The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-11 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAYA :I, AND MILITARY INTELLIG E 1 .
The C o lossus, 81, screw, Captain Robins°. o, got rip
steam in I )ortsmouth harbour yesterday morn in g at 10
o'clock, nr, ith the intention of proceeding to St o' kes Bay
on a trial[ of her steaming qualities • but, as n. a official
from the establishment of Penn and Co. was esent to
superintea d the working of the engines, the t rial was
postponedl . The Prussian Lieutenant-Genen LI Prince
Radzivill and staff arrived at Portsmouth yesti rday by
railway, ;A nd went on board this ship, iiatendin to go
out to Sta Aces Bay in her, but were preventec I by the
aboire ca. o se. This morning the General is to b e shown
the gum 2 ery system of the navy on board her'. t 1 .ajesty's
ship Exc E tent. The Colossus will be tried on 3 londay.
The I t4)scawen, 70, Captain Glanville, is Ix ,sitively
ordered o leave Spithead for the North Ameeti, can sta-
tion on t 3 unday morning.
The I a idefatigable, 50, flag of Rear-Ado:dr* 1 Hope
Johiastol a e, was towed from . Hamoaze into P 1 ymouth
Sound o c i Wednesday afternoon.
The F ;;; sleigh, 50-gun frigate, is ordered to be. brought
down fr y m her moorings at Portsmouth on Frii lay, and
placed i o the fitting basin to go in dock.
The 11 I alacca high pressure 17-gun steamer, commis-
sioned b Captain Farquhar, was taken out of. dry dock
at Chatl s am on Wednesday. Her engines and ix aellinerY
will be tr ested, to-day in the presence of a amber of
scientifi a gentlemen.
The 1 ) Asher, steam-vessel, Captain Lefevre, -and Blank
Eagle, a team-yacht, Master-Commander Pe ley, came
into bar 1 ,our from Cowes to replenish with 'coals, and
returne. 3 to their stations, the former to t Iva Channel
Islands, , and the latter to Woolwich.

. THE ROYAL ALBERT,. 121.
The :Fly, Robert Sallenger acting second. :master, ar-
rived s at Sheerness yesterday from Weolwicii , with the
screw-I ?:ropeller for the Royal Albert._ Tht prdpeller
weighs nine tons ; the diameter is 17 feet.; and it has
19 feet. pitch. It is to be immediately. put int o its place,
after a r" hich steam. will be got up to try the ei ,Ition of it.
We re g ret to say that her commanderinet with an acci-
dent a rhile superintending the sheers being rigged to put
the pi c.peller in place. The topmast rigg:ing is being
set up and she will shortly considerably ed ter her ap-
pearar lc e aloft. But few A..B.'s have as yet -volunteered
for hey r ; she is nevertheless progressing very satisfac-
torily -to the authorities. Large numbers of visitors
have inspected her; among whom (by an Admiralty
order) there have been two French naval en.gieeers, who
made :a very minute inspection of her, and expressed
their I Lighest satisfaction, not only with her :architectural
forma' a on, but also with her machinery acid arrange-
ments -.throughout her hull and stores.

APPOINTMENTS. •
Fla g Lieutenant—Francis W. Turton (1849), to the
Impn finable, 104, flag, at Devonport.
Lie utenant—Josiah H. Hatchard (1854), to the Boa.
°Ewen

Th a 1,400-ton screw-ship Australia with the re-
maind e r of Major Young's and Captain Trung's 'corn-
panics of the Royal Artillery, arrived in the Downs
from • the river at 8.30 a.m. yesterday, and proceeded
immec li ately down Channel for the Black Sea, with beau-
tiful, aalin, and fine weather.
The Cottinghatn, steam transport, left yesterday even-
ing wi ith provisions for the Black Sea. A detachment
of the 95th Regiment, under the command of Captain
Weath erhead and seveeal junior officers take passage in
a Hooper, not having been on board at the
her to join their several regiments.- Staff Assistant-
Surgw
proper time, was left behind. The Cottingham takes a
mail.