The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Vice-Admiral Smart, K,H., naval Commander-in-Chief
in the Mediterranean, returned to Malta from Naples on
the 28th ult., carrying his flag on board the Marlborough,
121, Capt. C. Fellowes, and accompanied by the Gibraltar,
81, Capt. J. C. Prevost ; the Royal Oak, 35, ironclad, Capt.
F. A. Campbell ; and the Resistance, 16, ironclad, Capt. W.
C. Chamberlain. The Marlborough is preparing to return
to England, after the visit of the Lords of the Admiralty,
who are expected here from Toulon in the Admiralty yacht
Enchantress to-morrow or the day following on a commis-
sion relative to the much vexed question of the proposed new
dock. Capt. Clarke, R.E., who lately succeeded Col. Green
as Director of Naval Engineering and architectural Works,
has already arrived from England, as also Mr Gabrielli,
contractor for the excavations in the new port. The Lords
Commissioners expected here are the Duke of Somerset,
Rear-Admiral Drummond, and Mr Childers. Rear-Admi-
ral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, is also on board the
Enchantress. The Gibraltar will probably hoist the
Comman, er-in-Chief's flag on the Marlborough's leaving.
The Revenge, 73 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral H. R.
Yelverton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, returned
from Tunis, Sousa, and Sfax on the 4th inst., leaving the
Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. Fortescue, and the Pelican, 17, Com-
mander Comber, for the protection of British interests. Her
Majesty's steam gunvessel Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C.
Seymour, left port on the 29th ult. for Patras and the Pireaus
of Athens, with stores and provisions for the Liffey and
Trident. The Firefly, 4, Lieut.-Commander G. R. Wilkin-
son, arrived on the 3d inst. from Trapani and Marsala. She
will return in a few days to resume her survey on that coast,
where she has been doing important service, the whole of
that region, s!range to say, being very imperfectly known,
and very erroneously laid down in the charts Among other
things it has been ascertained that the rocky island of Ma-
rittimo, which was believed to be only seven miles in cir-
cumference, has really a circumference no less than 14 miles,
The paddlewheel frigate Magicienne, 16, Capt. Armytage,
arrived on the sth inst. from Patras. Deputy Commissary-
Gen. G. Home, as officer in charge of the commissariat at
Malta, arrived here on the 29th ult. from England. The
Rev. S. Clark, chaplain to the forces in this garrison,
left Malta last week for England, having had his post
transferred to 'Woolwich. The English schooner yacht
Redgauntlot, Capt. J. N. Ferrall (proprietor), sailed for
England on the 30th ult., having one passenger, Mr P.
Nolan. The Cicile, schooner yacht, belonging to the Mar-
quis of Drogheda, arrived on the 4th inst. from b 3 ra, and
leaves on Saturday for England. The Turkish war steamer
Mohubri Souror, having on board the Turkish commis-
sioner, arrived from Tunis on the 24th ult., and continued
her route on the 27th for Constantinople, accompanied by
the steam tender Peki Cherif. Her Majesty's ship Chanti-
cleer, 17, Commander J. E. Risk, arrived this morning from
Sfax, and the Racer, 11, Gommander J. N. S. Saulez, came
in shortly sr,ct vi“,k.l.s trout Benghazi, hiving been employed
in assisting at the operation of repairing the Malta and
Alexandria cable. The Egyptian screw frigate Ibrahimie
came in this morning from Alexandria, bound for Marseilles.
On entering port she•gave and received the usual salutes.
The Bristol, 39, 600 horse power, is being rapialy pushed
forward for the first division of the Chatham Steam Re-
serve, and has a large number of hands employed both aloft
and on decks in rigging and bringing her forward, She is
nearly complete in her rigging, but there is still a large
amount of work remaining to be executed on board. Ac-
cording to orders received at Chatham, her armament will
consist of 14 8 .inch guns, and 12 61-pounder rifled guns
on rere chock carriages on her main deck; together with
four 110-pounder Amstrongs on slide carriages, and one
110-pounder Armstrong on revolving carriage on her upper
deck. -

