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THE NAVY.

The launch of her Majesty's ship Charybdis took
place at Chatham Dockyard yesterday afternoon,
in the presence of a large number of spectators and
under the most favourable circumstances. The
Charybdis was built under the superintendence of
Mr. Laird, late master shipwright at Chatham, and
his successor, Mr. 0. W. Lang, from the designs
of Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, Surveyor of
the Navy. The following are her principal dimen-
sions :—.

Ft. n.
Length between perpendiculars 2OO I 0
Length of keel for tonnage 171 91
Extreme breadth
Breadth for tonnage 4O 0
Breadth moulded
) 39 4
Depth of hold 23 11
Burthen in tons, 1,462 21-94ths

The Charybdis is to be fitted as a screw
steamer, and will be supplied with engines
of 400 horse power. Her armament will be very
heavy, and will consist of 20 8 inch guns, each of
60 cwt. and 9 feet in length, ranged on the upper
deck, and 1 pivot 68 pounder of 95 cwt. and 10 feet
in length. The ceremony of " christening" the ship
was performed by Miss Pope, eldest daughter of
Mr. C. Pope, Master Attendant at Chatham Dock-
yard. The Charybdis is to be immediately supplied
with her engines and brought forward for the steam
reserve. A large screw steamer will be at once laid
down on the same slip as that from which the
Charybdis was launched.

The most complete arrangements are now being
made at Woolwich dockyard, under the superin-
tendence of the master shipwright, for the launch
of the Ariadne, screw frigate, 26 guns, on Saturday
next, at three o'clock. Raised seats for the accom-
modation of 600 visitors, who will be admitted by
ticket, have been erected at the bow of the vessel,
in addition to a gallery at the stern ; and an
orchestra for two bands of musicians who will be
in attendance. The ceremony of christening the
vessel will be performed by the wife of Admiral
Milne, and the gates of the dockyard will be opened
to the public at two o'clock. The Ariadne was
laid down at this yard about two years since, and
she is now in a forward state. Her machinery has
been manufactured by Messrs. Maudslay and Co.,
and she is already fitted with the shaft to receive
the screw. She is ordered to be completed and got
ready for service with all despatch at Woolwich,
where the Galatea, a precisely similar vessel, is
now building. The following are her exact dimen-

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Ft. In
Length over all
Ditto between perpendiculars
Ditto of keel for tonnage .. 215 8
Breadth extreme
Ditto for tonnage
Ditto moulded 4B 8
Depth in hold l9 4
Burthen in tons, 3,202.
The steam troopship Sitnoom 8, Commander J.
M. Cook, from Calcutta and the Cape, which ar•
rived in Plymouth Sound on Tuesday, as reported
in The Sun yesterday, was commissioned at Ports-
mouth, December 18, 1856, and during her service
in India has conveyed upwards of 5,000 troops.
She left the Cape on the 9th of April, and
crossed the Line on the 27th, from which date she
experienced light winds and steamed nearly the
whole distance. She will be paid off at Chatham.
The Sirnoom spoke April 30, lat. 1.5 N., long. 18.59
W., the barque Cleveland, of Bristol ; April3o, lat.
1.5 N., long. 18.59 W., the Swedish ship Sevenge ;
May, 5, lat. 9.49 N., long. 21.0 W., the ship Orwell,
of London ; May 14, lat. 17.53 N., long. 25.47 W.,
the ship Indian Ocean, of London ; May, 22, lat.
34.20 N., long. 23.50 W., the barque Charles
Brooke, of London ; and on May 22, lat. 34.40 N., ,
long. 23.30 W., the United States' barque Gay
Steed, of Boston, 52 days out, for London. Ex-
changed numbers March 29, lat. 34.18 S., long.
25.0 E., the barque Pharamond, of Bristol; April
23, lat. 12.43 S., long. 10.26 W. the Dutch barque
Voorwards ; May 1, lat. 3.6 N., long. 19.37 W., the
ship Vortigern, of Bristol; May 6, lat. 11.1 N.,
long. 21.29 W., the Dutch barque Ottelina ; May
8, lat. 11.56 N., long. 23.37 W., a Bremen schooner,
flag No. 51; and May 15, lat. 20.11 N., long. 26.16
W., the French barque Paula. •
The paddlewheel steam sloop Centaur, 6, was
taken out of dock at Keyham, and the screw
steam sloop Revenge, 91, placed in dock, on
Tuesday.

TERRIFIC THUNDERSTORM AT

LIVERPOOL.

