The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-06 00:00:00

JULY 6, 1846.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE CHANNEL SQUADRON.
PORTSMOUTH, Stmr•Ar.—Extract of a private letter from
one of the ships of the squadron, dated the 27th of June, in
lat. 48 deg. 27 min. N., len. 10 deg. 32 min W.
" From the time of leaving Cork to the 19th of June the
squadron have been exercising newly-raised men in reefing,
furling, making and shortening sail, general quarters, firing
at a target, &c. On the 20th a trial took place on a wind
between Superb, Vanguard, and Raleigh, wind light, from
two and a half to three knots, time six and a half hours. At
the conclusion Raleigh beat Vanguard 4,200; Vanguard beat
Superb 1,150 yards.
" 22d.—Another trial between Canopus and Superb on a
wind. The latter weathered her oponent 300 yards.
" 23d.—Light airs, with a heavy swell. Trial between
Canopus and Vanguard. During the trial the wind shifted
six points, consequently it was declared ' no trial.'
" 24th.—Fresh breeze; single reefs and topgallant sails.
Trial between Raleigh, Canopus, and Vanguard, three hours
and a half; rate from seven to nine knots on a wind. Ra-
leigh carried away foretopsail-yard in stays, beat Vanguard
300 yards, and then gave up. Vanguard weathered Canopus
500 yards.
"Since leaving Cork the crews have turned out once for
general quarters at 11 P.m., and fired three rounds of blank
cartridge. The cruise, as yet, has been very quiet. We are
expecting Sir William Parker daily, Trafalgar and Cyclops
hourly, with letters and officers' hoped-for commissions. The
Queen and Rodney do not do so well as in the last year's
trials—they have wonderfully fallen off. Vanguard will beat
all the liners on every point of sailing, although some of the
newspapers have given Superb ' No. 1;' it is considered
Superb and Vanguard's superiority is owing to the improve-
ment caused by additional ballast."
The Scourge, steam bomb-vessel, Commander Caffin, and
the Albion, steam transport, Master Commander J. Aylen,
arrived at Cork on the Ist inst., the former from the Channel
squadron, with letters and dispatches.
The Admiralty has issued instructions under an order in
Council for the revival of the School of Naval Architecture
in this dockyard, in the following manner :—A selection is to
be made from the apprentices in the dockyard school of two
of the most advanced pupils in mathematics, classics, and
general good conduct from this yard, who have served four
years of their apprenticeship, two from Devonport school,
and one from each of the schools in Chatham, Sheerness,
Woolwich, and Pembroke yards. The same number are
to be admitted annually, and not to exceed twenty-four;
they are to be instructed in the higher branches of
mathematics and practical shipbuilding, drawing, &c., by
masters to be selected by the Admiralty; and the place of
study to be appropriated for the purpose is the residence
of Captain Denison, R.E., who will vacate it in September
next, when he will go out as Governor of Van Diemen's
Land. This is the south wing of the present apprentices'
school in this dockyard. On the apprentices completing
their seven years' study with credit and professional ability,
they are to be eligible to the offices of foremen, assistant-
master shipwrights, and master shipwrights, or the other
appointments of the various trades in her Majesty's dock-
yards for which the examining officers may consider them
qualified. This institution, if properly followed up, will
insure a supply of scientific officers for all the royal dock-
yards, particularly in the shipbuilding department.
The Seamen and Marines Orphan Schools, Portsea, which
have for their sole objects the education, maintenance, and
ultimate comfortable provision of the orphans of seamen
and marines of the Royal Navy and the Hon. East India
Company, are, we are happy to say, receiving that share
of benevolent patronage and attention from the affluent
and charitably-disposed which such an institution richly
deserves. Under the distinguished presidency of Admiral
Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief at this port,
whose warm support the institution eminently enjoys,
the funds of the charity are daily increasing. His Imperial
Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia transmitted
yesterday, through-Baron Brunnow, to Sir Charles Ogle,
the handsome donation of 201. in aid of its funds, accom-
panied by his Highness's best wishes for the prosperity and
extended usefulness of the charity. Six boys have been en-
tirely fitted out and sent to sea since March, and three girls
have been placed in comfortable and suitable situations.
The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, was
paid off yesterday into ordinary. A rumour prevails that
she is to be altered by having lier bow lengthened, according
to the plan of Mr. White, of Cowes. If so, some considerable
time must elapse before she can be re-commissioned. AS the
ship is apparently very sound, her spars only being defective,
we doubt the truth of these reports.
The Vixen steam-sloop, 6, Commander George Giffard,
had her freight cleared out very expeditiously on Friday
afternoon, and landed in lighters at Clarence-yard. She
sailed the same evening for Woolwich, to be paid-off.
The Fairy, steam-tender to the royal yacht, was un•
masted on Friday evening, in obedience to some whim of the
commander of the Victoria and Albert, who has, it appears,
taken a fancy to try the Fairy under canvass, and imagines
additional brass hoops are necessary to strengthen the masts,
lest they should split when the sails are set. It is obvious to
every sailor that this vessel can never de anything under
sail, being so exceedingly narrow.
One of the dockyard lumps, with the Drake sailing lighter
and the buoy-boat, has been employed for some days past in
sweeping the middle part of the anchorage at Spithead for
the purpose of discovering and removing some impediment
which is stated to have entangled one of the anchors of the
kd
ourge steam bomb-vessel when lying there. The search
hitherto been unsuccessful, although they have had, in
ition to the sweeps, the assistance of a diver from the
cellent.

Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., went on board the Con-
stance, 50, Captain Sir C. B. Walker, K.C:B., yesterday after-
noon to inspect her and muster her crew. The yards were
manned on his arrival and departure, and a salute fired when
he left. We understand ho expressed hisunqualified admira-
tion at all the arrangements of the frigate and the proficiency
of her crew—a just tribute to the indefatigable exertions of
her captain, Sir Baldwin Walker, and the first lieutenant,
Mr. W. H. Kennedy.
The North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., sailed
from Sydney, New South \Vales, for the Cape f Good Hope
and England, on the 24th of February.
A contract was taken on the 25th ult. at the Royal Cla-
rence victualling establishment, Gosport, for 1,000 quarters
of wheat, principally at 565. 6d. per quarter; a small quan-
tity realised 575., and some 575. 6d. The average was a
shade higher than the previous contract.
The Griffon, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant-Commander Wil-
mot, on her passage from Devonport to Rio, was spoken in
June, in lat. 38 deg. 50 min. N., long. 14 deg. W., by the
Royalist, arrived at Cork.

The Cyclops steam frigate, Capt. Lapidge, is to relieve the
Rattler screw sloop, Commander Smith, at Oporto, the Ratt-
ler to rejoin the Channel squadron, and the Cyclops to follow,
when her services can be dispensed with.
The Retribution steam frigate, Capt. Lushington, has re-
joined the Channel squadron.
The Crocodile troop ship, Commander Lowe, and the
Blenheim transport, have left Cork for Hudson's Bay, with
Royal Artillery and a detachment of the 6th Regiment.
The Admiralty have ordered that in future galvanised iron
is to be used instead of copper, as heretofore, in the construc-
tion of coal bunkers for her Majesty's steam-vessels.

PROMOTIONS.
Lieut. Wm. H. Kennedy (seniority December 15, 1838),
promoted to Commander July 2, 1846. Entered the service
in 1828, served four years and a half as mate, and seven
years and eight mouths as lieutenant ; he has had 15 years
continuous service in the West Indies; now first lieutenant
of the Constance.

Mr. Francis P. Coull (seniority November 16, 1838), pro-
moted to lieutenant July 4, 1846, for long and good service
in the Coast-guard.

APPOINT TENTS.

Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield, C. 8., to be Com-
mander-in-Chief on the China and East India station, vice
Sir T. Cochrane, whose period of service has expired.
Commodores—Captain Sir Thomas Herbert,K.C.B., of the
Raleigh, 50, to the command in chief on the south-east
coast of America, vice Rear-Admiral Inglefield; Captain Sir
Henry Hotham, K.C.8., of the Gorgon steam-frigate, to the
chief command on the west coast of Africa, vice Jones, de-
ceased.

Lieutenants—Thomas James, to the Express, vice Her-
rick; S. Reeve, to the Linnet; C. B. Kennedy, to the Hi-
bernia; G. S. Taylor. to the Bulldog; H. T. Chesshire, to
command the Wee Pet steam-vessel at Malta; D. B.
Hawes, to the Columbine ; and W. Horton and 0. Borland,
to the Recruit.

Masters—J. WDonald, of the Rodney, to the Victoria and
Albert, vice Ellis, retired ; J. Mitchell, to the Minden; R.
Roberts, to the Columbine; J. C. Barlow, to the Rodney;
B. Simpson, to the Linnet; C. Pope, to the Queen ; and T.
Bowen, to the Recruit.
Paymasters and Pursers—M. Scott, to the Columbine;
C. F. Turner, to the Bulldog; W. Brown, to the Caledonia,
vice Bone.

