The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-17 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE ARMY.
Rear-Admiral of the White George St. Vincent
King, C. 8., rehoisted his ftsg on Sunday on board
the screw steamship Princess Royal, 73, Captain

Jones, in Plymouth Sound. She will probably

leave to-day for the Caps of Good Hope.
The Frederick William screw two-decker, in No.
10 Dock at Portsmouth, in process of outfit for a

flag on foreign service, is found to be very rotten in
the vicinity of her sternposts, and workmen are

now employed upon her till 8 p.m. daily to remedy
this state of things as early as possible, the dock

being required for other vessels.
The Boscawen, boys' training ship at Southamp-
ton, Commander G. S. Nares, was officially inspected
on Monday by Admiral Sir Michael Seymour,
G.C.8., Port Admiral at Portsmouth, and Naval
Commander-in-Chief of the south-west district.
The Boscawen is said to be in a highly efficient
state, and the boys on board to be smart in all their
duties, but especially so in their gun drill.
In consequence of the amount of work still re-
maining to be executed on board the armour-clad
frigate Caledonia, 35, 1,000-horse power, fitting for
the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve,
she will not be ready to hoist the pennant until the
25th of April, and not on the Ist of April as was
previously ordered.
The Trafalgar, 70, screw steamship, 2,900 tons,
500-horse power, which was recently paid out of
commission from the Mediterranean, and recom•
missioned at Sheerness by Captain Charles F.
Schomberg to take the place of the Edinburgh, 60,
as coastguard ship at Queensfevry, in the Firth of
Forth, was inspected on Saturday by the Comman-
der-in-Chief at Sheerness, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles
Talbot, K.C.8., who was attended by his Staff. At
the close of the inspection the vessel left the harbour
for her destination.

Capt. Charles Boddam Stockdale, R.N., died at
his residence at Plymouth on Sunday night. He
entered the navy as midshipman, in 1804, on board
the Culloden. He accompanied the Phaeton in the
expedition of 1810 against the Isle of France, and
was in the following year present at the storming
of Fort Cornelis. Since the 27th of August, 1846,
he has been attached to the Ocean, 80, and Wel-
ington, 72, guard-ships at Sheerness.
The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, Capt. Roch-
fort Maguire, from Vera Cruz, January 4th ; Poet
Royal, February 3 ; and Bermuda, February 28,
arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday. On the
passage from Vera Cruz to Port Royal her propeller
became useless by the dropping of her stern, and
she has in consequence returned under canvas only
to England. When coming through the Narrows
at Bermuda, on the 27th of February, she took the
ground at St. Catherine's point, the wind being
strong from the north east. She was in charge of
a local pilot, and was hove off uninjured on the
morning of the 28th by the steam sloop Buzzard
and tug Spitfire, which towed her to sea. She left
at Port Royal the Aboukir, Challenger, Royalist,
and Steady, and at Bermuda the Nile, Phaeton,
Shannon, Liverpool, Pylades, Greyhound, Petrel,
Buzzard, Nimble, Plover, Cygnet, and Terror. The
Galatea will probably go into dock at Davonport.
The Dauntless, 31 guns, Capt. J. B. Dickson, will

leave her station in the Southampton Waters, off
Netley, at the end of the present month, and pro-
ceed to Sheerness, where she will be paid off and
re-commissioned by Capt. Strange, of the Corn-
wallis. Capt. Dickson will then commission the
Irresistible, 80, to be stationed in the Southampton
Waters, in the place of the Dauntless.

Commodore F. B. Montresor has received the
good service pension, vacant by the promotion of
Capt. Denham to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
The Himalaya steam troopship, Capt. E. Lacey,
arrived with the naval military invalids, tinac-
expired men, and a few passengers. The Himalaya
came into harbour in the afternoon, when the naval
invalids were removed to the Victory. Those of the
military will be sent to Netley Hospital to-day, and
the time-expired men forwarded to the depots of
their respective regiments. The Himalaya left here
on the 29th of July, 1863, with the 2d battalion 25th
Regiment for Ceylon, sinca which time she has cir-
cumnavigated the globe. She called at St, Vincent
to coal on the 7th August, leaving again on the 9th,
arrived at Simon'a Bay, 28th, where she found Rear.
Admiral Sir B. Walker's flag-ship Narcissus. She
left on the sth of September and arrived at Ceylon
on the 24th, steaming the whole distance, and hav-
ing nearly 400 tons coal remaining. After landing
her troop she left for Galle on the 27th to coal,
returning to Ceylon on the 30th. In consequence
of several cases of scarlatina having occurred among
the detachments of the 50th Regiment brought from
England in this ship it was deemed advisable to
land the whole detachment at Colombo, and to defer

the embaroation of the regiment for a few days.
This sickness having disappeared she embarked the

