The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-19 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

MALTA, Sept. 3.—On the 11th the screw steam
gunboats Foxhound and Surprise arrived, the for-
mer from Syria, the latter from the Pit mus. At the
same time the Psyche despatch steamer arrived
from Palermo, at which port Vice-Admiral Smart,
in the Marlborough, with the Gibraltar, Resist-
ance, and Royal Oak, arrived from Malta on the
7th ; they were to leave on the 10th for Catania,
Messina, and Naples, and thence back to Malta to
meet the Admiralty Board, expected under present
arrangements to arrive at this island about Sept,
28. The French steam frigate Cacique, last from
Tunis, arrived this morning, having on board the
Prince and Princess Murat and family, on their way
to Palestine. The Ottoman steam frigate Fezj
Bahri has just anchored, from Tunis, on her way to
Alexandria.

Her Majesty's ecrew troopship Himalaya, Capt.
E. Lacy, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning with
the Ist Battalion of Grenadier Guards, and a portion
of the 2d Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards on
board, from Canada, in the following strength :
Grenadier Guards—Acting Major and Lieut.-Col.
Commanding W. B. Da Horsey, Capts. and Lieut.-
Cols. T. li. Bramston, wife and two servants, E. W.
Lloyd Wynne, and William L. Stuckley ; Lieuts.-
and Capts. Alfred W. Thynne (Adjutant), Reginald
J. Buller (Instructor of Musketry), Lewis G. Phil-
lips, Edward Smith Bridges, Thomas Ferdinand
Fairfax, Henry W. Hope, James T. R. Lane Fox,
Leopold R. Seymour, Henry R. Clinton, Charles
James Herbert, Henry M. C. Legh, Chas. Edward
H. Stanley, and the Hon. Charles F. Crichton ; En-
signs and Lieuts. William Young Lantour, Fredk.
William Buncombe, the Hon. Edward C. P. Little.
ton, and Hugh de Grey, Seymour; Battalion Surg.
Charles R. Nicoll (Surgeon-Major), Assist.-Surg.
Henry H. Lawrence, Quartermaster John Hockey,
wife, and one child. Scots Fusilier Guards-
-Capts., and Lieut.-Col. Commanding Wiliam
Aitchison and Francis Baring ; Lieuts. and Capts,
Cecil L. Peel, Charles Shelley and James Edward
Ford ; Battalion -Surg, Frederick Robinson, M.D.,
wife, four children, and two servants. On leave—
Major-Gen. the Hon. J. Lindsay, M.P., Lady S :rah
Lindsay, three Misses Lindsay. and two servants;
Capt. the Hon. C. Eliot, Grenadier Guards, Gene-
ral's aide-de-c imp. Grenadier Guards-9 staff-
sergeants, 6 steffsergeants' wives, and 3 children ;
711 non-commissioned officers and privates, 78
women, 102 children, and font- horses. Scots Fusi
liar Guards-206 non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates, 31 women, 34 chi n, and two horses. The
Himalaya weighed her anchor from Quebec at
9.30 a.m. on the 7th inst. after receiving the Guards
on board from the Richelieu Company's steamer
Europa, which had conveyed them down to Quebec
from Montreal. Very strong breezes from the north.
west, with heavy seas, were experienced from Quebec
to the Channel. Her Majesty's screw transport
Urgent, Capt. Henderson, arrived at Quebec at noon
on the 6th inst. with detachments of Royal Artil-
lery on board for service in the province, and also
an officer and eight men of the 100th (Canadian)
Regiment. Sho was expected to leave Quebec for
Spithead, with the remainder of the Soots Fusiliers
on board, about the 14th inst. The officers and
men of the Guards on board the Himalaya speak
in the most unqualified terms of praise of the ship
and her officers and crew. The Himalaya steamed
into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon, and
the Guards will land at noon to-day at the deck.
yard, and will be sent on by two special trains to
the .Victoria station, Pimlico. vid the London,
Brighton, and South Coast Railway. The first train,
which will convey the main portion of the Grena-
diers, will be despatched horn Portsmouth at 1.40
p.m., and the second train, with the remainder of
the Grenadiers and the Scots Fusiliers, will follow
after 20 minutes' interval. The two trains may ac-
cordingly be expected to arrive at the Victoria ter-
minus, Pimlico, by 5 p.m. The arrangements for
the disombarcation and despatch of the troops to
town have been made under the direction of Col.
Shadwell, Assist. Quartermaster-General of the
S.W. district.

