The Sun.
London, England, 1850-06-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL OF, THE ,RED SIR J, P.
COGHILL.—Died on : the 20th instant, at Kenilworth
House, Cheltenham, in the 78th year of his' age. Sir
Josiah Coghill Coghill, Bart., Vice-Admiral of the Red,
of Belvedere House, county Dublin. The following is
the history of the services oft hmiatlaut officer, published
in " O'Byrne's Naval lliograi4i"7--" Sir Josiah Cog-
hill Coghill, born in 1773, is youngest son of the late
Sir John Coghill, Bart., by Mary, daughter of Dr.. Jo-
siah Hort, Arcbisbop of Them. He auccee4e4
_brother. as_thirdJ Daronat. May 21',.,18517, and, assumed
in the following Tune the 'BUrne.m(t of Coghill; Lii plebe
of his patronymic Cramer. This officer entered the
nary in April, 1782, as captain's servant on,board :the
Bristol, 50, Captains Hugh Campbell and Jae., Burney,
with whom' he served in. the East Indies until he was
discharged in April, 1788: In April, 1798, he re-em-.
barked on board the Haerlem, 64, aretee. en flute,
Captain George Burlton,, in which ship, having been
created an acting-lieutenant in Sept., 1798, he was
officially promoted May 24, 1800. After attending the
subsequent expedition to Egypt, and cutting out, in
command of the Haerlem's boats, the Prima galley, from
the mole of Genoa, he removed, April 25, 1801,
to ihe Africalne, Captain James Stephenson; and, on
May 7, 1802, was promoted, from the Didaigneuse
frigate, Captain Thomas George Shortlaud, to the com-
mand of the Rattlesnake sloop, in the East Indies;
where, with two boats under his immediate orders, we
find him, after a sanguinary contest, destroying a pirate
vessel on the coast of Malacca. Having obtained, April
25, 1805, the acting command of La Concorde, 36, Cap-
tain Coghill, on February 1, 1806, received an Admi-
ralty commission confirming his appointment to that
frigate, in which he continued until September, 1807.
On next joining, October 2, 1809, the Diana, 38, he
forthwith proceeded to join the armament then off Wal-
cheren, and arrived in time to perform service marked
by the approbation of the Commander-in-Chief. Cap-
tain Coghill left the Diana in February, 1810, and re-
mained on half-pay until October 7, 1813, when he was
appointed to the Liter, 36, in which he served on the
Leeward Island station until July, 1815. He has not
been since afloat. His promotion to flag rank took place
November 23, 1541. Sir Josiah Coghill, who is deputy
lieutenant for county Dublin, married, first, in March,
1803, Sophia, daughter of James Dodson,l,q., by whom
(who died in 1817) he had three daughters; and, se-
condly, Jauuary 27, 1819, Anna Maria, eldest daughter
of the late Right Hon. Charles Kendal Thisbe, Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ire-
land, by' whom "he has living two sons and seven
daughters."
The royal yacht the Victoria .and Albert, Captain
Lord Adolphus Fitaclarence, will sail at.. about six
o'clock this evening for Plymouth, where she will re-
ceive dispatches for Lisbon. She will also touch- at St.
Sebastian and Gibraltar.. The, Stromboli steam-sloop,
Commander Lord A. Beauclerk, and, the iron, steam-
frigate Birkenhead, Cominander Stevens, will also sail
about the same time, with provisions for' the Lisbon
squadron.
His Royal Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar,
Sir Joseph Copley, and Sir George Wombwell will ac-
company Lord Adolphui ritzclarence in his cruise in
the royal yacht.
Four mates have been appointed to the royal yacht.
A special passing day was ordered at the Naval College,
at Portsmouth, on Saturday, to qualify. Mr. Somerset to
join her as one of them. _ _ _