On Monday afternoon Liverpool was again
visited by a thunderstorm, far more severe in its
effects than that of the preceding day. The storm
commenced about half-past three o'clock, and con-
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tinned with more or leis intensity until 'after five.
The atmosphere appeared to be highly charged with
the a lectric fluid, and the flashes of lightning followed
each other in rapid succession. The thunder was loud
and frequent, and at times resembled the shocks from
rapid discharges of musketry in close proximity to the
tow 3 1. At intervals torrents of rain descended, and
some of the streets were for a time literally flooded.
Though of comparatively short duration, the storm
is co nsidered one of the most severe that has occurred
in Liverpool for many years.
Several accidents occurred from the lightning,
though, fortunately, so far as can be learnt, none of
then i have been attended with fatal results. The
chin iney of Mr. Robinson, a feather-bed manufac-
ture r, Williamson-square, was struck by the light-
ning, and a portion of the brickwork fell upon the
roof. A few of the bricks were even projected to
some distance in the square, and several persons
pass ing at the time narrowly escaped injury. The
shock, which was severely felt in Mr. Robinson's
premises, extended to the buildings on each side,
and several of the inmates ran out into the street
in a state of the utmost terror and alarm. No one,
however, sustained the slightest injury. About four
o'clock, when the storm appeared to be at its height,
the electric fluid struck the Collegiate Institution,
pasysing down into the secretary's office, where seve-
ral :persons were pursuing their ordinary avocations.
No one was injured, though all were necessarily
much alarmed. It was afterwards ascertained that
the flagstaff on the roof of the building had been
struck by the lightning, and several yards of it
brolen off.
The most serious accident occurred at Messrs.
Vernon's iron shipbuilding yard, Brunswick Dock.
A large number of men and boys who were at work
on an iron vessel on the stocks took shelter under

its side during the storm. Simultaneously with one
of the most vivid flashes of lightning, followed by
one of the loudest peals of thunder, the men were
env eloped in what they describe as a huge sheet or
mass of red flame, which seemed to strike against
the iron side of the hull over them, and to rebound
anil pass through a shed or workshop. Eight men
and two boys were instantly prostrated, some
falling forward and others backward, and all
dropping flat upon the ground, to the conster-
nation of their more fortunate comrades who
esc aped the violence of the shock, and who were
res dy to render immediate assistance. Not one
of the ten was burned, but all were helpless and
in a state of semi-consciousness. Two were carried
anal the other eight conveyed in an omnibus to the
Southern Hospital, where they were attended to by
tle house surgeons. In about three-quarters of an
hour all were sufficiently recovered to walk home,
except the greatest sufferer, John Powell, a boy of
17, living at Birkenhead. When struck by the
lightning he bled profusely from the mouth and
no se • and, as he appeared in a dying state, he
NVILS ihe first placed on a stretcher and carried off
to the hospital, arriving there in a collapsed, cold,
and insensible condition. It was found that he
had sustained concussion of the spine, and from it
he suffers great pain, which extends to the head.
TI le other sufferers were in a similar condition,
varying in degree, when received at the hospital.
Three of them, John Bebbington, aged 11, Edward
Edwards, aged 33, and John Griffiths, aged 22, had
received scalp wounds of a superficial character,
no doubt from falling upon some of the nails and
pieces of iron with which the ground under the
vessel is strewed. Thomas Whitfield, aged 40, who
was much collapsed, suffered great pain in the head.
The others had sustained no specific injury beyond
tlte general shock to the system.
The mould room of Messrs. Josiah Jones and Co.,
completelyo
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visible marks of its effects on his body and apparel,
a portion of one of his shoes being torn away.
The butcher's shop of Mr. Frederick Berne, at
the corner of Mill-street, and Northumberland-
street, presents a gable end to the latter street,
which is concealed by a wall built up the
height of the Mill-street front, the whole be-
ing stuccoed. The lightning struck the back of
this wall at the end of Northumberland-street,
and tore down the bricks of the inner corner,
removed one or two bodily out of the end of
the wall, and with them broke off a con-
siderable quantity of mortar. The whole of the
premises shook fearfully, and
dealerand binunethhees
ofa sus-
pended shop of a general
keys were set ringing, and other metal stores
rattled so long as the vibration continued. On the
oth side of Northumberland-street a pane in the
-window of the residence of Mr. Filder, surgeon,
was broken either by a small piece of mortar from
this wall or by the lightning itself—as likely the
latter as the former, for the damage to the pane, a
mthaetehioivalsesuo
small round hole with radiating cracks, is such an
embellishment as lightning has before been known
of itself to cut in plate glass without the aid of any
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place. It came j.
substance whatever.
That the electric fluid performs curious mechanical
operations was illustrated by a flash which struck
contact with the corner of a
chimney stack andinl
with dust ; but the
that the public J. Dodd, dyer, No. 5, St.
necessitatedJames's-
their immediate
removal, and the 'wholeeafetoyosened several bricks. so much
the middle of the
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most singular injury was the
breaking off of a f
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fragment of stone from underneath
place and discovered, taoat the
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gutter and stone cornice they said, that the lead

