The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-22 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

A Board of officers, consisting of a field officer of
cavalry, president, an engineer officer, and a veteri•
nary surgeon, assembled at the Royal Engineer
Office, in the South Camp, Aldershott, a few days
ago, to inspect and report as to the fitness for occupa-
tion of a sixty-horse stabl.e just completed for the
Military Train at that station, and one of those in•
tended to replace the temporary wooden stables
burnt last year. The new stable is situated at the
bottom of the R lines, South Camp, and is one of

three in course of erection for the use of the sth
Battalion Military Train. There will also be a new
stable appropriated to officers' horses. Between the
stables, and distinct, a forge is erected for the carry-
ing ou of the farriery, 8c3., in connexion with the
battalion. The material used for the buildings is
known as perzzie. It is composed of sand, shingle,
and lime mixed together, and dried between boards.
Tuis new composition has all the hardness of atone
and great economy to recommend it. It is of a light
cream colour, The flooring, if such it may called,
of the stables is a very peculiar description. Good
paving bricks are used, each being set in separately
and with a cemented channel about an inch deep
surrounding it. The little trenches thus made all
run transversely to a central channel. The advan-

tages of this system of pavisg applied to a stable
where there is a large number of horses are consi-
dered very great, and to have a beneficial effect
upon the health of the animals. o:her arrange•
ments in the interior of the stable are of an im-
proved yet economical character. The cost of erec•
tion, owing to the use of the composition above-
mentioned, has been comparatively small, and both
the design and workmanship displayed in the con-
struction favourably reflect the abilities of the Royal
Engineers, officers and men, and of other corps
engaged in the work. Besides the stables above-
mentioned there are others in course of erection at
the bottom of AV lines, for the use of the 2d bat-
talion Military Train. These will be built in a
manner similar to those already described, and,
when finished, will exhibit a great superiority over
the wooden stabling long used in the camp.
;The regimental returns at Aldershott, just issued,
show the following number of points to the best
shots and the classification per cent. of men at tar-
get practice at that station on the 31st of October,
1864 :-2d Dragoons,—first period, 53 points ;
second period, secondeclass, 43 points. 14th Hussars
—first period, 44 points; second period, second class,
36 points. Commissariat Staff Corps—first period,
47 points ; second period, second class, not exercised.
Ist (Royal) Dragoons—first period, 60 points; se-
cond period, second class, 47 points. 85th Regiment
—first period, 63 points; second period, second class,
54 points ; third period, first class, 34 points; marks-
men per cent., 5. 31st Regiment—first period, 63
points ; second period, second class, 52 points; third
period, first class, 36 points; marksmen per cent,, 4.
59th Regiment—first period, 64 points, second
period, second class, 46 points; third period, first
class, 29 points; marksmen, per cent., 5. 62d Regi-
ment—first period, 63 points ; second period, second
class, 47 points ; third period, first class, 24 points ;
marksmen per cent., 2. 39th Regiment—first period,
57 points; second period, second class, 49 points;
third period, first class, 25 points; marksmen per
cent., 2. 83d Regiment—first period, 60 points;
second period, second class, 46 points ; third period,
first-class, 32 points; marksmen per cent., 4. Ist
battalion 14th Regiment—first period, CO points ;
second period, second class, 48 points; third period,
first class, 30 points; marksmen per cent., 4. 75th
Regiment—first period, CO points; second period,
second class, 45 points ; third period, first class, 32
points ; marksmen per cent., 2. 2d Battalion 60th
Rifles (with Whitworth rifles)—first period, 64
points ; second period, second class, 52 points ; third
period, first class, 38 points ; marksmen per cent.,l.
The remains of Lieut.eCol. William Brookes, 75th
Regiment, who expired in London on the 11th inst.,
were interred with military honours at Cave Ceme-
tery, near Farnborough, on Wednesday. The
deceased officer served with considerable distinc-
tion in India 'during the mutiny. On his return
to England in 1862 his Royal Highness the
Commander-in-Chief appointed him Town Major
of Dublin, and in further recognition of his services
he was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel in the
army, and was afterwards granted an unattached
majority without purchase. He had only been in
the enjoyment of his new post a few weeks, when
be was attacked by the disease of which he died.
The fourth annual report of the Aldershott Hos-
pital for the Wives and Children of Soldiers, signed
and approved by Lieut.- Gen. Sir John Pennefather,
K C. 8., has just been issued, from which it appears
that the subscriptions and donations to that institu-
tion during the past twelvemonth, with the balance
of £ll5 8s 5d from last year, amount to £306 as 7d,
and the total expenditure to £lB9 19s 3d, leaving a
balance in hand of £ll6 3i 4d. The committee ex-
press a hope that the benefits of this hospital have
been widely felt, and record theirlthanks to Mr D.
P. Barry, the secretary and medical officer, to
Major Smith, the treasurer, and to the Ladies
Committee for the general supervision which they
exercised.
The chartered East India troopship Robert Small,
Capt. Darke, which arrived in the Thames on Sun-
day from India, with timeeexpired men and conva-
lescent troops from the various regiments serving in
the Bombay Presidency, disembarked her troops at
Government-quay, Gravesend, yesterday. The
detachments on board included non.conamissioned

