The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-23 00:00:00

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THE NAVY

Letters received from St. Vincent's, Cape de
Verde Islands, announce the arrival there on the Ist
inst. of her Majesty's screw sloop Arid, 7, Com-
mander Alexander, from Madeira, whence she sailed
on the 22d of December, in company with the
Charybdis, 21, screw, and Gorgon, 6, paddle, in
consequence of a south-west having suddenly
come on accompanied with a heavy sea,
in the roadstead. The Miranda, 21, screw, arrived
at St. Vincent's on the 4th inst., on her way to
Australia. The Ariel, the Gorgon, and the Swift,
the latter fitted as a coal depot for the Cape, sailed
from St. Vincent's on the 6th inst. for the Cape of
Good Hope.
Letters received from Sierra Leone speak of a
disturbance having taken place on board her Ma-
jesty's paddle sloop Prometheus among a portion of
her crew, but the details are not given. The ship
at the time was under the command of Acting
Commander Hollingworth, Commander Bedingfield,
recently appointed to her, not having then joined.

The Chanticleer, 17, screw corvette, which has
been constructed in No. 2 building slip at Ports-
mouth dockyard, has her ways and launching cradles
in position, and will be launched, according to
present arrangements, on the 9th proximo. The
Frederick William, 84, screw, was launched
from this slip so recently as the 25th of March
Ingt_ The construction of the Chanticleer has
therefore been completed in less than 10 months.
She is one of the improved class of screw corvettes,
and is a sister vessel to the Rinaldo, the Pelican
&c. The Chanticleer's dimensions are :—Length
(extreme), 185 feet 1 inch; breadth (extreme), 33
feet 2 inches ; for tonnage, 33 feet ; moulded, 32
feet 4 inches; depth in hold 17 feet 51 inches ; bur-
den in tons, 950 54-94ths ; 200-horse power (nomi-
nal) engines, by Humphrey and Tennant.

The 28th of March next is fixed upon for the
launch of the Glasgow, 61, screw, from No. 1 slip
at Portsmouth dockyard. The Glasgow is one of
the improved class of 51-gun frigates lately built
and building in the Royal dockyards.
The Princess Royal, 91, screw, was commissioned
yesterday, at Poi tsmouth, by Capt. Charles Fel-
lowes, as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Smart, Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Channel fleet. Bills were
posted in the usual manner about the town, inviting
seamen, &c., to enter for her. The Admiralty have
directed that she shall be supplied with three of Sir
W. Armstrong's guns—One 100-pounder and two
40. pounders, as part of her armament.
The Rinaldo, 17, screw, fitting out in the steam
basin at Portsmouth for the first-class reserve, and
supposed immediate commission, is receiving her
final outside coat of paint, and promises to be a very
handsome vessel. Orders have been received to fit
her with rear truck carriages for her guns, in lieu
of chock carriages, as was first ordered.
A trial of Major Fitzmaurice's system of lights
on board ship will shortly be made on board the
Asia, Capt. George S. Gordon, the guardship of
steam ordinary in Portsmouth harbour.
An official trial of Ward's system of lowering
boats is ordered to be made at Portsmouth.
Yesterday the fine screw frigate Undaunted, 51,
guns, recently launched at Chatham dockyard, was
taken in tow by the paddle-wheel steamers Adder,
Mr. Minchin, second master commander, and the
African, and towed from Chatham harbour to the
Thames, to be taken to the Victoria Docks, where
she will be fitted with her engines of 600-horse
power by Messrs. Ravenhill, Salkeld, and Co., of
Blackwall, the contractors. In consequence of the
large size of the Undaunted and the difficulty
which might arise in the transit round to the
Thames, a party of 20 seamen, supernumeraries
from the Wellesley, 72, guardship at Chatham,
together with 40 labourers from the dockyard, pro-
ceeded in the Undaunted to assist in navigating her
to the Victoria Docks. She is expected to arrive
at Blackwall this afternoon.

