The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-18 00:00:00

MONDAY ETENING,

whence they boarded the Pearl cutter-yacht
of the Master-General of the Orduanco, the ALiquis of
Angleiey, when the Boald invited that nobleraan to join
their party. They then w;.nt on board the Termagant,
‘, hese uLlehinery made so rcu-_,n noise that they ordered
aNration. She made, during her trials, 43 revolt:-
tions, and with the exception of " priming," to which all
vessels for the first few hours of steaming are liable, and
the bearing of the driving-wheel heating, worked ex-
ceedingly well. From' the Termagant the Board re-
turned to the Lightning to an elegant dejeuner, of which
a large and brilliant circle partook. After this they
boarded the Plumper, and made a most minute inspection
of her Machinery; after which they ordered the common
log to be hove, which indicated her speed as 6.225. The
patent log gave the actual speed as above. The trim of
the vessel was then altered by shifting about eight tons
of ballast from the after body forward, which seemed to
improve her speed, which no doubt would have been
greater had she been fitted with her own screw, whereas
she was using the screw of another vessel 15 inches loss
in diameter, and is not yet coppered. The draught of
these vessels after returning to harbour was:—
Aft, Forward,
ft. in. ft. in.
Termagant .. 17 3 15 5
Encounter ••• ... 13 5 10 8
Plumper ... - 12 0 10 9
The Admiralty being perfectly satisfied with the per-
formance of the steamers sent them into harbour be-
tween three and four o'clock, and returned themselves,
after an inspeedon of the apprentices in the Rolla brig
in the Solent, at five o'clock, landing from the barge at
the Victoria pier, and walking thence to the George
Hotel, where in the evening they entertained the fol-
lowing party :—Sir Charles Ogle, Admiral Prescott,
Admiral Sir Francis Austen, Vice-Admiral Sir John
Ommauney, Colonel Lewis, Royal Engineers, Colonel
Powell, Royal Marines, Captains Sir W. Parry, C.
Eden, Yates, the lion. G. Hastings, and Austin ; Com-
manders Stevens, Hewlett, Ogle, Moorthan, Caldwell,
Grenfell, Michell, Dumaresq, end Captain J. Home Fur-
yes, Brigade-Major of the district.
Colonel Irvine, the 'Director-General of Works to the
Board, left-for town last evening by the. South Coast
Railway, as did Mr. Ward. Lord John Hay left this
morning by the South-Western line.
The Seamen and Marines' Orphan Schools were mus-
tered this morning in the dockyard before the Earl of
Auckland, Rear-Admiral IlDundas, Captain Berkeley,
and Captain Milne, who afterwards went on board the
Victory to church. The board has given a piece of
ground for the building of new schools for these orphans.
Their Lordships received dispatches
.yesterday which
caused them to order four steamers to Ireland as soon as
they can respectively b© got ready •, accordingly the
Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain the Hon. G. Hastings,
has been completing her victualling and storing since,
and has this afternoon embarked a field battery, of the
Royal Marine Artillery and 200 officers and men of that
serviceable arm for daty on
,the Irish coast without a
moment's delay. The officers selected for this duty are
—Captains Thomas P. Dwyer And IL W. Parke, and
Lieutenants G. G. Alexander, G. A.
_Schomberg, Julius
Roberts, and C. la: Barnard. These forces.
.go as a
Royal Artillery brigade, and take. with them harness,
rocket battery, and every munition of the service. The
Cyclops, fully manned and armed, sailed this evening
for Cork. The Driver steam-slobp, 1,050 tons, 280
horse power, just brought from the Irish coast sifter tem-
porary service thereon, under Commander C. R. John-
son, was at the same time ordered by the Admiralty to
be regularly commissioned for permanent (three years)
sea service, and commander Johnson has been ap-
pointed to her. She, too, goes immediately she is
manned to Ireland. The Sprightly steam-vessel, 234
tons and 100 horse power, was at the same time commis-
sioned by Lieutenant Barnard, of the Excellent, and
manned from the crew of that ship, also for Ireland;
and the Dwarf screw steam-vessel, in dock, is also or-
dered to be commissioned for the like service. These
latter vessels are ordered to be got off without delay,
and will sail on Tuesday or Wednesday for Waterford.
Captain Horatio Austen and Commander Stevens, of the
steam squadron, and Captain Jakes and the officers of
the Illustrious depot-ship, with a working party of 180
men from that ship, have been indefatigably employed
to-day in storing the Cyclops, and taking the Sprightly
out of the steam basin, &c., to forward the work of ex-
pedition. Admiral Superintendent Prescott, Mr.
Murray, the Superintending Engineer, and the chief
officers of the yard, are all employed on this work to-
day, and are to go more bodily to work upon them to-
morrow; they and the artisans employed under them
will re-commence work upon the vessels at five o'clock.
The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Moorman, is
ordered to be paid off.
The Pigmy, one of the steam mail-boats lately em-
ployed at Pembroke, Lieutenant Commanding A. Darby,
arrived from that port yesterday morning, and sailed
last evening for Woolwich to be paid off.
The following promotions and appointments have been
made during the past week:—
PROMOTIONS.

