The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVE' (4, SEPTEMBER 5, 1862.

711 E NAVY.

Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, Naval Comman-
der-in-Chief at Portsmouth, returned to that port
last evening, accompanied by his Staff, from his
annual official visit to the Channel Islands, on board
the Fire Queen steam yacht, Master Commander
Paul.

The paddlewheel steam yacht Osborne, Master
Commander George Bower, accompanied by the
Black Eagle and Vivid, having returned from Ant-
werp in attendance on her Majesty yesterday, were
replenished with fuel at the dockyard in preparation
for immediate special service. According to Ad-
miralty instructions despatched to Master Comman-
der Bower, the Osborne will haul alongside the
Arsenal T pier this morning, and will embark his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and suite to-
morrow by the morning's tide, which will be avail-
able at ten o'clock.

Admiialty orders have been received at Chatham
announcing that the school for naval engineers, at
present held on board the Devonshire, 70, will be
broken up and the school discontinued. The stu-
dents, however, are to have the option of attending
the dockyard school in the evening, as at Ports-
mouth and Plymouth.
A naval court-martial assembled on Wednesday
on board the Formidable, 84, Capt, W. G. Luard,
flagship of Vice-Admiral H. Hope Johnstone, Com-
mander-in-Chief at the Nore, for the trial of Private
John Hopkins, Royal Marines, serving on board
the Pembroke, 60, 200-horse power, Capt. Fisher,
on a charge of having wilfully disobeyed the lawful
commands of Lieut. R. Pitman, of the Pembroke,
and of Corporal J. Wells, Royal Marines, his supe-
rior officers, in refusing to go on deck when ordered
—and also for having, on board the Pembroke, on
the 15th of August, assaulted and struck Corporal
John Wells and Private Samuel Hancock, Royal
Marines, they being at the time in the execution of
their office. The Court found the prisoner guilty of
the first charge only so far as related to his disobey-
ing the lawful commands of Corporal J. Wells, and
considered the second charge fully proved. He was
sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for three

years.
A most unpleasant occurrence took place on Mon-
day, at Woolwich, shortly before her Majesty's em-
barkation, and which has involved the suspension
of two of the superior officers of the dockyard, pend-
ing an official inquiry. On the Saturday previous
to the arrival of the Queen an order was issued by
the Commodore Superintendent, as stated in The
Sun, notifying that from 12 o'clock on Monday
morning no one would be admitted to the yard with
the exceptions named until her Majesty's depar-
ture. The order was sent round to the officers re-
siding in the yard for their information, and was
returned bearing their initials, signifying that they
had perused and made themselves acquainted with
its terms. Soon after 12 o'clock on Monday a gen-
tleman presented himself at the main gate, and de-
sired to pay a visit to Mr. 0. Barrington Piers,
naval storekeeper of the yard, and on his being
denied admittance the demand was taken by a
constable to the storekeeper's house. Mr. Piers then
proceeded to the gate, and taking his friend's arm,
was met by Mr. Mark, the superintending officer
of the force, who remonstrated with him on his
imprudence in opposing the Commodore's order and
obstructing the police in the execution of their duty.
Mr. Piers replied that he would himself be respon-
sible for the act and its consequences, and passed on
with his friend to his house. The circumstances
were reported to the Commissioners of Police, and
forwarded by them to the Lords of the Admiralty.
Yesterday both officers were suspended from duty,
in order that the affair may be strictly investigated.
A cargo of angle and plate iron, intended for the
steam sloop Enterprise, under construction by Mr.
Reed in Deptford dockyard, was yesterday lauded
at Woolwich, to be tested and approved for the ser-
vice.

