The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.
In consequence of the order for the Channel Squadron to
go to the Downs, officers on leave of absence at Plymouth
t.nd elsewhere have bean requested by telegram to join
their ships with as little delay as possible.
The Warrior, 40, iron screw frigate, Capt. Hon. A. A.
Cochrane, C,8., arrived at Spithead on Saturday from
Portland, and, after filling up with coals and provisions,

&c., and taking on board stores and provisions for the

other ships of the squadron, sailed again to rejoin the

Channel Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir C.
Dacres, C,8., on their way from Portland to the Downs.
The French fleet were expected to join in the Downs, and
the probable destination of the combined fleets is :reported
to be the Ealac.

Port-Admiral Sir C. H. Fremantle, K.C.8., inspected
the paddlewheel steamsloop Gladiator, 6, Capt, Francis H.
Shortt, in Plymouth Sound on Saturday morning.
By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty a
number of Capt. Rodger's indented small-palmed anchors
and kedges, manufactured by the North Field Iron and
Steel Works Company, at Rotherham, in Yorkshire, and
tested for service on Saturday by means of the hydraulic
machinery in Woolwich dockyard. The proceedings were
under the superintendence and agency of Commodore Dun-
lop, C. 8.; ,Mr. Turner, master shipwright ; Capt. Lyeaght'
commanding the flagship ; Capt. Luke, naval steam reserve;
Mr Wilcox, master smith, and the officials of the yard
generally. The anchors varied in weight and denomi-
nation, from those capable of holding a ship of 600 tons
to the simple pickaxe kedge weighing 6cwt. 201 b,, used
for boat service. The testing commenced at 10 a.m., and
was continued throughout the day. The first applica-
tion of the proof was with an anchor weighing 21cwt.
261 b, and the machinery was worked up to a ten-
sile strain of 21 13-16 tons, which produced a
deflection of 3-16ths of an inch, On removing the
strain the anchor recovered its original form, without in-
jury. This constituted the complete test required by the
Admiralty regulations. Capt. Roger, R.N., who was pre-
sent, accompanied by some officers of experiet ce, being de-
sirous of demonstrating its powers of resistance to an
extraordinary degree, suggested that the strain should be

increased. It was then tried at a strain of 34 tons, and gave
a 5-16 deflection ; at 36 lons, ; and at 37k, 3.16. This was
exceedingly satisfactory, and elicited marks of commenda-
tion from the commodore and officers presenr. On loosening
the strain, after each test, a measurement of the anchor was
made, by which it was proved that the form was totally un-
changed. It was then turned over, and the other arm was
subjected to a precisely similar test with equal success. The
other anchors underwent the ordinary proof, which was
considered ample and satisfactory. These anchors are re-
cently made upon an improved principle as regards the
crown, the arms, and the palms. The additional strength is
obtained partly by making the arms shorter than is usual
in proportion to the length cf the shank, and partly by their
section form. The increased holding power given by the
peculiar form of the arm is evinced when the anchor is
dragged, as it then forces the ground out laterally without
disturbing it in front in the slightest degree. The stream
and kedge anchors are on the same principle as the bower
anchors, but as they do not require equal strength, they are
considerably longer, and for the convenience a carrying
them out in boats they are made without palms, and are
designated " pickaxe anchors."
His Swedish Majesty's screw corvette Gefle, S guns, 300
horse power, Capt. Adelborg, arrived at Spithead yester-
day from New York. Soon after the ship's arrival Capt.
Adelborg landed, and was officially introduced to the
military and naval authorities of the port and garrison
by the Chevalier L. A. Van Der Bergh, the Swedish Con-
sul at Portsmouth. The Citfle has received some damage to
her rudder-head, to repair which she will go into Ports-
mouth harbour. She sailed from New York on the 7th of
April, and on the 281 h, in the chops of the Channel, spoke
the St. John's, of Liverpool, bound for St, John's.