The Warrior, 40, screw iron frigate, Capt the Hon.
A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., arrived at Spithead on Saturn
day from Gibraltar (!ast from Plymouth Sound) with
the following military invalids and time-expired
men on board :—From Malta, received at Gibraltar
from her Majesty's ship Meeanee, Ist battalion, 22d
regiment, Capt. Patton ; 2d battalion 22d regiment,
Capt. Davern ; 23 invalids for Netley, and 14 time-
expired men for regimental depots. From Gibral-
tar, 14 time. expired men and invalids. The troops
will be landed from the Warrior to-day, and sent on
to their respective destinations.

The United States' screw corvette Iroquois, Com.
mender Rogers, sailed from St. Helen's Roads, off
Portsmouth, on Saturday morning, for the west-
ward, and at 10.30 a.m, was under steam, with her
head about W.S.W., off Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
The Royal Sovereign turret ship, Capt. Sherard
Osborn, C. 8., arrived at Spithead on Saturday
morning from Portland, and in the afternoon
steamed into Portsmouth to complete her fittings
and defects, with which she was last sent to sea
from Portsmouth unfinished. She also requires
repairs to one of her hawse pipes, which was da•
maged during some recent firing iu the Channel
from her bow turret's guns, Capt. Osborn, in his
very laudable desire to test the turrets and guns to
the utmost, drawing rather too fine a line of depres-
sion in one part of the practice. The damage is
but trivial, and has no bearing whatever upon the
turret principle.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—R. L. Cleveland, master, to the
Achilles; G. F. A. Drew, surgeon, to the Achilles;
Robert J. M'Morris, assistosurg. to the St Vincent;
Dr. G. R. Pickthorn, assist.-surg., to the Achilles ;
A. N. M. Sedgwick, acting assist.-surg., to the
Achilles; James Ley3, chief engineer tothe Achilles;
11. C. Jones, engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary;
W. H. Elliott, G. L. P. Keelin, and T. Richards,
engineers, to the Achilles; Henry Hall, first class
assist-engineer. to the Indus, as supernumerary ;
James W. Watson, first class assist...engineer, ad-
ditional to the Brisk; E. Barrett, of the Cumber%
land, and F. E. Shcan, of the Jaseur, confirmed as
second class assist. engineers; John Watson (A),
assistsengineer, to the Fisgard, for the Black E4gle;
J. Barnett, E. I. Murphy, R. H. Trubsbaw, John
Phillips, James Phillips, James Shore, and M. A.
Fothergill, to the Achilles...

The members of No. 11 (Captain Egan's) Company of the
3d City of London (Working Men's Corps) Rifle Volunteers
have competed for some money prizes at the ranges at
Hounslow. The prizes were presented to the company by
their commander, and were shot for at 200, 250, and 300
yards, five shots at each distance, Ilythe position and
scoring. The first prize of £1 was won by Sergeant Ander-
son with 20 marks; the second prize by Private Brooke
with 19 marks ; and the third prize by Private Taylor, with
13 marks.

The following garrison order, with referenoa to the re-
opening of the Plumstead dnges, .s been ued from the
Commandant's office at Voolwich:—" In '.ccordanca with.
orders received from the Horse Guards, the Plumstcacl

ranges will be reopened from this date for practice with shot
and small arms only.—R. J. HAY, Brigade Major.—Sept.
14.

The prize meeting, open to all comers, at Salisbury, will
commerce to-day for 300 guineas, in 50 prizes, and will be
resumed to-morrow.

The apnual competition, for prizes, in connection with
the Ist Kent (Maidstone) Rifle Volunteers, was completed
on Tuesday last. Prizes to the amount of about £6O were
contended for. The shooting commenced on the previous
Tuesday, at the range of the corps, Boxley Warren, under
the direction of Captain-Commandant Hollingsworth. The

