The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-05 00:00:00

IN T ELLIGENCE,

, NAVAL

13ORTSMOUTH, JAN. 4.
The Sprightly, tender to Victory, Master-Commander
Allen, will proceed to the new battery and harbour de-
fences to-morrow, with Sir Predcrick Smith and a party
of engineering officers.
The steam reserve, squadron, consisting of the Bull-
dog, 6, paddle, the Conflict, 8, screw, and the Hecht, 6,
paddle, under the command of Lieut. Geoige H. Clarke,
of the Blenheim, will proceed to Devonport tomorrow
at daylight, returning in the Hecla with the Blenheim's
people. The weather was too thick to allow of their de-
parture to-day.
The 7P4tihfm, 60, screw guard-ship, Captain the Hon.
T. Pelharn, received her main and mizen masts to-day
under the sheers, and will haul into No. 2 dock to-mor-
row morning (Thursday).,
layal, 91, screw, Captain Lord Clarene/4
V,a,te'ii, goes on bravely. She is only about 2150, short of
her full complement (we believe gQ). ''his speaks ye-
-I.l::Ties in favour of his 107.1.--ip,„ and, shows that men are
reall,, to b(" 140. n a g 994 skipper is Appoi4o4l, Lord
Paget is s )aing every exertion to eolTipieto his ship, and.
next week will get his Bung pa beard, and corr:"mene,...,
exercising his fresh 11411(h ill that most imr,ltant b:anch
of the service.

The Gladiator, 6, paddle.---An accide:iit of a very seri-
ous nature occurred this afternou, The stop of the
fore pennant gave way, and clowr., it came by the run,
striking the boatswain on the head senseless to the deck.
The master, Mr. Blakey, who only joined to-day, had a
most miraculous escape. He fortunately stooped his
head at the moment, and received the blow obliquely
upon the side of his head and back. The blow, however,
knocked him down and partially stunned him. We are
happy to state he is not seriously hurt. With regard tr;„
the poor boatswain (Haitfield), we fear his is a bar: pays,obise.
He was instantly taken to the surgery, and ',Tom thence
to Haslar Hospital. As far as we can understand, the
intensity of the weather had, so numbed the hands aloft
that they had SC4Taetjy 44 feeling ; besides which, every
particle of rigging was covered with snow.

WOOLWICH, JAN. 4.
APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants- Morgan Singer (1853), promoted from
mate of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, to
the Hogue, 60, screw steam guard-ship at Davenport ;
William C. Grierson (1845), to the Victory flag-ship at
Portsmouth ; Robert G. Douglas (1853), recently pro-
moted from mate of the Centaur paddle-wheel steam-
frigate, flagship on the south-east coast of America sta-
tion, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth.
Paymasters—Beresford Scott (1847), to the Sybille,
40, on the East Indies station ; William C. P. Grant
(1847), to the Dauntless, 24, screw utaam-frigate at Ports-
mouth.

MAtes—Alfred H. Alston (1851), and James F. H.
G. M'Donnell (1852), to the Racehorse, 14, sloop, at
Devonport.
Clerks—F. W. Cole, to the Edinburgh, 58, screw
steam-ship at Devonport • William T. Richards (1848),
from the Excellent to the Royal George, 120, screw
steam-ship, at Devonport ; F. G. Pearce, to the Water-
loo, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness ; John W. W. Green
(1847), to the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship at Sheerness;
Alfred Barren (1848), from the Waterloo to the Cressy ;
James C. Pinhorn, to the Victory flag-ship at Ports-
mouth ; Alexander Jeffreys, to the Blenheim, 60, screw
steam-guardship at Portsmouth.
The Janus steam-vessel is to be fitted with two 10-
inch guns, of 85 cwt., and 9 feet 4 inches long each, and
they will be mounted on traversing platforms. She wi.1,1
also have two 32-pounder guns ; and, when ready, which
she will be in about 10 days or a fortnight, she will be
taken to Sheerness, to be stationed. there as a gunnery
vessel for the exercise of the Royal Naval Coast Volun-
teers.