The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-30 00:00:00

Naval and

telligence.

The paddlewheel steam2r Terrible, 21, 800-horse
pourer and 1,830 tons, the largest paddlewheel
steamer in the British navy, having been upwards
of two years in dock undergoing a most extensive
repair, has barn undocked, and is now being fitted
for the Chatham Steam Reserve in readiness for

immediate zommiss'on, During the time she
has been in the shipwright's bands, she has
been almost entirely rebuilt. In consequence of
the size of her engines it was found impossible to
fit them in the ereciing shop of the dockyard,with.
out incurring considerable expense in altering the
erecting pits. The machinery and engines will
therefore be fitted on board the ship, prior to their
being finally fixed in their places. The Terrible
will, as soon as completed, join the Channel fleet
before proceeding on particular service.
The screw gunboat Surly, 2,60• horse power,
having been supplied with new boilers, and had the
whole of her defects in hull and machinery made
good, has been removed to moorings in the Medway,
where she is awaiting orders from the Admiralty.
In accordance with instructions from the Admi•
ralty, the screw corvette Scout, 21, 400-horse
power, is undergoing a thorough repair at Sheer-
ness Dockyard, in order to be brought forward to
replace the Clio in the first division of the Chatham
Steam Reserve, the latter vessel being daily ex-
pected to be commissioned. The Scout, not having a
spar deck like the Clio, is being fitted with a top-
gallant forecastle, to serve as a protection to the
crew in inclement weather.

The screw despatch gun vessel Serpent, 4, 200-
horse power, is being brought forward for the first
division of the Steam Reserve in the Medway, and
completing rigging.
The appointment of Second Captain Harrison
Was yesterday announced at Woolwich as succes-
sor to Captain E. J. Bruce, secretary to the Royal
Artillery Institution. Captain Bruce has been
appointed assistant-inspector of studies at the
Royal Military Academy, in succession to Lieut..
Col. Gibb, and will enter upon his new duties at the
forthcoming half-yearly meeting of the classes.
By the death of Gen. Sir It. Gardiner, G.C,8.,
1i..C.H., Royal Artillery, a pension for distinguished
or meritorious service is placed at the disposal of
Field Marshal the Duke of Cambridge.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :T--Lieut. J. S. Trotter to the Cor-
delia ; G. S. Goddard, assist.-paymaster, to the
Victory, as supernumerary ; It. H. Hansel', assist.-

paymaster in charge, to the Vindictive ; G. Park,
of the Majestic, promoted to first class assist.-engi-
neer ; J. S. Hall, assist.-clerk, additional, to the
Indus; and W. F. G. Hitchcock and H. W. Phelps
nominated to naval cadetships.

The Hon, Artillery Company and the Prince
and Princess of Wales.

Yesterday afternoon was a great day for this body,
the sole remnant of the ancient train bands of the
City of London. Mrs Robinson, the wife of the senior
major, having presented a new pair of colours to the
regiment, the opportunity was taken of requesting
the Prince of Wales to inspect the regiment, and the
Princess to present the new colours. Their Royal
Highnesses graciously accepted the invitation, and
the result was that the spacious grounds attached to
headquarters and the neighbourhood became a scene
of the greatest animation and excitement during the
greater part of the day. The Hon. Artillery Com.
pany was fortunate in inheriting from their prede.
censors, when space was not so valuable as it now
is in London, and when their training and exercise
ground was suburban, such ample room for military
evolutions and display as that which they possess on
one of the busiest main arteries of the metropolis,
north and south. The houses flanking this spacious
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parade.ground,and the gardens abutting upon it were

crowded to the housetops, and on the north side ar-
rangements were made for seating within the railings
hundreds of the fair sex, who on such occasions al-

