The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Dauntless steam fri-
gate, upon the screw principle, designed and built by
Mr. John Fincham, master shipwright of this dockyard,
was launched this afternoon, in the presence of some
thousands of spectators ashore and afloat, notwithstand-
ing the very forbidding state of the weather, no launch
having taken place at this establishment for eight years
past. •
The following are the dimensions of the Dauntless :
Feet. In.
. 210 0
. 182 7i-
-39 9
39 3
38 7
26 0
6 2

Length between the perpendiculars
Length of keel for tonnage ...
Extreme breadth
Breadth for tonnage...
Breadth moulded ... ..• ••
Depth in hold •. ..• ••
Height of main deck •• ••
Burden in tons, 1,496 60-94ths.

INTENDED ARMAMENT.
Main deck 512 32 pounders 56 cwt. each.
6 68 ..„ 65 f f
Spar deck / 24
68_4 „ 85 f,
.8. 9 2 95 7 t

Total 24
She will be fitted with engines by Napier, of 580
horse power; her screw propeller will measure 14 feet
9 inches in diameter. The engines are intended to be of
84 inches diameter, with a stroke of 4 feet, to be placed
horizontally in the vessel, like a locomotive, so that the
highest point of any portion of the machinery will be 4
feet G inches below the water line. Her main deck is a
flush. The centre of gravity of the weight of the
engines may be taken at or near the centre of the screw
shaft, which is between 8 and 9 feet below the surface of
the water; whereas in most vessels on the paddle system
the centre of gravity of the weight is at or near the centre
of the paddle shaft, which, in many cases, is at from 12
to 15 feet above the water line.
Her draught of water when afloat was—forward, 8
feet; aft, 10 feet 3 inches. She had 30 tons of ballast on
board, and about 3/ tons of metal cast knee at the aper-
ture for the screw. She is fitted on a plan to raise the
screw up a trunk, first suggested and patented by Captain
George Smith, R.N., in 1838. She was immediately
taken into the basin ready for masting. Her keel was
laid down in April, 1845.
A court-martial, comprising—Rear-Admiral Hyde
Parker, President; Captains Pasco, of the Victory;
Chads, of the Excellent; Codrington, of the Thetis;
Henderson, of the Sidon; Milne, of the St. Vincent;
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mCommander- in-Chief, to try Mr. Thomas King Beatty,
assistant-surgeon of. the Daphne, 18, Captain Onslow,
just returned from the Pacific, on the following charge:—
" For, that he, the said Thomas King Beatty did, on
the 7th of February, 1846, on the quarter-deck of her
Majesty's ship Daphne, at Callao, use reproachful, pro
vaking, and disrespectful language towards Mr. John
Moody, the surgeon of the said ship, implying that the
conduct of the said Mr. John Moody had not been that
of a gentleman; and stating that the said Mr. Jchn
Moo ly had taken advantage of the position in which he
was then placed, to prevent him, the said Thomas King
Batty going on shore; and that if he, the said Mr.
John Moody, were on shore, he dare not act as he had
lately done, and that it was solely the pendant that
protected him, the said Mr. John Moody."
It appeared in evidence, that the surgeon prevented
the prisoner from going ashore en the above occasion;
consequently an altercation ensued, during which the
surgeon called him (the prisoner) no gentleman; where-
upon the prisoner used the language imputed to him in
the charge, in the presence of the captain. He had,
however, made the most ample apologies for his conduct
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ward- bound merchant vessels •as may require relief
in
the Channel, owing to the long easterly winds.
The Resistance troop-ship, Commander Gower Lowe,
was inspected, and her crew mustered by the Com-
mander-in Chief, Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Bart., yes-
terday. Her crew were paid wages immediately after •
wards.
The Naiad coal depot, Master-Cemmanding W. L.
Browne, was also inspected, and her crew mustered
and paid advance yesterday; she was immediately
afterwards towed out of the harbour to Spithead by the
Echo.
The debased coin brought home from the Mauritius
by the Samarang, 26, Captain Sir E. Belcher, Knight,
was landed yesterday.
The officers and crew of the Sparrow ketch have been
transferred from that vessel, which is in a bad state of
repair, • to the Avon steam-vessel at Woolwich ; and the
survey of the northern coast and islands of Scotland
will be carried on in that vessel in future by Commander
Otter, in lieu of the Sparrow.
The Thetis, 36, Captain N. J. Codrington, arrived
yesterday from Plymouth to take in stores of various
kinds for the supply of the squadron at Lisbon, under
Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.B. She is a
remarkably fine-looking vessel.
The Samarang, 26, surveying-ship, Captain Sir Ed-
ward Belcher, Knight, and C 8., sailed on Monday
night for Woolwich to be paid off.
The remaining portion of the 36th Regiment embarked
to- day from Clarence-yard on board the Resistance
troop-ship, Commander G. Lowe.
Commander Hugh Goold (1840) is appointed from the
Ocean at Sheerness to the command of the Ordinary at
this port, vice Crouch, deceased.
A court-martial will assemble to-morrow morning on
hoard the St. Vincent to try the boatswain of the Re-
sistance on a charge of drunkenness.

