The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-28 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The iron paddlewheel steamvessel Jackal, 4 guns,
late on particular service, Lieutenant-Commander
Charles T. W. G. Ceijat, is ordered to be received
at WoOlwich to be fitted with a couple of boilers,
constructed of the newly-invented homogeneous
metal. Other samples of a different description of
plate iron for making ships' boilers have also been
received at Woolwich for experiments. The plates
are made and ease-hardened on each side by two
separate establishments in Yorkshire.
The paddlewheel steam transport Dee, Master
Commander Pullen, recently fitted with Mr. Part-
ridge's improved superheating apparatus, is to sail
from Woolwich to-day, laden with steam gear, for
the westward. Mr. Taplin, assistant inspector of
steam machinery, is ordered by the Admiralty. to
accompany the Dee for the purpose of witnessing
and reporting on the machinery, and to conlluct the
experiments, that an accurate comparison may be
made between the performance on the machinery
worked by the new apparatus on the present and
former voyages.
A Dutch squadron of five screw men-of war, con-
sisting of the frigate Evertzen, 51, Captain May,
flag of Rear-Admiral t'Hooft ; the frigate Admiral
van Wassenaer, Captain de Vaynes van Brackell,
45 ; the corvettes Vice-Admiral Koopman, 12, Capt.
Ivan der Mare ; Citadel van Antwerpen, 12, Capt.
W. A. de Gelder; and Vesuvius, 12, Captain F. de
Casembroot, arrived in St. Helen's-roads on Tues-
day at 8.30 p.m., and steamed up to Spithead yes-
terday morning, where it anchored at 9 o'clOck.
The Dutch Admiral saluted the Governor and the
Port Admiral, and the compliments -were duly
acknowledged by her Majesty's ship Victory and
the garrison battery. On anchoring his Nether-
lands Majesty's Consul at Portsmouth, the Cheva-
lier Van den Bergh, went off and paid his respects
to Admiral t'Hooft on board the Evertzen, and,
having received his commands, left, under a salute
of 11 guns. Subsequently, Admiral t'Hooft, ac-
companied by his Flag Lieutenant, was presented
to the Commander-in-Chief, Sir George Seymour,
at the Admiralty-house, and to Major-General Sir
James Yorke Scarlett, the Governor, at the
Government-house, by the Consul. On the arrival
of the Prince Consort with Prince Alfred at Spit-
head, the whole of the squadron manned yards and
saluted, which was repeated when the Eur Talus
put to sea. The Dutch squadron is from the I exel,
and will remain at Spithead a few days to coal,
&c., after which it will leave for a cruise in the
Mediterranean.

The screw steam-sloop Racer, 11, Commander
the Hon. T. Pakenham, sailed from Plymouth for
Lisbon on Monday.
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On Sunday the transport Havering, 775 tons,
Captain C. Vane, arrived in Cork harbour for the
purpose of embarking troops for India. She had
on board draughts comprising 12 men of the first
battalion Ist Regiment, 30 of the 44th, 55 of the
66th, 12 of the third battalion 60th Rifles, 14 of
the 74th Highlanders, and 50 of the 91st, which
had been embarked at Gravesend on Friday week.
She will take on board 116 men of the 68th Regi-
ment, and 18 of the 69th, from the depot battalion
at Fermoy, and will then proceed with the whole
to Madras. The troopship Hougoumont sailed out
of Cork harbour on Sunday for Calcutta with the
detachments she had embarked for that port.
The fifth battalion of the Military Train passed
through Dublin on Tuesday en_ route for the Cur-
ragh of Kildare, where they are to be stationed
for the winter months. The troops were in full
marching order, and were accompanied with the re-
quisite number of guns, ammunition waggons, &c.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :

Lieutenant—William S. Brown, to the Boscawen.
Midshipmen—E. C. Hawarth, to the Virago ; S. Howe,
to the Marlborough ; T. S. Dickson, to the Renown.
Paymaster—H. E. L. P. Bailey, advanced to third class.
Clerk—William A. Haverfield, to the Hannibal.