The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

ADMIRALTY INSPECTION OF DEPTFORD DOCS-
-IARD.—The Admiralty made their annual inspection
of Deptford Dock and Victualling yards, yesterday.
Their Lordships, consisting of Sir Francis Baring,
Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8.,
Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, and Captain Alex-
ander Milne, with Sir Baldwin Walker, the Surveyor
of the Navy, and Mr. Scamp, the assistant-director of
works at Somerset House, arrived at the latter yard
in two open carriages, at about eleven o'clock, when,
accompanied by the Captain-Superintendent the Hon.
R. S. Dundas, C. 8., Mr. Nam, the master-attendant,
Mr. Breaks, the storekeeper, who received their Lord-
ship, they at once proceeded to the discharge of
their important duties. After inspecting the different
stores of that establishment they mustered the work-
men, and then repaired to the official residence of the
Captain-Superintendent, where they partook of lun-
cheon, and afterwards proceeded to the principal de-
partment of the two Admiralty establishments, the
dockyard, where they were met by Mr. Willcox, the
master shipwright, Mr. Mouchet, the storekeeper,
Mr. Crouch, the store- receiver, and other officers con-
nected with the arsenal. Their Lordship concluded
their inspection by also mustering the men of this
establishment and granting them the usual half
holiday. _ _ _

Their Lordships proceed today on their annual
vibit of inspection to the other river establishments.
Lieutenant A. P. H. Helby (1849), of the Pci
6, has been appointed to the Ajax, 60, screw•ship, at
Queenstown.

Dauntless screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, has re-
ceived her guns, 33 in number; she carries 6 68-
pounders and 16 32-pounders on her maindeck, and
10 32-pounders and a pivot 68-pounder on her wea-
therdeck. She is at the moorings off the Ring's-
stairs, where she will swing her compasses, and be
tried along the measured mile in Stoke 's Bay about
Friday next.
Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, arrived at Trinco-
malee, July 28, from Acheen; she was to proceed to
Penang.
Hercules store-ship, is alongside the jetty at Ports-
mouth, loading stores for Malts. _ _

Volcano steam-sloop, Commander Coote, arrived at
St. Helena, from Sierra Leone, July 18.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The wind yesterday and
to-day has been very light, varying from N.W. to
N.E. with very fine weather.
The New York packet-ship Patrick Henry, Cap-
tain Habbarb, arrived at Spithead on Monday, after
a remarkably quick passage of only 25 hours from
the river. She will embark passengers and sail to-
day fur New York.
The Rolla naval apprentices' instruction brig,
Lieutenant-Commander Fenwick, returned from the
chops of the Channel to-day, and came into harbour.
The Vulcan iron steamer troop-frigate, Master-
Commander Penn, has been undocked to-day and
placed alongside the jetty. She got her steam up in
the afternoon to try her engines. A poor young
man named William Hunt, a smith, whilst putting in
a shute through the upper side of this ship yesterday,
the two planks upon which he was standing being
separated by the shute falling out between them, was
thrown into the bottom of the dock, a depth of about
30 feet. When taken to the surgery an extensive
fracture was found over the right eye, besides consi-
derable injury to the bones of the face, which was
much disfigured and cut. The same man three or
four years ago was obliged to undergo amputation at
the surgery of part of his hand from injuries received
while on duty.
Another accident also happened yesterday in the
dockyard to one of the men of Mr. Clark, contractor
for some works going on there, who, whilst excavat-
ing a well, got his right band entangled amongst the
cogs of .the wheel, by which means the greater por-
tion of his hand was torn away.
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 23. —The Highflyer screw
steam-sloop is having her boilers put on board, and
is to be fitted with engines of 250-horse power by
Maudslay, Sons, and Field.
The dimensions of this vessel were not given at the
time of launching, but the following may be relied
upon as correct :

Feet. Inches.
Length between perpendiculars ... 192 0
for tonnage • • ••• 167 3'4,1
Breath moulded ... ... ... 35 4
for tonnage ... ... 36 0
extreme ... ... ... 36 4
Depth in hold ... ... ... 22 8
Tons burden, 1,15339 94. .

The liighflyer is built of wood, and so strongly
put together that the authorities here have reported
her capable of carrying a very heavy armament, 10
guns on each broadside of large calibre.