The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-31 00:00:00

NAVAL lIVTELLIGENOE.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 30.
This afternoon, at 2 o'clock, her Majesty's yacht
Elfin, Master-Commander Alfred Balliston, embarked
their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the
I Princesses Helena and Louisa at Osborne, and brought
them to this port en route to Buckingham Palace. On
approaching Spithead, the Blenheim, Magicienne, and
London fired a royal salute each, followed by the Prus-
sian corvette Amazone, and the platform battery and
Victory and Neptune in harbour also saluted. The
royal suite in attendance were Lady Lyttelton and Co-
lonel Biddulph. On landing at the Clarence-yard the
Royal family were received by Rear- A.dmiral Fan-
shawe, C. 8., Captain-Superintendent Courtenay, Mas-
ter-Attendant Davies, and Mr. Storekeeper Pinhorn,
who escorted them to the Prince of Wales's steam car-
riage in waiting. The train, under the superintendence
of the South-Western Railway officials, left at 3.30 p.m.
for London.

Commodore Schroeder, of the Prussian frigate Geflon,
paid a visit to Rear-Admiral Fanshawe's flag-ship Nep-
tune, 120, Captain Scott, this morning, and was saluted
with 9 guns, with the Prussian pennant at the main,
which was acknowledged with 11 guns from the corvette
Amazone, this afternoon, with the white ensign at the
main. _ _

The Lords of the Admiralty will arrive at this port on
their annual visit of inspection on Tuesday next, and
will dine that evening with the Commander-in-Chief,
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., who has
invited a party of officers to meet them. On the follow-
ing evening their lordships will patronise the ball in aid
of the funds for supporting the Seamen and Marines'
Orphan Schools at this port. The head-quarters of the
board will be at the George Hotel, as usual, and the
First Lord will hold a levee at the Royal Naval College.
The London, 90, Captain Eden, sails on Thursday to
join Rear-Admiral Corry's division of the Channel fleet.
Captain Hockings has relieved Captain Lillicrop in
the command of the Royal Marine detachment on
board the London, the latter officer having becn neces-
sitated to go on sick leave to the Royal Naval Hospital,
Haslar.

The Blenheim, 60, screw guardship, Captain the Hon.
F. T. Pelham, got under weigh this morning for the
purpose of shifting her berth more to the westward, and
gave her crew an hour or two's exercise in Stokes'-bay.
We have the pleasure of recordinc, a most considerate
act of generosity on the part of the Lords of the Admi-
ralty towards the employes of the Royal Clarence Vic-
tualling Establishment, Gosport. It will be remem-
bered with what extraordinary alacrity these men
worked in victualling the Spithead fleet when it first
assembled in our roadstead. The men at the Clarence-
yard worked day and night— even the general holyday
of the Queen's Coronation-day to boot—to accomplish
their work, which they performed in something like the
a!tn9st illeredUe space of 30 hours. This having been

Hine° properly represented to 'the Board of Admiralty
by Captain-Superintendent Courtenay, on reports made
to hint Mr. Davies, the Master-Attendant, and Mr.
Pinhorn, the Storekeeper, their Lordships have, by re-
tur.i of post, tent down an order for the distribution of
a week's extra pay to each man employed in the Vic-
tua:ling Department ashore and afloat. This well-
merited gratuity will be paid them to-morrow.
TM, IThadamantlms, steam transport, Master-Com-
mander &lain, arrived this afternoon, from Jersey we
believe, with Royal Artillery on board.
The fr;ends of officers and men in Commodore Mar-
tin's squadron may be glad to know that letters sent
to the post-office, Bantry, Ireland, to the sth of Sep-
tember, will be duly and quickly received by those to
whoai they are addressed.

Wind, W. by W., fresh breezes, but fine weather.

