The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-08 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The screw steam corvette Pelorus, 22, Capt.
Boys, made a trial trip outside Plymouth break-
water on Tuesday, under the inspection of Capt.
Edmonstone, Mr. Dinnen, and Mr. Steil, of the
steam departments, and Mr. Edwards, master ship-
wright. Her mean speed in six runs at the mea-
sured mile was 10.913 knots ; mean revolutions,
55.7. Under half boiler power she made 9 053
knots; revolutions 45. The engines and boilers
worked in a very satisfactory manner, and the
speed attained was half a knot more than on the
former trial.

The screw steam corvette Scylla, 21, from Ports-
mouth, which arrived at Plymouth on Monday, left
yesterday;(Weduesday) morning for the East Indies
and China.

The screw steam sloop Alert, 17, Capt. H. C.
Majendie, from Scotland, which arrived on Tuesday
morning at Plymouth, has discharged her powder
and is gone up Hamoaze to be refitted for foreign
service, probably the Pacific station.
Yesterday Mr. W. Scamp, the deputy-director of
Admiralty works, visited Chatham, and inspected the
works in progress at the extremity of the dockyard
and at St. Mary's Island for the extension and en-
largement of the dockyard and naval establishments
by the formation of additional docks and basins. In
the course of his inspection Mr. Scamp paid a
lengthened visit to the island, over every portion of
the works at which he was conducted by Mr. Ber-
nays, under whose direction the extension of the
dockyard is now being made. Later in the day Mr.
Scamp inspected the new barracks which have been
erected by Messrs. Foord and Sons, Rochester, for
the Royal Marines, to provide accommodation for
800 men beyond the present number. A portion of
the new barracks is already occupied, and the re-
mainder will be ready for the reception of the men in
the course of a few weeks. The remaining portion
of the old Army and Navy Hotel, which, as well as
another hotel end upwards of 20 houses, was swept
away to make room for the new barracks, was sold
yesterday by direction of the Admiralty, and in a
few days will be taken down to make room for
the offices, cells, and other buildings which are to
be erected on its site. The field officers' and sub-
alterns' quarters are also to be taken down and a
new block of building for officers erected near the
present officers' quarters, which will necessitate
the taking in of a portion of the dockyard. The
new barracks at Chatham, together with the cost
of the site, compensation, &:e., will involve an out-
lay of about £BO,OOO.

THE ARMY.
His Royal Highness Field Marshal the Duke of
Cambridge, wearing his!full official uniform, yes-
terday rode down to Woolwich, attended by Col.
Clifton, Aide-de-Camp, and went through his last
inspection of the troops for the season, the 10th of
October being what is termed the close of the ac-
tive military year. The duke entered the garrison
at 20 minutes past 10. At the Royal Artillery
parade he was received by the local staff, consisting
of Colonel Buchanan (acting in the absence on leave
of the Major-General Commandant), Colonel Mit-
chell, commanding the division of Royal Marines;
Colonel Hawkins, commanding the Royal Engi-
neers ; Colonel O'Brien, commanding the 4th Bat-
talion Military Train ; Colonel Henry, command-
ing the Riding-house establishment ; Major-Gen.
Sandham, Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal
Military Academy; Major Field, Acting Guyer-
nor of the General Hospital, &c. ; and the follow-
ing staff of the Horse Guards :—Generals Sir James
Yorke Scarlett, Sir Richard Airey, and Bloomfield;
Col. Lynedoch Gardiner, Col. Forster, and others.
The troops were formed in a contiguous line
throughout the review ground, flanked on either
side by the batteries of the Royal Artillery. After
performing the usual salute They were most minutely
inspected front and rear. Retiring to the flagstaff
the Commander-in-Chief inspected the marching
past, which, on account of the very moist and slip-
pery state of the ground, was difficult to perform
with the precision observed in their ordinary,
movements. The men, however, acquitted them-
selves most creditably, and after marching past in
slow time the Duke ordered the commanding officer
to change the front, when they marched past in
brigades, formed in echelons of battalions from the
rear, and came into action. They were supplied
with 15 rounds of ammunition. The infantry were
drawn up on the rising ground at the extremity
of the common, and the batteries advanced under
cover of the battalions and fired several rounds,
limbered up, and retired to the rear. The whole then
formed in line on the Depot and 4th Brigade Royal
Artillery, end a general engagement commenced,
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The inspection of infantry at Chatham was yes-
terday brought to a termination at that garrison by
Major• Gen. R. Rumley, the Inspector-General of
Infantry, by the inspection of the depot companies
of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 19th Regiment,
51st (King's Own) Light Infantry, 75th Regi-
nlent, 81st Regiment, 91st Regiment, and the 102 a.
R°3-al Madras Fusileers, the whole forming thu
3d battalion of infantry, and quartered at the Hut-
barracks, B„mpton. On the arrival of Major-
Gen. Ranliey_
in the barrack-square, where thn
troops were drawn up in waiting under the com-
mand of Col. the Hun. J, J. Bourke, the depots
received him with the usual huaours. The troops
having been formed in open columns of companies,
he proceeded through the ranks and inspected the
kits, arms, clothing, and accoutrements of the non-
commissioned officers and men. This portion of the
inspection continued some time,
and at its termina-
tion the troops reformed,
when, under the direction
panles, the battalion went of the captains of com
through the manual and plratocn exercises and the
bayonet drill. Capt. G. . Muriel and Capt. J. B.
Barker, 75th Regimenf ; Capt. H. A. Chichester,
81st Regiment; and Capt. C. E. Lennox, 102 d
Fusileers, were successively called to the front by
Major. Gen. Rumley to pat the troops through these
manoeuvres, the whole of which were exceedingly
well performed. A few battalionmovements brought
the inspection to a close, and the troops aaving been
dismissed to their quarters, the Inspector•Gen?ral
went through the huts, and inspected the various
offices, orderly rooms, and other departments of the
Hut-barracks, as well as the wing of the Brompton-
barracks, occupied by a portion of the 3d battalion.
The inspection terminated yesterday afternoon by
the usual examination of the official records, books,
and other documents relating to the battalion. In,
accordance with instructions to that effect from the
Horse Guards an official report is to be made by
Major-Gen. Rumley of the state of the Soldiers' In-
stitute, and the progress it has made since the pre-
vious inspection.
Yesterday the Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles
(Yeomanry Cavalry), under the command of Major
E. L. Pemberton, paid a visit to Chatham dockyard,
by special permission of the Admiralty, and were
shown over the several establishments and depart-
ments, and the various iron and other ships build-
ing and repairing in the various docks.