The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-16 00:00:00

NAVAL A.N.11.1111LE1744.-RY JNreLLYG KA'
The 67th Retijuie-q-24e-pqinted to leave Ply
mouth clitadei this morning; by the Sarah Devon
Rail way, for Aldershott, and the 98thefrrone Adder.
sbott, is appointed to ar-rive,.at Plymouth, by the
same route, to-morrow (Thursday) morning.
The troopship Lerl Ragienesails this-day from
Liverpool for Gibraletr to embark the 1-t R teed*
for conveyauce to Howe Kong, after which-service
she will take on hoard .the 50th .Regiaient for con-
veyance to the Cape of Good Repo; :This vessel is
equipped.in every re,pect for the aCcominealtiion.
of 50 officers and 1,000 men.
Sir Pakington, as -First:Les(' of the. Mini.
rdty, held a levee yesterday at the Admiralty, at
which the undermentioned offica4 *attended e-e
Vice-Admiral 'Cator; Lieute-Geri. Coryton, Royal,
Marines ; Rear-Admiral Lord G. Paulet, Capt. G.
P. Horn try, Cept. Da Horsey, Capt. Fisher, Capt.
Hayes, Capt. H. J. Douglas, 'Cap,. le-Jones, CAA.
W. E. Elmons'one, Capt. W. H. Moorshead; Capt.,
R. J. Otway, Capt. T. Birch, Capt. J. S-ocldart,
Capt: Pierce, Capt. lifrricke ComMersde't
Hervey, Commander E. F. Pen!, Conimander.F.
A. Ellis, Commander J. E. Parish' COMMAnder
Thorp, Commander S. Prendett, Oommander
J. Elltnau, Capt. Dyer, R.M., Lieut. Vie. F .
son, Lieut.. sV. N.-Boyce, Lieut. H. Ae Claveriug
L'eut. J. W. Jam s, and Mr. Paul (triaater),
In consequence of the Woolwich Division, of
Royal Marine Light Infantry' being - below its re-
quired strength, Admiralty orders -were received
at Chatham yesterday by Col. H. 'W. Parke, porn_
mintlant of the F.rst Division; directing the noun
c tmmissioned officers .an 4 Men Woolwich
Division who have been doing- duly with *the Chat-
ham Division for several months past" to join head-
quarters forthwith. .. ; • . eic
The Dragon, 6, paddlewhee steam. frigate, hav-
ing had her repairs completed at-Chatham, has been
put out of dock, and will be _sent to Sheeruest for
the purpose of being attached to the steam reserve,
for which service she has been fitted.
The Marlborough, 131, Captain Lord F. Kerr,
fi tg of Vice-Admiral A. Fanshawe,.C.B., left Spit.
head last evening about 5 ii'dbek foe, the Mediter-
ranean. Her detention, w&aeo infOi Mai, has been
consequent, upon some irregulteity o*the m'day,
which prevented the wives of the seamenfrom get-
ting their money. She was visited in the afternoon
just b-fore sailing by the Denis!' Ministsr. A
salute of 15 guns was fired in his honour on leaving
the ship. -
The Oilanclo, 50, screw,.- the, fiist of a new class
of frigates, was launched at PembrOke on Satur-
day fart, and the event, from the length of the ves-
sel, caused mush interest; net only in Pembroke-
shire, but throughout the adjoining counties, that
the crowd of spectators was beyond all precedent.
The ceremony. of naming wss performed about
5.30 p.m., by Mrs. Ramsay, wife of the captain
superintendent of the establis',.ment,:abor.ly after
which the noble fabric glidUtinto the waters of the
haven amidst the shouts of thousands of spectators,.
The following is a scale of her dinientiens :—Length
bstween the perpendiculars, 300 feet; length of
keel for tonnage, 264 feet 42 inu'r'es ; breadth ex-
treme, 52 feet; ditto, fur tonnage; 51 feet 6 inches;
moulded, 50 feet 8 inches ; depth of hold, 19
feet 10 inches; burden in tons, 3,726 70 94; horse-
pow. r, 1,000. Sl.e is to carry guns of the largest
calibre (50 in all), arid will be placed in commission
as FOOD as she is famished with machinery. For
this purpose there is a large party of seamen there
from Devonport, to jury-rig and navigate her round
to that place. . •
Her Majeety's•yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt.
the Hon. J. Denman, was taken out lif dock yes-
terday at Portsmouth, after repairs. dee.
The Caesar, 91, has been commissioned at Ports-
mouth for Captain Frederick, to forni one of the
Channel Fleet.
The Nile freight. ship, 1,200 tons, Captain W.
Strange (me of Messrs Gre.n's Indian tient), ar-
rived at Spithead on Monday from the Thames, for
Madras and Calcutta, for which peashe would sail
lest evening or this morning; laftereshipiaing her
stock and _embarking'berpaSsengers..'
Aserious accident happened at Chatham dockyard
to the freight ship Mary Catherine, which has just
completed discharging a cargo of Italian oak fur
that establishment. After discharging the vessel
was proceeding to take in her ballast, and for that
purpose had the raft port left open, when she gave
a sudden lurch, and the water rushing into the raft
port she rapidly filled and fell over on hilr • side.
She still lies in the harbour, with her masts com-
pletely immersed, but every exertion is being made
by a large party of workmen belonging to the dock-
yard to raise her from her present perilous position.
The screw steamships Renown, 91, Capt. Arthur.
Forbes, and Racoon, 22, Capt. James A. Paynter,
from Gibraltar, arrived iu Plymouth Sound on
Monday afternoon. The Renown and Racoon left
Lisbon on Saturday, May 29, and arrived ou Sa
turday, June 5, at Gibraltar, where three sets of
orders from Lord Lyons awaited them. The first
instructed the ships to proceed up the Mediter-
ranean, the second to remain until the French fleet
passed, and the third to rehire to 'England it they
did pass. They left on 'Wednesday the 9th, in
compliance with the last order. The French fleet
was observed steering out of the straits on the night
of Thursday, the 3d June, by the wean' troopship
Urgent, which happened io be then going in. It is
stated to consist of about 12 sail, including three
frigates, which were supposed to be bound to Brost.
The following appointments were made yester-
thy at the Admiraley :
Mr. John Wm. Lawless, naval instructor, to the
Caesar ; H. St. L. Palliser and A. R. Gordon, mid-
shi,emen, to the Euryalus.-