The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-11 00:00:00

TEE NAVE

The launch of the Chanticleer, 17, screw corvette,
took place at Portsmouth Dockyard on Saturday,
at 11 a.m., in a very satisfactory manner. The
ceremony of christening the vessel was performed
by Miss Grey, the eldest daughter of the Rear-
Admiral Superintendent.
The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Jackson,
sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for the eastward.
The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. H. D.
Rogers, C. 8., was placed in No. 3 dock, Keyham
steamyard, on Saturday to be overhauled. Some
of the sheets of copper at the water line being thin
are in course of removal.
AThe screw steamship Howe, 121, at Devonport,
is now ready for the second division of the steam
ordinary, and towards the close of the present week
will be removed from the basin of the Keyham
steamyard to her moorings in Hamoaze.
While entering Plymouth Sound, under canvas
only, on Thursday morning, the screw steam
frigate Immortalite, 51, Capt. George Hancock,
lost anchor and cable near the west end of the
Breakwater. Steam was got up immediately, and
she dropped another anchor a little further to the
eastward, where some supernumerary seamen were
disembarked for various ships in Hamoaze. On
Friday the first anchor was picked up by a Govern-
ment lump and restored to the frigate, which also
received some chain from the Devonport Dock-
yard. The Immortalite was appointed to sail yes-
terday (Sunday) morning for Lisbon.
The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. Douglas
Curry, has been removed from Keyham steamyard
to the moorings in Hamoaze.
The screw steamsloop Pantaloon, 11, at Devon-
port, is ordered to be rigged for the steam ordinary.
The War Department screw steamer Lord Pan-
inure, H. T. Moore, master, from Woolwich, arrived
at Plymouth yesterday, with gunpowder and other
war materials for the gunwharf at Devonport, and
gunpowder for the magazine at Bull Point.
Vice-Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, Port Admi-
ral at Sheerness, attended by Capt. Luard, Com-
mander Jackson, and Lieut. Mackenzie, flag offi-
cers of the guardship of ordinary Formidable,
visited Woolwich Dockyard on Saturday for the
purpose of inspecting the screw steam frigate Bris-
tol, intended to be launched to-morrow. The Ad-
miral was accompanied over the Bristol by Com-
modore Superintendent the Hon. J. R. Drummond,
C. 8., Commander Hawker, and Mr. Thornton,
principal officers of the shipbuilding department of
the yard. After the inspection the Admiral and his
officers return on board the steam tender Myrtle,
And proceeded to Millwall to pay an official visit to
the steamship Warrior, in process of being ar-
mour-cased, and receiving her engines, which will
be in readiness for harbour trial about, the middle
of next month. In addition to the launch of the
Bristol at Woolwich to-morrow and the Black
Prince ut Glasgow, already announced in The Sun,
the screw steam gunvessel Speedwell will be
launched to-morrow at Deptford. Her principal
dimensions are as follows !—Length between per-
pendiculars, 145 ft. llin. ; length of keel for tonnage, ;
127 ft. 10 3-40 in. ; breadth, extreme, 25ft. 4ia. ;
breadth for tonnage, 25ft. ; breadth moulded, 24f.
bin. ; depth of hold, 13ft. ; burden in tons, 425
14-94 ; horse-power of engines, 84, by Messrs. Day
and Simmons, of Southampton. Her armament
'will consist of one 68-pounder and four 24-pounder
howitzers.

