The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

Army Supplementary Estimates,

The supplemental estimates referred to by the Marquis of
Hartington,in moving the Army Estimat es,has been printed.
The total of the estimate is £409,000, the votes added to being
Nos. 1,2, 3,4, 6,6, 7,13,14, and 17. The addition to Vote, 1,
for general staff and regimental pay allowance and charges,
is £170,900, of which £119,892 is the amount of die-allow-
ances made by the India Office, on the accounts rendered to
that department by the War Office, for advances for regi-
ments serving in India during the peried from 1864-6 to
1860-1, finally declared end acceeded to in 1863-4. The re-
mainder of the addition is chiefly on New Zealand acconnt.
The addition to Vote 2, "Commissariat establishment, ser-
vices, and movement of troops," is £65,000, all for New Zee-
land,except Ll6,ooo,which isentered "Provisions (China and
New Zealand )" £BO,OOO is the addition to Vote 3, being
for extra clothing and necessaries to men in New Zealand,
£15,000 added to Vote 4 is for barrack and corresponding
allowances to troops in New Zealand , £6,000 is the ad-
dition to Vote 6, for allowances to Judge Advocate, mem-
bers, and witnesses at courts martial; £15,900 is added to
Vote 7 on account of the New Zealand medical establish-
ment ; £30,700 is added Vote 13, consisting of £1,400 for
rent of a railitary storehouse to New Zealand, and £29,300
for the purchase and repair of small arms ; £12,000 added
to Vote 14, is for special engineering servhes and repairs,
&c., in China and New Zealand ; £6,000 is added to Vote
17 for a field allowance on Now Zealand account; and
£8,500 to Vote 24, charge for out-pensioners of Chelsea
Hospital.
To the estimate the following explanatory note is pre-
fixed:—

"Part of this estimate is required to complete the final
settlement of the account with the Indian Government up
to the 31st Mara, 1861, from which date the new mode of
settlement of the claim for the repayment of the advances
for recruiting and other charges for regiments serving in
y effective soldier serving
India, at the rate of £lO for ever

The Duke of Somerset had a levee on Thursday
afternoon at the Admiralty, Whitehall. There
were present—Admiral H. T. B. Collier, Vice-Ad-
miral Bennett, Rear-Admiral Carnegie, Rear-Ad-
miral W. H. A. Morehead, Capt. J. A. Poynter,
Capt. Thos. Hope, Capt. H. H. Beamish, Capt. W.
E. H. Somerset, Capt. D. Miller, Capt. J. F. Mur-
ray, Capt. W. A. R. Pearse, Capt. C. B. Hamilton,
Capt. Edward Rice, Capt. R. J. J. Macdonald, and
Capt. F. W. Gough ; Commander J. W. East, Com-
mander the Hon. M. H. Nelson, Commander U. D.
Broad, Commander Charles Haydon, Commander
F. Hewson, Commander F. J. Bullock, Commander
J. Ward, Commander M. Lowther, Commander
Bridges; Lieut. T. M. Campbell, Dr. J. W. John-
son, and Mr. W. Menzies.
The Landrail, 6, screw gunvessel, Commander
William Arthur, arrived at Spithead on Thursday
from the West Indies, and awaited orders up to
sunset as to which of the home ports she will be
sent to dismantle and pay out of commission. She
sailed from Bermuda four days before the screw
frigate Ariadne, whioh arrived at Spithead on
Tuesday, u reportedia Zhe SUPS of Thursday, and
her news has conse4uently bet. Tha
Landrail, on the 23d and 24th ult., experienced the
same heavy gale reported by the Ariadne, and was
compelled to heave to for some time in consequence
of its violence.

