The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-13 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

The chartered troopship Michael Scott, Capt. I.
W. Pedley, which embarked the reinforcements of
cavalry, artillery, and infantry troops at Gravesend
on Monday, for Bombay, was detained in the river
until yesterday afternoon, in consequence of
some alterations having been found necessary
in the berths for the troops. These were com-
pleted yesterday afternoon, when the Michael
way, with a light
wind from the eastward. Yesterday Major. Gen.
Scott immediately got under
Eyre, commanding the troops in the Chatham dis
triot, and Deputy..lnspectorBGeneral J. A. Fraser,
M.D., principal medical officer of the garrison, in.
spected the East Indiaman Middlesex, which has
been chartered by the Hon. Council for India to
convey reinforcements to India, prior to the troops
embarking at Gravesend to-day.

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readiness to proceed to sea by the 25th of the ensu-
ing month, an order has been received at Chatham
dockyard directing the workmen connected with the
smiths' department to be employed three hours extra
daily, and, in addition to their ordinary pay, to re-
ceive " exertion money." The order also directs that
the workmen and mechanics employed on the screw
corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, and the
Torch, 5, 80 horse power, are also to be paid " exer-
tion money," both those vessels being required for
immediate service.

Yesterday upwards of 100 tons of the 5-inch and
6.inch iron armour plates for the Bellerophon and
Lord Warden ironclad frigates were landed at Chat.
ham dockyard from the Millwall Ironworks, and
the Atlas Works, Sheffield. There are now between
1,000 and 2,000 tons of armour plates in store at
Chatham dockyard for the Bellerophon and Lord
Warden, both of which vessels are being pushed
forward. as rapidly as the resources of the dockyard
will allow.

The Fawn, 17, screw steam slco:‘, 751 tons, 100-
horse power, recently commissioned by Commander
Charles J. Wrey, was taken to the measured mile
off Maplin Sands on Monday for the final trial of
her machinery previous to her departure from
Sheerness for the protection of the Scotch fisheries.
Daring the trial the vessel was in charge of Capt.
W. K. Hall, C. 8., of the Sheerness Steam Reserve,
the machinery being under the inspection of Mr
William Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat, and
Mr George Blaxland, chief engineer of Sheerness
dockyard. The draught of water was 14ft lin for-
ward, 14ft 11in aft ; the load on the safety valve
was 201 b; steam in the boilers at fun power, 201 b;
at half-boiler power, 171 b;
revolutions of engines—maximum, 90, minimum,
85.33. An average a the vacuum, 271 ;the
Peed of 7.239 knots was
obtained at boiler power
; 6.016 knots at half-
power; the force of wind being 4, easterly. She
had 80 tons of coal on board, and all her sea stores
and armament. She is fitted with Smith's
corners cut off; the dia-
meter being 19ft. ; pitch, l2ft.; propeller, with the leading
length, 2ft. ; im-
mersion of screw, 2ft. bin. The trial was considered
very vessel:wz„hcitcehd iosnnoanch ored
off Wednesday.
Majesty's 11 gun sloop Racer, 579 tons, and
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Her
150 horse power, commissioned at Woolwich by
Commander Saulez for service in the Mediterranean,
having been swung at Greenhithe for the regulation
of her compasses, yesterday left her moorings in
chargeartar sailed thence for her destination. Before her de-
p
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i was supplied with one
of Capt. Rodger's improved anchors, weighing 21
e of
yesterday Mr Barnes,
the
cwt., and a second weighing only 5 cwt. was sup•
plied to the Monkey, in order to test the capabilities
of the new species of anchor, the respective weight
of which is one-fourth less than the anchors ,
usually supplied for the service. The whole of Capt.
Rodger's anchors now at Woolwich on the improved
principle, weighing 5 cwt,
and 12 cwt., are ordered
to be forwarded to Sheerness to be appropriated to
ships in commission.
The paddlewheel vessel v
• ivid yesterday returned
to Woolwich, having conveyed the son of Prince
Frederick William of Prussia and the Princess
Royal from Calais to Dover, on a visit to her Ma-
jesty. The Vivid left Woolwich on Sunday, hav-
ing bees despatched hastily on
the receipt of a tele-
gram from the Admiralty for that purpose. On the
receipt of her orders she was
stripped, her crew
hulked on board the Salsette for
repairs, and the
ship had already received a coat of paint through.
out. The crew were berthed, however, stores were
reshipped, and the Vivid duly Under way sailing at
the appointed time. The Prince and his attendants
crossed from Calais to Dover on Tuesday. The
Princess Royal is expected, it Was stated, to arrive
also in England in a few days.
The greatest expedition is being at present used
in bringing forward the Terrible, 21, paddlewheel
frigate, 1,850 tons, 800-horse power, and preparing
her for the pennant. A large number of artisans
are at present working overtime on her. Her
boilers are shipped, and she 18 now taking in her
machinery in the large basin at Sheerness. When
completed she will be almost ! new vessel, but it
will be some months before she is ready for sea.
A party of caulkers belonging to Chatham dock-
yard have been directed to Proceed to Deptford, for
the purpose of assisting in caulking the iron-clad
corvette favourite, 10,2,186 tons, and the paddle
wheel sloop Basilisk, 6, 400-horse.
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power, both of
which vessels are required to be Completed with all
possible despatch.
The Lord Warden target, which
was recently
destroyed at Shoeburynessfie to Undergo a thorough
repair, the Lords of the Admiralty having aban-
doned the intention of removing it to Chatham
dockyard, where it was constructed, and the repairs
are now ordered to be effected at Shoeburyness by a
body of shipwrights and mechanics, Who are to be
sent from the dockyard for that purpose. The Ad-
miralty transport Dove is ordered to convey the
necessary materials from Chatham to Slvaebury-
ness for the repair of the target, previously to its
being again experimented upon.
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The following appointments were made yetiter•
day at the Admiralty—
Thomas Fenton nornimated
to a naval eadetship—William D. Wodaworth, As%