The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

MALTA, July 4.—Her Majesty's ship Pelican emit; ed
from Tunis on June 27th, followed on the 29th by her NE a-
jesty's ship Cossack, and on July Ist by her Majesty's slot .p
Royal Oak. Her Majesty's ship Liffey returned on the 276
of June from a cruise of exercise in the Malta Channel
Her Majesty's ship Magicienne arrived on July Ist fro“
Tripoli, Gerbi, and Ghabes, bringing Col. Herman, her
Britannic Majesty's Consu- General at the first-named port,
accompanied by Mrs. Herman. Her Majesty's ship Cossack
left for the coast of Syria on the 2d July. Admiral Wil-
liams and his two sons left Malta on June 27th in the Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Company's packet Syria for Gibral-
tal and Southampton. Lieutenant Bogher, flag lieutenant
to Vice. Admiral Smart, the Commander-in-Chief in the
Mediterranean, returned to Malta from England in the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's packet Poonah from
Southampton on the 29th of June, and resumed his duties
on board her Majesty's ship Marlborough. Paymaster
Choun, R.N„ was a passenger on board the same steam
packet for Alexandria en route for China. The Egyptian
screw steam frigate Ibrahimia arrived at Malta from Alex •
andria on June 27th, having on board their Excellencies
Salim Pasha, Ibrahim Pasha, and M. Princeteau, generals
of brigade in the Egyptian army, attended by their respec-
tive aides-de-camp, on their way to Marseilles, to be pre-
sent at the military spectacles on the occasion of the Napo-
leon Festival on the 15th of August. The frigate proceeded
to her destination, after replenishing fuel, early on the fol-
lowing morning.
Her Majesty's ship Racoon still remains in the Firth of
Forth, moored off Inchcolm, on which island the crew are
at present encamped. No new case of sickness having
broken out during the week, it is thought likely that.the
camp may be broken up in about a week, and that the vessel
will proceed on her cruise to Norway. Meantime the Aurora,
Capt. Sir L. M'Clintock, has arrived in the Forth, for the
purpose of raking Prince Alfred on board, and it is ex-
pected that the two ships will rendezvous in a few weeks
at Froyen, on the coast of Norway, and that the Prince
will proceed thither to his former vessel.
The new ironcased ship Zealous, 20, 37,716 tons, which
left Pembroke at S on Saturday morning, arrived in Ply-
mouth Sound at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, Her escort,
the paddlewheel steam sloop Geyser, Commander Arthur
A. Thrupp, left at 6 on Saturday and arrived at 11 50 on
Sunday. The speed of the Zealous, which is supplied with
Maudslay's engines of 800 horse power, has excited great
admiration, she having made ten knots while the Geyser
was making eight knots. When the Geyser was entering
Plymouth Sound near Penlee Point she observed the brig
Bonquer, of Sunderland, in collision with the schooner
Speedy, of Waterford, from Talbot, with coal, The Speedy
was struck just abaft the main rigging, on the starboard
side, and lost her foremost. The Geyser took her crew in
tow, but the wind being very strong from E.N.E. (force, 6
to 8), the warp broke, and another,warp was fastened,with
which she was towed as far as the Read Buoy on the now
ground, where she sunk in six fathoms. A midshipman,
Mr Ellis, and three of the Geyser's crew had to jump over-
board to save their lives. The brig has lost her jibboom.
All the crew of the schooner took refuge on board the brig
immediately after the collision.
The Clio, 52, steam corvette, 1,472 tons, 400 horse power,
was commissioned by Capt. N, E. B. „Tumour, on Wed-
nesday last. The officers have been appointed and have
joined the vessel, which is shortly to relieve the Charybdis,
in the Pacific, Capt. E. W. Tumour.
Oa Friday the iron East Indianian Conflict, 1,176 tons,
Capt. A. Kelso, belonging to Messrs. James Smith, and
Co. of Liverpool, which has been chartered by the Hon.
Council for India for the conveyance of troops to
reinforce the Royal Artillery serving in the Bengal Presi-
dency, embarked at Gravesend, from Government-quay, 347
non-commissioned officers and men, 32 women, 46 children,
and four officers' wives, of the Royal Artillery, together
with the following officers—viz., Capt. A. D. Denntss, in
command, Capt. J. Brown, Lieut. J. Maunsell, Lieut. A. J.
Pearson, Lieut. J. W. Buckle, Lieut. P. H. Moubray,
Lieut. R. Waco, Lieut. G. Stone, Lieut. A. A, Saunders,
Riding Master W. Johnston, Assist. Staff Surg, H. H.
Maclean (in medical charge), Assist. Surg.Crean,and Veteri-
nary Surg. D. Hinge, Royal Artillery; Ensign H, L, Ricard,
20th Regiment; and Ensign C. Forte, 77th Regiment. The
vessel was inspected prior to the embarcation of the troops
by Major General Eyre and Staff, and the excellence of the
arrangements for the comfort of both officers and men dur
ing the voyage elicited very favourable comments. The
embarcation of the troops was effected by an early hour in
the afternoon under the superintendence of Brigade Major
Congreve, from Chatham, and Capt. Cow, who represented
the Hon. Council for India, and the Conflict is expected to
leave the Thames to-day.
The chartered East Indiaman Agamemnon, 1,430 tons,
Capt. N. Marder (Sub.-Lieut. Royal Naval Reserve), be-
longing to Messrs. Green and Co., Blackwell, which has
been taken up by the Hon. Council of India for the convey-
ance of reinforcements to India, embarked the following
troops from Government 'quay, Gravesend, on Saturday, for
Kurrachee—viz., 195 non-commissioned officers nd men,
six women, and two children, of the Royal Artillery, from
Sheerness, Woolwich, and \\Tuley ; 21 men, three women,
and four children of the Ist battalion of the lath Regiment,
from Chatham ; 22 men, 6 women, and 10 children of the
Ist battalion of the 7th Royal Fusileers, from Weimer ; 27
men, and one woman of the 90th Light Infantry, from Col-
chester ; 26 non-commissioned officers and men, two women,
and two children of the 79th Cameron Highlanders, from
Stirling; 17 men, six women, and one child of the 93d
Sutherland Highlanders, from Aberdeen; 41 men of all
ranks, ten women, and six children of the 95th Regiment,
and four women, and two children of the 89th Regiment,
from Ferrnoy ; one man, one woman, and two children of
the 87th Royal Irish Fusileers, from Buttevant ; and 77
non-commissioned officers and men, eight women, and
seven children of the 169th Bombay Infantry, from Cork ;
total 498 non-oommissioned officers and troops, 50 women,
and 60 children. The arrangements on board for the ac-
commodation of the officers and troops during the voyage
are of a very complete character, and previous to the embar-
kation on Saturday the Agamemnon was inspected by
Major-General H. Eyre. The troops embarked under the
suderintendence of Brigade-Major Congreve and the officers
of the Staff from Chatham garrison. The Agamemnon got
under way yesterday, with a fair wind from the eastward,
which would soon take her clear off the Channel. The
chartered troopships Middlesex and Michael Scott, both of
which have been taken up by the Hon. Council of India for
theiconveyance of reinforcements to India, will embark up-
wards of 800 cavalry and infantry officers and troops at
Gravesend to-day. The other vessels which are under
orders to convey reinforcements to the East Indies are the
Star of India, 1,045 tons, Capt. H. Morris (Royal Naval
Reserve), belonging to Messrs Somes Brothers, Blackwell,
for Bombay; the Calcutta, 1,000 tons for Calcutta; and the
Tyburnia, 1,020 tons, for Madras.
The following draught are now held in readiness at the
camp, Colchester, to proceed to join the service companies of
their respective regiments in India :-2 officers and 71 rank
and file of the 56th Regtiment-27 rank and file of the 90th
Regiment, and 40 rank and file of the 103 d Regiment-1
officer, 1 sergeant, and 23 rank and file of the 38th Regi-
ment--and 1 officer, 2 sergeants, and 31 rank and file of the
88th Regiment. Two of these draughts left the camp on
Saturday for Gravesend, and two others are to leave to-day.
Leave of absence having been granted to Col. Street, C. 8.,
of the 13th Depot Battalion at Colchester, the command of
the battalion has devolved on Major S.vinburne. A de-
tachment of 3 officers, 3 sergeant instructors of musketry, 5
sergeants, and 8 rank and file are to leave the camp to-day
for Wimbledon to assist at the meeting of the National Rifle
Association.

