The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-29 00:00:00

Nawl and Military intelligence.

Mr Thomas Baker, the senior inwpector of machinery
in the navy, who has been, until the close of.the late
war, employed in the flagship' Royal Albert and as su-
perintendent of steam.factory works on the Bosphorus,
has been appointed to her Majesty's ship Victory for
service of the fleet at Portsmouth. -

The Highflyer, 21, sere.? frigate, Captain Shadwell,
C. 8., will leave Portsmouth, probably this day, fur the
Elqt India station. calling at the Cape of Good Hope to
land 80,0)0/ for colonial payments.
The steam troopship Perseverance, 2, Com. J. MM.
Skene, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Sa-
tur.'ar.

The steamship Exmouth, Capt.-H. tyres, is appointed
to 'leave Hainoaza for P yruouth Sound to-day.
The crew of the screw mortar ship Seahorse, 12, Capt.
L. G. "Heath, were paid off at Plymouth on Saturday.
The Aboukir will be taken into dock at Devonport
to-owl-row to be fitted as a screw-ship.
The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty :
Lieutenant L. C. H. Thihinson, to the Victory ;
M. T. Marshall, acting second-master to the Dragon ;
J. Ha vkins, midshipman, to the Princess Royal ; H. P.
Garvey, ruidohiPtrian, to the Shannon ' • 8...M00re, nit&
shiporan, to the D axon ; L G. F. Ballamy, naval cadet,
to the Centurion ; J. T. Cooker and C. Love, mailer's-
asibi4tantP, to the Shannon.

Tile Mil Lancers having been called on for volunteers
for the Military Train (formerly the Laud Transport
Corp) have iv n about GO men.
A t-tries of important experiments will be made at
Shoehuryness on Wtdnesday next with the monster
wrou 'lv, iron gun, manufactured by the Mersey /Steel
and iron C Pmpany. Some hundreds of rounds will be
find to ascertain the accuracy and range of the gun.
Tke trials are to be made in the presence of the Select
Com•uittee of Artillery Officers ; and it is supposed that
the experiments upon floating battery plates which were
tried at Liverpool will be still further carried out.

TIES DESTRUCTIVE EQUINOCTIAL
GALS.

DOVER, SUNDAY, 5 P.N.
The equinoctial breezes have set in during the past week
with unusual severity. Day by day they have increased,
whilst last night it blew a fearful gale of wind from S.S.E.
It blew so hard from this quarter yesterday morning,
that the steam packet Violet, although off the port,
with the English mails, at her regular time, could not come
alongside the Admiralty pier, and was obliged to lie off
until there was sufficient water for her to enter the harbour
at 7.30, cud as the wind increased in the afternoon the
South-Eastern steam-pscket, due here from Calais at 6
p.m., did not leave the French coast. It was easier to leave
the harbour than to enter it ; the packet Ondine therefore
left with the French mails, and the Royal Mail packets
Violet, for Calais, and Garland, for Ostend, took their de-
parture at the regular hour and made good passages. •
Daring the night the gale became stronger, and the sea
got up to a fri;htful height; but this morning the aspect
of the e (rather was most appalling. The wind howled, and
the sea raged with the greatest fury ; the scone all along
the piers and around the port was awfully grand. Gigantic
waves broke in succession right over the Admiralty piers
and wo. Ica for two or three hours, but did little damage
there; it boiled up, however, on the western side with such
strength and fury that it tore away the Invenneat in front
of the Lord Warden Hotel, and some idea may be formed
of its p.)wer and range when it is stated that it dashed
volumes of water right over the building, and carried a
cloud of sticks and stones into the dock on the other aide.
It tale.' up all the kitchens of the hotel, and left between
two and three feet of water in the area all around.

Very little damsge, however, was stintsined by the build-
ing beyond the effects of the flooding and the breaking of a
few panes of glass. The whole of the apace facing the west-
ward was strewed with broken planks, piles, and other
fragintlits of wood, and they came from the groins, build-
ings, and fences of the South-Eastern Railway.
The railway sustained the most damage at about 100
yards flora the Archeliff first tunnel, and abOut 200 yards
from the station. Snob was the violence of the .curling
foami•ig sea in the corner near Shakespeare's Cliff that it
broke through the outer stout fence, c rried it away, then
through the heavy and massive wooden framework tied by
iron rods across from one line of rails to the other, and froin
buildings on one side to buildings on the other; scooped
out the shingle, broke down the stays . swept off ,large
portiois of the buildings nearest to the beach, carriedawsy
some of the brickwork, and undermined the sheds nearer
the cliff; and for 50 yards entirely broke down both lines
of rails. •

The wreck from the railway, together with the planks
from the groins, were for horns dashed against and over
the Admiralty pier, and were thrown up at the corner of
the lord Wareeu Hotel in pieces, some of more than a
hu. tulreiweight, !Lore than 20 feet high, and were split in
pieces against the piers and pavement.
None of the steam-packets were expected to arrive in this
terrible g 'la, but about ten o'clock the Ondine, with the
royal suit imperial mails from Calais, with her canvas set,
and coining along at a tremendous rate, made her appear.
ace in the offing. The greatest anxiety and excitement
fts crowded to the piers, in spite of
prevailed; and rtundre
the sea awl rain, to witness her entering the harbour. It
was known by telegraph that she had above 50 passengers
on b:: rd; and as at this time the entrance to the port
was covered with large piles, planks, and other floating
timber from the Admiralty pier and the railway, crashing
together by the heavy seas, those in authority on shore
deeming it most unsafe to attempt the port under the cu..
cionstinees, the flag was hauled down, and she bore away
most steadily, and in admirable style, for ltamsgate, where
also secuiely lauded Ler mails and passengers. The South-
-1;•,e etn ;o,mi/it-packet, with 90 passengers, came out from
C‘tais with the Outline, but was compelled to put back,
awl remains until the weather moderates. ,
We len expect to hear of seine sad disasters from this
fub ions gala, although its gradual increase in force must
bye warned prudent men of the necessity of seeking in
t me II good haven. One or two solitary achooners only haNe
sten duriug the day scudding before the wind.
SEVEN P.M.
Tins weather has somewhat moderated, but the wind is
from the same quarter, and a high tide sod it heavy sea are
again expected.. The mail packet Queen, it is arranged
to Calais to-night, and the Empress will come over
with thy, French mails and so Have the z o'clock train to
Loudon to-morrow ; but if the kind continues in
cannot be landed at
row morning.
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s, trade exeellentlopporaly arrange-
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Thera. was a very sevciegrde Saturday man ing in the
ribigl.ll).)erbood of PlyniGuth. The rain -was ainn.,:t like
water Touts, and the wir:t fearfully strong. SOTtle Ulan
wero (II iftekl fr‘tin their tro,oliugoi in the
I•!,.3miry Tricht, cwt op . abort+ ou the cmbankmtnt
outr.i'de .werks et the Plymouth and Great .IVittein
Docks in Alillbsy. Tne &mega, with this exception, is
not very serious.