The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—A terrific gale has been blow-
ing all night and the greater part of this day from the
W.S.W., which has prevented the President and the other
ships named yesterday from sailing. The sea has been run-
ning fearfully high, and at high water dashed over the ram-
pans of the town with great violence, deluging all who from
,ignorance or hardihood ventured upon the walls. The Pre-
sident, 50, struck her topgallant and royal masts and yards.
The lower parts of the dwellings alongshore are deluged with
water; there is every appearance at present of the gale con-
tinuing during the night.
The Victory, 104, Captain Moubray, is still at moorings off
Gosport, during the examination of her, on the other side of
the harbour. The mud-engine is at work over the latter
spot, It is reported, clearing a greater depth than required for
the Victory, as another and larger ship is expected to be
eventually moored there as ordinary guard-ship.
The Thalia, 42, Captain Hope, is rapidly dismantling such
part of her gear as the violent state of the weather will admit
of. Last night as Mr. Puttick, tidewaiter, was on duty on
board her he perceived a boat under her quarter, which with
great difficulty he succeeded in boarding, when he found five
large boxes of Cuba cigars in the bottom of the boat, be-
longing to a waterman known by the sobriquet of " Hong-
kong,' who attempted to row away with him, but the tide-
waiter having seized one of the sculls, pulled the boat round
again, when " Hong-kong " let go the remaining scull, and
jumped overboard into the water, and is supposed to have
eseaped ; but whether with a less penalty than hewould have
suffered had he been taken is very doubtful, as the tide was
running strong at the time, and the tempest was increasing in
violence every minute. The boat and contents were taken
to the Custom-house for condemnation.

The Netley tender arrived on Tuesday, from Devonport
with volunteers.

The Hermes steam-sloop, Commander Carr, left Jamaica,
for Vera Cruz on the 10th of October.

The Rose, 18, Commander Pellet', arrived at Halifax from
Newfoundland on the 26th ult.

The Pique, 36, Captain the Hon. M. Stopford, was at Bar-
badoes on the 25th ult.

The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Tice-Ad-
miral Sir F. Austin, Commander-in-Chief on the West India
and North American station, was at Halifax, all well, on the
3d instant, under preparation to sail on the sth for Bermuda,
where the Persian, 16, Commander Coryton, was ordered to
join her.
The Scourge, steam-bomb vessel, is alongside the jetty re-
fitting. She will have a galvanic apparatus fitted communi-
cating from the paddle-boxes to the engine-room, to super-
sede the services of a man or boy in giving the orders from
the deck to the engineers.

DOCKYARD PROMOTIONS.

Devonport—Gilbert Kemp, John Thomas, and John Baw-
den, reduced leading men, and John Congdon, W. Rippen,
and T. Wheeler, shipwrights, to be acting leading men.
Richard May, to be acting foreman, vice Fincham, who is su-
perintending the fitting of the Ajax, 72, as a steam-guard
ship for Portsmouth, at Mr. White's yard at. Cowes. Francis
Lampen, leading man, to be acting inspector, vice May; and
Messrs. Peek, Harris, Egg, and Tremeer, shipwrights, to be
acting leading men, to fill up the vacancies which have
arisen in consequence of the 100 extra shipwrights having
been entered to fit the Forth and Seahorse, 44-gun frigates,
as block-ships for this port.
Superannuation—George Harris, shipwright, on a pension
ci 241. per annum.
Woor.wicit, Nov. 20.—The Geyser steam-vessel, Com-
mander E. J. Carpenter, arrived at Woolwich on Monday af-
ternoon from the Meditesseenean station to be paid off. Com-
modore Sir Francis A. Collier, Knt., C.B. and K.C.H., went on
board on Tuesday morning to inspect the men and vessel,
and expressed himself highly pleased with the manner in
which they performed their exercises, and the excellent con-
dition of the vessel.
The Grampus, 50, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., has hoisted
the pennant, and is now taking in her shot and shells for ser-
vice. Her draught of water being 22 feet, it is supposed her
guns will be taken in lighters to Sheerness, and put on board
at that port. Great numbers of naval officers from London
and the country daily visit this splendid 50-gun frigate,
razeed from a 72-gun ship, and forming a perfect specimen
of a powerful man-of-war.
The steam of each of the four divisions of the moving
power of the engines of the Terrible war-steamer was tried
upwards of a month ago, and found to be in excellent order.
The paddle-wheels being now attached, the steam of tke whole
of the four divisions was put on to-day by the aid of the 24 fur-
naces, six to each division, and every preparation made for
trying the working of the entire power (800 horse) at one
time ; but the care required in testing by degrees the adap-
tation of the respective parts to each other prevents the final
result being given by this post.
The Alecto steam-vessel, Commander F. W. Austen, is
still in the basin. Between Monday last and yesterday a
metal cap belonging to the windlass was missing, and was
reported by the master shipwright to the captain superin-
tendent. Instructions were censequently given to police-
constable 268 R, named Buckley, to endeavour to trace the
property. On visiting a marine-store-dealer's shop in Sun-
alley, Woolwich, he did not find the missing article, but he
happened to arrive at a time when a number of artisles of
Government property fell into his hands, and were secured
by hint. The quantity of valuable brass and copper metal
he seized weighed about half a cwt., and consists of bolts,
nails of various sizes, and copper sheathing, all bearing the
broad arrow, as they were discovered before time had been
allowed to melt them !lOWA. The marine-store dealer,
named John Filer, was taken 'Eito custody, and will be
brought before the magistrates at Woolwich. John Filer
has been convicted before and fined 51. for a similar offence,
Amongst other articles found, not belonging to Govern-
ment, were lumps of metal, the remains of publican's ,pew-
ter pots, of which a great many have recently bean missing
at Woolwich.