The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

Yesterday the new iron East Indiaman Alberti tor,
1,184 tons, Captain W. Morison, belonging to Messrs. J.
Ligett and Son, 9, Billiter-street, London, which has been
chartered by the Hon. Council of India for the conveyance
of reinforcements to the various corps serving in the Bengal
Presidency, embarked from Government-quay, Gravesend,
the following troops for Calcutta—viz., four men of the 7th
(Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, and one man of the
19th Hussars, from Canterbury; 11 non-commissioned

officers of the Army Hospital Corps, from London; 34
non-commissioned officers and men of the 35th (Royal

Sussex) Regiment, from Chatham garrison—ono man of

he Ist Battalion of the 3d Buffs, from Dover-22 men of

all ranks of the 3lth Regiment, 30 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 82d (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)

and 19 men of all grades of the 97th Regiment, from Col-
chester. The following cfacers also embarked with the
troops :—Capt. W. 11. BAllingall, 35th Regiment, in corn-

mand of the detachments, and wife ; Capt. A. 0. Tabuteau,
93d Highlanders, in command of the detachments for the
82d Regiment; Capt. R. J. P. Leeson, 34th Regiment ;
Lieut. W. O'Toole, 98 ch Regiment, in charge of the draught
of the 97th Regiment; Ensign G. James, 82d Regiment;
Ensign R. R, Reyne, 825 Regiment ; Ensign A. P. G.
Dowdall, 35th Regiment; and Staff Assist.-Surgeon W.
Hillman, Gth Depot Battalion, in medical charge, and Mrs.
Hillman—total, 8 officers, 2 officers' wives, 122 non-com-
missioned officers and men, 31 women, and 29 children, The
troops were embarked in an expeditious manner, under the

superintendence of Brigade Major W. Congreve and Staff,
from Chatham garrison, Capt. Legge representing the Hon.

Council of India. nior to the embarkations the vessel was

inspected by Major-Gen. Eyre, who visited the various

portions of the vessel in order to ascertain that every ar•
rangement had been made for the comfort and convenience
of the troops during their lengthened voyage. The Albert
Victor:is an entirely new vessel, and in her rig and general

appearance she is one of the handsomest of the East India-

men which have loft the Thames this season. She is fitted

with a 9-horq9 power engine on her upperdeck, connected
with which are a steam winch and crane for discharging

cargo. The engine is intended to be used for weighing
anchor and other purposes. In addition to the troops she
takes out a large cargo, together with a quantity of Govern-

ment stores, including a mill for the manufacture of gun-
powder at Calcutta, and a papermill consigned to a private
4rrn. The vessel will leave the Thames to-day.
The Fawn, 17, steam sloop, 751 tons, 100 horse power,
Commander Charles J. Wrey, which it was intended should
proceed to the protection of the Scotch fisheries, has been
suddenly ordered for service in the West Indies. She sailed
this day for Portsmouth, where she will coal and complete
taking in sea stores.
Orders have been received at Sheerness that the Wizard,
screw steam gunboat, CO-horse power (First-class Steam
Reserve at Sheerness), is to be brought forward for imme-
diate commission.

'The hired sailing transport Light Brigade, 1,214 tons,
Captain H. Evans, arrived at Spithead yesterday with
officers and men invalided from the regiments serving in
New Z3aland, and private passengers. She sailed from
Auckland on the sth of April, rounded Cape Horn on the
7th of Nay, and crossed the Equator on the 30th of May.
In lat. 60 S., nine days' calm were experienced. A continu-
ance of fine weather and light wind was experienced the
greater part of the voyage up to lat. 41 N„ long. 38 IV.
Since then there was a continuance of calms and light

