The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-08 00:00:00

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The Collingwood, 80, sailing fillip of the line,
which has been sent from Portsmouth to Chatham
to be cut down and converted into a screw steamer,
is ordered to be removed from Chatham to Sheer.
ness for that purpose.
The screw corvette Charybdis, 21, 100-horse
power, proceeded from Folly-point, Chatham, to
Sheerness, yesterday morning, to be attached to
the first division of the steam reserve in ordinary
at that port.
The screw steamer Rodney, 91, will, according
to • present arrangements, be taken into dock at
Chatham to-day, to be completed for the first
division of the steam reserve.
The Ariadne, 26,.screw, Captain E. W. Vansit-

tart, got under weigh yesterday morning from
Spithead, and after making two runs to east-
ward of the Warner, proceeded to the measured
mile in Stoke's Bay to test her altered screw.
Four runs were made with very good results, but
during the last two runs the wind had veered from
W.N.W. to W., and freshened considerably, and
the trial was in consequence again deferred. Even
under these unfavourable circumstances the mean
of the four rues gave the ship a slight increase of
speed over that of the last trial, and also a great
decrease in the vibration. As the trial is intended
to test the comparative merits of the Ariadne's
screw with its leading corners on and off, it is ne-
cessary that both trials should take place under as
similar circumstances of wind and weather as pos-
sible. Should the force of the wind have decreased
from yesterday, it is intended to resume the trial
again this morning.
The Queen, 86, screw, Captain C. F. Hillyar, was
officially inspected yesterday at Spithead by Rear-
Admiral the Hon.. George Grey, :who proceeded to
Spithead on board her Majesty's paddle steamer
Fire:Queen. The Queen then steamed to Portland.
The Pigmy, paddle steamer, Master Commander
Johnstone, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from
the westward.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw, was placed yes-
terday in N. 2 dock at Portsmouth, to colnp-lete
repairs.
The Bulldog, 6, paddle, was yestei d 9 y removed
from the old ship basin at Portsmout to the steam
basin, and berthed alongside aro south quay, to
prepare for service.

The Flying Fish, 6, scam, Commander C. W.
Hope, is expected to pay her crew at Portsmouth
to-day and grant them leave ashore.
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27, by' the Vesuviut, captured on the Line an
empty brigantine, which was sent to Sierra Leone,
in charge of Lieut. Allen C. Adams.
The Severn, 51, screw-frigate, which has been
some time in Chatham dock converting from a sail-
ing-ship to a screw-frigate, was undocked yester-
day, and will be taken to Sheerness to be fitted
with her engines and machinery.
The screw steam sloop Greyhound, 17, Comman-
der Sullivan, having embarked supernumeraries,
left Plymouth Sound on . Monday, under. canvas,
for Portland.
The officers and crew of the Fisgard flag-ship,
Commodore-Superintendent the Ron. J. R. Drum-
mond, were paid down at Woolwich yesterday.
The screw steam schooner Ranger, launched at
Deptford, and fitted by Messrs. Rennie and Co.
with a couple of 80-horse-power engines (nominal),
Woolwich,
proceeded down the measured mile from
'Woolwich, the engines working smoothly without
any vibration at 90 revolutions per minute, working
up to nearly 400 indicated horse-power. The speed
was not taken in consequence of her not being
coppered and the launching cleets not being re-
moved.

The launching-ways for the 13aroasa serew-fri-
gate are now being laid down at Woolwich, and in
accordance With the Admiralty instructions the
vessel will be IP.unched on the 10th March.
PEAII3ItOEIi DOCKYARD.—The construction of
another gun-vessel is to be immediately proceeded
with at Pembroke ; she is to be called the'Nimble,
and is to be built in the same shed and from the
same lines as the Espoir, recently launcl*d from
No. 6 slip. The Nimble will be the third of these
fast despatch vessels built at Pembroke, and the
following will be hPr chief dimensions
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Length between perpendiculars 14,5 0. Ditto of keel for

Breadth, extreme
Ditto for tonnage
Ditto moulded ..
Depth of hold
She will be fitted with engines of 80-horse power.
One of the lanterns composin4 Mr. 11. Ward's
apparatus for marine signals, called the "ocean
marine telegraph," was again tested at Woolwich
on Monday evening, in the presence of Commodore-
Superintendent the lion. James 11. Drummond,
C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, Commander
Edward Hawker, and other officials, by desire of
the Lords of the Admiralty, preparatory to its being
appropriated for the service of her Majesty's ships
of war. The lantern, fitted with the improved
lever system of working the signals from the deck
of a ship, is of quadrilateral shape, exhibiting an
equal light to the four points of the horizon. This was
hoisted at the masthead of her Majesty's ship Fisgard.
The steam tug Bustler, having Mr. Themas,Mr.Hall,
and other naval officers on board, got under weigh
and proceeded down the river to carry out observa-
tions and report on the effect. The lights were
pronounced to be exceedingly good, and were easily
distinguished from the ordinary signal lamps at
present in use, among which the lantern was placed.
A stiff breeze was blowing at the time, but the wind
did not interfere with the thorough working of the
apparatus, which was perceptible on board the
Bustler until the bend of the river obstructed the
sight. A further trial will lie made in a few days
With the complete set of three lanterns. The Com-
modore expressed himself extremely gratified with
the invention.

Capt. Moorsom died on Saturday last at his
brother's house at Brighton. Capt. Moorsom has
been in a very weak state of health for some time,
and resigned the command of the Diadem about four
months ago, so that this event was not altogether
unexpected, though very sudden, arising from the
rupture of one of the vessels of the heart. Capt.
Moorsem was within a few days of 44 years of age.
He entered the navy at 14. Although he obtained
the " gold medal" of his year at the Naval College,
he was not made lieutenant till seven vears after he
had served his full time as mate, and then his hope
of further promotion appeared so small that he was
frequently on the point of quitting the service. The
invention of his " shell," however, brought him into
notice. He served iu the find Chinese and soon
after the breaking out of that with Russia, being
then a post captain, he was appointed to the Fire-
brand, whose commander had been killed at the
mouth of the Danube. Ho never joined that ship,
but was employed on shore with Capts. Lushington,
Koppel, Peel, and Hay, in the Naval Brigade.
He had a large share in the organisation of that
force, and was the only officer, we believe, with one
exception, who served with it through all the bom-
bardments until it was broken up at the fall of
Sebastopol. Capt. Moorsom was a C. 8., a Chevalier
of the Legion of Honour, and had the Order of the
Medjidie, together with, of course, the Chinese,
Crimean, and Turkish madals. He gave his inven-
tion of the " shell," or, more properly, " percussion
fuze," to the Government, and it has been for some
years adopted in the service. He wrote a treatise
on the Man emivring of Steam Fleet..
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander H. M. Elliot to be
Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard, vice
Commander Luckraft, appointed to the Hastings,
for service in the Royal Naval Reserve ; T.
Miller, naval cadet, to the Emerald ; R. P. W.
Powney, midshipman, to the Mersey; Benjamin
Greetharn, chief engineer, to the Castor, additional,
for service in the Naval Reserve; Thomas Scott (c),
third-class assistant-engineer, to the Alecto ; James
APArther, acting third-class assistant engineer, to
the Nile ; and Joseph Russell, acting third-class
assistant-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary.