The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1862.

TALE NAVY.

The Warrior, 40, left Plymouth, under steam, for
Lisbon on Tuesday evening.
The steam yacht Osborne, from Portsmouth, ar-
rived at Plymouth on Tuesday, en route for the Me-
diterranean, where she will attend on ILR,IL the
Prince of Wales.
lier Majesty's ship Arethusa, 51, screw frigate,
500 horse power, underwent yesterday a trial in
the basin at Sheerness dockyard of the new super-
heated and surface condensing trunk engines, with
which this fine frigate has just been fitted by
Messrs. Penn and Sons. The trial was on the part
of the proprietors, the firm being represented by
Mr. J. Penn, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Wigzell, and Mr.
Holliday. Mr. Spencer (the patentee for serving
tubes and condensers), and Mr. Appold (the paten-
tee of the centrifugal pump), were likewise present
to watch the results. Tiae trial was with four boilers
and super-heated steam, when the pressure of steam
was 201 b., revolutions 60, the temperature of steam
being 300, and the vacuum 261. With half-boiler
power and two boilers, the pressure of steam was
191 b., the revolutions 42, and the vacuum 25. Alto-
gether the engines worked in a very satisfactory
manner, and the vessel, which is in a forward state,
is expected to be ready for her official trial at the
measured mile in the course of February.
The Shannon, 51, screw, Capt. James F. B. Wain-
wright, was swung in moorings in Portsmouth har-
bour yesterday for the adjustment of her compasses,
and will go out of harbour to Spithead this morn-
ing should the weather prove favourable.
It was stated yesterday at Portsmouth that the
Euryalus, 51, screw, would probably be commis-
sioned at that port to-day as the flag ship of Rear-
Admiral Stopford, for service in the East Indies and
China. It was also rumoured that Capt. Gordon

would be the flag captain.
The Tribune, 31, screw frigate, fitting for the Ist
clsss reserve at Portsmouth, got up steam yester-
day to test her machinery.
The Magicienne, 16, at Devonport, is to be armed

on the main deck with 10 52-pounders, and on the
upper deck with two Armstrong 100-pounders and
four 32-pounders. The Perseus, 17, will have 14
32-pounders, one pivot Armstrong, 701 b.; and two
Armstrongs of 401 b. The Sparrow is to have two
Armstrongs, 20-pounders, in place of two howitzers,
24-pounders. These ships aro completing with all
despatch.
The swallow, 9, screw sloop, 60 horse power,

Master Commander E. Wilds, has been taken into

the fitting basin at Sheerness to have a new poop
erected, previous to her departure for Japan on
surveying duty.
Orders have been given for the removal of the
engineer officers' berth in the Black Prince, 40, iron
frigate, i 3 dock at Portsmouth, from the compart-
ment in which it was originally fitted by Messrs.
Napier to another compartment further forward.
This measure has been under the consideration of
the authorities for some time, and the order now
given for its execution has created the greatest dis-
satisfaction among the engineer officers generally in
the port, who complain of what they term preme-
ditated and degrading treatment. The bare facts
of the case are these :—The present position of the
engineers' mess is in the compartment adjoining
and abaft the engine compartment, the midship-
men's mess occupying the opposite side of the com-
partment, and the clerks' office being in the cent re.
From this compartment it is now proposed to re-
move the mess for the engineers to a position in the
fore part of the ship, where they will be 260 feet
from the engine compartment, and to gain which
the greater part of the ship's main deck will have
to be traversed.

The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander G. M. Jack-
son, with the Highlander gunboat in company,
sailed from Spithead, at 7 40 a.m. yesterday, for
Queenstown. After convoying the Highlander to
Queenstown, the Geyser will fill up coal and start
thence for the Pacific and Vancouver's Island.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Investigator,
Lieut.-Commander Lefroy (stated in error to have
been built for the servic3 of Dr. Livingstone), yes-
terday sailed from Woolwich for Greenhithe, to
adjust compasses. Her draught of water is 4 feet
6 inches aft, and her nominal horse-power is 40.
Her crew consists of a Lieutenant-Commander,
second master, assistant surgeon, master's assistant,
two engineers, and 30 seamen and lads ; one corpo-
ral and two privates of the Royal Marine Light
Infantry. Her armanent is composed of one 40-
pounder Armstrong gun and two brass 24-pounder
howitzers. Her destination, as announced yester-
day, on her departure from Woolwich, is the new
settlement of Lagos, in the Gulf of Guinea and the
Lagunes, in the vicinity, at the back of the Gulf,
her light draught of water rendering her capable
of the otherwise dangerous passage in and over the
bar and the Lagunes. After swinging at Green-
hithe, she will proceed on her voyage under escort.
The chartered transport Caroline, in the service
of the War Department, yesterday sailed from
Woolwich for Corfu, laden with powder and heavy
war stores.