easterly winds. At the entrance to the Channel upwards o
100 vessels were in company with the Light Brigade, al
homeward bound. Five deaths and two births occurred on
the voyage. The troops will disembark from the ship at
Spithead this morning, under the superintendence of Col.
Shadwell, Assistant-Quartermaster-General, and the Light
Brigade will then immediately sail for London to discharge
her New Zealand cargo of Kauri gum, wool, and sundries.
The following vessels were spoken on the voyage home :
—On the 19th of June, in lat. 41 6 N., long. 37 W., the
Witch of the Teign, 18 days from Trinidad for Greenock;
June 23, in lat. 42 N., long. 36 W., the American bark
Plague, five months out whaling, and the English bark
Polestar, 84 days out from Cobiza for Liverpool ; June
27th, the English brig Hebe, in lat. 44 N., long. 27 W.,
31 days from Bahia for Falmouth, and the English ship
Rondale, 136 days from San Fi:mei:no for Liverpool ;
June 29, in lat. 44 47 N., long. 25 37 W., the English ship
Colecroon, 118 days from Bombay for London, and the Eng-
lish bark Coradoro, 85 days from Coquimbo ; June 30, in
lat. 44 56 N. long. 23 10 W., the American ship, John
Clark, 19 days from London, for New York; July 5, in lat.
47 50 N., long. 27 40 W., the English ship John Roydon,
150 days from Shanghai, for London, and the same
day the French bark Pondicherry, 84 days from Bourbon,
for Nantes—June 6, in lat 48 12 N, long 2026, the Martha
Clay, 17 days from Liverpool for Montreal—Astred, from
Bahia, 45 days out, for Falmouth, and the Kitty Floyd,
125 days from Callao, for Antwerp—July 10, in lat 49 19
N, and long 15 07 W, the bark Tamworth, from Coquimbo,
for Cork—June 12, in lat 47 46 N and long 9 36 W, the
bark Madersford, from Cochin, for London—July 17, in
lat 49 35 N and long 5 43 W, the bark AlesanCtria, from
Colombo, for London—July 18, in lat 49 50 and long 3 05
W, the Ala, from Calcutta, for Havre de Grace—and July
19, in lat 50 18 N, off the Start, the ship City of Sydney,
from Calcutta, for London.
The hired sailing transport Copenhagen, Capt. Homan,
with troops on board from Calcutta, and bound to London,
put into Spithead yesterday to replenish her stock of water
and provisions, of which she had been run short by her de-
lay at the mouth of the Channel by the late prevailing
easterly winds. She was expected to leave Spithead again
yesterday evening for the Thames. The troops and passengers
on board comprise Capt. T. W. Stubbs, R.H.A., in military
command—Lieut. Murphy, 40th Regiment—Lieut. Scott,
88th Regiment—Dr R. Spence, in medical charge-130 time
expired men from regiments serving in India, and 17 in-
valided men. The Copenhagen left Calcutta on the 4th of
March, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope on the 6th of
May, afterwards called in at St, Helena, which place she
left on the 20th of May, and passed the Western Islands
on the 19th of June. Light and contrary winds were ex-
perienced until reaching St. Helena, From St. Helena to
the Western Islands, fresh winds were fallen in with from
N.E. to S.E. From the Western Islands to the 18th inst.
light winds were experienced from N,E. to S.E. with
alternate calms. Like the Light Brigade, the Copenhagen
reports an unusually large number of homeward bound
ships at the entranee to the Channel, but she did not see
anything of her Majesty's ship Hector, which had been
despatched to the mouth of the Channel to the relief of the
Copenhagen and other wind-bound vessels.,
An. Imperial Ottoman squadron, composed cf the ship of
the line Polk Nusrett, 92 guns, Capt. Arif Bey, bearing the
flag of Admiral Edham Pasha, and the frigates Estourel,
44 guns, Capt. Hassam Boy, and Relipers Nusrett, 44 guns,
Capt. Ahmed Bey (wooden ships) arrived at Spithead yes-
terday from Constantinople. Admiral Edham Pasha landed
and was introduced by theVice-Consul to Vice-Admiral Sir
Michael Seymour, G.C,8., and Major-Gen. Lord William
Paulet, C. 8., the naval and military Commander•in-Chief
at Portsmouth. The squadron sailed from Constantinople on
the 14th May, and experienced very light and head winds
generally in the Mediterranean. They arrived at Gibraltar
on the 12th of June and sailed again on the 16th, and met
with a continuance of north-easterly winds until arriving off
Portland, in the Channel. The Paik Nusrett has been
piloted to England from Constantinople by Captain D. It.
Comyn, who was recently entrusted with the task of navi-
gating the Sultan's new steam yacht from Lond on to Con-
stantinople. The squadron have come to England to be
fitted with screws and machinery.
The Galatea, screw frigate, Capt. R. Maguire, sailed from
Spithead yesterday to join Rear-Admiral Hope's squadron
on the North America and West India station.
Major-Gen. Tayler, R.A., arrived at Portsmouth yester-
day from Woolwich, and in the forenoon inspected the gar-
rison artillery on the review ground on Southsea-common.
In the afternoon lie inspected th, field balletic. LA tlAvii
quarters at Hilsea.
Yesterday Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, the Inspector-
General of the corps of Royal Marine Light Infantry ar-
rived at the head- quarters of the Chatham division of Royal
Marines for the purpose of commencing his summer inspec-
tion of the battalion, in which he is expected to be occu-
pied some days. The proceedings of yesterday were
' confined to an inspection of the officers and men on the
parade ground, together with the internal economy of the
division.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty :—Commander George G. Duff to the Curanort—
Commander George W. Towsey to the Fisgard—Comman-
der J. Burgess to be an Inspecting Commander in the
Coastguard, vice Pollard—Dr Charles Forbes, surg to the
Cambridge—Dr John Andrews, surg, to the Frederick
William—W. G. Hill, Burg, to the Clio—Henry Payne,
engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary—A. Aitken,
engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary—W. Ironmonger,
engineer, to the Asia, for the Skylark—William J. Sprake,
engineer, to the Galatea—Edward Lilley, engineer, to the
Indus, for hospital treatment—James Oldfield, engineer, to
tho Cordelia—J. T. Downing, assist engineer, to the Indus,
as supernumerary—J. H. Ferguson, assist engineer, to the
Asia, as supernumerary—John W. Valence and Henry W.
Paul, clerks, additional, to the Duncan—and Frank M.
Aylen, assist clerk, to the Cambridge.

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S PRIMARY
VISITATION.---His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury
has caused his usual inhibitions to be issued preparatory to
his holding his primary visitation of the clergy and laity of
the diocess of Canterbury, to commence the first week in
October next, at the Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of
Christ Church, Canterbury.

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THE REPRESENTATION OF GRIMSBY.—It is re-
ported that Mr Chapman, the present M.P. for Grimsby,
will not seek re-election on the dissolution of Parliament,
and that it is contemplated to request the Hon. Wm. Geo.
Eden, of CantleYll, near Doncaster, to become a candi-
date for the borough in the Liberal interest.—Eastern.
Morning News.
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