The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-12 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Tun ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We omitted to mention the names
of Commodore Sir Francis Collier, K.C.B. (under whose active
superintendence the discovery ships have been fitted out at Wool.
wich), and of Commander Fitajames, the second Captain of the
Erebus, in our list of the distinguished officers and others con.
nected with this interesting expedition, who were entertained on
Thursday at dinner by the Earl of Haddington, at the Admiralty.
The Earl of Haddington, Vice. Admiral Sir William Hall Gage,
and Captain Hamilton, of the Admiralty, with the Marquis of
Northampton (the President of the Royal Society), visited the
Erebus and Terror discovery ships at Woolwich yesterday. Their
Lordships were received by Commodore Sir Francis Collier, the
Superintendent of the Dockyard, and Captain Sir John Franklin,
K.C.8., the chief of the Arctic expedition.
ADMIRALTY Levee.—The Earl of Haddington, yesterday,
granted interviews to those officers only who had arrived from the
country to see his Lordship. They were—Captains W. W. Hen-
derson, C. 8., K.H. ; E. T. Parrey, W. A. Willis, T. F. Bangle,
Herbert Bruce Powell; Commanders T. Vernon Watkins, Augus-
tus H. Ingram, John H. Bowker, William Edward Curlewis,
Henry C. Hawkins, E. B. Westbrooke, E. T. Crouch, Edward
D'xon, Thomas Wilson, Philip A. Helpman, Charles C. Owen ,
Lieutenants E. W. Ward, W. R. Payne, A. Darby, Henry
Brett, W. W. Feed. There will be no levee held by the First
Lord next week.

Vice. Admiral Sir Edward Durnford King, the Commander.in-
Chief at Sheerness, is absent on leave ; and Commodore Sherrill'
has his broad pendant flying on board the Poictlers, at Chatham, as
the senior officer.

The experimental line.of-battle ship squadron will be ready to
proceed on their trial cruise early in June. They will all go out
together.

The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Martin, was to have gone to the
Nore, from Sheerness Harbour, on Wednesday, but Captain Thom-
son being busy adjusting compasses at Woolwich, could not go
there to adjust hers.
The Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, progresses, in her fittings
for sea, at Sheerness Basin.

The Racehorse, 18, Commander Hay, sailed from Devonport on
Thursday, at 230 P.M., for South Australia, with specie.
The Spy, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander Wooldridge, has
been discharged from Sheerness Basin, and is ready for sea. She
does not want any aisle seamen, as stated in a paper which ought to
know better.

At Sheerness—The Trafalgar, Ocean, Raven (having returned
on Monday, with seamen volunteers), Spy, Herald, and African
steamer, in harbour.

The Ganges, 84, advanced ship at Sheerness, is taking on board
her chain cables.

LALINCFIESOPTHERALEIGH, 50, AND CALYPSO, 20, AT CHATHAM

The Raleigh, 50 guns, and Calypso, 2.0 guns, were yesterday
launched from Chatham Dockyard, the Calypso at ten minutes past
one o'clock and Raleigh at ten minutes before two, going off the
slips in splendid style. The Calypso was named by Miss C. Sher-
rill', daughter of the Captain Superintendent, and the Raleigh by
Miss Train, a friend of Capt. Sir Wm. Symonds, who with his
son. Captain Symonds, were present, and also Capt. Sir Baldwin
Walker, of the Queen, and the heads of the various departments.
Notwithstanding the inauspicious state of the weather, It raining
at intervals from the early part of the morning, there were from
6,000 to 7,000 respectable persons present, most of whona got a
good drenching, as, about half-past one, the rain came down very
smartly, and continued during the afternoon. The Captain Super..
intdndent and Master: Shipwright, Mr. Laire, gave entertainments
after the launches. The Royal Marine band and the dockyard
band were in attendance, and enlivened the scene with many fa..
vourite airs.

We gave, last week, the dimensions of the above ships, as or.
clued, and now give them as built.
THE RALEIGH, 50-GUN FRIGATE.
Ordered. Built.
ft. in. ft. in.
Length between the perpendiculars 180 0 180
of keel for tonnage
Breadth, extreme
for tonnage . . 49 5 49 6
moulded
Depth in hold
Burden in tons 1934 69.64 1938 78.94
Old rule
New 1374 974-4500
Forward.
ft. in.
Launching draught of water
Broke in launching

Aft.
ft. in.
17 9

Weight on board
Tin CALYPSO, 20 GUNS.
Ordered. Built.
ft. in. ft. in.
Length between the perpendiculars l2O 0 120 1
of keel for tonnage
Breadth, extreme .... ...........
for tonnage 37 2 37 3i
moulded 36 8 36 91
Depth in hold 9 7 9 7
Burden in tone 731 8.94 734 42-94

Old rule 734 12.94
New 473 649.3,500
Forward. Aft.
ft. in. ft. in.
Launching draught of water ... 9 2 13 2
Broke in launching ...... 0 04
_ .

Weight on board 4 tons 6 cwt.
The Raleigh is built from the design of idr. Fincham, the
master shipwright of Portsmouth, and was the only 50-gun frigate
allowed to be built during the time of supreme dictation of the
Surveyor of the Navy. She is two feet narrower beam than the
Vernon, but much like her in other respects, or she would nut
have been allowed to occupy a slip in a royal dockyard. As It was,
however,, the surveyor was well satisfied with her similarity to the
. intuitive" form, and " did not care how many Raleighs were

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