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London, England, 1861-04-13 00:00:00

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The Royal paddle yacht Victoria
Captain the Hon. Joseph Denman, w
Portsmouth this morning for Madeit. ,
Cowes for Stock, &c., which will be brought along-
side by a gunboat despatched from Portsmouth
yesterday for the purpose.
The Osborne, Royal paddle yacht, Master Coai-
mander George K. Bower, left Portsmouth yester-
day at 11.30 a.m. for Madeira, calling in at Lisbon
on the way out to coal.

The Mauritius, screw, hospital ship (hired), will
clear out the whole of her fittings at Portsmouth
to-day, and be paid out of the service. This ship
has been inspected by Major-General Lord W;
Paulet, C. 8., who expressed his admiration of her
special adaptation for the transport of troops and
invalids, but more especially the latter. This opinion
is shared by many naval and military officers at
the port, a great number of whom declare that a
vessel of like character to the Mauritius, fitted as
she was on her arrival at Spithead from China,
and kept expressly for an invalid transport,
would be the greatest boon the Government and
the country could bestow on the sick of the two
services, in their transport home from foreign
stations.

Admiral Wipff and suite yesterday -visited the
dockyard and other public establishments at
Portsmouth. The two frigates at Spithead are
filling up water and coal, have received the Dutch
pilots on board, and are expected to sail for the
Texel to-morrow morning. Inboard both ships
look much better than from alongside, and have
a more man-of-war-like appearance. The Evert-
sen is the oldest ship, being some four years
old, while the Zeeland is only in her second
year, the only difference in their construction
being that the Zeeland is a few feet longer than the
Evertsen, but of the same breadth and tonnage.
The Evertsen's length between perpendiculars is
235 ft. ; over all, 253 ft. ; breadth, 53ft. It will there-
fore be seen by these figures that their bieadtli is
greater in proportion to their length than is the case
with English ships of their class. The engines of
both are of 400-horse power, nominal, and are con-
structed in imitation of Messrs. Penn's trunk engines.
The speed stated to be made by both vessels, in
calm weather, is eight to eight and a half knots, with
52 revolutions. The engine-room of the Zeeland
is particularly well ventilated. The chief engi-
neer ranks with lieutenants. On the main deck
the space in the clear between the ports is nine feet,
the height from the under part of the beams to
the deck being six feet three inches, the latter
being greater than the average of our own frigates.
The Evertsen's armament consists of, on the main
deck, eight 60-pounders, and twenty-six 30 poun-
ders ; on the upper deck, twelve 30-pounders, four
60-pounders, and one solid shot pivot 60-pounder,
the latter on the forecastle. Under a raised poop
deck on the afterpart of the quarterdeck are stormed
the ship's small arms, boat and field pieces, &c.,
the latter comprising three beautiful bronze pieces,
two six-pounder howitzers, and one long three-
pounder, and also two bronze mortars,—we had
almost said toy mortars, throwicg a shell the size
of an orange, and intended for shore service two
men carrying each one by slings on a wooden bed.
The rifles are excessively heavy, brightly polished,
and sighted to 1,000 yards. The cutlasses are iron-
belted and bowled. The pistols are of the old Tower
pattern. In all there is a redundancy of metal—in
the sighting of the great guns, in the rifle barrels,
the cutlasses, and all things of which metal is the
chief ingredient, but all is wonderfully polished and
in splendid working order. The crew of this vessel
have been very sickly while in the Mediterranean,
having suffered severely from ophthalmia ; 70 were
left sick at Port Mahon on the ship's leaving for
home. The complement of each ship is 513, includ-
ing a detachment of 90 marines. They carry 29 days'
water, and six and a half days' fuel each, at full
steam. The Zeeland differs only from the Evertsen
in being a few feet longer, having higher bul-
warks, which add much to her appearance of
size, and carrying a rather heavier armament,
together with such later improvements in her
fittings as she has received owing to her more
recent construction. Her armament consists of
on the main deck, eight GO-pounders and 26 30-
pounders ; on the upper deck, 22 30-pounders, four
60-pounders, and one steel smooth bore solid shot
68-pounder, working on a pivot, in the usual fore-
castle berth. This last piece is the Dutch " long-
range " gun. Looking at the gun mounted on its
carriage, it has the appearance of two parts of sepa-
rate guns being joined together, the after portion
of the gun being of immense solidity, and blocked
in the usual manner, while at the junction of the
fore chase with the after chase the metal diminishes
to nearly one-half the circumference, and is highly
polished.
The Cossack, 20, screw, Capt. R. Moorman, has
received orders to sail to-day from Spithead for the
Cape of Good Hope.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam tender Adder,
Master-Commander W. Blakey, tender to the flag-
ship Wellesley, at Chatham, arrived at Woolwich
yesterday at 3 p.m., having conveyed in tow the
mainmast and foremast intended for the iron .cased
war steamer Warrior, weighing upwards of 20 tons
each. The huge and unwieldy masts were lashed
on either side of the vessel, and were in this man •
ner dragged through the stream to their destination
aboard, having left Chatham on the previous day
about 3 p.m. The paddlewheel steamer Monkey,
Master-Commander Syndercombe, tender to the
flagship Fisgard at Woolwich, also conveyed at the
same time the bowsprit and mizenmast of the War-
rior, and returned to Woo] with at 3 p.m. yesterday.

The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Mr. John Marsh to be first-class assistant-
engineer to the Cumberland, for service in the Thunder-
bolt; Mr. Edward M,Avoy to be first-class assistant-en-
gineer to the Cumberland for service in.the 2Etna.