The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-27 00:00:00

WINDSOR,

Last night an influential meeting of the suppor-
ters of Capt. Halter took place at the Castle Hotel,
Mr, H. PriTer in the chair. Capt. Rafter haying

The iron-cased ship Caledonia, fitting in the Vic-
toria-docks, will be hauled out, according to present
arrangements, to-morrow at high tide, and will
be towed down to Sheerness to be completed ft r
service.

The screw steamship Cordelis, 11, having under-
gone a thorough repair, was removed yesterday
afteruoon from No. 4 dock at De.vonport, and
placed alongside the Sheer hulk in Hamoaze, to be
rigged and stored for the first division of the Steam
Reserve.

The screw steam corvette Brisk, 16, at Devon-
port, is ordered to be placed in No. 4 dock to be re-
paired, and advanced to the first division of the
Steam Reserve.

The Monarch, target ship at Portsmouth, is re-
ceiving a fresh supply of armour-plates of 51,-in.
thickness, on her sides for testing by the 68-poun-
der gun, They comprise three experimental plates
the
fieldl ielsl
and c
from Messrs. Sohn Brown and Co., of bheffield ; one
from the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Com-
p ny,
.and, of one from
Sheffield,
are about
armour-plate manufacturers to the Government.
They have erected a large plant at their works for
l.
the purpose, and their two first plates will be placed
j l al
t o Messrs.
enter
Ci M a
under trial at Portsmouth in a short time.
Admiralty instructions have been received at
Chatham directing that in all cases in which vessels
of war are sold out of the service the greatest pos-
sible care is to be taken in removing all the gun--
fittings, and returning them to the War Depart-
ment. The order also directs the officials to make
a return of the exact cost of the sails, spars, rigging,
and other gear belonging to the screw gun vessel
Victor, 6,350-horse power, just sold by private con.
tract.

Private letters received at Portsmouth from the
cadet training ship Britannia, stationed at Dart-
month, state the fever was raging on board, and
that several cadets had already fallen victims to it,
and among others the young Count de Metaxes.
Sixty continuous service men are under orders to
be forwarded this morning from the flagship Fis-
gard, at Woolwich, to join her Majesty's coastguard
ship Majestic, Capt. Inglefield, at Liverpool, for
service.

Some con'ticlerable delay has been experienced itt "
laying down the keel of Mr. Reed's new iron ship
Pallas about to be commenced at Woolwich, in con-
sequence of her length (225 ft) exceeding that of the
slip on which she is to be built. The work is now in
progress for the extension of the shed, about 49ft.
beyond its originil length, and also for laying down
a solid base of concrete and other material for in-
creasing the length of the slip. The whole of the
keel is in readiness, as wall as a large portion of her
framework of ash and Italian oak, and on the re-
lease of the Caledonia from the Victoria Docks to-
morrow, the shipwrights and others, 350 in num-
ber, employed on her will be transferred to the pre-
paration of the Pallas.
Tho following appointments were made yesterday
:—Lieut. George IL Hope to the
FataltchoenA; dLmieiruatl.ttyhe Hon. Edward S. Dawson to the
Royal Oak; Vernon Jones, master, to the Indus for
the Royalist; Thomas H. Hayman, master, to the
Cumberland for the Salamander; the Rev. J. C.
Parkyn, chaplain and naval instructor, to the
Pelorus ; Alfred A. Taylor, naval cadet, to the Liver-
pool ; Cecil E. Willoughby, nominated to a naval
cadetship ; George N. Deighton, paymaster, to the
Black Prince; James Leys, chief engineer, to the
Cumberland for the Achilles; John A. Barton, chief
engineer, to the Cumberland for the Bombay; Jas.
W. German, chief engineer, to the Cumberland for
the Amphion ; George H. Weeks and H. W. Fitz-
gerald, assistant-engineers, to the Asia, as super-
numeraries.

THE ARMY.

The division of the 55th Regiment, under the com-
mand of Major T. S. Browne, embarked at Ports-
mouth yesterday at 7 a.m. on board the hired trans-
port Hougomont, 962 tons, Captain John Flamank,
under the superintendence of Colonel E. Somerset,
C. 8., Deputy-Quartermaster, and Capt. Locke, em-
barcation officer to the Hon. Council for India.
The very cleanly state of this fine ship and the ample
accommodation provided on board for the officers
and men embarked, together with the care with
which she had been fitted to insure, as far as pos-
sible, the comfort of all during the voyage, drew
the warmest encomiums from the inspecting officers-
Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., visited the ship
during the embarcation, and expressed his admira-
tion", of the ship's internal condition and the amount
of space she afforded to the men embarked. Vice-
Admiral Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., and a num-
ber of naval officers also visited the ship.
as the embarcation was effected, prepsrations were As soon
at once made for sending the ship
at 10 a.m. she left the harbour, in tow ofnn her voyage, rind
a Govern-
ment steam .tug, which took her two miles outside
the Nab Light vessel, when the hawsers were
h
cast off, and the Hougomont fairly commenced her
voyage for Madras, under all plain sail, with the
wind light at N.E., and weather rather hazy. The
Hougomont belongs to
Messrs. Gellatly, Hank
ey,
ea avert'
superior frigate
and Sewell, of Lond
foundon,a in v
nd
is
y
built ship, and well respect. Among
the rest of her troop fittings she carries one of Dr.
Normandy's beet fresh water distilling apparatus.
Portsmouth yr.
Her consignee at was r. Jas. Garrott,
agent to the Hon., Council for India and to Lloyds.
Lieut. Elliott and 20 non-commissioned officers
and privates lt9yal Marine Light
Infantry yebtor-
day arrived at Woolwkit for ewcarcation in the
velocidnde, for the Falk tond islands. They wilt
embark en Thure+lay, the 29th inst.

Brigadier- G'n• St. George, lt. A., C.B.,Presidt2n t ;
Copt. Sir W. I,,Viieni.,„, RN., Vice-President; and
the members of the OrdnAnce Select Committee of
W'cdvvich Arserel, yesterday inspected the Arm-
strong and Whit worth competitive experimental
guns in course of being mounted on their carriages
Fit IVQO-kvich.

[Attvzunsmirom-]—Piolloway's Ointment and Pills.—
Bad breasts wounds, and sores of all kinds may be deo-
rolghly healed by the application of this ointment to the
parts affected, after they have been duly fomented with
warm water. The discharge should not be checked at once
but rather encouraged, for such sudden check must of
course always be dangerous. Nature is the noblest of
physicians, and must not be opposed, but seconded. All
sores are fora time the safety valves of the constitution,
and should not be defied or healed until they assume a
healthier character. Under the action of this powerful
ointment, aided by the pills, the depraved humours of the
body will be quickly removed. •