Port:Admiral Sir B. Reynolds, K.C.8., accom-
panied by Capt. Jerningham, of the gunnery ship
Cambridge, was conveyed in a gunboat, on Wed-
nesday, into Plymouth Sound, where the former
inspected the screw steam sloop Brisk, 16, Capt. De
Horsey, and the latter the Intrepid, 6, Commander
Marryatt.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue John Elphinstone
Erskine arrived at Sheerness yesterday, at noon,
and shortly after, accompanied by Flag-Lieut.
Robert G. Douglas, proceeded on board the new
screw steamship Edgar and hoisted his flag at the
mizen, as second in command of the Channel
squadron. The gallant Admiral forthwith pro-
ceeds on short leave of absence, during the fitting
of the ship.

On Tuesday the new screw steam frigate Emerald;
51 guns, Captain Arthur Cumming, got up steam,
left Sheerness Harbour at 7 p.m., and proceeded to
the Great Nore.

Lieut. Harry Smith, late Flag-Lieut. with Vice-
Admiral of the Blue the Hon. Sir Montague Stop-
ford, at Malta, has returned and joined the Formi-
dable guardship of ordinary at Sheerness.
Captain Gleig, Assistant Inspector of Military
Schools ; Mr. Wharry, Superintendent of the Edu-
cational Establishment of the Royal Artillery at
Woolwich; and other officers, have been closely
engaged at Woolwich during the past 10 days in
carrying out the half yearly examination of the
pupils of both sexes as to their progress in the va-
rious branches of their studios. The result of the
examination is stated to be extremely satisfactory
as to the efficiency of the system of education prac-
tised in the schools.

Rear-Admiral Sir B. Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor
of the Navy ; Commodore the Hon. James R.
Drummond, C. 8., Superintendent of WoolwiCh
Dockyard; Mr. C. Atherton, Chief Engineer and
Inspector of Machinery; Mr. A. Sturdee, Master
Shipwright of the yard, yesterday assembled in
committee, and proceeded to a special examination
and survey of the hull of her Majesty's iron screw
steam storeship Industry, in dock at Woolwich,
coated about 10 months ago, by way of experiment,
with a granite composition alleged to preserve and
protect the iron from rust and corrosion. The ship
has since performed the voyage to Rio and Agsuca..
enn-
sion and back, and had collected an unusual
tity of barnacles andseaweed over the composition
portions of which have been carefully removed to
admit the performance of the survey-. After aP ly
ing the necessary tests and entering into thellmOs;
minute examination of the new coatinc, the com-
mittee were of opinion that the proposed coating
had not
Ma
been
esty,s realised.
Her iron
paddlewheel steamvessel
Weser, 6, Commander Johnstone, was yesterday
paid off at Woolwich. The Weser was commis-
sioned at the outbreak of the Crimean war, and did
good service as a gun vessel in the Sea of Azoff, in
which her then commander, Lieut. Commcreli,
and Quartermaster Rickardobtained the Victoria
Cross and the Legion of Honour. A great
majority of the service men are aboqt to join her
Majesty's ship Impregnitble at Devonport. The ship
was paid off in excellent condition. Some of the
ship's crew received as arrears of pay large sums of
monloo.ey, amounting in several cases to upwards of
L

The Melpomene, 51, screw frigate, at Portsmouth,
is expected to proceed to Spithead from Portsmouth
harbour this morning, although up to 5 p.m. yes-
terday her captain had not joined nor had the pen-
dant been hoisted. Mr. Albert, the master, has
received his appointment to her, and is the sole
officer on board at present. Rear-Admiral the Hon.
G. Grey visited the Melpomene yesterday, and ex-
pressed his gratification at her state and appearance.
Several names have been mentioned as her future
captain, among the rest Lord John Hay.
The Doris, 32, screw frigate, Capt. E. licathcote,
made yesterday another trial with her Admiralty
screw, altered as described in The Sun of the 30th
ult., at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, in charge
of Capt.. Gordon, commanding steam reserve, and
under the superintendence of Mr. Dinnen, Admi-
ralty Inspector, Mr. Murdooh, Inspector afloat, and
Mr. Miller, of the Steam Factory. The mean of the
runs (six) at the measured mile gave an average of
rather over fl a knots. Revolutions of engines :
Maximum, 50 ; main, 49.83. Pressure of steam,
211 b. ; vacuum, 25.5 ; pitch of screw, 26ft. Sin. ; dia
meter of screw, 20 feet. At the conclusion of the
taial the Doris steamed into harbour and landed her
screw on the sheer jetty.
It is stated that the Aboukir, 91 guns, to which
Captain Schoenberg
has been appointed, will
shortly be stationed in the Mersey, where its
gallant commander will doubtless be verysuccessful
in enrolling volunteers for the navy, as he gained
such general popularity during his residence in Liver-

