The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-11 00:00:00

Naval and WitMazy intelligence.

The Royal Sovereign, 131, hauled out of the
steam bwin dock, at Portsmolith, yesterday, and

the Diadem, 32, screw, baultd in.
The President, 50, Capt. C. Frederick, at Cha-
thim, has been dismantled, and will be paid off

into ordinary on Monday.
Tho Terror, floating battery, has made her trial
trap preparatory to her leaving Sheerness. She
st e - rsremarkably well and an swers b or hel m quickly.
She is under orders to leave for Bermuda. The
Cuckoo, steam vessel, Lieut.-Commander Augustus
G. E. Murray, is ordered to accompany her from
Sheerness.
Tha Flying Fish, 6, screw gun dispatch vessel,
went out of Portsmouth Harbour yesterday morn-
ing, for ano'her trial at the measured mile, but
with the Admiralty screw, and realised 114 knots
an hour ; showing a clear gain of half a knot over
the Bretagne screw. Griffith's screw is nearly half
a knot superior to the Admirnity screw, and with-
out that tearful vibratory motion. The Admiralty
have been desirous to arrive at the best results.
The Ulysses, chartered sailing tranvort, with
the first division of the 88th (Connaught Rangers),
left, Spithead yesterday morning for India.
TheDockyaidlumps were engaged yesterday, at
Portsmouth, shifting the moorings of the old con-
vict hulks in Block-house Hole, and have sent one
of the hulks up the harbour. The Defence and.
Britannia wdi also bo removed, so that the Illus-
trious training ship, Captain Harris, may have her
full swing.
Rear-Admiral of the White Robert Lambert
Baines, C. 8., &c., at 1.30 p.m. yesterday hoisted
his flag (whi'e at the mizen) on board the Gauges,
81, at Shee,ness. The following officers have now
taken up their commissions and appointments and
joined the Ganges, viz.—Beir-Admiral Robert
Lambert Baynes, O. 8., Captain John Fulford,
Lieutenants Henry B. Phillimore, G. Parker, and
J. A. R. Dunlop ; Mr. Robert B. Batt, and Mr.
Percy V. James, second masters; Mr. Jesse Dixon,
master's assistant ; Mr. C. G. Fane, mate; Mr.
A. B. C. Booth, midshipman ' • Mr. W. H. Nor-
man, paymaster ; and. Mr. W. K. Horne, clerk.
The 3 battalion of the Ride Brigade will embark
this day at Gravesend fel- India, with 30 men be-
-1 to the Bth (the King's) Regiment, from the
Provisional Battalion at Chatham.
Yesterday morning the Prince of Hohenzollern
went to Woolwich and inspected the arsenal.
A court, martial assembled on Thursday morning
on board the Impregnable, flag-ship at Devonport,
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Sir James H. Plum-
ridge, K C. 8., president, to try Alex. Farmer,
pi ivate marine of the Royal Wiliam, 120, ordinary
guard ship, for insubordination and using insulting
language to Crieta,,n Williams, of that ship ; the
charge being fully proved, he was sentenced to re-
ceive four dozen lashes' and to be imprisoned in
txeter Gaol for 12 mouths, wi.li hard labour, and
then to be discharged the service with disgrace.
In pursuance of the sentence of a garrison court-
Martial held at Woolwich, a gunner of the Royal
Artillery named Davis has been condemned to un-
der,o, the punishment of 42 days' imprisonment
i6(l' to receive 50 lashes for haying wilfully
des, Toyed hiS Uniform when ordered to be confined
in the cells. The ju,igment is to be carried into
iffect at Fort Clarenc,?, Chatham, whither the pri-
dpner was conveyed on Thursday last.