PLYMOUTH, AUG. 30.

llsr Majesty's frigate Dwilalns, 20, Captain G. G.
Wellesley, which arrived here yesterday from the Pa-
cific station, was commissioned on the 27th of July,
1S 9. and sailed from Plymouth on the 15th of Septem-
ber following. After touching at :Madeira she arrived
IZio Janeiro on the 2nd of November. She sailed
from Wallaston Island on the let of January, 1850,
for V.dpsriiso Callao, Ciiincas, Piseo, San Fran-
cisco, Vancouver's Island, &c., and returning by San
Francisco, arrived at Valparaiso on the 3d of January,
1851. She left again on the Ist of March for Callao
arid Honolulu, and conveyed provisions to St. Law-
rence Island, in the Arctic Sea, Port Clarence, in
Dhering's Straits and St. Lawrence Bay, on the coast of
Asia, for the Arctic ships. The Dwdalus returned by San
Francisco and Honolulu to Tahiti, where she arrried on the
30th of December. She left again on the 6th of Janu-
ary, 1852, called at Hwaheini, Raitea, Pitcairn's Is-
land, Valparaiso, Caldera, Callao, Panama, San Blas,
Maz atm, Cape San Lucar, and Guaymas. On the
18th of January. 1853, she sailed for Mazatlan, and,
calling at San Bias, Acapulco, Panama, Valparaiso,
and the Falkland Island, !pally left Rio Janeiro for
England on the 13th of July, having covered, by a
rough calculation, a distance of 86,000 miles. By va-
rious diseases, out of a complement of 240 hands she
has lost 10 men, 1 marine, and 1 boy. Her purser,
Mr. Feeley, was found assassinated at San Bias on the
4th of March, 1853. A seaman, William Giddy, fell
overboerd, from the foretopsailyard while reefing in a
gale of wind on the 4th of July, south of Montevideo,
and was drowned. On the 22d of July, during a gale,
Isaac White, another seaman, was also drowned. No
promotions have occurred on board the Diedalus during
lice absence. Lieutenant Jackson, senior of the Am-
phitrite, 26, Captain C. Frederick, and 29 seamen and
'inarines, invalids, have come home in her from Valpa-
i raiso. She has had fine weather on the passage home
' until within the last four or rive days, since which heavy
south and west winds have prevailed.
Spoke, June 16, in lat. 55. 24 S., long. 72. 40 W.,
the Flying Clond ; July 15, in lat. 22. 38 S., long. 40
W., the Rosamond ; July 21, in lat. 16. 16 S., long.
35. 13 W., the Gazelle ; July 28, in lat. 2. 1 N.; long.
32. 47 W., the Charles Jones ; Aug. 1, in lat. 11. 13
N., long. 30. 8 W., the Carl and Johann ; Aug. 19, lat.
37. 19 N., long. 37. 16 W., the Elizabeth of Watta-
poseitt.

The crew of her Majesty's screw steam-ship St. Jean
d'Acre, 100, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, have bent
sails and crossed topgallantyards. Her steam was got
up yesterday, and she will go out of harbour to-day.
The Odin, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Francis Scott,
which put in here on Friday through stress of weather,
sailed yesterday for Lisbon.

Two full rigged ships•of-war, and four barks, are
lying to (9 a.m. Tuesday) off the port to the south-
ward. Some have their topgallant sails set, others are
stowed.

PORTSMOUTH. AUG. 30.
Leander, 50, Captain King, was only 14 days at New
York, and went from thence to Halifax, where she con-
tinued one day. She then proceeded to Quebec, re-
mained one day, and then sailed for Chaleur Bay, to
protect the British fisheries. From the bay she returned
to Halifax, to embark Lord Ellesmere and suite. She
is ordered to have her defects made good, and to be re-
ported ready for sea as soon as possible.
Fire Queen, tender to Victory, Master Commander
T. W. Paul, returned from Southampton last evening,
having conveyed . her Imperial Highness the Grand
Duchess Catherine of Russia, with her husband, the
Duke of Wurtemburgh, and attendants, to that port,
ea route to Torquay, on a visit to the Princess Mary.
Tito Grand Duchess Catherine was pleased to com-
mand. her Chambellan Maitre de la Cour to present
to Mr. Paul, the commander of the Fire Queen, a very
beautiful and massive pin, being a ruby of unusual size
and quality, encircled iii brilliants, held by a gold eagle's
claw. This is a most gratifying acknowledgment of the
services of a British offictr, who in carrying out his
duties was thus honoured in so marked a manner.

Victory--The flag of the commander in chief, Vice
Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane, was struck last
night, the admiral being on leave of absence for a week.
Blenheim, 58, screw guard-ship, Captain the Hon.
Pelham, got under weigh this morning, and, after a few
hours' sailing exercise, brought up at Spithead in a more
central position.
Rhadamanthus, paddle steam store-ship, made her
number off Southsea Castle this afternoon at 4.302 and
passed through Spithead with stores and supernumera-
ries for Devonport.
Archer, 14, screw, Commander James N. Strange, is
at Leith, having brought in three French fishing vessels
which had trespassed on the rights of our fishermen, off
the Fern Islands, and in defiance of all remonstrance
at their continued aggression. The boilers of the
Archer are in a vary leaky state, and cannot hold out
much longer.

