The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Woo',maul, OCT. 28.—CaptainTylden, Deputy-Assis-
tant Quartermaster General to the Royal Artillery,
visited Woolwich Dockyard yesterday afternoon offici-
ally to witness and report on the efficiency of the ar-
rangements for an amply supply of water, and the mode
of using it, in case of fire. The police, under Inspector
Ilxvard, on the shortest notice attached the leathern
hoses to the mains, and discharged large volumes of
water from one two and four hoses, carrying the water
to a height of 110 feet and upwards without the aid of
engine', the pressure on the surface of the water in the
reservoir on Woolwich common, near Shooter's-hill,
which always contains an abundant supply, being suffi-
cient for that purpose. The time occupied on a former
occasion in taking out the hose from the place where it
is deposited, on a pretended alarm being made, attach-
ing it to the main, and throwing a large volume of water
over the root of the slip under which the Royal Albert,
120 gun ship, is building, only occupied six minutes, and
the exercises yesterday afforded the greatest satisfaction
to Captain Tylden, owing to the celerity with which
they were executed, and the efficient manner in which
everything connected with the waterworks is kept ready
for use in case of an alarm of fire.

The Grappler steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander
Hawker, had her steam up yesterday in the basin, to
test the power of her engines. The stern of the vessel
was attached by strong ropes to the testing machine,
constructed at the west side of the basin, on a principle
submitted by Professor Daniel Colladon, and capable of
ascertaining the exact capabilities of any description of
engines fitted to steam-vessels to the extent of 1,000
horse power. The result is ascertained by dials with
moveable hands, similar to those of weighing machines.
The engines of the Grappler are two of 110-horse power
each, constructed by Maudslay, Field, and Sons.
The Garland steam-vessel, Captain Smithett, was
kept in dock yesterday to have her decks over the
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an improvement in her slides and in other parts of the
vessel, and her commander anticipates that her speed
will be greater than formerly. Being constructed of wood,
her steering qualities and the correctness of her com-
passes are all that her commander can wish for.
The Sphynx steam-frigate, Captain Cragg, has had
her steam up and her engines at work to-day, but the
denseness of the fog prevented her going down the river
on trial. She is fitted with engines of 500-horse power,
by Penn, and the largest ever made on the oscillating
principle. The engines are of beautful workmanship.
Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard,
having left to-day for Liverpool, on official duty, Mr.
Murray, chief engineer of Portsmouth Dockyard, has
arrived to superintend and report on the trials of the
engines of the Sphynx and Amphion steam-frigates and
the Geyser and Grappler steam-vessels, as they are re-
quired with the least possible delay for service.
An experiment of an interesting and valuable nature
was tried with a boat fitted on a plan submitted by Mr.
Holdsworth, Governor of Dartmouth, and for many
years a Member of Parliament. The object of Mr.
Holdsworth is to render any boat attached to ships of
war, or other vessels, incapable of sinking in the most
tempestuous sea, if the load is not greater than the cal-
culation of displacement of air, the means adopted for
supporting the boat rid persons who may be in danger
by shipwreck, or fro any other cause. The boat ex-
perimented with on this occasion was one built at Wool-
wich Dockyardf on a plan of Lord John Hay, C. 8., a
present Lord of the Admiralty, and given to Captain
Henderson, C. 8., Commander of the Sidon steam-frigate,
on his Lordship's ceasing to be Captain-Superinten-
dent pro tom. of Woolwich Dockyard. The boat mea-
sures 32 feet in length by 5 feet broad in the centre,
and weighs 2 cwt. On the inside all round under the
cross beams were fixed simply with cord, which could
be effected in ten minutes, ten hermetically sealed tubes
formed of vulcanised India rubber, each six feet long and
five inches in diameter, calculated to support 500
cwt. without sinking, although the boat-was filled with
water. The boat was taken from the boat-house to the
basin at the west-end of the dockyard at 3 o'clock P.M.,
and the experiments were made in the presence of Cap-
tain Henderson, Captain Cragg, Captain Hunt, Colonel
Parker, C. 8., Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Mili-
tary Academy; Lieutenant Gardiner, Lieutenant Ly-
saght, Mr. Holdsworth, Mr. Brockenden, Mr. Elson,
Master Attendant, and Mr. Reid, Assistant to the Master
Shipwrights. On the boat being dropped in the water a
plug was withdrawn from her bottom, and she was al-
lowed to fill with water. Three persons then stood over
the ankles in water on her cross-beams, but they could
not bring her down. 500 weight of iron was then
lowered into her, which she supported with the greatest
ease, and the three persons in addition stood on the edge
of the side, sinking it about six inches under water, with.
out the boat showing any inclination to sink, but r,ghting
herself with the greatest ease.
The Formidable, 84, at Sheerness, it is said, will be
commissioned by Captain Ramsay, of the Terrible,
steam-frigate, on her arrival at Woolwich ; the captain
and crew of that steam-frigate being turned over to the
Formidable.

The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushingtou, is progress-
ing rapidly in her fittings at Portsmouth, considering
the small number of hands she has on her. Her top-
masts are fidded. The continuous puffs on her officers
are too barefaced not to be traced. The men are, as we
have said before, working very well, but not better than
the crews of other ships fitting have worked. It must
be borne in mind that this Vengeance was one of the
advanced ships. To show that Captain LushingtOn de-
serves no credit for the smartness with which the ship is
fitting, the fact i 3 not omitted that he is unwell. Too
much of this will defeat its own object, and the second
and third lieutenants will not get first and second, one
day the sooner.

EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE ON THE VALUE Or
LAND.—We are glad to find that the experience of Mr.
W. W. Simpson the celebrated auctioneer, fully shows
the absurdity of the fears which the protectionists pro-
fessed to entertain as to the probable effects of free-tride
measures on the value of land. The free traders were
always convinced of the absurdity of these fears, but the
protectionists would listen to no argument, they were
determined to be ruined, they would not be comforted.
What has been the result of these dreaded measures.
Listen to Mr. Simpson himself at one time a protec-
tionist. As long ago as last April in a speech at Nor-
wich, he said that—" Although he had been a thorough-
going protectionist, he was proud to say, that sliding
and all other scales bad fallen from his eyes ;—that it
was his firm and honest conviction, that rents which had
been set on fair and liberal principles within the last
seven years would be permanent ; that the year's
chase on such rentals had risen withinthe
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was, determined, on reflection after the free-trade mea-
sures of last session were passed, nut only to retain all
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the land which he possessed, but to add largely to his
real estate by investing all his surplus capital in the
purchase of larded property.
POSTHUMOUS RENOWN.—The Duke of Leeds ha
closed Glen Lin Beg, the Duke of Athol Glen Tilt,
against the tourist. Lung live both their Graces! but
should anything happen to either of them, how appro-
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ComPAisi.—Those disputes, which have for the last two
years occasionally amused the public, have now happily
come to a close. His Lordship and the Company's
agents have agreed ; the tunnel line towards the south
of Staplefurd Park is to be abandoned, and the railway
made across a small portion of the park, at no great dis-
tance from the celebrated " battle field " of Saxby
Bridge I Lord Harborough is to receive from the com-
pany, for this privilege, and the land taken for the rail-
way through his estates in Leicestershire and Rutland,
25,0001.—Leicester Mercury.
ST. PETERSBURGII, OCT. 16.—1 n the night of the
10th of this month his Majesty the Emperor, accompa-
nied by the Grand Duke Alexander, set out from Zar-
skijeselo for Moscow, where they both arrived in good
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