The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-10 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The paddlewheel steam s!eop Beraceuta, 6, Capt.
D'Arcy, which arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday
morning, left Jamaica S.ptem'oer 26, Bermuda
October 4, and Halifax on the 19,h. She took her
departure from Jamaica in consequence of the pre-
valence of smallpox there, and proceeded to Bele
muds, where she found the yellow fever raging.
She therefore coaled and left the same day, convey-
ing the crew of the screw gunboat Albacore and the
healthy part of the crew of the iron floating
battery Terror, Captain James F. B. Wainwright,
to Halifax. The Barracouta has brcught home
the officers and crew of the screw steam gunboat
Cygnet, 5, Commander W. S. Do Kentzeu, paid
off at Halifax, and five naval invalids, among whom
is Assist.-Surgeon J. E. Grigg, late of the paddle-
wheel steam sloop Vesuvius, 6, at Bermuda. She
left at Jamaica the Aboukir, Shannon, Steady,
Bulldog, and Rosario ; at Bermuda, the Terror and
Albacore ; and at Halifax, the Duncan, Galatea,
Cygnet, Steady, end Virago. The Liverpool
was at Vera Cruz, and was expected to sail direct
for England on the arrival of the Phaeton, which
had left Port Royal to relieve her. The Greyhound
left Jamaica on th© 21st September for England.
The Jason is coming home with the crew of the
Steady, paid off at Halifax. The Barracouta spoke
irilat. 49 31 N , long. 32 E., on Sunday, Octob:r
30, the screw steamer Pennsylvania; and en the
22d of October a Cunard steamer, outward bound.
During they prevalence of strcng westerly winds
she lostdier mainyard and sprung the maintopmast.
The Barracouta called at Plymouth in consequence
of being short of coal, and expected orders to pro-
ceed to Portsmouth to be paid off, having been in
commission since May, 1860.
The paddlewheel steam store ship Dee, 1, Master
Commander George Raymond, having shipped
stores at the Devonport dockyard, and embarked
some seamen for conveyance to Portsmouth, was
appointed to leave Plymouth on Tuesday afternoon.
General Todleben finished his visit to Plymouth
on Wednesday morning, when he left by the ex-
press train. Accompanied from Portsmouth by
Colonel Gordon, C. 8., the General arrived on &tux'.
day last at Government-house, Mount Wise, and
became the guest of Major General Hutchinson,
the Commander of the Forces in the western dis-
trict. Oa Sunday morning the General attended
Divine service in the military church, and being
much pressed for time, he proceeded in the after-
noon, accompanied by the General, by Col. 0 wen,
R.E., C. 8., Commanding Royal Engineers, and by
Capt. Cox, in charge of works, to inspect the north
eastern defences of Plymouth. He inspected the
forts at St. Budeaux, Crown-hill, and Efferd, and
expressed his nrqualificd approval of their struc-
ture. He (-zit( rad very fully into all the professional
points concreted with the subject, and ]coking
et
the natural features of the country, commended
the sites selected for the various fortifies ions. On
Monday morning, secompanied by the same officers,
General Todleben inspected the tort at Trcgantle,
to the west ward of Plymouth. Of this important
work, which he examined minutely, he expressed
himself in terms of high admiration. At the same
time, suggestions for improvement were not with-
held. Returning eastward by the military road,
the General reached Cawsand, and there embarked
on board the steam yacht Princess Alice, which
conveyed him to the fort now erecting on Shovel
Rock, just inside the Plymouth breakwater, and
then to Bovisand, where he landed and proceeded
up the hill and took a cursory view of the progress
of the fortifications on Staddon Heights. Ia the
evening he was entertained at dinner by Admiral
Sir Charles Fremantle, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief at Devonport. On Tuesday morning General
Todleben was conveyed in General Hutchinson's
barge to the gunnery ship Cambridge, Captain
Charles J. F. Evart, where he witnessed the artil-
lery prac!ice of the crew. He then landed at the
Devonport dockyard, and was received by Rear-
Admiral Superintendent Thomas M. C. Symonds,
C. 8., Commander Martin, Master-Attendant, Mr.
Moore, acting master-shipwright, and others,
While here he saw at work a steam fireeeegiue,
which threw a jet of water at the rate of 24 tors
per minute to a height varying &cm 120 to 150
feet. Having taken luncheon with Admiral Sy-
monds, General Todleben went from the dockyard
to Key ham steamyard, round which he was _con-
ducted by Mr, Miller, Chief Engineer, Captain
Edmonstone, R N., and Mr Townshend, C.E. He
went on board the Achilles and Research and visited
the various workshops. He then went on board the
steamtug Scotia, which conveyed him to the Bull
Point powder works, and there obtained a full
view of the Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash.
