The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-08 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The detachments of non-commissioned officers and reeil
ofstne el theenctt et Royal
eforyno• amol EngineersytahleEd en
pgoi
nt
ea fonordr
forcesos tehr ev ri inccieoum tphNaanet
companies
soZlaoetua:l
ea,:c have and
ec
quarters,
Brompton-barracks, Chatham, and will be ready for e°'•
barkation as soon as the order to that effect has bo°,-
ceived from the Horse Guards. The men composing
detachments have all completed their instruction in °lle'''.
ing and sapping and mining at headquarters, and are readf•
to take the field immediately on their arrival in Neiv "to
land. The vessel in which the Royal Engineers proeeed.A
New Zealand will take out a large supply of war °later:
and sapping and mining stores and appliances. tabs
An order has been received at the Royal Engineer esthbt
lishment, Chatham, from the Horse Guards, directing
the
the non-commissioned officers and men employed ton 0
laboratory are, previous to commencing work, to Pat velo
suitable dress, to be provided for that purpose, in a 0;0
shifting room. The order also directs that no exPeriTory
of any kind are to be carried on within 400 yards °4oer
large quantity of gunpowder or magazine, this isst
steady
applying to all laboratory work, in which none nut, %lose
men will be employed, preference being given `° don
r• t tie
who have gone through a course of laboratory ine
at Woolwich.
moTuhthe
osuteasmatsuhridpaßy Britannia, of
Gibraltar, with
nwditohn,thaerr3ivdeico/tproirrt4s,
Royal Engineers on board, consisting of Capt. PI an
d
R. in military command, Mrs Durnford and eilhilro'ught
£6 non-commissioned officers and men. She sle°,,h-orge of
Lieut., Blunt, R.E„ Dr. Melbourne, in medical their
troops, and a number of invalided soldiers v7;,-0 garri'
wives and children frem various regiments in Who
tba
son. The troops were landed at the dookYaru ford°
afternoon, and the Britannia immediately aft% SCe'
sailed for London to discharge her cargo of svlle'th
The vessel left the Rock with the troops on the The
July, and has therefore made a capital run bottle' roli'
°Seers and troops who arrived in her spoke in on
fled terms of praise of the accommodation afforded these
board during the voyage home. S 5":1
Her Majesty's screw troopship Tamar, Capt. - • at)
ling, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Deinerar-taiioA
Barbadoes, with the service companies of the Ist 13°" alite
21st (Royal North British Fusileers) Regiment, coinrcol,
ing Col. J. R. Stewart, C. 8., in command-Lieuii6eP
Dalyell, Brevet Major S. W. Hawker, Captc R•tt/
J. B. Image, J. B. Holloway, A. Holt, and A. G• u'r;iont
Lieut. and Adjt. J. G. Jackson—Lieuts. W. C. I°,:itattlf
W. A. Casey, E. G. Lingard, H. J. Henley, F. Pac,,C.
and A. Poland—Ensigns E. B. Jackson, F. J. Webv`dl"ll,.
R. Robinson, T. C. Rose, C. E. Bovill, J. Croker, sait
F. Willoughby; Surgeon A. J. Green, Assist. Sur.3 'ter
Harvey, Captain and Paymaster T. J. Jackson, 41,raelil
master G. Graham, 699 non-commissioned officers 0"A ens
Mrs Col. Stewart and three children, Mrs Dalyell ao 310
child, Mrs Image and two children, Mrs Jeekt.'°4filisss
Harvey, Mrs Atkinson and three children, Mrs"
Ths
and six children--51 soldiers' wives and 92 children;
rotfaCBP *Pi°
other officers and troops on board consisted
lips and Lieut. Moreland, 2d battalion 6t-
h
depot—Assist. Commissary General Smith, 1'41.5 ~• veer
family -Deputy Assist. Surveyor of Stores G. :rober
Staff Assist. Surgeons Boulton and Ashley, and cia
of men invalided and time-expired from corps ser bark la
Demerara and Barbadoes. The troops will be die
from the Tamar this morning, and the 61st then °ti°l,o3o
t sal'
on board her for conveyance to Dublin. The 10,,c1t01.-
will Le stationed in the meantime in Anglesey aeeaS,'
Portsmouth garrison. This regiment sailed from
aloe
town in August, 1854, for the Crimea, where it /odes et
until the 20th May, 1856, It took part ia tile wijole°o
Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol, including th
_saedit'ax
the siege operations, and also formed part of the
tot
wort°.
sent against Kinb'irn. The Tamar, by the ara°l2l3„reere
which she has done since last leaving England, t'f"
' i t
have proved herself to be a very efficient troopsn P'
at spa
The sailing merchant ship Forest Rights arrive'„,a boo
alicers.;r6 itoni
head yesterda,y,from Bombay with a few
and a number of invalided and time-expired seldi of
various regiments serving in India. 4
The crew of the screw steam frigate Narcissils,
Rear-Admiral Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.B•, Nverlelt Th
Saturday at Davenport, by Admiral Superinteo"
and
Ott
M B
onds, C..
The screw steam corvette Clio, 22, from the et-atocistval'd.
route for he Pacific, arrived at Plymouth en Sa
at the
The following appointments have been made
raise, "tbo
miralty :—Commander George Tryon, to the a
IDand
yieenct,
Whyte, promoted—Lieut. A. Eaton to
Flamer, vice Gooch, promoted, the appointmell;,oois 1;4
R. S. Chisholme having been cancelled—Fred.,.„„,olo'.4
master to the Cumberland, for the Terrible--S*-
Giles, paymaster, to the Canopus—Albert B
assist•-ctet,
Paymaster, to the Irresistible—G. J. CheYne7Ll)oo3oa
master, to the, Formidable—J. Bright, astaa_,,., COofirA to
in charge to the Fox—John Bettinson, crigin".„'orao!'olo
in the Advice—John Doris, in the Arifan..rjolartet
acting first-class assist.-engineer—and
nominated to a naval cadetel, tea
nt t°
ule'ehneB t Colby
na ni
tnserlo
as qd
euzavdoruof
r
Among the passengers who arrived
2.
4 fro,:yt
ahenapir‘eaet.eviloaa:reet
it•
,!;
Q
terday by the Southampton steamer Witereturnedfroaoi.
Li s, of the Paris Observatory, who has
tiiaajo
Janeiro, where he had been eoat on a scien tie