The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 21, 800 horse power,
fitting in the steam basin for the first class Steam Reserve,
in readiness for immediate commission, is rapidly approach-
ing completion, and is all ataut as to her rigging. By
direction of the Admiralty every possible exertion is to be
used in getting her out of hand and ready for the pennant.
A numerous body of mechanics from the steam factory is
busily employed in the work of fitting her engines and
machinery on board. The orders received at Chatham for
her armament direct some alterations from those previously
ordered, and she will, according to existing arrangements,
mount nine 100-pounder Armstrongs, 10 8-inch 60 c ,vt
smooth• bores, and a couple of the old 63-pounder 95 cwt
cast-iron guns,
Yesterday the officers seamen, and Royal Marines belong-
ing to the iron frigate Achilles, 20, 1,250-horse power, Capt,
E. W. Vansittart, who have been berthed on board the sail-
ing frigate Gloucester, 50, in Chatham harbour, during the
time the ironclad vessel has been fitted for sea, were turned
over to the Achilles, the paddlewheel steamers Adder and
Otter being employed in the work of conveying the officers
and seamen from the one vessel to the other. Only a few
mechanics now remain employed on board the iron ship,
nearly the whole of the workmen having again resumed their
duties at the dockyard, the ironclad frigates Lord Warden
and Bellerophon employing the whole resources of the
establishment. The Achilles was to be ready to take her
departure from Chatham to-day ; but late yesterday it was
announced that she was not likely to get away from her
moorings until to-morrow or the following day, when, ac-
cording to existing arrangements, she proceeded to the
Nore. There she will remain for a few days for the adjust-
ment of her compases and other matters, proceeding thence
to Plymouth for the customary docking before leaving for
her first cruise.

Her Majesty's screw troopship Urgent, Capt. Samuel H,
Henderson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning
from Quebec, with the 2d battalion of the Scots Fusileer
Foot Guards nn board, in the following strength : Colonel
F. C. A. Stephenson, C. 8., in command ; Lieut.-Cols. E.
Neville, Hon. R. Mostyn, and G. H. Moncrieff; Capts. E. M
Beresford, W. S. Rooke and Mrs Rooke, Hon. S. Massey,
G. Smith, Duke of Athole and Duchess of Athole; Lieuts.
T. P. Grahams, Lord Rosehill, G. Gosling, and P. Bagot ;
Captain and Adjutant S. V. Stephenson; Quartermaster
W- Smith; Assistant-Surgeon H. Turner; Captain V. St
J. N. Barne, Assist.-Surg, F. B. Baker, attached to the re-
giment from other corps ; 30 sergeants, 24 drummers, 24
corporals, 455 privates, 4 officers' servants, 64 soldiers'wives,
62 soldiers' children, and 4 sergeants, 3 corporals, and 2
privates attached to the regiment from other corps.
There was on board four officers' horses. The landing of
the heavy baggage of the battalion commenced from the
Urgent, alongside Portsmouth dockyard, at 10 o'clock yes.
terday morning, and at 2 p.m. the men had marched to the
north end of the yard, preceded by the regimental drums,
fifes, and pipes, and had formed up in fours alongside the
special train. It consisted of 25 carriages and two guard
and break vans, which had been prepared and brought into
the yard for their accommodation. In rather less than 15
minutes more the train had left the yard for the Landport
and Waterloo station of the, London and South Western
Railway Company. The disembarkation of the troops was
effected under the personal direction of Col. Shadwell, As-
sistant'Quartermaster-General for the South- west District ;
and to the energetic management of this officer, coupled
with the prompt and very efficient manner in which the
South Western Railway Campany's officials seconded his
efforts may be fairly attributed the present perfection of the
system in use at Portsmouth for the embarkation or disem-
barkation of troops.
The following draughts have left the camp at Colchester
to join the service companies of their respective regiments :
—B4 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 76th
Regiment have proceeded to Southampton to embark for
New Zealand, and 25 rank and file of the Ist battalion, sth
Fusiliers, have left lor Woolwich to join headquarters at
that station. Mr 0. Turner, of Ipswich, has been appointed
by Earl de Grey and Ripen auctioneer for the sale of cast
cavalry and artillery horses for the depot at Colchester.
Le Cuvier French steam corvette arrived at Great Yar-
mouth a day or two since.

