The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-14 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

A letter from Malta, dated Valetta, Sept. 8, says :
—" Her Majesty's line-of-battle ships St. Jean d'Acre
and Orion are cruising off the Island, and the Queen,
which had also been cruising for some days in sight
-of Maltah,has left for Tunis, in consequence of a
feeling of uneasiness having been created among the
Christian inhabitants by the attitude of certain
Moslem fanatics. Her Majesty's frigate Melpomene

has__ left for Corfu, and the corvette Greyhound for
Beyrout, Her Majesty's screw troopship Himalaya
arrived here on the sth inst. from Portsmouth and
Gibraltar, with draughts of regiments for Malta
and Corfu, as follow :—Captain D. Hill, 40th Regi-
ment, and wife ; Lieut. Graves, 3d Buffs; Surgeon
Crocker, 3d Buffs, wife, and three children; Assis-
tant-Surgeon Hinton, 15th Regiment • Ensign Gar-
_

00a, 22d Regiment; Ensign Ferley,22d Regiment;
Assistant-Com.-Gen. Downes, Surgeon Hindley,
wife, and son ; Ensign Bates, 2d Regiment ; Ensign
Williams, 4th Regiment; Ensign Hare, 9th Regi-
ment, 214 non-commissioned officers and men, 10
women, and three boys. She left for Corfu this

