The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-30 00:00:00

THE NAVY. late
Ten of the foreign manufactured ar.
suppiied to the Admiralty by Messrs. Petin ,auder
and Co., of France, have been Be lated at Portsmouth
for trial, and will be tested in the usual manner with
the 68-pounder gun in Porchester Creek, on Tuesday
next, under the superintendence of Capt, Astley C.
Key, C. 8., commanding.the gunnery ship Excellent,
at Portsmouth.
Her Majesty's iron steam troopship TitIIIIIT, re-
cently built at Millwall by Messrs. Samuda, was yes-
terday despatched from Woolwich to Chathatv to be
fitted for service. In getting under way one of the
contractor's men slipped off the gangway and was
drowned. After much exertion, and the lapse of
upwards of an hour, the body of the unfortunate
man was fished up.

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of the Admiralty.
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THE ARMY.
Yesterday the following troops left Chatham
garrison and embarked at Gravesend on beard the
Star of India, of 1,045 tons, Capt. H. Mortis, be-
longing to Messrs. Somes—viz., Brevet-Majoi 11.
E. Jerome, V.C., Lieut. A. M. Handley, Ensign T.
B. Emerson, and 60 non-commissioned officers of the
Ist battalion of the 19th Regiment ; Lieut. E. D..
Oliver and 40 men of all ranks of the 51st (King's.
Own) Light Infantry; and 128 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 109th Bombay Infantry-
Prior to the embarcation of the troops they were
inspected by Major-Gen. Eyre, who also visited the
Star of India at Gravesend in order to ascertain.
that every requirement for the officers and men was
on board. The vessel will quit the Thames this
morning for Knrrachee, where the reinforcements
will be landed.
The following detachments of Royal Artillery at.
tached to the first division of the Depot Brigade in.
the Chatham district have been placed under orders
to embark for colonial service—viz., 40 non-com-
missioned officers and gunners to embark for Gibral-
tar, to join the let Brigade; 30 gunners for Ber-
muda, to join the 10th Brigade; and 10 gunners
for Nova Scotia, to join the 15th Brigade.
The 2d battalion, let Regiment, will replace the
20th Regiment in Portsmouth garrison, from the
camp at Aldershott, on the 4th proximo. The de-
parture of the 64th Regiment from the camp for
Gosport has been deferred until the early part of
September.
The Himalaya screw troopship, Capt. Lacy, with
the 2d battalion 25th Regiment and a detachment
of the 50th Regiment on board, sailed from Spit-
head at daylight yesterday morning for Ceylon. In
the list of officers' names embarked belonging to the
25th Regiment, published in The Sun of yester-
day, that of Ensign A. H. Turner was inadvertently
omitted. The officers in command of the 25th,
Lieut.-Col. Henry Torrens Walker, was gazetted
to the Lieut.-Colonelcy of the regiment on the day
of embarcation, vice Lieut.-Col. and Brevet-Col.
Allan, retired.
A further reduction is announced to take place in
the royal gun factories at Woolwich. A number of
brassfitters and moulders were yesterday dismissed
from the Dial-square, a branch of the factory in
which all castings have recently been made. No-
tices have also been given for the dismissal of others
on Saturday next. The number of hands at pre-
sent employed in the Dial-square is below 100. The
total number of workmen at the royal gun factories
a few months ago was upwards of 3,500 men, in
work on over time. The total does not now num-
ber 600 of all grades.