An official trial of the two patent systems of
ships' pumps (Downton's and Roberts's) commonly
in use on board her Majesty's ships of the navy,
took place on Wednesday and Saturday, on board
the Rinaldo, in Portsmouth Dockyard, in the pre.
senco of Rear-Admiral Superintendent the Hon.
George Grey, and the several officers of the ship-
wright and engineer's departments, one of Roberts's
double-action twin pumps, of 51 inches, being
tested in competition with a seven-inch Downton
or regulation pump. The result proved that five
tanks, measuring 200 gallons each, were filled with
water by Roberts's pump in 17 min. 27 sec., with
.529 strokes, and by Downton's, with 746 strokes,
in 21 min. 40 sec., being 42 per cent. in favour of
the former in capacity, and about 20 per cent. in
time. In getting at the valves of Roberts's pump,
they were taken out, returned to their place, the
air chamber on, and water procured in the short
space of 42 seconds, one man only being at work,
while six men were occupied during 12 minutes in
performing the same operation with the Downton,
each under the superintendence of the officials of
the dockyard.
The Russian steam corvette Merge, Commander
Crown, from Southampton, put into Plymouth
Sound yesterday morning, with slight derange-
ment of machinery, and, having landed two fire-
men, was preparing to leave again immediately for
her destination—China.

Two powerful tubular steam cranes having been
erected for the Government by Messrs. Fairbairn
and Sons, of Manchester, at the gun-wharf adjoin-
ing Chatham Dockyard, both were subjected to a
series of powerful tests on Friday afternoon, in
order to obtain proof of their power and strength
before being formally taken possession of by the
Government. The experiments of testing the
cranes attracted a great deal of interest, and were
carried out under the superintendence of Mr. San-
deman, assist.-inspector at the Royal Gun Factory,
Woolwich ; Mr. Morris, principal storekeeper at
Chatham ; Mr. Thomson, assist.-storekeeper, Mr.
Green, principal clerk of works at the Royal Eugi-
neer establishment, and several of the officers of the
Royal Indian Engineers. The largest of the two
cranes is a fine specimen of mechanical engineering,
and has been constructed of sufficient strength to
sustain nearly double the number of tons that it
will ever be required to bear. In order to carry
the enormous weight thrown upon the foundation,
excavations were made to the depth of nearly 30
feet, where a firm bed of concrete was laid, support-
ing a number of iron cylinders, each of 15 feet in
length, the whole being bolted firmly together, and
surrounded with brickwork. The arm of the
crane forms the segment of a circle of twenty-
five feet radius, the whole being formed of wrought-
iron half-inch plates. By a simple contrivance it
can be so adjusted that the crane may be worked
by manual labour as well as steam, eight men being
required to Etc weights of 15 tons, while the
nominal power of the engine when steam is used is
7-horse. During the experiments made on Friday
the crane was first tested with a few tons' weight,
which was gradually increased until a strain of
15 tons 7 cwt. was obtained, three of the heaviest
guns on the wharf being raised with the greatest
apparent ease. In order to show the perfect con-
trol of the engine, the guns were repeatedly raised
and lowered with the greatest rapidity, while, by
a simple contrivance, the weight was moved round
to any required spot by means of a spur segment,
on which the cranes travel. At the period of the
heaviest strain it was ascertained that the deflection
of the crane was only two inches, returning an
inch and three quarters when the weight was re-
moved, leaving a quarter of ,an inch of settled
deflection, or dead loss. Similar experiments were
made with the second crane, the results of which

'were equally satisfactory to the officials who
fulPerintended the trials. The heaviest weight the
largest crane will be required to lift in its ordinary
work Will bo 10 tons, and the smaller one a few
tons less.

By an accidental admission of sea water a few
days since into a portion of the intended wet ditch
in front of the line of defences in Stokes Bay, it
has been discovered that the salt water penetrates
brough the intervening soil to the wells in Fort
Comer and renders the Water in them unfit for the
use of the garrison.

The coast defences in the neighbourhood of Har-
-wieh are about to be repaired and strengthened,
and it is stated that new batteries are to be erected
between Felixstow and Walton.

A special court of inquiry is ordered to assemble
10-day at the Gun-wharf Barracks, Portsmouth,
respecting the cause of the Emerald, Southampton
and Portsmouth passenger steamer, having been

struck by a shot on her port quarter some weeks
,since during her passage through Stokes Bay, o❑
her way from Portsmouth to Southampton, practice
lming carried on at the time from the auxiliary
bat aeries of Fort Moncton by a party of the Royal

Artillery. This accident was reported in The Sun
at the time of its occurrence, and was fortunately
unattended with any personal injury to a' y of the
vessel's crew or passengers. On the sere trials of
the men-of-war in the bay it has often rcen a mat-
ter of speculation among the officials on board, as
to when and what part of the vessel would be
struck by some of the shot or fragments of the
shells exploding at no great distance from her
course. .