In the list of her Majesty's ships left by the
Ariadne at Bermuda on the 13th ult., in the an-
nouncement of the Ariadne's arrival at Spithead in
The Sun of Thursday, her Majesty's screw frigate
Shannon, Capt. Jones, was inadvertently omitted.
Every preparation for floating the Royal Sove-
reign turret ship out of dock at Portsmouth on the
Bth inst. is being made, and considerable interest is
felt to ascertain what the ship's actual draught of
water will be under the circumstances, opinions on
the subject being widely divided. A light sheet-iron
bulwark of about three feet in depth, which throws
down outwardly in sections on iron stanchions and
strong metal hinges, is being fixed round her top-
sides. Her foremost turret, which will mount two
guns, has one 10.5-inch smooth-bore gun mounted
on its carriage. In a private trial of the turret's
turning powers yesterday, it made a quarter circle
in 17 seconds, and a full circle under the minute, six
men being at the winch-handles of the turning gear.
The Adventure, screw troopship, Capt. Waddilove,
is under orders to embark supernumeraries for China
about the 10th inst. The precise date of her sailing
depends probably on the result of her screw trial at
the measured mile, which takes place on Monday
next.

The screw steam gunvessel Trinculc, 4, Lieut.
Creagb, tender to the flagship which arrived at Ply-
month yesterday, left the Tagus on Saturday last,
the 27th ultimo, at 2 o'clock, in company with the
Edgar, Black Prince, Warrior, and Defence, which
have gone on to Portland. The Trinculo will fol-
low the Channel squadron to-morrow (Sunday).

The iron•cased scraw steam-frigate Prince Con-
sort, 35, Captain Willis, left Plymouth Sound
upon Thursday for a trial cruise in the Channel, a
formal report of which will be sent to the Lords of
the Admiralty. She will rend( zvous at Portland
until the arrival of the squadron from Lisbon. After
her voyage to Dublin, in which she encountered
very heavy weather, very large sums were named
as the probable cost of her repairs. Including seve-
ral expensive improvements unconnected with that
trip, the entire charge will not be much beyond
110,000.
The crew of the Megrera, at Devon port, WAS paid
off yesterday. Those belonging to Portsmouth left
in the afternoon in the steamtug Pigmy.
Commander W. E. Gordon, who has been gazetted
to the command of her Majesty's ship Ranger, on
Thursday went down to Woolwich, and took up his
commission. lie afterwards went on board the flag-
ship Fisgard, and selected a portion of his crew,
which will consist of 93 of all grades. The Ranger
is commissioned for the slave preventive service on
the \Vest Coast of Africa.
The Bombay, 67, 400 horse power, fitting for com-
mission in dry dock at Chatham, shipped her main-
deck guns yesterday, consisting of 24 32-pounders,
each of 56cwt. Iler heavy lower deck guns ►•ill be
shipped on board as soon as she is undocked, which
will be some time in the course of next week.
The Achilles, 35, 1,250 horse power, fitting in
Chatham harbour, has had her machinery and
engines fitted on board, and will get up steam at her
moorings for the first time to-day for the purpose
of testing the working of her machinery.
Instructions have been received at Chatham
directing the iron paddlewheel steamer Lizard to
be placed at the disposal of Capt. Mqiillop, in order
to enable him to carry out a series of experiments
with his cofferdam, or portable dock.

Admiralty instructions have been received at Chat-
ham for the screw gunvessel Torch, 5, 80 horsepower,
which has arrived in harbour from the West Coast
of Africa, to be paid off, to be immediately re-corn-
missionen.

The following appointments were made on Thurs-
day at the Admiralty :—John Downie, inspector of
machinery, additional of the Princess Charlotte,
superseded at his own request ; John Oliver, chief
engineer of the Orlando, promoted for special ser-
vice to be inspector of machinery, and appointed to
the Princess Charlotte ; and Charles F. Roberts,
clerk, to the Fisgard.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. Lord John Hay to the
Formidable, additional, for service with the
Achilles ; Richard C. P. Lawrenson, assistant-surg.,
additional, to the Wellesley ; Joshua Courtenay,
assist.-surg., additional to the Cumberland ; Dun-
can WN. Johnston, assist.-surgeon, to the Ranger ;
Geo. R. Pickthorn, acting assist.-surg., to the St.
Vincent; W. M. Power, Thomas ltedfern, and
Thomas Purcell, acting assist.-surgeons, to the
Euryalus ; and W. G. Warren, engineer, to the
Trafalgar.