The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-29 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's iron store-ship Industry, laden
with returned stores fronithe west coast of Africa,
has arrived at Woolwich, and yesterday commenced
unshipping at the dockyard.
The War Department steam store-ship Lord
Panmure, Mr. Moore commander, yesterday com-
pleted shipping a cargo of stores for the western
yards, consisting of 120 tons of Armstrong guns,
shot and shell, and four wrought-iron gun carriages
for the 12-ton guns supplied to her Majesty's iron-
clad cupola ship Wiver.p, at Portsmouth. The
Lord Panmure will sart-Irom Woolwich Arsenal
this morning, calling at Purfleet to ship 2,000 bar-
rels of powder for Tipner, near Portsmouth. The
Thames, Mr. Hornsee commander, also in the ser-
vice of the War Department, will sail with the
Lord Panmure from Woolwich this morning, laden
with shot and shell, for Shoeburyness. The Lord
Raglan, Mr. Wilkin commander, yesterday com-
menced taking in 700 7-inch shell, shot, and other
war stores for the Channel Islands.

The Malacca, 17, screw corvette, Capt. R. Old-
field, was officially inspected at Spithead yesterday
by Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., Port Admiral
and Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and
her crew put through a thorough course of great
gun and small-arm drill, with satisfactory results,
preparatory to her trial of speed at the measured
mile and departure on foreign service.
The Dart, 5, screw gun vessel, Commander
Richards, which arrived at Spithead on Wednesday
from the West Coast of Africa, was inspected yes-
terday by Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8.,
and afterwards steamed into Portsmouth harbour to
be dismantled, and return stores, preparatory to
being paid out of commission.
The Lords of the Admiralty have been pleased to
notify to Col. Maxwell, commandant of the Royal
Marine division of Light Infantry at Woolwich,
that their lordships have granted leave of absence to
the following named officers of his division :
Lieut. and Quartermaster D. Connor ; First Lieut.
Allnutt ; Second Lieut. J. F. Laxmoore ; Second
Lieut. J. N. Emra ; and Second Lieut. B. C. P.
Hamilton.

A Horse Guards' order was received at Chatham
yesterday by Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole,
K.C.8., directing the depot companies of the 65th
(2d Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment to b e held
in readiness to proceed to Devonport to join the
headquarters and service companies of that regi-
ment on their arrival from New Zealand. The 65th
Regiment has been absent from England nearly 20
years, it having embarked for New South Wales in
the early part of 1846.
The 25th Company of Royal Engineers attached
to the Royal Engineer establishment at headquar-
ters, Chatham, has received orders to move, early in
the ensuing month, from that garrison to Dover, for
the purpose of being employed on the fortifications
and other works in progress for the defence of that
part of the coast. The 7th Company of Royal En-
gineers, which has been doing duty at Dover for
some time past, will rejoin at headquarters, Bromp-
ton-barracks, where the non-commissioned officers
and men will be employed on the Royal Engineer
depot field works.
On the occasion of the Duke of Somerset and the
other members of the Board of Admiralty paying
their official annual visit to Chatham dockyard some
time back they had interviews with several deputa-
tions from the workmen at that establishment, who
pointed out the alleged grievances under which they
labour. The chief complaint is the inadequate rate of

pay they receive as compared with that given in the
leading private shipbuilding firms. Their lordships
on that occasion, after hearing the statements of the
members composing the several deputations, pro-
mised that the subject matters brought before them
should receive attention, with the object of any real
grievances being redressed. An Admiralty circular
was accordingly received at Chatham dockyard yes-

terday. In it they announce that, after carefully
and anxiously considering the subject of a proposed
increase of wages to the wcrkmen generally, and
having had the opportunity of hearing the frank and
respectful statements of the deputations from the
various classes of workmen at the recent annual
visitation of the dockyard, and at the same time
comparing the rates of payments for labour in the
royal dockyards with those of private establish-
ments,theycannot recommend Parliament to grant
any increase of wages to the workmen. A similar
order has, it is understood, been forwarded to all
the other naval establishments.
In consequence of some misunderstanding having
arisen between Rear-Admiral Seymour, C. 8., Su-