ways muster in strong force. The day was rather
lowering in the morning, and rain seemed imminent,
but that did not prevent the assemblage of the ladies,
attired in the rich and tasteful dresses appropriate
to the summer season, it not the particular day. A
large number of members of other metropolitan
volunteer corps were present. Half an hour before
the time appointed for the arrival of the royal party
the rain, which had threatened all the afternoon,
came down ia earnest; and when at last the Prince
and Princess, attended by their suite, drove into the
ground, it was under such an " even-loon pour," as
the Scotch folks say, that it reminded us of the day
when her Majesty, accompanied by her lamented
Consort, reviewed the troops on the Curragh of
Kildare. The courage of the English ladies yester-
day was not inferior to that displayed by their
Irish sisters on that occasion. Umbrellas of all sizes
and colours were expanded, presenting in the con-
crete rather a new and unique picture for the pho•
tographer, but which, though they might fora short
time have protected the upper part of their owners,
could have little virtue as regarded the expansive
crinolines and the rich skirts spread over them
which are now the fashion. In the midst of this
pelting shower the Prince and Princess drove into
the ground. Previous to their arrival Lord Elcho,
Colonel of the London Scottish Rifles; the Marquis
of Donegal', of the Irish Brigade; Col. Warde,.of
the London Rifle Brigade ; Gen. Lord F. Paulen,
Cal. Wilson, Royal London Militia ; Col. Pepin,
Inspector General of Militia; Cot. Douglas, sth
Lancer's; Col. 'Marne, Tower Hamlets Volunteers;
and other officers, had in various ways tried to pro-
tect themselies from the storm. When the royal
carriages took their place, the Prince seemed for
some time rather disinclined to get out and mount
his charger, but at lac: a military overcoat having
been procured be took up his position at the saluting
point, attended by Gen. Knattya, Cal. Keppei, and
the staff of general and fieldofEcers we have already
named. For a considerable period the carriage in
which were seated her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales and the Prince and Princess of
Leiningen, and in which her Royal Highness
arrived, was kept closed, but as the weather grade-
ally cleared ap it was opened, and gave an °l,Tore
tunity for exhibiting the kind:y and warm feeling
with which the Princess is regarded. From one of
the gardens at the rear of the houses on the eastern
side of the grounds a ladder was let down in the
very thick of the rain, and a beautiful, fair-haired
little girl was assisted down it, who tripped across
the wet grass to the royal carriage with a magnifi-
cent bouquet. It was only alter a second effort to
present it that one of the footmen comprehended
what was meant, and lifted donor and gift to the
window of the carriage, when the latter was gra-
ciously accepted, and the small heroine of this little
episode regained her old position, from whence,
with others, she eagerly watched every movement
of the Fair Rose of Denmark.

The regiment was under the command of Lieut.*
Colonel Lord Colville and Majors Robinson and
Snell. The troop of light artillery, with two guns,
was commanded by Captain Jay, the troop of light
cavalry by Lieut. Kam ec, the field battery of four
guns by Captain Bieckley, and the battalion of six
companies by C.ptains Fox, Eiden, Buckenham,
Riviere, Eglese, and Davis. The line was formed
by the battalion in open column, with the horse
artillery on the right, and the light cavalry and
field battery on the left. In this position the cere-
mony of consecrating the new colors was performed
by the Rev. T. Hugo, the chaplain of the regiment.
Quartermaster-sergeants James and Gilchrist, who
held them during this ceremony, then handed them
to Majors Robinson and Snell, who presented them
to the Princess, end she graciously gave them into
the keeping:of Ensigns Webb and Fairlie, who re-
ceived them kneeling on very long and wet grass.
The Prince, accompanied by his suite and the field
officers on the ground, rode forward and closely in.
spected the line, passing up the front and down the
rear, and returned to the saluting point. The bat-
talion then marched past in slow and quick time,
the cavalry and artillery at slow and quick trot, ac-
companied in both cases by appropriate music from
the band.

The new colours were eacorted to the front by the
Ist company, and the old ones were removed to the
armoury by the left flank company, to the tune of
" Auld lang syne.'"rhen came the usual, but
always striking movement of advancing in full
column to give the grand salute, and the Prince