The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

A summary of dates have been received from
;wt
West Indies, but letters were expected this morn
our, Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. seriV,
C. 8., G.C.H., flag-ship Cumberland, 70, Capt. Serl'lthe
had arrived at Port Royal, and remained there °llhae;
11th Jan., with the Imaum, Commodore 31?tin-12,
Highflyer, 24, screw-frigate, pt. Heath; Persia
Commander Mitchell ; Buzzard, 6, steam-8100PP nder
mander Dobbie, and Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Comma
Wilson.
''3Dtsis
The ill-fated Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, ,t can
Halsted, remained at Barbadoes, and from what
gather, there had been no more deaths from the Tcece3o
ful fever. It was stated in last account that 16 ain
and 70 men had fallen victims to the scourge, More
now hear the numbers are 15 officers and 73 wen' -tic,h
than one-fourth of the entire ship's. company. Alth° der
it appears the Devastation, 6, steam-sloop, Colman
ti•
Campbell, was sent to tow the Dauntless to Aser•
gua, it is stated that Captain Halsted declined the
vices of the sloop.
The officers and crews of the Royal Mail siitef°
packets had suffered very much. Mr. ChanllePw'ool•
purser of the Thames, died at Barbadoes ; Messrs.
ley and Allen, midshipmen of the Trent, died 3- et
T
Thomas's ; two engineers, Messrs. Bacon and -I,r,sdittl3
and 11 hands of the Dee, died at St. Thomas's ;
chief steward of that ship is also a victim.
THE SEA SERVICE of THE MEDITERRANEAN
Since Vice-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., 1139 ct°ol
manded the Mediterranean fleet he has had morefiac bas
service at sea than any admiral since the war. ne one
scarcely bad his anchors down for a fortnight 3' The
place, and he has been out in the roughest weather•
expense of wear and tear must have been enormous'

01
PORTSMOUTH, -r ,
."-.slliPi
Duke of Wellington, 131, screw-line-of-battle
tosd
Captain H. B. Martin, C.B. stepped her rO3O, cosi:
mizenmasts this day ; this noble ship, being 11°, sea
missioned, we may expect by the end of Marco 1g be
her ready for active service. Her complement /1""
1,200 men. Car
Prince Regent, 90, flag of Rear-Admiral Coal' oyi
tarn Frederick Hutton, will come into harbour on Ffl ,
to be docked and have her copper examill
cleaned ; her crew will be paid down.
Banshee, 2, steam-packet, Lieutenant-Col° basis
James Hosken, will be hauled out of the steam
into dock to-morrow to examine her copper. thosb
Fury, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Edward
-Oa
hauled out of the steam basin this afternoon, all for
towed by the Echo, steam. tug, to the coal depot,
supply therefrom.
Allen' c 0111:
Sprightly, steam-tender to Victory, Mr.freso;
mander, hauled out of the steam basin into the slop
with the exception of painting, she is ready for the
service.
Victoria and Albert, Royal yacht, Captain NV.,
will be brought down from he moorings on Friday
will be docked to clean her copper.
Comm
Rhadamanthus, steam store-ship, Master - o,li
John
.Belane, proceeds to Plymouth to-mottos'
stores
The Frolic, 16, sailing-sloop, having been thorosgbolle
refitted, will be removed from the fitting-basin;oo:l.
7th, and placed up the harbour to await commissifelcv!
The Fairy, Royal yacht, Master-Commander
is ready to come out of dock to try a series °f e 14) merits with an improved screw propeller. georr
The Cruiser steam-sloop, Commander Hon. —.O",
H. Douglas, is under orders to proceed round
to SQool
mouth, but no day has been fixed for her leaving d O°S
with, as her commander has been indisposed, 11.11
able to leave his residence at Blackheath for ac'ine
past.
t 101;
The Minden Mediterranean mail steampac-e rtiel
tenant-Commander Louis R. Reynolds, is under 0
to be paid off at this port on Saturday next. of the
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., surveyor t °cl
navy, visited Chatham dockyard on Saturday
minutely inspected the three-decker Roy
which ship is into be convex ;ed to a screw sruP
dispatch. She is to have Grant's cooking and dlshiP g 6
galley, and, when fitted, she is to be the gor"s
Sheerness.
Use
Sir Baldwin afterwards inspected the e /P'l3 (screw), 50, Captain 'Watson, and gave dire&ioo eteti
reference to the detail of her fittings. He also insPehiod
the Cressy, screw two-decker, aceer which he retill
to London.
sla
Commander John C. Bailey, of her .Moiest3r tot°
Medea, has generously presented a donation of 5/1: vlt'
Naval and Military Bible Soc;ety, at the bands °s doe
Hall, B. N., director of police al her Majesty
yard at this port.
Mr. James Wells is to be replaced in the sittlat:l;
master smith in this dockyard.
Mr. Cotsell is to return, as master smith, to Clid'
dcekyard, whence he was lately removed. the
Mr. Smale, who is at present acting master smi
„oref,
Chatham, is to return to Woolwich dockard as 1,.
the situation from which he was lately promoted

