The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-02 00:00:00

'Nay 11 and Dillttaily Intelligence.

Her Majesty's steam-crigate Retribution, 23, Captain
Barker, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from the Medi-
terranean, with the Grinder, screw gunboat, Lieutenant
Hamilton, in tow, 15 days from Malta. The Retribu-
tion reported the D3uotless, screw frigate, Captain
R;oler, will the Cracker screw gunboat in tow, outside
of Pot t,mouth, from the Mediterranean ; they have since
male port. Durincr 13 months' service the Grinder has
been under steam 225' days, being, as tender to Admiral
Lord Lyons' flagship Royal Albert, employed on most
important duty. She went up the Danube as far as
Galatz. She is now ordered to be paid off.
The Urgent, steam troop-ship, Commander Phillip.,
left Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon with the troops
before reported for Barba.does.
Tire new ecrew gunvessel Nimrod, 6, Commander
Dew, left Portsmouth- on Saturday afternoon on a trial
cruise in the Channel.

Her Majesty's new gerew-frigate Diadem, 31, was un-
docked at Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon.
The Bulllog, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Gordon, was
brought into harbour, apparently not t pay off but to be
docked for repair. She was docked on Saturday to be
cx tmined, as she had, when towing the sailing coastguard
ship Melampus, 43, round from the Noro to Portsmouth,
g t into collision with the Hanoverian schooner Ma-
thilde, from Malaga for Hamburg, on the 20
Beachy Light open off the head, bearing north-west
ball west, distant 11 miles. It appears she struck the
schooner amidships, and cut her down below the watee's
edge. The commander of the Bulldog sent a lieutenant
on board the schooner, and she was run ashore at high
water on the beach at Eastbourne, where she remains
on her Starboard broadside.

His Prussian Majesty's frigate Thetis, 36, Capt. Sun-
dewal, was undocked at Portsmouth on Saturday, and
the Lucifer, steam-vessel, taken in for repairs.
Her Majesty's 4-gnn store-ship Tyne, Master• Com.
James S. bill, and the screw steam tank-vessel Wye,
George l‘loore, master, were paid off at Woolwich on
Saturday.
The Algerine gun-boat, of 300 tons burden, has arrived
at Woolwich for fitment. The following vessels of a
similar tonnage—namely, the Lee, Leven, and Shiley—
are nearly completed, and will shortly follow the Alge-
rine to be fitted out at Woolwich.
The Imperador steam-yacht, under fitment for presen-
tation to the Emperor of Japan, is ordered to be cam-
, plated with despatch, so as to admit of her being for-
warded to her destination during the latter part of the
present month.
First-Lieutenant Arthur Onslow Lake Lewis, of the
Portsmouth division of Royal Marines Light Infantry,
received his promotion on Saturday as Captain, and is
appointed to the Woolwich division, vice Captain Mar-
ge'', who is permitted to retire on half-pay.
A considerable reduction is about to take place in the
depot of the Medical Staff Corps at Chatham, the estab-
lishment of which is to be fixed at 630 mon of all ranks,
including stewards, wardmasters, and orderlies.
The Renown, 91, screw steamer, just completed at
Chatham dockyard, is to be furnished with the followina.
armament : —Lower deck, 34 8-inch 65-cwt, guns, each
9 feet in length ; main deck, 34 32-pounders, 58
to 56 cwt., each 9 feet 6 inches ; upper deck, 32 pound-
ers, 45 cwt., each 8 feet 6 inches. In addition to these
she will be furnished with a long-range pivot 68-pounder
of 95 cwt. and 10 feet in length. She will be
launched during the present month.
The America, 50, is to be got ready for the flag of
Rear-Admiral P. W. P. Wallis, appointed to the cool-
mand-in•chiaf of the South-East coast of America, and
when ready she will proceed to relieve the Indefatigable
at Rio, with the flag of Admiral Hope Johnstone.
The all Dreadnought hospital ship, now breaking up,
is found to be in a very rotten condition. On Friday
last, two of the men eruployed were on the mast of the
vessel, when Second Master Jones who was near, per.
ceived that it was giving way. With great presence of
mind te called out, " Come down directly--I want you
in the rigging-house." The men, unaware of their
ateger' came down quickly, and ;in less than a minute
at
more
er warda the mast fell with great force ; and it is
upper
are than probable that the lives of the men were saved
by the
prompt order given. A body of 120 shipwrights
and labourers
decks
and the en gaged in the work of demolition,
per
and cabins have already disap-
peared. The work
by the end of March,
afourutder contract, to be completed
Lieut. John Ward,
of heuslum of 849/.
steam-vessel Porcupine, has left S
treveyiog paddlewheel
rness for Word winh,
and has commissioned the new steam
for the purpose of conveying' her to Japanyacht Em peror, ,
from her Majesty to the Emperor ofapana.s aziytreers edn t
livering up the Emperor at Japan, Lieut. Ward
join will
a surveying vessel for the purpose of •,. , carrying out
Admiralty orders for surveying certain parts of that
coast.
The Cyclops, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam frigate, tow
at Sheerness, will take on board her armament of
2 10-inch and 4 8-inch guns this day, and will leave the
basin to-morrow.