The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-15 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Four 5} inch guns, manufactured for the Portuguese
Government by the Blakely Ordnance Company, were yes-
terday proved at the Woolwich butt. They were fired with
charges of 121 b of powder and 561 b shot, and the proof
was satisfactory throughout.
Major Scratchley, R.E., has been appointed to and has
taken up the duties of Inspector of Works in Woolwich
Arsenal, in the absence of Capt. Inglis, R.E , on sick leave.
Major Bedingfeld, 4th division depot brigade, IRA., at
Woolwich, has been ordered to Plymouth to do duty with
the sth brigade Garrison Artillery.
The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, Staff Commander
Whillier, was yesterday docked at Woolwich for repairs.
The War Department steamer Lord Panmure, Mr T. IL
Moore, master, in charge, having completed repairs to hull
and machinery, yesterday shipped from Woolwich Arsenal
a large number of guns and shot for Portsmouth and Ply-
mouth, consisting of four 300 pounder rifled guns for the
Scorpion, 12 7 inch Armstrongs, 12 40 pounders, &c., for
other ships fitting out in those yards.
The freight ships North Star and Garrawatt, in the St.
Katharine and East India Docks, yesterday shipped respec-
tively 150 tons of shot for Malta and Shanghai.
The Swedish screw steam frigateVanadis, Capt Melandan,
from Carlscrona, bound to Gibraltar, arrived at Plymouth
on Wednesday. The corvette Gale left the Sound the
same day for the westward.
The screw steam tender Dapper, at Devonport, shipped
moorings on Wednesday for use in Dartmouth harbour, and
on Thursday went alongside the dockyard to receive stores
for the Britannia.

By the arrival at Southampton of the mail steamer Seine
from the West Indies advices have been received from that
station which completely contradict the rumoured loss of
her Majesty's paddle sloop Bulldog, 6, Captain Wake,
between Bermuda and Halifax. The letter from the Sec-
retary to the Admiralty, published in The Son of Wednes-
day, stated that the Bulldog sailed from Bermuda on
Jamaica on the 14th of September, and advices by the Seine
report that the Bulldog arrived at Jamaica on the 21st of
September, and remained there when the mail left for
England on the 24th. The Aboukir, 80, Commander Cra-
croft, C. 8.; the Barracouta, 6, Commander D'Arcy ; the
Rosario, 11, Commander Harvey ; and the Shannon, 39,
Capt. Jones, were also at Port Royal, in company with the
Bulldog, at that date. The Styx, 6, Capt. the Hon. W. J.
Ward; the Pylades, Capt. A. A. Hood; and the Grey-
hound, 17, Capt. Wratislaw, respectively arrived at Jamaica
on the 15th ult., five days from Barbadoes, with detach-
ments of the let West India Regiment. The ht; wing of
this regiment is to be stationed in Jamaica, and the right
wing still remains at Nassau. The Styx left again on the
22d for Belize, Honduras, with 95 men of the 2d West
India Regiment. The Pylades left on the 23d, on her return
to Barbadoes. The Greyhound left for Bermuda on the
22. The Phaeton, 39, Capt. Bowyer, arrived at Jamaica
on the 13th from San Domingo, and sailed for Vera Cruz
on the 24th. The Cygnet, 6, Commander De Kanzou, left
Jamaica for Bermuda on the 10th; and the Nimble, 5,
Lieut. Hallowes, sailed on a cruise on the 11th. The screw
corvette Cordelia, 11, Commander J. B. Scott, arrived at
St Thomas on the 16th ult. from Halifax. The Devasta-
tion, having on board Admiral the Hon. J. Denman, ar-
rived at Esquimalt. Vancouver's Island, on the 10th of
August, from San Francisco, and Mr English, paymaster
of the ship, died at the Royal Naval Hospital at Esquimalt
on the 21st of that month. The Tribune, with Admiral
Kingcome on board, sailed from Esquimalt on the 19th of
August for Panama, and was not to touch at San Francisco,
The Vulcan, screw troopship, Capt. A. C. Strode, was
officially inspected yesterday alongside Portsmouth dock-
yard by Capt. Scott, C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen, and com-
manding the Victory flagship. After the inspection her
crew commenced the work of dismantling and returning
stores, preparatory to paying off,
The Royal Sovereign, turret ship, Capt. Sherard Osborn,
C.B , was paid out of active commission at Portsmouth yes-
terday, and is now attached to the gunnery ship Excellent,
Capt. Astley C. Key, C. 8., for experimental purposes,
Sixty-seven of the Royal Sovereign's seamen will join the
Victoria three-decker.

The Imperial Russian screw corvette Gardamack, Capt.
Pestchouroff, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from
Pernambuco, bound to the Baltic.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty :—Lieut. Henry K. Leet, to the Excellent—George
Christie, master, additional, to the Asia for the Sparrow-
hawk—Alexander Marshall, engineer, to the Indus for the
Espoir—William Owen, engineer, to the Indus—and Samuel
Lloyd, second class assist.-engineer, to the Hawke.