The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-14 00:00:00

211 E NAVY.

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Dandas, one
of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and
Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, Controller of
the Navy, yesterday visited Woolwich Dockyard,
and made an inspection of the armament and it-
tings of the new screw steam schooner 'Ranger, in
readiness for the pennant. The Ranger is the first of
that class of ships, and is fitted on a peculiar method
adapted for warm climates, so as to insure the
greatest amount of air and ventilation. After their
lordships' inspection of the Ranger, having been
joined by Capt. the Hon. A. Cochrane, they pro-
ceeded to the factory, and examined the new im-
proved ships' boiler manufactured from the designs
of the Earl of Dundonald. They afterwards 'went
on board the steam corvette Bristol, in a former
state of construction, visited the rigging loft, rope
walk, and various parts of the yard, and finally re-
paired to the testing-house, and witnessed a trial of
the superiority of Mr. Lennox's new metal-blocks
for ships' rigging, which were tested against the old
Admiralty wooden blocks hitherto in use. A 41-
inch rope was used in the trial, and the strain hav-
ing arrived at 251 tons, the Admiralty block gave
way, while the metal one on being examined ap-
peared to have suffered no injury. Their lordships
thereupon terminated their visit and returned to
London.

The Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. Geo. D. O'Callag-
han, has sent down her topgallant masts, topsail,
and lower yards, and the crew on board are em-
ployed in over-hauling her rigging, &c. One of
those cases which are now often witnessed in our
naval ports, occurred at Portsmouth yesterday,
when one of the Algiers' crew, a "bounty" man,
was discharged from the ship for " incompetency"
amid the derision of the crew. The Algiers is a
well•manne4 ship.
The Howe, 121, was towed on Thursday from the
sheer hulk in Hamoaze into the basin at Keyham
Steam-yard, preparatory to her being docked and
coppered, &c.
The crew of the screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt.
E. K. Barnard, in Plymouth Sound, were paid
wages in advance on Thursday. Lady Milne, wife
of Rear-Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8., Commander-
in-Chief on the North America and West India sta-
tion, was conveyed on board in the afternoon by
the steam tug Zephyr. Lady Milne takes passage
in the Nile to the station,

The iron paddlewheel steam surveying vessel
Bann, Master Jas. S. Wells,
was taken into No. 4
dock in the Devonport Dockyard on Thursday to
be repaired and have her bottom cleaned and coated
with composition.
The training-ship Implacable, 72, was put in
commission at Plymouth on Thursday by the Com-
mander.

The screw steam-sloop Surprise, 4, Commander
Lord E. Cecil, from Sierra Leone, Feb. 21, arrived
in Plymouth Sound on Thursday. She spoke
March 4, the English barque Queen of the Sea ;
12th, the Ballarat : April 9th, the American shin
Robert Peel, and the barque Escape ; and, on the
10th, the Gem of the Ocean.
A Admiralty circular was read yester-
day on board the different ships at Spithead and in
Portsmouth harbour, the main points of which are
as follows :

" On ordinary occasions no officer or man is to be
granted leave beyond 48 hours. The officers and
crews of ships refitting may be. granted a period of
four days' leave at the discretion of the Comman-
der-in- Chief.
" On a ship arriving in England from a foreign
station officers are, and stewards may be, per-
mitted to land to purchase any necessary refresh-
ments during the day, but are not to sleep out of
the ship.
" On the ship's arrival in England the officers and
crew are to be kept on board until the work of dis-
mantling is completed. All documents -with regard
to pay are to be transmitted immediately, and no
portion of the crew aro to be allowed any leave
under these circumstances, except under the sanc-
tion of the Commander-in-Chief, and then not ex-
ceeding a period of 24 hours.
" On a ship being paid off the 'ewe sanctioned by
their lordships is to be granted, and when an ex-
tension is required it must be obtained by the autho-
rity of the Commander-in-Chief.
"Their lordships expect, by the foregoing regu-
lations and indulgences, that no man «ill be absent
without authority when in receipt of his pay..
" All men absent without leave from a ship to
which he belongs shall be immediately checked on
the ship's books and pay stopped without he can
give a satisfactory explanation which can be ap-
proved by the senior officer present.
" All seamen going on leave arc to be furnished
with liberty passes, showing the date and hour of
the day on which their leave expires.
" All seamen absent from their ships on the day
of sailing, from whatever cause, are to be ' R. q:*
ii the ship's books, their pay and allotments imme-
diately stopped, and a list of those men sent to the
Accountant-General.
" In all cases in which men are absent from their