morning with the following troops:—Surgeon Hind.
ley, 2d Regiment ; Ensign Bates, 2d Regiment ;
Ensign Williams, 4th Regiment; Ensign Hare, 9th
Regiment; Ensign Hennessy, 9th Regiment, 151
men and 3 women. Her Majesty's gunboat Mo-
hawk arrived here on the 6th inst. from Beyrout,
and her Majesty's line-of-battle ship Caesar yester-
day from Naples and Messina. The Csar escorted
from Naples a small English steamer called the Or-
well, the seizure of which at Genoa about a fort-
night ago by someltalians, your readers are already
informed. The Orwell Was navigated from Naples
to this place by Lieut. Patterson and 22 seamen of
the Royal navy ; her original crew of 10 English
sailors and the following Italians, the former as wit-
nesses and the latter as prisoners, were brought
here on board the Caesar :—Commander P. Pi-
lotti, Second-Lieutenant R. Settembrini, Messrs.
N. Sixi, F. Ferand, and L. de Maria, offi-
cers; J. Susa, engineer; G. Cappello. and M.
Ronscher, stokers; and A. Smeriglio, servant. It
appears that she had been partly purchased by the
partisans of Garibaldi, though entirely without his
knowledge or sanction, but the sale had not been
quite effected. The intended purchasers being
anxious for possession, seized and ran away with
her, for the purpose of assisting the Italian libera-
tor in some way or other ; thus, however honest
their intentions, committing a piratical act. The
Admiral received notice of the occurrence, and
orders were issued to apprehend her, which was ac-
cordingly done on the 29th ult. at Messina by Capt.
Lambert, of her Majesty's corvette Scylla, who
boarded her, and informed the parties on board that
they had illegally got possession, ordering them to
proceed to Naples with the steamer, and give her
up to the Britishnaval authorities there. This order
they immediately complied with, and the vessel
has been sent here for adjudication. The Italian
officers who have been apprehended for this affair
are reported to be gentlemen of high honour and
integrity, and had no intention to commit a fraudu-
lent or illegal act. The Cesar is on her way to
Beyrout. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer Ellora, with the heavy portion of the out-
ward Bombay mail, arrived on the sth inst., at 2
p.m., and left on the following day at 8 a.m., for
Alexandria. The Vectis, of the same company, with
the Overland portion of the mail, arrived here at
10.30 p.m. on the 7th, from Marseilles, and left a
few hours afterwards for Alexandria. Among the
passengers by the Vectis for Malta were Major-
Gen. Horne, Marchioness of Downshire, Lord and
Lady A. Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, and Major
Earle, 27th Regiment. The Peninsular and Orien-
tal Company's steamer Alhambra, chartered by the
French Government for the conveyance of troops
to Alexandria, on their way to China, has passed
Malta on return to Marseilles, after landing the
first detachment. The following English screw
steamers have touched here since Saturday last in-
clusive :—The Zebra, from London and Gibraltar,
on Ist inst., for Corfu; the Smyrna, from London,
Gibraltar, and Genoa, on let inst., for Smyrna ; the
Admiral Kanaris, from Patras, on the Ist inst., for
London ; the Modern Greece, from London and
Ryde, on the 2d inst., for Smyrna ; the Cairo, from
Alexandria, on 3d inst., for Gibraltar and Liver-
pool ; the Una, from London, on 4th inst., for Con-
stantinople and Odessa; the Hecla, from Smyrna,
on 4th inst., for Liverpool. All the above vessels
have taken their departure, after coaling, for their
respective destinations. Th 2. Yonne, Aube, and Fi-
aistere (French screw troop-ships), and the Cere
(French screw line-of-battle ship), have touched
during the past week, returning to France from
conveying French troops to Syria. They all left,
after a brief stay, for Toulon, except the Finistere,
-which proceeded to Algiers. A spacious and airy
building at St. Julian's, once belonging to a Knight
of the order of St. John named Spinola, and called
after him, has been taken on a long lease by the
military authorities, for the purpose of converting
it into a hospital in connection with the camp and
barracks at St. George's Bay, which, out of compli-
ment to the present Secretary at War, Mr. S. Her-
bert, has been called after his family title, ' Pem-
broke Camp.' From similar motives, in regard to
the principal medical officer of this garrison, Dr.
Forrest, the new hospital at St. Julian's has, by di-
rection of his excellency the lieutenant-general com-
manding, been named Forrest, Hospital. The French
steamer Du Trembley arrived this morning from
Tunis, which place she left on the 6th inst. The
Queen, line•of-battle-ship, arrived at Tunis on the
sth. The dervish who had been exciting the peo-
ple against the Christians had been arrested, taken
to the Bardo under a strong escort, and beheaded,
by order of the Bey. His Highness was preparing
to leave Tunis for a few days to be present at the
fete at Algiers in honour of the French Emperor's
visit. With the execution of the fanatical dervish,
all apprehensions of any Mussulman outbreak had
entirely vanished, and the country was perfectly
tranquil by the last accounts. It is probable, how-
ever, that the Queen wi •
ll remain some weeks in the
neighbourhood, as
a letter informs me that a con-
tract has been entered into to supply her with fresh
provisions for a month."
The Lords of the Ad mira y
It the Duke of So-
merset, Vice-Admiral R. S. pandas, Lord C. Paget,
and Mr. Whitbread—arrived at Portland on Wed-
nesday afternoon in the Admiralty yacht Osborne,
on the annual visit of inspection to the extensive
defensive and other works now in progress of con-
struction. The Coastguard ship Colossus, 80, fired
a salute of 19 guns as the yacht entered the harbour.
The distinguished party were received on arrival
by Capt. F. Scott, of her Majesty's ship Colossus;
Mr. Goode, chief engineer; and Mr. Leather, con-
tractor of the breakwater works. Their lordships
on landing proceeded at once up the great inclined
planes down which is conveyed the stone used in
the formation of the breakwater, and visited the
Verne Fort or citadel on the summit of the island.
Major Nugent, commanding Royal Engineers,
under whose superintendence the War Department
works at Portland are being carried out, was here
in attendance, and accompanied their lordships
over this stupendous fortification. The guns for
this lofty and impregnable stronghold will shortly
be placed in position, and will effectually protect
the fine new harbour below it. The granite circu-
lar battery at the end of the inner breakwater was
also inspected, after which their lordships re-
turned to the
arrived at Portsmouth
Osborne, and
The Osborne made
morning at 9 50.
yesterday
fast to the buoy off the King's-stairs, -where
the Lords of the Admiralty soon afterwards dis-
embarked, and, after visiting the office of
the Ad-
miral Superintendent, commenced their annual
official inspection of the dockyard, accompaniedby
Rear-Admiral Superintendent the Hon. George
Grey, Capt. George T. Gordon, and the various
officials of the yard. The new works for the erec-
tion of the coaling jetty at the Watering Island,
which stands in the Naval Estimates for 1860-1 in
the total estimate column at .£16,377, were first
visited. The course next taken was past the south
jetty, where the
Megrera was embarking the Dur•
ham Militia Artillery
for Plyreouth, and whore
Capt. Eden was detained for some time, to the
works being carried out by the contractors, Messrs.
swith and Co., at Nos. 7 and io
docks. These works
are now nearly at a standstill, as the authorities
have found it impossible as yet to hand No. 7 dock I

