The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-23 00:00:00

211 E NAVY.

It is now stated that the Nelson will for the pre-
sent not be nndocked until the works in connexion
with lengthening the docks shall be further ad-
vanced.

Lieut. Basil Hall has received his appointment as
Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander
Milne, K.C.8., Commander in• Chief on the North
American and West India station.

The Prussian screw frigate Arcona, under orders

to proceed to Southampton for docking and repairs,
was yesterday still detained at Spithead by the
violence of the weather.

The screw steamship Nile, Capt. Arthur P. E.
Wilmot, C. 8., at Devonport, had her lower masts
stripped for overhauling on Saturday.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Prometheus, 5,
Dent. Theodore B. Hollingworth, commanding,
from Portland, arrived at Plymouth on Friday, to
fit and take in stores for foreign service.
The naval transport Diligence, James Head,
master, was hauled into Keyham basin, Devonport,
on Saturday, to discharge moulding sand.
The gunboats Porpoise and Lark were taken out
of No. 1 dock at Keyham, Devonport, on Friday ;
and the Shamrock, Commander Edyc, and survey-
ing gunboat• Magpie were placed in dock.
Preparations are being made at Portsmouth on a
somewhat extensive scale for witnessing the launch
of the Prince of Wales, screw throe-decker, which
event is fixed to take place on Wednesday next.
The ship will be fitted with engines of 800-horfe
power, and her dimensions and armament are
as follow :—Length between perpendiculars, 252 ft. ;
length of keel for tonnage, 213 ft. 34 in. ; breadth,
extreme, 60 ft. 2 in.; breadth, for tonnage, 59 ft.
4 in. ; breadth, moulded, 58 ft. 6 in.; depth in hold,
25 ft. 61,- in.; burthen in tons, 3,993 74-94th. Ar-
mament—Lower deck : 8 inch 65 cwt., 9 ft. in
length, 10 in number ; 32-pounders, 58 or 56 cwt.,
9 ft. 6 in. in length, 26 in number. Middle deck :
8-inch 65 cwt., 9 ft. in length, 6 in number ; 32-
p:mnders, 58 or 56 cwt., 9 ft. 6 in. in length, 30 in
number. Main deck :, 32-pounders, 42 cwt., 8 ft.
in length, 38 in number. Upper deck : 32-pounders,
25 cwt., 6 ft. in length, 10 in number ; 68-pounder,
pivot, 95 cwt., 10 ft. in length, 1 in number. Total,
131 guns.
It is not expected that any of the members of the
Royal family will be present, but it is propable that
the ceremony of christeninc, the vessel will be per-
formed by the Princess of r_Riningen.
The greatest activity still prevails in Portsmouth
dockyard, and is we believe without precedent.
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wages amounts to no less than £9,000. A more
correct idea of the vast increase of labour here may
be formed if we state that prior to the Russian war
the average payment was only £3,000 per week,
and it did not throughout that war exceed £5,000,
or £4,000 less than at the present time.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—J. A. Miller, surgeon, to the Blen-
heim ; Dr. John Teenan, surgeon, to the Diadem ;
William Robert Green, acting third-class assistant-
engineer, to the Rhadamanthus, as supernumerary;
John Symons, acting third-class assistant-engineer
to the Wellington, for service in the Sheldrake;
W. B. Edkins, clerk, to the Donegal ; Godfrey
Foster, clerk, to the Queen ; and Percy H. French,
assistant-clerk to the Mutine.