weather on bath days was very unfavourable. Mrs Hol-
lingsworth's cup, value £lO 10s, was won by Quartermaster
Sergeant Pearson, who made an aggregate score of 64, and
was tied by Private Parks, but won in shooting off; the
latter consequently taking the second prize, the Borough
Members' cup, value £7 7s. The two next highest were
Colour Sergeant Hadlow and Private C. Bushnell, who
tied at 62. The tie was decided in favour of Hadlow, who
thus took the third prize, the Ladies' cup, value £6 Gs, and
Bushnell the fourth of .C 5.
The 3d Suffolk Administrative Battalion has been enter-
tained very hospitably this week by Mr H. Garrett, of
Carlton-hall, near Saamundhain. The companies composing
the battalion are the Lowestoft (rifles and artillery),Bungay,
Halesworth, Leiston, and Beccles ; and the force assembled
was 6 captains, 13 subalterns, 3 staff, 36 sergeants, 86 drums
and band, 342 rank and file—total, 494. The battalion staff
consisted of Lieut.-Col. Thelluson, Adjutant Grengrass, the
chaplain (the Rev. 11. Owen), the battalion-surgeon, the
assistant-battalion surgeon, two supernumerary lieute-
nants, and the quartermaster sergeant. There were several
hundreds of.spectators present, including the Lord Lieute-
nant of the county (the Earl of Stradbroke), and a number
of ladies and gentlemen whom Mr Garrett had invited.
Soon after the arrival of the troops, Lieutenant-Colonel
Ibbetson, the inspecting officer, rode on to the ground
and joined the Lord Lieutenant, with whom were
Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd Anstruther, Lieutenant-Colo-
nel Schreiber, and Major Tyrrell. After a general
salu e Colonel Ibbetson rode up the line and inspected the
corps, as did also the lozd-lieutenant. The men marched
with great steadiness, and subsequently executed various
evolutions, and Col, Ibbetson complimented the battalion on
its general discipline and efficiency.
A friendly competition between non-commissioned officers
and gunners of the :st Hants (Bitt,Tne) Artillery Volunteers
and a similar number of the 3i Hants (Portsmouth Dock-
_vat d), v7.C.1 24 pOun,ler guns (smooth bore), solid shot took
place on Tuesday morning at the Ramble battery. The
weather was most unfavourable, the wind blowing. hard
across the range, and several heavy showers fell during the
practice, which was very good throughout. The firing was
under the command of Lieut.-Col. Itichards, assisted by
Capt. Helby, of the 3d Hants ; and Major Ravenhill, R.E.,
and Lieut. Geneste, R.N., undertook the range and battery
reports respectively. The Ist Hants made a total score of
1801, points, and the 3d Rants 168, the former corps being

the winners by 12f points. A very handsome cup was
given by Major M'Naghten, commanding the Ist Hants,
fur the best shot of the day, for which there was a tie be-
tween Sergeant Parry, of the Ist Hants, and Corporal
Langston, of the 3d, who made 12 points each. On shoot-
ing off the tie the Corporal was the winner, he scoring llt,
and Sergeant Parry 10.

The return long Enfield match between No. 1 Company of
the Rabin Hood Rifles and the Miland Company of South
Australia was completed on Tuesday, the 13th, at the Not.
tingham butts. Until 1 o'clock the wind was very strong,
with occasional showers. At the 800 and 900 yards' rvnges
the light was so bad that it was impossible to distinguish
the signals without the aid of glasses, and men had to be
stationed at 500 yards to repeat them. Last year the Robin
Hoods were victorious by seven points, this year by 120.
A. match took place at the Newark range on Tuesday
between sides selected from the Newark and Retford corps.
There was some good shooting on both sides, and the scores
made were --IsTewark, 335; Retford, 272.
A review of the 21 Battalion of the Lincolnshire Rifle
corps took place at Spalding on Thursday, the 15th inst.
The several corps, together numbering 300 rank and file,
mustered in the Market place at 1 30 p.m., when they were
officiall3 inspected by Major Hopkins, assisted by Adjutant
Longstaff and other officers.
On Monday, at the Honiton Range, 15 members of the
13th Devon Rifles (Honiton) engaged in a match with the
same number of the Buckerell corps for a silver cup, given
by Mr. T. Cobham, of 'Woodbine, Cembernleigh. The
ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots at each dis-
tance. The highest scorer was Sergeant Banfield, of the
Buckerell corps, who got 32,

