The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

.NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

N,EW YACHT FOR HER MAJESTY.

We may now announce, without fear of contradiction,
that the Admiralty have determined to give her Ma-
jesty a new yacht, to supersede the old Victoria and
Albert, and that the new Royal vessel will be con-
structed of iron, a material for a yacht suitable for her
Majesty superior in every respect to wood. In this
determination we are quite satisfied the Admiralty will
be supported by all ranks and classes ; and the disap-
pointment that would have been felt at tinkering up a
bad ship at an immense cost will now be turned into a
hope of providing for the Queen a vessel worthy, in every
quality, to represent the naval architecture and marine
engineering skill of Great Britain. England has the
largest, most powerful, and swiftest men-of-war on the
ocean—the Duke of Wellington, St. Jean d'A ere, &c.
England has, also, the largest, fleetest, and most ele-
gantly-fitted mercantile steam-ships that were ever
launched—from the great Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's ship Himalaya, of 3,500 tons, built of iron, to the
15-knots-an-hour packet Valetta, both built by Mare
and Co., of Blackwall. Surely, then, having the best
men-of-war and the best mercantile steamers, England
must also have the best yacht that can be produced for
her Sovereign. We have not the precise dimensions
proposed for the new yacht, but we have heard that a
vessel of about 280 feet long, and, perhaps, 37 feet broad,
will be suggested. Nor have we heard whether it is de-
cided that the yacht shall be screw or paddle. The latter,
it is reported, is preferred. But, as we have stated, the
great advantages which are secured by adopting iron as the
material for the construction are not likely to be over-
looked ; and the new Victoria and Albert will be con-
structed of iron, from the approved Admiralty design,
carried out by the largest and most eminent ship-build-
ing establishment in the country. With the acknow-
ledged great professional talent in the Surveyor of the
Navy's department at Somerset-house, and the expe-
rienced nautical skill that long service in the Royal navy
has matured, from the two world-wide renowned esta-
blishments on the banks of Old Father Thames, we
doubt not that the very best result of modern science in
ship and machinery will, before the Ist of July next, be
tendered by a loyal people to their most gracious
Queen.—Morning herald.

It is officially made known that a new steam-yacht
is to be built for her Majesty, in lieu of the Victoria and
Albert. It is a pity this determination was not arrived
at earlier. An order for the Victoria and Albert to be
altered by lengthening, and to have new engines of
170-horse power put into her (which were ordered of
Messrs. Penn and Son), had been issued ; and accord-
ingly the vessel has been stripped to a complete shell ;
her fine engines, of 430-horse power, by Maudslay
(which have always done theirfduty, faultlessly, and are
in prime condition for further work), have been dragged
out with merciless hurry and disregard of their value ;
her hull and fittings have been battered about with
most destructive zeal ; all in order to get her trans-
formed into the article resolved on, and with the least
possible delay. She has been docked and blocked ready
for the process of cutting, and now, at the last moment,
that which should have in the first instance rendered
unnecessary any meddling with the old yacht has been
done. We are glad there is to be a new one, because
the Victoria and Albert has been a most ill-contrived,
inadequate vessel for the purposes she is expected to
serve ; she never would steer, or berth her compliment
of officers without resorting to the necessity of packing
• two in one cabin, " cribbed and confined," and could
not steam up to the speed of several line-of-battle ships
now in commission. The new yacht will, we hope, be
made to remedy these defects, and redeem the character
of the Queen's yacht. She is to be an iron yacht, upon
the paddle principle, and of 600-horse power. We be-
lieve we may add, further, that the Victoria and Albert
having exhibited in such a bad light the workmanship
of a Royal dockyard, under a Crown surveyor, the new
yacht will be built at a merchant ship-building establish-
ment, and we believe Mr. Ditchburn (the builder of the
beautiful iron Royal yacht Fairy) will have the con-
tract.—Times.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 10.
The Excellent gunnery-ship, Captain Vhads, C.E.,
was paid wages to-day.
The Encounter, 14, Captain O'Callaghan, will be
paid advance to-morrow, and sail on Wednesday or
Thursday for China.
The Caesar, 91, was towed into harbour from Spit-
head to-day.