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Her Majesty's screw troopship Himalaya, Capt.
J. Seccombe, arrived at Spithead on Saturday
morning from the Mediterranean, with invalids
and passengers. The Himalaya sailed from Gibraltar
on the 4th inst., having made the run thence from
Malta in three days 20 hours. Her Majesty's
ship Orion, 91, screw, was lying at Gibraltar, and
was to sail for Corfu on the following Wednesday.
The Himalaya has had favourable winds the greater
part of the passage home; strong in crossing the
Bay of Biscay. Between the Straits and Cape St.
Vincent the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
mail steamer Ellora, homeward bound, passed the
Himalaya. Was in company together the next
day, passing her in turn as the breeze freshened.
At 6 40 p.m. passed a steamer on the port beam,
about 80 miles south of Ushant, which burnt a
blue light and sent up a rocket. The Himalaya's
invalid and passenger list comprises a number of
navailabinvalids and the following military :
Royal Engineers—Lieut. M'Donnell, 94 men, 21
women, and 30 children ; Royal Artillery—Lieut.
Nicholson and 18 men, Lieut. Carey, Lieut. Wad-
dington and wife; 2d battalion, 2d Regiment-6
men, 1 woman, and 3 children ; 2d battalion, 3d
Regiment—Lieut. Hearne, 5 men, 1 woman, and 1
child ;2d battalion, 4th Regiment--2 non-com-
missioned officers and 1 woman; 2d battalion, 6th
Regiment-5 men, 1 woman, and 4 children; 2d
battalion, 7th Regiment-5 men ;2d battalion, Bth
Regiment-7 men, 2 women, and 2 children ; Ist
battalion, 9th Regiment—Ensign A. F. Cosens, 3
non-commissioned officers, 1 woman, and 2 children;
Ist battalion, 22d Regiment-5 men, 5 women, and
5 children ; Ist battalion, 25th Regiment—Assist.-
Surg. Rattray and 11 men ; 100th Regiment—
Lieut. Rideuts, 42 men, 1 woman, and 1 child.
The passenger list comprised the Baron and
Baroness de Rottenberg, Major Gore, wife, and
child; Miss Ridley, Lieutenant Lamb, Lieutenant
Nash, Dr. West, Dr. Monteith, Commander
Reeves, R.N., Lieutenant Hodges, R.N., Lieut.
Blackett, R.N., Lieut. Foster, R.N., Lieut. Thomp-
son,
R.N., Mr. Dowling, master, R.N., Lieut. Col- I,
lier, RN., Mr. Taylor, R.N., Lieut. Grant, R.M., 1
and 6 servants, and the Rev. J. Kaley. The Hima-
laya steamed into harbour in the afternoon to land
the passengers, invalids, and store. Her next ser-
vice will be the conveyance on Friday next, from
Portsmouth to Pembroke, of the following portion
of the 15th Brigade Royal Artillery, at present
stationed at Gosport :—Col. J. H. Francklyn, C. 8.,
Lieut.-Col. Cleveland, Surg. Lewis, Major Brendon,
Capt. Cromartie (acting-adjutant), Major Hope,
Capt. Johnstone, Quartermaster Blair, Paymaster
Stewart, 7 ladies, 11 children, 9 servants, and 7
horses, 419 gunners and drivers, 57 soldiers' wives,
and 74 children. The greatest speed of the Hima-
laya on her passage home was 131 knots.
The Imperatriz screw steamer, Capt. Sharp, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday morning from China with
invalids (naval) and passengers, and a valuable
cargo of tea and silk, the latter for London as reported
in The Sun of Saturday. The naval invalids,
about 130 in number, were in charge of Mr.
Paterson, master, R.N., the Admiralty agent
on board, and were discharged to her
Majesty's ship Victory during the course of the day.
The passengers on board consisted of—from Shang-
hai—Rev. Mr. Gouge, Mrs. Gouge, and child ; Mr.
J. Wylie, Mrs. Shalcross, Mrs. Henderson and two
children, Mrs. Collins, two children, and Chinese
nurse ; Mr. J. J. Davies, and Mr. J. Griffiths.
From Hongkong—Surgeon-Major Home and ser-
vant, Lieut. Crease, R.M.A., Mr. Charles Worthy,
82d Regiment, and Dr. Nihill, R.N., in medical
charge of invalids. From Singapore—Mr. Brine.
From the Cape of Good Hope—Capt. Budd. From
St. Helena—Master Pennell. From Sierra Leone—
Mr. J. Addams, Mrs. and Master Addams. From
Madeira—Prince Thurm and Saxis, and M. Siem
erling, attached to the Empress 4 Austria's suite at
Madeira, and conveying despatches thence to
Vienna. The Imperatriz landed four mails. Her
dates and shipping news are as follows :—Sailed

