The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-10 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The reinforcements of Royal Engineers, selected from the
depot and other companies at head-quarters, Brompton
Barracks, Chatham, to augment the companies of Royal
Engineers serving at Malta and the other stations in the
Mediterranean, were inspected at the Royal Engineer Esta-
blishment yesterday, prior to their proceeding from head •
quarters to embark on board the vessel taken up for their
conveyance by the Government,

The War Department transport Marlborough yesterday
went alongside the Ordnance-wharf in Chatham harbour
and shipped seven of the large 100 pounder wrought iron
smoothbore 6t ton guns, together with a number of light
Armstrong guns, with whieh she afterwards dropped down
the river to the ironclad frigate Achilles, 20, 1,250 horse
power, which will receive the remainder of her armament
in the course of a few days.
A letter received from the Channel squadron describes
the great sailing success which has attended the ironclad
frigate Enterprise, 4, 160 horse power, Commander Rowley,
in her trials with the other vessels composing the iron
fleet. The Enterprise, it appears, beat every other ship on
a wind with the single exception of the flagship Edgar, 71,
Capt. G. T. Hornby, which was only about 100 yards before
her on a four hours' sail.

The new breech loading gun manufactured at the Royal
gun factories in Woolwich Arsenal on Mr Westley Richards'
principle, which fired a couple of rounds a few days ago
at the proot butt with charges of 101 b and 151 b of powder
respectively, has been returned to the factory for examina-
tion. It has been found necessary, therefore, to delay the
continuation of the proof sine die. The block by which
the breech loading apparatus is closed was found, after
each round, to have considerably expanded, and the pro-
cess of closing the breech was after the second round proved
impracticable. Mr Richards, who was present at the
proof, suggested the application of a rough file on the spot,
in order to render the mechanism available without much
delay, so as to admit of a continuation of the proof by firing
two additional rounds, with a relative increase of 51b each
charge. The expansion of the block, after the second round,
was found to have increased to such an extent that a com-
plete reorganisation, if the gun be again brought forward
for proof, will be absolutely necessary.

Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commanding the garrison
at Woolwich, attended by his Aid-de-Camp Capt. A. H. W.
Williams—Major R. J. Hay, Brigade Major—Capt. W. C.
Nangle, Deputy-Assist.- Quartermaster-(den.—and other
officers, wont down to Worley "octet-cloy mud Inepe,ted 111 w
3d division of the depot, Royal Artillery, in command of
Brevet-Col. W. F. Hay, in continuation of his half-yearly
inspection of the district under his command.

The following appointments and promotions have been
made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles R. Forest, to the
Bombay—Lieut. John G. V. Holbrook, to the Sr, Vincent—
llr George Duncan, surg, to the Esk—William Crawford,
surg., to be surg.-superinte ndent to the Porcheator convict
ship— the Rev. J. B. Smyth, to be chaplain and naval in-
structor to the Brisk—Silas H. Liddell, second master
supernumerary, to the Victory—James Carlisle, acting chief
engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary—William Giles,
engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary—George West,
of the Fisgard, for the Bustler, and John W. Smith, super-
numerary of theFisgard, confirmed as engineers—John B.
Grant, assist.-engineer, to the Hector—Henry Hall, assist,-
engineer, to the Brisk—W. Nicholson, assist.-engineer, to
the Fisgard, for hospital treatment—R. Stevens, of the
Royal George, P. Baldwin, of the Warrior, Charles Ware,
of the Adventure, G. P. Bissaker, of the Marlborough, H.
R, Wills, of the Sutlej, and G. Hastay, supernumerary of
the Asia, promoted to be engineers—and G. H. Newbury,
of the Firefly, to be acting engineer.