The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-17 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE ARMY.

The screw steamship Black Prince, 41, Capt, James F.
B. Wainy;Tight, which was navigated on Sunday from Ply-
mouth Sound into Haraoe!, was placed Vesterdat after-
noon in th.e Prin',l:63 o:iO3ti, in tevonport yard, Her draught
forward is 25ft 3in, and aft about 2Gft 6in.
The Edgar, 71, Capt. G. T. P. Hornby, flag of Rear-
Admiral S. C. Dacres, was navigated yesterday morning
into Hamoaze, and will be paced in too. 1 dock at Keyham
etos,in:Tard as soon as the blocks are prepared for her recep-
tion.
The Prince Consort, 35, Capt. G. O. Willeb, C,8., having
during the morning d;s`ohar'ged her powder and shell, was
navigate 4 fn the afternoon from the Sound into Hamoaze.
She will be placed in No. 2 dock at Keyham, after it has
been examined ; this dock has been occupied by the Ocean,
which was displaced yesterday fcrtnoon. The Princa Con-
sort draws 25ft Pin forward and 27ft 7in aft.

It was the intention of the authorities at Devonport yes-
terday to place the Warrior, 40, in Keyham basin in the
afternoon, and put her in dock N 0.3 to-day, and to put the
Defence in No.l dock at Devonport yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty's despatch vessel Salamis, built at Chatham,
and commissioned for service by Commander Suttie, having
damaged her machinery in her trial trip, went up to Wool-
wich yesterday for repairs.
Her Majesty's steam storeship Pox, Staff-Commander
Pullen,with stores and passengers from the lonian Islands,
arrived yesterday in the river and was signalled at Wool-
wich. The Viandra and Mardias sailing transports, with
military stores from the demolished fortress at Corfu, also
arrived yesterday. The Morning Star, Britain's Pride, and
alsolNle lifnraom coarearlrou.ngside Woolwich pier discharging cargoes

In consequence of the regulations now in contemplation
for the abolition of the superannuation allowance to the fac-
tory men in the royal dockyards, 15 men yesterday received
notice of dismissal at Woolwich. They consist of engineers,
boilermakers, patternmakers, trimmers, and labourers, some
of whom had been employed in the establishment from 15
to 21 years. The men are to be dismissed on the 31st inst.,
and fear that unaided by Government,
notwithstandingportion of their lives has been
t t the
spent in the factory, where some of them have been maimed
and rendered unfit for future work.
willat the be
best totally

Mahmoud Khan, the Persian Minister in London, went
down to Woolwich yesterday for the purpose of inspecting
the naval and military establishment. Accompanied by his
secretary and five Persian attendants, he arrived at 2 o'clock
and proceeded to the Royal Arsenal, where the visitors
were received by the heads of departments. These were Col.
Campbell and Mr. Anderson, superintendents of the royal
gun factories; Capt. Gordon, C. 8., principal superintendent
of military stores ; Lieut.-Col. Clerk and Lieut.-Col. Shaw,
suporintendents of the royal carriage department; and Capt.
Fraser, assistant superintendent of the laboratory. The in-
spection of the arsenal (each department of which appeared
to interest the visitors exceedingly) occupied more than three
hours. The explanation of the various works was given
principally in French by Col. Shaw. It was interpreted to
the Ambassador in Persian by his secretary. An Admiralty
order had been despatched to the dockyard for his excellency's
admission to that establishment also ; but on account of the
time occupied in seeing the Arsenal, the visit to the dock-
yard was again deferred,

The following appointments have been made in the Royal
Naval Reserve—To be Lieut., Benjamin Lodwick ; to be
Sub,-Lieut., Walter Hamilton Bisset.

IHE NAVY.