The riggers at Chatham dockyard are busily em-
ployed on the Isis, 44, in No. 2 dock, undergoing
the necessary alterations in her interior, to adapt
her:for a storeship and coal depot on the coast of
Africa. A number of shipwrights are also at work
on her in order to expedite her completion. She is
to be supplied with two 32-pounders, each of 39
cwt. (Bloomfield's). The Bombay, 80, in No. 4
dock, being converted into a screw steamer, has had
considerable addition made to her length amidships.
Yesterday a number of additional shipwrights were
placed on her in order that she may be completed by
the end of March next. The keel of the new-screw
be corvette Menai, 21 guns, which is to be built under
the third shed, has been laid, and the vessel is to.
the p-esent year.
ship for the sea-
menproceeded with in order to be completed during
;der. Thos. Heard,
The Trincomalee, 24, Coaminmina
fitting at Chatham for a training
yesterday brought up to Chatham
composing the naval reserve at the port of
Sunderland, wag Ye
where she will receive on board a
harbour from C ockhain .wood Reach and moored off
h dockyard,
quantity of.
spars and masts from the dockyard,
which the Lords of the Admiralty have presented
to the school at Sunderland for training lads for the

sea service.
The whole of the gear, masts and yards for the
mail-clad steamer Warrior, recently launched at
Blackwell, will be furnished that vessel from Chat-
ham dockyard.
The Wanderer, 4, screw steam sloop, which is
one of :the first despatch gunboats built by the
Government during the Russian war, by Mersrs.
Green, of Blackwell, subsequently engaged in the
B]aek Sea, and retained in commission until
about two years Ago, When she was paid off at

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that she was in a very decayed state. The whole
of her timbers, top sides, shelf, and beam pieces, to-
gether with a great portion of the external and in-
ternal planking, which were found in a rotten con-
dition, having been shifted, and the vessel subjected
to very extensive repairs, at a cost of about £7,300.
After undergoing these repairs she was taken out
on Monday for the purp.v of testing her speed
and machinery, the vessel being under the com-
mand and superintendence of Capt. Schomberg, of
the steam reserve at Sheerness, accompanied by Mr
Blaxland, chief engineer in her Majesty's dockyard;
Mr. Price, inspector of machinery afloat ; and Mr.
Martin, assistant master shipwright at Sheerness,
under whose superintendence the repairs have been
executed. Six runs were made at the measured
mile off Maplin Sands, the vessel drawing Bft. 7in.
forward, and 10ft. 7in. aft. The average of the six
runs gave a speed of 9.345 knots ; revolution of en-
gines, 78; pressure of steam, 12 ; vacuum, 24. The
trial was pronounced a good one.
The Griffin, 5, screw steam gunvessel, 80-horse
power, has been taken out of the fitting basin at
the Sheerness dockyard and placed at her moorings
in the harbour, after having been prepared for the
first-class steam reserve.
The screw steamship Royal George, 90, was
hauled yesterday from under the north crane,
Devonport, and moored to the south jetty, to take
on board her starboard anchors, bower and sheet.
It is reported at Plymouth that the Royal George
will take the place of the screw steamship Royal
Albert, 121, Capt. Henry Lacon, the crew of which
are about to be paid off.
Steam was got up yesterday on board the screw
gunvessel Trinculo in Keyham Basin to try her
machinery. She will be put out of the basin to-day.

The screw steam gunboat Delight was hauled
out of Keyham Basin yesterday, and placed at her
moorings in Hamoaze.
The gunboat Hind, tender to tlio coastguard ship
Russell, 60, Capt. Wodehouse, at Falmouthovhieh
arrived there from at Plymouth on Monday even-
ing, brought some supernumeraries. She will pro-
bably return to Falmouth to-day.
The naval transport Diligence, J. Head, master,
was towed yesterday by the steamtug Pike from
Devonport dockyard to the Royal William victual-
ling-yard, to load provisions for Ireland.
Two of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House,
Captains Ferrer and Bax, with the sub-commis-
sioners of pilotage, Messrs. Browne, Stewart, and
Commander Thompson, assembled yesterday morn-
ing at the Custom-house, Plymouth, for the purpose
of inquiring into the conduct of Mr. Williams, the
pilot in charge of the screw steamship, Queen 'Vic-
toria, which went ashore in Barnpool, Plymouth,
on 2d January last, laden with the Rangoon cable.
Captain Lambert was the only witness, and he was
chiefly examined on the deposition which he made
at the time to the Receiver of Wrecks, Mr. E.
Browne, Collector of Customs. The decision of the
Court was not known when our parcel left.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Frederiek Seaton, second
master, to the Impregnable, for the Nautilus ; Stop-
ford C. Tracey, second master, to the Narcissus, for
the Penguin ; Charles H. Chambers, surgeon, to
the Trident ; and Thomas Goodman, assistant-pay-
master, in charge of the Recruit.