The Leeds Artillery Volunteers had a practice day at the
Morecambe battery on Saturday. About 300 of all ranks
were present, under the Command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Waud. The weather was extremely fine, but a very strong
breeze blew across the range. 104 rounds of shot and shell
were fired from the four 32-pounders. The practice was the
best ever made by the corps ; the flagstaff of the range target
moored at a distance of 1,260 yards was broken, and the
barrel was only rescued when on the point of sinking. By
permission of the harbourmaster, the members were allowed
to fire at an old buoy moored at a distance of a mile and a
quarter from the battery. At the fourth round the buoy was
struck and destroyed by a shot which was laid by Sergeant
Newlin, of the Pudsey (Cant Pepper's) battery.
Several of the West Yorkshire Volunteer Rifle corps had
a field day in Eastwood-park on Saturday last. Upwards
of 500 belonging to the corps of Bradford, Eccleshill, Bing-
ley, and Keighley, went through battalion evolutions
under the command of Lieut.-Col. Hirst, of the 3d West
Yorkshire (Bradford) corps. Having arrived on the
ground they saluted and marched passed in quick time.
The 18th West York (Pontefract) Rifle Volunteers had
their annual athletic sports in the Park, at Pontefract, on
Monday last. There was a good assembly of the corps, and
a large number of spectators. The sports, which were well
contested, included military exercises of different descrip-
tions, races, leaping, throwing the hammer, &c,
The third annual competition for prizes by the Sandhog
Rifle Club, in Northumberland, took place on the Sth, 9tb,
and 10th inst. There were 51 entries on the first day,
which were set apart for the members of the club. The
ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots at each
range, with the London Company's long Enfield rifle,
regulation pattern, from the shoulder at 200 yards and in
any position at the other ranges. The principal prizes
were won as follows : --First, Robson Leonard, with
38 points ; second, Joseph Henderson, with 37 points ;
third, Edward Sample, with 36 points (won tie). There
were Si entries on the second day, which was open to all
corners, with the Enfield rifle. The ranges, number of shots,
and position were the same as on the former day. The first
prze was carried off by el. Fairl imb, 6th Northumberland
Rifle Volunteers, with 43 points ; the second by Matthew
r. andhoe Club, with 41 points; the third by W.
Craigie, 6th Northumberland Rifle Volunteers, with 40
points. There was also a competition for all comers, with
small-bore rifles, at SOO and 900 yards, 13 shots in any po-
sition. rho first prize was won by Corporal White, 2d
Northumberland Rifle Volunteers, with 33 points ; the se-
cond by
ettld • Nicholson, 2d Northumb‘rlaud Rifle Volun-
teers, with ;i2 points ; and the third by Francis J mitt, 2d
.Northumberland Rifle Volunteers, with 30 points. The
challenge gold medal of the club was woo by Jas. Walker,
with 42 points,

K. ALFRED
EVERYEI,N4EN LI,
\I.,
GOaNtiI,htCONCERTS
OY AL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN.
LAST WEEK BUT TWO.—GOUSOD NIGHT.
Mane. C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs, and Madame Parepa.; Mr.
Levy-, Mr. Lewis Thomas. Mr. John Hill, Ali Ben pa.;
and Me. R. S. l'ratten. The Selections from " Faust " and
"La Refine de Saba " this Evenin,g. To give increased effect
to the -hove selection,, Mr. Mello, has engaged the Bands of
the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards, which, together with
hus magnificent Orchestr will form a total f IF.O performers.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.
promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphithee re, One
Shill Le ; Dress Circle, 2s. ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 Is. and
105. 6d.
On Thursday next, the THIRD and LAST aIENDELS-
011N N Ivr
On Friday next HANDEL NIGHT.
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41HEA'CRE-BANAL, DRURY-LANE.
Managers, 3lessrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Cha'terton.
The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre will
OPEN for the DRAMATIC SEASON on SATURDAY
NEXT, September 24, when will be performed, in conse-
4:tence of the un
F qualifiA succes ; which attended t
Pay its rTevivs t stason, the irst Part of Shakespere'l of HENRaI Y
FOURTH. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps; Hotspur,
Mr. C,.reswiek.
On SATURDAY, Sept. 24, Monday, If, and during the
week, the performances will commence with the Farce of
AN Ap„Zu FOOL.
After whk.h. at half-past 7 o'clock each Evenin,, the First
Fat of Shalespere's Oiay of HENRY THE FOURTH.
Principal characters by Messrs. Phelps, Creswick, Walter
Lacy, Henry Marstou, R. Roxby, G Belmore, Edmund
Pllhelps, A. Raynor, F. Matthews, J. Cormack, ttc. ; Miss
len Howard, Miss Arabella Smyth (harp ,bligato to song,
Mr. Frederick Chatterton), Mrs. C. Melville.
To conclude with the t'arce, by John rd, Esq., en-
titled BEAUTY OR THE 13EAS
At the termination of the Play the National Anthem will
be sung.
ast Six, commence at Seven.
Doors open at half-p
Full prospectus of the Season Arrangements to be obtained
at the Box-office from 10 till 5 daily.
On Saturday, Oct. 1, will be performed the Second Part of
HENRY THE FOURTH.

r.l-itiEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.—
Lessee, Mr. Bucketone.
THIS EVENING, BACCHUS AND ARIADNE.
After which, at half-past 7, O'Keefe's revived Comic Opera
of THE CAST LE OF ANDALUSIA. Messrs. Weiss,
13,10.,(5t0ne, Chippendale, Compton, Rogers, Farren, Matthi-
; saames Weiss, Keeley, Griffith, dc,.
son,
To i,'e followed by (first time at this Theatre) Morton's
Farce of .FRIEND W AGGLES. Horatio Waggles (his
original ci:aracter), Mr. Compton.
Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARE:.
To commence at 7.

