The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-26 00:00:00

TIIR ARMY.

The o; der for the transprt of the 28th regiment
from this port to Portsmouth has been counter-
manded. They will not remove before June.

light.

FEB. 24 —The Countesa ( f Yarborough, emigra-
tion ship, Captain Bennett, left the Sound yeterday
afternoon for Australia. In consequence of light
winds she anchored all night outside the Breakwater,
and was in sight, under canvass, at eleven o'clock this
forenoon. The Lady M'lsTaughten, fvr Australia,
and the Coromandel, for the Cape of Good Hope and
Bengal, sailed to-day. The Duchess of Northumber-
land, for the C ape, will leave probably on Tuesday.
The Jenny Lind, from London, is working into the
harbour, bound to Australia.
Light variable winds.
APPOINTMENTS.

Woonwicir, FEB. 25.--Assistant-Eigineer James
Mingnall to the Princess Alice Dover mail steam-
packet.
Naval Cadets Charles Hill and R. 11. Thompson
to the Indefatigable, 50, at Devonport.
The Mlgicienne steam-sloop, with engines of 400-
horse power, by J. Penn and Son, went down the
river this morning as far as the new-measured mile
below Gravesend, under the charge of Lieutenant
Robertson, with a number of riggers of Cl.ptain
lienderson's department, assisted by some of the crew
of the Fisgard flag-ship at Woolwich. Rear-Admiral
Sir Charles Napier, K C. 8., Captain I'. B. Maxwell,
Captain J. I'. Thompson ; Commanders J. A. St.
Leger, J. H. Gennys, E. W. Vansittart, H. Blair, C.
C Arington Forsyth ; Lieutenants E. E. Maunsell
and J. A. Sanford, Royal Navy ; Lieutenant Escha-
pare, of the Russian Navy ' • Mr. Humphrevs. chief
engineer at Woolwich Dockyard ; and Mr. Hughes,
assistant to the chief engineer at Somerset- house, were
on board to witness the trial,with the Messrs. Penn and
several scientific gentlemen interested in marine en-
gines. The vessel left her moorings opposite the
dockyard at 9.40 A.M., drawing 13 feet 7 inches fir-
ward add 13 feet 9 inches aft, having on board, in-
cluding her coals, anchors, chains, cables, boats, and
water-tanks, a weight of 456 tons 6 cwt , exclusive of
her machinery, which altogether, including engines,
boilers, coal bunkers, and paddle-wheals, neighs 272
tons, 15 cwt. 1 qr. 241 b., making the total on board
729 tons 1 cwt. The Magieienne is 214 feet in
length over all, with a breadth of beam of 38 feet 8
inches, and 1,468 tons burden. The cylinders of her
engines are six feet in diameter, with a 7-feet stroke,
and the top of her boilers is twee feet under the
load water-line. The entablature for supporting her
main shafts is of wrought iron, and her two fun
nels are on the telescopic principle, and can be
easily lowered or raised by a simple apparatus.
The waste steam-pipes can also be lowered, so as not
to be above the height of the bulwarks. The paddle-
wheels are 28 feet in diameter, and have an appara-
tus fir disengaging one or both, as may be found re-
quisite. The coal bunkers are capable of stowing
400 tons, and the greater part of them are constructed
over the boilers, but at a distance of about four feet,
to prevent any chance of their heating in that posi-
tion. The vessel was started with the greatest ease,
and continued her progress down the river in a very
satisfactory manner, commencing in the shallow
water with 20 strokes per minute, and ultimately
making 21. Oa reaching the new measured mile
below Gravesend the time was taken, and she was
found to pass over the mile in 5.51 minutes against
tide, being at the rate of 10.256 knots per hour. On
turning and passing over the mile with the tide she
accomplished the distance in 5 6 minutes, being at
the rate of 11.765 knots per hour, gi-ving an average
speed of 11.010 knots per hour.
Tne engines worked during the whole trial without
the slightest appearance of a hot bearing or occasion
to stop one moment on their account. Toe power
exerted by the engines when tried at the mea-
sured mile with a pressure of 141 b. to the square inch
was found to be 1,282-horse power with plenty of
steam to spare, and the result of the trial was very
satisfactory to all on board. As the greatest anxiety
was expressed on shore when it was known that
Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Napier went down the
river in the Megicienne to learn the opinion the gal-
lant Admiral had formed of the vessel, it is no breach
(f confidence, as he expressed himself very freely and
candidly, to state that he said ho could not speak too
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the vessel. The Magicienne returned to Woolwich
shortly after two o'clock P.M.

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN A-TLUM• ••-• Yes-
terday the twenty-second annual meeting of the friends
and supporters of the above Asylum took place at the
Lonlon Tavern, for the purpose of electing ten additional
children in the esta'Atshment, and to receive the general
and financial report, 843. Th 3 chair was filled by the
Treasurer, Captain 11. Nelson, of the Trinity House, and
after the election of fiur girls end six boys frem a list of
28 candidates, Mr. G. S. Clarke, the Hon. Secretary,
read the report, which was unanimously adopted. The
number of the .iutscriters for the Fact yelr had mat r-
ally increased, and the institution was generally pro-
gressing favourably. The number c f orphans admitted
had been 110. The great mortality from cholera which
had occurred amongst seamen bad added considerably
to the number of candidates for admission, and, in con-
sequence, a spec:al elect on would (if practicable) take
place shortly to meet the ( tnergencv. The building find
had been considerably augtnented; but was still inade-
quate for the purpose. Including a previous balance of
281. 55.2.1., the receipts of the past year bad been
3,1411. 7s. 70., and ,after defraying the necessary ex-
penses end paying 5251. 178.4 d. in the purchase of st-ck,
there remainel a balance of 174/ 135., making a total
funded stock of 6,5611. 18:. 4d. The rcn!aining business
having been disposed of, thanks were given to the gal-
lint chaira.a3, vvhich closed the procAlogs. •