The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-12 00:00:00

y and Him tar yln Le tlig enue.

The Royal Sovereign, 131, new screw three-
decker, was taken into deck on Wednesday, at
Porttnouth, to complete her fittings for trial of her
engines, which are expected to be completed iu
about six weeks.
The Ilasings, 60, screw ship, Captain Mends,
C. 8., bent sails yesterday at Portsmouth, and will
go to Spithead about Monday.
The Melville, 72, hospital-ship, Commander
Trol ope, hiving remedied her leakage will haul
alongside Portsmouth dockyard this day to embark
the' head-quarters of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers
-for Cniva. _ _

A court-martial will commence sitting this morn-
ing on board the flagship Victory, in Portsmouth
harbour, for the trial of Mr. Spear, Paynaas,er of
her Maj. sty's ship Childers, on charges of emb.:zzle-
ment ~f her Majvsty's stores, fraudu!ent conduct,
drunkenness, and neglect of duty. The charges
otubra'36 acts covering a period of nearly ten years.
Ths Megvera, 6, screw troopship, Commander
Purvis, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the
15th of February fr, In England, and left Table Bay
on the 17th for the Mauritius, with troops.
The Vulcan, iron steam troopship, Commander
Furneaux, arrived at Simon's Bay on the 25th of
March, and left on the 15 hof April with troops.
She is expected at Spithead daily.
Mr. G. 13. Holfmeister, R.N. (1828), is promoted
to be re ired Commander, vice Woods. deceased.
The paddle Wheel steam vessel Vesuvius, 6, Capt.
C. Wise; with the Brune tender, were paid advance
of wages at Plymouth on Tuesday, and they saile 1
on Wednesday for the West Coast of Africa.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Volcano, 3, Mas-
ter-Commander J. M. Hockley, having been re-
paired at Plymouth, sailed on Wednesday for China.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Leopard, 18, Capt.
Wainwright, steamed from Plymouth round the
Eddystone on Wednesday to test her machinery
arid beihira.

Tbe Turkish screw line-of-battle ship Peiki Zafir,
104, Capt. -Ismael Boy, had her compasses adjusted
on Wednesday in Plymouth Sound, and she was
-appointed to leaveyesterday afternoon for Constan-

titiople, calling at Gibraltar, and, if necessary, •at
Malta. `,

Tho depot of the 80th Regiment, consisting of 1.0
officers and 204 non-commissioned officers and rank
and file, has replaced the depot of the 7th Regiment
at Pembroke. The construction of the new boat
basin has been commenced, and the workmen are
engaged in excavating for the foundation. The
granite coping is now being placed on the slips,
which thus far are complete, and have been finished
in a masterly manner. The iron for the erection of
the_roofs has arrived. The various other contracts
are being pushed on ; the new stores are nearly
completed, and the sawmills are making progress.
The steamvessel Pluto, Lieut.-Commander S win-
burn, which left Sierra Leone April 28, touched at
St. Vincent's and Teneriffe, and left Corunna June
8, arrived at Plymouth yesterday evening. On the
27th of Januiry she was driven by a current on the
Cooper's Rock, and knocked away her false keel
and main keel ; she was beached at Sierra Leone,
and is come home for repairs.
The repairs to General Sir Charles Pasley's
newly-invented demi-canoe-decked pontoons hav-
ing been completed, some experiments took place
at Chatham yesterday, under the superintendence
of General Pasley, for the purpose of further test-
ing the merits of the invention.

Yesterday Major-General T. Blanchard, C. 8.,
R.E. , arrived at the head-quarters of the Royal
Engineers establishment for the purpose of making
an inspection of the field-works and other engineer-
ing operations now in progress by the officers and
men of the Royal Engineers at Chatham.
A numerously-attended meeting was held at the
Town-Ilan, Woolwich, yesterday evening, Mr.
George Hall Graham in the chair, for the purpose
of posing a resolution to be presented to Govern-
ment expressive of their opinion that, asthe Govern-
ment establishnents at Woolwich occupy
a major portion of the area constituting the town-
ship, the Government property should be taxed in
a similar ratio to that of private persons. Mr. J.
Townsend, M.P. for Greenwich, Dr. Carlisle, Mr.
Jolly, Mr. Tuffield, and a number of other gentle-
men, addressed the meeting in favour of the pr ipo-
sitinn, and the resolution wascarried unanimously.
It was "also agreed that a petition should be pre-
sented to the house by Mr, Townsend, embodying
a resolution to the effect that the remuneration
given to the labourers employed in her Maj sty's
dockyards and Royal arsenals—namely, 12s. Gd.
per week—is insufficient to support themselves and
their families, and suggesting that their pay should
be increased to 16s. per week. After some remarks
from the chairman, illustrating numerous instances
of widows and orphans of men employed by her
Majesty's Government having, through casualties,
become burdens on the ratepayers of Woolwich,
andklemonstrating the propriety of petitioning Go-
vernment as extensive occupiers of property (which
if in the hands of her Majesty's subjects, would
pay a taxation for the relief of the poor of upwards
of 7,0001. per annum) to bear a proportionate share
in the taxation of the parish, the assembly sepa-
rated. .

Sir C Wood, as First Lord of the Admiralty,
held his first levee this sea.on yesterday at the Ad-
miralty, when the following officers attended :
Admirals Lord Aylmer, Greville, Rattray, Sir J.
Hindmarsh, Sir S. Lushington, M'Quin, and C,l-
- ; Captains F. B. Craufurd, T. Miller, F. B.
Montregor, E. PeirsP, C. 0. Hayes, G. B. Hornby,
H. J. Lacon, C. R. Johnson. C. Mellersh, J.
Stoddart, J. Borlase, J. Moore, Robb, and E. H.
G. Lambert ; Commanders N. B. Bedin;field, W.
MorriQ, E. E. Morgan, W. H. Triscott, T. L.
Gaussen, J. J. S. Goslin, and D. Spain ; Lieuts.
W. H. Pyin, the Hon. W. B. Blaquiere, E. Web-
ber, and Lillingston ; and Mr. J. N. De Vries.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. E. J. Brooks (addi-
tional), to the Cumberland.; H. D. Sarratt, second
master, to the Ajax ; D. Bayne, assistant clerk, to
the Conway.