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. 8., and the
principal officers of the yard, having visited the Ma-
jestic, 80 guns, building, and the Meanee, 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
Royal 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.

The 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; she 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
thickness 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 with
slime—a soft soapy matter, with a few weeds. This
came off completely by merely the application 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 troopship, is to be expedited
as much gs 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 ol.(1 Topaz frigate, which has been lying in the
mud in Porchester lake as a target for the Excellent
gunnery-F,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 gone alongside the
Malabar to complete her fuel.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—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.