The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-14 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's new screw steam sloop Eclipse,
built at Miliwall, and supplied with engines of 2uo-
- power (uominal), will leave Woolwich this
morning on a trial trip of her machinery dOwn the

river.
Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Bristol, 51,
launched at Woolwich on the 10th ult., was yes-
terday undocked, and the screw steam tank vessel
Wye was docked in her place, to complete her fit-
ment as a storeship for the African station.
The iron paddlewheel steam vessel Weser, carry-
ing 6 guns, recently commissioned by Commander
Arthur 11. J. Johnstone, was yesterday warped
into dock at Woolwich to undergo the usual survey
and examination preparatory to her departure.
The command of the Weser, paid cif by Commander
Johnstone at Woolwich in 1859, has been again
given to him on his own special application, and
(unlike many other ships which have been com-
missioned from that port) without the aid of cir-
culars or advertisements, the whole of the crew,
consisting of a complement of 65 meu, including
the assistant•surgeon, second master, and assistant-
paymaster in charge, were appointed and entered
within the lapse of 48 hours after the pennant was
hoisted on board. Her destination is stated to be
Gibraltar, Malta, Constantinople, the Black Sea,
and the mouths of the Danube.
The Marlborough, 131, screw, Captain W. H.
Stewart, C. 8,, steamed into Portsmouth harbour
yesterday at high water from Spithead and berthed
alongside the shear jetty, where she got out boats,
unbent sails, &c., preparatory to clearing out her
stores to pay off. The departure of the Princess
Royal, 91, screw, Capt. C. Fellowes, from Ports-
mouth harbour to Spithead, was deferred until
to. day.
The Cockatrice, 4, screw gunboat, has been placed
in dock at Portsmouth to clean copper and examine
valves prior to being commissioned.
The Fancy, 2, screw gunboat is drawing towards
completion of repairs in No. 5 dock of Portsmouth
yard. Her repairs, however, will be of such an
extensive character that scarcely one of her original
timbers will remain in her. The repairs to the
Tribune screw frigate, in the adjoining dock, must
also be of a very heavy nature when completed, as
the removal of every piece of planking discovers
some additional defects in her timbers, &c.
The repairs to the Eurydice, 26, sailing frigate,
are still being carried out in the ship basin, as
though she was still intended for a cadet training
ship, and a strong belief prevails that such is the
case, and that she will be provided for in a supple-
mentary estimate. It is also said that Vice-Admiral
Martin, Commauder-in-Chief of the Mediterranean
fleet, has applied for her to be attached as a cadet
training ship to the fleet under his command.
The Lizard, 2, paddle, Lieut.-Commander Maun-
sell, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday afternoon on
her return to Sheerness.
The Icarus, 11, screw, Commander N. Salmon,
V,C,, received her new funnel yesterday under the
sheers of the old fitting basin. She is expected to
proceed to the Mediterranean from Portsmouth
when complete in her refit.
Steam was got up yesterday on board the screw
gunvessel Petrel, 11, in the North Basin, Keyham
Steam-yard.
The screw steam frigate Phcebe, 51, which was
cut in two and lengthened in Devonport Dockyard,
having been supplied with engines, will be put out
of No. 2 Dock at Keyham to-day.
That portion of the Channel squadron at 1:37-
mouth which sent their guns ashore to be new
vented, have received them again. The Armstrong
guns have not yet been supplied. The lower yards
and topmasts of these ships continue struck.
The defects of the paddlewheel steam sloop Gey-
ser, 6, at Plymouth, are being made good. When
complete she will convey to Pembroke the navigat-
ing party appointed to take the Defiance, 91, to
Devonport ; Commander Paul will probably be ap-
pointed to this duty.
At the quarterly examination of
out of 62 candidates
anddiodeaktyesarad
which closed on Monday last, t
the Royal Naval College in Portsmouth
for naval cadetships 15 were rejected. Of 18 can-
didates for masters' assistants two were rejected.
The numbers rejected were in both cases consider-
ably less than the average.
-•'Messrs. Grissell's contract for the erection of the
new coaling jetty at Portsmouth dockyard Ns ill be
complete in about a month's time. The contract
was included in last year's Naval Estimates
for £15,377. The jetty presents a platform 650
feet long by 60 feet wide, with four spaces
of 15 feet each on its front face, for the
erection of hydraulic cranes, which have been eon.
tracted for by Sir W. Armstrong and Co. A sum of
money for the construction of the foundations for
the hydraulic cranes has been in the estimates of