The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-06 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

The screw steam frigate Emerald, 51, Capt. Arthur
Cumming, which left Spithead October 5, with
supernumeraries for Halifax, put back damaged to
Plymouth Sound yesterday morning, as reported in
The Sun. She reached as far as the banks of New-
foundland, where she experienced very heavy wea-
ther, and was compelled to bear up for the Channel.
The frigate has lost three quarter-boats, port davit,
spare topsail yard, and other spars. She has her
main yard sprung and sails split, sternpost sprung,
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In consequence of the representations made by
Vice-Admiral W. Hope Johnstone, Commander-in-
Chief at the Nore, to Col. Nedham, commandant of
the garrison at Sheerness, of several instances hav-
ing occurred in which the Royal Artillery troops
have neglected to pay the marks of respect to offi-
cers of the Royal Navy to which they are entitled
by the rank, Col. Nedham has issued a stringent
order on the subject. For the guidance of the Ar-
tillery troops in the district, the relative rank of
each grade of officer in the Navy has been published,
in accordance with the Admiralty circular of the
7th May, 1861.
The War Department transports Marlborough,
Petro!, and Bomarsund completed landing at the
Ordnance wharf, Chatham, yesterday, the guns,
shot, shell, and sea stores brought from the Orion,
89, Capt. Frcre, which is ordered to be paid off at
the Nore. The Marlborough landed 840 cases of
the 8-inch Lancaster shells, together with three 68-
pounders, twenty 24-pounders, and seven 12-pounder
iron carronades, and seven 6-pounder brass guns
frem the pinnace and launches.
The hills, screw gun vessel, belonging to the
first-class steam reservo at Chatham, having com-
pleted her experiments with the 68-pounder smooth
bore and the 100-pounder rifled Armstrong gun, to
test the merits of those weapons, has been placed in
the third dock at Sheerness, for the purpose of hav-
ing some repairs effected in her engines.
The Victor, 6, screw steam sloop, 350-horse
power, belonging to the steam reserve, has been
taken into the steam basin at Sheerness to be fitted
for immediate commission. According to present
orders, the officers and crew of the Flying Fish,
6, screw steamer, Commander W. H. Anderson, will
be turned over to the Victor, the Flying Fish re-
quiring some extensive repairs.

The Zebra, screw despatch gun vessel, has been
placed in the steam basin, Sheerness, to be brought
forward for the steam reserve to supply the place
of the Victor, 6.
The Salamis, 4, paddle-wheel despatch-vessel, is
rapidly progressing in No. 1 slip in this yard. The
framing of the vessel is now nearly completed, and
the operation of planking will shortly be com-
menced. She is to be built on the system of
diagonal planking, and is expected she will be one
of the fastest vessels afloat.

The Lively, screw gunboat, 60-horse power, has
been admitted into No. 3 dock at Sheerness, forthe
purpose of having her engines altered from high
pressure to condensing.

The Thames, War Department transport, has
arrived at Chatham, from WOolwieli, with 600
boxes of solid shot for the 100-pounder Armstrongs
ordered to be supplied to the steam reserve, toge-
ther with a number of gun-carriages, and other
stores.

Steam was got up yesterday morning on board
the Albion, 90, in Keyham basin, Devonport, to test
her machinery.

The crew of the screw steam gunboat Skipjack,
at Plymouth, will be paid off to-day.
The Centurion, 80, went yesterday afternoon from
Hamosze into Plymouth Sound.

The Conqueror, 99, and the Donegal, 99, at Ply-
mouth, have shipped some Armstrong guns.
The naval transport Rochester is loading at the
anchor wharf, Chatham dockyard, with old tanks
for conveyance to the depot, Deptford, whither the
whole of the tanks which have been in use, and
have, upon being taken out of different vessels,
been deposited at this dockyard, are now ordered
to be sent, on account of the lack of proper storage
accommodation at this establishment. This order
includes about 100 immense water-tanks, recently
removed from the Wellesley, 72, guard-ship of
ordinary at this port, which were taken out with a
view of lessening her draught of water.
The East India troopship Maria Soames, which
arrived in the Thames from Bombay on Monday,
with upwards of 200 British and East India troops
on board, disembarked her officers and men at the
Government-quay, Gravesend, yesterday. The
Maria Soames sailed from Bombay on the 12th of
June, touching at St. Helena to take in fresh provi-
sions and water, the island being left on the 29th
of September. The passage from Bombay to the
Thames, including detentions, occupied 143 days.
The number of troops who embarked at Bombay
was 205 men of all ranks, with 19 women and 27
children, belonging to the 3d (Prince of Wales's)
Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoon Guards, 7th (Queen's
Own) Hussars, Bth Hussars, sth Bengal Light
Cavalry, Royal Artillery, Bombay Artillery, Ist
Bengal Fusileers, 3d Madras Fusileers, 4th (King's
Own), 7th (Royal Fusileers), 24th, 56th, 71st (High-
land Light Infantry), 79th (Highlanders), 81st,
89th, 95th, and 98th Regiments; the whole under
the command of Major Foster, 95th Regiment, with
Capt. Reed, of the Indian army, and Ensign Beere,
28th Regiment. Surgeon Bone, M,D., Royal Artil-
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