from Shanghai, Nov. 4, 1860; Hongkong, Dec. 14;
Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 30, landed there 140 mili-
tary invalids from Hongkong ; sailed from St.
Helena, Jan. 8 ; Sierra_Leone, Jan. 21 ; and Ma-
deira, February 1. The American frigate was at
anchor in St. Helena Roads. At Sierra Leone the
West India mail steamer had arrived on the 20th
of January, to embark the 2d West India Regiment
for.the Gambia. The African mail steamer Ethiope
was lying at Madeira waiting the arrival of the
Athenian screw steamer with the outward African
mail. The following vessels were spoken on the
passage home :—January 7, in lat. 17.50 S., long.
2.20 W., the Anglia, of Liverpool, 71 days from
Singapore; February 3, in lat. 18 N., long. 15.20
W. a French bark, showing 3d pendant No. 7,196 ;
same day, the Norwegian brig Harriette, steering
S.E. ; February 4, in lat. 40 N., long. 13.20 W., the
English brig Martha and Mary and the Norwegian
bark Skogman, both homeward bound. Amnong
the many homeward-bound vessels that had called
at St. Helena and sailed for London between the
2d and Bth of January (inclusive) were the
following : January 2.—Wynaud, from Shanghai.
January 3.—Lord of the Isles, from Shanghai ;
Friar Tuck, from Hong-kong ; Art Union
from Foo-chow-foo. January 4. Evangeline,
from the Mauritius; Hound, from Akyab ; Mont-
eagle, from Bombay; Captain Cook, from Singa-
pore ; Livingstone, from Shanghai ; Empress
Eugenie, from Bombay. Jan. s.—King Lear, from
Bombay; H. Ledunia, from Japan; Palmyra, from
Calcutta ; the Cedars, from Cochin ; Fort George,
from Whampoa ; Lydford, from Kurrachee. Jan. 6.
—Mary Lee, from Macao. Jan. 7.—War Eagle,
from Canton. Jan. B.—Menam, from Manilla ;
and Thracian, from the Mauritius. The Imperatria
sailed from Portsmouth at 10 a.m. yesterday for
London.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut, T. M. M. Wynyard
to the Formidable ; Joseph H. Ellis, chief engineer,
to the Doris ; G. Tucker, chief engineer, to the ris-

gard, for charge of the machinery of the Black
Prince ; F. C. Alton, promoted to the rank of chief
engineer, appointed to the Argus ; W. Lewis, Ist
class assistant-engineer, to the Intrepid; J. A.Lodge,
Ist class assistant-engineer, to the London ; Alfred
Mason, Ist class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, for
charge of the Cygnet ; G. F. Crook, 2d class assist.-
engineer, to the Cumberland, for charge of the ma-
chinery of the Griffin; J. G. Barrow, 2d class as-
sistant-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary; J.
D. Lamont, 2d class assistant-engineer, to the Prin-
cess Royal ; W. Collier, promoted to the rank of 2d
class assistant-engineer in the Inflexible ; W. F. L.
Elwyn, midshipman, to the Sidon; W. L. Bennett
and A. J. W. Neville, masters' assistants, to the
Princess
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THE VOLUNTEERS.

