The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-23 00:00:00

THE NAVY

Letters received from Vincent's, Cape de
Verde Islands, announce the arrival there on the Ist
inst. of her Majesty's screw sloop Ariel, 7, Com-
mander Alexander, from Madeira, whence she sailed
on the 22d of December, in company with the
Charybdis, 21, screw, and Gorgon, 6, paddle, in
consequence of a south-west having suddenly
come on accompanied with a heavy sea,
in the roadstead. The Miranda, 21, screw, arrived
at St. Vincent's on the 4th inst., on her way to
Australia. The Ariel, the Gorgon, and the Swift,
the latter fitted as a coal depot for the Cape, sailed
from St. Vincent's on the 6th inst. for the Cape of
Good Hope.
Letters received ,from Sierra Leone speak of a
disturbance having taken place on board her Ma-
jesty's paddle sloop Prometheus among a portion of
her crew, but the details are not given. The ship
at the time was under the command of Acting
Commander Holling worth, Commander Bedingfield,
recently appointed to her, not having then joined.

The Chanticleer, 17, screw corvette; which has
been constructed in No. 2 building slip at Ports-
mouth dockyard, has her ways and launching cradles
in position, and will be launched, according to
present arrangements, on the 9th proximo. The
Frederick William, 84, screw, was launched
from this slip so recently as the 25th of March
last. The construction of the Chanticleer has
therefore been completed in less than 10 months.
She is .one of the improved class of screw corvettes,
and is a sister vessel to the Rinaldo, the Pelican
&c. The Chanticleer's dimensions are :—Length
(extreme), 185 feet 1 inch ; breadth (extreme), 33
feet 2 inches ; for tonnage, 33 feet ; moulded, 32
feet 4 inches; depth in hold 17 feet 5 inches ; bur-
den in tons, 950 54-94ths ; 200-horse power (nomi-
nal) engines, by Humphrey and Tennant.
The 28th of March next is fixed upon for the
launch of the Glasgow, M, screw, from No. 1 slip ,
at Portsmouth dockyard. The Glasgow is one of
the improved class of 51-gun frigates lately built
and building in the Royal dockyards.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw, was commissioned
yesterday, at .Portsmouth, by Capt. Charles Fel-
lowes, as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Smart, Cora-
, wander-in-Chief of the Channel fleet. Bills were
po.steJ in the usual manner about the town, inviting
seamen, &c., to enter for her. The Admiralty have
directed Oat she shall be supplied with three of Sir
W. Armstroriep guns—one 100-pounder and two
40-pounders, as part of her armament.
The Rinaldo, 17, screw, fitting out in the steam
basin at Portsmouth for the first-class reserve, and
supposed immediate commission, is receiving her
final outside coat of paint, and premises to be a very
handsome vessel. Orders have been received to fit
her with rear truck carriages for her guns, in lieu
of chock carriages, as was first ordered.
A trial of Major Fitzmaurice's system of lights
on board ship will shortly be made on board the
Asia, Capt. George S. Gordon, the guardship of
steam ordinary in Portsmouth harbour.
An official trial of Ward's system of lowering
boats is ordered to be made at Portsmouth.

Yesterday the fine screw frigate Undaunted, 51,
b -.tins' recently launched at Chatham dockyard, was
taken in tow by the paddle-wheel steamers Adder,
Mr. Minchin, szlcond master commander, and the
African, and towed from Chatham harbour to the
Thames, to be taken to the Victoria Docks, where
she will be fitted with Ler engines of 600-horso
power by Messrs. Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co., of
Blackwall, the contractors. In consequence of the
large size of the Undaunted and the difficulty
which might arise in the transit round to the
Thames, a party of 20 seamen, supernumeraries
from the Wellesley, 72, guardship at Chatham,
together with 40 labourers from the dockyard, pro-
ceeded in the Undaunted to assist in navigating her
to the Victoria Docks. She is expected to arrive
at Blackwall this afternoon.

The riggers at Chatham dockyard are busily em-
ployed on the Isis, 44, in No. 2 dock, undergoing
the necessary alterations in her interior, to adapt
her:for a storeship and coal depot on the coast of
Africa. A number of shipwrights are also at work
on her in order to expedite her completion. She is
to be supplied with two 32-pounders, each of 39
cwt. (Bloomfield's). The Bombay, 80, in No. 4
dock, being converted into a screw steamer, has had
considerable addition made to her length amidships.
Yesterday a number of additional shipwrights were
placed on her in order that she may be completed by
the end of March next. The keel of the newserr:
corvette Menai, 21 guns, which is to be
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the third shed, has been laid, and the vessel during
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fitting The Trincomalee, 24,
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menfitting at Chatham for
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which the Lords of the Admiralty have presented
to the school at Sunderland for training lads for the
sea service.
The whole of the gear, masts and yards for the
mail-clad steamer Warrior, recently launched at
Blackwall, will be furnished that vessel from Chat-
ham dockyard.
The Wanderer, 4, screw steam sloop, which is
one of the first despatch gunboats built by the
Government during the Russian war, by Messrs.
Green, of Blackwall, subsequently engaged in the
Black Sea, and retained in commission until
about two years ago, when she was paid off at