The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-22 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admi
ralty, and other members of the Board, with Rear
Admiral the Right Hon, Lord Clarence E. Paget,
C. 8., Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker.K.C.B.,
Col. Greene, and Capt. Moore, C. 8., resumed their
inspection of the dockyard and naval establish-
ments -at Chatham yesterday morning. Before con-
cluding the inspection of the Royal Marine esta-
blishment on Thursday evening, their lordships
conveyed to Col. Rea, the Commandant, their wish
to witness a hody of the Royal Marines gothrough
the great gun exercise. A party of 60 men, most of
whom have only recently commenced gun drill,
were accordingly selected. and marched to the ships'
gun battery. The Marines, who were under the
command of Capt. R. G. Connolly, the Instructor
of Gunnery, were put through a course of gun
drill with the large 68-pounders, and, notwithstand-
ing the great size of the guns, they were moved
about, cast loose, lowered, pointed, and fired with
the greatest apparent ease, the facility and promp-
titude with which these movements• were effected
eliciting the commendations of their lordships. His
Grace and the other members of the Board then
proceeded to inspect the large naval hospital at
Melville for seamen and Marines, and were re-
ceived by Dr. Y. W. Johnston, Deputy -Inspector-
General, and the Staff of the establishment. The
interior arrangements are in the highest degree
satisfactory, the wards being lofty and airy. On a
recent visit to this establishment by Miss Night-
ingale, that lady pronounced the Melville Hospital
to be in every respect the best of the national hos-
pitals in this kingdom. Before leaving Melville
his Grace intimated to the principal medical officer
his satisfaction at the result of the inspection. On
entering the dockyard this morning their lordships
briefly noticed the new works in progress for ex-
tending and improving the yard, the estimated cost
of which is £160,000, the works to be performed
by convict labour. The storehouses and other esta-
blishments not visited the previous day, were
briefly noticed, their lordships being desirous of
paying a visit to St. Mary's Island, adjoining the
dockyard, to witness the progress of the works
there. Previous to leaving the dockyard, however,
the members of the Board had some conversation
with a deputation from the seamen-riggers em-
ployed in the yard relative to what the men con-
nected with that department consider a grievance,
in not having their time which they had spent in
the Royal Navy before joining the dockyard counted
in their service towards a pension. The deputation
was received yesterday by his Grace, who, as well
as the other members of the Board, listened very
attentively to the statements made, and from the
opinions expressed by their lordships it appears
probable that the application of the seamen-rigters
will be attended with success. After completing
their tour of inspection their lordships embarked in
the Admiralty barge, and proceeded to St. Mary's
Island. The works in progress on the island,
which closely adjoin the eastern end of the dock-
yard, are of great magnitude. An area of marsh
and mud of several hundred acres in extent has
been gradually reclaimed from the water, and pre-
parations are now being made for the formation of
steam basins sufficiently large to contain the steam ,
reserve in ordinary. The island has been em-
banked, and a substantial river wail constructed
entirely by means of convict labour. Their lottis
ships were conducted over the works by Mr. Rivers,
clerk of the works, and Mr. Macdonnell, who has
the superintendence of the undertaking. When
the whole of the proposed steam basins are com-
pleted Chatham Dockyard will be one of the largest
and most complete of the Royal naval establish-
ments. After spending a considerable time on the
island their lordships embarked in the steam yacht
Wildfire, and proceeded down the river to Sheer-
ness, where they arrived about noon, and imme-
diately commenced the inspection of that dockyard.
On landing their lordships were received by Vice-
Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, Commander-in-
Chief; Capt. C, Wise (Aide-de-Camp to the Queen),
Superintendent ; Commander Martin, Master At-
tendant; Mr. W. ilenwood, Master Shipwright,
and assistants, and the principal officers in the
yard and harbour. Their lordships first inspected
the naval barracks. The steam factory was then in-
spected, after which their lordships proceeded to
the part of the wall where it is proposed to con-
struct the new entrance into the dockyard. Their
lordships next visited the boiler shop, and examined
the positions of the proposed entrance to the shop.
After finishing this part of the inspection their
lordships partook of luncheon at the official resi-
dence of the Capt.-Superintendent, at the conclusion
of which they visited the new boat store recently
built from the designs of Col. Greene, and inspected
the new mode of raising and lowering boats in-
vented by Col. Greene. The Wanderer, 4, screw
steam sloop, in No. 4 dock, was next inspected,
when their lordships examined some of the defec-
tive timber which has recently been taken out of
the ship. The only other vessel in the yard which
was inspected by their lordships was the North Star,
22. The members of the Board then visited the flag
ship Formidable, 84, Capt. Luard, and also the
Phaeton, 51, in the harbour. On their leaving the
flagship an Admiralty salute was fired, and their
lordships proceeded to town via the Sheerness and
Sittingbourne Railway, at 3.45 p.m.
The following naval cadets passed on Wednes-
day out of her Majesty's ship Britannia (naval
cadet training ship at Portsmouth) for service in
seagoing ships :—G. B. Bedford (A), H. J. Mld-
yard, J. T. Hardinge, R. C. Gorst (B), F. R: Dicken,
J. W. Sutherland, H. M. Milman, H. W. Gibson,
F: A. Moysey, A. B. Jenkins (B), M. W. Abbott,
C. W. Atkinson, H, F. Kemble, F. C. Brown, A.
0. Lee, C. E. Gissings A. J. Ballantyne (C), W. W.
King, A. G. Wauchopo, E. Ramsay, A. P. Pascoe,
IL H. Wilding, W. M. Annesley, F. D. Radcliffe,
E. Riddle, L. W. Hayman (C), H. A. Coventry, J.
Hazel, R. H. Rickman, G. W. Eliot, R. G. Fairfax,
G. F. Trollope, E. J. Wingfield, E. A. Cooper, F.
Coddington, J. Wright, N. Cotton, N. L.
Clark, A. M. Causton, H. S. Price, E. H. Willis,
W. M. Carey, D. G. Proby, A: P. Watson, R. J.
Fortescue, H. J. Garbett, B. H. Ramsden, W. E.
Atkinson, G. L. Lindeman, A. C. Bancroft, C. E.
Wood, C. Langford, H. Steavenson, A. P. Patten,
A. A. Duffield, J. Swan, War-
G. U. Eyres, C. H.
ren, T. H. Beddoes, Lord A. P. Clinton, C. G.
Horne, A. C. Loveridge, and A. 0. Leacock.
The Emerald, 51, screw steamer, Capt. A. Cum-
ming, having completed repstirs at Portsmouth,
steamed out of harbour yesterd, ay and anchored at
Spithead, to take in powder and
shell. She is ex-
pected to sail for the Downs.
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The screw steamship Brunswick, , was taken
out of Keyham basin, Plymouth, on
her moorings in
Hamoaze.
towed by the tugs to the lag
'Thursday, and
The defects of the screw
des osship Donegal, 101,
Capt. H. Broadhead, will be co,
pspleted on the 27th
Plymouth sssaind into Hamoaze
morn-
ing, steamed from
Keyilissu steamyard.
inst. She discharged her posvd der yesterday morn-
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