The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-20 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Chief Engineer—Thomas Bullions, to the Odin.
Assistant Engineers—W. M. Jones, Samuel Singer,
James Sumner, James M'Clymont, Henry Johnson,
and Lewis Owen, to the Odin.

PROMOTIONS.

Clerk—James B. M'Avoy, to the Fisgard.
Boatswain—John Riddett, advanced to second class.
Carpenter—John Read, advanced to second class.
Gunner—Timothy Donohue, to be acting gunner.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19.—0 n the late visitation of
the Admiralty to the uockyard they maturely coml.
dered the fittings of cabins on the several decks of
ships, with the view to keep as many as possible of
the guns clear, without disturbing bulkheads. Under
the poop in line-of-battle ships there will in future be
only one gun of a side within the cabins; accommo-
dation is afforded for only the captain and secretary.
The captain has a midship cabin, and one on the
port quarter, for sleeping ; and the secretary has a
narrow cabin on the starboard side. The offices for
the secretary are now to be placed amidships, so as
not at all to interfere with the guns. In three-
decked ships the admiral's apartments are—one large
cabin about twenty-three or twenty-four feet in
length, and reaching across the ship, and one midship
and two side cabins aft. On the upper deck, upon
which the admiral's cabins are placed, there are only
two guns on a side within the bulkheads, and these
are not in the least encumbered. The admiral's
steward's berth and pantry are placed amidships, so
that there are no fittings at the sides of the ship. On
the middle deck, upon which the ward-room is placed,
there are to be only two cabins—one for the master
on the port side, and one for the commander on the
starboard side ; these clear all the guns except the
after gun on each side, so that upon this deck all the
guns except two are free from obstruction. The
ward-room steward's pantry is also placed amidships,
so es to keep the sides entirely clear from obstruction.
On the gun deck only one gun on each side is within
the gun-room or midshipmen'e mess-room. The
midshipmen's steward's pantry likewise is to be amid-
ships, so as to present no obstruction to the use of the
armament. In a three-decked ship there will, there-
fore, be only twelve guns with which the bulkheads
will at all interfere; and these bulkheads are made to
slide, so that all obstructions may be removed in leas
than two minutes. The other officers for whom ac-
commodation has not been provided for as above will
be placed on the orlop deck. The same principle is,
we understand, to be applied in the fitting of all two
and three-decked ships as they are brought forward.—
Herald.
The Myrmidon steamer, Lieutenant-Commander
Joliffe, sailed for Devonport on Monday.
The Vengeance received about 130 seamen from
Plymouth on Sunday, she is now about 200 short, and
it is expected that nearly that number will be entered
at Plymouth for her. She is to be ready for sea on
the 31st instant.
The Vulcan troop-steamer has come alongside the
jetty. She is to be docked and refitted, and have her
channels widened to enable her to carry more sail.
Her bottom is foul, and it made a great difference in
her rate of sailing. She brought home about 40 tons
of coal, which her commander reserved for the pur-
pose of using, if required, in the Channel. The leak
spoken of is a very trifling affair, being simply from
the packing of the shaft of the screw propeller.
The Admiral Superintendent Prescott, accompanied
by the master shipwright, Mr. Fincham, and Com-
mander Mathias, of the Britannia (Captain Yates
being ill), commenced their annual inspection of the
ships in ordinary on Monday morning, and it is ex-
pected it will be completed on Wednesday evening.
The Fairy steam-yacht, Captain Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, embarked his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort at Cowes this morning, and conveyed
him to this port. His Royal Highness landed at
Gosport soon after nine o'clock, and was received in
the Clarence Victualling-yard by Mr. R. Willoughby
Stevens, of the South-Western Railway Company.
As his Royal Highness's trip was quite private none
of the dignitaries of the port or garrison, or guard of
honour, were present. The Prince, attended by Col.
the Hon. A. Gordon, left the Clarence-yard in a
special train, in charge of Mr. Beattie, chief engineer,
and Mr. Godson, superintendent of the South-
Western Railway, at five minutes past nine this morn-
ing for London, and returned at about half-past six
this evening in the same private manner, when the
Fairy re-embarked him for Osborne.
The Marlborough Indiaman arrived at Spithe
ad
yesterday from the Thamea to embark passengersfor
Madras. oned here
The Pique, 40, was temporarily commissi
t r of the
this morning by Mr. Joseph R. Ning, :d GO men
Britannia, 120, who, with the assistan
of
navigate
from that ship and 30 dockyard rigger''
her to Pembroke for alteration.
vs, York packet-ship,
The Hendrik Hudson,
arrived to-day
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of Stockholm,
John Hay.
mate,
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landed here Bruce, Andrew Mackintosh,
Thomas Gra tYneesltle, yesterday m
Henry 'th and John
A. I\l‘Cluckie, T. Richards, enry int ,
belonging
of Messrs.
ship Jaeger, Cap-
Whitfill, seamen,
Cap-
tain
Bartlett, the property of Clerk and Son,
Liverpool, for which port she was bound, from
galcutta, haring left the 16th of March, with a
ral cargo of saltpetre, sugar, rice, &c. On the
gone
at seven o'clock in the morning, in
24th et July,
long. 40 W., lat 26 N., spontaneous combustion com-
menced in the after-hold, between decks, and although
all hands endeavoured to extinguish it by throwing
down water with buckets, by keeping the two puroPs

pouring on the flames, and by cutting up the decks,
their efforts were unsuccessful. The fire raged for
six hours and a half, when the mainmast went over
the side. The crew (twenty-eight in number) were
providentially rescued by the Dutch ship Europea,
which hove in sight shortly after the fire ; from her
the Pylad took the eight above named, who have been
forwarded to-day by rail to Liverpool through
the instrumentality of the Shipwrecked Mariners'
Society.

OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE ADMIRALTY.
DEVONPORT, MONDAY.—A Board of Admiralty,
consisting of Sir Francis T. Baring (First Lord),
Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, Captain Alexander
Milne, and the Hon. W. Cowper, together with Cap-
tain W. A. B. Hamilton, second secretary to the
board, and Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, surveyor of
the navy, arrived about eight o'clock this morning in
the Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht. The board left
Portsmouth on Friday for Portland, where they in-
spected the breakwater, leaving the following morn-
ing for Dartmouth, which they reached on Saturday
evening, remainiug in the harbour during the whole
of Sunday, and until four o'clock this morning, when
they left for this port, reaching the Sound as above
stated.

We regret to find that, while at Dartmouth, Ad-
miral Dundas and Captain Milne were both taken ill,
and were obliged to have recourse to medical aid.
On reaching this port, the gallant admiral was suf-
ficiently recovered to be able to join his colleagues in
their official duties ; but Captain Milne was too ill to
leave the yacht, and medical assistance was immedi-
ately procured.
At ten o'clock the board, with the exception of
Captain Milne, landed at the dockyard, where they
were joined by Captaid Eden, private secretary to the
First Lord, and Colonel Green, director of works,
who •
arrived at Moorshead's Hotel on Sunday evening,
having come from Portsmouth by railway. The
whole party were received by J. E. Miles, Esq.,
master attendant and acting superintendent; George
Turner, Esq., master shipwright ; William Baldock,
Esq., storekeeper ; Charles Atherton, Esq, chief en-
gineer; Lieutenant Colonel Williams, officer of Royal
Engineers in charge of works, and other principal
officers of the dockyard ; Captain Superintendent
R ich, Royal William Victualling-yard ; Captain
Nies, St. George; Captain Lowe, Impregnable
and a retinue of naval officers of all grades. Their
Lordships first proceeded to the commodore's
office, and having attended to some official
business went thence through the ropery,
along the new ground to the building-slips, minutely
inspecting the Narcissus, 50, Phoebe, 50, Exmouth,
90, and Algiers, 90, which are in different stages
of advancement. The attention of their
Lordships
having been called to the progress making in the
extension of the shed over the slip in which the keel
of the St. Jean d'Acre, 100 guns, screw steam-ship,
has been laid down, they proceeded on to the chain
cable stores, and thence to the general stores—pass-
ing through every compartment, and making the most
searching inquiries into everything having reference
to the quantity and condition of the stores. In this
Lordships were a few days previously antici-
pated by the Earl of Ilardwicke, whose tact for re-
presentation of the state of stores has on other occa-
sions obtained no little notoriety. The knowledge of
the Noble Earl's visit possibly led to more than the
usual strictness of inquiry.
At one o'clock their Lordships left the yard, pro-
ceeding to Moorshead's Hotel, returning to the yard
at two o'clock, when the First Lord, Captain Hamil-
ton, Captain Eden, Sir Baldwin Walker, Colonel
Green, accompanied by Mr. Miles, Mr. Atherton, and
Lieut.-Colonel Williams, embarked in the Commo-
dore's barge, and proceeded to the new works at
Keyham, landing at the new stairs at the river wall ;
they proceeded to inspect the caissoon now in course
of formation for the communication between the two
basins ; thence to the north and middle docks, now
completed,.and the south dock in course of excavation.
Passing by the south boundary wall their Lordships
visited the permanent engine-house, and proceeding
thence to the entrance lock, where they inspected the
operation of dredging, after which they left the yard,
and passed through Morrice Town to the hotel.
This is understood to be only a preparatory visit of the
board to these important national works, the pro-
ceeding with which has been deprived of all energy
in obedience to the wishes of the false economists in
the Commons. There is little doubt that the private
yards are realising immense fortunes at the expense of
the country, while these and other similar works are
at a standstill, and the fortunate individuals receiving
golden public favours may well rejoice at the success
of a cry which blinds a party in the Legislature to
the real facts of the case which they appear to advo-
cate. Great attention is paid to direct grants of
money for public works, while but little notice is di-
rected to the fact that, Government not having the
power to manufacture for itself, influential parties are
reaping the sweets of " large public contracts" at the
cost of the nation.

At the close of the day's duties their Lordships
dined with the port Admiral, Sir John A. Ornmanney,
and a distingushed party, at the Admiralty-house,
Mount Wise.

In the evening their Lordships were present as
patrons of a ball annually given in aid of the funds
of the Royal British Female. Orphan Asylum, at the
Roy:,l Hotel in this borough. We have before spoken
of this admirable institution as one deservedly popu-
lar, and in every way worthy of the patronage thus
annually bestowed by their Lordships. The ball-
room was early crowded with all the elite and fashion
of the town and neighbourhood.--Herald.