The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

Letters from the screw steamship Caesar, 91, Capt.
Charles Frederick, dated Port Royal, Monday, Dec.
6, have been received in Plymouth. While on the
passage from England, Sunday, Oct. 21, the hands
were called to shorten sail, and a seaman fell over-
board, but was soon picked up by the boats, which
were manned and lowered with much activity. He
was brought back to the ship, where every exertion
was made by the surgeons, but animation could not
be restored. On Wednesday, N0v..22, at 11 at
night, there was a general " call to quarters," and
a great crash of artillery. One poor fellow,
Burrows, of Milton Abbott, near Tavistock, had his
right hand shot off accidentally, and another lost
his left hand. The maimed 'arms of both were am-
putated immediately. On the 6th of December
" all were in bustling confusion preparing to start,"
as the Caesar had received orders to sail the next day
from Port Royal for Greytown -on-the-main.
Admiral William Bowles, C. 8., appointed suc-
cessor to Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, as Com-
mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, intends to leave
town to-morrow for Portsmouth to assume his itew
command.
Her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Commander
John Seccornbe, was officially inspected yesterday
at Portsmouth by Col. Somerset, accompanied by
Acting Assist.-Quartermaster-General Col. Wright;
the Garrison_ Staff-Surgeon Dr. Moore ; Captain
George Henry Seymour, of the Victory flagship ;
Commander George Gardener, of the steam reserve,
&e. After the inspection, Commander Secconibe
and First Lieutenant Versturme were highly com-
plimented on the excellent arrangements and ~ac 7,
commodation offered for the comfort of the troops
about to embark.. The detachments embark to-day,
and the ship will sail for Queenstown on Wednes-
day to embark others for Gibraltar and Malta.
Her Majesty's troopship Perseverance, Comman-
der Edward It. Power, will not be out of the engiL,
neer's hands, at Portsmouth, until about the middle
of February. Many of the officers and crew have
been granted leaVe of absence.
Her Majesty's ship Shannon, 51, screw, Captain
Francis Marten, :which is moored alongside the
Camperdown hulk-at Portsmouth, will be paid off
in the course of a few days at that port. The crew
are in receipt of a large Amount of prize money.
We are requested to state, in reference to the ac-
count of the arrival of the Shannon at Portsmouth
which appeared in The. Sun of the
.30th ult., that
the name of the surgeon is not IPLenny, but
M'Swiney, that he had not the honour of officiating
on the staff of Lord Elgin, but he served as sur-
geon of the Furious from the time of her departure
from England with the gunboat squadron until
after the treaty had been signed at Tien-tsin, when
the Commander-in-Chief was pleased to appoint
him to the. Shannon, where his services were re-
quired. Dr. M. -K. Saunders, late of the Shannon,
is Lord Elgin's medical attendant.
The merchant vessel Bloomer, Capt. Smith, from
London for.Kuxrachee, has been placed alongside
the Dryad hulk at Portsmouth, and her repairs are
being executed by Mr. Robinson, shipbuilder, of
Gosport. • - • • , -
In consequence of the outstanding orders for the
Artillery equipment required for the troops
serving- in India having been completed, 175
labourers and .30 artisans temporarily employed
in Woolwich Arsenal have received notice that
their services will not be required after the 15th
inst.

The following letter-was yesterday received at
the dockyard, Woolwich, from the chief engineer
of the steamship Prince Alfred, relative to the
working of the Admiralty apparatus fitted on board
that vessel for superheating the whole of the steam
required for working the machinery :
" Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 9.
" Dear Sir,—l am glad to inform you that your
patent apparatus has given me great satisfaction,
and I have had no trouble in the tropics with the
temperature of the steam. There have not been

more' than 10 degrees difference since we left Mil-
ford, which happened when the tubes were nearly
full of soot. We had them swept, and the steam
came to the old mark on the gauge—namely, 330
degrees, which is about the mean temperature. The
highest, temperature we have ever had is 350 deg.,
which occurred on the 2d of November, the ther-
mometer et 70 degrees. We have had the thermo-

meter up to 120 degrees in the tropics, on which
occasion the steam was at 325 degrees, the tubes
being clean at the time. We have been 700 hours
under steam and have had no trouble with the

cylinders, trunks, stuffing boxes, &e.- The same
stuffing that we left London with is in now, and is
in good condition. We save from 25 to 30 per
cent. in fuel, and as opals are very expensive in the
colonies the economy is important, and I am of
opinion the apparatus will take well.

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" I am, &c.
" JOS. LOWES, dhief Engineer of the
Steamship Prince Aired.
To D. Patridge, Esq., Inspector of Steam
Machinery in Woolwich Dockyard."