The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-09 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Captain Sir F. L. APClin-
tock, fitting at Portsmouth, has crossed her fore and
maintepsaii yards, and is progressing fast in her
equipment, having a large number of riggers,
caulkers, &c., employed upon her.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw, commenced mast-
ing under the outer .shears yesterday at Ports-
mouth.

The Royal Frederick, 86, screw, has commenced
coppering in No 7 dock at Portsmouth.
The Duncan, 101, screw two-decker, tested her
machinery in the steam basin at Portsmouth, en
Thursday. The engines and boilers gave every
satisfaction ; but the vessel's outer sternpost exhi-
bited an extraordinary amount of motion, such as
could not be continued for any length of time with-
out endangering its position. Stout metal knees'
will be affixed to the stern-post and ship's stern to
endeavour to remedy this defe A. The engines
during the trial made 68 revolutions per minute,
with the Griffiths propeller set at its finest pitch,
another defect in the ship's construction being that
her screw aperture has not begla made large enough
to ship the Griffiths at any other pitch. It is ex-
pected that the ship will be again placed in dock on.
the Royal Frederick completing her coppering.
The Dee, paddle, Master Commander Pullen,
sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for Woolwich.
The Perseverance, screw troopship, Commander
E. R. Power, landed her old boilers yesterday in
the steam basin at Portsmouth, and will take on
board the new ones brought round by the Dee
from Devonport.
The Coquette, screw despatch vessel, in No. 5
dock at Portsmouth, is having some of her sheets of
copper and a portion of her ceiling removed, pre-
paratory to her examination and survey. She was
built by Messrs. Green, of Blackwell, and was
recently put out of commission on her arrival home
froth the Mediterranean.

The Diligence, naval transport, at Portsmouth,
yesterday crossed her fore and maintopsail yards,
fitted with Cunningham's patent reefing gear. The
order for the Diligence to be fitted on this prin-
ciple was received from the Admiralty on Wednes-
day, and has been completed within the time
allowed by them-48 hours.
A large number of hands are employed upon the
Royal Alfred, 91, the Glasgow, 51, the Dryad, 51,
and the Chanticleer, 17, building in Portsmouth
yard. The Glasgow and Chanticleer are well ad-
vanced in outside planking and caulking; the
Royal Alfred has the greater portion of her timbers
in position ; and the Dryad has got her stem up,
keel and floor timbers fixed, &c.
The following vessels are in the steam basin at
Portsmouth, fitting for the steam reserve :—The
Prince of Wales, 131, screw; the Duncan, 101 ;
screw ;- the Nelson, 91, screw; the Sutlej, 51, screw;
the Immortalit e, 51, screw; the Rinaldo, 17, screw;
the Philomel, 6, screw ; the Sphinx, 6, paddle ; the
Medea, 6, paddle ; the Frederick William, 86,
screw, in No. 7 dock coppering; and the Princess
Royal, 91, screw, receiving her masts. There
are also in commission the Perseverance, screw
• troopship, under repairs; and her Majesty's Royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, in No. 8 dock (steam
basin dock), re-embellishing for summer service.
Excluding the two last-mentioned vessels, but in-
cluding the Hornet, 17, in No. 1 dock, this will
give a total of 12 vessels, representing 651 guns.,
and 5,330-horse power, as now preparing in this
steam basin to join the steam reserves of the port.
The following nppointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Licut. Charles Parry and Lieat.
Henry R. E. Grey, to the Bulldog ; Lieut. Aloe
ander lt. li. Carter, to the St. Vincent; Dune:e
I\PN. John-tun, assist -surg., to the 8u11de;..,;• ;
Thomas Waterlield, assist-paymaster, to the
Monarch ; W. E. Hicks, assist.-clerk to the Orion ;
Mr. Robinson, acting first-class assist.-engineer to
the Bulldog ; W. Thomas, promoted to the rank
of acting second-class assist-engineer in the Leo-
pard ; Alexander (lake, acting- second class as-
sist-engineer, to the Bulldog; George C. Scholes,
second-class assist.-engineer, to the Barracouta ;
Matthew Litt, third-class assist-engineer to the
Cumberland. for charge of the machinery of the
Myrtle ; William M. Taylor, third-class assist.-
engineer to the Barracouta; Joshua B. Firth, act-
ing third-class assist.-engineer, to the Bulldog ;
and Henry F. Strugnell, acting third-class assist.-
engineer, to the Barracouta.