The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

WooLwrcu, APRIL 12.—The Black Eagle steam-ves-
sel, Master Commander S. B. Cook, was taken into the
basin at this dockyard to-day to be examined, having
gone over one of the buoys in the harbour on returning
from her recent voyage to Sheerness with the Lion. H.
G. Ward, Secretary to the Admiralty.
The Vixen steam-vessel is to be taken out of dock to-
morrow, having undergone a complete repair and been
wholly new coppered on her bottom.
The Rifleman and Sharpshooter, the former a wooden
boat and the latter an iron boat, fitted with screw-pro-
pellers, were taken into the basin to-day, to be prepared
for further experiments to ascertain the best description
of screw-propeller, and the most eligible form of the
vessels fitted with that invention.

The Teazer, wooden vessel, and the Minx, iron vessel,
are also to be again tried, to ascertain their speed and
qualities with various forms of screw•propellers. The
Dwarf had nearly 50 trials with screw-propellers a ith
the object of ascertaining the best mode in which they
entered the water on revolving, and every opportunity
will still be afforded to test the invention to bring it to
the greatest possible perfection.
The Princess Alice, Dover steam-packet, Lieutenant
Commander Scriven, arrived at Woolwich to-day, and
vre.9 taken into the basin to have some repairs made to
the frame of her machinery.
The Hydra steam-vessel, Commander Morrell, arrived
at Woolwich yesterday, and will be paid off here. She
has been three years and eight months employed on do
coast of Africa.
The Mastiff surveying-vessel, and her tender, the
Woodlark, were taken out of the basin yesterday, and it
is expected they will leave Woolwich on the 25th inst., to
resume their surveying duties on the coast of the Orkney
Islands.

Tke Speedy, tender to the Blazer surveying-vessel,
arrived at Woolwich yesterday, to refit for her survey-
ing duties.

The Blenheim, 72 guns, block-ship, fitted with a
screw-propeller, had her steam up to-day to try the cor-
rectness of the fittings of her engines, four:of 115 horse-
power each, constructed on the locomotive principle,
with a horizontal stroke, and by that plan so low as to
be ten feet under the water-line. The water was let into
the dock opposite the blacksmith's shop, where she is at
present, and retained by the caisson after the tide had
receded. The funnel of the Blenheim is constructed on
the telescopic principle, and may be lowered to within
six feet of the deck, and the steam-pipe for blowing off
the steam may be made level with the deck.
Intelligence was received to-day at the Woolwich
dockyard of the death of Commander Bremer, R.N., at
Edinburgh, son of Commodore Sir J. J. George Bremt r,
K.C.8., and K.C.H., the superintendent here, who is at
present in Devonshire, on leave of absence.

MR. GALE'S SECOND BALLOON AscENT.----Mr.
Gale made his second ascent yesterday, from the grounds
of the Rosemary Branch, Peckham. The assemblage
inside the grounds were fully 5,000, and outside another
cypher would not cover the calculation. At a quarter-
past six the word " Go" was given by Mr. Gale, and he
and his fellow-aerial travellers, Messrs. John Ellwood
and Geor.le Sharpe, were disengaged, with the machine
that carried them, from the cords which held them and it
from their upward flight. A temporary excitement, of a
most painful kind, was created by the appearance of the
balloon (shortly after Mr. Gale had descended m
to the
say
lower car, and discharged his fireworks), by the machine
to all appearance losing form, collapsing, and ne
descending
with
d
fearful
quickly velocity.ispelelcl byl\ a fast-riding 'e
ag
horseman, who
returned to the starting-place, and
descent of the aerial voyagers on 1 , announced the safe
frae happy-ridin t o
that this
was
enge-common, on the
further side of Peckham-rye.
NIGHTLY SHELTER OF HOUSELESS POOR.—Yes-
terday the committee of the above association, in closing
their three asylums for the past season,
. made a report the number of unfortunate
Indio
opening on the 14th of Decemberl dualslast who e since nthem-
selves of the shelter thus afforded during: the very severe
weather. Upwards of 130,000 men, women, and chil-
dren have participated in its benefits, and amongst whom
upwards of 300,000 rations of food were distributed.
The expenses of the past year, from the vast number of
applicants, were greater than any preceding year since
its institution. _ _

Extensive preparations are being made for the
erection of the proposed spacious railway station at
Monkwearmouth. The cost of the structure will be
about 8,0001. Mr. T. Moore is the architect, and con-
tracts have been let to Mr. Wm. Tone, mason ; Mr. J.
Pattinson, joiner ; Mr. Cook, painter and glazier ; and
Messrs. Thannott_ nitimhelnit