The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Marlborough, 131, screw three-decker, Capt. Charles
FeHowes, late the flagship of the Admiral commanding her
Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean, was paid out of com-
mission yesterday at Portsmouth. The ship was in a very
cleanly condition in every part, and the appearance of the
crew as they passed round the tables to receive their pey
was a credit to themselves and their officers. The Marl
borough joins the third class steam reserve, but will never
again be commissioned for foreign service in her present
form as a throe decked ship.

The Ariel, 9, screw sloop, Commander Chapman, was paid
out of commission yesterday morning at Portsmouth. The
Ariel has been employed on the Cape of Good Hope station
and has made some lucky captures of slave vessels. On
Wednesday the paymaster paid on board to the officers and
men the prize money due them to that date, viz., £2,680.
There yet remains a large balance of prize money to be paid
over to the Ariel's crew, which it is calculated will yield a
further payment of from £3O to .635 to each able seamen,
and to other classes in proportion. The warrant officers
total shares of the prize money will not fall much short of
£4OO when all has been paid up, nor that of the petty officers
much less than £2OO. The Ariel will join the steam reserve
at Portsmouth, but the amount of her defects, with her
small tonnage and shallow depth, render it very probable
she will be turned over to the breaking-up dock.
The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Thrupp, sailed from
Portsmouth last evening for Devonport, with seamen and
marines paid off from the Marlborough and Ariel.
The ordnance transport Inkerman, with ordnance stores
on board, from Woolwich, bound for Dublin, anchored at
Spithead yesterday afternoon. A message had been re•
ceived at the office of the Admiral Commanding-in-Chief
at Portsmouth that the Inkerman had grounded on the
shoals off Chchester harbour, and required assistance.
The Pigmy, paddle steamer, was immediately despatched
in charge of G4vernment pilot W. Main (in the absence on
leave of Master CounnaLder Vine), and succeeded in getting
the Inkerman off the shoals, and afterwards towed her up
to the anchorage at Spithead. The Inkerman appears to
have been coming down Channel, off Bracklesom Bay, with
the wind at S.S.W., when it suddenly veered to N.W., and
then dropped to a calm. Tho vessel's unchor was lot go,
but it failed to hold the ship, and she eventually tailed on
the shoal. There was no sea on at the time. The Inker-
man lay on the ground, and she is not supposed to have sus-
tained any material damage.

The Glatton, iron-cased floating battery, is being broken
up in No. 2 dock of Portsmouth yard.
The masts, of the screw steam corvette Jason, 21,,Capt.
Edward I', B. Von Donop, at Devonport, were removed
yesterday. To. morrow her crow will be paid off, and she
wit be placed in the fourth division of the steam reserve in
Ha:noaze.

The repairs of the iron screw steam-ship Achilles, 20,
Capt. Edward W. Vansittart, having been completed, she is
under orders to be removed from Hamoaze into Plymouth
Sound.

The floating steam factory Chasseur, in Chatham harbour,
having had her bottom covered with an anti-fouling com-
position, and also a portion of her hull paid over with Gis-
borne's mercurial anti-corrosive and anti-fouling mixture,
for experimental purposes, is ordered to be removed from
Chatham to Sheerness, to be employed in connexion with the
steam reserve in the Medway. An examination was made
yesterday of that portion of the bottom to which the Gis-
borne composition has been applied, but no accumulation
either of vegetable or animal matter was discovered on the
plates, while a coating of incipient seaweed had already
begun to take possession of the bottom treated with the or-
dinary anti-foaling composition.

The paddlewheel steamer Sheerness, 2, having been fitted
with one of the improved Lumley rudders by order of the
Admiralty, will resume her station between Chatham and
Sheerness, for harbour duty, The reports made to the Ad-
miralty of the working of the Lumley rudder on board two
of the steamers at Chatham to which it has already been
applied have been satisfactory, and accordingly their Lord-
ships have sanctioned the adoption of the invention on
board the Sheerness, it being important in a crowded and
tortuous harbour as at Chatham for the steersman to have
his vessel under complete control.
The following caution has been posted by command of
the Admiralty in conspicuous positions in the various
Government dockyards

Caution.—Notice is hereby given, by way of caution,
that any person discovered taking from any of her Majesty'
ships or vessels, without permission or authority, any stores
or provisions, however trifling in value, is liable to be pro,
scouted either for felony or unlawful possession. Seamen
in her Majesty's service committing such offences will in
addition to other punishment, be liable to be discharged
from her Majesty's service and so lose any pension to which
they may be entitled."
A number of mechanics and artisans at Chatham Dock-
yard have just been suverannuated from that establishment
by order of the Admiralty, on the now scale of pensions
laid down by the Treasury.

