The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-29 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The 2d Company of Royal Engineers, under the
command of Capt. Sandford, with Lieuts. Peck and
Howard, took its departure from Brompton Bar-
racks, Chatham, on Tuesday, and proceeded to
Dover, where the company embarked on board her
Majesty's screw steamer Orontes. 500 horse power,
Capt. Hine, for the Mauritius, to relieve the 25th
Company ordered home. The 2d was the company
of Royal Engineers which did such good service
at the International Exhibition, and the valuible
aid rendered by the officers and men was acknaws
ledged in a general order issued by command of the
Duke of Cambridge.
The annual garrison sports by the officers, non•
commissioned officers, and troops at Chatham took
place yesterday afternoon on Chatham Ling?s, under
the immediate patronage of Major-Gen. Sir Robert
Walpole, K.C.8., in command of the district. Tho
whole of the arrangements were under the manages
meat of Major J. Buckley, the secretary, and the
committee of the Soldiers' Institute. The sports
consisted of flat and hurdle races, wide and high
jumps, throwing the hammer, shot, and cricket ball,
" putting" the stone, sack races, and various other
amusements, in most of which the officers of the
garrison took a leading part. The successful coml.,
petitors among the non-commissioned officers and
men received prizes varyir g from 203 to 23, while
the officers' prizes consisted of opera glasses, riding
whips, hunting spurs,courier bags, &a. The greatest
amount of interest was taken in the sports by both
officers and men, and the number of competitors
who entered for each race was very large. The
sports were witnessed by a large number of spccta-
tors beside the military, who entered into ail the
games with much keenness.
The headquarters staff and the 4th, O'h, and Bth
hattrrirs of the 13th B►igai.e Royal Artillery yes-
terday left Woolwich for permanent station at
Dover. The detail is as follows :—Col. E. B. Hama
ley, Paymaster A. S. Murray, Capt. and Adjt. J.
M. C. Vibart, Quartermaster J. F 3 fe, Sarg. G. F.
Bone, M.D., AsaistasSarif. A. 1). Guliand, M 1).,
Capt. E. T. A. Law, Lieuts. E B tinbri;!ge and 0.
Catlaghan, Gains. W. Gilmore, G. F. S. Badd, and
Barnett; Licuts. A. Logan and 'W. Platt; 400
nonacommissioned officers and men, 42 wernen, and
52 children.

The Ist battalion of the Gal Regiment of Infantry

(the Royal Ist Warwickshire) arrived at Port.-.
mouth yesterday morning by special train on the
South 'Western Railway from Aldershot, and em..
barked on board her Majesty's screw troopship
Himalaya, Capt. E. Lacy, for conveyance to Ply-
mouth, under the superintendence of Cal. Shadwell,
Assist.-Quartermaster-General, in the following
strength :—Lieut.-Col. Lowe, C. 8., in command ;
Majors R. Unwin and J. 0. Bovill ; Capts. E. Lloyd,
H. B. Feildec, R. H. Goodwin, W. C. F. B. Ben.
nett, R. Bolton, A. Austin, T. Bowen, J. G. Cock..
burn, and P. B. Simpson; Lieuts. J. T. Bowers, J.
B. Hopkins, J. Franklin, J, B. Mac Kenna, G. W.
B. Collis, LM., H. Mahoney, Baird, and W. H.
Falcon; Ensigns Hebeler, Granville, Crisp, Edwards,
Whitworth, and Barton ; Paymaster W. Wastle,
Surgeon A. P. Cahill, M.D., Assist.-Surgeon A. R.
Hudson, ALB.; 44 sergeants, 21 drummers, 38 cor-
porals, 609 privates : 59 soldiers' wives, and 63 chil-
dren, The Himalaya sailed from Portsmouth, last
evening, and was expected to arrive at 1-)y mouth
about daybreak this morning. The 6th will disem•
bark from the Himalaya at Plymouth this morning,
and the 31st Regiment will embark on board the
Himalaya on Friday (to-morrow), with which she
will immediately afterwards sail for Portsmouth.
She is expected to arrive there early on Saturday
morning, where the 31st will be disembarked and
forwarded on by special train on the South Western
Railway to the camp at Aldershot.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Gladiator, 6, Capt.
Francis H. Shortt, from Cape Coast Castle, arrived
yesterday morning in Plymouth Sound. A large
ship of war under canvass, from the westward, was
then outside the Breakwater, getting up steam,
apparently intending to enter the Sound. She was
supposed to be the screw steam frigate Liverpool,
39, Captain Rowley Lambert, from the West Indies.

TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A FAITHFUL SERVANT.
—Mr. Benjamin Walters, for many years the faith-
ful servant of Dr. Stanley, Dean of Westminster, who died
at the Deanery on the 21st inst., and who the previous
week lost two children, aged respectively five and seven
years, was buried at Oxford yesterday, at the Holywell
Cemetery in that city. Dr. Stanley, who travelled many
miles for the purpose of performing the last services of the
Church over the body of a devoted and affectionate domestic,
was much affected daring the sad ceremony. Lady Stanley,
to mark her respect for the deceased, attended, is company
with Dr. Jacobson, Regius Professor of Divinity, as one
of the mourners.

A HULL STEAMER ON FIRE.—On Tuesday morn 4
ing, about 3 o'clock, the steamer Excelsior, Capt.
Toogood, arrived at Hull horn Hamburg, having on board
a heavy cargo consisting principally of shoddy and bran.
On opening the forehatch for the purpose of commencing th©
discharge of the cargo, thick volumes of smoke arose front
the hold. Without loss of time the dock authorities were
informed of the circumstance, and the company's fire engine
was quickly on the spot. The police hose, as well as the
steam hose belonging to the vessel, were brought into re-
quisition, and a large quantity of water poured down tho
hold. After playing on the burning cargo for about an hour
the fire was extinguished. As soon as the sm,,ke and steam
had cleared away a number of labourers were set to work
to get out the cargo, when it was found that several bales
of shoddy and bags of bran had been destroyed, and others
partially so. Several cases were also damaged. The. ve,,el„
which is built of iron, was very The
said to have boon the result of c )1: I;l.l,tiou. The
crew, it is said, perceived a surd!ti. 01 woodas the
Excelsior was crossing the N, rtit

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