The rifle shooting match between 10 men of the
Harrow Rifle Corps, and 10 of the A Company,
West Middlesex, :took place on Saturday last at
Wormwood Scrubs, the competition being for a
silver cup of the value of £lO. Ranges-300, 500,
and 600 yards ; five shots each range. The Harrow
Corps proved the victors by nine points, making a
total score of 102 points against 93 of the West
Middlesex company. The weather proved most
unfavourable to the good shooting of either corps,
as it was carried on in spite of the drizzing rain
and fog, making it difficult to see the targets at
the long range. At the conclusion of the contest
the West Middlesex gave three hearty cheers for
the successful competitors. The Lieutenant of the
Harrow Rifles in return thanked the West Mid-
dlesex [for the friendly feeling shown, and con-
gratulated his own corps for having won a match
from the A Company, who were the successful
competitors against the Civil Service Rifles on a
former occasion ; he therefore called upon the
Harrow gentlemen to give three cheers for their
gallant opponents, which was heartily responded
to. Captain Fenton then handed in a challenge to
the victors on behalf of the E or University College
Company, West Middlesex, to compete on the same
terms for another cup, and trusted that his company
would be able to retrieve the lost laurels of the
West Middlesex. The challenge was at once ac-
cepted, the day to be fixed by Captain Templar of
the Harrow Rifles. The competition between 20
members of the West Middlesex and 20 of the St.
George's Rifles will take place on Friday, the 22d
of February, at 10 a.m., the ranges to be 300, 500,
and 700 yards.
The London Irish Rifle Volunteers will assemble
for muster and inspection by Colonel the Marquis
of Donegal, on Tuesday, the sth of March, in the
Floral Hall, Covent Garden.
The Civil Service Regiment (21st Middlesex)
will assemble at the Charter-house for company
drill on Tuesday and Friday next at 430 p.m.
There will also be recruit drill at the General Post-
office daily at 9 a.m. The regiment will parade at
Somerset-house on Saturday next at 3 p.m., and
march to Battersea-park for battalion drill. Full
dress, cap covers, and gaiters will be 'worn on this
occasion.
On Saturday evening the members of the Rifle
Rangers (forming brigade with the Central Lon-
don) assembled at the Whittington Club to be
sworn in. The effective strength of the Rangers is
300. The oath of allegiance having been admi-
nistered by Captain Walters, of the Central Lon-
don, in the presence of Major Boucher, the men
were dismissed. - . .
On Saturday the 2d Tower Hamlets Rifle Volun-
teers, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Walker, assembled a little before five o'clock, in
America-square, Minories, for marching out.
Although the weather was very unpropitious,
there was a large muster, upwards of 500 men
being present. The Volunteers, preceded by their
band, marched through the various streets to the
Strand and Hyde-park, returning by way of Ox-
ford-street, Holborn, &c. This corps now numbers
about 1,000 men, and from their appearance must
have been indefatigable in their drill. There is
also a choral band attached to the corps.
Yesterday morning the members of the East
London Rifle Brigade (6th Tower Hamlets) mus-
tered at their head-quarters, Holton, for church
parade. Counting all ranks, they numbered nearly
200, and among the officers present were Captains
Walmisley (adjutant), Cameron, Johnson ,and Aubin,
and Ensigns Perry and Suter, the whole being
under the command of Capt. Hemming, the captain-
commandant; they were also accompanied by
several honorary members of the corps, some of the
Temperance Volunteers, &c. Headed by their two
bands—of brass instruments and drums and fifes—
they proceeded by way of the Downham and Kings-
land roads to West Hackney Church for divine ser-
vice, where an impressive and eloquent sermon was
preached by the Rev. T. D. Lamb, the incumbent,
from the 6th chapter of the Ist Epistle to Timothy,
12th verse. At the conclusion of the sermon, as the
congregation was leaving the church, the National
Anthem, with variations, was played on the organ
with good effect, and the Volunteers, having been
formed four deep, were again marched back by way
of the Ball's-pond-road and Southgate-road to head-
quarters, and dismissed. The men marched steadily
and well, and were followed on the road by a great
number of spectators. On Tuesday next an assault
of arms in aid of the funds of the corps is to take
place at the British Institution, City-road, and on
the 27th inst. a concert at the Myddelton-hall,
Islington, with the same object, the expenses of
the corps having hitherto been defrayed almost
entirely by the officers attached to it. Nearly 100
of the 6th have already given in their names to the
Adjutant to take part in the sham fight at Brighton,
under Lord Ranelagh, on Easter Monday.
Yesterday afternoon the members of the 2d Bat-
talion of the 20th Middlesex (Metropolitan) Rifles
assembled at headquarters, Euston-road, for attend-
ance at divine service, and at 3 o'clock marched,
headed by their band, and under the command of
Capt. G. S. Bowyer, to Christ Church, Albany-street,
Regent's-park. After prayers were concluded, the
Rev. H. W. Burrows delivered an appropriate ser-
mon from the 3d chapter of Proverbs, and the 6th
verse,—" In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and
He shall direct thy paths ;" after which they
returned to headquarters by way of the Hampstead
road.

