaged casks.
Yesterday the Avon arrived from Portsmouth ; the
mizenmast and bowsprit were put on board the Algiers,
and the mainmast on board the Desperate.
The Pique, 40, Captain Sir F. Nicholson, Bart.—lt
was the carpenter who discovered that this ship was
sinking. Ho was on board the hulk, and looking
towards her he observed the fluke of her anchor, sus-
pended at the bow, under water. About 150 bags of
biscuit and all the paymaster's dry stores have been
spoiled.

WOOLWICH, FIB. 23.
APPOINTMENT.
Captain John Fulford (1848). to command the Conway,
26, commissioned this day at Portsmouth.
Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, C.D., returned to
the Admiralty this evening from Devonport, after having
inspected the pensioners who had previously served as
seamen or marines in her Majesty's service.
Capt. Edward Augustus Inglefield arrived at Woolwich
to-day, and, on taking up his commis3ion as commander
of the Pho3nix screw steam-sloop for service in:the
Arctic regions, went to the dock, in which she is being
strongly doubled, and hoisted his pendant on board that
vessel.

Lieutenant Samuel Gurney Cresswell also arrived at
Woolwich Dockyard to-day, and took up his commis.
sion on being appointed to command the Talbot store-
ship, fitting to accompany the Phcenix to the Arctic
regions, with stores for Captain Sir Edward Belcher's
expedition. _ _ _

The Rhadamanthus paddle-wheel steam store-vessel,
Master-Commander Belau, was paid down here to-day,
and intended leaving Woolwich in the afternoon for
Portsmouth and Devonport, with, machinery, boilers,
and a funnel for the Algiers, 91, screw steam-ship, at
Devonport. •
The Violet iron paddle-wheel steam-packet, formerly
employed on the Dover mail packet service, but sold by
the Government last week to Messrs. Jenkins and
Charchward, the contractors for the Dover mail packet
service from October next, was taken out of the basin
here in the early part of the present week and up to
Blackwall, where she is to have the necessary repairs
completed at Messrs. C. J. Mare and Co.'s establish.
ment for building iron vessels.
On the examination of the seamen and marine pen
sioners at Deptford by Rear-Admiral Berkeley and Capl
tain Hender*ort.,
.Come ,o€ gnaidf
'about 200 of those in the Woolwich district were found
fit for service, and received cards of the duties they are
to perform when called upon to serve.

DEATH OF CAPTAIN TozEa.—Captain Aaron Tozer
(1830), died on Tuesday last at his residence, Hower's-
row, Plymouth, aged 65. Captain Tozer was in receipt
of a good-service pension, which by his death is placed
at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty.