The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

-4.
PLYMOUTH,
OCT.
S'ltelaen",,i4essty's ship Queen, 116, Captain Fred. T.
taken into the Xeyham works this morn,
ing- At 6 o'clock she was lying astern of the St. George-
-12 ei
°' -aPtain John Ringcombe, abreast of the works,
ort
where Mr. Mills Master-Attendant of the Devonp
IsZekYard, too
vast'
were
disckheahrgaedrge.
ilTahvemQgueen had
t, and tore.s on board • her powder, provisions, and
e
all her guns,
• had the Avon and Pi
teed'lcertra attached, *was towed to the main entrance.
neer-in.
nhief, e 811perintendence of Col. Williams, Engi
eal„,o44nd lir T
tth ovrnsend, resident engineer,ththeeenidoibnlge
ship Nv aaa e outer end was removed, and
___c, ..
A.dniirat warped finer
the lock, in the presence of I' Ft_
tendent Michael" "41,1 Oinmanney. Commodore-Superm
Port-
dinar . a , 'SeYrn
flag o' IQ-P.4in Ed
riginOur, the
and
Commander Captain
Lowe,of the Ot
bre-
ollrynahe ir: -as`"BPisrtaegortb;l,..ein.° ----nEdage, master builder ; Mr.
Iteera of the D
contractor of evonport Dockar ,
.01'.rMI)ent,- stodre.kmeerp. eHre;naryndßaotkheerr,
oe?closicdkertahbeleslidein°ll.ilinarsi me
eli:f
Gov t works at Keyham, and a_
Shortly after 7
drawn across the
persons..
entrance, and, being closed atw
ialsighgwalanter, about 8 o'clocki
operations for removing the inner cassion, which -.
effected by the discharge of water conetnained in tanks in
the
ced. The bulky
'upper
Machine beinng paat.rlternnentlti,
fiwoaetrede coamndm
removed, the ship
draw'l3vaa_B, warped her whgole length a-head into the south
drnlo, and then by cables from her stem and
bodily northward, and, her stem being brought to
the entr
therein.anne of No. 1 dock, she was very soon placed
o_There was no display on the occasion. As a matter
_f precaution, her topgallantraasts were struck and
figurehead enveloped in sailcloth.
alabourers, and a number of riggers laBnoclasheiapmwreinghritgsgelroso,
re to teammediately employed upon her, and it is ex-
pectedshe will be taken out of dock to-morrow.
t
, The Agamemnon 18er foremast taken out.
alongside the sheer hulk to have
n2The Imperieuse went from the Sound yesterday after-
gginon into Hamoaze, where the crew commenced un-
rig her foremast, which is to be taken out and sent
Theeinto th dockyard for examination.
Desperate went into harbour yesterday to have
her defects made good:
It is reported
that La moa
a Hogue will be sent into
Hze, and that the Edinburgh will be removed
from Harnoaze into the
Sound.
When the defects of made ood
the Valorous and Vulture are
g,ean they will probably be dispatched to the
Mediterran.
A slip-rigged screw steam man-of-war was observed,
tinder steam, at 5 this man-of-war
inside the Eddystone.

Tllll New STAMP Act —With reference to the new
Stamp Act, which comes into operation on Tuesday
next, the 11th inst., it has been announced that pre-
viously to the 10th inst. the distributors and sub-distri-
butors of stamps throughout the kingdom will have an
ample supply of the several descriptions. No charge is
made for the !paper on which receipt stamps are im-
pressed ; and adhesive receipt stamps are also provided.
The attention of the public is also 'called to the notice
with regard to the penalties incurred by giving receipts
on unstaroped paper.