He subsequently visited Mount Edgecumbe, and
in the evening dined at Leigham-terrace, Ply-
mouth, with Col. Owen, C. 13,, Commanding Royal
Engineers. During his stay in the West General
Todleben secured the esteem of all those whom he
met; he exhibited a most extensive knowledge of
his profession, and was completely open and candid
in his communiestions. It is understood that the
General will leave the country for the south of Ea-
rope about the 20th inst., but that he will first visit
Manchester and the midland counties. He has ac-
cepted invitations to dine at Willie's Rooms on the
11th inst. with the officers of the Engineers, and at
a grand military dinner at Woolwich, which will
take place, we believe, on Friday, the 18th inst.
The following appointments and promotions have
been made at the Admiralty :—Commander Hon.
E. G. L. Cochrane, to bo Inspecting Commander in
the Coast Guard—W. H. Parker, master, additional,
to the Royal Adelaide, for service in the Princess
Alice—Lieut. Rowland M. Sperling to tbc.:
Hima-
laya—Lieut. Robert L. Byng to tb, Asia—Subs
Lieut. H. B. Bradshaw to the Hibernia—Sub-Lieut.
John Jones to the Duncan—Albert J. W. Neville
promoted to be Acting Master—Dr Henry J. Dom-
Tulle, surgeon, to be Deputy Inspector General at
Bermuda Hospital—John M'Swiney, surgeon, to
the Formidable, additional, for service with the
Royal Marines at Deal—Dr W. Duirs, surgeon, to
be surgeon and medical storekeeper at Plymouth
Hospital—Dr John H. Patterson, staff surgeon, to
be staff surgeon of Woolwich Dockyard—Dr W.
L. Gordon to be assisting surgeon of Portsmouth
Dockyard—G. A. Wells, engineer, to the Dauntless,
for tenders—S. J. Bird, assistant engineer, to the
Asia, for hospital treatment—J. Williams, assistant
engineer, to the Racoon—J. H. Ferguson, assistant
engineer, to the Irresistible—and W. D. Gray Wor•
cester, nominated to a naval cadetship.

MAYORS FOR 1866.—The following gentlemen
were elected to fill the office of mayor for the
ensuing year:--Abingdon, Alderman C. Payne—Bedford,
Mr James coward, re-eleutea—tiirmingham, Mr IL Wig-
.gin—Bury St. Edmund's, Alderman Or: H. Nunn—Cam-
bridge, Alderman Hurrell, second time—Canterbury, Mr
P. Martin—Colchester, Mr J. F. Bishop, re-elected—Hert-
ford, Mr 3. Ciupper—Liverpool, Mr Edward Lawrence—
Manchester, Alderman Bennett—Norwich, Mr C. E. Tuck
—Nottingham, Alderman Page—Oxford, Mr J. R. Carr—
Portsmouth, Mr J. Baker—Preston, Mr Isherwood—
Rochester, Mr J. Tribe--Salford, Mr Wright Turner—
Southampton, Mr T. Bowman—Windsor, Mr R.. Harris—
York, Mr Cabry. _ _ _

DHAR RESTORED.—According to the Indu Pra-
kisch (or Moonlight), a native paper received by the last
mail, the Government have resolved on restoring Dhar to
its native ruler. "By this time," says the Moonlight, on
the authority of its correspondent at Indore, "the joyous
city rings with the tumult of the multitudes thanking their
gods for this restoration of the State to their hereditary
prince." It seems also duly grateful for the exertions of
Lord Stanley and Mr John Dickinson, jun., in England, to
whose efforts the restoration of Dhar to a native ruler is
mainly to be attributed,
BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Homcoppa,hic practitioners,
and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa
as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc-
trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country,
there were to ba obt fined no preparations of codea either at-
tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut
was either supplied ia the crude state or so unskilfully
manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London,
Homoeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1819 to thrn
his atention to this subject, and at length he succeeded,
with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first
to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined
by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes
through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli-
cious aroma. Dr. "[assail, in his wo.k "Adulteration of
Food," says -" ocoa con ains a great variety of important
nutritive principles every ingredient necessary to the
growth and sustenance of the body." Again: "As a nutri-
tive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or
tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a
breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured
in tin-lined Ob., Ob., and 11b. labelled packets, a d sold by
grocers, confectioners, and chemists, - [ADyT.]

