The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-19 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

P OBESSIOUTH, FEB. 16.—The Dragcn steam-vessel, 1,270
tow, and 560-horse power, commanded, pro tem., by Captain
Ramsay, of the Terrible, came into Barbour this afternoon
from Cork, whither she bad conveyed a cargo of meal from
the river. The Dragon was nearly lost in a gale off the coast
of Ireland. She broke the entablature of one of her engines
this morning, and has done herself other damages since she
#as been in commission—only two months. She has now
come in to coal.

We mentioned some months since that the new armament
ordered for the walls of Portsmouth and its dependencies,
including the works on both sides of the harbour and ap-
proaches, consisted of 330 guns of heavy chlibre. They are
in course of being mounted, and comprise the following
pieces:—

NIMBUS. DESCRIP/lON. WEIGHT EACH.
2 13 inch mortars ... 5 tons 1 quarter
32 8-inch shell or shot . . 65 cwt.
15 8-inch ditto ... he cwt.
36 8-inch howitzers.
4- 56-pounders ... ... 97 cwt.
89 32-pounders ... ... st; cwt.
58 24-pounders ... ... 50 cwt.
75 24-pounders ... ... 20 cwt.
5 24-pounders, carronadcs.
14 18-pounders ...

42 cwt.

330.

In addition to the above a strong battery will be erected
on the site of the 53 houses in course of demolition on the
south side ot Broad-street, " Point."

—Theßelleisle troop ship, Captain J. Kingcome, sailed to-
day for Gibraltar with the 56th Regiment.
{o accounts have been received f'rom the Sphynx to-day
up to three o'clock, but the state of the wind and weather,
blowing fresh from S.W., with thick haze and rain, forbids
any
hope of getting her off these springs without a change,
and that very soon, as the tides " take off" again after to •
morrow.
5 P.m.—The Ryde packet has just arrived, with Mr. Biddle-
combe, R.N., Master of the St. Vincent, who bears dispatches
from Captain Austen to the Commander-in-Chief. By the
packet we learn that the Sphynx is still safe, with her bow
to the sea, as before; but the weather continues unfit for
boats to go oil' to the vessel. Yesterday Captain Austell and
Mr. Biddlecombe went on board, when it was scarcely pos•.
Bible for the surf-boat to live; the boat was unable to land
for hours after, when the tide receded. There is no chance
of an improvement during the present high tides, as it wohlit
16.
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be impracticable to move the Sphynx through the surf.
She must, therefore, wait more moderate weather, during
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stramnas-
which interval Captain Austen, •no doubt, will continue his
chinery, Sze.
'Wodwich yesterday morning, with boilers for
for the poorer inhabitants of Ireland. She is to
call at Sheerness to take 11l a quantity of boilers at that port
for the same purpose and same destination.
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The Benbow, 72 guns, converted into a depot for a part of
inpoarWkt:ifil:ovlulec‘tr
the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, was moved to the
station formerly occupied by the Het); to-day, the high tides
in removing
being favourable.
The Terrible steam-frigate, Captain Ramsay, is- to be
taken out of the dock to-morrow, and will then be taken into
the basin.
The Mastiff surveying vessel, Captain Becher, is to be
taken into the dockevious when the Terrible is taken out, to exa-
mine her bottom p the surveying
service in the ensuing season. p r oceeding on
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander Pettey,
r to
is to proceed to Deptford to-morrow to tow the Kite steam-
vessel to Woolwich, to be fitted with her boilers.