The Accountant General of the Navy, Mr J. Beeby, and
the inspector and auditor of yard accounts, Mr H. W. R.
Walker, paid their annual visit to inspect and examine the
system of keeping tho dockyard account. at Sheerness on
Friday.
The first examination of candidates for admission to the
Royal School of Naval Architecture took place onTuesday,
Wednesday, and Friday in Sheerness dockyard. There
were 20 candidates. The greater number of the candidates
were engineer students, ana the remaining were shipwright
apprentices in the yard. The examination papers were
prepared by the Controller of the Navy and Dr Woolly,
inspector of Dockyard Schools.

Orders have been issued at Sheerness Dockyard that
vacancies for the appointments of yard and victualling
yard apprentices are to be open to public competition.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty:—Capt. E. W. Vansittart, to the Formidable, for
service with the Achilles, vice Lord John Hay, C. 8.,
superseded at his own request-..Jas. Ellis, acting engineer,
to the Cumberland for the Linnet—George Tyrer, assistant
engineer, to the Indus for the Doris—Michael J. Shannon,
assistant engineer to the Fisgard for the Prince Albert—
Thomas W. Davenport, acting assistant engineer, to the
Asia, as supernumerary—Paul 013. Horsford, assistant
clerk additional, to the Edgar—Thomas R. B. Rogers and
Edward D. Lewis, assistant clerks additional, to the Sutlej
—W. Jennings and Charles H. Fauvell, assistant clerks
additional, to the Rattlesnake.

ft is reported, we hope untruly, that the first
volume of the "Life of Caosar," which was in print, has
been destroyed, owing to the recent discoveries, which
render the re-writing of some of the parts necessary-
TUE LATE SIR C. BARRY, P A.—A very beauti-
ful memorial tablet to perpetuate the memory of
the late Sir Charles Barry has just been erected in thde.re
of Westminster Abbey, over the spat where the distin-
guished
the
a monumental
eminent
guished architect of the Houses of Parliament lies buried,
and nearly adjoining the grave of the late Mr, Robert
bSrtaespsh,enresopnre,st,,onwtilangom
, it will
engineer, was inscribed a few years since. The memorial,
which has been placed in the Abbey by the family of the
ebnegrtehroe4nuberre
late Sir C. Barry, consists of a large cross let :nto a msssive
slab of black marble about 12 feet in length by five feet in
width, and the inscription on the cross is as follows :
"Sacred to the memory of the late Sir C. Barry, R.A.,
F.R.S., architect of the New Palace at Westminster and
Jther buildings, who died on the 12th of May, 1860, aged
64 years, and lies buried beneath this brass." The follow
ing test is also inscribed round the outside of the marble
slab :—" Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord
and not mate men, for ye serve the Lord Christ,—Colossians
iii., 23, 24,