The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

The statement that Mr. Brown, master of the Agin-
court, at Devonport, has been appointed to the Victoria
and Albert royal yacht, is incorrect.

CommodorO-Superintendent Henry Eden, of Woolwich
Dockyard, has proceeded on leave of absence, we believe,
to be married to Lady Beresford. Commander James
Wolfe, additional of the Fisgard, has been acting for the
Commodore as senior officer in the ordinary; and Mr.
Bellamy, the master attendant, as acting superintendent
of the dockyard.
The Hon. Armar Lowry Corry, brother of the present
Earl of Belmore, and nephew of the Hon. T. L. Corry,
M.P., late Secretary to the Admiralty, has been ap-
pointed naval cadet to the Fisgard, flagship at Woolwich.
FIFTY- GUN FRIGATES.—We stated some weeks since
that the Admiralty had determined to build two 50-gun
frigates from the desiga furnished to the board by the
late committee of naval architecture, Messrs. Read
(master shipwright of Sheerness), Chatfield (assistant
at Woolwich), and Creuze (principal surveyor at
Lloyd's), the constructors of the Cressy, 80, Thetis, 36,
and Espisgle, 12. On the Ist of January, these 50-gun
frigates appeared in the Navy List, one of them as the
" Bacchante, 50, Portsmouth,, building," and the other as
the " St. Fiorenzi, Woolwich, building." The conver-
sions for these frigates are being made, and slips will
very shortly be appropriated for their construction.
ISIonE CONVICTS IN THE DOCKYARD.—The convict
establishment at Woolwich is likely to be increased to
between 500 and 600 felons; and the Hebe frigate is
ordered to be transferred to the convict department, for
the purpose of accommodating the wretches.
HIGH-PRESSURR MARINE ENGINES IN THE NAVY.—
The first high-pressure marine steam-engine, introduced
into a ship in the navy, is ordered to be fitted to the
Minx, iron screw gun-vessel, at Woolwich. Her 100
horse power engines are to be taken out, and high-pres-
sure engines of 10-horse power are to be intreedttillle., in the
The Niger screw-sloop, at 'Woolwich, is
hands of Messrs. Ma udslay, who are adjusting her
as the
valves.
She will not be ready before the end of th
shipwrights will have something to do witheher after the
engineers leave her.
The Basilisk, paddle-wheel sloop, to be tried with the
Niger, will proceed to Devonport
there.
The Heels, steam sloop,
with the Niger, to
form a portion of the advanced steam squadron
is now at Sheerness to com-
plete her refittings. She will Rot go to Devonport just
yet. When the Niger and Basilisk have taken up their
moorings at that port, the squadron of eight vessels will
be made up without the Hec a:
The Juno, 26, Captain Patrick Blake, is ordered to be
paid off at Chatham, without disturbing her internal
fittings.
PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, the Right Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring
Bart., arrived here this afternoon, at three o'clock, from,
his seat near Andover (Stratton-park), in order to be
present at a meeting of his constituents this evening,
prior to his nomination to- morrow. The head-quarters
of Sir Francis are the Fountain Hotel.
Mr. I). P. Cunningham, R.N., who has recently
returned from the Cape of Good Hope as secretary to
Vice-Admiral J. H. Dacrcs, has just received. a medal
from the Society of Arts, for a plan of a carriage for the
conveyance of a life-boat along a coast, and for facili-
wing the launching of her, which has been applied by