The Press.
London, England, 1856-11-15 00:00:00

Faint anb aintaligence.

THE COURT OF INQUIRY appointed to investigate
the disputes long pending between Mr. Triscott, the
storekeeper of the Royal William Yard, at Plymouth,
and Captain Nias, the superintendent of the yard,
having made their report to the Lords of the Admiralty,
their lordships have decided that it was necessary for
the interests of the puldic service that Captain Nias
should no longer retain the superintendence of the
yard. Captain Nias has therefore been superseded,
and Captain R3bert Craigie has been appointed in
his place. From Captain Nias' well-known cha-
racter in her Majesty's service, there can be no doubt
that the Court and the Admiralty have done their
duty to the country and vindicated the service.
LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR Joux Hot; 8.C.8., colonel
of the 2nd (or Queen's) Royal Regiment, died last
week. Sir John Holes death will, coupled with those
of Lord Hardinge and the late General Jones, create
a vacancy in the list of general officers, by which
Colonel Greaves, late on the staff in Ireland, becomes
a major-general ; Lieut.-Colonel Alves, of the depot
at Preston, colonel; and Major Hinekey, of the 69th
Foot, lieutenant-colonel.
MARRIED AND SINGLE SOLDIERS are henceforth in
Chatham garrison to have separate rooms, the Sec-
retary of State for War having decided that the sum
of 6,000/. be expended there in the erection of suit-
able buildings for the married troops.
THE GERMAN LEGION has again been the cause of
some disgraceful riots in Portsmouth, ending in the
death of one of the corps, who was stabbed by a
fellow-soldier. The riot occurred last Saturday night,
and was of so serious a nature that the authorities
marched in on Sunday morning the entire corps

SATURDAY,

from Browndown, embarked them at once on board
the Cape transpoit ships, and sent them at once out
to Spithead. A great number of stragglers were
left behind, but strong pickets scoured the town and
country day and night, and succeeded in capturing
them. On Monday the private Winkhler underwent
an examination at the police court on the charge of
having murdered his companion by stabbing him in
the groin, and was fully committed for trial.

A COURT OF INQUIRY to consider the nature of the
charges preferred by General Beatson against
General Shirley will shortly assemble. The court
will report its decision to his Royal Highness the
General Commanding-in-Chief, when, it is antici-
pated, the order for the court-martial will be pro-
mulgated. The last of the witnesses arrived in
England this week from the East.

GENERAL. W. J. BUTTERWORTH, C.R., expired at
his residence, Millmead-house, Guildford, on Tues-
day, the 4th inst., after a lingering illness. The
deceased general recently resigned a most distin-
guished and honourable post, that of Governor of
Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore, and Malacca,
which he held from the year 1843 to 1R55.
THE GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL which tried Lieut.
Deane, 22nd Regiment, reassembled at Portsmouth,
yesterday, to reconsider their finding.
CAPTAIN JASPER HALL, 4th Foot, late aide de-camp
to Sir William Codrington, died suddenly last week
from apoplexy, at Aldershott. The deceased was
third senior captain of his regiment, and was for a
considerable period previous to the fall of Sebastopol
employed on the staff at Scutari.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR COLIN CAMPBELL has
left London to inspect the depot battalions at Glasgow,
Stirling, and Fort George.
FOUR HUNDRED OF THE GERMAN LEGION weie di:-
banded on Saturday a'. the Colchester camp, and
were sent to Harwich for embarkation to Hamburg.
The men left in camp are selling blankets to trades
men in the town, under the representation that they
are their own property, whereas they are marked
with the broad arrow, and belong to the Government.
All purchmirs ure liable to be prosecuted.

AN ABSTRACT of the naval force in commission on
the Ist November shows the following:—

Number
Stations of Ships. Guns. Mer.
East Indies, China, and Australia 27 389 4,098
Cape of Good Hope .. 7 77 947
West Coast of Africa
South east Coast of America
West Coast of America ..
North America and West Indies 28 502 5,940
Mediterranean
Lisbon
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Sheerness

IVoolwich

Pembroke 2

Cork

.291

4 09 748

Particular service lO 843 100
Surveying service ll 61 568
Yachts

Unappropriated and tilting out .. 15 :18t1 4,714
Paying os'9 173 1,869

24) 4.612 45,426
Ordered home .. 24 423 4,21 M

Total 264 5,037 49,644
A comparison of these figures with those represent-
ing the naval forces in commission on the Ist of
January shows that, since the ratification of the peace,
a reduction has taken place equal to 61 sail, 1
.194
guns, and 13,691 men.