The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-07 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

VALETTA, Sept. I.—Her Majesty's screw line-of-
battle-ship Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, arrived

yesterday morning from Athens, having on board
120 naval invalids and supernumeraries for Malta
and England. She left Phalerum Bay on the morn-
ing of the 21st ult., and called in at Marathonisi,
communicating there with her Majesty's screw
sloop Icarus, 11, Corn. N. Salmon, V.C., and taking
on board invalids and condemned stores from the
Revenge, 73 (bearing the flag of Rear• Admiral H.

R.Yelverton, C. 8.), Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, and
otherships of the squadron on the west coast of Greece,
The Queen arrived at Marathonisi oh the 24th

alt. at noon, and left on the 26th at daylight,
steaming a small part of the way. The Icarus left
at the same time to join the Commander-in-Chief.
The following British and foreign ships of war were
at Athens when the Queen left ;—English.---The
Marlborough, 121 (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
R. Smart, K.H.), Capt. C. Fellowes ; the Trafalgar,
70, Capt. T. H. Mason ; the St. George, 86, Capt.
the Hon. F. Egerton ; and the Orlando, 46, Capt.
G. R. Randolph (all in Phalerum Bay) ; and the
Surprise, 4, Commander W. H. Whyte (Pirceus).
The Magicienne, 16, Capt. W. Armytage, had left
for Smyrna on the evening of the 19th, and the
Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse, on the night of
the 20th for Syra, in consequence of reported dis-
turbance there. French.—The Xenophon (bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Touchard), theMonette,

4. the Tangier, 4, and a frigate, called the Magi-
cienne (bearing a rear-admiral's flag), which had
just arrived to relieve Rear-Admiral Touchard (all
anchored in the Pirmus). Austrian.—The Novara,
51, the Frederich, 22, and Kerka, 4 (Piraeus). The
Novara was to leave for Pole (Adriatic) to be caulked
and refitted, when Commodore Tegethoff would
shift his broad pendant to the Frederich. The See-
hand, 4, left on the 19th for Pares. Italian.—The
Costituzione, 8 (Piraeus) ; the Re Galantuomo, line-
of-battle ship (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral
Vacca), left on the 13th for Naples. Turkish.—The
Broussa, 22 (Piraeus). Greek.—The Hellas, 28, two
gunboats, and one sailing brig (outside Piraeus).
The Russians some time ago withdrew their ships
and have now no naval force in Greece. Her Ma-
jesty'. ship Revenge came round to Kalamata on
the 23J, to communicate with the Icarus. She had
been ashore at Navarino, but had been got off with-
out injury. The Liffay, 39, Capt. G. Parker, was
at Koren on or about the same day, and the Peli-
can, 17, and the Wanderer, 4, Commander M. C.
Seymour, were at Patras. Commander P. Brock,
of the Pelican, has arrived here invalided, as also
Mr. Ellie, clerk of the Marlborough. Flag-Lieut.
Boger will join the Pelican as her temporary com-
mander. A court-martial assembled on the 13th
ult. on board the Trafalgar, presided by Capt. T.
Mason, of that ship, to try Mr. C. B. Hogg, master's
assistant of her Majesty's ship Queen, on two charges
—(1) absenting himself without leave, and (2) nego-
tiating a bill of exchange of L 3 10s, having endorsed
the said bill " Commander Woollcombe," without
Commander Woolicombe'a knowledge or consent.
He was found guilty and sentenced to be imprisoned
for six months, and to be dismissed from her Ma-
jesty's service with disgrace. On the same day
was tried George Pick, cook's mate of the Queen,
for using foul and disgusting language, and strik-
ing Thomas Olden, ship's cook, his superior officer.
The charge was proved and the prisoner adjudged
to receive 48 lashes, to be imprisoned for two years
with hard labour, and to be dismissed her Ma-
jesty's service with disgrace. Another
artryd
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court-
martial was held on the 19th ultimo, on board
the Trafalgar (President Capt. T. 3
an able-seaman, Edwin Hocking, of t 1
on a charge of violently assaulting Mr. et
ano
Smith,oee
the gunner of the ship, by drawing
him down.
ga cutlass on
the maindeck and attempting
to io
cut
The cutlass fortunately struck one of the beams.
The gunner then ran sit, p
wardroom bulkhead, made a
missed, thrust at him, but m
u
who on reaching the pursued
and the blade of the cut-
lass went right through
the bulkhead. Before he
could withdraw
it he was disarmed and made pri-
soner.
The Court found
life. him guilty, and sentenced
him to penal servitude for Her Majesty's ship
Queen was inspected on the 21st of July by the
commander-in-chief, prior to her leaving the sta-
ionshe then only waited the arrival of tho
Orlando .
to leave for England, but she has since
been detained for reasons that have not transpired.
She is expecting fresh orders, having been three
years and 10 months in commission, for nearly the
last 12 months of which time she has been stationed
at the Pit sous. She may, however, be sent back to
the Pit mus with stores for the squadron. Her Ma-
jesty's screw corvette Cossack, 20, C ipt. W. R.
Rolland, left Malta on the 23d of August for the
Pit sous with a wail. She is to relieve the Icarus,
ordered home. Her Majesty's screw frigate Ma-
lacca, 17, Capt. G. J. Napier, left yesterday morn-
ing also for the Pirmus with a mail for the com-
mander-in-chief. Her Majesty's surveying tender
Growler, 2, under the command of Mr. Stokes, R.N.,
Master of the Medina, has lately visited the Island
of Pavignnna (south-west coast of Sicily), for the
purpose of ascertaining the exact position of a
lighthouse recently erected on that island, and er-
roneously stated by the Italian authorities to eon
Point Sottila, in lat. 37 deg. 55 min. 46 sec. N.,
and lon. 12 deg. 16 min. 6 sec. E. Mr. Stokes found
it to be on Point Ferro, the westernmost point of
the island, in lat, 37 deg. 57 min. 23 sec. N., and