The 3d Hants Volunteer Artillery corps (Dock-
yard) have received four long 32-pounder guns, with
their carriages and furniture, from Woolwich for
drill purposes. The guns have been mounted in the
commodious drill shed of the corps at the east end
of the new foundry in the dockyard. Lieutenant-
Colonel Sturdee, commanding the 3d Hants, has
received his commission as commanding officer of
the Ist Hants Artillery Administrative Battalion.

The enrolment of the Wallingford corps of Berk-
shire Volunteers will take place in the course of the
ensuing week. It is arranged that the members
shall meet at the Lamb Hotel on Tuesday afternoon
neat, and march thence to the Town-hall, where
the several members will be sworn in. The corpo-
ration, in their robes of office, will form part of the
procession.

The proposed amalgamation of the first, second,
and third Pembrokeshire Rifles with the Haver-
fordwest Rifles is not to be carried out, the project
having met with the disapprobation of the members
on account of the distance, the Pembrokeshire corps
being chiefly composed of men employed in the
dockyard. It is in lieu proposed to raise a fourth
corps of the Pembroke Rifles, and thus unite the
four into one battalion. The companies already
formed are nearly at their full strength. A rifle
corps, mustering 60 men, has also been formed at
New Milford.

The Cambridge University Corps has formally
seceded from the Cambridge Rifle Club. The main
terms of secession are as follows :—Members of the
University Corps, who are not members of the rifle
club, are to give up their claims to shoot upon the
club ground after the end of Lent Term, 1861 ; the
liabilities of the club to Dec. 31, 1860, are to be

paid—one third by the club members and two thirds
by the university members ; the club is to pay one
fourth of the rent of the armoury to the end of the
current quarter ; and certain articles specified are
to remain the property of the University Corps.

The University Corps has selected a practice ground
of longer range, and an earthen butt is in course of
erection, The Prince of Wales has been invited
to accept the rank of hon. colonel. The members

of the corps are to meet for drill every Wednesday
during the present term.

In Lincolnshire colours have just been presented
to the Spalding Corps by Miss Hawkes, the pre-
sentation being made by Mr. Robert Everard, one

of the Deputy-Lieutenants of the county. Ensign
Maples, kneeling, received the colours, and replied
in a suitable speech. The Lincoln Corps have ob-
tained the use of a farm at Waddington, for long-
_

range practice, a range of 900 yards being there

attainable.

The Yarmouth Volunteer Artillery have been
practising with the heavy guns at the south bat-
tery of that town. The Yarmouth Rifle Volunteers

are also now 200 strong. The Wymondham,
Dereham, Fakenham, and Holkham companies