CHATHAM, AuG. 30.
ADMIRALTY INSPECTION AT CHATHAM DOCKYARD.

The Right Hon. Sir James Graham, First Lord of
the Admiralty, Rear-Admiral Richard S. Dundas, C. 8.,
Captain Milne and the Hon. Francis William Cowper,
Lords of the Admiralty, Captain W. A. B. Hamilton,
R.N., Second Secretary of the Admiralty, Captain Sir
Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, and
Lieutenant-Colonel Greene, Director of Architectural
and Engineering Works, left the London-bridge station
oft the North Kent Railway by the 8 o'clock a.m. train
( opteyr) for Strood, and arrived there at half-past 9.
ftefastcatphteaiirn-sLuoprderishni
Captain-Superintendent
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barge breakfast
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Dockyard,
the landingaull were rowed down the Medway to
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received by-PBce at the dockyard, where they were
intendent ;
Colonel
Peter Richards, C.B ., Super-
Garrison ; Colonel Beresfo
no
w. rd, Commandant of the
the Chatham .division
Willer, Second Commandant of
ant J. Wise, RasT
,yrof Royal Marines ; Lieuten-
Laen, Master-Attendant. i e.ctor of Police ; Mr. Thomas
'ter Shipwright; Mr. Alex Mr' Francis J. Laire, Alas-
Mr. John I. Fincham,der Lawrie, Chief Engineer;
Mr. John Miller, Storekeestant Master Shipwright ;
Store Receiver ; Mr. RenwiZr ;.‘, Mr. George Chiles,
wright ; Rev. Allen Fieldin,!, Assistant Master Ship-
Luther, M.D., Surgeon ; le. Heinaplsin ; Mr. Peter
Assistant Surgeon ; Mr. Rnbbick, g peacock, M.D.,
Cashier ; and Lieutenant Dowling, Y2ruter-General's
Dockyard Battalion. A guard of honour ottt'ltieof the
Marines, with the band and colours, under the cos_
of Captain Blyth, was drawn up on the avenue
leading to the wharf wall, and on their Lordships land-
ingen presented arms, the band playing the National
Anthem. Their Lordships then proceeded to the offices
of the Captain-Superintendent, where they remained
upwards of an hour and a-half examining the books,
vouchers, and records of the various departments,
and, on leaving the offices, visited the Majestic,
80 guns, now nearly ready for launching, having
been converted so as to be adapted for a screw-
steam-ship, simply by cutting out the dead wood of her
stern, which renders it probable that she will be used as
a block-ship, being too broad in her bows and full astern
for a fast steam ship. Theylthen wen on board the
President, 50, flagship of Rear-Admiral David Price, for
the Pacific station, as she is at present in dock fitting for