Mates—W. G. IL Morgan and John W. Pike, to the
rank of Lieutenant, in consequence of the excellent ex-
amination they have passed at the Naval College, the
proficiency they have made in the scientific branches of
the profession, and the high certificates they possess from
the officers under whoa they have served.
Assistant. Surgeons—James Davidson (1838), and F.
Stupart (1846), to the rank of Surgeon. •
Clerk—Watson W. Parminter (1841), acting Pay-
master and Purser. of the Juno, confirmed to that rank,
and re-appointed to the Juno.
APPOINTMENTS.

Commanders—Michael de Courcy, to the Helena, vice
G. W. Smith; Huraphry J. Julian, confirmed in the Re-
sistance troop-ship; A. Viner, to study at the Royal
NaVal College; William O'Brian Hoare, to the Coast
Guard; C. R. Johnson, to the Driver.
Lieutenants—W. 11. L. Quinlan, to the Coast Guard ;

the' Hon. J. R. M. Byng, to the Ocean.
Paymaster and Purser—W. L. Norcock, to the Cy
clops.
Master—J. T. Crout, to the Cyclops.
Naval Instructor—W. H. Macintosh, to the Cyclops.
Assistant- Surgeon —H. 11. Mackenzie, to the Pe-
nelope.
pmen
Butler, to the Fiegard; A. G. Cowper, to the
Powerful.
Naval Cadets—Viscount Guillamore, to the Fisgard.
o M eIo pet dre
uh V . —E. Stubbs and C. Robson, to the Pe-
Master's Assistants—E. Browne, to the Cyclops; T.
Ogler, to the Ocean.
Royal Marines—Quartermaster Shewin, to be Captain.
WOOLIVICII, SEP. 16.—The Hogue, converted into a
guard-ship at Blackwall, and made ready to receive
auxiliary engines with a screw-propeller, with which she
is to be fitted.at Sheerness, was taken out of dock yes-
terday by attaching 60 casks and two lighters to her
stern at law water, which had the effect of raising the
vessel upwards of two feet at high water. The applica-
tion of these means was rendered necessary in conse-
quence of -the alterations made in the vessel since she
was taken into dock, and the impression that they would
be requisite was confirmed by the fact, that even with
their aid she was only got out of dock ten minutes
before high water: took place. The Ilogue was towed
by the Monkey and African steam-vessels to Woolwich
the same evening, and left again this afternoon at one
o'clock, towed by the same steamers, for Sheerness.
The Dover steam-vessel, Mr. Boulton, second master,
commanding, will leave on Monday for Portsmouth, and
Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer, K.C.B. K.C.11., with
Ladya
Gordont. Bremer, will take a passage round in her
The gallant Commodore has obtained six
weeks' leave of absence, and will proceed to his estate
in Devonshire. Captain Fitzroy, who is to commission
the Arrogant, will act as Cap:ain-superintendent during
or
the Commodore's absence.