over to the contractors, who require it in order to
cut through the heading from No. 10, a new dock,
and from the required junction between the two
docks. This work, when finished, will give a deeper

and more direct entrance to the steam-basin from

;he harbour. The two docks will gave a length

between their outer caissons of 645 feet. No. 10

will give an internal length, with the caissons in

extreme sunk grooves, of 352 feet 4 inches ; and by
placing the western caisson at the outer rebate it
will give a length of 366 feet 2 inches. The width
of this dock between the entrance piers, at the cop-
ing, is 88 feet 6 inches. No. 7 dock, which will be,
as before stated, a continuation of No. 10, the two
forming a new and more convenient entrance to the
steam-basin, is neither so wide nor deep as No. 10.
The two docks will be fitted with three caissons,
two of which, at each end, are already in their
places ; the third will divide them into two in-
dependent docks when requisite. Passing over
the caisson at the junction of No. 7 dock with
the steam-basin, the blacksmiths' shop was
passed through, and the building slips next re-
ceived their Lordships' attention. In Nos. 1 and
2 the Glasgow, 51, screw, and the Chanticleer, 17,
screw, are fast approaching completion. The Chanti-
cleer is built from the drawings of the Rinaldo, 17,
screw, and was laid down on the 2d of February in
the present year. In the next slip the Dryad, 51,
screw, a sister vessel to the Glasgow, is getting her
midship timbers well into position. She was laid
down on the 2d of January in the present year. In
No. 4 slip the Royal Alfred, 91, screw, has her mid-
ship and after framing well up, and has her stem
ready for setting up. The adjoining slip is having
the blocks prepared to receive the keel of the Kent,
91, screw. These slips are being lengthened by the
head, the increased length of our ships of war of
late having outgrown the sheds under which they
are built. In No. 10 dock, at the north-west corner
of the yard, an open dock, the Octavia 50-gun
frigate is undergoing conversion to a screw. One
of the novelties of her fitment will be a treble craft
to her shaft. From the Octavia the caisson at the
north-west corner of the steam-basin was crossed,
and their Lordships proceeded along the north wall
to the entrance of the contemplated new north inlet
dock from the steam basin, and which stands in the
estimates at £77,161, only £5,000 of which, how-
ever, has been taken for the present year. The
woodyard was next visited, and here were piles of
Italian oak, cut and squared into timbers for the
six new gunboats ordered to be built at Hasler yard ;
and also for the Harlequin, 17, screw, ordered to be
laid down on the slip now occupied by the Chanti-
cleer, when vacant. The timbers are also in course
of pieparation here for the Kent, 91, screw, and two
frigates, the Barham and the Briton, both to be
constructed from the same designs as the Glasgow
and the Dryad. Alongside the north wall of the
steam basin, the drill-room of the Civil Service
Volunteer corps, the new foundry just completed
by the contractors, the ropery, &c., were next suc-
cessively inspected. The Prince Regent, 91, con-
verting to a screw in No. 3 dock, and which was
placed here on the Bth of February last, was next
cursorily looked at by their lordships, as was the
Volcano, finishing repairs in the next dock, and the
Coquette, 6, screw steamer, in No. 5 dock, which
last-named vessel is receiving heavy repairs to her
midship and fore body. After luncheon on board
the Osborne their lordships proceeded up harbour
to the Sirius target ship, lying in Porchester lake,
to inspect the various targets affixed to her side,
and which have lately been experimented upon
from the Stork's guns. Three new plates have
been tried within the last few days, consisting of
the " ridge and furrow" surface plate, and two
plain iron plates, upwards of 11 feet each in length
by three feet three inches in breadth, and 41
inches thick. Of these the "ridge and furrow"
stood the least knocking about, being broken, in