The Viceroy's prospective visit to Lahore in October next
is for the purpose of holding a durbar to receive all the
chiefs of the Punjaub province, The 20th is the day ap-
pointed for the durbar. His excellency will return to Cal-
cutta immediately after, and open the legislative session,
which is expected to be an important one. En route Delhi
will, for the first sime since the rebellion, be one of the
stations selected for a durbar.
Sir Alexander Lawrence, son of the late Sir Henry, and
nephew of the Viceroy, met with instantaneous death by a
bridge overia precipice in the Thibet road having given way
under his horse.
An embassy has just arrived in Cashmere from Hokand,
an independent sovereignty in Central Asia, en route to his
Excellency the Viceroy, to procure the advice and assistance
of the British in reference to the attempts of the Russians
to make a high road for troops through that kingdom.
The old pretender to the throne of Thibet having raised a
force in Chinch, is threatening Thibet proper. The Bhoota-
nese will thus 11 disappointed of the assistance upon which
they have been relying from Thibet, the Lama having his
hands full at home.
The Judicial Commissioner of the Punjaub has confirmed
the judgment of the sessions judge at Umballa, Sir H.
Edwardes, In re 3lahomcd Shuffee and others, all of whom
are to be transported for life.
A commission is to be appointed to investigate the causes
and origin of the great irregularities in the working of tele-
graphic communication throughout India, and to examine
into the efficiency of all officers and employes connected
with the department. -
The Government estate at Dapoorie (near Poona), con-
sising of 80 acres of land, with numerous buildings, is to
be sold by public auction, under the orders of Government
on the 22d inst.

Sir W. Denison, the Governor of Madras, has refused to
carry out Sir C. Wood's instructions relative to the position
of the Indian local officers, on the grounds that they are
opposed to the Royal wishes, and are a flagrant violation of
the guarantee granted by the Imperial Parliament to the
officers of the army of the ;late Ccmpany. His excellency
is of opinion that the officers of the European regiments
who were transferred to the service of the Crown should
have been allowed to retain Indian pay and allowances,
and that the manner in which those regiments were officered
was unjust, illegal, and contrary to the guarantee given to
the Indian service.

Preparations for the Bkootan expedition are progressing
fast. A large supply of ordnance has been shipped from
Calcutta to Assam.

The Nawab of Kotab has been building a strong forti •
fieation in his province. The Government has insisted on
demolishing it, and the Nawab finds he must consent,:
Two officers, one selected by the comneander in chief in
India, and the other by the lieutenant governor of Bengal,
have been appointei to arrange for the establishment on
the Bhootan frontier of a line of defences as was directed
by the Viceroy in council last June.
An inundation occurred at Mooban which swept nearly
all the civil station into the Chenab. The water was four
feet deep on the highest roads. Immense destruction of
property, and crops extensively ruined.
A report on the general sanitary condition .of the
Bombay army, by Dr A. 11. Leith, president of the sani-
tary commission for Bombay, has just been published,
greatly modifying the conclusions of the Royal commission
on this subject,
A long and valuable paper by Alajor Martin, her Ma-
jesty's 4th Regiment, containing suggestions for mitigating,
the pilgrim nuisance, has been sent to Dr Leith, with a re-
quest that he would favour government with his opinion as
to the best practical means of dealing with the evil.
The Hindoostanee fanatics who found a residence in Ca-
bool have been driven out to the westward beyond Herat,
and completely dispersed.
The inhabitants of the KubhooValley in Munipoor (Bur-
mah), a district which was restores to Ava on the conclu.
sion of the treaty with Burma, have petitioned the British
Government to be again taken under its care, in conse-
quence of the oppressive character of the Government of
their own people.
A line of railway has been decided on which will connect
Indore, Neemuchi, Nusseerabad, Ajoaore, and Jeypore with
Delhi.

The contract for the extension of the south-eastern line
of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway to Hyderabad in
the Deccan will be given out at the beginning of next year
in two portions.

Prerachund Eoychund, E:.q., has contributed the muni-
ficent sum of two lass of rupees for the erection of a univer-
sity library in uutetlUcea by conditions,
and has been accepted by Government.

Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway will be
opened throughout on the let Nov. next.
The Wages Bill was read a third time and passed the
Legislative Council of Bombay on the 3d inst., minus the
3d, 4th, 6th, 7th, and Bth sections.

