The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's screw steamship Victoria, 102,
Capt. Goodenough, from Portsmouth for Malta,
which put into Plymouth Sound on Thursday morn-
ing, embarked supernumerary seamen for the Medi-
terranean fleet, and proceeded at once for her des.
tin ation.

The iron screw steamship Achilles, 20, Capt. E.
W. Vansittart, having been repaired in No. 3 dock
at Keyham, ivis removed on Thursday, and is now
in the stream i❑ Hamoaze.

An order was yesterday received at Chatham,
directing the sailing ship Dating, 12, 426 tons, ate
tached to the reserve, to be sent round to the
Thames for the purpose of being broken up at the
yard of Messrs. Castle and Beech, at Charlton, A
subsequent telegram, received at the dockyard,
directed the Venus, 26, 1,069 tons, to be substituted
for the Daring.
Yesterday the sternpost for the iron frigate Bel-
lerophon, 14, 1,000-horse power, weighing nearly 17
tons, and forged at the Mersey Iron Company's
works, was shipped from the Ordnance-wharf,
Chatham, and removed to the dockyard, in readi-
ness for being fixed in its place. The Bellerophon
will carry no rudder-post, by which considerably
additional strength will be imparted to the stern of
the vessel, of which the rudder is, in fact, a pros
longation. The reason of the rudder-post being
abolished is on account of the adoption of the ba-
lance•rudder, which, although no novelty—the
same rudder having been in use in the merchant
service, and especially on board vessels employed
in whaling expeditions—is now introduced for the
first time in one of the largest vessels in the Royal
Navy. The peculiarity of the balance-rudder con-
sists i❑ its being a kind of double, or, so to speak, a
rudder acting upon a rudder, the larger being fur.
nished with a smaller one, both being in the same
plane, and acting with a double leverage power on
the vessel.

The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power,
fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam
Reserve, will be placed in No, 3 dock at Chatham
to-day, for the purpose of undergoing an examina-
tion in order to ascertain whether she has received
any injuries occasioned by the recent alterations
effected in her screw. The whole of the tubes of
the boilers have been removed and new tubes sub-
stituted, the Admiralty having directed the entire
number of tubes to be removed in consequence of
some few of them proving faulty, a subsequent
examination showing them to have been manufac-
tured from inferior copper.
Her Majesty's screw corvette Niger, 13 guns, no iv
ready for the pennant at Woolwich, yesterday re-
turned to the Royal Arsenal and shipped her arma-
ment, shot, &c. The Niger has been thoroughly
repaired, and has been fitted with the Roebuck's en-
gines, which, although of less nominal horse power,
have increased her actual rate of speed. in her
run to the Maplin Sande, where she made the
official trial of her engines, she realised 10t- knots
at full speed, which was considered highly satisfac-
tory. Mr Alfred F. Gibbons, master, the only
officer at present appointed, has joined and taken
up his commission.
A large amount of 100-pound shot, with patent
wads and ammunition for the new 26-gun iron ship
Minotaur, now at Portsmouth, was yesterday prep
pared for shipment in Woolwich Arsenal.
The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Thrupp, ar-
rived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Be.
vonport, with supernumerary seamen, &e. Soon
after her arrival the Geyser received orders to pro-
ceed into the Channel in search of the wreck of the
merchant ship Robin Hood, which was sunk through
collision with another vessel about five miles west of
Dungeness a few days since, while on her voyage
from London to Hong Kong. The Robin Hood
had a large quantity of Government stores on
board for Hong Kong, and as the wreck of the
ship is said to lie in from four to ten fathoms water,
it is thought the greater portion of these stores may
be recovered by the aid of divers. The Geyser left
Portsmouth harbour on her mission at 5 p.m.
The Edgar, screw line-of-battle ship, Capt. G.
P. Hornby, flagship of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres,
C. 8., refitting alongside the railway jetty of
Portsmouth, has received her new mainmast, and
yesterday sent up her topmast, in process of refit.
The Aurora, 35, screw frigate, Capt. Sir L,
M'Clinteck, is completing her refit at the hands of
the shipwright department alongside Portsmouth
Dockyard.

The Marlborough, 131, screw three-decker, Capt.
C. Fellowes is stripped to her lower masts, in course
of dismantling to pay out of commission at Ports,
mouth, and is expected to be paid out about the Ist
proximo.

The Royal Alfred, iron-cased frigate, recently
launched at Portsmouth, hae a large number of
hands employed upon her in No. 3 dock of that
yard. Her armour-plating, 41;n., from John
Brown and Co.'s Atlas Steel and Iron Works,
Sheffield, is being rapidly affixed to her sides, the
two lower tiers of plates being nearly completed on
both sides and the third tier commenced amidships.
Mr Van Winckle, a scientific American engineer,
yesterday attended in the factory department of
Woolwich dockyard, by permission of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, and submitted to
the inspection and trial of Mr Trickett and the offi-
cers of the department a portable drilling machine,
to be used with advantage in punching rivet holes
in ship's boilers. The machine was put through a
succession of tests by each of the officers present,
who admitted its great efficiency and superiority
over any other apparatus which had been brought
to their notice.

