The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-03 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The paddlewheel steamer Prometheus, 5, 200
horse power, has been surveyed at Chatham by the
master-shipwrights from Deptford, Sheerness, and
Chatham dockyards, in order to ascertain whether
her defects allow of her being repaired. Owing,
however, to the unsatisfactory report of the condi-
tion of that steamer which has been made to the
Admiralty, their lordships have directed that her
repairs are to be no further proceeded with, and
have deLided on offering her for sale.

In accordance with instructions received at Chat-
ham from the Admiralty, the screw gunvessel Vigi-
lant, 4, 680 tons, 200 horse power, and the Osprey,
4, 682 tons, 200 horse power, Mr. G. H. Dominy,
master, in charge, both of which are attached to
the Steam Reserve, are to be ready for commission
by the Ist Feb. The Osprey will be sent round
from Deptford to be fitted.

The paddlewheel steamer Terrible, 22, 1,850 tons,
800 horse power, now in the third division of the
Chatham Steam Reserve, is to be brought forward
for commission, and is to be out of the hands of the
dockyard authorities on the 30th April.
Some delay has taken place in fixing the large
wrought-iron sternposts and keel of the iron frigate
Achilles, 50, under construction at Chatham, in con-
sequence of it having been found necessary to make
some alterations in them before they could be fitted.
The sternpost and the other portions of the keel
were received at Chatham dockyard from Glasgow
about ten days since, and since their arrival it has
been necessary to alter the length of the afterpiece
of the keel. Some three or four days will still elapse
before the alterations now in hand are effected. The
weight of the inner sternpost is 12 tons 4cwt., the
afterpiece of the keel 14 tons 4cwt., and the outer
sternpost 13 tons 12cwt.

The Termagant, screw frigate, 25 guns, Capt. R.
Hall, is dismantling alongside Portsmouth Dock-
yard, and will be paid out of commission about this
day week. We committed an error in her dates of
sailing from Honolulu for England. She sailed from
Honolulu on the Bth September, and from the Falk-
land Islands on the 7th November.

The names of the following officers have been re-
moved from the Navy List by order of the Lords
of the Admiralty :—Lieuts. A. B. Wodehouse and
C. H. Eden ; Lieuts. J. M. Sadleir and C. B. Brand,
Royal Marines ; Assist.-Sorg. F. L. Graham, Assist.-
Paymaster S. L. Lancaster, and Second Master W.
J. Montgomery.
The following promotions and appointments in
the corps of Royal Marine Light Infantry were
promulgated in a divisional order at headquarters,
Chatham yesterday :—First Lieut. and Adjt. John
M. Lennox, of the Chatham division, to be Capt.
and appointed to the Woolwich division, vice Jones,
who died in China; Second Lieut. William Men-
zies, of the Chatham division, to be First Lieut., and
appointed to the same division ; First Lieut. No-
well Fitzupton Way, of the Chatham division, to be
Adjt., vice Lennox, promoted; Second Lieut. John
Alfred Sweny, of the Woolwich division, to be:First
Lieut., and appointed to the Chatham division.

By pern2ission of Col. Lemon, C. 8., the sergeants
of the Chatham division of Royal Marines gave a
ball last night in their library and messroom at the
Royal Marine Barracks. The apartments fitted up
for dancing and refreshments were decorated with
flags, flowers, and evergreens, and presented an ex-
ceedingly attractive appearance. In addition to
the sergeants at headquarters, invitations were is-
sued to several of the noncommissioned officers of
Royal Marines at Woolwich and Deal. The divi-
sional band was in attendance.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Richard 0. L. Madden, to
the Osprey ; George H. Dominy, master, to the
Osprey ; John Phillips, master, additional, to the
Cumberland, for the Vigilant; David Wilson, sur-
geon, to the Osprey; Valentine Spain, paymaster,
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clerk, to the Osprey. Herbert T. Murray has.been
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