The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-17 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBEIt 17, 1855.

SAXON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL GENE-
RAL MEE i LNG of the Shareholders in this society will be held at
the Head Offices, No. 25, Old Jewry, London, on THURSDAY, the
25th October next, at 1 o'clock precisely.
E. W. ROBERTS, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR TEAMS OF HORSES FOIL DEVONPORT
AND KEYHAM.

Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 16th October, 1855.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 30th
Instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Per-
sons as may he willing to contract for supplying her Majesty's
Dockyard at Devoliport and Keyham with

TEAMS OF lIORSES.
A form of the tender and the conditions of the contract may be seen
at the said office. No tender will be received after two o'clock on
the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or
an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
tnd bear In the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Teams of
Horses for Devonport and Keyham," and must also be delivered at
S.,merset-place. accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible
persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the
sum of 1,0001. for the due per!ormance of the contract.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

I Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Simooni, 18, Captain
T. R. Sulivan, R.N., having had new engines and
boilers fitted by Mr. Murray, the superintendent en-
gineer of Portsmouth dockyard, was taken to Stokes
Bay yesterday to test them. The first run at the mea-
sured knot, with the tide, realised 10 682 knots ; the
second, against the tide, 10.027 ; third, with -the tide,
11.726 ; against the tide, 9.113, making an average of
10.387 knots per hour, or about 3i knots more than she
did with her first engines and boilers. She made from
52 to 55 revolutions, and every part of the machinery
worked admirably. The Simoom, it is reported, goes to
Cork to embark troops.
The Powerful, 84, Captain Massie, sailed from St.
Helens for Lisbon and Jamaica yesterday.
The Pembroke and Cornwallis, 60-gun blockships, Cap-
tains Seymour and Wellesley, were preparing to sail last
evening at sunset from Spithead for Bermuda ; both had
the blue peter flying to recall shore- parties, and steam
was up. A portion of her crew have had wages paid
them, and 10 days leave granted ; they are men who
prior to going up the Baltic, had been on lengthened
service in the Black Sea. Their places have been filled
up to-day by drafts from the Calcutta, 84, sailing-ship.
The Russell, 60 ; Ila,wke, 60 ; and Hastings, 60,
screw-ships, are to be treated in a similar manner, and
are reported to be intended for the same destination—
the reinforcement of the North American and West
Indian squadron.
The Lizard steam-vessel, with. No. 14 mortar-vessel
in tow, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from
the eastward.
The court-martial on Mr. Yonel, master of H.M.S.
Hastings, having concluded yesterday afternoon, the
Court proceeded to_ try Mr. Charleet"-Wertr4
l3fi}}ro -
assistant-surgeon on board the Otter, 3, paddle steam-
vessel, on a charge of having gone on duty to Hasler
Hospital, on the Bth of October, and not returning to
his ship till the following day, and then doing so in a
state of drunkenness. The charge was fully proved, and
the prisoner was sentenced to be, and was, dismissed
her Majesty's service.
The Court would have proceeded to-day with the trial
of Mr. Jeremiah Hyde, boatswain of H.M.S. Russell,
60, and Mr. William Ridout, boatswain of H.M.S.

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Penelope, both charged with drunkenness, but by some
means or another the last named had succeeded in ef-
fecting his escape-from the Penelope, to the great morti-
fication of the captain, Sir W. Wiseman, and those who
had him in charge. He has not yet been picked up.
Her Majesty's steam store-ship Dee, Master Com-
mander Pullen, left Woolwich yesterday afternoon with
machinery, from Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, for
the Chesapeake, 50, screw frigate, now building at
Chatham. The steam-vessel Monkey left with the boil-
ers, and the dockyard lighter Fly took the remainder of
the engine gear, for Sheerness.
The screw steam-corvette Pearl, 20, has received her
masts, and is now under the shears to finish her engines.
The Baron Von Humboldt is at present lying off Dept-
ford, taking in upwards of 170 tong of bread, and an im-
mense quantity of warm clothing for the Baltic fleet.
The Euphemus, No. 121 transport, has sailed from
Woolwich, with a mixed cargo, for the East. She bad
her sailing orders on Saturday. A steam-tug has been
moored alongside side since that day, but, a portion of
her crew ❑ot answering to muster call, the captain had
to engage a duplicate number of seven or eight hands,
which was the cause of the delay. The absent men
have benefited by what may be obtained on the bar-
ter of a month's pay-ticket, which was banded to them
on signing articles, and have not since turned up.
The Euphemus was towed down the river yesterday for
Gravesend with an effective complement of hands, and
will sail thence for B:ilaklava direct. The paddle-wheel
steamer Dee, Master-Commander Pullen, left Woolwich
yesterday for Sheerness with boilers, taking in tow the
Fly barge, laden with machinery for the same port.
Yesterday a general muster for the autumn quarter took
place in the dockyard at Woolvvich, w)en the whole
number of men and boys, to the amount of 1,500 passed
in review before the Commodore Superintendent J.
Shepherd.

Capt. Inglefield's company turned out yesterday at
Sheerness for target practice with round shot and shell,
firing at a target distant 1,500 yards. Eight rounds had
been fired from the 56-pounder, in turn with four 32-
pounders, the 56-pounder firing roundshot, the 32's shell.
On firing the ninth shot from the 56-pounder the shot
bad left the gun, and was near the target, when, from
some unaccountable cause, the gun burst into several
pieces, the whole of the inner end of the gun dropping
at least 100 yards from its original position, the outer
end taking an opposite direction, doing considerable
(!a,mage to the next gun carriage on the same battery.
The outer fragments of the gun cut off both legs and part
of the body of Gunner George Brown, and took off the
upper part of the head of Gunner Geo-ge Gosling.
Brown was alive when taken from the battery, but has
since died ; Gosling was killed on the-snot. Several
fragments of the gun, with the entire inintr end, passed
within arm's reach of Capt. Inglefield and Lieut. George
Maule. Had the sad accident occurred 5 !lei:lutes sooner,
from 6 to 8 persons must have been killed, as they had
only that moment left, to witness the entryinto the gar-
rison of the tiko field batteries of horses for practice.
The unfortunate men who have lost theirlives by this
sad accident were both volunteers froth the Lancashire
Artillery Militia, and joined the Royal Artllery on the
20th of August last.
The wool portion of the new barracks at Hobbs Point
has now been finished, and a large numberof the hands
employed have been discharged. A monthor six weeks
will still elapse before the whole of the fittilgs, &e.) will
be completed for occupation.
As many hands as can be employed are zow engag
upon the gun-boats at Pembroke dockyard. The keels
of these vessels were laid but a short time since ; yet
such are the resources of this large esta.blshment that
great progress has been made. The new go-houses are
to be erected immediately.
Colour-Sergeant J. Cunan, 61st Regirtent. has re-
ceived his discharge, and, as a reward for long service,
has been appointed Quartermaster in the Itolian Legion
at Turin, and will immediately proceed thither.

THE MILITIA.
The small garrison of the Pembrokeshire Artillery
Militia, who have been stationed in the fort at Stack.
rock, in the entrance to Milford Haven, have been re-
lieved by another company of the same regiment.
The West York Rifles, under the cornmaad of Liente-
nant-Oolonel the Hon. E. Monckton, has received orders
to embark at Liverpool to-day for Dublin.