that service. They then passed the Euryalus, 50, con-
ted into a screw steam-ship, to have engines of 400-
horse power, by John Penn and Son, and proceeded to
the pay-office at half past 1 o'clock to inspect the whole
of the men in the yard, when mustered, and passed be-
fore them. The police were also mustered, and passed be-
fore their lordships. The police of Chatham Dockyard
have different regulations from the metropolitan police,
being under the direction of Lieut. Wise, R.N., and they
are formed into three divisions, each division being under
an inspector. They enter the yard for duty, and remain
in it 48 hours, but they are relieved from their various
stations every four hours, and reside out of the yard every
third day and night, there being always two divisions
on duty and one off. Their barracks are in the centre
of the yard, and three fire-engines are kept in a con-
stant state of readiness under their sleeping apartments
and 12 other fire-engines in a building a few yard dis-
tant. From the Pay-office their Lordships proceeded
to inspect the Apollo troop-ship, now in dock being re-
paired for further service, the Irresistible, 80, and the
Severn, 50, building for screw propeller steam-ships.
The Orion, 80, in an adjoining slip, will be a fine ship,
as she has been lengthened 20 feet in the middle,
twelve feet by the stern, and four feet at her bows,
which was drawn up to admit of that addition. Their
Lordships then proceeded to inspect a fine new slip,
the granite work and wharf wall of which is nearly com-
pleted, and when finished will prove a very great im-
provement to that part of the yard, as the new wharf
wall extends about 100 feet further into the bed of
the river Medway than the old wharf wall. It is
also intended to make more improvements in the same
direction extending to the masthouse, where the gain from
the river will be at least 100 yards. now covered with a
deposit of mud. There is near this spot an old slip for-
merly used for building the 12 gun-brigs and other small
vessels now dispensed with in the Royal Navy. The
building is at present used as a mast-house ; but it so
far inland, compared with the new improvements, that
it is to be taken down. After a lengthened inspection,
and reference to the plans of improvements on the still
vacant ground at the lower part of the yard, their lord-
ships went outside the dockyard wall to inspect a spot
suggested as eligible for the erection of a convict prison,
it being intended, now that transportation of that class
has ceased, to again employ them on the public
works in various localities. On their return they
inspected the saw-mills, where several ingenious
descriptions of machinery, recently added, were shown
at work ; the first that attracted their lordships' at-
tention was a pair of circular saws, rising through a
trap-door in the floor of the saw-mill, and revolving in
opposite directions, which sawed off the end of a log of
timber about two feet square, the timber being quite sta-
tionary, and the saws moving and meeting each other in
the required direction. Another circular saw was ex-
hibited, on the telescope principle, descending from a
square case which is suspended about 12 feet high, and
it can be moved from end to end of the mill on a rail-
way at that elevation ; and the precision and ra-
pidity with which the various ends of timber of different
thicknesses were sawn off elicited the entire approba-
tion of their Lordships. After a partial visit to the
metal-mill department, they left the yard at 20 minutes
before 6 in the Superintendent's barge for Rochester,
where they R ill remain during the night, and to-mor-
row inspect the metal-mills and rigging-house, and other
stores. In the course of the day, they will inspect the
Chatham division of the Royal Marines, and then pro-
ceed to inspect Sheerness dockyard on Thursday.

DOVER, AUG. 27.

The First Lord of the Admiralty, with Admiral Dun-
das and Captain Milne, R.N., also Lord Raglan, Master-
General of the Ordnance, Sir John Burgoyne, Colonel
Cater, and Captai❑ O'Brian, Secretary to the First Lord,
arrived at Dover at 10.40 a.m., to inspect the new har-
bour ur pier works and the new batteries. Mr. Mac-
gregor, chairman of the railway company, was in attend-
ance. Colonel Streatfield, R.E., Captain Herrick,
R.N., Mr. Walker and Mr. Cooper, the engineers, and
Mr. Lee, the contractor fur the pier, met and conducted
them to the works. There was a very heavy westerly
gale and high sea at the time, too great to enable any
communication by boat or otherwise to be made with the
shore, for the landing or shipping of mails or passengers,
but under the lee of the pier, even in its present state,
their loriships saw a steam-packet come alongside and
take her passengers for Calais on board with perfect ease
and safety ; the mail-packet, Captain Smithett, also
came alongside.
The present erection, now a pier, is the first length of
the harbour of refuge recommended by two commissions ;
when completed it will inclose an area of 400 acres, of
which nearly the whole will have from 6 to 7 fathoms at
low water. Their lordships before leaving expressed
their entire approbation of the work. The party then
proceeded to the new Guildford batteries and the batte-
ries upon the Castle-hill, which they examined ; after
which the First Lord and the Master-General returned
to Dover, and the other lords proceeded to Deal.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 30.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Alex-
ander, Lord Lovat, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal
of the shire of Inverness, in the room of Francis William,
Earl of Seafield, deceased.
DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 29.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Birnie,
Esq., to be Advocate-General for the territory of Western
Australia. _

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Joseph
Hensley, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council
of Prince Edward Island.

Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Edward
Chapman, Esq., to be a member of the Council of Govern-
ment of the Island of Mauritius during the temporary ab-
sence of Dr. Harel, a Member of that Board.

Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Tons-
saint Rostant, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative
Council of the Island of Trinidad during the temporary
absence of William Burnley Humo, Esq., a Member of
that Board.

CROWN OFFICE, AUG. 29.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
_

Borough of Dungarvan—John Francis AUGuire, of No
4, Grenville-place, in the city of Cork.
AUG. 30.
_ _ _

Borough of Stamford—Robert Talbot Gascoigne Cecil,
Esq., commonly called Lord Robert Talbot Gascoigne Cecil,
of Hatfield House, in the county of Hertford, in the room
of the Right Honourable John Charles Herries, who has
accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of
Northstead.