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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1859.

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THE.NAVE

From the quarterly return of the strength and
distribution of the British navy, just published
uncltr the direction of the Lords of the Admiralty,
it appears that there are 11 line-of-battle ships,
with an aggregate of 1,133 guns, now being built
at the several Royal dockyards, and many of-them
in a forward state for launching. • The names of
these vessels are :—The Prince of Wales, 131 guns,
and the Victoria, 121 guns, at Portsmouth ; the
Howe, 121 guns, at Pembroke ; the Gibraltar, 101
guns, at Devonport ; the Duncan, 100 guns, and the
Royal Frederick, 116 guns, at Portsmouth ; the
Atlas, 91 guns, the Hood, 90 guns, and the Iri-esis-
tible, 80 guns, at Chatham ; the Defiance, 91 guns,
and the Revenge, 91 guns, at Pembroke. In ad-
dition to these large vessels of war there are 14
first-class screw steam-frigates and corvettes also
on the stocks, including the Aurora, 51 guns, and
the Immortalite, 50 guns, at Pembroke ; the Nar-
cissus, 50 guns, and the Jason, 21 guns, at Ply-
mouth ; the Ariadne, 32 guns, at Deptford; the
Galatea, 26 guns, and the Barossa, 22 guns, at
Woolwich; the Charybdis,22 guns,and the Orpheus,
21 guns, at Chatham. The aggregate of all the ves-
sels of war in course of construction at these several
ports is 65,000 tons, and the number of guns 1,515:
The following vessels of war now compose the
fleet of ships attached to the reserve lying in ordi-
nary at Chatham, exclusive of the steam reserve
stationed in the Medway, at Sheerness and Chatham
—The Superb, 90 ; the Hood, 90 ; the Power-
ful, 84; the Monarch, -84; the Leander, 50;
the Glocester, 50; the Mariner, 50; the
President, 50; the Severn, 50; the Warspite,
50; the Vernon, 50; the Winchester, 50 ; the
Isis, 44; the Africaine, 44; the Diana, 42 ;- the
Latona, 42 ; the Mercury,- 42 ; the Active, 40 ; the
Castor, 36 ; the Diamond, 27 ; the Cleopatra, N;
the Vestal, 26 ; the Eurydice, 26; the Brilliant, 20;
the Daphne, 18; the Terpsichore, 18 ; the Trinco-
malee, 24; the Frolic, 16; the Jumna, 16; the
Comus, 14 ; the Kangaroo, 12 ; the Fantome, 12 ;
the Electra, 14 ; the Despatch, 12 ; the Daring, 12 ;
the Arab, 12 ; the Childers, 12; the Resistance, 10 ;
the Rattlesnake, 8 ; the Tyne, 4 ; and the Ol-
phin, 3.
Yesterday a court-marl:id assembled on board
the flagship Waterloo, at Sheerness, to try the fol-
lowing officers on the charges hereafter stated :
Mr. C. APShane, surgeon, the charges against whom
were that he, when surgeon of H.M.'s steamsloop
Alecto, and in actual service and full pay of Her
Majesty's fleet, did, on the 14th of Aug., 1858, on
bard the said sloop, act in an insolent manner to-
wards Commander J. Hunt, of the said sloop, by
stating to the said commander that if he had .not
got awnings he had better get them—such state-
ment having reference to a representation made by
the said Chas. M‘Shane to the said commander that
sickness would occur on board the said sloop if
awnings were not kept spread, and by the said C.
M'Shane turning his back in the face of the said
commander, while the said commander was address-
ing him. After examination of witnesses for the
prosecution, Dr. M'Shane read a defence, in which
he stated that he was only actuated by zeal for the
service, to preserve the health of the crew and officers
during the rainy season, and declaring most empha-
tically that he did not turn from the commander until
he supposed he had finished the subject they were
talking upon. The decision of the Court was to.
the effect that the charges were fully proved; but,
in consequence of his excellent testimonials, and the
high character given him by his present commander,
the Court do only adjudge the prisoner to be repri-
manded, and he is hereby reprimanded accordingly.
The Court then proceeded to try Jeremiah, alias
James Coghlan, gunner, on the following charge:—
For that he, the said James Coghlan, gunner of her
Majesty's steam sloop Alecto, and in actual Service
and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, was on or about
the 12th day of August, 1858, between the hours of
six and seven o'clock in the evening, drunk on board
the 'said sloop, and incapable of doing his duty.
while the hands were on deck. The finding and
sentence of the Court were that the charge had been
fully proved, and they adjudged the prisoner to be
deprived of his warrant as a gunner, and to serve
two years as a seaman before being eligible to a
rating as a petty officer.
The Adder,lpaddle-wheel steam vessel, and the
African steam tug, towed away from Chatham, on
Wednesday at eleven a.m., the Trusty floating bat-
tery, for Shoeburyness, for the purpose of her being
experimentally fired at from the batteries at that
station.

Her Majesty's steam troopship Himalaya, Com-
mander John Seccombe, sailed out of Portsmouth
yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, with the detach-
ments enumerated in The San of yesterday, for
Gibraltar and Malta, calling at Queenstown.
Her Majesty's yacht ten:er Fairy, after having
her interior cleared out, was placed in No. 1 dock
at Portsmouth yesterday morning.
Her Majesty's steam troopship Urgent, Com-
mander John W. D. M'Donald, shifted her positics
yesterday morning, and was swung round with her
head outwards alongside the Pitch-stairs-jetty at
Portsmouth, to prepare for the further conveyance
of troops abroad.
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Her- Majesty's steam troopship Perseverance,
Commander Power, was placed in No. 8 dock yester-
day morning, at Portsmouth, for examination.
Her Majesty's late Naval Cadet training-ship
Illustrious has been placed alongside the Victorious
hulk up the Portsmouth harbour.
Mr. W. Henwood, first assistant master ship-
wright at Chatham Dockyard, has been promoted
to be master shipwright at Sheerness, vice Mr. S.
Read, retired.
The following promotions were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :---Commander Willoughby J.
Lake to be Captain ; Lieut. Robert B. Roe and
Lieut. Alphonse to be Commanders on the retired
list.