The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-10 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The keels of three ships
were laid down in this dockyard on Thursday,—the
Prince of Wales, of 110 guns, on the design of the late
Surveyor of the Navy, and the Furious and Argus
steam-sloops, on the designs of Mr. Fincham, the mas •
ter shipwright of this establishment, which will be pro-
ceeded with and got off the stocks with all seemly ex-
pedition.
The Prince of Wales is building under new slip No.
3; the Argus adjoining (No. 4); and the Furious under
No. 5. The following arc their principal dimensions, as
ordered:—

The Prince of Wales—Length, 204 feet; length of
keel for tonnage, 155 feet 11 inches; breadth extreme,
59 feet 2 inches ; depth in hold, 23 feet 9 inches ; bur-
den, 3,033 tons.

The Argus—Length, 190 feet ; length of keel for
tonnage, 16S feet 4 inches ; breadth extreme, 33 feet ;
breadth for tonnage, 32 feet 10 inches; breadth moulded,
32 feet 4 inches; depth in hold, 20 feet 11 inches; bur-
den, 987 tons; propulsion paddles, 300 horse-power.
The Furious—Length, 206 feet; length of keel for
tonnage,extreme, 181 feet 7 inches ; breadth 36 feet 6
inches; breadth for tonnage, 36 feet; breadth moulded,
35 feet 4 inches; depth in hold, 22 feet 10 inches; bur-
den, 1,286 tons; propulsion paddles, 400 horse-power.
The fact of a three-decker being commenced under
the authority of a new Surveyorship of the Navy, and
with the combined sanction and dictum of the Admi-
ralty, upon precisely similar lines to the Queen and
Royal Frederick, looks very significant either of the in-
efficiency of the rival builders to Sir W. Symonds, or of
the superiority of that officer's principle;—we leave the
judges to determine.
A shocking accident occurred this morning to two
men, named William piper and George Esther, ship
wrights, who were employed on a stage, taking off the
cap of the bowsprit of the Medusa steam-vessel, Lieu-
tenant-Commander Bathurst, in dock for refit. The
stage on which these men were working gave way with
the superincumbent weight of the cap and themselves,
and they were precipitated on to the " broad altar" of
the dock, a distance of 16 or 18 feet. On this broad
altar were lying two iron hawse pipes, on which they
fell. Piper sustained a severe concussion of the brain,
and the other was also:frightfully injured. Piper lingers
in Hasler Hospital in a precarious state.
The Helena, 16, waa ordered to be commissioned this
day by Commander G. W. Smith (1841); and the
Frolic, 16, was commissioned this morning by Com-
mander N. Vansittart (1847).
Lord Auckland, Lord John Russell, and a distin-
guished party, are expected here on Monday to dint- on
board the St. Vincent, at Spithead, with Rear-Admiral
Sir Charles Napier. Rear-Admiral Dundas is expected
here from the Admiralty to-morrow.
Commander Crispen embarked his Royal Highness
Prince George of Cambridge in the Fairy yacht, at half-
past six o'clock last evening, and conveyed him to
Osborne, to visit her Majesty.
Commissioned Ships in Port—The Victory, Illustri-
ous, Hastings, Vindictive, Excellent, Victoria and Albert,
Blenheim, Helena, Frolic, and Rolla; Merlin, Medusa,
Fairy, Fire Queen, Echo, Lightning and Bee steamers;
Portsmouth yacht, Fanny, and Mercury tenders.
At Spithead—The St. Vincent, Howe, Prince Regent,
Powerful, and Amphion.
In Dock—The Ajax, Pembroke, Orestes, and Medusa.
In the Basin—The Cormorant, Growler, Malabar, and
Fire Queen.
In the Steam Basin—The Jackal.
Wind, S.W., light breeze and fine weather.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARIENT, JUNE 9.—The trans-
actions of the week are unimportant, and prices must be
quoted Is. lower. The refined market continues firm.
in rum there is very little doing.—Bristol Mercury.
COURT-MARTIAL..— On Wednesday morning the
members forming a court-martial, assembled on board
the Ocean, at Sheerness, for the trial of Edward Gul-
liver, a private of the 17th company of the Royal Ma-
rines. The prisoner was from her Majesty's ship Ganges,
80 guns, and was arraigned:-1. Kr being drunk on
board the said ship on the 22d of May last. 2. For in-
subordination, using disgusting language to First Lieu-
tenant E. Nepran, of the Royal Marines, threatening to
sput that officer's eye, and removing his jacket from his
back for that purpose; and 3d, for having on board the
said ship, on the 26th of May, broke loose from his irons
when he was confined, and seizing a bayonet, said that
if he was brought to the yard-arm he would take the
life of some one in the ship, and would 'not leave the
ship until he had done for him; to which charges the
prisoner pleaded not guilty. Captain Ilenry Smith, of
the Ganges, was the prosecutor. The Court found the
prisoner guilty on each charge, and sentenced him to
twelve months' hard labour in the county goal at Maid-
stone, to be mulcted of all pay due to him, and to for-
feit all his previous service, which is fourteen years.
The prisoner wore on his breast a silTer medal for
China.