Commauder George Biddleeembe, newly ap-
pointed master attendaut of Woolwich dockyard,
yesterday left Woolwich on leave of absence. The
duties of the yard will be performed in the interval
by Commander Luke, commanding the local Steam
Reserve.

Dr Salmon, Inspector-General of Hospitals, at the
Naval lufirmary at Woolwich, has been granted
leave of absence, as a'so Licut.-Col. John Henry
Stewart, of tho Woolwich division of Royal Marine
Light Infantry, on his promotion.

The sergeants of the. 14th (King's) Hussars gave
an evening party in their barracks on Tuesday even•
ing last, in commemoration of the battle of Ram.
nuggur, fought against the Sikhs on the 22d Nov.,
1848. There were a number of officers present dur.
ing the evening. The Officers' Dramatic Club com-
menced their second season's performance in the
Club-house on Thursday evening, when Boucicault's
comedy of London Assurance" and the farce of
" The Goose with the Golden Eggs" were performed.
The appointment of second assistant master ship
wright at Chatham dockyard, vacant by the pro-
motion of Mr A. Moore to be master shipbuilder at
Devonport dockyard, has been conferred on Mr
Dawson, foreman at Deptford.

State of Trade.

MANCHESTER, Nov. 25.—The market for all
kinds of yarn has been quiet toeday, and no class
of buyers seems disposed to give the extreme price
demanded by spinners. In some cases, where spin-
ners have not got under contract, they would take
about Icl per lb. lees than the extreme rates asked,
but not obtained, on Tuesday. The market closes
quiet for all kind© of shipping and home trade
yarns. In the latter, spinners have been asking
about the same prices as on Tuesday, but buyers
are disposed to wait, and very little business has
been done, In cloth, as in yarns, there has been
somewhat of a subsistence of czcitement since
Tuesday. Allnufacturers have kept tolerably firm
to the high rates then demanded, but there has been
a falling off in demand, and the lull having deve-
loped a desire on the part of holders of cloth to re-
sell what they had already purchased, euch business
as was due to speculation has been checked, Still
there has been very little weakness in prices except
with relation to these re-sate lots, and owing to the
quieter feeling of the market these people are wily
tug to take somewhat lower rates than they other-
wise would. The total amount of business done
has been very small, and to-day we hear of hardly
any operations.
NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 25.—There was a fair [then•
dance of merchants and manufacturers at this Ex-
change ilsil to-day, and there was rather more
doing iu lace yarns, the advanced rate of Tuesday
being fully maintained, For hosiery yarns the
demand was steady, at the late rise in prices.
Silks firm and advancing. For blown nets the
demand was languid. Considerably higher prices
were asked, but eeercely any business 'wan done.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE ,--This Day.

WESTMINSTER.

TRACING MIDNIGHT ROBBERS.—Henry Arnold and
Mary Ann Arnold, man and wife, were paced at the bar
charged with burglariously breaking and entering the
dwelling-house of Mr Routlay, 2, Vivian-terrace, Russell-
street, Chelsea, and stealing therefrom a great number of
articles,

Thomas Rove, 113 E, said that at half-past seven yester-
day morning he received information that the house above
named had been entered in the night. On a close exami-
nation of the exterior of the premises, he found footsteps
from the back of the house and followed the marks over two
gardens to 32, Upper Manor-street, where the prisoners
lodged. All traces of further steps were lost there, and
witness accordingly, after some inquiry, knocked at the door
and asked if the male prisoner was at home. His wife an-
swered the door, and replied that he was not, he had gone
out at half-past 7 that morning. Witness again went to the
house yesterday afternoon, and entering suddenly found the
female prisoner in the act of tearing up some articles of
linen. In reply to inquiries, she said that her husband was
at work at 3, Salve• place, and witness afterwards appre-
hended him.

Mr Arnold—Has the linen which you saw the wife tear-
ing anything to do with the case ?

Witness—l suspected it was part of the property stolen.
Mr Arnold—ls any of the property traced to the pri-
soners ?

\Vitness—'A great quantity of it was found in their

house.
Mr Arnold—Are there footmarks of one person, or more.
Witness—Of one only, a man's.
James Neale, 105 F, said he took the prisoner's boots off
at the station, and compared them with the marks which
had been traced, and they precisely corresponded. The
marks were very peculiar, from part of the heel tip of one
boot being broken.
Mrs Mary Ann Kantley said that she occupied the house
which had been entered. It was left safe when she
went to bed at half-past ten on the previous night. When
she came down in the morning, at half-past seven, she
found the back kitchen window open, and the whole of the
place in great disorder. A great quantity of linen and
other articles had been stolen.
Mr Arnold—Are you aware how an entry was made ?
Mrs Kantley—By the back kitchen window.
Mr Arnold (to female prisoner)—Are you married to the
male prisoner ?
Female—Yes, I am. Here is my certificate.
Mr Arnold—You are discharged. The male prisoner is
remanded for the burglary.