Ths appointment of Commander R. Stokes, master-at-
tendant and Queen's harbour• master at Chatham, a member
of the naval commission to advise the Lords of the Privy
Council on all questions arising on the salvage of ships, and
on matters relating to navigation generally, was received at
Chatham Dockyard yesterday from the Admiralty, Com-
mander Stokes filled the responsible appointment of master
of the Baltic fleet during the Russian war, and since then
ho has held equally important appointments, which qualify
him for the duties devolving upon him as ono of the advisers
of the Privy Council.
The next competitive examination of candidates for pro-
motion in the Royal Dockyards will take place at Chatham
Dockyard on the Bth and 9th inst.
A large assortment of house-breaking implements, con-
sisting of steel and iron crowbars, skeleton keys, jemmies,
&c., weighing about two tons, was yesterday received in
Woolwich Arsenal from Scotland-yard, collected by the
metropolitan police during the past year. They were taken
to the scrap forgo in the Royal carriage department, where
the steel pieces were broken up, and the iron ones were
beaten up into bars and blocks for use—a precaution ren-
dered necessary to prevent the possibility of their being
again converted to unlawful purposes.
Major-Gen. Stransham, accompanied by Lieut.-Col. Rod-
ney, Assist. -Adjt.-Gen. of the Royal Marines, and Capt.
Travers, A,D.C., yesterday attended at the divisional quer •
ters at Woolwich, and went through an examination of a
number:of subaltern officers from various divisions, desirous
of passing for the post of adjutant. The Inspector-Gen,
was received on parade by Col. G. B. Payne, the newly-
appointed Commandant, who assumed the duties of his post
that morning, and was attended by a numerous staff of the
division. The examination of the subalterns will be re-
sumed and terminated to-day.

The deaths of the following officers have been officially
reported at the War-office since the Ist of November :.
Gens. E. B. Wynyard, C. 13., Col, of the 58th Regiment,
and G. Irving, Royal Irish Artillery. Lieut.-Gene. C. A.
F. Bentinck, Col. of the 12th Regiment, and C. Dixon,
Royal Engineers. Col. A. D. Turnbull, Royal Engineers.
Lieut.-Col. J. R. Colebrook, Royal Engineers—Majors C.
Waller, Royal Artillery, and J. S. F. Dick—Captain
V. Jones, Lieutenants J. S. Humphrey, Royal Artil-
lery—J. D. Swiney, Royal Engineers—F. P. Leonard,
18th (Royal 'rid)) Regiment--W, er, Ilaslehana, 6th Vet.

