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

OFFICIAL VISIT OF TUB ADMIRALTY.

DEVONPORT, MO,NDAY:—A Board of Admiralty,
consisting of Sir .erancis 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, remaining in the harbour during the whole
of Sunday, and until four o'clock this morning, wilts%
they left for this port, reraciting the Sound as above
stated.

We regret to find that, while at Dartmouth, Ad-
miral Dandas and Captain Milne were both taken ii),
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 medir;al 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 Moorsheed's Hotel on Sunday evening,
having come from Pc rts,mouth by railway. The
whole party were rec,3ived by J. E. Miles, Esq.,
master attendant and te:tting superintendent ; George
Turner, Esq., master slaipwright ; William Baldock,
Esq., st'orekeeper ; 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
Lich, Royal William Victualling-yard ; Captain
Nias, St. George ; Captain Lowe, lopregnabla
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, E.xmoutb,
90, and Algiers, 90, which are in differet stages
of advancement. The attention of their L ordships
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—mass-
ing through every compartment, and making the i Post
searching inquiries into everything having refere nee
to the quantity and condition of the stores. In this
their Lordships were a few days previously antici-
pated by the Earl of Hardwicke, 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 Wallier, 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 Lordship.
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 Monica Town to the hotel.
This is understood to be only a preparatory vie it 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 end 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. Onantanney,
and a distingushed patty, at the Admiralty-house,
Mount Wise.

In the ewning their Lordships were present as
patrons of u ball annually given in aid of the funds
of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, at the
Royal 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.