The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence,

THE NAVY.

Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., the Junior Lord of the Admi-
ralty, has for the present concluded his labours at Ports-
mouth dockyard. The last part of Mr. Stansfeld's work
there was a minute inspection of the steam reserve afloat—

the ships composing the reserve in their different classes, the
engineers, stokers and others employed on board or at Has-
-lar, with the particular nature of their duties past and pro •
sent, and other details in connection with this important
baanch of the service. As a part result of Mr. Stansfeld's

inquiry at Portsmouth yard, a commission, of which Admi
rat Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.8., naval commander-in-
chief at Devonport, and Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Grey,
late Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth yard, are mem-
bers, has been formed to report upon the steam reserve of
the different yards.

The Columbine, 6, straw, Commander Ward, was in.
spotted at Spithead on Saturday by Vice-Admiral Sir M
Seymour, G.C.8., and afterwards sailed for the Pacific.

The Emerald, 35, screw frigate, Capt. A.Cumming, saLed
from Spithead on Saturday evening for Sheerness, where
she is ordered to dismantle and pay out of commission.
of• battle ship Bombay; 2,782 ions; built in the
East Indies, and the last of the 80 gun sailing ships con-
verted at Chatham dockyard to a screw steamer, is ordered
to be placed in dock at Chatham to undergo a thorough
overhaul and refit, and to be brought forward by the com-
mencement of next year for commission. She will probably
succeed the Nile as the flagship on the North American
station. Since her conversion the armament of the Bombay
has been reduced from 80 to 67 guns. She is to be fitted to
carry a complement of 650 officers and men, including ma•
tines.

The Chesapeake, 39, 2,377 tons, 400 horse power, attached
to the third division of the Chatham steam reserve, is to be
placed in the first dock which becomes vacant at Chatham
to have her hull examined, and to undergo a thorough
overhaul. It is probable that she will be selected to suc-
ceed the Narcissus, 39, 400 horse power, as the flag ship at
the Cape of Good Hope, the Chesapeake, one of the last of
the 50 gun sailing frigates converted to screw, not having
seen any sery as for some length of time.
The lighter Aid, with stores from Chatham, arrived at
Plymouth on Saturday.
The screw steam frgate Liverpool, 30, Capt. Rowley
Lambert, at Devonport, has discharged her powder, and
will to-day be placed in dock to be repaired, refitted, and
stored for foreign service.

The screw steam gun:vessel Speedwell, 4, Commander
Cotton, has left Plymouth for the West Coast of Africa.
The screw steam corvette Scylla, 21, having been exa-
mined at I)evonport, was removed on Saturday into the
basin to complete defects incurred when in collision with
the merchant ship Duke of Wellington in the Bay of Bis-
cay. On this occasion the corvette was on the starboard,
and not on the port tack as first stated, The Wellington
was on the port tack.
The screw steam sloop Alert, 17, Capt. Majendie, left
Plymouth on Saturday for her station in the Pacific.
His Prussian Majesty's frigate Niobe, 28, Capt. Luber,
and the Mosquito, 14, Capt, Hassentein, both from Dantsic,
an ived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday. These ships,
with the Rover, which arrived there on Wednesday, are
bound to the island of Madeira.
The following appointments were made on Saturday at
the Admiralty :—Commander W. T. F. Jackson, to be an
inspecting commander of the Coastguard, vice Murray, su-
perseded at his own request : Sub-Lieut. John Hope, to the
Esk; Henry H. Jauncey, nominated to a naval cadetship;
John Watson (A), of the Espoir, promoted to acting first-
class assist-engineer.

THE ARMY.
The official inspection of the battalion of Royal Marines
(Light Infantry) at head-quarters, Chatham, by
Major-
Gen. H. Eyre, commanding the forces in that district, ter-
minated on Saturday. On the previous day the division un-
der the command of Col.-Commandant T. Lemon, C. 8., was
taken to Chatham lines, where, under the direction of IVlnjor-
Gen. Eyre, the men were put through a variety of battalion
company, and light infantry movements, in order to test the
efficiency of the division. During the inspection several of
the captains of companies and field-officers were called to
the front and directed to manoeuvre the battalion under the
immediate eye of the General. In consequence of the illness
of Major-Gen. Stransham, the Inspector-General of Royal
Marines, the half-yearly inspection has been postponed.
A division of the 55th Regiment, comprising the follow-
ing officers and men, will embark this morning at 7 a.m.,
on board the Hougomont, hired sailing transport, from
Portsmouth dockyard :—Major T. S. Browne, wife, and
child; Capt. E. F. Temple and wife; Capt. I'. L. Bellamy,
wife, and child ; Lieut. M. M. Gillies and wife. Ensigns
F. Baird, T. Cargill, J. E. Lee, A. A. Boggs, W. L. Pitt;
Assist.-surg. W. J. Randall and wife; 269 rank and file,
6 drummers, 12 sergeants, 2 staff sergeants, 33 women, and
85 children. The Hougomont will sail from Portsmouth
for Madras this evening. The head-quarters of the 55th
will embark on board the King Arthur, hired transport, at
Portsmouth, about the 30th inst.

A detachment of the 76th Regiment, consisting of two
companies and the undermentioned officers, has been left
at Aldershot to receive volunteers, and on the completion
r3Koe6fmittnhhivelverst.hfrreiocnmhgth of the regiment will proceed to India :
Capts. O'Donoghue and Geddes, Lieut. Harding, and En-
signs Talbott, Waller, and De Wend, with Assist.-Surg.
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Brevet-Major Vacher, of the 22d Regiment, has been
appointed brigade-major to the garrison at the camp at
Colchester in the room of Major Baldwin, who has received
orders to join the 31st Reghnont, to which he belongs.
Brevet-Major the Hon. C. J. Addington, 38th Regiment, is
to join the service companies of that corps, Staff-surg. Bone,
of the 10th depot battalion, has been instructed to proceed
to Barbadoes. The troops at the camp will march into the
surrounding country every Wednesday during the ensuing
winter season, and have already begun to do so.
Preparations for the court-martial on Lieut.-Col. Crawley
are in progress at the Clubhouse at Aldershot. The build-
ing, which is situated on the rightof the Farnborough-road,
opposite the South Camp, will afford every convenience for
the purpose. Lieut,-Col.-Crawley visited the camp on Wed-
nesday. The following officers of the EuniskillenDragoons
have arrived in Aldershot :—Captains A. Vier and R, W.
Renshaw; Lieutenants R. D. Davies and H. 3. Wallace ;
Cornet J. S. Davis, Surgeon G. A. Turnbull, and Quarter-
master C. Wooden, V.C. In addition to the detachment of
Enniskillena, numberingabout 60 non-commissioned officers
and men, already quartered at Aldershot, a further detach-
ment of 60, under the command of Captain F. G. S. Curtis,
and accompanied by Cornet W. T. S. Snell, are expected to
arrive at the camp to-day.
The division at Aldershot was formed up on Claycart-
ridge, for field manoeuvres, on Wednesday morning, in line