The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-01 00:00:00

rani and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.
01 ders were yesterday received at Woolwich to
lay (-lowa the keel and frame of the ironcased ship
Peals, to be constructed after the design of Mr.
Re eel, chief constructor of the navy, with the utmost
pcersible despatch.

Yesterday a party of 100 additional mechanics
ar,d shipwrights were removed from the other vessels
progress at Chatham dockyard, and placed upon
the iron frigate Achilles, in order to hasten forward
the completion of that vessel. From the energy
with which the work of completing her is being
pushed forward,little doubts are entertained thatshe
will be ready for floating out of dock some time be-
fore the end of the present.
The Scylla, 20, screw corvette, Capt. R. W. Cour-
tenay, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from
the Nore, and, according to present orders, will pro-
ceed to sea on Saturday.
The Falcon, 17, screw corvette, is receiving the
finishi,ig strokes to her outfit alongside Portsmouth
dockyard, and is expected to be commissioned im-
me%tiately.

The Wasp, 17, screw corvette, fitting for commis-
sion at the same port, is also nearly complete, and
'will be commissioned when out of the hands of the
dockyard authorities.
The Hector, 32, iron frigate, is ordered to be un-
docked at Portsmouth on the 10th inst., the dock in
which she now lies being required for the use of
some of the vessels of the Channel fleet.
Owing to the great difficulty which has been found
in working the Won. main deck guns of the iron-
clads of the Channel squadron when at sea, it has
been determined to mount the Hector's main deck
guns on slides. They will, however, sadly encum •
ber the deck, for, although the Hector has a beam
of i 8 feet, there will only be about 4 feet in the clear
between the heel of the gun slides and the bitty on
the deck. A gun carriage is now before the Admi-
ralty which is intended to meet this difficulty in
Working heavy broadside guns. It is the joint
patent of Capt. H. Broadhead, R,N,, and Mr. Mur-
doch, R.N., Inspector of Machinery.
The Duncan, screw liner, 800 horso power, at
Portsmouth, has a large number of hands employed
upon her bringing her forward for commission as a
flagship, it is said, for th© West India station.
To-day the Act of Parliament passed on the
day of the prorogation will take effect respect.
ing the appointment of navy prize agents.
Each of her Majesty's ships is now to have an
agent to represent and act for such vessel and the
officers and crew. His place of duty must be within
five miles of the city of London.
The following officers' names have been removed
from the official list of the Royal Navy during the
past quarter—Lieuts. Hugh B. Hamersley (re-
signed), Weedon Dawes, And Chas. B. Dobbin (act-
ing) ; Masters Francis Hixon (resigned) and B. B.
Dowling ; Chaplain aad Naval Instructor Rev. Chas.
E. Mallard; Surge•Jn Andrew Moffit, M.D.; Acting
Sub •Lieuts. George J. Richards, Chas. 11. Leche,
and Vincent C. ; Second Masters Francis
E. 'Whalley rtaeting), resigned, and John W. H.
Allen ; Asedst.-Paymaster John R. Horniman.
The following appointments were made Yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander Edwin C. Symons,
to the Indus ; and the lion. A. G. Curzon Howe is
nominated to a naval cadetship.

TIIE ARMY.
A. notification has been received at Chatham gar-
rison from the War Dapartment to the effect that
the Secretary for IA ar has cancelled all circulars
zed orders at present in force respecting the roles
of payment to be made by the War-office to civil
surgeons who at foreign stations are specially placed
in charge of troops or military invalids embarked
in vessels, other than contract mail packets, or ves-
sels required either by Act of Parliament, or undo:
the terms of the agreement with the Admira'ay, to
carry qualified surgeons. An amended scale ef rates
has been fixed to apply in all future eases, and the
Secretary of State desires that it may be understood
that a civil surgeon thus employed will hrive no
claim to be provided with a passage back to the sta •
tion at which he took over the medical charge of the
'troops, nor to any bum beyond the prescribed scale
for remuneration.

By direction of Field-Marshal rile Duke of Cam-
bridge a battery at Royal Artill,2ry, with its guns,
is to be considered CqUiraient tO a regiment with its
coloare, and la in .71/ cases to be saluted according:Jr.
In consequence of the Civ.rnam division of Royal
Marines Light Infantry be:rjg. between 300 and 400
men below its proper c sf_ablisbment, orders have
been received from the 7tTarine•cffice, direcdng Capt.
C. L. T. Usher to pro ef.cd from headquarters with a
recruiting party to '.b.e eastern counties, for the pur-
pose of raising the required number of men.
By direction 01 his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge a g,dneral order to the army, signed by
the Adjut.-0 has been promulgated, specifying
the terms knit conditions under which grants of
land may be obtained by officers of the army in the
settlement of British Columbia. In future all field
officers. of 25 years' service will be granted 600
acres, of land ; field officers of 20 years' service, 500
acres; and field offirzers of 15 years' service, us well
as captains of 20 years' service, 400 acres ; captains
o 15 yearn' service and subalterns of 20 years' ser-
vice will bo granted 300 acres; and subalterns of
seven years! service 200 acres.
Licut/Col. C. H. Blunt, C,8., has joined the
head-vAaarters of the Ist division of the Depot Bri-
gade Royal Artillery, and has been posted to No. 4
ba"itery.

The Royal Artillery brigades, officera and men,
lir ere yesterday mustered on parade at Woolwich in
great coats, for the purpose of undergoing the Ge-
nera.l's half-yearly inspection.

Orders have been received by Col. Kennedy,
C. 8., commandant of the Military Train at the
camp, Woolwich, to hold in readiness the 4th bat-
talion, in command of Lieut.-Col. O'Brien, to em-
bark for New Zealand. The battalion consists of
260 of all ranks. They are expected to sail from
Gravesend in about 20 days hence. The 55th Regi-
ment of Foot are likewise stated to be under orders
for New Zealand.

The 12th Surrey or Kingston consolidated bat-
talion of Rifle Volunteers, in command of the Hon.
Major Cochran, consisting of 203 non-commissioned
cfficers and privates, yesterday visited the Royal
arsenal and dockyard at Woolwich, accompanied
by their own band. Special permission was obtained
M‘Murdo from the War-office and the
by Col.
Board of Admiralty, and every facility was afforded
by the authorities for viewing the department dur-
ing the working hours.