The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-12 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

The 2d battalion of thett Royals, now stationed at
Portsmouth, are under ordqrs for service in the Channel
Islands. Three hundred men of the regiment who have
been employed, under the direction of the Royal Engineers,
on the defensive works of Portsdown-hill, return to regi-
mental headquarters to-morrow. A company of Royal En-
gineers expected at Portsmouth from Gibraltar will replace
Yals on Portsdown. the detachment of the Ist Ro

The 61th Regiment, at present stationed at Gosport, will
succeed the Ist Royal!! in PortEwouth garrison, and the 61th
will be succeeded at Gosport by the 87th Regiment from
Aldershott.

The iron East Indiaman Michael Scott, 1,197 tons, Capt
J. W. Padley, belonging to Messrs. Fenley and Campbell,
41, Threadneedle-street, which has been chartered by the
Government for the conveyance of reinforcements to India,
embarked yesterday for Bombay the following cavalry and
infantry troops from Custom-house- quay, Gravesend—viz.,
30 non-commissioned officers and men, two women, and
10 children of the 3d Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards,
Canterbury—one woman of the 6th Carbineers, from
Maidstone—one officer of the 19th Hussars-14 men,
two women, and one officer's wife of the Royal Horse
Artillery, and 158 non-commissioned officers and men,
six women and ten children of the Royal Artillery, from
Woolwich, Warley, and Sheerness—two non• commissioned
officers of the Army Hospital Corps, and seven men, three
women, and five children of the Ist Battalion of the 4th
King's Own Regiment, from Chatham-71 noncom-
missioned officers and men, five women, and two children of
the 56th Regiment, from Colchester-67 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 102 d Royal Madras Fusileers, from
Chatham—and 30 men, three women, and four children of
the 103 d Royal Bombay Fusileers, from Colchester—total,
380 men of all ranks, 23 women, and 21 children. The fol-
lowing officers embarked with the reinforcements : —Major
R, Pittman, Royal Horse Artillery—Cornet A. B. Donni-
thorne, 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieut. G. C. B. Taylor, 19th
Hussars—Lieut. C. E. B. Leacock, Royal Artillery—Capt.
Attilio Scheberras, 98th Regiment (in charge of detachment
of the 103 d Fusileers)—Lieut. J. Charley and Lieut. G. D.
Grimes, 55th Regiment--Lieut, C, F. Hooper, 4th King's
Own Regiment—Lieut. J. Maule, 102 d Fusileers—Ensign
G. H. Stoddart, 103 d Fusileers—and Staff Assist.-Surgeon
W. T. Paliologos, in medical charge. The Michael Scott,
which is an entirely new ship, and is about proceeding on
her first voyage, was inspected by Major-General H, Eyre
prior to the embarcation of the troops, when all the arrange-
ments for the health and comfort of the officers and men
during the voyage were found to be satisfactory. The
embarcations were effected under the superintendence of
Brigade-Major Congreva and the officers connected with
toe Quartermaster's Staff, Chatham, and the Michael Scott
will proceed on her voyage to-day.
Yesterday a detachment of Royal Marine Artillery and
Light Infantry, numbering four non-commissioned officers,
one drummer, and 34 gunners and privates, under the
command of First-Lieut. J. L. Needham, Royal Marine
Artillery, left head-quarters Chatham, and embarked on
board the screw corvette Clio, 22, 400-horse power, fitting
for sea.

In consequence of the companies of Royal Marine Artil-
lery being below their proper strength volunteering for
that branch of the service has been opened at Chatham,
Yesterday 42 volunteers, the names of whom had previously
been submitted for approval at the Royal Marine-office,
left head-quarters for Portsmouth to join the Artillery
companies.
The iron-cased screw• frigate Prince Consort, Capt, Willes,
has been detached temporarily from the Channel Fleet, at
Spithead, and anchored in Cowes Roads, where she will re-
main during the sojourn of her Majesty at Osborne.
The Nugent, screw troopship, Capt, Henderson, tried her
machinery yesterday at the measured mile in Stokes Bay
prior to being formally handed over by the steam factory
department to the Steam Reserve for commission.

The Frederick William, screw coastguard line-of-battle
ship, Capt. E, Codd, will, according to present arrange-
ments, go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead on Thurs-
day next, make her official trial at the measured mile on the
following day, and on Saturday sail for a cruise in the
Channel, and afterwards take up her station at Portland, in
the place of the Colossus,

The Pigmy paddle-steamer, Master-Commander Vine,
under the command of Commander Colomb, R.N., sailed
from Portsmouth yesterday morning to resume her station
south of the Isle of Wight as an experimental signal ship,
in conjunction with a signal party on St. Catherine's Down
Isle of Wight, under the command of Capt. Balton, 12th
Regiment. The experiments being carried on by these two
officers are most important and interesting.
The Accountant-General of the Navy, Mr. .T. Beeby,
assisted by some of the officials connected with that depart-
ment, has been engaged at Chatham Dockyard in the in-
vestigation of the accounts and returns previously prepared
at that establishment by Mr 11. W. R. Walker, the inspec-
tor and auditor of dockyard accounts, and Mr Watson, con.
nested with the construction of the Royal Oak, ironplated
wooden frigate, in order that au accurate account may be
obtained of the entire cost of that vessel, previously to the
returns being made up of the cost of tho other armour-clad
wooden ships built at Fox tsrcouth,
Woolwich, Plymouth,
and Pembroke.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :—Lieut. John J. Martin, to the Prince Consort
—Lieut. C. J. Carey, to the Clio—Henry S. Ley, master,
to the Indus, for the Caledonia—Francis E. Wolrige,
Wm. Y. Ottley, Wm. C. S. Hathorn, L. E. S. Vidal, G. H.
Eden, and H. P. Harris, naval cadets,
and J. Vil W. M'Senzie,
to the Clio—C. Icely,
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chief engineer, to the Caledonia—J. Downes, chief engineer,
r,
to the Clio—W. Oliver, chief engineer, to the Royal Sove-
reign—F. G. Barr, chief engineer, to the Asia, for the im-
mortalito when paidengineers,
ya
R. Hetherington, aen-
gineer, to the Clio—V. Horne, assist, engineer, to the Cale-
donia-. M'lntyre, IL Onions, J, Dinwoodie, and IL W.
Wilkins, assist. engineers,, to the Royal Sovereign—R. H.
Cooper, assist,
engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Wild-
fire—and W. Gentles and J. T. Coombs, assist. engineers,
to the Clio.