50th Regiment on the 9th of October, together
with camp equipage and military stores, and left

on the 10th for Auckland, New Zealand, calling
at Melbourne on the 2d of November to coal
and to embark a battery of Armstrong guns, leaving
the latter place on the 7th and arriving at Auk-

land on the 14th, where the troops, military stores,
and Armstrong guns were landed. On the passage
between Cape Leeuwen and Melbourne she experi-
enced very heavy weather, but did not sustain
any damage. After refitting, she embarked naval
and military invalids and condemned stores for
England, leaving Auckland Nov. 28 by order of
Commodore Sir W. Wiseman to proceed via Sydney
and Cape Horn. She arrived at the former place
Dec. 4, and having coaled and embarked military
invalids and naval and military stores, left again on
the 13th, steaming to the southward of New Z:a-
land. On the 19th the fires were put out and she
proceeded under canvas, but on Jan. 10, 1864, she
met with ice, and on the 12th, in lat 50 59 S, long.
110 7 W, the ship was so surrounded by icebergs
that it was found necessary to get up steam again,
which she did until noon of the 13th, in lat 50 38
S, long 106 W, when they entirely disappeared. She
continued her course then under canvas until Feb. 3
in lat 42 S, long 27 W, the wind having fallen very
light, when steam was got up again, and she arrived
on the 16th at Ascension, and, after coaling and
taking in some provisions and some naval invalids,
left again on the 22d, calling at St. Vincent on
March 2 to coal, and finally leaving for England on
the sth. The Himalaya has returned in a most effi-
cient state, and has performed her long voyage well
considering that the greater portion of it homeward
was under canvas with light winds. The health of
the crew and troops has been good, and too much
praise cannot be given to the captain and his able
staff of officers for the efficient manner in which
every service in which she has been employed has
been performed.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty—Adderley W. Chimmo, paymaster,
to the Bulldog; Geo. Lumley, chief engineer, to the
Research; Geo. Kent, chief engineer, to the Fis-
gard for the Mutine ; J. R. Johnson, chief engi-
neer, to the Gladiator; Geo. Thompson, engineer,
to the Research; Edward Ingledew, engineer,
to the Indus for the Fervent; W. Roberts, en-
gineer, to the Gladiator; J. Watson (a), assist-en-
gineer, to the Research; Thomas Rose and John
Runnels, assist.-engineers, to the Gladiator; Capt.
C. A. Campbell to the Formidable, additional, for
service with the Bombay; Lieut. John Patton to
the Gladiator; Lieut. Francis H. H. Hutchinson
to the Defence ; Sub-Lieut. Albert W. Whish to the
Duncan ; James Leathlean, engineer, to the Indus,
for the Assurance; and Mark Lambert, engineer,
to the Fisgard, for the Racer; Staff-Commander
Frederick R. Sturdee, to the Asia, for the Royal
Sovereign ; Acting Sub-Lieut. Verney L. Cameron,
to the Hector ; J. W. L. Jekyll, midshipman, to the
Gladiator; Cecil F. Foley, nominated to a naval
cadetship ; Dr. John Pringle, acting.assist.-surg.,
to the Ajax ; Richard G. Roe, master's-assist., to
the Research ; William H. Maunsell and Charles
C. P. Bawden, master's-assists., to the Gladiator;
William Nash, assist.-clerk, to the St. George ;
Alfred Postance, assist: clerk, to the Majestic;
Edward Pye, Frederick M. Aylen, John P. M.
King, Henry Stubbs, and William H. F. Kay,
assist-clerks, to the Royal Adelaide. Messrs.
Arthur M. Cu/me and Thomas R. I. Clarke have
been nominated to natal cadetshirF,