The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE:

The Right lion. Sir James Graham, First Lord of
the A.dmiralty, will commence holding his „levees on
Saturday next, the 19th inst., as will be seen by the
following announcement :

"ADMIRALTY.
"Sir James Graham will receive officers on Saturctvs,
at 12 o'clock.

"OfUeers who wish to see Sir James Graham will havo
to enter their names in a book kept for that purpose in the
hall, stating their Christian names and rank." .
The number of offioers seen on one day will, as usual,
be limited to 30.

Lieutenant West, commanding her Majesty's steam-
sloop Pluto, on the coast of Africa station, has been
invalided ; and Lieut. Norman Bedingfield, lately in
command of the Jackal, tender to ber Majesty's steam-
frigate Penelope, has been appointed to the vacant
command.

The death of retired Commander George Fox (1847)
has been reported.

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.
The Barraeouta 6, paddle-sloop, Commander G.
Parker, left Spithead yest<xday morning, after dis-
charging the seamen and marines belonging to this port
paid off from the Castor, with others for the Plymouth
station from the same shin.
The Banshee steam-packet, Lieutenant J. Hosken,
commanding, hauled out of dock to the steam basin, to
complete her refit, yesterday morning.
The Medea, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Bailey, only
1 awaits the embareation of Mr. Backhouse, the Judge of
the Mixed Commission for the Havannah, to leave Spit-
head for that destination.
The Rhadamanthus, 4, steam-transport, Mr. Belam,
master commanding, arrived in this harbour yesterday
from Plymouth, to discharge supernumeraries and stores;
afterwards she proceeds to Deptford.
The freight-ships Joseph Somes and Fatima arrived at
Spithead to-day from the Thames, and will come into
harbour to embark from the dockyard the 48th Regiment
for Corfu.

The Duke of Wellington 131, Captain H. B. Martin,
C. 8., has received her boilers, four in number, each
weighing 25 tons. When.,.the four are in their places
there will be a clear space of 12 feet between the
starboard and port boilers ; each boiler has five fu:-
naces, and 598 metal tubes, removable at pleasure.
The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, flag of Rear-
Admiral Corry, will be " paid down " on Friday and
her crew allowed leave of absence. She will haul out of
dock to the fitting basin, according to present estimate,
on the 27th inst.

The Furious, 16, paddle-frigate, Captain Loring, will
be paid advance at Spitbead to-morrow, and start On a
cruise as far as the Mediterranean on Saturday,

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 16
The Barracouta, Commander G. Parker, arrived yas•
terday from Sheerness with seamen paid off from the
Castor.

The steam-tender Sprightly, Master-Commander
Allen, arrived from Portsmouth on Sunday with seamen
for ships fitting at this port, and returned again on
Monday.

Seam-en riggers employed on board the Brisk have got
up lower yards, topmasts, and topgallantmasts, and
commenced rattling the topmast rigging.
Extra hands were sent on board the Algiers on Mon-
day, to get her ready for launching by May.
At 10.30 on Monday night two steam-vessels-of-war
were observed going down Channel, inside the Eddy-
stone, under full steam and all canvas ; the headmost
bark-rigged, all black ; the other, a mile astern, ship-
rigged.

The Falmouth and Goodwill lighters, which sailed
from this port for the eastward, have been obliged to
put back, in consequence of the strong easterly wind.
The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw line-of-battle ship,
will be launched on the 21st March next.
Mr. William Hanniford (musician), has been appointed
organist at the Dockyard Chapel, vice Drake, resigned.
Captain Rich, R.N., Captain Superintendent of the
Royal William Victualling-yard, has, under the direc-
tions of the Lords of the Admiralty, made the following
distribution of a portion of Goldner's preparations, fit
for food :—To the Rev. J. Hatchard, vicar of St An-
drew's, for the poor of Plymouth, 60 canisters, of 741 b.;
to the Mayor of Plymouth, 60 canisters ; and to Cap-
tain Schuyler, churchwarden for the poor of Stonehouse,
60 canisters.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 16.
The Black Eagle, steam-vessel, Master Commander
John E. Petley, left Woolwich this afternoon for Ports-
mouth, where she will await further orders.