fact, by the first shot fired against it. The two
other plates are also broken, as all other vertical
plates have been. The only results of importance
that have been obtained have been the success of
of the Jones's angulated principle. In that in-
stance the portion of the target representing the
section of a vessel's side at the back of the plates,
has been left perfectly undisturbed by the severe
firing to which it was subjected, whereas in all
other instances the broken plates have broken
through planking and timbers, and in this way the
broken plate has proved more injurious to the
ship's side than the shot would have been had it
carried a piece of the plate with it clear through.
On their return from the Sirius their lordships
went on board the Osborne. In the evening they
were entertained at dinner at the Admiralty-house,
by Vice-Admiral H. W. Bruce, the Commander-in-
Chief at the port.
Her Majesty's Royal yacht Fairy has been
placed in No. 6 dock at Portsmouth, to clean bot-
tom, &e., in readiness to attend upon her Majesty.
Preparations have also been made to receive the
Victoria and Albert in No. 7, for the same purpose.
The screw corvette Orpheus, 21, 400-horse power,
has had her machinery put on board at Chatl.am,
and is now being fitted for the steam reserve ordi-
nary at that port.
The Severn, 51, screw steam frigate, made her
official trial of speed this day at Sheerness. The
frigate the harbour at 8 a.m., in charge of Captain
Schomberg, commanding the steam reserve at
Sheerness, whence she proceeded to the trial ground
off Maplin Sands. The Severn is nominally of
500. horse power. Tier engines worked beautifully,
with very little variation in the revolutions, and
gave general satisfaction. The trial lasted seven
hours. The mean speed attained was 12.526 knots
per hour ; draught of water forwards, 17ft. 6in. ;
aft, 19ft. Bin. (Griffiths' screw). The pitch of
screw on trial was 20ft., but it can be altered to
22ft. There was a total absence of hot bearings,
and the trial was pronounced eminently successful.
The screw steamsloop Espoir, Commander Sholto
Douglas, left Plymouth Sound on Wednesday for
the West Coast of Africa.
The contract-built gunboat Speedy having been
coppered, was appointed to be put out of No. 4 dock
at Devonport yesterday.
Admiral Superintendent Sir Thomas S. Pasley
struck his flag on Wednesday evening on board the.
Royal Adelaide, and proceeded on leave of absence.
The Master-Attendant, Commander James Brown
does duty during the absence of Sir Thomas.
We have to announce the death of retired Vice-
Admiral George Hewson, who died a few days
since. The gallant deceased was one of the small
surviving number of Trafalgar officers. He entered
the navy in 1788 under Sir Hyde Parker, and was
midshipman on board the St. George at the siege
of Toulon and at the reduction of Corsica. Whenin
the Britannia he took part in Hotham's action in
1795, was lieutenant of the Inconstant at the cap-
ture of the French frigate L'Unite, and when in
the Boadicea, assisted in her boats at the destruc-
tion of a convoy in the Passage du Raz, and was
officially noticed for cutting out a lugger of six
guns from under the batteries of St. Matthews.
He commanded a division of boats, cutting out
from Corunna the Spanish gunship Nep-
tune. The late Admiral was First-Lieutenant
of the Dreadnought at Trafalgar, and of the Superb
at Copenhagen. He commanded the Fleche in the
Walcheren expedition, and assisted at the reduc-
tion of Flushing, and on the evacuation of the Bri-
tish he covered their retreat. Since May, 1816, the
late Admiral had not seen any active service. His
commissions bore date as follows ;--Lieut., March
16, 1795 ; commander, October 1, 1807 ; captain,
January 1, 1817 ; rear-admiral, June 16, 1851; and
vice-admiral, July 30, 1857.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander William Mould, to
the Edinburgh, additional, for coastguard service;
John W. W. Green, paymaster, additional, to the
Colossus.

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