The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-06 00:00:00

Noxtil and Military intelligence.

The Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, as First Lord of the
Admiralty; received the following officers at his levee
yesterday at the Admiralty :—Admiral Lord Aylmer,
General Sir E. Nicolls, Royal Marines ; Lieut.-General
Menzies, Royal Marines; Rear-Admiral Sir Stephen
Luihington, Rear-Admiral Bennett, Rear-A.d'-uiral Ays-
cough, Rear Admiral Greville, Captain N. Vansittait,
Captain G. Woodhouse, Captain J. N. Boyd, Captain
A.. F. Kynaston, Captain G. Hancock, Captain S. Gren-
fell, Captain J. Sanderson, Captain J. Fitzgerald, Capt.
Fellowes, Captain Paynter, Commander P. H. Dyke,
Commander J. E, Bingham, Commander E. H. Beau-
champ, Commander W. Burden, Corn manderJ. Bathurst,
Commander W. L. hub i lge, Cominander W. 11. Hood,
Commander 11. Trollope, Commander F. W. Gough,
Commander 11. St. Georges, Commander E. Hardy,
Commander CI-. M. Balfour, Lieutenant N. Sharpe,
Lieutenant W. 11. Anderson, Lieutenant R. B. Harvey,
and Mr. J. Mason.

Duke of Wellington is to go to sea on Monday. She
Ls 230 shortof her complement.

Orders have arrived at Sheerness by telegraph for the
Cressy, 80 guns, screw steamship, Captain Richard L.
Warren, to be got ready for foreign service with all p)s-
Bible despatch. Her main deck and lower deck guns
are being shipped off from the dockyard, and she is to
be fully stored with her armament, ammunition, shot,
shell, rocket., &c. ; of the two latter articles she will
take a very large supply. She will be undocked this day,
and every exertion will be made for her immediate de-
parture from Sheernesr under sealed orders.
Her Miije.sty's ship iiienheirn, GO, was commissioned
Yesterday mornieg at Portsmouth by Captain the Hon.
F. T. Pelham.

Her Majesty's steamer Inar6rieuge, Commodore Wat-
son, C. 8., arrived off Falmouth on Tuesday with a small
division of steam despatch-boats, and, after being joined
by the Starling, Drake, Janus, and Realer, from the
above port, continued the cruise. It is understood that
Falmouth will be the rendezvous for this squadron.
Shannon, 51, screw.—This magnificent screw steam-
frigate, under the command of Second Master Attendant
Tonkin, took her trial at the measured mile to-day, and
has proved her powers to be more than was expected of
her. She had an extra 500 tons of iron ballast put on
board to bring her down to a draught, so that her pro-
peller should be properly immersed. This, however, was
not accomplished, and, consequently, against the ad-
vantages which the ship would have other.vise pos-
sessed. Her draught, on leaving the harbour, was 18
feet forward and 19 feet aft. Her trim should be at
least 2 feet by the stern. The length of this beautiful
frigate is—

Between the perpeudioularg ... feet 235
Breadth, moulded ... „ 50
Bogine,!, ... horsepower 600
Tonnage, ... tens 2650

Diameter of her screw ... feet 18
Fitch, ... feet 24.9
She fight 3 20 fires ; yet the stockhole wav of a most
moderato temperature.

Her engine; by the celebrated Penn and Son, worked
like a beautPul lathe. No vibration was perceptible in
any part of the ship, no hot boarings, nor any priming.
Having then. first proceeded beyond the Warner, light
vessel, she made her circle, and put her head towards
Stokes Bay, when she commenced her trial.

First run v:ith the tide, 4----toinutes 46 ;econds-12q
knots an hour.

Second run against the tide, 5 minutes 46 seconds—
-01 knots an hour.

Third run with the tide, 4 minutes 26 seconds-12i
knots an hour.

Fourth run against the tide, 5 minutes 53 seconds-
-0 I.loth knot an hour.

Fifth run with the tide, 4 minutes 26 seconds-13i
knots an hour.

Sixth Tun against the tide, 5 minutes 57 seconds-10
knots an hour.

Her revolutions averaged 56, pressure 20 lb. Her
mean average of the whole makes her equal to 11/ knots
an hour, and properly trimmed she is sure of her 12.
She answers her helm like a cutter; and under the skilful
management of the veteran pilot Jones, she was handled
like a river boat. The second engineer in chief of tte
dockyard,

W. Miller, Esq., was on hoard to watch the action of
the engines, and expressed himself much pleased with
their performance. A, lieutenant and party of seamen
and marines were sent from the Duke of Wellington to
work the ship, and at 4 p ru. she was moored alongside
the Marlborough, 131, opposite Hard way.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Gordon, 0, Commander
Towsoy, lett Spithead -on Wednesday evening for the
westward.

