The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-17 00:00:00

713 E NAVY.

The Supply, screw storeship, Master Commander
Balliston, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from
Bermuda with stores and a few invalids, military
and naval. She sailed from Bermuda on Oct. 22,
experiencing fine weather, arriving at Fayal in 11
days. After coaling at Fayal, where she lay three
days, the Supply resumed her homeward voyage,
encountering rough weather up to making Spithead
anchorage. She has brought home as invalids, time
expired men, and men on promotion—three seamen,
three marines, one marine artillerymen, two men of
the 39th Foot, and two men of the Royal Egineers,
all of whom were landed from the ship at Ports-
mouth yesterday. The Supply sailed from Spithead
at 3 p.m. yesterday for Woolwich.
The royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert,
Capt. G. H. Seymour, C. 8., arrived at Portsmouth
on Saturday from the Thames.
The Urgent, screw troopship, Capt. Hire, which
arrived at Spithead on Friday from China, went
into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, and landed
her detachment of troops at the Sheer jetty of the
dockyard. The invalided men, consisting of six
sergeants, two drummers, and 62 rank and file, from
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tham, accompanied by 70 men of the Army Hospi-
tal Corps, one man of the Military Train, seven
men, one woman, and five children of the Royal
Artillery; and five men of the 31st Foot, with Capt.
J. S. C. Harcourt, Lieut. J. Parsons, and Lieut.
Masefield, to join head-quarters and the depots of
the regiment. One man of the sth Dragoon Guards
proceeds from Portsmouth to Canterbury; one ser-
geant, one drummer, and four men of the 99th pro-
ceed to Athlone; four men of the 31st proceed to
Cork ; and 16 men of the 2d battalion 60th Riflee
have left, to join head-quarters at Portsmouth.
The Emerald, screw frigate, Capt. A. Cumming,
has returned to Spithead from her anchorage off
Osborne. It is expected that she will be paid out
of commission.

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inure arrived at Woolwich on Saturday, the
from Portsmouth and the latter from Devonport and
The steam storeshipsßhadamanthus and Lord Pa-
n The Lord Panmure, among other
stores, brought an 18-pounder battery from New-
haven to be exchanged for an Armstrong 40-poun-
der, in readiness for shipment. The hired transport
Tonkin is ordered down to Woolwich Arsenal, from
the London Docks, to ship war stores for Gibraltar.
Two hundred mechanics and labourers were on
Saturday discharged from the departments of Wool-
wich Arsenal, having received the usual notice—a
week in advance. The numbers retained in the
various branches of the establishment are now as
follows :—Royal carriage department, 1,600 ; labo-
ratory and gun factories, about 1,200 each; store-
keepers and engineers' departments and public
works, 1,000—making an aggregate of 5,000;
whereas at the end of the financial year, in April
last, the establishment consisted of upwards of
13,000. Many of these men have exhausted the
best portion of their lives in the service and on ap-
plying for their week's pay and the additional week
according to the regulations, always held in hand,
they were told that they were indebted for arrears
of income tax, in sums, in many instances, even ex-
ceeding the amounts due. Accordingly, having
neglected to provide for such an emergency, many
families were deprived of the means of obtaining a
single day's subsistence except from the charity and
commiseration of their friends. Thousands of fami-
lies are thus hurried into a most lamentable state of
poverty The burden thrown on the parishes of
Woolwich
and Plums
tead is excessively severe.
The Bristol Royal Naval Reserve was inspected
On Thursday by Commodore the Hon. H. R. yet
verton, C. 8., Controller-General .
of the Coastguard.
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