The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-04 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Victoria and Albert Royal yacht, Capt. the
Prince Leiningen, arrived off Cowes yesterday from
Pembroke with Prince Arthur. The Prince landed
and proceeded to Osborne.
The paddlewheel yacht Black Eagle (tender to
the flagship Fisgard), Staff-Commander Whinier, is
under orders to leave Woolwich this morning at
daybreak for Portsmouth and Osborne to ship the
carriages and baggage of her Majesty and suite,
and proceed to Antwerp.
The Channel fleet, under the command of Rear-
Admiral Sir S. C. Dacres, will proceed to Cherbourg
on the 14th inst. The Royal Sovereign, turret-
ship, Capt. Herbert, will join the fleet, which, it is
expected, will be accompanied by the Enchantress,
Admiralty yacht, with some of the Lords of the
Admiralty, and the Orontes, Capt. Hire, for the
special use and accommodation of officers of the navy
and army, and probably another troopship for the
members of the Houses of Parliament.
Her Majesty's iron troopship Dromedary, Master
Commander Allard, and the steam storeship Fox,
Staff-Commander Moriarty, yesterday went into
basin at Woolwich and commenced shipping stores
for various stations.
The chartered troopship Hydaspcs, under prepa-
ration for the transport of the A brigade, Royal
Horse Artillery, Col. the Hon. E. T. Gage, tolndia,
yesterday shipped a portion of the guns, baggage,
&c., in the Victoria Docks, and will proceed in a few
days to Gravesend, to be in readiness to embark her
troops, so as to take her departure on the 10th inst.
Her troop accommodation and the sanitary arrange-
ments of the ship have been inspected, on behalf of
the War Department, by Deputy Assist.-Quarter-
master-Gen. Capt. Nangle, R.N., and the Medical
Staff at Woolwich, and have been pronounced excel-
lent.

The Mariner, 12, one of the sailing ships attached
to the reserve at Chatham, has been disposed of by
the Admiralty to Capt. F. M. M'Clintock, and has
been removed from the harbour to the Thames.
The Sovereign of India, Capt. Scott, arrived at
Spithead yesterday morning, with 67 military inva-
lids and time-expired men from various regiments
at Hongkong and the Cape ; those from the former
place under the command of Capt. Johnson, R.A.,
and those from the latter under the command of
Lieut. Bell, 81st Regiment. They will disembark
this morning. The invalids will be forwarded to the
Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, and the time-ex-
pired men to the depots of their respective regiments.
The ship also brought home Mr. Clement Hertzee,
master, from the Grasshopper, on promotion ;
Assist.-Surg. Birch, Euryalus ; Messrs. Derrick,
M'lntyre, Roberts, and Deane, engineers, from ship
in China, and 149 sailors and marines (invalids).
The latter were removed by Government steamer
to the Victory, flagship, in Portsmouth harbour,
the severe cases being sent to the Royal Hospital,
Hasla:. Two military and six naval deaths occurred
on the voyage. The Sovereign of India has made
a quick passage to England. She left Hong Kong
on the 12th of April, arrived at Simon's Bay on the
2d of June, left again on the 14th, passed St. Helena
on the 24th, and called at Ascension on the Ist of
July.
An Admiralty order was - received at Chatham
Dockyard yesterday, notifying the retirement of
Dr. W. Gunn, for many years Staff Surgeon at that
establishment, with honorary rank of Deputy-In-
spector-Gen. of Hospitals. He is succeeded at the
dockyard by Staff-Surg. J. King. The same order
also announces the appointment of Dr. Alexander
Armstrong as Deputy-Inspector-Gen. at Melville
Naval Hospital, Chatham, succeeding Dr. C. R.
Kinnear, who has retired through ill health.
Yesterday the 12-ton 300-pounder Armstrong
gun which is destined to be fitted on board the
ironclad frigate Bellerophon, IG, 1,000-horse power,
for experimental purposes, was removed from No.
7 shed at Chatham Dockyard by means of Aveling
and Porter's steam traction engines, and deposited
alongside the slip in which the frigate is lying, in
readinesswillbe pl a foreed being hoisted on board. The gun
in the battery on the main deck,
where it will be used in the experiments ordered to
be undertaken with Mr. Reed's invention for work-
ing ordnance of this description. Owing to a flaw
having been discovered in the gun, it will, after the
trials have been made with it, be returned to the
Royal gun factory.
The headquarters of the Ist battalion, 14th Regi-
ment, commanded by Col. Bwhl, marched into
Portsmouth last evening from Aldershott, and oc-
cupied the Clarence Barracks, lately vacated by the.
26th Cameronians.
The G7th Regiment completed their embarcation,
and the regimental baggage was shipped yesterday,
on board the Orontes, Capt. H. W. hire. They
comprise—Col. Ingall, commanding ; Col. Luard,
Capts. Carter, Hunter, Gilpin, Cubitt, llughes, and
Sharp; Lieuts. Dundas, Hall, Reade, Brown, War-
ing, Corbett, Hathway, and Greame, Ensigns
Boughey, Wodehouse, Rogers, Laws, Todd, Ferris,

Gaskell, and Bennett; Surg.-Major Ewing, Quar-
termaster Gamble, 560 rank and file, 2 officers'
ladies, 78 soldiers' wives, and 146 children. The left
wing, under the command of Col. Luard, and com-
prising 10 officers and 273 men, will disembark at
Plymouth, and the headquarters, under command
of Col. Ingall, comprising 19 officers and 373 men,
will proceed to Pembroke. To that place a detach-
ment had already been sent by railway to form the
guard „" of honour on the visit of H.R.H. Prince
Arthur. On the disembarkation of the troops at
Pembroke the Orontes will return to Dover and em-
bark the 73d Regiment for Ireland, after which, ac-
cording to present arrangements, she will repair to
Spithead, and probably accompany the Channel
squadron to Cherbourg. The Orontes left Ports-
mouth harbour last evening.
Col. W. R. Maxwell, commanding the Woolwich
division of Royal Marine Lightlnfantry, left Wool-
wich yesterday on a month's leave of absence. Col.
G. Lambrick, 2d commandant, will take command
of the division in the interval. Lieut.-Col. Louis
and Capt. Harris have likewise obtained leave of
absence from the division.

The gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Aca-
demy at Woolwich will reassemble to-day at the
close of their midsummer vacation, and will recom-
mence the duties of the academy on the following
morning.