The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-14 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE;

Captain Charles Graham, C.B:, whose appointment
to command the Rodney, 92, at Portsmouth, we
lately announced, entered the navy June 9, 1810, as
first-class volunteer on board the Bellona, 74, Captaiu
John Erskine Douglas, stationed in the North Sea,
whence, in 1812, he accompanied the same officer to
the Mediterranean, as midshipman of the Prince of
Wales, 98. On his rej unction of the latter ship, after
having witnessed in the Imperieuse, 38, Captain Hon.
Henry Duncan, the capture of Porto d'Anzo, and
the operations against Leghorn and Genoa, be re-
turned home and was paid off in July, 1814. Until
October 26, 1816, he further served, on the home
and Jamaica stations, in the Glasgow, 50, Captain
Hon. H. Duncan, Romney, 50, Captain John
Ilackeller, Salisbury, 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
J. E. Douglas, Primrose, 18, Captain Charles George
ltodney Phillott, and Salisbury again, Captain
John Mackellar. He then became successively
acting-lieutenant, also in the West Indies, of the Ac-
tive and Pique frigates, Captains Philip Carteret and
J. Mackellar ; and on July 9, 1817, was confirmed
into his former ship, the Primrose, 18, still com-
manded by Captain Phillott. Having returned to
England in August, 1818, on board the Rifleman
brig, Captain Norwich Duff, Mr. Graham next
joined, September 15, 1819, the Tartar, 42, bearing
the broad pendant of Sir George Ralph Collier, on
the coast of Africa, and December 14, 1822, and
March 11, 1823, the Impregnable, 104, and Bri-
tannia, 120, as flag-lieutenant to lion. Sir Alexander
Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. In the
capacity of commander, a rank he attained April 17,
1824, Capt. Graham was subsequently, June 16, 1829,
appointed to the Philomel, 16, on the Mediterranean
station. He was promoted to the command, November
4, 1830, of the Rattlesnake, 28, attached to the force
in South America, whence he returned home and was
paid off November 10, 1833. Ile has been employed
on the East India station since April 28, 1843, as
1845
In December, , while
captain of the Castor, 36.
senior officer of the squadron at New Zealand, he
there landed in command of about 340 officers, sea-
men, and marines, for the purpose of co-operating
with a body of troops under Colonel Despard in the
reduction of a pah belonging to a rebel chieftain
named Kawiti, and situated in a thick forest, on a
mountain 14 miles inland from the bead of the river
Kawakami. After more than three weeks of inde-
fatigable labour and exertion, during which the
British, notwithstanding great wetness in the weather,
were constantly employed in cutting roads through
the woods and over the bills of a hitherto untra-
versed country, in erecting batteries near the pah, in
breaching, shelling, and rocketing it, and had, more-
over, to live under what shelter they could tempo-
rarily contrive out of the bush, the enemy's strong-
hold was assaulted and carried in triumph. For this
service Captain Graham was nominated a C. 8., July
27, 1346.
We regret to state that Commodore Lord John Hay
is still confined to his official residence, at Devonport,
with no improvement since our last report. Ile is
seriously ill.
Buoy boat, Harris master, returned from Falmouth
on the 11th.
Avon tender was taken out of deck on Tuesday, the
12th, and the Virago taken in the 13th, Wednesday
to have her bottom cleaned.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAT....-ZieUtnant Bruce,
studying at the Royal Naval College, has been ap-
, pointed to the Trafalgar.
The Vengeance is fast filling up her complement.
Lieutenant Morris is gone to Devonport, and Lieu-
tenant Grierson to Tower-hill, to enter blue jackets.