Commodore Nowry, commanding the screw
steam corvette Bougainville, and Captain Paque,
commanding the Chasseur, now lying at Blackwall,
in the service of his Imperial Majesty the Empe-
ror of the French, accompanied by the various offi-
cers of the vessels and 67 cadets of the French
navy, were yesterday conducted over the depart-
ments of Woolwich Arsenal, by special orders from
the War Department.
The Imperial Chinese gunboat Amoy, Commander
Arthur Salwey, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday
morning for the Victoria Docks, London.
Her Majesty's iron screw steamship Resistance,
18 guns, 3,710 tons, 600 horse power, Capt. Wm.
S. Chambers, having been inspected by Vice-Ad-
miral W. J. Hope Johnstone, was taken on trial at
the measured mile off Maplin Sands yesterday.
Capt, T. P. Thompson, commanding her Majesty's
ship Cumberland and the steam reserve at Sheer-
ness, conducted the trial. Mr. Wm. Rumble, in-
spector of machinery afloat, and Mr. S. Townsend,
foreman of engineers at Sheerness Dockyard, had
the superintendence of the engines. Mr. W. B.
Robinson, assistant master shipwright, and staff
were also on board, and Mr. Holiday, who repre-
sented Messrs. John Penn and Sons, makers of the
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ceed on the trial, the injection pipe was choked with
it, consequently a sufficient quantity of water could
not be obtained to work the machinery. Every
effart was made to clear the grating, but without
effect. The trial was therefore adjourned. The
vessel subsequntly left Sheerness at 6 p.m. for
Portsmouth, instructions having been received from
the Admiralty.
In consequence of the increase of work in the
smiths' department at Chatham Dockyard) Admi-
ralty orders were yesterday received for several ad-
ditional hands to be entered in that department of
the yard.
The works connected with the formation of the
artesian well at Sheerness Dockyard have been again
abruptly brought to a stand by an unfortunate acci-
dent. In consequence of the extremely treacherous
nature of the strata of silt and loose gravel which
prevails for some considerable depth at the spot se-
lected for boring, it has been found necessary to
sink massive cast-iron cylinders, each of 6 feet in
diameter, to a depth of 90 feet, in order to carry the
borings well into the stiff clay. This operation had
been
successfully accomplished, and the lower cylin-
der forced down about Bft. into the clay, by which
the workmen were enabled to excavate the bottom
for the purpose of proceeding with the brick stein-
ing to form the
sides of the well. During this ope-
ration, however, tne sand and silt forced themselves
through the clay and underneath the bottom cylin-
der, rising to a
height of no less than 25ft. in the
interior of the Well
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mentioned two serious f ractures havebeen discovered
in two of the cylinders,
extending completely round
the circumferenee,both fractures having been caused
by the immense lateral pressure forcing the cylin-
ders of the perpendicular.
Commander A. Morrell, vice Phelps ; Comman-
der J. H. Bushnell, vice Majendie ; and Commander
J. G. C. Evered, vice Butler, have been appointed
Inspecting Commanders of the Coast Guard.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admikalty Petch, master, ad-
ditional, to the Asia, for the Psyche
; C. D.
to the Ind
Lind-
say, paymaster, additional, us ; J. Adams,
paymaster, additional, to the Asia ; A. H. Grant,
assist Hawke ;
-paymaster, to the G. Hatch,
master's assistant, to the Severn ; F. Foot, mas-
ter's assistant, to the Rattlesnake ; G• S. Langton
has been nominated to a naval .
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Moreton, in the Indus, for the Tilbury, confirmed

as first-class assist.-engineer; Hy. Rumble, super-
numerary in the Fisgard, confirmed as a first-class
assist.-engineer ; John Fawcett, in the Rattlesnake,
confirmed as first-class assist.-engineer ; J. Sharp
and Wm. Ball, second-class assist.-engineers, to the
Cumberland, as supernumeraries; and R. Roberts,
acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumber-
land, as supernumerary.

last week at Carmarthen. The first Corporation
prize of £lO was won by Private G. Philipps.
Private John Jones won the borough members'
prize, value £lO. The colonel's prize of £lO was
taken by Private Smith, who also won the adju•
tant's prize of £5. Lord Dynevor's challenge cup,
to be won two years successively, was taken from
the winner of last year by Private Lockyer. Pri-
vate Richards won the county members' prize of
£lO. Serg. T. Jones (No. 6) won the ladies' first
prize of £lO, after shooting off a tie of four centres
and a bull's-eye, and also won Mr. Parnell's prize
of a £6 6s. cup, after a tie of 17 out of five rounds
at 400 yards. Lord Dynevor's prizes of two cups,
competed for by a file from each of four county com-
panies, were taken by No. 1 company. The town
prize of £l5, Private Morgan, Ha.verfordwest, won.
Mr. V. Davis's prize of £lO 10s., was taken by Serg.
Boden, 4th Glamorgan, with 37. The targets were
Wimbledon regulation, five rounds at each range,
and hits and points were counted.