Surgeons—Robert Bernard (who was promoted by the
Admiralty, as a token of respect for the memory and services
of his brother, the late Assistant-Surgeon Sidney Bernard,
whose martyrdom in the cause of humanity will ever be
remembered in the case of the Eclair steam-sloop), to the
Contest brig at Portsmouth ; J. Campbell, M.D., to the
Columbine.

Mate—S. T. Dickens, to the Locust, vice Kennedy.
Second Masters—B. Simpson, to be Acting Master of the
Linnet ; H. Martin, to the Lucifer ; E. Maunder, to the
Crocodile.

Assistant-Surgeons—D. Coulter, J. Henderson, and J. S.
Davidson, to the Agincourt; J. Pickthorn, to the Contest;
A. Jackson, from Haslar Hospital, to the Columbine; G.
Brewster, to the Caledonia; S. Stephens, to the Avenger;
G. E. Nicholas, acting, to the Bulldog.
Masters' Assistants—'L Richards, to the Victory ;E.
Charlesworth, and J. G. Morgan, to the Tartarus.
Clerk in Charge—C. E. Colman, to the Crescent.

Midshipmen-L'R. Twisden, to the Eurydice ; Baker, to
the Spartan.
Naval Cadets—M. St. Clair, G. W. Carter, and J. R.
Ouseley, to the Contest; H. Marden, to the Eurydice.
Clerk—H. C. Poole, to the Contest.

DOCKYARD APPOINT3IENTS.-.PROMOTIONS AND CIIANGIS.

. _
Those Masters-Attendant retiring take the rank of Com-
mander:—

Portsmouth Dockyard—Mr. Pardo, Master-Attendant, to
the retired list ; Mr. C. Brown, the Assistant-Master-At-
tendant, to be Master-Attendant ; Mr. C. Bellamy, to be
Assistant-Master-Attendant. _ _

Plymouth Dockyard—Mr. Lumsdale, Master-Attendant,
to the retired list; Mr. Henderson, to be Master-Attendant;
and Mr. John E. Mills to be Assistant-Master-Attendant.
Woolwich Dockyard—Ml. Nicholas Tinmouth, Master-
Attendant, to the retired list; Mr. Thomas Elson, to be
blaster-Attendant.
Chatham Dockyard—Mr. F. W. R. Sadler, to the retired
list ; Mr. Alexander Karley, to be Master-Attendant;
Samuel G. J. Northcote, of the Albion, to be Second Master-
Attendant. - , •

Sheerness Dockyard—Mr. Gaze, to the retired list ; Mr.
R. Easto, to be Master-Attendant; Mr. James Underwood,
to be Assistant-Master-Attendant; Mr. William Blessley,
foreman of the Sheerness-yard, to be foreman of Chatham-
yard, vice Hancorn, deceased.
Royal Clarence Victualling -yard—Master-Attendant, Mr.
John Town, to the retired list; Mr. John Davis, to be Mas-
ter-Attendant, vice Town....

Royal William Victualling-yard—Mr. John Franklyn,
Master-Attendant, to the retired list ; Mr. J. W. Armstrong,
from the Somerset-house department, to be Master-Attend-
ant ; Mr. J. C. Giles, to the department at SomersetActuse,
vice Armstrong.
Mr. R. Stonehouse. master smith at Chatham, has been
superannuated on 1901. per annum.
Mr. L. Peake, of Sheerness, has been promoted to be a
permanent foreman of shipwrights, and has been appointed
to Pembroke yard ; and Mr. Sturdee, acting at Chatham,
has been promoted to be a permanent foreman, and has been