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no time in correcting he inishatife'l -0.-/".
Austrian Government steam ~r Narent,Nea . S
Klins, arrived here on th a 24th ult. from
Trieste. Her Majesty's ships ill port are—The Hi-
bernia, receiving-ship, bearing the flag of Rear-
Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8., Commander R. B.
Harvee; the Qaeen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar ; the
Phoebe, 35, Capt. T. D. A. For:escue ; the Medina,

surveying vessel, Capt. T. A- B. Sprat, C. 8.; the
Foxhound, 4, Commander\V, Anderson; the Psyche,
despatch vessel; and the twiders Growler and
Boxer. Her Majesty's iron screw troopship
Orontes, 3, Clpt. Hine, which left Portsmouth on
the 13th and Plymouth on the 17th ult. for Gibral-
\ tar, to effect a change of troops between that gar-
rison and Malta, has not yet made her appearance,
and there is a rumour of her having broken down
and put into Cadiz. Sir John Gaspard Le Merchant
has returned to Valetta from England. It is under-
stood that his object was to arrange with the Secre-
tary of State as to his tenure of the governorship of
Malta, which exp;res in April. Having been
offered by the Commander-in-Chief the appointment
of Quartermaster-General in England, it seems that
this appointment was incompatible with the con-
tinuation of the shove term. it is reported that his
Excellency has relinquished the appointment of
Quartermaster-General, with the understanding
that he should retain the Governorship of Itlalta for
an extended period. Whether this arrangement will
interfere with the expected appointment of Sir
Henry Storks to Malta on the expiration of his im-
portant charge in the lonian Islands is not known.
The petition of the inhabitants of Malta to the
Secretary of the Colonies soliciting the appointment
of a civil governor and a reform in the local council
is receiving numerous signatures.

