The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-06 00:00:00

Lieut. the Hon. E, S. Dawson, R.N., and ,Co :r 4
wander Mainprize, R.N., Master Att .4444., 4if T,
and Queen's Harbourmaster of the Malta pd,w.-,,,)" 4,,i,W,..
yard. Her Majesty's ships the Quee ~.j,16,--fii,-) -. --74t,,a
Captain F. C. Hillyar, and the Foxb unklie.l7*,l4t,
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Commander W. H. Anderson, were at N. 11 s
Pirreus on the 20th inst. The Icarus, 11, Comman-
der N. Salmon, V.C., was cruising in the neigh-
bourhood of Nauplia, and the Magicienne, 16, Capt.
W. Armytage, was expected at the Pirmus from
Malta, with stores and provisions for the ships sta-
tioned
there. There were at the Pi! reas four French
ships of war, four Italian, two Austrian, one Rus-
sian, one Turkish, and one Greek. H.M.S. Revenge
has just joined the squadron outside.

Tim following vessels have been chartered by the
Government for the conveyance of troops and stores
to India and the colonies—viz., the Conflict, 1,170
tons, for Calcutta; the Queen of the North, 124
tons, and the Stamboul, 890 tuns, for Bombay ; the
Albion, 478 tone, for Kurrachee ; the Empress, 454
tons, for Mauritius ; the Cambrian, 868 tons, for St.
Helena ; the Victory, 595 tons, for Shanghai ; and
he Enthusiast, 283 tons, for St. Helena and Ascen-
sion.

The United States ship of war Macedonian (sail-
ing training ship), Capt. Luce, arrived at Spithead
on Friday, from Plymouth Sound and Portland, and
on entering exchanged the customary salutes with
the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief and the
saluting battery of the garrison. Saturday being
"independence Day" she was decked with huge
American ensigns at mastheads and peak, and
colours at each yard arm, and at noon fired a salute
in honour of the occasion. Her Majesty being ex-
pected to arrive and pass through the harbour in
the Fairy, for Osborne, the ships of war in commis-
sion in the port hoisted ensigns at each masthead,
and in acknowledgment of the presence of the Ma-
cedonian at Spithead, the Ameriean ensign at their
mainroyal mastheads. On hauling down her flags
at sunset the Macedonian fired another salute.
The captain's good service pension placed at the
disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the
promotion of Captain Lyster to the rank of Rear-
Admiral, has been conferred upon Captain E. C.
Tennyson D'Eyncourt.
The Lords of the Admiralty have abandoned the
intention—at least for the present—of converting
any of the wooden vessels standing on the stocks at
Chatham dockyard into iron-clad ships of war, and
the armour-cased frigate, the frame for which is
now being prepared at Chatham, will be an entirely
new vessel, and will be the first of the squadron of
armour-clad ships which are to be constructed from
the designs of Mr. E. J. Reed. The new frigate is
intended to be a superior ship, both in point of speed,
offensive and defensive power, and sea-going quali-
ties, to any of the armour-clads lately constructed,
and the Admiralty have decided on naming her the
Lord Warden, in compliment to Lord Palmerston.
The blocks for the Lord Warden have been laid on
No. 7 slip, and every effort is to be made to have
her completed and afloat within 18 months of the
present time.

