The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-04 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Royal Albert, 121, screw, is still in the graving
deck, Sheerness, and the sole cause why this vessel did not
go out last week was that tha caisson was found to be very
defective. Mr. Scamp, Admiralty engineer, is expected
there, to survey the entranov of the basin. No doubt at
next spring tides she will be once more afloat ; but although
still in the basin, the interim' fittings and machinery, to-
gether with the rigging department, aro being completed.
The Royal William, 120, Captain Kingcomb, from the
Baltic, has received orders to proceed to Plymouth, where
moorings were taken up for her on Saturday.
The Exmouth, 90, screw, Devonport.—Rhadamanthus,
steam transport, Master Commander Belam, arrived at
Devonport on Friday, from Woolwich, with machinery
for the Exmouth. She will be paid wages at Davenport.
The Falcon, 17, screw, sister ship to Harrier, Mr. Tonkin,
assistant master attendant, in charge, arrived in Ports-
mouth Harbour on Saturday morning, from Pembroke.
She made a long passage, owing to frequent calms ; her
qualities, however, are highly spoken of. She was jury-
rigged as a barque, and her masts and spars made up from
something of all sorts—to wit, Sidon's bowsprit, Serpent's
main and maintopmast, &c. The rigging was too short,
as were also the backstays, which had to be tailed ; never-
theless, she beat everything [in coming round. She ap-
pears somewhat longer than the Harrier, and rather a
finer bow, which is right enough for a steamer. The Falcon
was placed alongside the jetty and unbent sails. To.
day she will strip and return stores, and prepare for
her proper masts, rigging, and commission.
The Malacca, 17, screw, Captain Farquhar, hauled out
of dock at Portsmouth early on Saturday morning, and
took several turns through Spithead, after which she re-
ceived
,her powder and shell.), and dropped down to
Osborne to make one of the royal squadron.
The steamer Avon wns taken on Saturday into Keyham
dock to receive new tubular boilers.
The frigate Meander is ordered to leave Plymouth Sound
for Greenock, to obtain seamen.
The Diligence was taken out of the basin at WOolwich

on Saturday evening, having taken on board the machinery

for the Falcon, screw steam-sloop. She left the same
night, towed by the Monkey, Second Master Synder-
combe, who has orders to tow her all the way round to
Portsmouth.

There is a fine Austrian frigate, of about 50 guns, s:
Greenhithe, where she has been for the lad fortnight

having come over to the Thames with the crew of another
steam-frigate building in this country for the Austrian
Government.

The Supply, screw steam storeship, Master• Commander
Penn, is at Greenhithe, with a large quantity of stores on
board, from the Royal Arsenal, for conveyance to Turkey.

She has been delayed in consequence of a piece of chain
becoming entangled in her screw propeller, which caused
her to strain her stern, and workmen were sent down on
Saturday evening from the factory at Wo,-lwich, and were
at work on board of her all yesterday in stopping the leak
caused by that accident. '
The Snake, steam despatch-vessel, is ordered to be commis-
sioned at Woolwich by Lieutenant-Commander AUSillop,
late in command of the Royal Charlotte, revenue catter.

So great a favourite was this officer in the service in which

he has been employed, that on his appointment being

known the whole number of seamen required for the
Snake volunteered at once to join that vessel,—Plymouth

Mail.

The Sea Lark, 8, was towed out of Portsmouth Harbour on
Saturday evening, by manning her own boats, and doing

it the old-fashioned way. She anchored at Spithead.
Owing to the most active exertions of the master attend.
ant and storekeeper at the Royal Clarence Victualling-

yard, a supply is in stock to answer any demand that may

be made from our fleets either in the Black Sea or Baltic.

A steam-transport is hourly expected to take to Constan-
tinople 1800 casks of bread and 800 casks of beef for the

troops.

THE GUN-BOATS.--DEPARTURE OF THE
WRANGLER.

The Wrangler, screw steam despatch gun-boat, Lieut.-
Commander Risk, left Woolwich on Saturday morning for
Greenhithe, where she had her compasses adjusted ; and
her machinery, by 111audslay, Sons, and Field, having been
found to work well, she left Greenhithe yesterday for the
Baltic, having drawn charts previously to assist in navi-
gating her throughlthe Northern Seas.