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.—WEDNESDAY,
There was not much of importance on to-day's card with
the exception of the Sefton Handicap and the Liverpool

Nut sery.
Tho hurdle race, with which yesterday's proceedings
commenced, was only notable for the discomfiture of Lord
Uxbridge's warm favourite Marble Hill, who, though pull-
ing double all the way, seemed unable to get through his
horses at the distance, and was out of it then and there.
The Sefton, contrary to expectation, dwindled down from
34 coloured to a miserable quartet of very indifferent per-
formers, Welbeck being coesidered good enough to la..at
his three opponents, which he did with ridiculous ease.
Usher having carried off the Selling Plate, and been
bought in by his noble owner for about, wo should think,
the bOth time, a field of nine only ware telegraphed for the
Nursery , so it will bo seen that the principal events showed
a falling off from former years. Lion, the winner of the
Knowsley yesterday, won like a racehorse to-day, carrying
Bst 41b, and proved himself a first-rate animal. The attend-
ance was somewhat more numerous to-day, and the
weather favourable.
A Handicap Hurdle Race of 3 rove each, with 40 soya
added ; winners extra. Two miles, over six flights of
hurdles. 24 subs.
Mr T. Wadlow's West End, 6 yrs, Oat 121 b :(W. White) 1
Mr J. Davies's Bowman, 6 yrs, lOst 21b.. (Waddington) 2
Mr S. Harvey's Stanton, 6 yrs, lOst 101 b (James) 3
The following also ran :—Marble Hill, Ross, Morocco,
and Wild Duck.
Betting—Even on Marble Hill, 6 to 1 agst West End,
10 to 1 agst Morocco.
Morocco, with a clear lead, made play, followed by Stan•
ton and Bowman, two or three lengths in whose rear came
West End, the favourite, Ross, and Wild Duck, in the order
we have given them, and in which way they ran past tho
stand. Rounding the stable turn, Stanton got upon closer
terms; Bowman, West End, and Marble Hill following
next to the canal bridge turn, where Morocco gave way,
and at the T.Y.C. post ho was beaten, and gave way to
Stanton, who was joined as they entered the straight by
West End, Bowman, and Marble Hill, who cleared the
hurdles together; but on reaching the distance the favou•
rite was beaten, and dropped back; Bowman at the same
time took up the running over The next flight, but was
caught half way up by Stanton on the inside and West End
on the right, the three from this point running locked toge-
ther to the end, and finishing a fine race, West End, who
got up in the 13st stride, winning by a head, Bowman de-
feating Stanton by a neck for second; Ross finished fourth
upon sufferance, Marble Hill fifth. Morocco and Wild
Duck did not pass the post.
Handicap Plate of 40 soya, for all ages ; winners extra.
T.Y.C,
Mr Cherry's Birdfinder, 4 yrs, 9st (J. Grimshaw) 1
Mr T. Conolly's Saccharometer, 4 yrs, Oat 21b (Custance) 2
Lord Westmoreland's Practitioner, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Morris) 3
Mr R. H. Jones's Kapunda, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Crenshaw) 4
The following also ran : —Alice, Gipsy Girl, Jupon, Oul-
ton, Lowe, Lozenge, Topsy filly, and Broketina filly.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Birdfinder, 7to 2 agst Saccharo.
meter, 6 to 1 agst Jupon, and 10 to 1 agst Practitioner.
They got away on excellent terms. Jupon, with Saccha•
rometer at his girths, got away in advance, but, after
running some distance, they were headed by Birdfinder
next the rails, close up with whom were Gipsy Girl, Prac-
,itioner, and Kapunda. These positions were retainE d to
the distance, where Saccharometer, in company with Prac-
titioner, heade I again, drew towards the post, but as they
neared the stand Grimshaw called upon the favourite,
ho quitted his horses without an effort, and won in a
canter by a couple of lengths ; a length between the second
and third, Practitioner doles ting K ipunda by two lengths
for third. Jupon was fifth, the Leamington filly sixth, and
Lozenge next. Then came Alice, Gipsy Girl, and Oulton
Lowe, the latter cf whom was left at the post,
The Sefton Handicap of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for
3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. One mile and
a quarter.
Lord Uxbridge's Weibeck, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Hahne) 1
Hon. S. Hawkts's Armourer, 3 yrs, Sat 71b (Winders) 2
Mr C. St. George's Socrates, 5 yrs, 7st 2lb
(D. Wynne) 3