officers and men from the 3d (Prince of Wales's)
Dragoon Guards, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabi-
neon), Royal Horse Artillery, lst Battalion of the
4th (King's Own), Ist Battalion 18th (Royal
Irish), 28th Regiment, 33d (Duke of Wellington's)
Regiment, 56th Regiment, 72d Highlanders, 103 d
Royal Bombay Fusileers, 106th Bombay Light
Infantry, and some native regiments, the whole
numbering 84 non-commissioned officers and men,
together with Capt, E. L. Dillon, 18th Regiment,
Lieut. R. H. Fawcett, 33d Regiment, and Schools
master M'Key, 19th Regiment. The Robert Small
sailed from Bombay on the 28th July, the passage
to Gravesend, including detentions, occupying 115
days. One men of the 6th Dragoon Guards and one
child of the 4th Regiment died during the voyage,
and there was one birth on board. The troops gene-
rally have been very healthy during the passage.
The Lords of the Admiralty having decided on
laying down a line of railway in Chatham Dockyard,
communicating eventually with the lines converging
in the town, instructions were yesterday received at
the establishment directing the necessary reports and
surveys to be made by the officials of the dockyard,
preparatory to the works being carried into effect.
The large sternpost for the ironclad frigate Belle•
rophon, 14, 1,000 horse power, at Chatham, which
was forged for the Admiralty by the Mersey Iron
Company, was despatched to the dockyard yester•
day by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company, over whose line it was forwarded. The
mass of iron, which is in one piece, weighs 16 tons
1 cwt 2 qrs 221 b, and is one of the largest forgings
of the kind ever made for a vessel of war. In conse-
quence of the danger likely to arise from such a
heavy mass crossing the wooden drawbridge leading
to the garrison and dockyard, it will be conveyed
to the Ordnance wharf by permission of the War
Department, and there shipped to the dockyard for
fixing in its place.
The Warrior, iron frigate, Capt. Hon. A. H. Coch.
rane, C. 8., will be paid out of commission at Portss

mouth this morning. Yesterday morning the frigate
was officially inspected in every part by Admiral Sir
Michael Seymour, G.C.8., Port Admiral and Naval

Commander-in• Chief at Portsmouth; The ship was
dismantled to her lower masts, and cleared out en.
tirely, with the exception of her engines and boilers,
&c. The gallant admiral was received by Captain
Cochrane. On the upper deck of the frigate he was
engaged for some time with Capt. Cochrane exa-
mining the positions of the mast, and discussing the
advantage of the present system of rig adopted in
iron ships of such length al the Warrior and Black
Prince. The Warrior when rigged has no less a
weight than 200 tons aloft at one time in masts,
yards, sails, and rigging. With the exception of
her lower masts, she presents a clear view above her
bulwarks, and also a clear view of the specious
upper-deck from her tall-rail to her head-rail. The
motto carved on the ship's wheel, " The Princess is
much pleased," did not escape Sir Michael Sey-
mour's attention. The history of the motto is this.
On the occasion of the Warrior escorting the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert from Flushing to the
Thames, with the then Princess Alexandra of Den-
mark on board, signal was made from the yacht to
the Warrior, at the conclusion of the run across, by
special desire of the Princess, " The Princess is
much pleased,"and the officers of the frigate adopted
the signal as the future motto of themselves and
their ship while they remained together. From the
upper deck Sir Michael Seymour descended to the
main or gun deck, where he first made a minute
inspection of a series of drawings and plans which

have been prepared during the time the ship has

been in commission, and which will be left as a
legacy with the ship by her present captain for the