WOOLWICH, V°l3. 'of
APPOINTMENTS. Do"

Paymaster John Marks (b.) (1814) to the 11.
Wellington, 131, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth'
o
Clerks—Albert Lew (1847), and Edward A. t
lett (1847), to the Duke of Wellington. tbe
_l5
Assistant Engineers—George RoberLson, of oot,
class, to the Barracouta, steam-sloop, at Sllecro-fri
James Justice, of the Ist class, to the Sidon Ste
gate, at Portsmouth.

lcp (114. .0
THE RESERVE STEAM SQUAD-L.—„toav,t
Most of the ships of the old reserve steam ;4,4
having been commissioned before others COny.' e bA'
ready to take their places, for the last month W
had no "reserve" at the ports. We Wo,
however, the following ready, or nearly so, for th
dant :
f
Brisk, screwy 14 ply
n'o guns, 250 horse- ower coo
o titli°
Conflict, screw... 8 „ 400 P portsflio
Miranda, screw 14 „ 250 PA
Sheerilesg
Cyclops 6 „ 320 " Shee,riliAP
AP
Vesuvius
Bulldog 6 „ 500 ports°,
AP
Stromboli
ports°lolo
Hecla
The Brisk is now nearly ready, and all the Pc'ilftes,eri
vessels may be said to be rea4y also for imranOtia
vice. Miranda will not be completed before they, also
March. Cyclops is reported complete. WeirololeC the Terrible, 21 guns, 800-horse power, at 11° by the
She will be out of the hands of the engineer 3 doc'
15th of February, and will be completed by thr, °,l:
yard about the Ist of April. At Portsmouth, "-belt:
gon, 6 guns, 320-horse power, will be comPletets, „vol.
Ist of Mach ; the Dragon, 6 guns, 560-hove poi
l.
40"
the end of March ; and the Gladiator, 6 gall°
horsepower, by the Ist of April.— Plymouth 6

THE CALORIC ENGINE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD the C°-
Sir,—l am surprised that the attention of to
vernment does not seem to be S eriu 1 directed
of the most valuable discovezie of theos present day'
Captain Ericsson's caloric engine. Otte't
With so many ships of war which aro t° uit
with the screw propeller, and for which CO
be constructed, it would be wilful waste °"101".
uo
money to apply steam, as, should Captain x-" o` v t`o,
ciple succeed, and of which there is not 11 fru-
slightest doubt, the en Ines must be all alter
pe,
steam to caloric, causing an enormous extra ego.eirie gee'
The advantages offered by Captain E. ell'wel3s,:f
that it can be worked at about one-foul th the e-eopt,,
takes up much less room, and, from the small 311' 01;7
fuel necessary for the voyage, allows the ye°
50 per cent. more stowage. There is much lend dir
lity from fire, and from the absence of smoke
(1 Off
the sails and rigging are kept as clean as ally,.
ton
sailing vessel. • if a cee_gb
The Government, instead of remaining 113.",- to 74
behind the times, shbuld instantly comnaoll'doe'e
Captain E., and make arrangements for the 3, et 0,
of the caloric engine immediately on the arriv,' „Op
Ericsson in the Thames, and not delay so dte'
there is scarcely a ship in the mercantile "Or"- ecl
out it. he
With so much "talent" now in office, ale t° fiflecesli
it will be applied to relieving the country from
sary expenditure. Men of "talent," without iri c 2
knowledge of ordinary business, are of little us: state;th.ne
rying out economically the financial policy of
and we want thorough men of business to exalelbel t°
v 1113
matters of this description, which are cale
„ eorre,,c
benefit the community at large.
Should my view of the matter appear to Ye-e paPi,r;
I shall feel obliged if you will give a place in Yp°srari
with such remarks as you may consider nec,itshe
Ub
placing the matter before the Government an
gip'
lie in a much more prominent manner.-1 re-00'
yours respectively, A " coNsEßvil
t°
Plyouth Feb. 1, 1853 al
Will P [We mhave, no doubt that. due attention Teo .. e' .
ttahmn e
emje,priertshnofentths.....ecEalD. erio.
cfenffi.; c, but the C4° une
cannot afford to wait the issue of, up to this time'

Mr. Bingham thought the woman to be as foolish as
the defendant. The latter had better go to work and
claim Buckingham Palace, and not stick at the Duke of
New
soiljr
_.....—..n.
Devonshire's. If he had any claim, he had better go to .E.
.r.arroRATIoN. T a Government of itteud-11
the Court of Chancery at once ; and should he be lucky Wales have made ahermlnote ofl 10,000/. to be reiTo-30 PI:Poi
ciety.
enough to be ordered into possession of the magnificent ' aid of Mrs. ChisholnLa's Family Colonisation
urpse,eo
property of the Duke of Devonshire, that would be quite It inay be applied either for the P,rsoof
time enough for him to do as he liked with his own, fend,
fresh advances, or to constitute !;ecb'retarytte
He should now order him to find two sureties in 201. inittce of the
foraccording to the
Londonjudgmentof
chom °
each to be of good behaviour for the next three months, soviet
the Colonies and tho
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