The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-09 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Grielle, Prussian screw yacht, having on
board his Royal Highness Prince Adalhert, Admiral
of the Prussian fleet, sailed from Portsmouth yes-
terday morning for the eastward. •
The St. Vincent, 101, Captain Harry Eyres,
C. 8., was taken into dock at Portsmouth yesterday
for repairs.
-The Agamemnon, 91, screw ship, is to be taken
into No. 7 dock, at Portsmouth, to-day, for repairs.
The 'Mersey, 40, screw frigate, is to be taken
into the steam basin, at Portsmouth, to-day, to re-
ceive her engines, and to be brought forward for
sea serl ice.

The Melpomene, 51, screw, is to be taken out of
dock at Portsmouth to-day and taken into the
steam basin to be got ready for steam reserve.
The Dauntless, 32, screw, is to be taken into the
steam basin at Portsmouth to be brought forward
•
for the steam reserve.

- • The Lucifer, 4, paddlewheel steam vessel, Master
Commander Johnston (acting), sailed from Ports-
mouth yesterday afternoon with supernumeraries
for Plymouth.
The Sidon, 22, paddlewheel steam frigate, in
charge of Commander Gardner, wont out of harbour
at Portsmouth yesterday for trial of her engines.
Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour and several naval
and military officers went on board the Stork gun-
boat, tender to the'Excellent, yesterday, at Ports-
mouth, to witness some shot and shell practice fired
from -her at the iron plates on the sides of the
Alfred, 50.
The coast of Scotland on all its salient points is
ordered to be put in an efficient state of defence.
Several 32-pounders are to be sent from 'Wool-
wich to fortify the marten() tower at Leith. • The
fortification of the- island of Inehkeith, for the
protection of Leith, is under the consideration of
the Government.

PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.—The construction of the
Howe, ship of the line, is now so far advanced that
she can be completed for launching early next year.
She is pierced for 130 broadside guns, besides
carrying her pivot. The Howe is a splendii ves-
sel of the same stamp as the "Marlborough and
Duke of Wellington (though larger than the latter),
and will carry more than 4,000 tons. She was
chiefly put together by the superannuated ship-
wrights during the late Russian war, and from her
noble build and fine run she will doubtles prove a
first-class man-of-war. She has been built to
replace the ship of the line of the same name of
120 guns, broken up at Sheerness some years ego
from dry rot. The slip on which the Howe has
been built has been lengthened. When all the
-alterations and additions to the slips and docict:t
Pembroke are completed, the establishment 1111 be
able annually to produce a small squadron ofbinsfpiis-
of-war of the largest size of their respective
The next launch will be that of tn,_ 1-m. • ,aht€,
originally for a first-r• tOling- fri-"'ate (it 60
guns, but which h^ ,nice been lengthened amid-
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The Immortalite is a sister ship fo the
Melpomene, recently launched from this yard, -and
she has been upon the stocks for some time.