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Surgeon—L. J. Monteith, to the Melpomene.
Paymasters—W. Biddlecombe to the Melpomene,
G. M. Welsh (additional), to the Illustrious; W. T.
Richards (additional) to the Excellent.

Masters' Assistants—Robert Towers to the Brisk, L.
Edward to the Royal Albert, E.Trock to the Falcon, J. w
Jarrad to ditto, B. S. Bradley to the London.

THE ARMY.

Major-Gen. Sir R. J. nacres, LC.B., appointed
to the command of Woolwich. Garrison, in succes-
sion to Major-Gen. Sir W. F. Williams, will assume
the duties of his post this morning.
Yesterday morning the G battery of Royal
Artillery, under the command of Capt. Du Plat,
quitted Ipswich Barracks, where it had been some
time stationed, for Aldershott.
Col. Tulloch, Superintendent of the Carriage De-
partment of WoolWich Arsenal, who has been con-
fined to quarters from. severe indisposition for some
weeks past, yesterday resumed his official duties.
The Himalaya iron screw- troopship, Commander
J. Seccombe, steamed into Portsmouth harbour from
Spithead yesterday at high water. The troops on
board are expected to disembark this morning. The
45th Regiment, which has arrived home in this
vessel from the Cape of Good Hope, embarked on
the 11th of February, 1843, from Cork for the Cape,
and since August, 1845, has been stationed at Port
Natal. The reserve battalion embarked shortly
afterwards for Gibraltar, and, thence, proceeded to
Monte Video, sharing in the operations of the Rio
de la Plata. Thence it proceeded to the Cape, and
was engaged throughout the operations against the
Caffres from 1846 to 1853. In 1851 it was amalga-
mated in the Army List with the headquarters,
and became one battalion, but did not join from the
frontier until the 24th of April, last. They are a
remarkably fine looking body of men, and bear the
highest character among their officers for steadiness,
sobriety, 'and general good•'conduct.' ' One officer
stated that he had 62 men in his company, mad that
those men had upwards of £7OO in the regimental
savings bank belonging to them. The regiment
musters 632 men, and the average of their services
is 15 years. Several of the officers have returned
after 16, 13, and 10 years' foreign service. The
performances of the Himalaya during the past
seven months have been something extraordinary, as
during that period she has gone over• 25,452 miles
of sea, conveyed 5,244 troops, brought home upwards
of 2,000 tons of old stores, &c. Her trip out to the
Cape and back•to England is the shortest on record
—2B days 19 hours outward, and 29 days two hours
homeward. During this voyage she has been fitted
with Griffiths' patent propeller. In 1857, in making
the same voyage with the common screw, we are
informed she was six days longer on the voyage
than on the present occasion. The mail steamer
Norman left the Cape for England nine days before
the Himalaya. The following vessels were spoken
by the Himalaya on the passage home :—On the
25th April, in lat. 35.5 S. long. 19.48 E., the Eng-
lish ship Pomona (painted white) ' • May 3, in lat.
28.59 S., long. 10.5 E., the Spanish ship Emigrant;
May 14, in lat. 2.44 N., long. 16.28 IV., the French
ship Rose; May 22,in lat. 21.48 N., long. 24.31 W.,
the English ship Macduff ; same day, the ship Lam-
merquir ; May 24, in lat. 28:1 N., long. 22.19 W.,
the English schooner Elizabetta ; May 26, in lat.
34.11 N., long. 17.30 W., the English ship Flora ;
same day, a vessel showing 3d distinguishing pen-
dant No. 4,180; May 29, in lat. 43.34 N., long 9.45
W., the English brig Ferronia.
The West Suffolk Militia are to be embodied for
their annual training on the Ist of July next, at
Mary St. Edmund's.
The 2d West York Militia, under the command
of Col. Smyth, M.P., will assemble at York for
duty, till further orders, on the 27th inst.