benefit of those who may next command and serve
in her. From the captain's cabin Sir Michael next
proceeded round the main deck, inspecting the ar-
rangements of the messes and the general fittings
of the deck, including the capstans and the work..
ing of the chain cables, &a. The upper and main
decks of the frigate, the parts in daylight and
above the water line, were certainly marvels of clean•
liness. The engines lay fully exposed to view in
every part. with cylinder covers off, crank shafts
detached, crank and trunk bearings exposed, with
slides, plummer blocks, &c., and all air-pump covers,
valves, and cocks exposed, auxiliary engines being
_ _ _

all dissected, &,. The condition of the dfferen

bearings and facings was surprising. One hundred
and ten doors had been unscrewed frcm the faces of
the boilers, and a view thus given fore and aft of the

tops of the furnaces, tubes, and tube plates, and
nothing could be more satisfactory, considering the
work the boilers have d,me during the three years
and four months of the ship's commission. The most
nainwe inspection cannot discover a fault in any
part of the ship's hull; the frame and plating is as
rigid as ever, and not a single instance exists 'tween
decks or below of a bit of iron having given the hun-
dredth part of an inch. This could not be more
satisfactorily proved than with the ship's sternpost,
which has to bear a thrust of 56 tons from the screw
shaft to propel the ship when she is under full steam,
and which is now as immovable as it was on the day
steam was first got up in the ship's boilers. The fol-
lowing has been the work of the ship :—Number of
days steam has been up (under steam alone) 60;
number of miles run when under steam alone, 7,810;
total quantity of coal burnt (in tons) under steam
alone, 3,132 ; total number of days steam has been
up, 137 ; total number of miles ran under steam and
sail combined, 8,434 ; total quantity of coals burnt,
3,018 ; total number of miles ran under sail alone
4,674—t0tal number of miles ran during commis,
sion, 20,918.

Admiral George Brine died at Richmond, Surrey,
on Wednesday last. The gallant deceased, wbo
had attained the age of 79 years, entered the Navy
in February, 1797, and after serving in the
Channel, at the Cape of Guod Hope, off the Isle
of France, and in the Rio de la Plata, was advanced
to lieutenant April 15, 1803, and in that capacity
was for some time stationed off Guernsey, and at
the close of 1804 and in 1805 officiated as Flag
Lieut. to his father, Admiral George Brine, who
held the second command at Plymouth. After fur-
ther serving for seven years in the Channel, Medi.
terranean, and Baltic, he was promoted to the com.
mand of the Sheldrake, 14, in 1812, and served in
that ship in the Baltic, North sea, and Downs until
August, 1815, and from that date until posted, Dec.
7, 1818, commanded the Mosquito, 18, at StHelena.
He accepted the retirement Oct. 1, 1846, became
Rear Admiral Aug. 17, 1851, Vice Admiral Sept.
10, 1857, and Admiral March 23, 1863. By the
death of Admiral George Brine Admiral Henry
Collier succeeds to the 253 list. He is the fourth
son of the late Admiral Sir George Collier, LB.,
and entered her Majesty's service, under the come
mend of the Hon. Capt Paget, on board the Bril-

liant, following him into the Hydra, Endymion,
and L'Egyptienne, as midshipman, finishing his
time on board the Canopus, flagship of Admiral Sir
Thomas Lewis. When he entered the service the
Brilliant was attached to the Channel Fleet, under
Admiral the Earl St Vincent, then blockading the
French fleet in Brest. He was Lieutenant of her
Majesty's ship Banterer at the capture of Copen.,
hegen in 1807, and of the Amelia, when, accompa-
nied by her Majesty's brig Datterel of 18 guns,
from the squadron of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford,
she chased and destroyed three French frigates. In
the Amelia he was at the capture of La Monde, of
16 guns, and La Rejouie, of 8 guns. He was First
Lieutenant of the Leda at the capture of the Island
of Java in 1811, after which he was appointed
Governor of the Naval Hospital at Madras. Sub-
sequently he commanded the Hesper, the Crocus,
the Falmouth, and the Espiegle. He served on the
home station, West Indies, and Cape of Good Hope
until promoted to the rank of Post• Capt. in 1822,
and appointed to the Clarence, of 80 guns. In
December, 1852, he was promoted to the rank of
Rear-Admiral ; in January, 1858, to that of Vice■
Admiral ; and in June, 1863, to that of Admiral.

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