The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-14 00:00:00

MILITARY AND NAVAL• INTELLIGENCE.

' On Thursday morning the Duke of Cambridge inspected
the men now in garrison at Colchester. He was accom-
panied by Major-General Sir G. A. Wetherell, K.C.8.,
Adjutant-General, and Colonel Tyrwhitt, one of the
*aides-de-camp to his Royal- Highness. They
,were met
by Lieutenant General Gascoigne, commander of the
district, and a brilliant staff. Upon his arrival at the
camp, hie Royal highness found the twelve depots, com-
prising three battalions, under the command of Colonel
Street, as senior, officer, drawn up in heavy marching
order. . There were in the aggregate about 2,500 men, who
received the Commander-in-chief with a royal salute, the
bands playing the National Anthem. The mcn then went
through the exercises of a general parade, the limited size
of the parade ground preventing any complicated evolu-
tions, and, the troops having been dismissed to theft
quarters, his Royal Highness afterwards proceeded to the
imp::tien of the camp. The schools, both for infants and
boys and 8::-1s, were the first objects of his Royal High-
ness's attention--
ene class of boys being questioned in
arithmetic by the ander.in-Chief, who expressed hie
pleasure at the efficiency a7.hich they displayed in this
particular branch of the)r stuciiee. The schoolroom for
instruction in musketry, aee married and single men's
huts, the sergeants' tnesstoom azi kitchen, the new mili-
tary prison, and cookhouses and ve-7shouses, were in-
seeded,. dnd, his Royal Highness having 0-,enversed with
Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong, Colonel St:,"°f' and
Colonel Whitmore, the officers in command of the se-7ra'.
battalions, left the camp to inspect the farm, situaied
about two miles from the camp, recently purchased by'
'Government for the purpose of musketry practice.
Royal Highness returned to London by the 2 p.m. train.
i 'Lieutenant-General Sir Charles W, Pasley, K C.R.e
R.E., paid a visit to Chatham garrison on Wednesday for
the purpose of inspecting the pontoons which were brought
home fro-n Kertch by the troops of the Turkish Engineer
Corps, and deposited with the other stores on the gun
Wharf, under the direction of Captain G. Allan. The
pontoons, which are of the same description as those
invented by Major-Gen. Blanshard, and now used in the
corps of Royal Engineers, are 64 in number, and occupy a
considerable space. On being landed they were placed
on the pontoon waggons, where they have since remained,
but as soon as accommodation can be provided for them at
Brompton Barracks they will be removed to that estab.
lishment, to be used by the men of the Royal engineers itt
their pontooning experiments. General Pasley made a
careful inspection of the whole of the pontoons, which
appear to be in good condition' and& for use. During his
visit to Chatham Sir Charles Pasley also inspected a newly
invented iron gabinn, which has received the approval of
General Sir John Burgoyne, Inspector-General of Fortifi-
cations, and other engineer officers.
The reduction in the army is still being carried on at
Chatham, and 58 non-commissioned officers and men:have
received their discharge.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 12.—APPOINTMENTS--Colonel S. R.
Wesley, R.M. (1854), to have the good service pension.
Commander G. F. Burgess (1854), to the Hecate, 6,
.paddle wheel steam sloop, west coast of Africa station,
Vice Gordon, deceased.
Master A. Brown (1854), to the Edinburgh, 60, screw
steam guard ship, at Sheerness
Second- Master R. Murntord (1855), to the Ajax, 60,
screw steam guard ship, at. Devonport. •
Acting Second,Master 0. Samson., to the Victory, 101,
flag ship, at Ports nouth
Midshipman L. M Mallet, to the Wagon, 6, paddle
•
wheel steam frigate. at Portsmouth.
Naval Cadets J. Pattinson and F. W. B. Jones, to the
Vixen, 6, paddle wheel steam sloop, at Woolwich.

The following appeared in our Second Zditki of
yeeterday :
RUMOURED TERMINATION OF THE
PERSIAN WAS.

It is not 'Wended to send out any troops from England
to Persia. This announcement we make with the most
entire, confidence that. it will be found to be correct. We
believe, we may add, that the force already at Bushire
will not advance into the interior, and that every effort
is being made to bring about a peace. The Murray affair,
we are assured, forms no serious part of the negotiations
which are carrying on at Paris, by Feroukh Khan and Lord
Cowley, and there is, at present, every hope that these
negotiations will terminate in the reestablishment of
amic tble relations- between the English and Persian
governments.—AtilY News