The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-13 00:00:00

MAIL STEAM • P ACK ETS.

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At Malta—The Volcano, Lieutenant Crang, and the
Acheron, Lieutenant B. Aplin.
En route to the lonian Islands and Greece—The Spitfire,
Lieutenant J. A. Macdonald.

En route from Malta to Marseilles.— The Flamer, Lieu•
tenant Lavie.

On the evening of May 24 the remains of Midshipman
Boyce, of her Majesty's sloop Fantome, and of Captain
Moatyn of her Majesty's 54th Regiment, were buried with
military honours in the Sand Pit Military Cemetery.
PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 11.—The Canopus, 84, Captain
Moresby, sailed this day at noon, to join the squadron of
evolution, for- which she carries dispatches ; also supernu-
meraries for the Hibernia, with Sir W. Parker on board,
whom she expects to find off Cape St. Vincent.
The Alfred, 50 ; Eurydice, 26, Captain Elliot; and the
Contest, 12, were removed from the basin to-day to make room
for the Nelson, 120, advanced ship, which will be undocked
to-morrow.

The Penelope, 22, steam frigate, will be docked on Mon-
day, to repair defects prior to re-commission.
The Goodwill, navy lighter, Pledge, master, arrived yes-
terday, with stores from the eastern yards.

LieUtenant John Imrie (1811) died this morning at his re-
sidence at Portses. This gallant veteran was midshipman
of the Robust, at Toulon, in 1793, Bridpott's action, 1795,
operations in Quiberun•bay, and defeat of Buonaparte's Nue-
dron in Donegal-bay, in 1798 ; wis mate of the Courageaux,
in the action off Ferrel, and capture of the Marengo and
Belle Poule ; and lieutenant of the Egmont, at the destruc-
tion of the French squadron, in the Gironde, in 1813.

WoomvicH, JUNE 11.—The Recruit, a very handsome
iron brig, was towed down the river yesterday by the
Monkey steam-vessel from Blackwall to Woolwich, to be
fitted for sea.

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The Trinity tog-steam-vessel, which was on fire in the
river last week, has been taken to the East India Company's
dock at Blackwall to be repaired, and the whole of the in-
terior is quite charred. The preservation of any part of the
vessel from the devouring element is attributed to the use of
marine glue in paying her decks, while pitch would have
melted, and added fuel to the flames, owing to its highly com-
bustible nature.
Fifty-nine large guns have been ordered to be made ready
at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, for Tilbury Fort; and it is
in contemplation to enlarge that extensive depository for
gunpowder to a considerable extent. Fifteen larguns
also been ordered to be got ready for Gravesend.e These
and other additions about to be made to fortify the river and
various places on the coast will require a great number of
artillerymen, and it is the general belief in this quarter that
two additional companies will be added to the ten battalions
in October next, to afford a sufficient number to be detached
for service at these fortified places. Captain Lethbridge's
company, sth battalion. embarked at 5 o'clock A.M. this
morning, at Rofe's Wharf; Woolwich, fur Nine- elms, en route
to Portsmouth, to add to the strength of the Royal Artillery
at that station. Captain Torrens had the command of the
company. A detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners,
consisting of one non•commissioned officer and 23 privates,
left Woolwich this morning for Blackwall, to proceed in one
mining. -
of the Gravesend boats to that place, en route to Chatham, to
acquire a knowledge of fortifications and

WOOD AND IRON AS MATERIALS FOR STEAM-VESSELS.
—Several paragraphs have recently appeared in some of the
daily journals relative to the performances of the Garland,
a wooden steam-vessel, built by Messrs. Fletcher of Lime-
house, from the designs of Mr. Oliver Lang, jun., assistant
master-builder of Chatham Dockyard, which was built for
the Dover station, where the Violet and Onyx iron steam-
vessels, built by Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, are also sta-
mentioneodf
the trials were
sta-
tioned. It appears from a recent return made by Captain
Mercer, the superintending officer on the Dover station
that
(.Iveh 9. accompanied the vessels in their trials of speed), to
ofu water
rrd of Admiralty, that the relative speed and draught
the three steamers is as follows.
water aft, 6 feetlt should be
.that each vessel had 22 tons of coal on board, and
feet 2"paches forward. 114. 3 knots per
Violet (iron),made in smooth water. Garland
speed,
6 feet 6 inches aft, 6 feet 2 inches ler
(wooden steamer), hdo.ur ;43 draughtnyx (i(iron),
no:,
inch ; forwarti, 5 feet 10 inches.
4 inches aft, 6
ward. Front this return
1 knots; draught, 6 feet