The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-17 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Midshipmen.—Arthur Day, to the Wellesley, 72, flag.
ship, in the 'West Indies; Edward Hardinge, to the
Caledonia, 120, in Plymouth Sound.
Naval Cadets.—Ormond Brock, to the Tweed, 18, at
Waterford, for the Brazils; Sod mour Curtis, to the
Southampton, 50, flag-ship, for the Cape, fitting at
Chatham.

DEVONPORT DOCKYARD BRIGADE.—We have heard,
from good authority, that some of the statements attri-
buting insubordination to the Royal Dockyard Brigade,
Devonport, on being requested to salute officers of the
navy and army, have been much exaggerated, both as to
the number of the insubordinates and the character of the
insubordination. _ _

The Spy, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander Wes-
tern, is fully manned at Chatham, and is ordered, when
ready, to proceed to Devonport to receive her advanced
wages.
The Southampton, 50, is progressing very fast at
Chatham. She is ordered to leave the port by the Ist of
September. Captain Corry joined on Tuesday, as did
also the chaplain.
The following workmen have been superannuated from
Chatham yard:—Joseph Munns, leading man of ship-
wrights, 341. per annum; Robert Harland, Wm. Nichol-
son, Wm. Webster, and Samuel Dunstall, shipwrights,
241. each; Thomas Juffs, painter, 241.; and Win. Woods,
bricklayer's labourer, 151.
The Diligence transport, Tozer master, left Devonport
on Monday morning, with stores for Pembroke.
The Hamoaze ligher, Jago master, sailed from
Devonport on Tuesday, with stores for Holyhead and
Liverpool.
The Ajax, 56, screw guard-ship, would be taken out
of dock into the basin either late yesterday evening or
this morning, when she will go under sheers to receive
her screw, which is made of mixed metal, and weighs
nearly eight tons. Her engines will be tried in the
basin, and she will be fitted with all possible dis-
patch for service, as the hole for her screw has been
cut is the dead wood and run of the slip; the screw
will work behind a broad square tuck, so that when
the ship has any way through the water, the princi-
pal part of it will work in dead water, the extremities
of the fan will only be the moving power. She is not
expected to make a greater speed under steam than four
or five knots. She has a most beautifully-fitted and
compact engine, telescope funnels, and a mechanical ap-
paratus for hoisting the screw entirely out of the water
when under the canvass.
The Cyclops discharged her temporary drew yester-
day, at Portsmouth. The coast-guard men, 150 in
number, are to proceed in the Vulcan, revenue steamer
(now alongside the coal depit), to their respective sta-
tions along the coast to the eastward.
The Phcenix, at Portsmouth, is shipping her old
screw, she having attained more speed with it than with
one she has recently tried. She will come out of dock
to-day, and be tried some day this week with the Sharp-
shooter, now nearly ready. The latter vessel has been
taken out of the basin and anchored in the stream. _

Captain Crispin and several of the officers of the Royal
yachts went to London from Portsmouth on Tuesday
evening, to attend the opera. They returned to-day in
time to receive her Majesty, Prince Albert, and Court,
on their arrival at Gosport.