The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-29 00:00:00

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steam corvette, made
Prig,, inspoetor of%alchi yesterday at Shcer-
-o'fnlihirtel Orestes,
trialof 21 patina umusa,csbeirtte:ryv
'less. The ship left her moorings in the harbour
9toa.tnl4.le. tir"ifteih:r7,;:fl or'ff:B4)Mt.PSDlehihn:ll:ll4l7.i.(ciVomir..
mangling the steam reserve at the port), and pm-
land, chief engineer of her' Maiasty's Dockyard,
were also in attendance on the pa-rt of the Govern-
ment, and Mr. George Brown, for the contractors,
is a beautifully constructed vessel, Messrs. R. Napier and Sons, Glasgow.
Th
builtpeti.er:e.rnE-B*ala..liaed-tr
Orestes
Sheerness from the plans of Rear Admiralcen recently
win W. Walker, late Controller of the Navy.' E
extreme length is 251 ft. Gin.; between
lark, 225 ft. ; length of keel for Pl96lfct.u;
extreme breadth, 4011.; depth in hold, tonnage,24 ft. 9:n. i
lonnage, 1,715 burden. She carries 20 8-inch eun.s.
(60cWt. each), and one 68-pounder pivot gun. 6Her
engines are constructed on the new patent air pump
principle, and are nominally of 400 horse power,
the indicated horse power being 1,650, and worked
well, showing little variation. Under full steam
the vibration was scarcely perceptible, and her
steering qualities were very good indeed. Six runs
were made at the measured mile, the ship drawing
14ft. 7in. forward and 16ft. Sin. aft. The average
of the six runs gave a speed of 121 knots. Revolu-
tion of engines, 65; pressure of steam, 201 b.;
vacutim, 251. There_ was a total absence of hot
bearings, and no machinery could have worked
more evenly or satisfactorily. .
The Euryalus, 51, screw, has been placed in No.
8 dock at Portsmouth to carry out examination and
repairs.
The Barracouta, 6, paddle, Commander Wood,
has been removed
_from the steam basin in Ports-
mouth yard and-berthed alongside her hulk in the
harbour to complete refit.
The Immortalite, 51, screw, Captain -Hancock,
will take in the moorings of the Asia, steam
guardship, in Portsmouth' -harbour, on Monday,
and will be swung for the adjustment of her
compasses on the following day should the weather
.prove favourable. She will go to Spithead in
about a week.

The Osborne, paddle yacht, master Commander
G. K. Bower, has been placed in the steam basin
at Portsmouth to make a.. defects. Her crew
have been berthed in the : londe hulk. .;
The Warrior, iron-eased steamship as aka*
announced, is to be launched at Blackisolii.64llly,
but the statement that the preparations for the
launch were under the superintendence of Messrs.
Mare and Co. is a mistake. The launch will be
effected by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding
Company. _ _

The Ategwra, screw troop ship, Commander Hen-
derson, at Portsmouth; is ordered for military
inspection on the Ist of January, preparatory to
embarking troops, Szc.
The West India mail steamer Avon has been
inspected at Southainpton by the Assistant-Quar-
termaster-General of the South-west District and
his Staff. She has been chartered to convey reliefs
of troops between, the West India Islands and the
West Coast of Africa.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty:—Charles Morton, assistant-
surg., to the. Indus ; John Bishop, assist-surg., to
the Narcissus, for the Penguin ; Antony H. Wood-
field,'Nl.D., and J. S. Lewis, assist.-sags., to the
Narcissus; J. nothery, second-class assist.-engi-
neer, to the Asia as supernumerary; Thomas J.
Warburton, acting► third•elass engineer, to the
Algiers; and Allan Bullion, acting third-class
assist-engineer to the Bulldog.

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The following troops embarked yesterday at
Portsmouth on board her Majesty's screw troop-
ship Himalaya, Captain John SeccQmbe, for
conveyance to Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfn :-27th
company Royal Engineers—Capt. Durnford, 3 ser-
geants, 1 trumpeter, 11 corporals, and 26 privates,
10 women, and 13 children. The Himalaya will
sail this morning, calling in at Plymouth Sound on
her way down Channel, and at Lisbon on her voyage
out. The machinery of this ship is now in a very
defective condition, and she ought never to have
left England again until it was repaired. New
cylinders are ordered for her, but fn the mean-
while she goes on a cruise of some five or six weeks'
duration at the worst period of the year, dependent
on the working of her old cylinders, which are in
a state that precludes any confidence being placed
in them, however short the passage or fine the
weather may be.
A salute of 21 guns was fired yesterday at Ports-
mouth from the saluting battery of the garrison, in
honour of the proclamation of a peace with China.
At 1 o'clock yesterday a salute was fired from the
Cornwallis battery, Chatham, in honour of the rati
fication of the Treaty of Pekin, and the termination
of the war with China. The Royal standard was
hoisted at Fort Amharst, and on the other Govern-
ment establishments.

Tellrecollected th •
THE ROAD MURDER.—
v. E QUEEN V. TUE
as day but of the last term the Attorney-General
ICotnortEßFononNeVlLrs. it will. at on the
obtained a rule nisi, calling upon the coron •to short a writ, ad enelius inquirendumel . • ed
should not be limn .
We can now state that cause will beshown early next
term. Sir Fitzroy Kelly and Mr. H. P.
Cole, of this cir-
cuit, are retained o lir rause
—Sherburne
h behalf of the coroner
Journal.
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with
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rt Archdeacon of Rosa, Skibbereen.
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