The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-13 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

We regret to state that Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F.
F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., has been severely indisposed
during the past week.
Commodore-Superintendent Lord John Ilay, C. 8.,
has taken possession of his official residence at Devon-
port Dockyard.
Prince L. Kamehameha and Prince Liholiho, of the
Sandwich Islands (two fine young men), in company
with Vice-Admiral Thomas, visited Devonport Dock-
yard, on Thursday; the gallant Admiral having formed
an acquaititance with them when he was commander-in-
chief in the Pacific. Mr. Judd, his Hanoverian Majesty's
special commissioner and plenipotentiary extraordinary,
visited Devonport Dockyard on Thursday.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.—The Bulldog steam-sloop,
Commander A. C. Key, is stripping alongside the jetty,
and will be paid off on Tuesday.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Master-Commander
Allen, sailed this evening for Plymouth with seamen and
marines.

The Niger screw steam-sloop is to be fitted with a new
sliding funnel.
The column to the late Earl of Yarborough, on Bem-
bridge Down, has been completed within the past week.
The yachting season opens with every prospect of a
most animated run." The various craft laid up in these
waters are now showing signs of activity in fitting out.
The Earl of Ellesmere's Ermine will be ready to start
for foreign service next week.

APPOINTMENTS.
WooLwicrf, APRIL 12.—Lieutenant George A. E.
Ridge to the Archer steam-sloop at Devonport.
Midshipman Lord Francis Conyngham to the Lean-
der, 50-gun frigate, at Lisbon.
Naval Cadet Frederick Robinson to the Superb, SO, at
Devonport.
Boatswain Nicholas White to the Terrible steam-
frigate, at Lisbon.
The Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, was
paid off to-day at this port.
CAPTAIN AUSTIN S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
The exertions of Captain IL T. Austin, C. 8., of the
Resolute; Captain Erasmus Ommmuney, of the Assist-
ance; Lieutenant-Commander Sherard Osborn, of the
Pioneer; and Lieutenant-Commander John BertieCator,
of the Intrepid, and the almost uninterrupted fine wea-
ther which has prevailed since the work on these vessels
was commenced at Woolwich and Blackwell, have so ac-
celerated their progress that the gallant commander of
the expedition anticipates being able to leave Woolwich
on Thursday, the 25th inst., and Groenhithe on Saturday,
the 27th, for the Arctic regions. The Resolute and the
Assistance are at present alongside the wharf wall of the
basin, for the convenience of working on both sides of
them at the same time, the stores from the dockyard
being put on board from the wharf wall, and the provi-
sions and other stores from Deptford from lighters lying
alongside the vessels in the river. Among the stores
supplied to-day were, one large and one small anchor of
Porter's patent, to the Resolute, and two similar to the
Assistance, these anchors having given great satisfaction
when used in the Enterprise and Investigator, in Cap-
tain Sir James Clarke Ross's expedition. The Pioneer
has also been supplied with one of Porter's anchors, and
one large anchor of Rodger's patent has been supplied
to the Resolute and one to the Assistance. The Pioneer
is nearly completed, and took on board to. day, although
still in dock, 100 tons of patent fuel. She also too► en
board her screw-propeller to-day. It is made
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of th!,
best gun metal, and is eight feet in diameter, with a h
of eight feet and an angle of 45 degrees. In aseof
accident a duplicate screw-propeller of the samediameter
and pitch is to be supplied made of tnall!ablentraonv.an The
.
Intrepid, in the adjoining dock, also in a _
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state, although she was so late in being handed over to
the Government. The whole of her bottom from her
gunwales to her keel has been doubled, and the tim-
bers caulked, and she is to be supplied with a gun
r Pioneer.
Under engineer,
,
metal and a malleable iron screw-propeller of the same
dimensions as have been put on theboardohie
Under the direction of Mr. H umphreys,
the engines of both the 1 ioneer and Intrepid have been
made to fit each other, that in the event of any accident
to one of the vessels the various parts of the engines
may be Dade available, should their services be required