The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-05 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The iron screw steamship Black Prince, 41, Capt. Lord
Frederick H. Kerr, and the irencased screw steamship
Prince Consort, 35, Capt. Gorge 0. Wales, C. 8., went
on Thursday from Plymouth Sound into Haman to repair
and refit.

The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, is still
in the hands of the engineer department at Chatham-dock-
yard, in constquenco of its having been found necessary to
furnish her boilers with new tubes. This will detain her
about three weeks longer before she is fit to go into the
Steam Reserve. Her Griffith propeller has also been un-
shipped, in order that some alterations mey be made in her
screw, the working of which on the occasion of her recent
trial by the officials of the Steam Reserve proved exceed-
ingly unsatisfactory.
The screw corvette Scout, 21. 1,462 tons, 400 horse power,
fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve,
has been selected by the Admiralty to have her midship
sides protected by means of chain cable, on a plan similar
to that adopted by the American frigate Kearsage when in
action with the Alabama. For this purpose, the corvette
is to be fitted with eye-bolts for the chains in the wake of
her engines, and the necessary arrangements for carrying
out the plan are to be made by the dockyard authorities,
who are superintending the fittings on board the Scout.
The Austrian screw steam-frigate Radetzky, 31, Capt. E.
Bary, left Plymouth Sound on Thursday for Cadiz.
The announcement of the appointment of Mr A. Moore,
principal assistant-master shipbuilder at Chatham dockyard
to be acting master shipwright at Devonport, previously to
his being confirmed in that office, was made at Chatham
yesterday, and was received with very general satisfaction.
The name of his successor ae assistant master shipwright at
Chatham, has not yet been announced.
On Thursday night about 10 o'clock a fatal accident 00.
cured on board her Majesty's ship Supply, Staff Comman-
der Bawden, in dock at Woolwich. A corporal of marines,
named David Buchanan, on duty on board the Supply, after
having gone the rounds with the officer in charge for the
night, left the lower deck with a lantern in his hand with
the intention, it is supposed, of getting a drink of water in
from the cooking galley in the forecastle. An able seaman
and a lad who were walking the deck perceived the man go
into the galley, but instead of doing so by either the port or
starboard doorway he was seen to force himself through an
aperture cut in the after part of the galley, and which is
about 4ft Gin wide, used with benefit for the purpose of ven-
tilation in warm climates. A very short time elapsed when
the unfortunate man was seen to make his appearance out-
s'elo the galley without his lantern, and to fall head fore-
most into:the bold, a depth of 19ft, One of the boilers had
been removed for repair, and the hold had been carelessly
left unguarded, a mere ledge of timber about 18in broad ep -
maining between it and the cookhouse on the main deck,
and from which ho fell over. Assistance was promptly given
and the sufferer was removed on a stretcher to the Royal
Naval Infirmary. lie was carefully attended by Dr Selmon,
Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, and Dr Campbell,
who pronounced the case hopeless. Besides various other
injuries, the poor fellow had sustained a frightful wound at
the back of his head sufficient to oauae death, which hap-
pened at 2 a.m. yesterday. lie was a steady, temperate man
and of good character.
Col. Knox, C. 8., who has for some time commanded the
9th Depot Battalion at the camp at Colchester, is about to
leave England for an important command in Japan. The
testimonial to the gallant colonel from the officers of the 9th
Depot Battalion, to which allusion_was made on Wednes-
day, has been presented.
The Deputy-Adjt-General Col. G. Gambier, by order of
the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., has issued the following
memorandum, addressed to the officers of the Royal Artil-
lery :—" Several officers of the Royal Artillery having ex-
pressed a wish to subscribe towards placing in the head gar-
rison church at Woolwich a memorial window for the late
General Sir It. W. Gardiner, G.C.8,, K.C.H., his Royal
Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding in chief has been
pleased to sanction such a subscription, with a distinct un-
derstanding that it shall be purely voluntary." A subscrip-
tion list for the above purpose will be opened by Messrs.
Cux and Co., and such officers as may be desirous of con-
tributing to the fund are requested to authorise those gentle-
men to add their names to the list, with the amount of their
subscriptions.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty :—Lieut. G. D. Henderson to the Asia—Lieut. A.
J. Collins, of the Excellent, to the Cambridge, for gunnery
duties, vice Stanley—A. J. Burniston, master, to the Cum-
breland, for the Scout—Fred. J. W. Passy, midshipman, to
the Duncan—A. A. C, Parr, Win. Doraville, Jasper E. T.
Nicolls, W. C. Alexander, Wm. 11. May, C. Shaun], and
Alan Howard, midshipmen, to the Victoria—M. W. Hall,
P. Warburton, lion. Bothwell J. B. Willoughby, George
R. Lindley, Francis E. Chesney, Edward .L Murdoch, and
Horace Adams, naval cadets, to the Victoria—Edmund B.
Vankoughmet, Richard Watt, Louis Hawkins, and George
Hector, naval cadets, to the Duncan— F. Buckley, naval
instructor, to the Victoria—Wm. Roche (b), assist-sufg.,
to the Victoria-3110. Pringle, acting assist,-surg., to the
Victoria—Thos. Pullinger, assist. paymaster, to the Asia—
Arthur M'Wade, assist, paymaster in charge, to the E•poir
—Wm. Pearce and E. F. Erring, master's assist, to the
Victoria—C. E. Ingram, master's assist., to the Espoir--
I'. Winterbottom, assist, clerk, to the E fpoir—W, Buchan,
chief engineer, to the Asia, for the Warrior when paid off
Jno. Simons, promoted to acting engineer for temporary
service—W. E. Blackburn, assist. engineer, to the Hector—
T. G. Punnett, assist. engineer,•to the Asia for th© War-
ior—W. G. Isl`Burmy, iu Gladiator, confirmed as 2tl class
assist engineer.