THE ARMY.
The arrivals at Aldershott during the past week
have been almost continuous. The division now
comprises an army of something like 712 officers,
16,000 sergeants,drummers, rank and file, and 4,200
horses, being a total of close upon 17,000 well-trained
and splendidly equipped troops of all arms. The ar-
rivals at the camp during the week have comprised
the following:—The sth,Royal Irish Lancers, arrived
in three divisions—one squadron from Northamp-
ton, on Saturday, 27th ultimo, under Capt. Carden ;
three troops from Ipswich, under Major Massey, and
the headquarters and three troops from Norwich,
under the command of Lieut.-Col. Slade. The sth
are at present under canvass on Cove-common, and
are expected shortly to make over their horses to
other regiments, after which they will proceed to
Chichester preparatory to embarking for Bengal,
where they will relieve the Bth Hussars. The
strength of the regiment is 29 officers, 428 non-com-
missioned officers and men, and 395 troop horses.
The 18th Hussars, under Lieut-Col. Knox, arrived
on Wednesday from Hounslow, Hampton Court, and
Kensington, and are stationed in E and F lines,
North Camp. Strength, 25 officers, 515 non- com-
missioned officers and men, and 341 horses. The
Royal Horse Guards Blue, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Bailie, arrived on the same day, and are
quartered in I and K lines, North Camp. Strength
of the regiment, 28 officers, 551 non-commissioned
officers and men, and 299 horses. The D battery, 9th
brigade Royal Artillery, under Capt. P. Campbell,
arrived on Tuesday from Chatham, and are quartered
in X lines, South Camp, G battery, 9th brigade,
under Capt. T. Byrne, arrived on the following day
from Shorncliffe, and are stationed under canvass in
the South Camp. The let battalion Sects Fusiliers,
under the command of Col. Stephenson, C. 8., ar-
rived onlFriday, the 3d inst., from Wellington Bar-
racks, and are stationed under canvass on Cove-
common. Its strength is 30 officers, 40 sergeants, 24
drummers, 7 fifers, and 700 rank and file. It is pro-
bable that a reserve brigade will be formed in a few
days, and that Col. Dalrymple will at.ohathonalksdaßterhrditeg.amadsraeieklrv;es
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A divisional order has been issued by Colonel W.
Nedhain, commanding the Royal Artillery
ChathamDistrict, i a District, in which M - in the
Major-General J. Bloom.
field, Inspector- General of the Royal Artillery, con-
veys to the troops his entire
approbation of what
he saw during his recent •
divi-
sion of the Depot
Brigade. a
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field has requestedMajor-General
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Royal Artillery am inform the
under his command that
a single fault to find ' he had not
with any matters of inspection
which he
made respecting the armaments of the
various batteries, magazines, hospital, &c. M
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eld also informed Colonel N dh
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that he could not use too strong terms in conveying
to the Royal Artillery in the Chatham District his
entire approval of their
cipline. appearance, drill, and dis-
On Saturday a detachment of the 2d Battalion of
the 19th
Regiment,
numbering 144 men of all ranks,
left Chatham garrison and embarked on board the
Leder, at Gravesend, for Dublin, to join the service
companies of the 19th Regiment, which corps has
been placed under orders to embark for India. The
officers who proceeded from Chatham
the detachment Captain Clay and Ensign A.
E. F. Brown. were in charge of
The Orontes, screw troopship, Capt. H. W. Hire,
will be inspected by the military authorities at
Portsmouth on the Bth inst., take on board luggage
on the 9th, and embarking the 92d (Gordon High-
lenders) Regt., under the command of Col. Lock-
hart, early on the morning of the 10th, will sail at
2 p.m. the same day rim Leith. On arriving at Leith
the 92d will be disembarked and the 2d battalion
of the 25th Foot taken on board, with which the
Orontes will return to Portsmouth, the 25th being
ordered into quarters at Gosport, to prepare for em-
barcation for Madras. There are no other orders
beyond these mentioned for the Orontes' further
services at present. Some reports send her to the
lonian Islands and others to Japan, tit is not
improbable that she will have a poop bu
built on her
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quarter-deck and her present saloon on th
revions
deck added to her troop accommodation, p
to proceeding on any lengthened foreign service.
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MACAULAY'S WONDERFUL MEMORY.—A story,
perfectly well-authenticated, is told of Lord Macaulay, that
on ono occasion, being challenged thus, by way of proof of
the strength of his memory —" Come now, Macaulay, re_
peat the list of tho Archbishops of Cauterbury—',
with began and watt through the entire i•st frcni tkup,u
tine down to Archbishop Rowley.