THE ARMY.
The Alumbagb. sailing ship, Capt. Dale, R.N.R., be.

longing to Messrs. Dunbar and Co,, of London, arrived at
Spithead on Saturday from India, having on board Capt.
Waters, 77th Regiment, and Mrs. Waters; Lieut. Bernard,
11th Brigade Royal Artillery; Lieut. Lloyd, 7th Fusiliers,
Mrs. Lloyd, and two children; 12 sergeants and 119 rank
and file belonging to various regiments serving in India,
with 17 soldiers' wives and 31 children. Five deaths
occurred at sea and two births. The Alumbagh sailed from
Calcutta on the 6th of January, and frog, St. llelena on the

7th of March.
The Queen of the South screw steamer, Capt. Stewart,
It N.R., also arrived at Spithead on Saturday, from India,
with the following officers and troops :—From Calcutta—
Capt. G. A. Brown, Ist Bengal Native Infantry, and Mrs.
Brown—Lieut. Trevon, 80th Regiment—Quartermaster
Piper, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade—Mrs. Piper and two
children. From Madras—Capt. Dunbar, 102 d Foot—Lieut.
Wale, Ist Dragoon Guards, Mrs. Wale, and ono child—
Lieut. Skues, 6911 Regiment-289 invalided soldiers, five
of whom are insane-23 soldiers' wives, and 51 children.
The Queen of the South is last from Queenstown, where
she put in, owing to a collision with another vessel.
The sailing ship Renown, one of Messrs. Green's Black-'
wall fleet, Capt. Hight, R.N R., with the head-quarters of
the Bth Hussars, from Calcutta and Madras, also arrived on
Saturday at Spithead, under the command of Lieut.• Col.
E. Seager, as follows :—Lieut.-Col. E. Seeger, in military
charge—Major WNaughten—Capt. Biddle, Mrs. Biddle,
and infant—Surgeon Llewyllin, in medical charge—Lieuts.

Stopfort, Whittock, and Keene—Adjt, Goldsworthy-192
men, 7 women, and 9 children. The Renown sailed from
Calcutta on the 15th of January, and from Madras on the
27th. The troops on board appear to be a remarkably
healthy and fine body of men; have suffered from no sick-
ness of any kind on board since their embarcation ; and
officers and men speak in the highest terms of the ship and
their treatment, and the accptnmodation afforded them on
board. Light winds and calm weather was experienced
during the voyage until reaching the chops of the Channel,
when S.S.E. winds, varying in strength, wero met with.
The invalided soldiers on board the Queen of the South
and Alumbagh are ordered to be transferred from those

ships at Spithead at 6 a.m. to-day to a Government steam
tender, which will convey them to the Royal Victoria Mi-
litary Hospital at Netley. The Bth Hussars will disembark
from the Renown alongside the dockyard at 2 p.m., and

