The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

On Friday morning Prince Christian of Schleswig
Holstein and his suite visited the quarters of the 2d
battalion Grenadier Guards atthe infantry barracks,
Sheet-street, Windsor. The Prince, who arrived at
the barracks on foot about 10 o'clock, was met by
Col. Sir Chas. Russell, V.C., M.P., and Viscount
Hinchingbrooke. Accompanied by these officers the
Prince first inspected the sergeants' mess and the
library. He was then conducted over the men's
rooms, and examined one of the kits, with the neat
arrangement of which he expressed himself greatly
pleased. The other departments, including the
kitchen, cooking apparatus, and canteen, were next
inspected, and a visit was then made to the officers'
and men's recreation rooms, armourers' shop, adult
and infant schools. By the time the Prince finished
his tour of the barrack building and officers' quar-
ters the relieving guards for the Castle, Frogmore
Lodge, and the Hospital were on the parade. The
Prince accordingly inspected the troops, who on
their leaving the barracks for their various posts
marched past in quick time.
The examination of candidates for admission to
the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, under the
regulations dated Horse Guards,:September 1, 1865,
commenced at Chelsea Hospital, this morning, be-
fore Major-Gen. F. W. Hamilton, C. 8., Vice-Pre-
sident, and the members of the Council of Military
Education. The examination will occupy the entire
week. The next examination of candidates for
commissions in the corps of the Royal Artillery and
Royal Engineers for admission to the Royal
Military
Academy, Woolwich, under the regulations dated
Horse Guards, June 1, 1865, will commence at
Chelsea Hospital on. Jan. 3. _ _ _

The general court-martial which assembled at
Chatham garrison a few days sineeuarterminated
its sitting pending the approval of the finding of the
Court by her Majesty. The Court, of which Col. J.
F. M. Browne, C. 13., Royal Engineers, was :the
president, was engaged in the trial of Private t.
40th Regiment, ..on the charge of having VSts. fly'
assaulted Surg.-Major H. M. Webb, M. 8., attached
to the staff of the 2d Depot battalion at Chatham,
while engaged in the performance of his medical
duties. Deputy Judge Advocate Brevet Col. J. H.
Laye, from the Judge-Advocate-General's depart-
ment, officiated at the trial. The crime of assaults
on the part of soldiers on medical officers has very
much increased of late, and during the last few
months no less than five courts-martial have taken
place at Chatham on soldiers charged with similar
offences. There is another soldier awaiting his trial
by general court-martial for an offence of the same
kind, to which the attention of the authorities at the
Horse Guards is just now being seriously directed
with the view of discovering the causes of such in-
subordination. The Court, after fully investigating
the particulars of the outrage on Surg.-Major Webb,
found the prisoner guilty, but the sentence will not
be promulgated for some days, as the findings of
general courts-martial have in all cases to be sub-
mitted to the Queen for approval before they are
made known.

The Pallas, 6, ironclad corvette, 2,372 tons, 600
horse power, was on Saturday again removed into
dry dock in Sheerness Dockyard for the purpose
of being fitted with a Griffiths propeller instead
of the two-bladed Mangin screw with which
she was tried on Friday. The trial on Friday
was considered highly satisfactory. The ship was
taken in the charge of Capt. G. G. Randolph, of
the Sheerness Steam Reserve, to the measured
mile off Maplin Sands, and with a four-bladed Man-
gin screw—two of the blades having been unshipped
—in place of the four-bladed one with which she
had been previously tried, made an average speed per
hour of nearly 13 knots, showing an increase on her
former trial of nearly 1i knots. The maximum
number of the revolutions of the engineswas 72, and
the mean 68.75. The diameter of the blades of the
screw was 19ft. 2in. ; the pitch, 22ft. 6in. : length,
2ft. liin. ; immersion of the upper edge, lft. 9iin.
The engines are horizontal, high and low pressure,
on Wolfe's principle, surface-condensing, with cen-
trifugal pumps and superheaters fitted to the boilers.
Capt. Conolly (captain of the ship), Mr. Reed
(Chief Constructor of the Navy), Staff-Commander
J. W. Reed, Mr. W. Williamson (Inspector of Ma-
chinery Afloat of the Sheerness Steam Reserve),
Mr. Ricketts (Chief Engineer of Woolwich Dock-
yard), and Mr. Mitchell (acting assist.-master ship-
wright at Sheerness), were present during the trial.
Mr. E. Humphreys attended on behalf of the con-
tractors for the engines (Messrs. Humphrey and
Tennant, marine engineers, Deptford). The engines
were in charge of Mr. W. Campion, chief engineer
of the ship. The machinery worked exceedingl y
well, and there was a plentiful supply of steam.
The Turkish frigate Afdul Aziez, Capt. Comyn,
left Plymouth on Friday afternoon for Constan-
tinople.
The iron screw steamship Agincourt, 26, was re-
moved from Prince's dock, in Devonport yard, on
Saturday, and will probably make another trial trip
of her engines this week.
The lighter Hamoaze left Devonport on Saturday
with stores for Kingstown and Greenock.
The screw steam storeship Fox, 2, Staff-Com-
mander Moriarty, left Plymouth on Saturday for
Pembroke.

An accident occurred during the past week to a
portion of the seawalls of Portsmouth Dockyard,
which has for a time deprived the authorities of the
use of one of the docks. At the north-west extremity
of the yard is No. 9 dock, the outer wall of which
is separated by only some 30 feet of made ground
from the seawall of the yard at that part. This
wall has been known to be insecure for some time,
owing to its want of base and other faults in its
construction, it having been built many years since
under the care of the military engineers. The wall
has now split vertically in several places from foun-
dation to coping-stone, giving free access to the tidal
pressure at high water, and slipped outwards from
its foundation in large masses. To meet this posi-
tion of affairs piles have been driven, superincum-
bent earth and stone removed, and other requisite
measures taken under the direction of the superin-
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yet been done to the dock by this mishap to the
neighbouring seawall, and to lessen the risk of fur-
ther accidents as much as possible water is allowed
to flow in and out of the dock freely with the tide,
so as to keep the pressure equal on both its inner
and outer walls.
An accident occurred on board H.M.S. Edgar at
Portsmouth on Saturday in sending some spars
down from aloft, by which two seamen were very
seriously injured. It appears that the main trysail
gaff was being prepared for sending down when
by some means it got adrift sooner than had been
intended, and, falling from aloft, knocked down
two seamen—Benjamin Court and Daniel Hodges.
Their injuries were found to be very serious, and
they were conveyed as quickly as possible to the
hospital.

The Admiral's service pension on the reserved
half-pay, vacant by the death of W. J. Mingaye,
has been conferred upon Vice-Admiral H. Smith,
C. 8., on the active list of flag officers.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty ;—Lieutenant S. C. Holland to the
Malacca ; Sub- Lient.ll. B. Needham to the Malacca ,
Sub-Lieut. W. Neilson to the Victoria.

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