The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-14 00:00:00

VIE NAVY.

The members of the Board of Admiralty at Ports-
mouth, consisting of his Grace the Duke of Somer-
set, Admiral Sir F. Grey, Capt. Drummond, Admi-
ral Robinson, Lord C. Paget, secretary, Col. Greene,
R.E., Mr. Whitbread, &c., landed from the yacht
Osborne at the dockyard yesterday at 10 o'clock
a.m. In their inspection of the dockyard they
visited the shed over the boat pond, and the water-
ing island, where the new coaling jetty, which has
not yet been rendered available for either coaling or
transport service, was the only object worthy of
notice. They next inspected the Shannon, 51, screw,
fitting with wire rigging in the ship basin, and the
Meteor, iron-plated battery, with her plates and
planking off her sides. They afterwards examined
the bottom of No. 3 dock, where some alterations
are about to be carried out, and the new North In-
let deck, or rather its entrance, at the north end of
the steam basin. The docks 7 and 10, destined to
receive the Warrior, and just receiving their finish-
ing work at the hands of the staff of the contractor,
naturally attracted much attention, as did the Royal
Alfred, 50, which is undergoing conversion into an
armour-plated frigate. Last night the Board dined
with the Admiral-Superintendent, the Hon. G. Grey.
They afterwards patronised the ball in aid of the
funds of the Seamen and Marines' Orphan Schools.
His Grace the Duke of Somerset will hold his
levee in the dockyard on Thursday.
The Swedish corvette Nidaros and his Majesty
the King of Sweden's steam yacht sailed from
Cowes Roads yesterday for the eastward.
Letters from the Mauritius and the Cape of Good
Hope state that the Ariel, 7, screw, Commander
Alexander, arrived at Port Louis, Mauritius, from
the Seychelles Islands, in company with the Wasp,
on the 24th of June. The Wasp was to be docked
at Port Louis, preparatory to sailing for the Cape,
and probably England. The Sidon, 22, paddle,
Ctpt. Crawford, was at the Cape awaiting orders,
but expecting to go to Mozambique.
On Monday the gunboat Redwing, tender to the
gunnery ship Cambridge, proceeded outside Ply-
mouth Sound with Rear-Admiral Robert Smart,
K.H., commanding the Channel Squadron, Captain
Arthur Jerningham, of the Cambridge, and the
gunnery officers of the squadron, to witness some
experiments with shot and shell from an Armstrong
100-pounder. On returning a party from the gun-
boat landed on Staddon Heights, and opened fire
from a 32-pounder on the battery, which is more
than 300 feet above the level of the sea. They
aimed at a target towed 100 yards astern of the
gunboat at full speed, to represent a ship running
past. The range was 1,800 yards, and was obtained
through the use of an instrument of simple con-
struction, made by Capt. Jerningham. Every shot
fell within a few feet of the flag, and would have
struck the smallest vessel.
The paddlewheel steamvessel Cuckoo left Ply-
mouth Sound on Sunday afternoon for Gibraltar, to
relieve the Redpole, ordered home in consequence of
her defects.
The President, 50, at Chatham, is ordered to be
taken in the fourth dock at that dockyard to be
fitted for a training ship for the Naval Reserve,
and stationed in the Thames.
The Herald, 8, was yesterday placed under the
shears at Chatham to be dismasted, the Lords of the
Admiralty having decided on stationing her in
Shoreham 'Arbour to be used as a chapel, lecture-
room, and school-ship for the seamen and fishermen
frequenting that harbour.
One hundred and thirty officers and men of the
Royal Marine Artillery are ordered for service on
hoard the iron-clad steam frigate Warrior.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. the Hon. Henry B.
Hamilton to the Virago ; Lieut. Sackville W. H.
Thompson to the Aboukir; Sub-Lieut. Robert P.
Montray to the Antelope ; and Thos. M. Jenkins,
assistant-paymaster in charge of the Plover.