The Birkenhead iron steam-frigate, Commander J. A.
Stevens, is re-storing with supplies for Commodore Mar-
tin's squadron. When she left the Tagus on Sunday
last four of the ships were about being detached from
the squadron—the Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart,
Ku ~ and the Conflict, 8, Commander Drake, whose
d-stination was Cuba. The Hogue, 60. Captain
M'aitigall, was to sail to. join Sir W. Parker's squadron
at Matta. The Thetis, 40, Captain Cock.' ngton,
C. 8.. was about sailing for Plymouth to be paid off.
The Prince Regent, 90. Commodore Martin ; Phaeton,
50, Captain Elliott ; and Encounter, 14, Captain Gor-
don, are expected to be shortly sent to the Mediterra-
ntan ; the Leander, 50, to the Pacific ; the Arethusa,
to South America ; the Arrogant, 46, Captain Ro-
binson, to remain on the home station. Com-
modore Martin, with the Prince Regent. the
Phaeton, the Leander, the Aretbusa, and the
Encounter, was to proceed. to Cascaes Bay, on the arrival
of the next packet. The squadron had been well ex-
ercised in shifting toptails, reefing in stays, &c., in
which exercises the commodore's ship had been first. A
trial of sailing had taken place since the last evolutions.
The weather line was composed of the Prince Regent,
the Leander, the Phaeton, the Arrogant, the Encounter,
and the Conflict, to windward; the lee line was composed
of the Thetis, the Indefatigable, and the Arethusa. The
Phaeton beat the Arethusa hull down to windward; the
Arethusa and the Phaeton kept their stations under top-
sails only. In a second trial, before the wind, the Are-
thusa and the Phaeton were equal; the Leander very
well; the Encounter, the Conflict, and the Arrogant very
bad. It was expected when Captain Symonds had
trimmed his ship she would do better. The Encounter
could not keep up with the Commodore. The Conflict
was weatherly. The Indefatigable sprung her topsail-
yard. Two men were killed on board the Arethusa
lately by falling from aloft while exercising. The
squadrom was very healthy. As Commander Stevens
was going alongside the Birkenhead, in the Tagus, on a
strong tide, the bowman of the boat missed his footing,
fell overboard, and, notwithstanding the promptest
efforts to save him, was drowned.
The Sealark, 8, Commander Sotheby, will leave Ports-
mouth-harbour to-morrow, and proceed to Plymouth to
take out the July mail to the coast.
The Odin, steam-frigate, recently paid off, has been
brought under the shears at Portsmouth, and. has had her
guns taken out preparatory to her being taken into the
steam-basin.
The Termagant steam-frigate has been brought into
the old basin at Portsmouth and dismasted; she is to
have a stouter bowsprit, the steps of her foremast and
mizmmasts are to be altered, and her mainmasts will be
shitted 7 feet further forward, which will require her
main channels to be shifted.
The Rev. Mr. Berthon's patent log or speed indicator,
has been tried in the little steamer the Bee, tender to the
Excellent, at Portsmouth, and we understand with the
most satisfactory results, as prove' by a variety of trials
along the measured mile in Stokes Bay. We have no
doubt this valuable machine will, ere long, come into ge•
neral use.
The Nile convict-ship, arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday morning, from the river, outward bound.
The Bombay transport, with a division of the 7th
Royal Fusiliers on board, from Halifax, is hourly ex-
pected at Spithead. When they arrive the troops will
be landed at the dockyard, and will proceed to Winches-
ter immediately.

APPOINTMENT,
Naval Cadet—Richard Beaumont to the Fisgard.
FURTHER EXPERIMENTS ON THE EFFECT OF SHOT
ON THE Hula. or 'non VESSELS.—Some further expe
riments have been made at Portsmouth during the past
week by Captain Chads, of the Excellent, The front
side of the iron butt having been knocked to pieces on
the former trials, a new iron side had been made and
placed up for fresh practice. It has been stated that
the practice has not been a fair test on account of tke
butt, or section of an iron steam frigate's main-deck
having been from old iron; however, this is not the
case, for the first butt was made with new iron and of
the best description. Oa Friday, a trial of the effect
on 10-inch hollow shot took place, fired from the fixed
stage battery near the Excellent—two were fired, both
struck the butt and the shot shivered to atoms on
striking the iron; the fractured pieces of shot, the
splinters from the iron plates, and the longer and more
dangerous pins from the iron ribs render the striking of
a largo hollow shot more terrific to an iron vessel than
the bursting of a shell on board her; a 10-inch shot
could scarcely enter an iron vessel without coming in
contact with some of the angles of the iron ribs, and
therefore every shot that might strike would break to
pieces. We hear that a butt is t,) bo practised at where
the iron plate; will be cased inside with strong planking,
to try whether the wood will prevent the iron from flying
off in splinters.

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