will be forwarded to Brighton, where they will join the
left wing of the regiment at 2 p.m.
The colonelcy of the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of
Foot has become vacant by the death of Lieut.-Gen.
John Geddes, K.H., who expired at 15, Salisbury-road,
Newington, Edinburgh, on Thursday last. The deceased
entered the army in August, 1804, and became Lieut. Oct.
25, 1805. He served with the 27th in Calabria in 1806, and
obtained the rank of Capt. Dec. 1, 1808. He served subse-
quently in the Peninsula, and at Toulouse he received a
severe wound, which broke his left thighbone. His corn-
missions bear date as Major Feb. 24, 1825, Lieut.-Col.,
Nov. 11, 1831; Col., Nov. 9, 1846 ; Major- Gen. June 20,
1851; Col. of the 27th Foot, April 24, 1860 ; and Lieut.-
Gen., March 23, 1861. He had received the war medal
with four clasps for his valuable services,
The deaths of the following officers have been officially
reported at the War•office since the Ist of April :—Lieut.-
Gen. R. C. Mansel, K. 11„ Col. of the 68th Light infantry,
Major-Gens. H. Evans, T. P., Dwyer, and G. E. Hunt,
Royal Marines; Cols, C. Bingham, Deputy Adjt-Gen.
Royal Artillery ; J. Johnston ; C, 0. Hamley, Royal
Marines ; R. Wallace, K. H., 3d Buffs, M. G. Dennis, C. 8.,
60th Rifles; 0. H. Somerset, C. 8., 72d Highlanders; Lieut.-
Col. W. G. Le Mesurier, C. 8., Royal Artillery, H. Clements
16th Regiment; E. D'Alton, Royal Newfoundland Com-
pany; G. Burer, and W. M'Kinnon, Royal Marines; R.
Carruthers, C. 8., 2d Royals—J. B. Harrison, C. 8., 50th
Queen's Own—and H. Halkett, C. 8., G.C.H., German
Legion•---Major R. W. C.erk, 26th Cametonians (drowned
at Fort Gem* J, Humby, and G. T. Welchman, Royal
Marines—Capt. Sir A. Stockenstrom, Corsican Rangers—
H. M. Barns, 24th Regiment—E. F. Twysden, 55th Regi-
ment—C. Ford, Royal Artillety—W, S. Dawes, Royal
Marines—and K, C. Wulff, Roy al Artillery—Lieuts. R. B.
Howson, Royal Artillery—G. W. Gifford, Royal Engineers
(from the effects of a fall from his horse at Corfu)—C. P.
Fitzgibbon, 10th Regiment—J. D. Knox, 16th Regiment
—II. S. Jones, 84th Regiment—R. P. Jones, 91st High-
landers—T. M. Reynolds, 12th Regiment—H. Tudor, 37th
Regiment—W. Cosby, sth West India Regiment•—R.
Rouse, D. Ede, P. F. E. Daniel, 11. L, Harrison, and
C. J. D. Napier, Royal Marines. Second-Lieuts. S. Lloyd,
H. Gritton, J. Jenkins, A. M, Lyons, and H. P. B. Ross,
Royal Marines. Ensigns C. D. Steer, 33d Regiment—E.
B. Gardiner, 103 d Royal Bombay Fusileers ; and L. Tholon,
York Light Infantry—Paymaster M. M'Leod, 25th King's
Own Borderers—Quartermaster W. Garland, 17th Lancers
—Sargeon R. Ayton, 34th Regiment—Assist.-Surge. J, C.
Smith, 19th Regiment—R. W. Hooper, M.D.—and A.
Bremner, 3d Buffs. Deputy-Assist.-Superintendents of
Stores C. F. Marriott and P. Hunt,
The examination of candidates for direct commissions in
the army, under the regulations dated Horse Guards, Jan,
1, 1861, commenced this morning at Chelsea Hospital, be-
fore Major-General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., vice-president,
ana the members of the Council of Education.

AMERICA,27 MAIL STEAMERS DIJE AT LIVER-
POOL TIIIS WEEK.—There are three American mail
steamers due at Liverpool this week—vz., the Etna, Jura,
and Asia. The Etna, with datca from New York to the
23d ult,, and the Jura, with similar dates from Portland,
may be expected—the former at Queenstown on Wednes-
day, and the latter at Lond:lnderry on the same day. The
National Steam Navigation Company's cargo steamer Vir-
ginia, also from New York on the 23d, will, no doubt, call
eff Queenstown in the course of Wednesday. The Asia,
from Boston on the 27th, and hialdax early on the morning
of the 29th, may be looked for at Queenstown in the course
of Saturday next.

APOTHECARIES.-11ALL.—The following are the
names of the gentlemen who passed the examina-
tion in the science and practice of medicine, and received
certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 28th of April :--
Thomas E. Blick, Islip, near Oxford ; and William Henry
Sutcliffe, Manchester. The following gentleman also on
the same day passed his first examination :—David Howell
homas, St. Bartholomew's hospital,