THE LATE FIRE AT IRONGATE WHARF.—RUMOURED Loss of LlFE.—Notwithstanding that five
days have elapsed since the outbreak of the destructive
fire at Irongate Wharf, a considerable portion still re-
mains
oblig•
ed to keep discharging water upon the same. That
portion of the premises that contained property belong-
ing to Mr. Powell, the provision merchant, is perfectly
c oled, and the firemen have already succeeded in
g tting out nearly 250 tierces of beef and pork in a good
o _nchtion ; they have also succeeded in saving about
1 )0 tierces of the same sort of provision, but in a very
d imaged condition. The wall at the western extremity
is in an exceedingly dangerous condition, and is ex-
pected momentarily to topple over. It is so situated that
until the ruins are cleared out in that quarter it can
nei▪ ther be shored up nor pulled down. The dock com-
pany have commenced erecting a substantial wooden
hoarding. round the premises, so as to prevent the
rubbish from falling into the street. Mr. Cole-
man, the occupier of the wharf, has made a
most searching inquiry, to ascertain, ifpossible, the exact
cause of the calamity. The result of that investigation
showed that the outbreak was occasioned in the manner
previously stated in this journal. One of the workmen
who had been employed on the premises, and who it is
asserted, by his fellow-workmen, was seen on the wharf
at the time of the outbreak has not since the night been
seen or heard of. Some of the workmen state that he
was seen as late as six o'clock in the evening assisting in
extinguishing the flames, whilst others assert that he
never left the premises after the fire commenced. What
has become of the party is unknown. One thing, how-
ever, is certain, that his wife:was at the ruins on Tuesday
morning inquiring whether any one had seen her hus-
band, as he had not been home since thermorning of the
day that the fire began. During Tuesday a number of
ficrleo.t. h
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bwaelrees
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mthat a larger number of persons have
lost property by
the disaster than was at one time beheved,io ate anne g d
entlur-
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man belonging to Bridport, alone, has lost p. f
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niture to the value of 7001. The firemen no doubt
during this day will be able to get a deal of other pro-
perty from the ruins.
gentleman who had occasion
LIME V. RATS.—A.
to use considerable lime about his premises, which had
hitherto been much infested with rats, says that
ear thosd
e
destructive vermin bad suddenly ceased to app an
annoy him. " Before using the lime," says he,
." you
could scarcely walk across the yard at night without
treading on them." Around the principal holes he de-
posited a small portion of fresh unslacked lime, which
evidently had the effect of driving them from these places,
which they before resorted to in great numbers. The
above is a simple and cheap method of getting rid of this
annoying and destructive pesu—Sherborne Mercury.