The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

In the visit of the Board of Admiralty to Chatham
on Wednesday, their Lordships, accompanied by
Captain Superintendent P. Richards, C.B , and the
principal officers of the yard, having visited the Ma-
jestic, 80 guns, building, and the Mear.ee, 80 guns, in
dock, proceeded to the works carrying on by Messrs.
Baker, preparatory to building a new ship contracted
for by them, then to the saw mills and metal mills,
&c., and at twelve o'clock mustered the whole of the
workmen, giving them the afternoon holiday; and
then partook of luncheon at the superintendent's
house, after which they proceeded in the Admiralty
barge on board the Boscawen, 70 guns, where they
were received with manned yards. Having mustered
the officers and men of the ordinary, they returned
to the dockyard, from whence they proceeded to the
loyal Marine Barracks, and inspected the corps,
after which they went over Melville Hospital, and
then'embarked on board their barge to the terminus
of the North Kent line, and returned to town by the
five o'clock train.

Tne Rev. Allen Fielding, the newly-appointed
chaplain of Chatham Dockyard, has taken up his ap-
pointment, and is gone on leave of absence.
Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord Paulet, anchored at
Spithead, about five P.m., on Wednesday ; the is
taking out her powder and live shells, and will go
into harbour on Saturday to be docked.
Fire Queen, iron steam-yacht, is having the damage
to her stern (which was done by her Majesty steam-
packet running into her) repaired. The authorities
of the yard have examined into the state of her bottom
and reported thereon. When the Fire Queen was
purchased into the service, on her first being taken
into dock some of her iron plates were much eaten
with rust, and they were plugged to ascertain the
thiekm-ss of the iron. She was then payed over
with Mr. Hay's composition, which entirely stopped
further corrosion. The vessel was again payed over
with Mr. Hay's composition about thirteen months
back, and she has been for the last twelve lying up
the harbour, where she has had every chance of
getting foul. When she was taken into dock on
Wednesday, her bottom was partially covered wn
slime—a soft soapy matter, with a few weeds. This
came off completely by merely the spplioation of a
broom, and the composition was found hard and
firm, with somewhat the smooth appearance of japan,
and there was no sign of oxydation excepting where
by friction of her chain moorings and the rub of
boats had disturbed and scratched off the compo-
sition.

Simoom, iron steam troop-ship, is to be expedited
as much as possible to Portsmouth. She has (like
the Vulcan) received' new channels for her rigging,
giving it 3 feet 4 inches additional spread on both
sides.

The old Topaz frigate, which has been lying in the
mud in Porchester lsk as a target for the Excellent
gunnery-:.hip, is ordered to be broken up by the
people of the dockyard.
Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander Wellington,
arrived at Deptford on Wednesday morning from
Portsmouth; and Vulcan screw steam•transport,
Master-Commander Penn, has gono alongside the
Malabar to complete her fuel.
PORTSMOUTH, TEIURSDAY.—After more than a
month's easterly wind, with fine weather, the wind
this morning has set in fresh from the S.W., with
cloudy weather.

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, SEPT. 25.—Lieutenants—Loftus C.

11. Robinson (1847) from the Growler paddle-wheel
steam-vessel, on the Msditerranean station, to the
Penelope, 10, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, on the west
coast of Africa station; Charles Sullivan (1844) to he
flag-lieutenant to Commodore Michael Seymour,
superintendent of Devonport Dockyard, and carrying
hio broad pendant on the St. George, 120, guard-ship
of ordinary at Devonport.
Midshipman—Hon. 11. C. Eliot to the Bellerophon,
78, at Portsmouth.

Naval Cadet—Herbert llilton to the Dido, 18, at
Sbmerness.

The Lady Franklin and Sophia sailing vessels, the
former under the commend of Captain Penny, and
recently returned from a serrching expedition in the
Arctic regions with the view of obtaining traces of
or relieving Sir John PI-auklin and the missing navi-
gators, have nearly completed the delivery of their
remaining stores cu hoard of lighters to take them
up to Deptford, and the crews expect to be paid off
to-morrow and to havo their conveyance expenses
paid to Aberdeen and Peterhead, to which places
they almost all belong. Competent judges express
their belief that fully eighteen months' provisions
have been discharged here from the two v,ssels since
their return, and feel surprised that Captain Penny
should have returned with such ample resources for
so long a period under his charge; but they can have
no idea of Captain Penny's motive in returning so
early in the season, which is evident from what can
be learnt from all on board, who were to a men
ready to volunteer to start again for the Are'ic regions
if Captain Penny had been placed in charge of a
screw-propelled steamer, on which he appears now to
place every hope of realising the object of the
searching expeditions to ascertain the fete or re-
lieve the officers and crew; of the Erebus ani
Terror. The examination of the relics of

the Erebus and Terror found by Captain Penny, and
examined by Commodore Sir William Edward Parry,
Captain Beechey, Dr. Sir John Richardson, and Mr.
Barrow, have satisfied them that the articles in reality
belonged to the Erebus and Terror. One of the
pieces of canvas was proved by several persons, exa-
mined separately, to have been a part of the binding
of the trysail of one of the vessels, and on opening a
part of the binding the letters " N. C.," meaning naval
canvas, and the figures "35," meaning the number
of yards in tha original piece, were found upon it,
and on unweaving a few threads the yellow Govern-
ment thread was found in it, proving that it was Go-
vernment property and that it had never belonged to
the mercantile marine of this or any other country.
The direction post found near the three graves is still
an object of great interest, and on being closely exa-
mined the upright post is ascertained to have been
formed of a hoarding pike staff 7 feet long, the finger
or painted handboard being attached at the top by
three nails, and instead of the post being nailed to
the centre of the board, it is nailed to the side nearest
the wrist-end of the hand. When found the spike
end had been broken off within about 5 inches of the
point of the iron, which accounts for the staff being
found lying on the ground instead of being in an erect
position. The sides of the coal sacks which had been
exposed to the sun have been bleached to a pure white,
and all the articles afford evidence of their having
been in the Arctic regions.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT -A workman named
Darling, employed in assisting to lay down the timber for
the narrow gauge on the 13anbury branch of the Great
Western Railroad, was killed on Wednesday last by the Ban-
bury middle-day train, near Oxford. The poor fellow had
juAt. left off work for his dinner hour, and had most incau-
tiously sat down on the bridge which is over the Cheltenham
turnpike road, between the parapet of the bridge and the line
of rail, a width of about thirty inches, waiting for his dinner,
when he unfortunately feel asleep. On the train coming
close upon him he raised his head, but had not time to get
out of the way before one of the steps of the carriages cut
him behind his head in a most frightful manner, so that his
brains was scattered about on the line. A person who wit-
nessed the accident ran to his assistance, but it was of no
' avail, for, after breathing a few times, the poor fellow was a
corpse. He has left a widow and five children to lament his
melancholy cud. No blame whatever attaches to any one
but himself. 'I he engine-driver and guard were not aware
I of the accident until they arrived at the Oxford station.