The transformation of the saluting platform at Ports-
mouth commenced this morning. A gang of convicts
are employed in taking up the flagstones of the prome-
nade, which will be considerably encroached upon by
the new works.

rPLYMOUTH, MONDAY EVENING.
The bark Calcutta, Captain Allan, from Melbourne,
with 100 bales of wool and 8,000 ounces of gold, for
London, entered the Sound this afternoon. She left
Melbourne May 21, touched at Rio August 6, and sailed
therefrom August 20. On the 26th of September spoke
the American bark Clara Ann, from Cardiff, having on
board five seamen, the only survivors of the bark Liver-
pool, Captain Williams, of and from Liverpool for
Jamaica, which foundered in long. 36 N., lat. 13 W.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 10.
Mate David Boyle (1853), to the Agamemon, 91,
screw steam-ship, Western Squadron.
Assistant Surgeon Clark A. Ducket, serving in the
Encounter, 14, screw steam-ship, since September, 1852,
has been confirmed to that vessel.

'Second Masters Henry G. Thomsett (1847), from the
Blenheim, 60, screw steam guard-ship, to the Madagascar
receiving ship, fitting, at Devonport, for Rio; Richard
C. Drew (1853), to the Blenheim, vice Thomsett ; Wil-
liam S. Harrison (1851), to the Apollo store-ship, at
Sheerness.

The Rhadamanthus steam store-ship, Master-Com-
mander Belem, is to be-taken into the basin to-morrow,
to receive on board a portion of the machinery of the
Nile, 90, screw steam-ship, for conveyance to Devon-
port.

The Banshee steam-vessel, Commander 'Hosken, was
paid off at this port to-day, and one corporal and six
privates of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, who
had been serving in her, joined the head quarters of the
division.

The Rosamond steam•sloop received her masts to-day,

THE CHINA SQUADRON.—We learn from Hong-Kong
that the squadron would be dispersed after the court-
martial on Commander Saunderson. The Commander-
in-Chief would remain at Hong-Kong, but Captain Sir
William Hoste, Bart., was to be sent in his frigate,
Spartan, 26, to Amoy. The Rattler, 8, screw, Com-
mander Mellersh, was to go to Whampoa, and after she
had some repairs she was to return to Amoy, and the
Spartan would then most likely be sent down to Trin-
comalee.—Plymouth Mail.
Lieutenant Wm. Marshall (1815) died at Dunbar on
the 6th inst., aged 75. He saw much service during the
war.

SHIPPINC INTELLIGENCE.

QUARANTINE NOTICE.

LISBON, Sept. 29.—The port of Liverpool is to-day de-
clared, by the Board of Health, to be suspected of cholera,
from the 30th of August.

CUSTOM-HOUSE-Our. 10.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Ottoman, from Leghorn ;
Antoinette, Marie, and Rose in June, Louvain ; Alert,
Rouen ; Angantine, New York ; Alicia, Rouen ; Vigilant,
Caen ; Vriendachap, Worcum ; Ben Muick, Dhue, Con-
stantinople ; Endraght, Worcum • Blanche, Philadelphia ;
Hjalma, ' Cronstadt • David, Antwerp ; Humility, Bou-
logne; Ann Jewitt, Louvain; Slains Castle, Penang;
Wm. Septimus de Septimo, Antwerp ; Huntress, St.
Kitt's ; Brothers, do. ; Exact, Madras ; Lord Nelson,
Lisbon • Henriette Jeltina, Mazagan; Lisbeadam, Smyrna ;
Timandria, Moulmein ; Architect, Canton ; William, Dun-
kirk; Three Brothers. do. ; Euphrasie, Rouen ; Confiance,
do. ; Richard Thornton, Batavia; Salem, Charente.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Benjamin
Buck Green, for Mauritius ; Hazard, Malaga.
CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Cenes, for
Copenhagen ; H eaten, Sydney ; Julie, Stettin ; Meander,
Launceston ; Morpish, Havre ; Sarah Birkett, Berbice ;
Achilles, Elsinore.