The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-08 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Lords of the Admiralty have given instruc-
tions for one of the iron mortar vessels belonging to
the squadron laid up at Chatham dockyard to be
lent to the Great Eastern steamer, to be used as a
tender to that vessel during the time she is lying in
the Medway receiving on board the new Atlantic
telegraph cable.
Commodore Dunlop, C. 8., superintendent of
Woolwich Dockyard, has received a circular letter
from the Lords of the Admiralty, desiring him to
make known to the departmental officials of the
yard that their lordships cannot accede to the re-
quest contained in the various memorials for an in-
creased rate of pay. The wages of the ordinary
labourers in the yard will therefore remain as here-
tofore—namely, 13s. per week.
ller Majesty's 20-gun screw corvette Tartar,
1,296, and 250-horse power, now in dock in Wool-
wich, is in course of being surveyed by Mr. Turner
and the shipwright officers of the yard. Some of
the timbers have been removed, and portions of the
hull and other parts of the ship have been opened
out in order to ascertain the requisite expenditure
to render her again fit for foreign service. The
amount is estimated at about £12,000. The Tartar
is sister vessel to the Cossack, both of which were
partially constructed by Messrs. Pritchard, of Black-
wall, to the order of the Russian Government, on
the outbreak of the late war with that country, and
were then taken possession of by this country and
completed at Woolwich.
Mr. Alfred B. Sturdee, master shipwright at
Malta, and promoted from Woolwich dockyard, is
appointed master shipwright at Sheerness, vice Mr.
William Moodie, permitted to retire on superannu-
ation.

The sailing transport ship Havering Wood, in the
London Docks, commenced shipping on Saturday
shot and shell (about 270 tons) from Woolwich
Arsenal, for Vancouver's Island ; and the Arcadia
made fast inside the T pier, in readiness to load with
600 tons of hutting materials for Bermuda.
The Medusa, 6,350 horse power, Mr. T. Potter,
master-commander, in charge, which was detained
at Chatham until Saturday, left the harbour on that
day—the weather having moderated—with the whole
of the boys and lads, and the complement of officers
belonging to the Wellesley, 72, late the training ship
and guard ship at Chatham, for conveyance round
to Devonport, where they will be transferred to the
Ganges, 84, the new training ship for boys at the
western ports. In case of the Medusa meeting with
rough weather during her passage down Channel
she will put in at one of the ports. The Wellesley
has been re-commissioned by Capt. W. IL Stewart,
C. 8., as the guardship for the dockyard and reserve
at Chatham. Only a portion of the ship's comple-
ment formally attached to the Wellesley will be re-
tained on board that vessel, the remainder having
been transferred to the Royal Naval Barracks, for
disposal, as supernumeraries. The Royal Marines,
with the exception of a small detachment, have
joined headquarters. Boys and lads desirous of
entering the Royal Navy will still be received under
certain restrictions onboard the Wellesley, and after-
wards transferred to the other training ships.
The ironclad frigate Bellerophon, 14, 1,000 horse
power, at Chatham, is to be fitted with a mechani-
cal engine-room telegraph, by Messrs. John Penn
and Sons, the makers of her engines. The ventilat-
ing arrangements on board for supplying a constant
current of fresh air to the engine-room and aft and
forward stokeholes, will be fitted on the plan recom-
mended by Mr. Baker, chief inspector of machinery
at Chatham dockyard, which has been adopted with
so much success in most of vessels belonging to the
ironclad fleet.

The screw gunvessel Griffon, 5, 80-horse power,
attached to the 3d division of the steam reserve in
the Medway, is undergoing some extensive repairs
in No. 2 dock, in anticipation of being again brought
forward for commission. A few months since she
was put out of commission after a lengthened period
of service on the West Coast of Africa.

The crew of the Formidable, 84, fi lgship of Vice-

Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-
in-Chief at the Nore, were paid down on Saturday.
The screw steam corvette Malacca, 17, Capt. R.
B. Oldfield, from Portsmouth, en route for Rio
Janeiro and the Pacific, arrived in Plymouth Sound
on Saturday morning. She will convey disposable
1 seamen for ships on the station.

'The screw steam storeship Fox, 2, Staff-Com-
mander H. A. Moriarty, having been repaired, was
removed on Saturday from Keyham Steamyard into
Hamoaze.

The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, Captain
Rochfort Maguire, got up steam on Friday and
went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze, where
she was placed alongside the jetty at the dockyard,
preparatory to paying off her crew. When her
cable parted during the late gale, her boatswain's
leg was so much injured that he has been placed in
the Royal Naval Hospital.
The screw steam frigate Orlando, 46, the crew of
which were recently paid off, has been removed
from Devonport Dockyard to the moorings in the
Steam Reserve in Hamoaze.

The lighter Tortoise left Plymouth on Friday
with stores for Pembroke.

The screw steam gunboat Dapper, tender to the
school ships at Dartmouth, is having defects made
good at Devonport.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. George J. G. Purcell to
the Excellent, for service in the Royal Sovereign ;
James Jack, first-class assist.-engineer, to the
Royal George, vice T. W. Bower ; George J. Long,
assist.-clerk, to the Excellent ; and Walter H. Rae,
assist.-clerk, to the Ganges.