•
General Lord Viscount Rardinge, G.C.B. and G.C.11.
tlankdenta ordered two of the Sikh
at Lahore, to be forwarded
,
presentation to her Majesty. These
tfipoer previous
osbuacsot tuetnroyt
country
aufvoni
for' presentation
guns arrived some time ago at the Royal Arsenal, Wool-
wich, and, having been thoroughly cleaned, were packed
in boxes on Saturday last to be forwarded with great
care to Windsor Castle, where they are to be deposited
in future. The guns are 6 pounders, one of superior
gun-metal, and the other with a large proportion of brass
in it, and are evidently of those furnished to the Sikhs
by this country, and afterwards turned against it. The
carriages are of a superior description, made by natives.
The limbers, the ammunition boxes, and the wheels are
made of the finest teak, richly embossed with brass, and
inlaid with steel throughout the length of the brass bor-
ders. The upper part of the teak is beautifully inlaid
with mother-of-pearl ornaments regularly arranged, and
Ithe sides inlaid with brass representing a tiger pouncing
upon and seizing an antelope, r_n Indian carrying a flag,
and an alligator catching a fish, the later being farmed of
mother-of-pearl. The naves of the wheels are surmounted
with solid brass ornaments, cast to represent the heads
of tigers, and the limber is joined to the gun-carriage by
an excellent representation of an elephant's head cast
ospfltehnedibdel);t-na teak,oun
in brass, and a representation of an elevated trunk formed
of iron, the hook to hold the limber to the gun•carriage.
The poles of the guu-carriages are all of bright iron,
and the ornaments are
p. The
with
in every part of these
wateritbuckets
brass.
Thearc
port-
fire cutter is formed entirely of brass, the fore part ted
stronglygun hooped N
re-
presenting the head of a peacock, and the handle the
body and tail of a fish,
carved to represent scales. yhe
hatchet on the other .side of each gun-carriage is of
polished steel, and the handle inlaid with brass. There
are two seats for gunners on each of "the grin carriages
made of bright iron, with elbows"Mmilar''to arm-chairs.
The arms are necessary to confine the elbows, as the
chairs, in place of being elevated, as the seats of the Bri-
tish artillery gunners are, have been fixed on the axle-
tree of the gun-carriage, betwixt the gun and the wheels,
and the gunners have to sit with their feet swinging in
brass chains below the axle, with their backs to the
horses, and so near the ground that they
can easily step
upon it from their seats.
ROYAL ARTILLERY. _Major Fraser's company, 4th
battalion, and Captain Stace's company, 7th battalion,
arrived in the Atholl troop-ship at Quebec on the 20th
of August; after a passage of forty-ono days from Wool-
wich and thirty-six days from Plymouth. Major Fra-
ser's company, under the command of Second Captain
Lyle, proceeded on the following day to Montreal, with
Lieutenants Pigou and Colomb, to relieve Captain Col-
lington's company, ' .st battalion, and the latter came to
Quebt`c on the 22d of August, to embark in the Atholl,
being under orders to return to head-quarters at Wool-
wich. Captain Stace's company remains in Quebec to
relieve Captain Poole's company, 2d battalion, also
ordered home. The Atholl embarked the companies,
and sailed on the 25th of August for England, and may
be expected to arrive here before the end of the present
month.

LEWISHAM.f—The good folks of Lewisham, in
Kent, are almost astonished by the sudden and rapid
progress of the Gravesend rail line, which now occupies
the ground between the Plough and the Brewery in the
Lewisham-road. A bridge is naarly made over the
water or Itavensbourne, and the arches of the viaduct
pass through Bridge-place, where the row of houses have
been removed.