The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-08 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., has
been appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific,
vice Rear-Admiral Baynes, whose period of service
has expired.

The screw steam frigate Euryalus, 51, Captain
John W. Tarleton, bound to Madeira and the Cape
of Good Hope, which put into Plymouth Sound on
Sunday morning with machinery damaged, has
been supplied with a piston slide from the 'engines
of the St. George, and yesterday (Monday) morning
made an experimental trip outside the Breakwater,
and returned about noon. She is again ready for
sea. At half-past 12 his Royal Highness Prince
Alfred left the Euryalus in the gunboat Clinker,
which conveyed him to the Dcvonport Dockyard,
where the Prince had luncheon with Rear-Admiral
Superintendent Sir Thomas Pasley, after which it
was intended that he should inspect the arsenal and
the steamworks at Keyham yard, and then proceed
to Mount Edgeumbe. The frigate had the blue-
peter up at noon to call the liberty-men on board,
and the steam tender Pike was waiting for them at
Mutton-cove.

The Victoria, 121, screw three-decker, got up
steam in Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning,
and proceeded outside for the purpose of testing
her speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay. The
ship first made a stretch as far out as the Nab light
vessel, the wind being rather fresh from the S.S.E.,
and hopes were expressed that as the sun rose it
would lull the breeze. On passing the Nab the
Victoria's head was brought round for She west-
ward, and the huge vessel, without masts, spars,
or rigging, and showing nothing above her hull
except her two funnels placed fore and aft, pro-
ceeded for the trial ground at Stokes Bay. The
wind, contrary to expectation, kept up, and by
the time the second run had been made had very
considerably increased, when it was decided by the
authorities on board to defer the trial until the
next spring tides. The mean of the two runs gave
the ship a speed of rather over 13 knots, with a
mean of CO revolutions of engines and 211 b. pres-
sure of steam. As the ship has little on board her
beyond her engines and boilers, &c., and conse-
quently draws only 171%. 7in. of water forward and
23ft. 1 lin. aft, 13 knots, although gained under the
adverse circumstances of a force of wind beyond
the limit assigned by the authorities, can give no
correct data by which to judge of the real speed of
the ship when she has all her weights on board
and fitted for sea. At the present draught of water,
however, and under favourable circumstances, at
the measured mile, on her next trip she gives pro-
mise of showing a high rate of speed. The ship
herself is a noble specimen of naval architecture.
The ponderous machinery on board, which was
under the control of Mr. Warrener, of the firm of
Messrs, Maudslay, Sons, and Field, the contractors,
worked beautifully throughout, and the boilers
furnished an unlimited supply of steam, The Vic-
toria returned into the harbour during the after-
noon, and again made fast alongside the Victorious
hulk, off the north corner of the dockyard.

The Perseverance screw troopship, Commander
E. Power, has been placed in No. 8 Dock at Ports-
mouth for examivation and repairs. It is expected
that she will receive new boilers.

The Medea, 6, paddle, and Stromboli, 6, paddle,
at Portsmouth, have both been taken into the steam
basin to receive their machinery.

The screw line-of-battle ship Trafalgar, 90, Capt.
Edward G. Fanshawe, and the Centurion, 80, Capt.
George E. Patey, arrived on Saturday afternoon at
Portland, from the westward. The screw steam-
frigate Diadem, 32, Capt. James 11. Cockburn,
arrived in the evening. The Donegal, 101, was
hourly expected. The ships now in harbour are
the Conqueror, 101 ; Aboukir, 91 ; Trafalgar, 91;
Centurion, 80; Blenheim, 60; and the Diadem, 32.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—T. J. S weeny, 2d class assist.-
engineer, to the Ranger; Samuel Windley, 2d class
assist.-engineer, to the Rhadamanthus ; E. Gossage,
acting 3d class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as
supernumerary ; H. F. Stougnell, acting 3d class
assist-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary;
Dr. T. Milne, acting assist.-surg., to the Victory,
for Haslar Hospital; J. J. G. Simmonds, paymaster,
to the Bacchante ; J. W O. —, paymaster, to be.
secretary to Rear-Admiral Sir T. Maitland. ; C. T.
Dawson, assist.-paymaster of the Bacchante, to be

The authorities in command at Chatham have de-
cided on placing several hundred of the trnops at that
garrison under canvass during the present sutnmer,
the experience of former years having shown that
the men encamped are far more healthy, and the
percentage of sick mach less, .than when the
troops are living and sleeping in their close and
crowded barrack rooms. The encampment for the
men of the Ist and 2d depot battalions will be
formed within the fortifications of the Spur Bat-
tery, near fort Amherst, where a number of large
and commodious tents wereyesterday erected. These
will be occupied by the depots now quartered at
Chatham barracks. The tents for the 3d depot
battalion will be pitched near Prince Edward's bas-
tion, adjoining the Hut barracks. According to
present arrangements, the troops will go under
canvass on the 15th instant should the weather be
favourable, when the troops of the line now quar-
tered at Brompton barracks will remove to Chat-
ham barracks, in order that the former barracks
may be occupied exclusively- by the Royal Engi;
fleets and Royal Artillery, a mounted battery of
which, numbering five officers and 240 men, will be
sent to Brompton immediately accommodation can
be provided for them.

Captain J. E. Cornea, R.E., has succeeded Capt.
G. Langley, in the command of the newly-foimed
first depot company of Royal Engineers at Bromp-
ton barracks, the latter officer having proceeded to
Aldershott to join the 18th company of Royal En-
gineers, recently arrived from Weymouth, where
they were employed in erecting coast defences.