The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-23 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

Admiral Sir Provo W. P. Wallis is to receive the
Admiral's good service pension placed at the dis-
posal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the
death of Admiral Sir Arthur Fansh,v7e,

Yesterday a party of mechanics and workmen left
Chatham Dockyard for Shoeburyness, for the pur-
pose of taking to pieces and removing the wreck of
the Lord Warden target, the destruction of which
was so complete nu the occasion of the recent ex-
periments with the Armstrong and Somerset guns.
The target was constructed at Chatham Dnkystd,
under the superintendence of Mr. 13:7.rlicozabv, and
was in all respects the most massive of its kind ever
completed at that establishment.
• Considerable progress has been made in the con-
struction of the Lord Warden, ironclad frigate,
building at Chatham, and yesterday the workmen
commenced the operation of planking, the work of
setting up the frame, with the exception of a small
portion of the stern, being now completed. The stem
of the Lord Warden prcjects a considerable distance
beyond the vessel, and this portion of the frigate is
shaped like the curved portion of a capital S. The
projecting part of the bows below the water-line
will be armed with a sharp, cleaver-like instrument
for cutting open any hostile vessel, and sinking her.
About 1,000 tons of armour-plating, of 41 and 51
inches in thickness, for covering the exterior of the
Lord Warden, have been landed at Chatham
Dockyard, the whole having been supplied by
Messrs John Brown and Co., of the Atlas Works,
Sheffield.

The paddlewheel steam sloop Gladiator, 6, Capt.
Francis H. Shortt, left Plymouth Sound on Monday
afternoon for the West Coast of Africa. She started
with her topgallant-masts housed. Four of her
guns were left behind at Devonport, and every other
arrangement made for the accommodation of troops.
It is calculated that she can now receive 19 officers
and 480 rank and file.

The troopships Hornet and Atalanta arrived in
the Thames on Tuesday, and dropped their anchors
off the Custom-house quay, Gravesend, having on
board the 74th Highland Regiment. Yesterday
morning the troops commenced disembarking, con-
sisting of one field officer, 20 officers, and 543 non-
commissioned officers and privates, with 31 women
and 62 children. Major-General H. Eyre, with
Col. C. S. Gordon, his aide-de-camp, and Capt. W.
Congreve, Brigade Major, from Chatham garrison,
superintended the disembarkation. The regiment
embarked at Madras on the 7th of March last, after
a service of upwards of ten years. During the
whole of its service in India its conduct has been
most exemplary. The regiment, it is expected, will
be sent to Chatham for a short time previous to its
being removed to Scotland.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—F. F. M. Strong, to be Staff Com-
mander; W. J. Norcock, nominated to a naval
cadetship; Thomas R. Warren, Burg., to the Cor-
delia ; Charles Morton, surg., to the Fawn ; Andrew
M'Clure, burg., to the Racer; Dr Henry Fegan,
assist-surg., to the Dauntless ; A. Scott, assist.-
Burg., to the Impregnable, for the Sparrow ; 3. N. 3.
O'Malley, assist.-surg., to Boscawen for the Ferret,
C. J. Devonshire, assist.-surg., to the Warrior ; W.
J. Alpia, assist.-surg., to the Implacable, for the
Martin ; W. P. Burwood, paymaster to the Fawn ;
George W. Muir, paymaster, to the Racer ; Edward
R. Key, paymaster, to the Cordelia ; Commander
C. J. Wrey, to the Fawn; Commander J.B. Scott,
to the Cordelia; Lieut. J. N. T. Saulcz, to the
Racer; Lieut. I. M. Bushell, to be Transport
Officer; Lieut. E. J. Bellett, to the Fawn ; Lieut.
Walter J. B. Ogilvy, to the Cordelia ; Alexander
C. Young, assist.-paymaster, additional, to the Fis-
gard ; G. P. &miner,- Charles A. IV almsley, and
brimacombe, acting second class essist,-
engineers, to toe Asia, as supernumeraries ; George
Mackay, second•claso assist.-engineer, to the Indus,
as supernumerary; Edward B. Nettleton, clerk, to
the Fawn ; John J. Hear, clerk, to the Ricer ;
Charles Niedle, clerk, to the Cordelia; Lieut. W.
E. Darwell, to the Racer; J. J. Gravener, master,
tr, the Fawn ; J. L. Cavenaugh, master, to the Cor-
delia; S. M. Spry, master, to the Racer; G. S.
Smith and Eugh S. Gough, midshipmen, to the
Cordelia ; EdwarJ H. Blomefield and Henry Pon-
son by, nominated to moral cadetships; T. H. Smith,
master's assistant, to the. Fawn ; A. R, Ring,
master's assistant, to the Cordeii:a ; T. W. Sanders,
of the Harrier, and C. R. Lacy, of the Liverpool,
promoted to the rank of acting engineers.