The Lords of the Admiralty are making inqui-
ries of the authorities at Devonport as to the time
necessary for preparing the Pelorus and Gibral-
tar for the reception of their crews. It is
supposed there that the Aurora, Pelorus, and
Gibraltar will be commissioned for foreign service,
probably japan. They will all require to be docked.
The Gibraltar is the most forward; the others may
be ready in three weeks or a month. The Aurora
is in the dockyard, fitting for the first division of
the Steam Reserve. The Pelorus is at Keyham,
rigged, and is also fitting for the first division.
Her Majesty's steam yacht Fairy, Master. Co-
mmander Welch, anchored at Woolwich on Saturday,
in preparation to embark the Queen and the Royal
family on the 10th, from the Royal yacht Victoria
and Albert at Greenhithe, to land at Woolwich, on
their return to England.

The iron paddlewheel steam frigate Recruit, 6,
150 horse power, Commander G. F. Cottam, has re-
turned her Armstrong guns, stores, shot, shell, &c.,
into Chatham dockyard, and the officers and crew
will to-day turn over to the screw gunvessel Sreed-
well, 5, 428 tons, 80 horse power, which is to take
the place of the Recruit on the coast of Africa. The
Recruit is ordered to be placed in the first-class
Steam Reserve, which seems to imply that the Ad-
miralty intend shortly to recommission her. She is
adapted, however, only for the lightest duties, and
her recent signal failure proved that she is altogether
unfitted for rough service at sea. During the time
the Recruit has been lying in Chatham harbour her
bottom has become very foul, notwithstanding that
she has been coated with one of the numerous " un-
failing" compositions. She is accordingly to be
scraped and cleaned, and at the same time to make
good trifling defects, having proved to be rather
leaky.
Under the new Admiralty regulations, apprentices
at the several dockyards will no longer be placed on
the establishment on the completion of their inden-
tures, but will be entered on the books of the various
yards to fill vacancies as they arise. Within the
last few days a number of shipwright's, caulker's,
and smith's apprentices have completed their term of
apprenticeship at Chatham yard, ana by direction
of the Admiralty are tc be entered at that establish-
ment as hired workmen only. Apprentices will
also in future be required to serve a portion of their
time at sea, on board one of her Majesty's ships,
and instructions have accordingly been received at
Chatham directing a certain number of lads selected
from that establishment to proceed to sea in one of
the vessels hereinafter to be named.

The following appointments were mado on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander Henry W.
Comber to the Pelican; Dr. James Middleton,
assistant-surgeon, to the Weser ; Alfred S. Pratt,
assistant surgeon, to the Dee; John Fraser, acting
assistant-surgeon to the Marlborough ; W. D.
Dodsworth, assistant-surgeon, additional, to the
Marlborough; Thomas F. Hill, ehief engineer, to
the Fisgard, for the Wolverine ; and John Copplo-
stone, assistant-engineer, to the Indus, for the
Constance.

THE ARMY.
During the past week the 24th company of Royal
Engineers, at Aldershott have been carrying on a
series of siege works on the banks of the Basing-
stoke Canal. A number of models on a scale of
one-sixth of elevated, sunken, and half-sunken bat-
teries were constructed, and also trenches and com-
munications. A number of model magazines were
also made. A course of lectures on the subject of
siege works, &c., delivered by Capt. W. A. Frank-
land, and Mr. Hill, R.E., was well attended by the
company. These operations are understood to be
preparatory to the erection of siege works on a full
scale, which it is intended to erect on the vacant
ground between the North and South Camps- These
latter works will probably be commenced to-day,
and will be carried on very rapidly, orders having
been issued for the men to work night and day, as
in actual warfare. Large quantities of gabions,
faseines, &c., have been made by the Engineers,
and now stand ready for use.
Aldershott for 1863 may be
the last grand divisional
The review season at
taken place on Thursday. An
considered as closed,
supposed to be advancing on Alder-
field-day having
his right rest-
enemy was
camp,B ri ck s ba un rdy -t hh i
the
I ,
shott from the south-west, and already occupying
P°sCieatiFer;oBltiended front of nearly two miles-
a strong
ing upon left on Beacon-
hie, forming
After some preliminary movements, with the view
of getting close upon the enemy's position, the whole
infantry force came into action simultaneously
at the base of Beacon-hill. A sharp cannonade
was kept up by the artillery, and at the same time
Major-General Hodges With three regiments of
cavalry, made a vigorous attack on the enemy's left,
assisted by C and 1)
batteries of Royal Horse Artil-
lery. The enemy
retired to the eastward, but rallied
and made a stand near Caesar's camp, his cavalry
coming
into action for the first time, causing the
infantry
to form squares. Oar cavalry coming up
at this juncture completed his overthrow by some
splendid charges. 0 wing to the extended nature
of the movements, the usual march past was dis-
pensed with, and the troops returned to quarters
immediately after the termination of the mancenvres.
The Aldershott Mission-hall and Soldiers' Insti-
tute, the first stone of which was laid on the 11th of
February by the Earl of Shaftesbury, will be for-
mally opened on the 4th proximo. The building,
a very handsome one is the early Anglo-Gothic
style, is furnished with a reading-room, smoking-
room, library, coffee-bar, and other offices, together
with a spacious lecture-hall, capable of acenn,mo.
dating 500 persons. The architects are Messrs.
Egger and Stapley, of Farnham, and the builders
Messrs. Goddard, of the same place. The object of
the Mission-hall is to furnish the soldier with
wholesome means of recreation in place of the
vitiating temptations which exist in Aldershott.
Chess, draught, and other amusements will be pro-
vided, and occasional lectures on interesting subjects
will be given. Religious services will, of course,
not be forgotten.

