The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-30 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 29.

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., the
Commander-in-Chief at this port, went down to Cowes
yesterday in the Fire Queen steam-yacht, to pay his
respects to her Majesty.
The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain the Hon. H. Kep-
pel, got up steam yesterday to try her engines. She
will be ready to leave the harbour about Thursday.
The Neptune, 120, ordinary depot ship, Captain E.
H. Scott, has struck lower yards and topmasts, and
lowered topsail yards on the cap for the winter.

• THE RUSSIANS AT PORTSMOUTH.
The Aurora, 46, Russian frigate, hauled out of the
sea basin this morning alongside her berthing hulk Vic-
torious, to complete internal repairs and receive her
stores. For humanity's sake we trust what has been
stated to us, upon pretty good authority, may not be
true. Some dozen men have lately deserted from the
ship. Our police have captured nearly the whole of
them. Their fate is to be sealed after getting into
blue water, when the most of them are to be " hanged."
We hope this cold-blooded atrocity will not be carried
out at all events in sight of the English Channel ; but,
if we may judge of their fate by the murders in the
Wallachian provinces, under the title of "military exe-
cutions," we may expect that little mercy will be shown
to the unfortunate wretches now in confinement.
The Russian corvette Navarin came into harbour this
afternoon, and will be docked to examine the cause of
her leak, which we reported as having taken place off
Portland, and which caused her to return to this port.
It has been freely circulated that this was the fault of
our dockyard artisans. We beg to say that the corvette
has not been docked at this port, nor have we anything
to be answerable for in respect to the leak in question.
Such reports are unworthy further consideration.—
Herald.

WOOLWICH, Nov. 29.
APPOINTMENTS.
Master.—Richard Sturgess (1853), to the Racehorse,
14, sloop, commissioned this day at Devonport.
Paymasters.— Robert A. Cumming (1851), to the
Racehorse ; William T. Biddlecombe (1852), to the
Vixen, paddlewheel steam-sloop, on the south-east coast
of America station.

Acting-Mate.—William F. Gollock (1852), in the
Blenheim, 60, screw steam guard-ship is appointed mate
of that ship.
Second Master.—William H. Fawckner (1850), re-
cently additional to the Phoenix screw steam-sloop, for
service in the transport, to the St. George, 120, guard-
ship of ordinary at Devonport.
Mr. Stuart, Government pilot here, received intelli-
gence to-day of the death of his son Mr. Richard 0.
Stuart, who went out as master to the Trafalgar, 120 on
the Mediterranean station. Mr. R. 0. Stuart was re-
cently invalided from the Trafalgar when in the Bay of
Besika, and died at Malta, on his way home to England.
The launch of the Majestic, 80, screw steam-ship, is to
take place at Chatham Dockyard at a quarter before 12
at noon on Thursday, Dec. 1. When launched she is to
be fitted with engines of 400-horse power.
An accident occurred in the carriage department of the
Royal Arsenal on Saturday last, nearly similar to the
accident to a convict at the sawmills in the dockyard.
It appears a wheeler, named George Grant, while step-
ping over a circular sawframe when it was in motion,
slipped, and before he could recover himself the saw took
his right foot off a short distance above the ancle. He
was immediately conveyed to the Military Hospital,
where amputation of the remaining part of the leg took
place just below the knee. It is so far satisfactory that
he is doing well.