It is stated that Sir C. Trevelyan retires from India in
April next, and that no successor with the title of Finance
Minister will be appointed. The manager of the finances
will be a secretary merely.
Col. Durand is to be appointed Governor General's agent
for the states of Rajpootana. He is to be succeeded in the
foreign secretaryship by Mr W. Muir.

Favourable accounts continue to be received from the dis •
tricts of the state of the crops. In a few localities there has
been a scarcity of rain, and the crops have suffered.
In Bombay we have had about 60 inches of rain. We
have therefore considerable leeway to make up, our average
being from 75 to 80 inches.

We find the following in the Bombay Gazette:—
ig, of the Bombay civil service, and
acting
suicide by cutting his throat while in a fit of delirium from
\ r
jTuhdogse. andNVe esdeisns judge of Kurrachee, committed
fever, on the 26th August.

Dr. Leith's report on the general sanitary condition of the
European troops of the Bombay army has been published
by Government. The ratio per 1,000 deaths to strength in
1863 was only 12.06, and in the last 15 years it has de-
clined from 29.0 per 1,000 to this rate.
There are bad accounts of the new crop of cotton in the
Bombay Presidency, which,
it is understood, will at all
events not exceed in quantity that of the previous year.
It is reported that the cotton crop will, in all probability,
be much less this year in the Bengal provinces than it was
last year.

•
It is rumoured that his Excellency Sir Win. Rose Mans-
field expects to proceed home shortly to undertake the
duties of Secretary of State for War, in succession to Lord
De Grey— and that Sir Hope Grant will succeed Sir Hugh
Rose as commander in chief in India.
His Excellency Sir Hugh Rose will be at Lucknow in
the end of November, from whence he will proceed to Cal-
cutta, which is in future to be the headquarters of the Ben-
gal army, and not Simla.
The first portion of our troops intended to be sent against
the Bhootanese will push towards the Bhootan passes by
the end of October next, but by what route it has not yet
been decided. The country is in a very disturbed state
owing to the intrigues of the minister.
The line of railway which is destined to connect the
North-West Provinces with Bombay, it has finally been
settled shall run via Indore, Neemuch, Nusseerabad, Aj-
mere, Jeypore, and Delhi; and a branch line will be con-
structed to meet it from Agra through Muttra and Ulwar.
A sad case of wholesale poisoning has Occurred
at the
Byculla Schools in Bombay. Fifteen boys partook of some
arsenic which was picked up by one of them in their play-
ground, one of whom died from the effects of the poison.
All the others have recovered. Mr Cassels has introduced
a bill into the Legislative Council for restricting the sale of
poisons, which are now procurable in any quantity without

licence,
Captain Fowler, paymaster of her Majesty's 72d High-
landers at Mhow, who was reported to have absconded as a
Mealier, has been entirely absolved from any imputations
on his character; his accounts, which were at ono time
thought to be in an unsatisfactory state, having turned out
to be all right.
There has been a great inundation at Mooltan, and fears
are entertained in regard to the overflowing of the Chenab,
which is expected to burst its banks and produce a catas-
trophe like that at Sheffield. The river has been obstructed
—it is supposed by a glacier—near its source.
A commission has been appointed by the Viceroy to inves-
tigate certain charges brought by Col. Walter, C,B , com-
manding the 35th Regiment, against the Rev, W. Simpson,
of alleged neglect of duty on the part of that gentleman in
not attending himself to the burial of those who died at
Agra during the latter part of 1857, when the cholera was
raging there, and the deaths were very numerous.
The Court which tried Major C. Murray, of the Bengal
Staff corps, for circulating an offensive letter reflecting on
liltaiw' Major W. Binney, of
y of unmilitary, but not
tthhee
ecahmareaeceterrpso,fhhaies
foundbre in-thehr-imgl
of ungentlemanly, conduct, and has sentenced him to be re-
rrimanded, which sentence Sir Hugh Rose confirmed,
Col. Eden, the political agent in Meywar, has again been
mobbed by a number of rioters, who attacked his house and
tried to seize him with the intention of killing him. He
was saved by the young Rajah, who fortunately came to
his assistance in time to prevent his being torn to pieces by
the mob.

A notorious Thug has been captured in the Sealkote dis-
trict of the Punjab who is accused of having been impli-
cated in 57 cases of poisoning, and has five times made his
escape from prison.
The Rifle Association of Western In6ia are now hold-