The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-29 00:00:00

The Fairy steam-yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzcla•
rence, proceeded down the Southampton Water yesterday
with the royal standard at her mast-head ; it is believed her
Majesty and the royal family were on board.
The Adelaide schooner, Lieutenant Forbes, R.N., corn.
mender, to be fitted as a steamer, for the service of the Co-
lonial Government of Port Adelaide, South Australia, has had
her machinery landed, which will be sent out for her in
another ship. She was removed from the fitting dock yes-
terday, and put into the bacon at Portsmouth, where she will
complete her fitment for the voyage.
The packet service having been discontinued at Pembroke,
Commander Dunn has received notice from the Admiralty
that his services will be no longer required. Commander
Bevis remains at Liverpool superintending the contract
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The Admiralty have ordered the account of the expenses
in repairing the Dover packets at Woolwich to he kept sepa-
rate from the accounts of other vessels in her Majesty's ser-
vice. Their Lordships have called for the expense of refit-
ting the packets for the last six months. Judging from the
frequency of their overhauling and repairing this will form
an important item in dockyard work.
A reduction of 8,000/. is to be made in ths wages of the
shipwright department at Woolwich this year, and no less
than 20,0001. in wages, &c., for the factory establishment.
On the decease of Mr. Elson, the master attendant of
Woolwich Dockyard, being reported to the Admiralty, their
Lordships, in a letter of condolence, expressed their regret at
the loss to the service of so valuable and highly respected an
officer.

The Admiralty have called on the dockyard authorities to
report the result of any experiments which have at any time
been made with Smith's galvanised wire rigging.
The Formidable, 84, to be the advanced line-of-battle ship,
to be kept ready at Sheerness, with her masts stepped, will
be taken out of dock in November.
The Pembroke, 72, will be taken out of Dock at Ports-
mouth on the 31st October.

The Canopus, 84, at Devonport, was resorted to be com-
pleted by the shipwrights, as an advanced ship, by the 27th.
The Cambridge, 78, repairing at Devonport, it is reported,
will be completed by the 14th October.
The Benbow, 72, one of the ships selected for 'fitting up as
a cholera hospital, is ordered to be sent up to Woolwich im-
mediately, and another ship is to be selected at Sheerness,
for coast-guard gunnery practice.
The Vindictive, 50, Actaeon, 26, and Fantome, 16, are or-
dered by the Admiralty to have their defects made good at
Portsmouth at the earliest opportunity—the Vindictive to be
the first taken in hand.
The Amazon, 26, repairing at Devonport, will be completed
by the shipwrights by the 16th September.
The Edinburgh, 72, at Portsmouth, is to be fitted as a
screw steam .guardship, on a plan suggested by Lord John
Hay, the expense of converting which will, it is said, be
within a twenty-fifth of the cost of converting the Blenheim
according to Mr. Eyde'e plan. There is no intention of
converting the Princess Charlotte, 104,
ship.
The Hogue, 56 screw guardship, is to undocked at Mr.
Green's on the 15th September. into a steam-guard
The Ajax, 56, steam-guardship at Portsmouth, is to be
rigged, but the Admiralty have not yet decided whether
with iron rope.
The Firebrand, steam-frigate, at Woolwich, is to be fitted
with new boilers, and will be ready in the engineers depart-
ment by the 15th November.
The Cormorant, steam-sloop, will be taken out of dock at
Portsmouth, on the 31st inst.
The Basilisk, steam-sloop, launched at Woolwich, is to
have her machinery fitted without delay. The following are
her dimensions :

Feet. Inches.
Length below the perpendiculars ... ... 190 0
Length of keel for tonnage ... ... ... 166 9i
Breadth of extreme .. ... ... ... 34 5
Breadth for tonnage ... ... ... ..• 33 5
Depth in engine-room ... ... •••
November.
The 21 5
be out of the
Burthen in tons ... No. 1,0301-63509
94
New measurement ... 936
the boilers at
3300
, arrived
faeatprtDtahein-e
784
embarked super-
Engine-room ... ... 483--
924
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the
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principalwill frigate,b e
The Medina, steam-packet, refitting at Woolwich,
ready in the engineer's department by the Ist of October.
Messrs. Forrester of Liverpool, are to repair
their own cost.
avuYn,cliCed this
The Hermes, steam-vessel, Martin, master,
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LAUNCH AT SHEERNESS.—The Diamond,
1 one of that useful and symmetrical class of v
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r constructionly.sy m Symonds,
whichispectuhleiaerxly-sfuarmveedy,orisoftothbeeilla
kyard:._The following are
Ft. In.
Length between the perpendiculars ... ..... . 140 0
Length of keel for tonnage . ...............
daydim eant s Sheernessidimensions
and
113 4
armament p°c
Breadth, extreme ................................. 42 2
Breadth for tonnage ................ . ............. 41 10
Breadth moulded ..................• ....... ..... 41 2
Depth in hold ......................... . ..... ... 11 Oi
Burden in tone, 1,054 49-91ths.

Armament :
Guns. Pounders. Cwt. Ft. In.
45 . .... 8 6
Alain-deck ... 2O
32
Quarter- deck 1 8-inch 56 ....... 8 6
4 32 25 ..... 6 0
f t 8
-inch 56 ...... , 6
Forecastle
2 32 25 ... .. 6 0
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Total

SECRET CAUSES OF BAD 111ASON-WORK.—In nine
cases out of ten the operatives
have not sufficient time
allowed them to execute their work in a proper man-
and if he
ner. If a man is Feen by some contractors or their fore-
man to take a pride in doing his
.work. well, he is told he
must not take so much pains with it, as it is only so
and so, or that it is going a great height, &C. ;
does not take the hint, and move a little.. quicker, and
consequently much worse, he is paid on-, as Et warning to
the others.—An Operative Mason in the Builder.
ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. A prebendal stall in
St. Paul's Cathedral has become vacant by the death of
the Rev. C. E. J. Dering, M.A. It is in the gift of the
Bishop of London.