ROYAL PI:.INCESS'S THEATRE.—
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy
O'ltafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
Atter which, THE STREETS OF LONDO N.elson, Messrs.H.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D.
Murray, J. N
Forre,,ter. 11. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss F..nny Gwynne.

NW TMEA.TRE-R0 SCAL, ADELPHI.—
s.)te Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS, Messrs.
Toole and Billington.
After which, sth time, STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J.
L. Toole, It. Phillips, Billing-ton, Stephenson; Mrs. Billing-
lon, Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
And T FIE BA.BE .4 IN THE, WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole,
P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Sirs. A. Mellon, &c.
Commence at 7.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII-
Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER'S ANNUAL BENEFIT
and LAST NIGHT of the SEASON.
SATURDAY next, September 24, the successful Drama of
STEPHEN DIGGES, by John Oxenford, Esq. Mr. J. L.
Toole.
Revival of the celebrated Comic Drama, by J. R. Planche,
E,q., of WHO'S YOUR FRIEND. Mr. B. Webster.
And the celebrated Burlesque, by 11. T. Byron, Esq , of
;THE BABES IN THE WOOD. Mr. J. L. Tole, Mrs. A.
3ie lon, Mr. Paul Bedtord.

OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.
EMINENr TALENT AND COMEDY:
This pop:ilar Theatre is now Open for the Winter Season.
THIS EVEYING (tor the 7th time) Mr. Arthur Sketchly's
highly-successul and original CJmedy of HOW WILL
THEY GET OCT OF IT. After which, F. C. Buniand's
Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARGUERITE.
To conclude with ENDER THE ROSE. Those cele-
brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged.
Mrs. Stirling, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin-
son. Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. John-
stone, Mr. H. 3lontague, Miss Cottgrel , Miss Fanny Joseph
Miss Patti Josephs, tic. Am Scenic Artists, Mr. Gates and
his pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kinloch. Musical Con-
ductor, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr. F. Webster.

COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES.
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WASHING SILK DRESSES, suitatle for the
country and seaside, and at the cearing-out price of only
ti Ils. 6d. the dress.

JAY'S,
247, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw
material has already r sen 15 per cent, and it will soon
reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore,
invite their numerJus patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b more
Costly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average
JAY'S,
217, 219, and 251, Regent-street.

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LONDON, MONDAY, SEP

It will be with great regret that all classes have
heard of the untimely death of C iptain SrExE.
Such a sudden and unlooked-for calamity is
startling to the most sober, and brings to the mind
a striking proof of the uncertainty of human exist-

ence. In the midst of life we are in death is we

kno vn, if seldom recognised, but it seems strange
that one who has been in such perils in foreign
lands should thus have succumbed to a chance
accident at home, Few men in their day have gone
through more perilous exploits than that in which
Captain S PEKE suceeeded in makirg his discovery
which will ba famous for all time, and now when
he was resting on his laurels and engaged in the
pursuits of a quiet life he has been called away
suddenly frOon this scene. In some respects his
decease reminds one of the lines which refer to a
warrior of the otden times—
' When Vere sought death, armed with the sword and

shiQl(l,
IlAth was afraid to meet him in the field ;
But when his weapons ho had laid aside,
Death like a coward struck him, and he died.

If anything could add poignancy to the bitterness
of the feeling with which we regard this deplorable
event, it would be that at the very time when he
was taken from us the Captain was to appear be-
fore a great assembly who were waiting for him in
eager expectation when the intelligence was
brought that he
.had been found dead. Still,
though Q 0 prematurely removed from among his
fellow-men, it cannot be said that Captain SPEKE
has not done enough and more than enough
to serve his generation, and in so doing he has
made himself a name that will last when all men
treading the busy round of ,life's mazes shall have
slept in dust. It is always a satizifactory thing to
reflect upon that tho one departed from earth has
se lived during his sojaurn as to be honoured and
respected. Captain fir EKE was a true English-
man, a worthy representative in foreign lands of
that country which has sent furth explorers to the
remotest hiunds of the world, who have endured
perils and priva'ions with unflinching fortitude
end determined zeal. The coureg9 and constancy
of thrse adventurers have been of signal service
to others less daring, and great aro the aclvani.
tages that accrue from the information they afford.
They present the world with the spoils of know-
ledge, not won in secluded halls and stately col•
leges, but gain9d on the battlefields of life ; won
in no sham fights, but the result of personal effort
and dear bought experience. Captain SPEKE had
EerTed in our Indian army for some time, and thus
he served his country not only in one capacity