The minutes of the I»erlote meeting having been
read, the committee expressed their deep sywpathy
for the loss of life during the late fearful ehipwrt Etas
off Tynemouth last week; end particularly in refer-
ence to the loss of two gallant men, who unfortte•
nately perished by jumping out of the Tynetnoeitle
lifeboat belonging to the institution. It appeared
that the performance of the lifeboat on that distress.
ing occasion elicited the admiration of the oldest
seamen in the place. The boat was in the act of
rescuing the crew of the schooner, when unfortu-
nately the expression used by the coxswain, " Come
lads, jump on board," was misunderstood by some
of the lifeboat crew, four of whom thereupon jumped
on board the schooner, believing the lifeboat walk
going_ to pieces. This circumstance so completely
deprived the remainder of the crew of their preseoce
of mind that they lost control over the boat, and at
heavy sea striking her at the same moment against
the ship, all her oars, with the exception of two,
were broken and her side stove in. Nine of the
men, however, stack to-the boat, and wittiatimetwe
oars and the help of another boat succeeded ire
reaching the harbour in safety. 'rho two mere
who unhappily perished from the lifeboat have left.
two widows and seven orphans. The inetitutiop.
voted £lOO in aid of a local subscription 110 W
being made on their behalf. The institution had
also paid the crew of the lifeboat £26 for their
gallant exertions on the distressing occasion in quo."(
tion. The silver medal of the institution and a
copy of its vote on vellum were also presented to
Mr Lawrence Byrne, chief officer of the coastguard
at Tynemouth, for his gallant exertions in assisting
to save, by means of the rocket apparatus, some of
the unfortunate crew and passengers of the ill-fated
steamship Stanley on the occasion. The institutiem
at once:sent down to Tynemouth, on Monday last,
a new lifeboat, to replace the disabled self-righting
boat, but the local committee decided yesterday
(Thursday) on retaining the latter, alter being re-
paired iu London. Rewards amounting to £l5O
were also granted to the crews of some of the life-
boats of the institution, for going off and rendering
the following important services to shipwrecked
crews during the late fearful gales :—Tbe Blakeney
lifeboat, saved six men from the French chaste-
mares Eleanore, of Nantes, and five men from the
brig Ferand, of St. Malo. The Tremor° lifeboat
took off the crow of five men and ono passenger
from the schooner Sarah, of Waterford. The Los•
siemouth lifeboat saved six men from a direliot
vessel, after several shore boats had attempted is
vain to launch through the surf. The Newbiggea
and Berwick lifeboats went out and rendered ime
portant services to twenty-four fishing..boats and
their crews, numbering nearly 100 men, who while
out fishing were overtaken by feat ful gales of wind.
The New Quay (Cornwall) lifeboat put off and res•
cued five men from the schooner Heroine, of Ana
ford. The Tenby lifeboat took off the crew of
three men from the sloop Active, of Carmarthen.
The Penarth lifeboat went out and assisted to save
the ship Far West, of Newport (Monmouth), and
her crew of twenty-two men, from a very perilous
poeitien. The 'Dungeness lifeboat rescued fifteen
:nen from the bei gee Luis the Fourteenth of Dine*
kirk. The Yarmouth surf lifeboat put off and gal-
'aptly saved three of the crew of the bsrque Sea
Serpent, of South Shields. Tne winterton lila.
boat took off and breught safely ashore six men
from the brig John, of Hartlepool. The Dundee
lifeboat, Mary Hartley, wi•nt out in tow of a steam
tug, and saved four men from the schooner David
' and John of Montrose, making a total of 113 lives
saved by the lifeboats of the institution during the
recent heavy wiled on the coast, many of which
gallant services had taken place during a dark wide
night storm. The lifeboats of the institution at
Campbeltown, Penarth, Widmer, Rye, Winchelsea,
Porthduillaen, Southport, Lytham, Scarborough,
and Pudatow, had also gone off during the recent
gales in reply to signals of distress from various
vessels. In some instances the vessels had, by the
time the lifeboats arrived alongside, succeeded irk
getting out of danger, or in weathering perilous
points; bnt in other oases, unfortunately, the casual-
ties had been so sudden and so complete that aIL
vestige of both vessel and crew had disappeared.
before the lifeboats could possibly reach the scene of
the disasters. Payments amounting to £96 lOse
were made for those services. The crows of the
Weimer, Bacton, Tyrells, and Dungeness lifeboats
had also assembled in readiness to go off to the
succour of the crews of different vessels, For these
services the society voted £lB 14s. Rewards
amounting to £25 wore also granted to the crewo
of various shore boats, for their services in saving
several shipwrecked crows on the coasts of the
United Kingdom during the past mouth. Alton
gethor, during the storms of the last two months tho
lifeboats of the institution and shore boats, to whose
crows the society had granted rewards, had happily
been the means of rescuing nearly 250 shipwrecked
persons. The silver medal of the institution and,
a copy of its vote on vellum were likewise pre-
sented to Mr J. B. Bulkeley, coxswain of the Teigne
mouth new lifeboat of the society, in admiration of
his long and gallant services in assisting to save
in the lifeboat, and by other means, a large num-
ber of shipwrecked persons. The Controller-
General of the Coast Guard submitted to the
National Lifeboat Institution a list of about fifty
places where it was desirable to place a small handy
class of lifeboat, in the absence of lifeboats belong..
ing to the institution. The committee decided to
give this important question their best consideration.
It. B. Mannion, Esq., of Piccadilly, had, on behalf of
a friend, presented to the society £3OO to pay for a
new lifeboat for Ardmore, Ireland; Miss Wardell
had also munificently sent to the institution £320 to
defray the cost of a new lifeboat and carriage for
Alnmouth, on the coast of Northumberland, in lieu.
of a small boat and carriage now on that station.
The committee expressed their sincere regret to
learn of the deceasteof the late Mr R. Rensome, of
Ipswich. He was a warm friend of the lifeboat
cause, and had materially assisted in establishing
the " Society of Friends" lifeboat at Selsey, on the
Sussex coast. Payments amounting to upward of
£2,000 were ordered to be made on various lifeboat
establishments; and £1,500 of the funded capital of
the institution was ordered to be sold to assist ia
meeting these heavy payments.
one of the four lifeboats presented by the city of
Whitworth,Mancheste Manchester
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lington, been exhibited during the
past week at
Manchester, Leeds, and Bradford. The eight of
the lifeboat had excited the greatest interest in those
inland towns. A lifeboat presented to the society
by the town of Birmingham had also, en route to its
station at Sutton, on the Lincolnshire coast, been.
exhibited in that town. It was calculated that
100,000 person turned out to witness the lifeboats •
on these occasions. The first lifeboat given by the
commercial travellers to the institution has been
forwarded to its station at Piel, on the Lancashire
coast. The society had also sent new lifeboats,
during the past month, to Horneea, Yorkshire, and.
Valentia, on the west coast of Ireland. Messrs.
Forrest and Son, the lifeboat builders of the instie
tution, stated that they had forwarded to Cronstadt
a fine six-oared lifeboat, on the plan of the society,
making the sixth lifeboat supplied to the Russian.
Government, in addition to two furnished to the
Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company.
The proceedings then. terminated.