Her Majesty's ship Intrepid, 6, stfam despatch vessel,
Commander Wood, left Spithead for Falmouth on Wed-
nesday evening.

11(i Majesty's steam•sloop Bulldog, 6, Commander
G.jrdon, left Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and an-
chored at Spithead for further order 4.

,Her Majesty's steam•corvetto Pylados, 21, Captain
D Eynco,urt, was undocked yesterday at Portsmouth'
after repair, and the Sparrowhawk, 6, despatch-gunboat,'
taken in.

The steam-transport East Anglian, No. 162, arrived
M Spithead yesterday morning with ordnance stores
from the East.

Liffey, 50, screw, and Satellite,. 20, screw, recently
launched at Devonport, are both ordered to be emu-
rnissiored. The Satellite is already rigged.
The dismantling of the gun-boats and mortar-vessels
continues at Sheerness, and a portion of their crows will
'be paid wages and draughted to'other ships in active
service to-morrow. Most of theirlotficers are now borne
out on the books of the Waterloo, 120 guns, flee-ant-lip,
and their crows will be paid by the Paymaster of that
ship, under the superintendence of Captain Lord Frede-
rick Kerr, flag captain.
Yesterday morning the ceremony of ceding the Wool-
wich marshes to the heads of the Royal Arsenal Depart:
ments by the Commanding Royal Engineer took
place with all the necessary formula of documen-
tary attestations, &c. The Arsenal establishment
now poeseaser for its especial use the extent of
the Marsh from the Plurnstead-road, comprising
the old practice-range and butt as far as the
river boundary, the whole of which will be appropriate
to building purposes, such as the erection of storage
rooms and sheds for all articles subject to danger from
the proximity of the Arsenal fires. The preparation of
ammunition, manufacture of rockets, and the -principal
portion of the laboratory works will be carried on there,
so that the advantage which the War Department more
particularly derives from this concession is of import.
auce.
Tho seraw-transport Tynernouth, No. 102, from Bala-
klava, Capt. F. Y. Steward, arrived at Woolwich yes-
terday morning and landed her passengers, who con-
sisted of 22 officers, 558 men belonging to the Army
Works Corps, 44 civil carpenters, 8 servants, and others,
under the command of Capt. Henry Burn, Assistant-
Superintendent. The cargo of the Tyneinouth was made
up with 74 Russian guns and sundry baggage.
Sir Chas. Wood, accompanied by Admiral Richards
and the Surveyors, paid an official visit to Chatham dock-
yard on Wednesday, for the purpose of inspecting the
now works in course of construction by the contractors
at that establishment. Their lordships were received by
Capt. G. Goldsmith, the superintendent, and the princi-
pal officers of the yard, and by them conducted over the
buildings and works.
The following appointments have been made at the
Admiralty:--Lieut. his Serene Highness Prince Victor
of Hohenlohe, to the Blenheim; Edward J. Maitland,
Master, to the Osprey ; John A. Bull, Master, to the
Porcupine ; James S. Watts, Second Master, to the'
Sealark ; Richard Waugh, Acting Second Master, to the
Niger ; John Poolcy, Acting Paymaster, to the Merlin ;
Alexander Wl:36de, Assistant-Surgeon, confirmed to the
Alacrity ; Samnel Meal, Assistant-Surgeon, confirmed
to the Virago ; F. F. Perceval, Clerk, confirmed to the
Retribution ; W. W. Smith, Midshipman, to the Niger;
C. a Whitelock, Naval Cadet, to the Pylades ; A.
Masters, Naval Cadet, to the Arrogant ; P. P. Gerrdon,
Naval Cadet, to the Niger ; H. D. Evans, Naval Cadet,
to the Arrogant ; H. J. Hesketh, Naval Cadet, to the
Niger ; and John Fellows', Naval Cadet, to the Nile.

THE EUPHRATES VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY.—This
company, with a capital of 1,000,0001., in 201. shares,
for which the promoters rely upon obtaining a guarantee
of 0 per cent. from the Turkish Government. The line
will be 80 miles in length, General Chesney is to be the
consulting engineer,