appointed to Bermuda. He will take passage in the Adelaide
convict-ship now in the Thames.
Mr. John Tinkell is to succeed Mr. Dinnen, at Woolwich-
yard, as second assistant-inspector of machinery at that
establishment; William Needham to be leading man of ship-
wrights at Sheerness dockyard; C. Holbrook has been pro-
moted to be third foreman of smiths at Chatham, vice
Atkinson.
Mr. Miller has been appointed superintendent of engineers
at Devonport dockyard, at 4001. per annum.
SHIMMIES% JULY 4.—The Recruit, the new experimental
iron 12-gun brig presently fitting here, is ordered to be com-
missioned by Commander Adolphus Slade (1841). She is
already well nigh complete in her rigging, and the ship-
wrights are progressing equally rapidly with the department
of her fittings. When her lines have been taken she will
be moved out of dock.
The Hound, 10-gun brig, recently launched at Deptford
Dockyard, was hauled into the basin on Thursday to be fitted
for sea. Commander Granville 11. Wood is ordered to com-
mission her, instead of the Linnet, to which he was at first
appointed at Devonport.
The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Lieutenant, A. Parks, sailed on
Thursday for the north-eastern coast of Scotland, to resume
her duties in the protection of the fisheries which extend
from the Shetland Islands to the Fern Islands.
The Albatross, 16, Commander R. York, was towed to
Chatham on Thursday by the African, steamer to be paid off,
without removing any of her interior fittings.
The Dido, 20, Captain J. B. Maxwell, is to go to the Nore
to-day, where she will take her powder on board,- and be
mustered and inspected by the Commander-in-Chief, and
sail on Tuesday for Spithead and Devonport. Commander
Lefebvre's fid, with which the main-topmast was fidded, has
been removed, it not having been approved of. The re-
mains of Mr. Greig, the midshipman of this ship, who com-
mitted suicide on Monday last, will be interred on the ar-
rival of his friends (who were immediately made acquainted
with the untimely fate of their unfortunate relative) from
Edinburgh.
Messrs. Grissell and Peto, the contractors for building the
new Houses of Parliament, have been ordered by the Admi-
ralty to erect a new chain store at this dockyard. The cost
will be about 1,4001.
The following vessels are fitting in dock :—Dragon steam-
frigate; Horatio, 44; Chichester, 50; and Recruit, 12.
Worcester, 50; Havannah, 22; Formidable, 84; Hound, 10;
and Wildfire steamer, in the basin.
In consequence of the pressure of work the smiths are at
present working from 5 A.M. to 7 P.M.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen will hold a Privy Council, at one o'clock
this afternoon, at Buckingham Palace.
The Queen and Prince Albert, her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Court, and the domestic household attended Divine ser-
vice yesterday morning in the Private Chapel, Bucking-
ham Palace. The Rev. Mr. Vane officiated.
The Marquis of Lansdowne had an audience of her
Majesty on Saturday.
Her Royal Highness he Duchess of Kent visited the
Queen on Saturday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took
their accustomed walks and rides yesterday and on Sa-
turday.
The Duchess of Sutherland visited the Queen on Sa-
turday.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday included her Royal Highness the Duohess of
Kent, his Royal Highness Prince George, his Serene
Highness the Prince of Leiningen, the Earl of Jersey,
Lady Augusta Bruce, and the Baroness de Speth.
Lady Caroline Somers Cocks and the Hon. Frances
Devereux have succeeded the Hon. Misses Stanley and
Dawson as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the
Queen.

- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Saturday,
at Clarence House, St. James's.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, attended Divine
service yesterday morning, in Grosvenor Chapel, South
Audley-street. Baroness Ahlefeldt was in waiting on
the Royal Duchess. The Duke of Cambridge attended
Divine service in the afternoon in the Foundling
Hospital.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the
Duchess of Cambridge on Saturday, at Cambridge
House.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogen and
Mr. Edmond Mildmay, honoured the Italian Opera with
their presence on Saturday evening.
A meeting was held at Lord J. Russell's residence, in
Chesham-place, on Saturday afternoon. Lord Cotten-
ham, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Clan-
ricarde, Earls Grey, Clarendon, Besborough, Auckland,
and Minto, Viscounts Palmerston and Morpeth, Lord
Campbell, Sir George Grey, Sir John Hobhouse, .the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. T. B. Mac-
aulay, and Mr. Charles Wood, were present.
Lady John Russell left town on Saturday morning,
for Wimbledon.

Mr. Benjamin Hawes had an interview with Lord
John Russell on Saturday.

Lord John Russell lift town on Saturday afternoon
for Wimbledon.

Mr. Charles Wood had an interview with the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer on Friday afternoon, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
The Duke of Buccleuch left town on Saturday.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Satur-
day for Cambridge.
The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Saturday.
The Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of
St. Albans, the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord G. Paulet,
and Sir F. Trench attended the early service yester-
day in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. J. V. Povah. At the daily
service the prayers were read by the Rev. T. Helmore,
the lessons by the Rev. J. C. Haden, and the communion
service by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The sermon was
preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. The anthem was
" God is gone up," (Greene), Mr. Knyvett presided at
the organ. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the
Marquis of Winchester, the Ladies Wilton, St. Ger-
mans, Somers, and Somerset, Lords Wilton, Zetland,
St. Germans, Cantalupe, Hatherton, Vivian, and Ebring-
ton were among the nobility present.