The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-14 00:00:00

FRUIT.

TILE NAVY.

Her Majesty's ship Russell, 60, Capt. Wodehouse,
will join the squadron at Portland, assembling there
under the command of Commodore Yelverton, C. 8.,
for a month's exercise.
The Shannon, 51, screw, has been brought down
Portsmouth harbour and berthed alongside the
shear jetty to land her propeller, which is to have
its leading corners removed. She will also receive
a new slide to her funnel.
The Blenheim, 60, screw, Capt. E. Tatham, sailed
from Spithead yesterday for Portland, attended by
the Violet gunboat. The Lucifer, paddle, will sail
from Portsmouth for Portland this morning.
The Immortalite, 51, screw, is ordered to be fitted
for the first-class steam reserve at Portsmouth, in
lieu of the Hornet, 17, commissioned.
The Edinburgh, 60, screw steam guardship of
Coastguards, stationed at Leith, Capt. E. C. T.
D'Eyncourt, arrived at Sheerness on Thursday to
replenish coal. She will sail for Portland this day
to join the Coastguard squadron under the com-
mand of Commodore Yelverton, C. 8., of the Colos-
sus, 80, screw steamer.

The sailing ship Indus, 78, was towed on Thurs-
day by the tugs Zephyr and Confiance from her
moorings in Hamoaze, and placed alongside the
sheer hulk at Devonport Dockyard. The Indus
will be fitted to take the place of the Welling-
ton, 72.
The screw steamfrigate Emerald, 51, Capt. A.
Cumming, was hauled into Keyham Steamyard on
Thursday morning, and was appointed to go into
dock No. 1 yesterday.
Sails were bent on Thursday on board the screw
steamship Orion, 91, Capt. Frere, at Devonport.
Courts-martial will be held on Monday on board
the ship Impregnable, 104, in Hamoaze, Plymouth,
for the trial of Enos Dyer, A. 8., John Roberts,
A. 8., Henry Schilling, C.S., and Henry Cackings,
C.S., of her Majesty's ship Orion, for disobedience
of orders and for using mutinous language.
The screw steam ship St. George, 91, Capt. the
Hon. Francis Egerton, was appointed to leave
Plymouth Sound yesterday for Liverpool, to com-
plete her crew.
The screw Coastguard ship Hawke, 60, Capt. W.
Crispin, from Ireland, which arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Thursday, sailed the same day for Port-
land, taking supernumeraries from the flagship
Impregnable.
Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steam vessel
Bloodhound, Lieut.-Commander Francis W. Ben-
nett, was yesterday undocked at Woolwich,'in readi-
ness for sea, and was hauled alongside the Salsette
receiving hulk. Her destination is the West Coast
of Africa.

