The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-09 00:00:00

711 E NAVI'.

An order has been received at Chatham for a de-
ta3hment of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, to
consist of one officer and 23 non-commissioned offi-
cers and men, to be selected to proceed to Japan, for
the performance of guard and escort duty at the
Japanese British Legation. The detachment will
proceed to Japan in the paddlewheel steamer
Argus, 6, 300-horse power, now attached to the
first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, which
is to be immediately brought forward for commis-
sion, with a complement of 175 officers and men,in-
eluding Royal Marines. The Argus has undergone
some very extensive repairs, and has had a com-
hinory. She is
com-
plete overhaul of her hull and mac
intended to be attached to the East India and China

station.
The Gentlemen Cadets of the Royal Military
Academy at Woolwich having reassembled at the
close at the Midsummer vacation, resumed studies
yesterday, and the business of the establishment re-
commenced as usual.
The target,
which has been for some timeundbere
construction at Chatham dockyard, will be corn_
pieted in the course of a few days, when it will
removed to Shoeburyness, where it will be erected,
in order to carry out the experi largements with the
13-inch Mersey gun. The tar
Varriorget is construct
exactly like a section of the side of the 1 ----f-d
,
and will be covered with armour-plates of 41.
a
inches in thickness placed on 2
backing of oak and
teak. The experiments to be made at Shoebury-
ness will be carried out under the direction of Col.
St. George, C. 8., and the members of the Ordnance
Select Committee.
was
e Or
a convict named Phillips,
yesterday
Intelligence
of the daring esca received at Chatham
under sentence of 20
the convict establishmentyears' penal servitude, from
soner occupied at Portland. The pri-
for the the portion of the prison sot apart
linfirmary, and has been placed in cross irons
for a recent
obtained a tem pt to escape. By some meawnhs,hhe
possession of a saw and chisel,. with which
he removed his irons and also a portion of his cell.
r,a,
- night, which was very rough and windy,
favoured his escape, and his absence from his cell
was not discovered until 5 o'clock the following
morning. The prisoner made
~,,, a " dummy," which
he placed in his bed to deceive the warders who
look through the slide of the cell door every hour.
About a week or two since the
convict was placed
in the separate cells, and while there he managed
to obtain possession of a test key, which would un-
lock any of the cells in the prison.
He also obtained
a saw and file, and had arranged with some of the
other convicts to release them on a certain night
and overpower the warder on duty. Their plan j
was, however, frustrated, and ys. was placed in
irons, and removed to another' ar of the prison,_
On the occasion referred to h'lli s told the Gover-
nor that he should Wish him Phillips
bye some fine
day." On escaping from
and also his irons his cell he left his clothes
behind. As soon as his escape
was discovered information was forwardedto Lon-
don and all the '
•
principal towns in the kingdom,
giving an accurate description of the convict, who,
i 'there s little doubt, will shortly be captured.