The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TIIESDAY.—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.
Length between the perpendiculars ... 210 0
Length of keel for tonnage ... 182 7i
Extreme breadth ... ... ... .., 39 9
Breadth for tonnage 39 3
Breadth moulded ... ... 38 7
Depth in hold
Height of main deck
Burden in tons, 1,496 60-94ths.
INTENDED ARMAMENT.

Main deck {l2 32 pounders 56 cwt. each.
6 68 „ 65 /1
Spar deck /4 84 „ 85 99
2 68 95
99 If

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 6 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 3k 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;
Giffard, of the Penelope; and Mr. G. L. Greetham,
Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this
morning on board the St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship of the
Commander• 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-
voking, 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. John
Moody had taken advantage of the position in which he
was then placed, to prevent him, the said Thomas King
Beatty 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
since the occurrence, but which were not accepted.
After a trial of about four hours the Court were of
opinion, after the most mature investigation, " That
the charge has been fully proved against the said Mr.
Thomas King Beatty, and doth adjudge him to be dis-
missed her Majesty's service."

The prisoner was an assistant-surgeon of 1840.
The Mutine, 12, Commander R. Tryon, sailed yester-
day with provisions and water, to supply such home-
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• Commanding 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
board the St. Vincent to try the boatswain of the Re-
sistance on a charge of drunkenness.

THE ENGLISH MATRON.--By the Authoress of " The
English Gentleman." The value of such a work as this
is incalculable. Every chapter points the way to do-
mestic comfort, peace, and happiness ; every page is
redolent of family and social blessing. Our country-
women have to thank the authoress for such a guide. She
is a monitress for all the relations of female life, most
worthy of attentive reflection, and an adviser whose
every counsel deserves to be weighed and reconsidered
with the calmness due to questions on which destiny for
good or evil depends. The work treats of every ma-
tronly duty, from the days of courtship to the end of
all. To sum up, this is a volume to form correct and
virtuous wives, and good and affectionate mothers, We
can give no higher enconium.—Literary Gazette.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE FOOLHARDY.—FaIIing
through the ice has the handsomest encouragement.
Every gentleman who falls through the ice falls into the
newspapers, with his name and address at full length.
It is notorious that folks in France commit suicide
merely for the honour of a mention in the journals,
and more phlegmatic Englishmen may be tempted to
take a cold bath for the same sort of renown. Great
praise is given to the Humane Society for fishing people
out of the water who would never have fallen into it
except for the reliance on their aid. Where there is no
Humane Society with its apparatus and its warm baths
at hand, folks take good care not to venture on the ice
when it is no thicker than an egg-shell. We will
answer for it, that if the Humane Society withdrew its
servants from one of the sheets of ice—the Serpentine,
for example,
accidents as the
happen,
dangerous,appeu,
probablyon that
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due notice should be given that no help or assistance was
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to be had, and that no beds or warm baths were at hand.
—Examiner. woulddost