The naval transport Diligence, James Head,
master, was towed from Han-maze on Thursday,
outside Plymouth Sound, by the steam tag Con-
fiance, and sailed for Pembroke, with stores, jury
masts, and rigging for the Pelican, 17, built there,
and nearly ready for launching.
The stem and stern of the sailing frigate Con-
stance, 51, were separated with very great facility
at Devonport on Thursday afternoon in less than a
quarter of an hour. The plan adopted is like that
observed in dividing the Phoebe in the same yard.
It is much less expensive, say to the extent of
£l,OOO, and can be carried out with less difficulty
than any previous mode. Bulks are not required.
About 200 shifting planks are removed amidships
inside and out, without cutting ; they are to be
replaced when the frigate is lengthened. The
kelson is separated at the scarf, and an ad-
ditional sliding plank has been introduced
under the keel, as suggested by Mr. Peake, the
assistant master shipwright. A guide (or cradle) of
framed timber, dovetailed, and fastened by strong
iron screws, side,
is connected to the ship's and
butts on a sliding way off the broad part of the
dock, parallel with the middle line of the ship's
keel. The cutting of the scarf of the keel is not
completed until all is ready, and then two teakles on
each side, consisting of 6 inch and 51 inch warps,
and 19 inch blocks, are worked by four powerful
capstans near the outer entrance to the dock. On
the arrival of Admiral-Superintendent Sir Thomas
Pasley the word was given to heave, and the cap-
stans were set to work. For a short space the after
part of the Constance moved gradually off, but
having gained an impetus it ran away from the
teakles, and then brought up, and continued to do
so as fast as the slack of the teakles could be hauled
in, till she got to her destination of 59 feet. When
the ship was two-thirds of her way out a tackle-rope
broke on the starboard side, which caused a delay
of about four minutes; one broke also on the port
side, just as she got to the end of her destination.
Notwithstanding these interruptions the launch
occupied altogether but 13 or 14 minutes, the cap-
stans being at work 10 minutes only. While she
slid along, the guides were constantly watched by
shipwrights above, others belo w followed the launch,
and replaced the various supports. When corn-
-0-4-d. it was found that the after part was as per-
pendicular as *. Ti,;. -.-
arrangement of launching the ship with guides by
the sides, instead of the old mode of a frame launch
under the bottom, is the plan of Mr. Goss, foreman
of Devonport Dockyard. The future length of the
Constance will be 252 feet 10 inches. Her original
length was 180 feet ; the breadth will not be in-
creased excepting amidships below the water line,
where it will give her about one foot more bilge.
Her stern is to be taken down, and she will be
--s lengthened aft about 13 feet by the keel, and adapted
• for the screw- To receive her boilers in the hold
the lower deck will be raised one foot, and the other
62 decks in proportion. The Constance will carry the
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g 0 same number of guns, but the metal will probal*
'99 be heavier. She was built about 15 years since at
79 Pembroke, and her hull appears to be in very fair
- condition now.
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!c>s Our correspondent at Plymouth has received a
100 letter dated Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 19, which
138 states that her Majesty's screw steamship Nile, 90,
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:12 Capt. E. K. Barnard, bearing the flag of Rear-Ad-
-087 miral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8., steamed into that port
180 on the forenoon of the same day, the ship's band
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120 playing in compliment to the thousands of specta-
tors who thronged the quays, and who welcomed
the new flag-ship with hearty cheers. The Nile
and the new screw steam-corvette Cossack, 20, Capt.
Capt. Richard Moorman, left Bermuda together oa
i 6 the 13th of June. The Nile reached Halifax on the
41 19th, the Cossack on the 21st. The screw steam-
corvette Cadmus, 21, Capt. Henry S. Hillyar, C. 8.,
'37 was at Halifax. The paddle-wheel steam-sloop
i 64 Styx, 6, Commander Charles Vesey, was gone to
'B2 the northward. It is reported at Halifax, that the
'22- flag and other ships will receive his Royal High-
-163 ness the Prince of Wales there. The Cossack was
-- about to leave for Prince Edward Island.
A letter received at Plymouth on Thursday,
,7o from an officer on board the screw steam-ship Nep-
- tune, 90, Capt. Frederick A. Campbell, states that
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24 she arrived from Naples and Malta on the 7th inst.,
53 and was getting under way on the 7th to look for
the Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8.,
flag of Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin,
t which is off Alexandria.
Extensive preparations are in progress at Chatham
Dockyard for the launch of the line-of-battle steam-
ship Atlas, 91 guns, which will take place on Sa-
turday next. The Atlas is one of the finest vessels
of her class ever constructed at this dockyard, and
some idea of her size may be formed from the fol-
lowing figures, which show her principal dimen-
sions :—Length between perpendiculars, 244 feet
9 inches; length of keel for tonnage, 210 feet;
breadth, extreme, 55 feet 4 inches ; breadth for ton-
nage, 54 feet 6 inches ; breadth moulded, 53 feet 8
inches ; depth in hold, 24 feet 6 inches ; burthen,
3,317 78-94 tons. Her machinery will be of 600
horse-power.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—John M'Swiney, surg., to the
Atholl ; Stanley G. Tattersall, master's assist., to
the Hornet ; George W. D. Simmonds, paymaster,
to the Hastings; Edward W. Baker, chief engineer,
to the Donegal; John Henty, chief engineer to the
Hogue; William M'Dowell, first-class assist.-engi-
neer, to the Hornet ; Edwin Gossage, third-class
assist.-engineer, to the Hornet ; George Quick,
acting third-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, for
service in the Bullfinch ; and William Willings,
acting third-class assist.-engineer, to the Hornet,
for temporary service.
Yesterday the following detachment embarked
at Gravesend on board the Cospatrick, 1,119 tons,
Capt. C. Scott, for Kurrachee—viz., 34 men of the
81st Regiment, and 59 men of all ranks of the 94th
Regiment, from Chatham ; 54 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 64th Regiment, from Can-
terbury ; 132 men of all ranks of the 79th Regi-
ment, from Perth and Stirling; and 109 non-cem-
missioned officers and privates of the 93d High-
landers, from Aberdeen, together with the follow-
ing officers :—Major J.W.Brown,93d Highlanders ;
Lieut. A. Walker, 79th Highlanders ; Lieut. J.
Strachan, 94th Regiment; Ensign H. W. Rochford,
Ensign G. B. Meares, and Ensign W. W. Chard,
7th Royal Fusileers ; Ensign H. Grant, and En-
sign H. F. Scobell, 64th Regiment ; Ensign A.
B. Murray, Ensign A. C. Wood, and Ensign J.
Brebner, 79th Regiment ; Ensign H. Maturin
and Ensign W. A. C. Stuart-Mentcath, 81st Regi-
ment; Ensign C. E. Cendell, 93d Highlanders, and
Staff Assist.-Surgeon A. 0. Cowan, M.D.
The next vessel which will embark troops at
Gravesend, for India, will be the Conflict, 1,320
tons, Capt. R. Dees, which has been chartered to
convey the following reinforcements to Calcutta—
viz , 1 officer and 39 men of the 2d ( Queen's)
Dragoon Guards ; 4 officers and 69 menofrtthilelelryst.
battalion 20th Regiment ; 2 officers and 100 men of
the 70th Regiment ; 1 officer and 109 men of the
82d Regiment ; 1 officer and 126 men of the 90th
Light Infantry; and 1 officer of the Royal Artillery.

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