The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-15 00:00:00

Havd.l and Military Intelligence.

The Channel Fleet, under the command of Rear-
Admiral Hastings R. Yelverton, consisting of the
armour-plated screw steamship Caledonia, 30 guns
(flagship), Capt. the Hon. Fitzgerald A. Foley ;
the Aehilloo, 96 sun° (ovinonr-plated), Capt. Ed-
ward W. Vansittart ; the Hector, 20 guns (armour-
plated), Capt. William G. Luard ; the Pallas, 6
guns (armour - plated screw corvette), Captain
Matthew Connolly ; the Lord Clyde, 24 guns (ar-
mour-plated), Capt. Roderick Dew, C.B. ; the
Liverpool, 35 guns (wooden screw frigate), Capt.
John Seccombe ; and the Helicon (paddle despatch
boat), Commander Morgan Singer, arrived in Port-
land harbour yesterday morning from the westward
shortly after 8 o'clock, under easy steam. The fleet
rounded the breakwater in two divisions, the Cale-
donia leading the port division and the Achilles the
starboard division, the Helicon bringing up the
rear. All the ships had anchored safely by nine
o'clock. _ _

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty landed
at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday morning at ten
o'clock from the Royal yacht Osborne, Staff-Com-
mander Petley, on board of which the Admiralty
flag was hoisted under salutes from the Victory,
flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral
Sir Thomas Pasley, and also from the garrison bat-
tery. The whole of the Board were present—viz.,
Sir J.i Pakington, M.P., First Lord ; Vice-Admiral
Sir A. Milne, K.C.B. ; Vice-Admiral Sir S. C.
Dacres, K.C.B. ; Rear-Admiral Sir J. C. D. Hay,
Rear-Admiral G. H. Seymour, C. 8., and Mr. Du
Cane, M.P. Their Lordships were accompanied by
Lord H. G. Lennox, MP., First Secretary ' • Vice-
Admiral It. S. Robinson, Controller of the Navy ;
Major Clarke, R.E., Director of Admiralty Engi-
neering Works ; and Mr. Pakington, private secre-
tary to the First Lord. They were received at the
King's-stairs by Vice-Admiral Sir T. C. Pasley,
Commander-in-Chief ; Rear-Admiral Wellesley,
Superintendent of the Dockyard ; Capts. A. C. Key,
Tatham, Chamberlain, Herbert, and Tumour ;
Commander Mainprice (master attendant), Mr.
Craddock (master shipwright), Mr. Burr (store-
keeper), Mr. Richards (cashier), Mr. Murray (chief
engineer and inspector of machinery), Mr. Wood
(assistant civil engineer), Sir Richard Mayne, Mr.
Mallalieu (inspecting superintendent of the police),
and Mr. Guy (superintenden t of the dockyard police),
and other officials. Their Lordships first proceeded
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ships embarked in their barge and proceeded on
board the Osborne to luncheon at 2 o'clock. At half
past 3 their Lordships landed again at the Anchor-
wharf, and accompanied by the heads of departments,
as in the forenoon, and by Mr. Smith, the Govern-
ment contractor of the works, made a minute survey
of the new works in course of construction for the
extension of the dockyard for docks, basins, &c. ;
after which their Lordships retired to the admiral-
superintendent's office, where they received deputa-
tions from the engineers, shipwrights, blacksmiths,
sawyers, and millwrights employed in the yard, at
' -the conclusion- of -which they returned on board the
Osborne, thus concluding the first day of their offi-
cial visit. Their Lordships dined with Vice-Admiral
Sir T. Pasley in the evening; and afterwards at-
tended the ball in aidof the fundsof the Royal Naval
and Marine Orphan Schools, which was held under
their immediate patronage.