The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-06 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Rear-Admiral Charles Talbot has been appointed
to succeed Vice-Admiral Sir Henry D. Chads,
K.C.8., in, the command at Cork. Rear-Admiral
Talbot, as captain of the Vestal, commanded the
successful expedition against the piratical settle-
ments in Maluda Bay, Borneo, for which he received
the especial thanks of the Admiralty in 1845. He
was captain of the Algiers during the late war,
employed in conveying troops to the Baltic, and
afterwards at the blockade of Sebastopol in 1854.

Captain George Giffard, C. 8., has been selected
for the vacant good service pension at the disposal
of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the promo-
tion of Captain Shepherd to flag rank, consequent
on the demise of Vice-Admiral Lord Lyons. The
gallant captain, who obtained post rank in Decem-
ber, 1845, was ieutenant to the Cyclops, Captain
H. T. Austen, at the attack on Gebail, when he was
severely wounded, and assisted in the operations on
the coast of Syria in 1840. He commanded the
Leopard in the Gulf of Bothnia, and assisted at the
reduction of Bomarsund in 1854, and subsequently
joined the fleet. in the Mediterranean, where he
remained till the close of the late war.

An Admiralty order was received at Chatham
dockyard on Saturday, directing that the officers
and workmen employed at that establishment who
have attained the age of 70 years, and who were to
have been discharged on a pension on that day,
were to be retained on the establishment until
further orders.

The Childers, 12, Commander W. Swinburn, is
partially stripped at Chatham, and most of her
stores-returned into the dockyards. She is to be
paid off on Friday next, when she will be placed
in the ordinary and is not expected to be again com-
missioned.

The quarterly examination of young gentlemen
nominated by the Lords of the Admiralty for entry
into the navy commenced at the Royal Naval. Col-
lege, Portsmouth, on Wednesday, and terminated.
on Saturday last, when the following-reosived cer-
tificates as having passed :—For Naval Cadets—A.
S. Phillpotts, W. H. Jolliffe, W. H. Maund, T.
James, F. R. Carr, Sir L. H. D. Campbell, J. Black-
burn, F. W. Gurney-, W. Skipwith, R. Jaques, E.
F. Brickdale, E. S. Evans, P. H. Morgan, H. F.
Gresley, T. Suckling, R. Thorold, A. H. Armit. A.
P. Hastings, G. S. Hornby, A. H. Barnard, F.
Echlin, F. Shoubridge, A. C. M. Coulson, A. M. S.
Grieme, G. H. U. Noel, R. H. Thornton, P. T.
Richards, A. NV. Floyd, E. T. Piper, A. P. Douglas,
the Hon. E. A. T. Pery, R. F. Warden, C. R. Pelly,
and F. W. E. Kuper. Six of these were prepared
by Mr. -Eastman, R.N.1., Southsea. For Royal
Marine Cadets.—J. W. A. E. Lillicrap, C. R.
Brand, W. M. Swinton, E. B. S. Perkins, For
Masters'-Assistants.—J. A. Miller, P. Aplin, G. K.
Moore, S. Lilburn, and A. Wells. The college closes
on the 234 inst.. for the Christmas holidays.

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Rear-Admiral Smart, K.H., aide-de-camp to
the Queen, arid chairman of the committee
appointed: to inquire into the general .economy
of- our dockyards,.. visited- Rear-Admiral Shop-.
herd -on Saturday, at Woolwich, for the pur-
pose of concerting measures to carry out an
investigation of that department- The committee,
consisting of the chairman • Mr. Henry Chatfield,
master shipwright of Deptford Dockyard ; Mr. A.
Murray, chief engineer of Portsmouth; Mr. Laws,
storekeeper of Chatham yard ; and Mr. Robert
Bowman, civil engineer and shipbuilder, will assem-
ble at an early hour this morning at Woolwich for
the purpose of extending their researches to that
establishment. They have been closely engaged
since the beginning of July in visiting in suc-
cession Portsmouth, Plymouth, Sheerness, and
Chatham.
Mr. Budd, senior inspector of constabulary at
Woolwich Dockyard, who a short time ago escaped
With his life from the ruffianly attempt to assassi-
nate him, the bullet having lodged in his left cheek,
received the medical attestation of Sir John Fisher,
chief surgeon of the force, on Saturday, and has
been permitted to retire from the service on an
augmented superannuation in consequence of his
wound.

The Peake life-boat, destined for presentation to
the municipality of Calais, was on Saturday shipped
by Messrs. Forrestt on board the Calais packet
Triton for conveyance to its destination. The boat
is furnished with a couple of silver plates 18 inches
by 14 inches each, on which is inscribed in French
and English a detail of the event which originated
the memorial,—namely, the humane and Christian
exertions of the pilots and seamen of that port who
so readily exposed their lives to save the crew of
an English brig which was wrecked on their coast
during a severe gale last winter, from which only
one of the shipwrecked was, however, rescued. The
tablets contain the names of each man connected
therewith. Mr. Peake, assistant-master shipwright
of Woolwich Dockyard, who usually contributes
his gratuitous superintendence in the construction
of these boats, has been unremitting in his attend-
ance in order to suggest the perfection of every
requisite connected with his original design, ap-
proved
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Vincent, 101,
by the Royal National Life-
boat
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101, Captain Eyres, C. 8., flag
of Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, Superin-
tendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, is entirely ready
to receive her crew from the Prince Regent hulk,
which she is expected to do in a day or two, and
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drop down to moorings off Stony-steps, Gosport.
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rigging in the old basin at Portsmouth Dock ard.
Rolla, Lieuts. Lowther and Nelson, have been laid
up for the winter in Portsmouth harbour.
The Mersey, new 40-gun frigate, at Portsmouth
Dockyard, is far advanced in the fitment of her
1,000-horse power engines, by Maudslay ; indeed
they are almost complete; the boiler fittings and
coal boxes are in a very forward state.
The Pert and Decoy steam gunboats were taken
out of Portsmouth harbour on Friday last, by the
staff of the steam reserve to try their engines. An
accident happened on board each. Mr. Curtain, en-
gineer in charge of the Pert, lost the tops of three
fingers ; and Mr. Morgan, engineer in charge of
the Decoy, lost the top of one finger by the eccen-
trics.
The Melpomene, 51, new screw frigate, 600-horse
power, by Penn, will be taken out of the basin at
Portsmouth probably this day, and placed in the
secondclass of the steam fleet in reserve.
appointments were made on Sa-
turday The afollowing
the
Admiralty miraltv :—Lieut. F. W. Bennett,
to the Nile ; Lieut. E.'l%T. Collier, to the Hawke ;
Lieut. A. Bayley, to the Royal William ; L. K.
Bowes, midshipman, to the Liffey; R. F. Cullen,
surgeon, additional, to the St. Vincent ; Nicholas
J. Aaron, clerk, to the Cressy.
Mr. I:Petts, chief officer of the Coastguard sta-