The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-23 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

MALTA, July 18.—Her Majesty's steam ship of the line
Revenge, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Yelverton, C. 8.,
arrived, accompanied by her tender, the steam gunboat
Boxer, from the Piraeus on July 10. She remains in Valetta
and at anchor with the Hibernia, receiving ship, bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Austin, Admiral Superintendent
of Malta dockyard ; the Royal Oak, steam ironclad frigate
—the Weser and Growler, steam gunboats—the Psyche,
despatch steamer—the Hearty, steamtug—and the Azot,
sailing gunboat (out of commission). Her Majesty's steam
screw corvette Pelican left port on July 14. Her destina-
tion was unknown, and on the 16th inst., Vice-Admiral
Smart and the Commander-in-Chief put to sea in the Marl-
borough, screw steam ship of the line, accompanied by the
Meeanee, screw steam ship of the line, Liffey, and Magi
cienne, steam frigates, for a cruize which will probably ex-
tend to Naples. Capt. Mayne, R.N., and Commander Down,
R.N., passed through Malta on July 9th in the Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamship Euxine for Southamp-
ton, last from Alexandria, and Commander Stockhouse,
R.N,, passed through Malta for Alexandria on July 13th,
in the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam packet
Baroda, from Southampton. At a naval court martial assem-
bled on board her Majesty's ship Hibernia, on July 13th,
Capt. Campbell, R N,, President, Lieut, T. C. Patterson,
of her Majesty's ship Liffey, was charged with having be-
haved with contempt and used reproachful language in a
disrespectful manner towards Capt. G. Parker, command-
ing the last named ship. The evidetice for the prosecution
having been heard, the accused, assisted by Mr K. Harvey,
of Constantinople, gave in a written defence, when, after
due deliberation, the Court declared the charges only partly
proven, and sentenced Lieutenant Patterson to be repri-
manded aid admonished accordingly. The schooner yacht
Gipsey, having on board Dr. Dawson and Mr White, left
Malta on the 9th of July for Gibraltar. The Ottoman screw
steam corvette Kan: left Malta on her return to Tripoli, on
the 13th of July.
The screw-steamship Defence, 16, Captain .kugustus
Phillimore, put into Plymouth yesterday afternoon ;,in con-
sequence of one of the seamen being attacked by small-cox.
He was sent to the Royal Naval Hospital. In bringing tt.
in the Sound the Defence carried away her port cable. She
parted with the Channel Squadron off the Start yesterday
at noon, and is under orders to join Admiral Dacres in
Torbay to-day. Since the Hector joined she has strained
her starting wheel and cannot steam astern. The Black
Prince landed one patient suffering from smallpox at Port-
land on Thursday.

Major-General A. B. Stransham, the Inspector-General
of the Royal Marines Light Infantry, completed his inspec-
tion of the Chatham division yesterday, in which he had
been occupied the previous hit> days. The other divisions
will be inspected next week.
Yesterday, the Prussian Ambassador, accompanied by his
suite, arrived at Chatham by railway, under a salute from
the guns mounted at the Cornwallis Battery, on a visit to
the dockyard. On alightin gat the railway station, he entered
the carriage of Capt.-Superintendent W. H. Stewart, C. 8.,
and drove to the dockyard, where he was received by the
principal officers of the establishment and the heads of de-
partments. During the inspection he visited the factory and
dock in which the iron frigate Bellerophon is under con-
struction. Ho embarked shortly after 3 o'clock on board the
paddlewheel steamer Otter, 2, Mr W. Blakey, Master Com-
mander, and proceeded out into the harbour to inspect the
iron frigate Achilles, 2), 1,250 horse power, flow fitting
C,
for
sea, over which ho was conducted by
. -Vice-Admiral on* and
Talbot, 1i.U.8., Commander-in-Chief,
Capt Stewart,
other officials. Alter i
spending some time in the
inspection
lof the:Achilles, the Great I!;astern steauv" m Ip, now 13 gat
the entrance to Chatham harbour, .was
.visited, and late, in
the afternoon the ambassador and We suits returned to town
by railway.

interesting (me. Besides
THE NEWLY-DISCOVERED COMET, according to
Ycsphigi, and Brulaus have
its
se
dtectodycerr,eprrnia;et, oilL:;vcill
discovered it. w, hope to give an ephemeris next week.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Wednesday, while a
young woman named Fanny Gatley was standing near the
ed
and fell on to the beach,
ge of the cliff at Newquay, Cornwall, she became giddy-
a depth of 110,tt. Luckily, the
place where she fell was clear of stones, and was in fact a
bed of sand. She scarcely received a bruise, and she is
rapidly recovering from the shock.