The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEVONPORT, FRIDAY.—The Indefatigable, bO, to be
lauched on Thursday the 27th instant, from this yard, is
built entirely on the plan of Mr. W. Edge, master ship-
wright here, and appears to be generally considered and
admitted the finest frigate of her class in her Majesty's
service.
Her dimensions are as follows:
Length on lower deck ...
The keel for tonnage
Breadth, extreme ...
Depth in the hold ...
Burden in tons, No. 2,043.

ft. in.
... 180 0
... 147 8i-
... 61 6
16 6

ARMAMENT.
Quarter-deck and forecastle ... 22 guns, 32-pounders.
Iltnain deck, shot or shells 8
inches diameter

... 28 ditto, 56 ditto.

Total armament ... 50 ditto.
The usual preparations, fitting up seats, &c., for the
accommodation of the public, are being rapidly com-
pleted.

THE SQUADRON OF EXERCISE.
TORBAY, JULY 20.—The squadron continuesias much
an object of interest as ever, and vast numbers of people
flock on board the ships, notwithstanding the unfavour-
able nature of the weather, which has changed from
fair to foul, and a gale is this day blowing from W.S.W.,
of no ordinary character.
A trial was made to-day with the Prince Regent, 90
guns, Captain W. F. Martin; the Bellerophon, 80,
Captain R. L. Baines, C. 8.; the Blenheim, 55 (450
h• p.), Captain Chads, C. 8.; the Amphion, 34. Captain
Williams: and the Tweed corvette, is, Captain Lord
Francis Russell. The latter was sent ahead by signal
about six miles, the others being ordered to round her.
The Prince Regent rounded the station-vessel first;
secondly, the Bellerophon; then the Amphion; and
lastly the Blenheim. All the vessels then made sail on
the starboard tack, and returned to the bay, when the
Blenheim and Amphion lost their jib-booms, and the
Bellerophon her jib, which was rent in ribbons by the
force of the gale. The Prince Regent, Bellerophon
and Tweed arrived at the anchorage together. The
Blenheim was detained some time to get a new boom
fitted. The Amphion anchored last, but about sunset.
The above was considered the only real trial any sec-1
tion of the squadron had had, the weather being pecu-
liarly suitable for testing heavy ships. The Blenheim
is a surprising craft, and shows some very superior
qualities for hard work at sea. The Prince Regent
seems unquestionably tho noblest two-decker afloat.
Her fleetness in sailing is remarkable, and she is beau-
tifully worked--so is the Bellerophon. The sloops have
had no trial since the last wo detailed. The Mercury
cutter went into Torbay after seven o'clock on Thursday
evening, on her passage to Portsmouth.
The squadron having been joined by the Stromboli
steam-sloop, Captain Lord A. Beauclerk, from Ports-
mouth, with dispatches for the Admiral, sailed on Friday
for Cork, touching at Plymouth.
A Russian man-ot-war cutter arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday, from Lisbon.
The Bombay hired freight ship arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday, with the depot of the 77th Regiment, from
Cork.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain Nicholas Cory (1840) is to commission the
Southampton 50 gun frigate at Chatham on the lit
proximo, for the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Barrington
Reynolds, to take the chief command on the Cape of
Good Hope station.
Commander Stewart (1844) is expected to be ap-
pointed to the Southampton.
Surgeon Superintendent John Tarn, late of tho Albion,
90, to the Pestonjee, Bornanjee, convict ship.
Engineers—A. Birnie, acting chief to the Mohawk
steam-vessel, on Like Huron; G. Robertson, to the Fire
Queen yacht, at Portsmouth ; R. Chamberlain, assistant
to the Echo steam-tug, at Portsmouth ; William Hall,
assistant to the Myrtle steam•vessel, at Portsmouth.

ENTERTAINMENT TO THE LORD MAYOR.—On
Saturday the ward of Queenhithe gave an elegant enter-
tainment at the Castle Hotel, Richmond, to their Al-
derman, the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, to mark their
appreciation of his many estimable qualities, and the
splendid hospitality which has characterised him in the
discharge of his arduous duties as chief magistrate. Mr.
Deputy Goss presii:ed, and the company, which num-
bered seventy, consisted of the chief inhabitants of the
ward. The viands and wines were of the choicest de-
scription, and bore ample testimony to the well-known
celebrity of the worthy host of the Castle. The usual
toasts being drunk, Mr. Deputy Goss proposed " The
health of his Lordship," who returned thanks in a nest
and appropriate speech, greatly to the satisfaction of the
visitors present. They separated about ten o'clock, highly
delighted with their evening's festivities.