The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-13 00:00:00

THE NAYY,

The names of the several steamships ordered to
be constructed at Chatham are the Boadicea, 51 ;
the Achilles, 40, iron war steamer; the Ganymede,
22 ; the Falmouth, 22 ;
,the Weymouth, 22; the
Diligence, 17; the Tees, 17; the Albatros, 4; and
the Salamis, 4.
Admiralty orders were on Saturday received at
Chatham directing the Royal Oak, 91, and the Bul-
wark, 91, in progress at that establishment, to be
suspended building until further orders, and the
shipwrights were:accordingly withdrawn from those
vessels.
It was stated at Chatham on Saturday that, with
the exception of the screw corvette Rattlesnake, 22,
400 horse power, no other vessel would be launched
from that dockyard during the present year, the
Admiralty being desirous that all the available
force of the establishment :should be employed on
the Achilles, 40, in order that no time might be lost
in completing that war steamer.
The Cyclops, 6, paddlewheel steamer, Capt. W.
J. S. Pullen, is being stripped at Sheerness, and
will be paid off on Saturday next.
The Duke of Somerset has appointed Mr. Chas.
Eastlake, who for 30 years has „filled the office 01
Officiating Judge-Advocate at Devonport, to the of-
fice of Deputy-Judge-Advocate at Portsmouth, va-
cant by the death of the late Mr. W. J. Hellyar, at
Portsea. His Grace has also appointed Mr. Ed-
ward Hoskins, of Gosport, as officiating Judge-
Advocate at Portsmouth.
The Rinaldo, 17, screw, Commander Hewett,
V.C., was placed in dock at Portsmouth on Saturday.
This vessel is so much by the head that considerable
alteration ought to be made in the disposition of
her weights before she proceeds to sea.
The Marlborough's intended docking at Ports-
mouth on Saturday was again put off, owing to the
roughness of the weather.
The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8.,
left Portsmouth yesterday, under steam, for the
North American and West India station, proceeding
out of Spithead by the Eastern passage.
The Avon, paddle steamer, arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday in tow of the Echo steamtug, having
floated off the Shingle Shoal, near the Needles, the
previous night's tide. The amount of damage she
may have received will not be ascertained until she
has been placed in dock and examined. The Icarus,
11, screw, Commander Nowell Salmon, V.C., and
the Flying Fish, 6, screw, Commander C. W. Hope,
have both returned to Spithead from their attend-
ance upon the Avon.
The artisans in the Keyham steamyard are busily
occupied in repairing the rivets, &c., of the screw
steam troopship Himalaya, in No. 3 dock. Her
bottom has been paid with composition.
The paddlewheel steamsloop Geyser, 6, Comman-
der G. M. Jackson, will be out of the hands of the
shipwrights at Devonport about the 16th inst.
The screw steamship Revenge, 91, Capt. C. Fel-
lowes, flag of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, K.H., at
Devonport, will be finished by the shipwrights
about the Ist June.
The gunboat Speedy was removed on Saturday
from the basin into the lock of Keyham Steamyard,
ready for removal to-day (Monday) into Hamoaze,
for a trial of her machinery, before being placed in
the first division of the steam ordinary at Plymouth.
The paddlewheel steam tender Advice, M. Ray-
mond, second master, commanding, was towed on
Saturday from her moorings to the hulk Bellona,
in Hamoaze, to be in-readiness for occupying No:4
dock in the Devonport yard, which will be vacated
to-day by the steamtug Pike.
The screw steamship Cressy, 80, Capt. Harvey,
recently returned from the Mediterranean, got up
steam on Thursday in Plymouth Sound, and in the
evening left for Sheerness, where her crew will be
paid off. She will be placed in the third division
of the steam ordinary.
The Daedalus, 20, at Devonport, was removed on
Friday from the hulk Bellona, and placed along-
side the dockyard to be rigged by the riggers of
that establishment.
The lighter Rochester, E. Heather master, from
Pembroke, arrived at Plymouth on Friday, when
she was towed into Hamoaze and placed alongside
the Royal William Victualling-yard to unload.
We learn from Glasgow that Messrs. Randolph,
Elder, and Co., of Govan, have received orders to
construct a pair of their double-cylinder engines
for the Constance frigate. The engines will be of
500 horse-power.

Her Majesty's paddle sloop Driver on Saturday
shipped her 100-pounder Armstrong gun, to re-
place the old 68-pounder pivot gun, and took in the
remainder of her sea stock. She is now awaiting
her sailing orders off Woolwich dockyard, and,
having been inspected by the Commodore (Super-
intendent, the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., A.D.C.
to her Majesty, is pronounced in admirable trim,
and exceedingly well manned, both in officers and
men.

The iron paddlewheel steam vessel Antelope, in
basin at Woolwich, was on Saturday ordered to be
brought forward with despatch for the first-class
steam reserve at that port, to replace the Driver,
ordered for service in the Atlantic ; the screw
steamsloop Rapid, 11 guns, to replace the Antelope
in the second class. The Spitfire, lately from the
West Coast of Africa, now in dock at Woolwich, is
likewise ordered to be completed as speedily as pos-
sible for commission.

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the basement and main portions of the shield in the
course of erection to protect the guns from the ene-
my's fire are attached to the lower deck, it has been
decided after a careful investigation that the rotten
state of the upper timbers will in no way unfit the
Trusty from being appropriated to the purpose for
which she was originally intended.
The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, tender to the
flag-ship Fisgard, at Woolwich, Mr. J. Pctley master
commanding, is under orders to hold in readiness
to proceed on special service to Ostend, it is under-
stood, to convey his Grand Ducal Highness Prince
Louis of Hesse Darmstadt on a visit to the Court.
The Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. Cockburn, arrived
at Spithead yesterday at 7 a.m. from Alderney,
with the remaining portion of the 30th Regiment,
comprising Brevet-Major F. J. Atcherley, Capts.
C. X. Moorsom and H. C. Singleton ; Dents. J.
Fleming, R. 0. Campbell, and H. F. Moreward ;
Ensigns C. H. Garnett and J. Thorn, 14 sergeants,
5 drummers, 18 corporals, 271 privates, 51 women,
and 46 children. The Diadem will go into Ports-
mouth harbour to-day at high water and land the
troops, when they will be forwarded by special
train on the South-Western Railway for Farn-
borough, to join headquarters at Aldershott. The
Diadem sailed from Portsmouth, with a wing of the
55th Regiment on board, for Alderney at a late
hour on Thursday evening, the following morning,
in consequence of its blowing a hard gale from the
north-east, she anchored for shelter under the
French land in Vauville Bay, whence a special
messenger was despatched with a telegraphic mes-
sage to Vice-Admiral Bruce, the Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth. The gale having abated, the
Diadem left Vadville Bay at 8 a.m. on Saturday,
arriving at Alderney by 10 30 a.m., when prepara-
tions were immediately made for embarking the
troops, which was accomplished during the after-
noon, tLe frigate leaving Alderney at 8 30 p.m., and
arriving-at Spithead at the time stated above.
The iron screw steam troopship Megrera, 6; Com-
mander S. H. Henderson, from Gibraltar May 4,
arrived Plymouth Sound yesterday morning,
and
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purpose
She has on board 347
non-commissioned officers and men, 23 women, 41
children, and four horses belonging to the sth
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of landing troops.
Brigade of Royal Artillery, under the command of
Col. Shuttieworthi and iu umliQ4l9l44rge QfmNifits,