HOMAGE TO SITARSPERE I—So mach anxiety has
been shown to Possess a
portion of Herne's Oak as
it lay in the Ilome Park, that it has been neeeesary to
place a keeper to watch over it night and day, previous
to the removal of this interesting relic to a place of
security.

Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur-
chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 39. 4d. and
4s• "High Standard" at 49.4 d. (formerly 4s. ed.), is the
strongest and most delicious is ported, Agents in every
town supply it in packets.

THEATRE ROI fAll, DRURY - LANE. -
Managers, Mess TS . Edmund Falconer and F. B.
Chatterton.—The Publf,c Is respectfully informed that the
above (the National) 1 leatri • will be OPENED for the
WINTER SEASON, on. SAI TRDAY NEXT, September
12th, when will be prod aced an entirely new and
original Comedy, by Edr aund Fat over, Author of
" Extremes," "Woman.," ' • Peep o'Day," &c., entitled
NATURE'S ABOVE ART : A Romance of the Nursery, in
which Messrs. Walter Lacy. Addison, Ryder, Barrett, G.
Belmore, F. Charles, Nevin( - ; Miss Charlotte Saunders
Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclerc( I, Mrs. Melville, and M.
Ed-
mund Falconer. assisted by other artists, wil
Farce, l perform.
After the Comedy will be res ented a rOpUlar prin-
cipal characters by tavoup ritt , members of the Company
Box-office open from Ten till Five daily.

ROYAL

PRINCi?:SS'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. G eorge Vining.
Open under the Management of Mr. Walter 3rontgomery.
THIS EVEN ['NG, Shalresp. n'e's Tragedy
Walter Montgo-
mery ; Desdemona, Miss K2,te Saville; Emilia, Kiss Atkin-
son.
To be followed by FAMILY JARS.
Corn menee at 7.

ivi" -4 W 4.0 YAL,
sob. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
T ItIS 'EVENING (3d week), at 7, a new comic drama, THE
AND CH ICK ENS ; or, A Sign of Affection. Messrs.
litllington, It. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss
H. Simms.
After which, at a quarter-past 8, the new drama of THE
"TAUNTED _MAN; OR, T.,E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in
which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptat!on of
'he Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips,
ef ton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss 11. Simms.

Followed by a new Burlesque, ent,tled ILL-TREATED
If, TROVATORE. Illfssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips,
,Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and
Ears, and Miss K. Kelly.

11-1 OYAL STRAND THEATRE•
q.) Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborouqh.

THIS EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr.
Leigh Murray.
Followed by (13d time) THE MOTTO, "PM ALL
THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier,
Clifton; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, F. Josephs, Maria
Simpson, Wallace, and Jenny White.
To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss
Thorne. .