The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-01 00:00:00

ASSURANCE

ESTABLISHED 1837.

LIFE
COMPANY.
Empowered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9.

BRITANNIA

1: Princes-street, Bank, London.
DIRECTORS.

George Bevington. Esq.. The Lodge, Dulwich.
George Cohen, tesq . Shacklewell.
Millis Coventry. Esqcorn Exchange Chambers.
Jonathan Duncan Dow, Esq„ 12, rembridge Villas, Bays-
water.
John Drcwett, Esq., 50, Cornhill.
Thomas Samuel uirdier, Esq.. 7, Tokenhouse-yard.
Edward Hal's, Esq., North Frith, Hadlow, Kent.
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons.
Every description of Life Assurance business transacted
at the lowest rates of Premium consit•tent with security.

The various Tables, some of whin are peculiar to this Com-
pany, have been studiously adapted to the requirements of
every class of Assurers.

EQUAL RATES FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE.

AGE. AENUAL PREMIUM. AGE. ANNUAL PREMIUM.
20 1 12 5 35 2 6 9
25 1 16 0 40 2 15 1
30 2 0 8 45 3 6 3

ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Admiral Yelverton, C. 8., will probably hoist his
flag on board the iron cased ship. Caledonia, 31,
Capt. the Hon. F. A. C. Foley, at Devonport, in
about three weeks. Shortly afterwards the vessel
will sail for the Mediterranean to complete the
Admiral's three years on that station. He joined
the Revenge April 24, 1864. The fittings of the
Revenge will, it is understood, be turned over to the
Caledonia. The crew of the Revenge, 600 men,
who received wages to the extent of £lO,OOO, were
paid off on Wednesday in about an hour and a half.
Excepting the foulness of her bottom, which can be
soon rectified, she is in good condition, and will pro-
bably take the place of the Blenheim, 60, at Pem-
broke. It is ramoured that after completing her
time in the Mediterranean the Caledonia will be
flagship in the British Channel.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate the Terrible,
21 guns, 1,850 tons, 800-horse power, having under-
gone extensive repairs both to the hull and ma-
chinery, and been fitted for the first division of the
steam reserve at Sheerness was, in accordance with
orders received from the Admiralty, placed in com-
mission on Friday last by the master in charge,
Frederick Townsend, for Capt. Gerard J. Napier.
The terrible is to be employed on the home station,
and is ordered, in consort with the Sphynx, 6,
paddlewheel sloop 1,061 tons, 500-horse power, to
accompany the Great Eastern while laying the At-
lantic telegraph from the coast of Ireland to the
coast of Newfoundland. The following officers have
been appointed to and have joined the Terrible :
Capt. Gerard J. Napier, Lieuts. S. R. Streatfield, H.
A. Arundell, and F. J. Elliott ; Master F. Town-
send, Surgeon W. Fasken, Paymaster Thomas T.
Wise, Chief Engineer Joseph Rollinson, Assistant-
Paymaster German F. Mathew ; Midshipmen E.
Battersby, A. W. Massy, A. E. Bancroft, and C.
C. Wood ; and Assist.-Clerk John P. Braine.
The shipment of the Atlantic telegraphic cable on
board the Great Eastern at Sheerness is being con-
ducted with the greatest despatch by the manufac-
turers, the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance
Company (limited) (late Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and
Co.), dnd it is thought that the work will be finished
and the vessel in every respect ready to leave Sheer-
ness next month.

The Salamis, 2, paddle despatch vessel, Com-
mander Francis G. Suttie, sailed from Portsmouth
on Saturday for Alderney, with Capt. A. Clarke,
R.E., on board, the Admiralty Director of Engineer-
ing and Architectural Works. Capt. Clarke's mis-
sion to Alderney is to inspect and report upon the
present condition of the harbour, breakwater, pier,
&c., upon which such large sums of the publicmoney
have been spent,:and which is asserted to be so faulty
in design that every recurring gale inflicts irrepar-
able injury upon it, sweeps away part of it, and de-
posit's the materials beyOnd all recovery over the
numerous beds of rock that fringe the island.
The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Thrupp, ar-
rived at Portsmouth yesterday from the eastward,
with supernumeraries and stores, &c., and went into
harbour from Spithead soon after her arrival.
The Waterwitch, ironcased hydraulic gunvessel,
now building under contract for the Admiralty in a
private shipbuilding yard, had her selected 4i-inch
armour-plate tested at Portsmouth on Saturday.
The plate was from the firm of John Brown and Co.,
Atlas Works, Sheffield, and proved under trial ex-
cellent in metal and manufacture. The Waterwitch
is a vessel designed for propulsion on hydraulic
principles, front which no speed worth speaking of
in relation to cost of production or the rate of other
vessels propelled by either double or single screws
can ever be gained.
Her Majesty's 14 gun floating battery Trusty,
1,539 tons, and 150-horse power, which has encum-

Major-Gen. E. C. Warde, C. 8., commanding at
Woolwich, has been daily engaged during the past
week in making his half-yearly inspection as to the
interior economy of the brigades and corps in garri-
son. On Monday the General inspected the riding
establishment in marching order, the whole of whom
were dismounted and mustered in the Riding School
for that purpose, and immediately afterwards he
examined the books, barrack quarters, &c. The
General afterwards proceeded to an inspection of the
General Hospital, Cambridge-cottages, occupied
by married soldiers and their families, and visited
the schools there. On Tuesday he inspected the
regimental schools on the Greenhill, the books
of headquarters, and the batteries of the 4th
brigade Royal Artillery, the barrack-rooms, kits,
workshops, &c. On Wednesday he made an in-
spectiOn the Coast bade,, who were drawn out
in marching order. Afterwards he went over the
divisional barracks, workshops, cookhouses, &e., and
inspected the sth brigade Royal Artillery in com-
plete marching order, and examined
,the books,
general quarters, &c. On Thursday he ingpeet-R
the batteries, head-quarters, and 2d division of the
depot brigade Royal Artillery, the veterinary esta-
blishment, &c. On Friday the General inspected
Lieut.-Col. Reilly's battery, and attended a meeting
of the mess committee. On Saturday he witnessed
a course of riding by the officers and non-commis-
sioned officers in the Riding-school, and inspected
the Military Train in marching order at the encamp-
ment on the western extremity of Woolwich Com-
mon. The General will continue his inspection of
the district under his command each day during the
present week.
General Warde, with a view of aiving the troops
a greater extension of privilege from barracks, has
issued an order that in future the tattoo will beat off
at half-past nine, instead of nine, as heretofore, the
rolls to be called in barracks at ten, and lights to
be extinguished at hall-past ten.
Mr. Brown, a junior clerk in the Royal William
Victualling-yard, was drowned near the eastern
entrance to Plymouth Sound on Friday afternoon,
during a sudden squall. The deceased and Mr.
Gibson had hired a boat of a waterman, who was
in it with them. After she upset the three kept
themselves afloat by holding fast to the oars and loose
spars for three-quarters of an hour, until assistance
arrived, when it was found that Mr. Brown was dead.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Cyril W. Newall, naval
cadet, to the , Caledonia ; William C. E. Baker,
second master, additional, to the Narcissus ; Joseph
F. Atkinson, master's-a.esist., to the Sphinx ; Allen
C. Denness, Chas. Webb, and Reginald F. Yonge,
master's-assists., to the Terrible.