The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-18 00:00:00

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The Duke of ‘ llingto- n, 131, screw, made her
17 7n
Bay. Every part of the annual trial of hinery yesterday, at Portsmouth,
down as one of the eam reserve. The ship steamed out
as far as Sa
machi-
nery woryed beautifully.
The Ariel, 9, screw, Commander Alexander, fit:.
tin but at Portsmouth, has made further discove-
ri s of the defective state of her hull, a considerable
if,
, ortion of her stern planking inside and out, with
two of the timbers, having been found to be quite
rotten. Workmen have commenced removing the
rotten portions to replace them with new, but the
extent of the defective timber in the vessel cannot
be ascertained by these casual discoveries. On her
last station the Ariel is stated to have averaged a
very heavy sick list, and there is every probability
of the same thing occurring again during her pre-
sent commission should she be allowed to visit the
Tropics. The shirr is exceedingly well manned.
The Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn,was
docked yesterday at Portsmouth to make good de-
fects. Her copper was found to be excessively foul.
The Rosamond, 6, paddle, was placed in dock
yesterday at Ports Mouth, for overhaul and repair.
The Dee, paddle steamer, Master Commander
Pullen, passed through Spithead yesterday from the
westward to the eastward.

The Swedish corvette Lagerbjelke, Capt. Melan-
der, on her voyage from Portsmouth (last) for
Lisbon, put into Falmouth on Tuesday morning,
and remains.
Their Excellencies Mirza Jaffir Khan and Hassan
Vely Khan left Portsmouth, attended by their
suites, yesterday at noon, for London.

The launch of the Rosario, of 11 guns, took place
yesterday at the dockyard, Deptford. Shortly after
2 p.m. the vessel left her berth. Miss Ward, daugh-
ter of Capt. Ward, christened the vessel. The vessel
glided into the Thames with the greatest possible
ease. The following were present :—Mr. Fincham,
the master shipwright of the dockyard ; Capt.
Thurburn, Capt. Pierce, the master superintendent
of the yard; Capt. Buckle, superintendent
of the dock and victualling yard. The
above gentlemen presented a bun each to the 1,400
children of the Deptford National School, who were
drawn up on each side of the ship. The length of
the vessel between perpendiculars is 106 feet; ex-
treme breadth, 30 feet 4 inches ; ditto, for mould-
ing, 29 feet 6 inches ; depth in hold, 15 feet 6
inches; burden in tons, 668 76-94. • The following
is the armament of the ship :—Ten 32-pounders of
30cwt. and 6 feet in length, and one 30-pounder
pivot gun, 58cwt., 9 feet 6 inches in length.
The screw steam gunboats Partridge and Goshawk,
having been removed yesterday (Wednesday) from
the basin in Keyham steamyard, left Hamoaze and
went outside the Plymouth Breakwater, to test
their engines and machinery.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. E. ¶. Richards, Lieut.
Cornwallis, W. Martin, Lieut. G. R. Bell, Lieut J.
W. O'Grady, Lieut. J. H. M. Calcraft, Lieut. W.
F. Gregory, Lieut. G. R. Keene, Lieut. W. G. H.
Morgan, Lieut. G. M. F. Molesworth, Lieut. T. C.
Cholmeley, and Lieut. R. H. Thompson, to the
Marlborough, additional, for disposal ; N. S. F.
Digby, mate, to the Emerald; J. S. Eaton, mate, to
the Edgar; R. S. Hunt, mate, to the Spiteful; T.
V. Williams, midshipman, to the St. Jean d'Acre ;
J. W. H. Allen, master's-assistant, to the Mersey ;
R. 0. Jones and A. Douglas, master's-assistants, to
the Bacchante.