The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-09 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Lords of the Committee of Council on Edu-
cation have determined, after communication with
the Admiralty and the Institute of Naval Architects,
to open at South Kensington a royal school of naval
architecture end marine engineering. The school
is for the instruction not only of Admiralty pupils
from the royal dockyards and officers of the royal
navy, but also for the use of naval architects and
shipbuilders in wood and iron, marine engineers,
foremen of works, shipwrights, &c. The Admiralty
have deposited their collection of naval models at
the South Kensington Museum, and the Lords of
the Committee trust that the private shipbuilders of
the country will give their assistance in rendering
the collection more complete. The school will have
a yearly session et South Kensington of six months,
from November to April. It will open early in
November next. When the school is not open
arrangements will be made, if possible, for study
in the royal dockyards and in private yards. Four
free studentships will be given in competition if
qualified candidates come up, and to the best two
of these scholarships of I:50 per annum. The com-
petition this year will take place early in Novenae
ber, at a time to be hereafter announced. The syl-
labuses of the subjects, except practical shipbuild-
ing, are given in the directories for science and
navigation schools. Diplomas will be given to all
persons, whether they have received their in'.
structions at the school or not, who pass the
final examinations of the school, provided that
they give satisfactory evidence of having gone
through the course cf practical work re-
commended by the Council of the Institute of Naval
Architects, These diplomes will be of two grades
according to the success of the candidate in the ex-
amination, the title of the higher grade being
Fellow, and of the lower Graduate of the Royal
Society of Naval Architecture. Certificates for sac-
ceEs in special subjects and prizes also will be given
to the students at the end of the session. The Rev.
J. Woolley, LL,D,, has been appointed, with the
concurrence of the Admiralty, inspector-Gem and
Director of Studies,and Mr C.W. Merrifield, F.R.S.,
Principal of the Royal School of Naval Architecture.
' A man•of-war corvette, flying the Portuguese en-
sign, passed through Spithead yesterday morning to
the westward.

The Inflexible paddle steamer, of 3,122 tons and
378 horse power of engines, one of the seven vessels
purchased from the Admiralty by Messrs Castle and
Beach, of London, left Portsmouth yesterday morn-
ing for the Thames in tow of a private steamtug.
The conditions of the sale are that the ships shall be
broken up by Messrs Castle and Beach, and not re-
sold by them to a third person.
The Pearl, 21, screw wooden corvette, 1,469 tons
and 400 horse power, has been taken into dock at
Portsmouth to undergo a thorough overhaul and
repair to her hull for a future commission.
The Rosamond paddle steamer, has been removed
from the ship basin of Portsmouth dockyard to dock
for breaking up.
The Hornet, 17, screw, Commander Hon. A. Hare,
is dismasting alongside Portsmouth dockyard, and
is expected to be paid out of commission about
Monday next.

The Victoria screw three-decker got up steam a
few days since to test her machinery alongside Ports-
mouth dockyard, when an opportunity was taken to
test the action of the ventilating apparatus on the
plan invented by 1)r Edmonds, Staff-Surg. of her
Majesty's ship Victory, and which has been fitted
on board by direction of the Admiralty under
Dr Edmond's supervision. It was ascertained by
experiment that half a million cubic feet of the
foulest air of the ship was constantly being carried
off by its means through the funnel draught while
the fires were lighted. With the fires unlighted
about one-third the amount of air is carried off
through the funnel. A ship once fitted on this
plan the apparatus remains self-acting, sucks the
foul air out without creating draughts, and removes
or prevents ail endemic causes of disease in ships,
particularly in tropical climates. The Admiralty
have directed that several of her Majesty's ships
aro to bo ventilated under Dr Edmond's superin-
tendence.

The paddlewheel steamer Adder, 2, 100Ahorse
power, Master Commander W. J. Blakey, having
undergone a complete repair to both hull and ma-
chinery, has resumed her station at Chatham as
tender to the flagship Wellesley, 72, at that port,
and is now employed almost exclusively in convey-

ing the officials and workmen to and from the dock-
yard to the ironclad frigate Achilles at Gillingham
Reach. During the time the Adder was in the
shipwrights' hands she was fitted with Lumley's
patent rudder, which by direction of the Admiralty
had been previously applied to the paddlewheel
steamer Otter, 2, employed in Chatham harbour to
test the value of the invention when fitted to
steamers required for river service. The results
made with the patent rudder on board that vessel
have been in the highest degree satisfactory, and
such as to justify the Admiralty in directirg the
application of the principle to other steamvesscls.
In a crowded and somewhat confined harbour like
that at Chatham it is obviously most essential

,hat steamers should be able to answer every

touch of their holm instantaneously, while, on the
othei hand, the steamer should be capable of being
steered under such circumstances that the helm
should possess the maximum amount of power ovar
the vessel with a minimum amount of resistance,
both of which essentials are secured in the patent
rudder. The experimental trials made during
the last few days with the Adder show that vessels
fitted with Lumley's rudder possess steering advan•
teges not possessed by those furnished with the
ordinary description of steering apparatus.
The Defence, on a complimentary visit to Bristol
arrived in the Channel yesterday (Wednesday)
morning, from Torbay, and is now anchored oif
Clevedon. Soon after her arrival she was boarded
by Captain Drew, the haven.mabtur, as representing
the Bristol Corporation. Captain Phillimore re-
ceived Captain Drew very cordially, and returned
with him to Bristol, to call upon the mayor, who
met him in the council chamber. Captain Philli-
more, who was in uniform, and accompanied by one
of his lieutenants, is a fine-looking officer, who con-

veys a noble impression of the British service. In
the course of the interview the gallant captain
intimated that his splendid ship would be open to
the citizens from 9.30 to 5 (except during the
dinner-hour of the crew, which is 12 to 1 o'clock),
and on Sunday the visiting would not begin until
after one o'clock, when worship and dinner were
over. On Friday morning the mayor and corpora•
tion will return Captain Phillimore's call, proceeding
by steamer from Cumberland Basin, and in the
evening his worship will entertain the gallant
captain and officers to dinner. Next evening they
will be the guests of Mr. John Hare.— Western
Dailg Press.
The following circular memorandum, addressed
to the army at home and abroad, has been issued
from the Horse Guards, dated Aug. 27 :
" His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com-
manding in Chief, with the concurrence of the Sec,-
retary of State for War, approves the transfer to
the new brigades of Foot Artillery, or to the Staff,
of the third assistant surgeons of all infantry
regiments in India as have still three. These officers
will be exempted from the payment of the entrance,
band, and mess contributions to the corps to which
they may be transferred, they having made these
payments in their presiant regiments, and they will
only be called upon hereafter to pay the annual
subscription while serving. Those assistant sur-
geons who may be transferred to the Staff,and have
not been 18 months with their present regiment,
have their entrance, band, and mess contributions
returned to them. His Royal Highness also approves
that, for the future, all medical officers who may
have paid mess and band contributions to one re-
giment shall not be required to pay the same again
to any other regiment, should they be transferred
for the convenience and benefit of the service, and
not at their own request. •
" By command,
" A. HORSFORD, Deputy-Adjt.•General.

EDINBURGIL—At a meeting of the Curators of
the Edinburgh University, held on Wednesday, Dr. James
Spence, F.R.C.S.E,, was elected professor of Surgery in
room of the late Professor Miller,