The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-23 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Pontrsafouret, SuarDaY.—Yesterday. being,the anniversary -
of her Majesty's accession to the throne, all the ships in•-:
commission at this port dressed in colours, and the royal
standard was hoisted on all the Government establiehments
in honour of the occasion. At noon a royal salute was fired
from the Platform Battery, and the ships in harbour and at
Spithead.
Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at
this pore, struck his flag onboard the Victory, 104, Captain
Pasco, at sunset last evening, and shifted it to the Excellent
gunnery ship, Captain Chads.
Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C.D., superintendent of this
dockyard, returns to his duties on Tuesday at the expiration
of his extended leave. During the Gallant Admiral's absence
the duties of the dockyard have been conducted by Mr.
Fincham, the master shipwright, and not by the master-
attendant, as heretofore.
Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., proceeded to Cowes yesterday in
the Lightning to pay his respects to her Majesty. The
Gallant Admiral returned about four o'clock, P 35., but vie
regret to say, very unwell, and- went- to bed immediately
after arriving at the Admiralty House. The Gallant Admi-
ral has been considerably fatigued of late in his constant
attendance upon the illustrious visitors who have recently
arrived at this port.
The Fly, 18, Captain F. P. Blackwood, arrived at Spit-
; head, on -Friday evening, from the East India station, where
she has been engaged during the greater part of the last
four years and upwards in surveying the Torres Straits and
the coasts of the islands in that quarter. She left Sydney
on the 19th of December last, touched at Swan River on the
19th of February • Adelaide on the 22d of January ; the
Cape, April 15, and St. Helena, the 30th.. She has brought
no news, the Prince of Wales, Indiaman (which sailed with
her trom the Cape) having arrived upwards of a week since
and landed her mails. The Fly fell in with the squadron of
evolution, sixty miles west by north of Scily. She brought
li-tier-bags from the following vessels on the Cape station
—The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Sear-Admiral
Dacres, Commander-in Chief ; the Hingdove, 16, Commander
Sir W. Hoste, Bart. ; the Mutine, 12, Commander Craw-
ford ; and the Thunderbolt steamer, Commander Boyle,
having., been in commission since November, 1841, she mil
now be paid Off, andsailed this evening for Plymouth for that
purpose.
The Kamschatka Russian war-steamer, Captain Fun-
chaand, which arrived at Southampton on Sunday last from
the Mediterranean, left last night for Cronstadt and Sr-
Petersburgh. • Whilst at Southampton the caters and crew
made purchases among the outfitters and others to the
amount of nearly 2,000/., much to the. benefit and eutis-
faction of the shopkeepers. She paid a visit to the seine
place in September last to coal and re. store,
also her officers and crew spent large sums of Morley stn ;z
the inhabitants. She is a most formidable war steamer, and
appears to combine all the fighting and sea-worthy qualities
of one. She mounts 12 long 32-pounders on the maindeck,
and then
where she is pierced for 16, the dismounted lout 'she stiArs
fit
her hold, two iron 10-inch, and two brasS 8-itich calibre gales
on traversing'circles ein the upper deck, besidee Weis, guns,
and field-pieces. - She is of 2,300 tons, and is propelled by
two engines of 306-horse power each. Her draught of
water, when fully equipped for a long voyage,
is 1? feet
inches only. Sne has only one funnel, is a- full-rigged ship,
and her complement 290. She was built id America in
1841, and has been at the service of the Empress of Russia
during her late visit to hely. She is consequently most
superbly fitted up, and would doubtless give a very goo 4
account of any other war steamer in the world
with which
she came in hostile collision. She is undoubtedly the largest
and heaviest mounted steamer afloat.
The Entlyrnion, 44, Captain Lambert, was at Barbadoee,
en route for St. Vincent's, on the 12th ult.
The Daring, 12,. Commander Matson,' was at...Port-au-
Prince on the 14th inst.
The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy, arrived at Calcutta from
Medras on the 29th of April.
M‘Donnel,
The .Nau:ilu?„ 10, Lieutenant-Commaneer
haring repriSioneci and stored, sailed to resume her sta.
tion off Brer,hton this afternoon. to gDv
allant
The Eurlillce; 26, Captain G. Elliott, has her Pi ,
masts lidded ; nearly all her stores on beard, ar
eve arid
wants four petty officers and six able seamen to be ready
for sea. The smartness and efficiency of this cr
Friday'
their experienced officers, was pointedl, shown on
on the arrival of her Majesty, when they manned yards (al-
though not compelled to do so) in 'a style impossiblet.o.bec.
surpassed, being the only ship at the port besides the V 1
tory that did so.

A7POINTBIENTS. •
Lieutenants—W. Lane, J. H. Moore. and J. H. Bellam ,),"+
to the Caledonia, for service in Plymouth Ordinary ; G. C.
Fowler. W. E. A Gordon, and H. 11. BlaticlOey, to the In-
flexible; W. C. Gear, to the Contest ; J. A. Mends, to the
Trafalgar; S. Fowell (additional), to the Avenger; J. F.
Arnold to the Ocean ; H. V. Haggart, and H. Croft, to the
Crocodile; R. C. White, to the Spartau ; J. W. Finch (1.826),
to the Victory.
Masters—T. Hart. to the Inflexible; T. Arundel, to the
Contest; J. S. Pritchard, to the Brilliant.
Paytnastefs and Pursers—A Gilbert, acting, to the Con-
test; J. C. Andridge, to the Inflexible.
Mate—R T. Tiiilnell, to the Constance.
Second Master--H. Hutchings, to the Ardent.
Naval Instructor—F. Curshaw, to the Brilliant.
Midshipmen—J. Packwood, to the Rodney; HR
• R. Baker,
to the Sparzan.
Masters' Assistants—E. Goss, to the Constance ; J. M.
Hockley, to the Canopus.
Naval Cadets—J. Wackier and J. B. Dodd, to the Spar.
tan ; H. B. North, to the Crocodile; A. Daniel, to the Queen;
G. T. Drake, to the Eurydice.