The following officers passed the college examination
on Tuesday, namely—
For Lieutenants—Messrs. Roche, Collin son, Pim,
Clark, Gooch, Barnes, Chimmo, Cowper D'Arcy, C.
H. Johnstone, and Nelson.
For Masters—Mr. W. F. Parsons, J. A. Hall, G.
H. Allen, W. D. Strong, R. P. J. Simpson, A. 0.
West, 1. J. P. Hitchfield, and George Gilpin.
The Lords of the Admiralty, Sir F. Baring, Ad-
miral Dundas, Captain Milne Captain Hamilton,
Colonel Greene, Admiral Berkeley, Mr. Cowper, &c.,
arrived at the dockyard this morning at eleven o'clock,
and, accompanied by the admiral's superintendent,
Captain Mould, H.E., Mr. Fincham, Mr. Murray,
and Mr. Lambert, proceeded to the chymical depart-
ment to inspect the model invented by Mr. Hay (for
auxiliary screw• vessels) to supersede steam. As the
motive power (the galvanic battery) is to supply the
place of the boiler the machinery will be very much
less cumbersome, occupy very much less space,
and be less complicated than the ordinary steam-en-
gine; great space will be obtained for provisions, &c.,
now occupied by the coal bunkers, steam funnel, and
casing, &c. Their Lordships felt very much inte-
rested, and remained a considerable time inspecting the
arrangements, and paid much attention to the obser-
vations made by Mr. Hay, who merely asked their
Lordships' permission fur trifling alterations to be
made in the fly wheel and beam, and stated that
nothing more would be worth while doing until the
economical battery he had at present under trial had
succeeded ; that all battery arrangements brought
under his notice had been carefully tested fur this
purpose, and any others proposed he would willingly
submit to the test to ascertain their value as applied
to give motive power, which would be attended with
very little cost by his power-testing machine. In the
battery this morning used the chief consumption was
in the seawater infused' as one of the elements of the
battery arrangements. They next inspected the regu-
lating and temporary galvanic protectors for ships' cop-
per, which, although upon the principle of the late Sir
H. Davy, by certain improved modifications get rid of
the most formidable difficulty that occurred in the use
of protectors—the fouling of the ships' sheathing, which
on Mr. Hay's modification is avoided. Some experi-
ments illustrative of the cause of decay in copper
sheathing were exhibited to their Lordships. The First
Lord, accompanied by the Admiral-Superintendent,
next inspected the schools for the shipwright appren-
tices, and afterwards returned to the central school to
examine the pupils. Admiral Dundas and the other
Lords proceeded to the muster-office, and one poor
fellow (a labourer) was discharged, having been
found by Rear-Admiral Berkeley asleep. The Board
re•met in a body at the Port-Admiral's at luncheon
after the muster, where 2,390 men passed before
them, who, on passing muster, were dismissed for
the day, as usual on Admiralty visits. Their Lord-
ships inspect the ropery, the storekeeper's department,
&c. After luncheon the Board embarked in their
steam- yacht, the Black Eagle, and went out to Spit-
head to inspect the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord
Edward Russell, with which ship we are assured the
whole party expressed the highest satisfaction. No
manning yards or saluting took place on the occasion.
They afterwards took a cruise down the Solent in the
Black Eagle, and overhauled from her deck the
ap-
prentices' brig Rolla, Lieutenant Fenwick, com-
mander. After this the Black Eagle returned to
Spithead, and thence into harbour. The Board
landed in the Port-Admiral's barge at the Sally port-
stairs, went to their hotel to transact business, and
then proceeded to the Admiral-Superintendent's to
dinner.

Her Majesty, in the royal yacht Fairy, accompa-
nied by the Prince Consort and the Royal children,
came up to Ryde at five this afternoon, from Osborne,
and honoured the Ryde Royal Victoria Yacht Club
with the Royal countenance for some time, much to
the delight and amusement of the Royal family.
The Odin steam-frigate is ordered to be tempora-
rily commissioned at this port for the conveyance of
the Russian Ambassador to St. Petersburg. Com-
mander Sir William Wiseman, of the Excellent, is
to have the command of her.
The Devonshire and Alfred Indiamen arrived at
Spithead to-day from the Thames.

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, AUG. 13.—Surgeon- Superintendent
Harvey Morris (1838), to the Rodney hired convict
ship.
Surgeon Henry Trevan, M.D. (1846), to the
Virago steam-sloop at Devonport.
Pursers Benjamin Wickham (1835), to the Rodney,
90, at Portsmouth; Thomas Kains (1813), to the
Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth ; and Henry S.
Hooper (1846), temporary, to the Victory.
Gunner Robert Taylor, to the Rodney.
Boatswains John Collins, to the Rodney, and
Richard Davis, to the Grecian (12) sloop, at Devon-
port.
Carpenters William Ellicott, to the Rodney, and
Ed ward Parker, to the Grecian.
Lieutenant Mervey G. St. John Mildmay (1844),
is appointed to study steam at the factory at Wool-
wich dockyard.