The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

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The Earl of Auckland, with Captains Eden, Hartii/ton,
and Milne, on Saturday morning. last were present--at
importantscnneveryfitted w
trials,
screw ial),
roepr
stte
propellers,Whitehall, fo
rexile.
with the
new launches
odfitsioin abo
ut to proceed
Franklinaoudn-hdiesrpSairrtyJ.amTeshets bsoaitnc.4 t
by Thompson, of RotherXttia,are about .3;u:
length and 11 .feet in breadth); and are each fitted with
screw-propeller high-pressures engines of 5 horse-power,
by Blissiwere tried up itind dpwn the several times,
when, at-a7pressure of .161ba,, -they attained ft speed. of
between five and six knots an:hour. tinder the cireurve-
stances, the trials were deemed to be very satislabto4,
much more so than those with the Meander!iilatn-42.
fitted by Seaward with a iniew-propeller engine. The
boats were necessarily light,-and an immersiers-suGelent
to afford the screw a smooth -action was. note..ollainted ;
but when the boats have,ltheir crews with their mare
fuel &c., on board, they could 'he worked .at a pressure
of 401bs. to the square ieclizAeithi: ierr,littke vibra-
tion. The engines are most compactly fitted, and the
ease and simplicity of the- machine!.
jy- which:t
back turn was obtained apoment eliettalhe-..4r6-
bation ot the officers of the' Board.
,Lord Auclkland
and Capt. Milne were in one of the boats, and Captains
Eden and fiamilton in the other. The whol&Board of
Admiralty have taken great interest in the fitting of
these boats, as indeed they, have in fitting out- the ex-
pedition. Sir James Ross. we belieie. has 4-milt
blanche to do anything which might in his opt/Sem-be
conducive to the success of his mission, and to the com-
fort and convenience of those who have voluntreied for
the perilous enterprise. It should he tinderitood With
reference to the above trials, that the eiperimentin this
instance is no test of the speed to be attained by such a
power with a high-pres Sure locoinetive. boiler, insamtith
as the boats are necessarily constructed. to Si the Enter-
prise and Investigator, whereas, if. it were a mere quell.
tint' of speed, the same machinery, fitted to a- boat of
different form—that is of a_uichgreatersiengtiO ~,
yith-
fine entrance and a fine run, would produce a vastly
superior result.
Rear-Admiral Pandas and Mr., Ward 'hive 'bad the
new Holyhead" steain-paoket. Banshee, Master-Corn-
mender Smithett, attending on them during their official
visit to Cork. _ •
PORTSMOUTH, MONDlY.—Thelar, white'arthetafaen,
of Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Collier, C.B. and
was hoisted at nine A.M. to-day on-board the •Hastings,
72, Captain J. W. Morgan. It wait- :hardy afterwards
transferred, for the purpose of saluting, to the Belle-
rophon, 78, Captain R. L. Baynes, C.B, 'which ship
saluted the flag of Admiral Sir C. Ogle with 17 guns,
and was answered by theirictory. with 43.- -The Eng
was then re-hoisted by the Hastings. . . •
The Sharpshooter, new iron steam-vessel, Lieut. J C.
Bailey commanding, was towed by the Echo alongside
the dockyard to-day, to have her machinery repaired.
The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, Knight,
was not prepared for coming into the harbour to-day,
neither guns nor powder being out. It is rather doubt-
ful, even had she been prepared, if she could have got in
t, oa-ckda. s
y , thebe strongwwill
be E
brought.S.E . winin to-morrow. wind having icept the tide
h
The Plumper, new screw schooner, wa'ind
Woolwich,but
eck
d c'
day. She is quite ready to proceed to
must
of s wait fora change
to tow.angeo
fwinfrdiei,gautn, was
saas
taken
keenn incestho the
occur e
The Arrogant, new screw
pbiaestio b
n to-day,orfitting.
tti on.
ng the removal of
thef
Baynes, Roeysa, si commencedlilyacht, eosa-
The Bellerophon, 78, Captain
her refit.
Wind, E.S.E.; strong breezes and fine weather.
New Zealand
zNelaajl'aeostdy:sasntdeamweilr Inflexible
l sail
lo
on
the
now
3doaft
this month
a
with the Governor and General to visit all the settle-
ments, and will proceed round the Middle Island, ae
well as the Chatham and Auckland groups, when she
will return to Auckland for a supply of coal, and then
go to Sydney, on her way to Bombay to be docked. All
letters for that ship should, therefore, be addressed to
India.
i'Ly Norma, Aram 29.—0 n Thursday, the 27th, the
barque
graving
Ff
onor
boardttrsh ?he; CaptainGover Governor
oTr uodfo r,
Southsaile d
Australia,f for
Henry E. Fox Young, and lady. The Forfarahire also
takes out 202 i statute adult emigrants, viz., 118 i chiefly
from the midland and eastern counties, 'and 84 from
Devon and Cornwall, selected by Mr. Wilcock., the
agent for Government emigration here.
WOOLWICH, MAY I.—The Earl of Auckland, G.C.B
First Lord of the Admiralty, and Captain Alexander
Milne, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived at
Woolwich dockyard by water at four o'clock, eat., and
were received by Commodore Sir Gordon Bremer,
K.C.B. and K.C.H., Captain Sir James Clarke Roes,
Commander of the Enterprise ; Captain Bird, Com-
mander of the Investigator; Captain Johnson, Lieutenant
Fowler, Lieut. Robertson, Mr. Dyer, Mr. Lang, master-
shipwright; Mr. Jenkins, storekeeper; Mr. Atherton,chief
engineer; and Mr. Leen, acting master attendant. Their
Lordships visited the Fisgard, formerly 42 gun f,ieata,
and now carrying the broad pendant of Commodore tiir
Gordon Bremer; and mounting 28 32-pounder guns for
the exercise of the gun-boat inen and the riggers el the
dockyard battalion. From the Fisgard their Lordships
proceeded on board the Investigator, one of the vessels
fitting out for the Arctic expedition, which' is expected
to leave Woolwich about the 10th of the present
month, to proceed in search of Captain Sir John
Franklin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and
Terror. Their Lordships, on landing, went on board
the Enterprise. the other vessel of the new Arctic
Expedition, aril r;ninined some time on beard with
Captain Sir James Clarke Ross examining mini/U.ly
the preparations for the .North Polar regions. On leav-
ing the Enterprise, thrir Lordships were on board the
Caradec, Holyhead mail steam-packet, now rea,ty for
se.i, and examined her engines and the whole ei her
cabins, the chief cabin being elegantly fitted with bird's-
e3e maple panels in mahogany frames, with other fit-
tings in excellent keeping ;or the comfort of pl.,seugers
in the snail :team-packets. Their Lordships also visited
the Niger, now taken into dock to have copper put upon
her bottom. The Ariel, the Trident, and the Rifleman
steam-vessels were examined in the basin, and their
Lordships went on board the Rifleman, now fitted with
the engines of the Teaser, and, having a traversing
platform constructing on deck, which will be mounted
with alO inch gun of 84 cwt. Tneir Lordships lett
Woolwich at halt-past six o'clock P.M. for town.
The whole of the dockyard battalion assembled this
evening for drill, being the first day ot drill for the pre-
sent season.

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Will be performed a Drama, entitled THE BOHEMIANS. Cha-
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Herbert, H. Lewis, E. Jones, Mrs. R. Homier, and Miss E. Terry.
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