By order of his Royal Highness the General-Command-
ing-in-Chief, Col. Guy, commandant of camp at Colches-
ter, commenced on Thursday the official half-yearly inspec-
tion of the troops at that camp. The Colonel first reviewed
the 4th Depot Battalion, and examined their kits, huts, &c.
On Saturday the inspection of the 9th and 10th Depotßat-
telion commenced, and will be continued this week. On
Thursday and Friday Major-Gen. Hay, Inspector-General
of Musketry, accompanied by Capt. M'Kay, deputy-assis-
tant•adjutant-general of the School of Musketry, paid an
official visit to the camp for the purpose of inspecting the
company musketry returns and registers, and examining
the troops in musketry instruction. The inspection ex-
tended, of course, to each of the three depot battalions at
the camp.
In accordance with instructions received from the War-
office, recommending the employment of soldiers in culti-
vating gardens in which vegetables may be grown for their
own consumption, the military authorities at Colchester
have granted a piece of land, 9 acres in extent, to the three
depot battalions at the camp, each battalion taking three
acres, The land selected is situated near the new infant
school at 31onkwich, and is to be fenced and cultivated at
the sole expense of the troops under certain conditions ex-
pressed in the War-office letter.
The AJjutant General, Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, has ad-
dressed by command a circular memorandum addressed to
the army at home and abroad, wherein the Field-Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief desires that officers commanding re-
giments and depots will transmit punctually on the Ist of
January, the Ist of April, the Ist of July, and the Ist of
October of each year a:return of men whose limited services
has expired during the quarter ending on the preceding
day,—viz., the 31st of December, the 31st of March, the
3Gth of June, and the 30th of September respectively, show-
ing how they have been disposed of. Officers commanding
depot battalions are requested to supervise the return from
each depot before transmission to insure its coireetness.
The examination of candidates for admission to the Royal
Military Academy, Woolwich, before Major-Gen. Hamil-
ton, C. 8., the vice•president, and ether members of the
Council of Military Education, will commence on the 4th
proximo, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. The days allotted
to the different subjects of examination will terminate on
Wednesday, June 20.
The next examination of candidates for admission to the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, will be herd at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, be fore the vice-president and
members of the Council of Military Education, on the 16th
ofnextmo2nd.th, and will occupy six days, ending Wednes-
day, the 2

Inspection of the Third City of London
Volunteers,

The annual inspection of this regiment by Col. Morris.
C. 8., Assistant-Inspector of Volunteers, took place ye step
day at Oaklands-hall, Kilburn, the residence of Mr. Donald
Nicoll. Of the corps, which musters nearly 1,000 effective
members, upwards of 500 were present on parade, and
nearly 230 were absent on leave, the balance only remaining
adopted
the
colour
theo urmovement
understood
derst
unaccounted for. The day could not have been more charm-
ing, and to the Volunteers and the many friends by whom
they were accompanied the occasion appeared to afford un-
mixed gratification. Scarlet in line always presents an im-
soirnkgi aspect,ng
Men's and from the outset
Corps"
viewed with most favour by the military authorities. Ori-
ginally their caps and tunics, it is true, were suggestive
rather of Garibaldian than British uniform, but latterly they
have chosen an exceedingly neat shako and closely fitting
tunic, and when assembled in any numbers their bearing
ood " to the
Working e
closely resembles that of a smart and well set-up regiment
of the line. Their movements yesterday were of the cha-
racter usual on such occasions, and were performed with
great steadiness and solidity, rather than with any attempt
at dash or display. The opening volleys were scarcely as
connected as might have been desired, but towards the close
of the proceedings a marked improvement was visible- At
the termination of the movements Colonel Morris, whose
habit it is never to praise unless the men passing before
him have thoroughly entitled themselves to commendation
at his hands, said he was glad to have it in his power
to express his satisfaction both with the numbers in
which they had attended and the manner in which they
had gone through their evolutions. He was well aware
that 99 out of every 100 men in the ranks forfeited a day's
earnings in order to be present; but it must be some
compensation to them to know that by this substantial
sacrifice they were not only promoting the interests of their
corps, but in a material degree rendering service to their
country as Well. Colonel Morris pointed out a few details
in which the men themselves would acknowledge that atten-
tion to drill was calculated still further to promote
their efficiency, and intimated his intention of report.
ing in favourable terms to the War-office. In the
evening those members of the corps who had attended the
inspection, and the cadets belonging to the regiment, were
entertained at dinner by Major Richards and the other
officers of the regiment, at the new hotel, situate in the Vale
of Health, Hampstead .heath. For purposes of this kind the
hotel is charmingly situated, and will no doubt become a
favourite place of resort. In one point of view it was, per-
haps unfortunate that, owing to considerations of space, the
officers and men should have been separated ; but no un-
pleasant feeling could have arisen on this score, as the men
themselves were distributed in different departments. More-
over, the liberality of the officers provided not only a sub-
stantial repast, but one chosen in very good taste for the
men, and which seemed to commend their entire approval!
The officers, of course, remained to see that the wants of
their subordinates were duly supplied before sitting down to
their own dinner, and, as a necessary consequence, the latter
was thrown back to a late hour. The only accident occur-
ring to mar the proceedings of the day was one which befell
Private Lodge. Having loaded his rifle, he incautiously
placed his left hand on the muzzle and brought the butt
smartly to the ground. The hammer falling with the shock,
the middle finger of the unfortunate man's left band war
so shattered that amputation had to be resorted to. This was
borne with remarkable firmness; almost with indifference,
and the young man, refusing the aid of a stretcher, walked
to the nearest cab, in which he was duly forwarded to his
residence. Such was the sympathy excited by the accident
and the sang
froid with which it Was endured that a sub-
scription amounting to close upon £23 was raised on the
spot by Mr Nicholay, the Quartermaster of the regiment.

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