The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-19 00:00:00

His Netherlands Majesty's screw steam squadron,
commanded by Admiral T. Hooft, which left Lisbon
--1".1 easy sail, has arrived in
the ships.—viz., the flag
ship EN its,ca, ..n May ; the Admiral
Wassenaar, 50, Captain Van Brakell, with two
corvettes, the Citadel Van Antwerpen, Captain De
Gelder, and the Vice-Admiral Koopman, Captain
Moore, entered Plymouth Sound yesterday after-
noon. The frigate Vesuve parted comFany on the
14th, and was hourly expected there.
The Mersey, 40, screw steam frigate, Captain H.
Caldwell, C. 8., went out of Portsmouth harbour
yesterday at 9.45 a.m., on the engineers' trial of
her machinery. In leaving the harbour a laden
barge was observed at anchor in the middle, and
near the entrance, right in the ship's course. Tho
Mersey was compelled to starboard her helm to
avoid running the barge down, and before the p
could recover herself she was close into the beach,
near the Quebec Hotel,• the tide having taken her
bow. The engines were instantly stopped, then
turned astern full speed and the port anchor let
go. These measures, promptly earned out, berthed
the ship into deep water, when the chain •
was slipped at 50 fathoms and the ship
proceeded out of harbour in safety. As she
was only on her engineers' trial of the machinery,
her speed was not tested at the measured mile
in Stokes' bay, the ship proceediug outside the Nat
Light ; but.from the result of observations made on
board her speed was calculated to be fully 131- knots,
and with all her weights on board it isantici-
pated she will realise another knot. The machiney
worked beautifully in every part. She came in to
harbour again at one p.m.. and will go out on her
trial trip to test her speed at the measured mile in
Stokes' bay on Monday next. The anchor and
chain were recovered last everting by the dockyard
authorities, and replaced on board.
The Algiers, 91, screw steamship, Captain Geo.
W. D. O'Callaghan, at Spithead, will sail for
Portland to-morrow, according to present orders. •
The Perseverance screw steam transport, Com-
mander E. R. Power, at Portsmouth, has completed
her repairs to machinery. She is preparing to
convey detachments to the Cape of Good Hope.
The Urgent screw steam transport, Commander
M‘Donald, at Portsmouth, will be out of the hands
of the engineers about the 24th inst.
The Vulcan screw steam transport, was yester-
day moved out of No. 9 dock, at Portsmouth, and
berthed alongside the north quay in the steam basin.
It is reported that the Sutlej, 50, sailing frigate.
lying up Portsmouth harbour, will be brought down
and placed in the same dock for conversion to
screw. _ _

The Rhadamanthus paddlewheel steamer, Master-
Commander F. R: Sturdee, went into the steam
basin at Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday, at high
water, to land machinery for the Neptune and other
Ships at that port. She arrived at Spithead, from
lVoolwieh, during the previous night, having r
schooner in tow, which had lost her foremast pre-
viously in a tale of wind, off Ba.rfleur. It appears
;that the schooner had been in tow of a French
;man-of-war steamer prior to her falling in with the
Ithadamanthus,- and that, on the crew of the
schooner refusing to abandon their vessel and. go
on hoard the French steamer at the request of the
commander, he cast her off. The Rhadamanthus
afterwards fell in with her and took her in tow,
.but in getting the hawser on board the schooner by
some means lost her bowsprit. Her name is the
Emma Eaton, Captain Peek, from Caen, bound for
Guernsey.
Commander the lion. Jame R. Drummond, C. 8.,
Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty and Superintendent
of Woolwich Dockyard, actnpanied by Mr. V.
Williams, in command of the accompanied
ship Fisgard,
yesterday inspected her Majesty's frigate Venus,
lying off the dockyard, in the service of the Marine
Society as a training ship, and selected a number
of volunteer lads for her Majesty's naval ser-
vice. The whole of the youths were mustered
on the deck of the Venus, and after the question
had been asked and replied to if they were willing
to be enrolled on the Fisgard's register for con-

tinuous duty in any of hei• Majestfs ships as they
might be appointed to, the requisite number was
selected and ordered to be received on board the
Fisgard.
Her Majesty's coastguard tender Argus, Com;
mander John S. W. Grandy, yesterday moored in
ordinary at Woolwich from Sheerness -to be sup-
plied with a new bowsprit, and to repair other
slight damages occasioned by a recent collision in
the Channel.

The iron paddlewheel steamvessel Jackall, at
Woolwich, ordered to be fitted oat with despatch
for the protection of the Scotch fisheries, has been
undocked, and yesterday commenced re-shipping
her boilers and machinery.
The Hon. Robert Dundas, Storekeeper-General
of the Navy, made his annual inspection of the
offices and other departments of Woolwich Dock-
yard on Thursday.
The hired transport Wensleydale, at the Royal
Arsenal Pier, Woolwich, the Jane, and the lonia,
in the London Docks, have commenced shipping
guns to replace those lost on board the Czar, for
Malta. The Gibraltar steamer is likewise shipping
war stores for Gibraltar, and the Defendant for
the B ihamas, from Woolwich Arsenal.

Captain Ellis, Royal Marine Light Infantry, at
Woolwich, was yesterday appointed to the recruit-
ing station at Pontefract, to relieve Captain Louis,
first on the list for sea.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty:—Capt. E. Codd to the James
Watt, vice Captain T. Fisher, whose appointment
has been cancelled; Commander J. E. Montgomerie
to the Arachne, vice Inglefield, invalided ; and
W. S. Fisher, acting assistant surgeon, to the Im-
pregnable.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE:

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FEIDAY.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
6to 1 agst Gladiolus (take_l3 to 2)
10 to 1 agst Shafto (taken)
10 to 1 agst Little Agnes (take 12 to 1)
14 to 1 agst Rio (taken)
100 to 6 agst Ilarraton (offered)
100 to 6 agst Precious Stone (offered)

CHESTER CUP.
9to lon the field (offered)
DERBY.
20 to 1 agst Gamester (taken freely)
66 to 1 agst any other of John Scott's lot (offered)