The Terrible, 21, paddlewheel steamer, Capt.
Glasse, C. 8., having completed discharging hEr
coals at the depot, Stangate•creek, has been re-
moved down to Sheerness dockyard, where she
yesterday commenced stripping, preparatory to
being paid off and put out of commission.

Yesterday another complete battery of 11 of the
large 100-pounder Armstrong guns, each of 84 cwt.,
arrived at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, from
Woolwich, in the War Department transport;Baltic,
and during the day were safely landed by a party
of convicts employed for that purpose. Notwith-
standing the more favourable character of the news
received from America, little or no relaxation has
taken place in the several departments connected
with the Ordnance establishment at Chatham, large
quantities of the Armstrong shot and shell, as well
as the Armstrong and ordinary cannon, arriving
from the factories almost daily and being deposited
in store in readiness for distribution to the vessels
and batteries requiring them.
The following appointments were made at the Admiralty
last evening :

Captains—G. H. Seymour, C.D., to the Victoria and
Albeit, vice Denman, promoted; A. C. Gordon, to the
Euryalus, commissioned.
Commander George H. Parkin, to the Euryalus.
Lieutenant Henry Hawkes, to the Colossus.
Sub-Lieutenant Compton E. Domville, to the Shannon.
Surgeon David L. Morgan, to the Euryalus.
Assistant-Surgeons—Jeremiah A. Hatch (acting), to the
Investigator; Charles H. Godfrey, to the Euryalus; Ed-
ward E. Birch (acting), to ditto.
Paymaster Charles G. Burney, to the Euryalus.
Assistant-Paymaster George IV. Jones, to the Euryalus.
Clerk Alfred Do Denne, to the Euryalus

the character of each of the recipients. Sergeant
Bowers has been 30 years in the corps of Royal
Marines, 24 of which he has been a non-commis-
sioned officer, and Drum-Major Lewis 28 years in
the corps, and 12 years a non-commivsioned officer.
In addition to their medal they each receive a gra-
tuity of £l5. Sergeant Leith ham served 21 years
in the Royal Marines, of which period he hes been
15 years a non-commissioned officer ; he is also
awarded a gratuity of £lO.

The 26th Company of Royal Engineers, which
arrived at Chatham Garrison, from Bermuda, on
Tuesday evening, was inspected at headquarters,
Brompton Barracks, yesterday afternoon, by Lieut.-
Col, J. F. M. Browne, C.B. The cowpony, which
has been reduced during its absence from England
to less than 80 men, will be augmented to its full
complement, after which it will bo removed from
headquarters to one of the home stations, to fill up
the vacancy caused by the despatch of so many
companies of Royal Engineers to Canada.
A detachment of the Army Hospital Corps will
proceed from headquarters, Chatham, this morning,
to New Brunswick, to join the other detachments
now serving in British North America.

The Ist division of the 41st Regiment arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from the Isle of
Wright, and was sent by special train to Newcastle,
Tynemouth, and Sunderland. The weather was
most unfavourable to the men's comfort, the jour-
ney being made through the night to enable them
to reaeh their destination to-day.

In consequence of the important change about to
take place in the regulations of the Royal Military
Academy at Woolwich,
resumption of the
classes
place on the Ist of Feb.
nnohas been postponed for a fortnight beyond that
n eed
to
take
the
announced
period. The newly-appointed Governor, Major-
Gen. Sandham (late commanding the Royal Engi-
neer Corps at Chatham), 'will take up his appoint-
ment, after the prolonged vacation, in succession to
Col. Wilford, appointed to the retired list of the
Royal Artillery, as previously stated in the Sun.
Major Williams, commanding the Cadet Company,
has been also superseded. The antecedents of Gen.
Sandham, whose reputation has preceded him,
bespeak a most favourable result for the business of
the Woolwich Academy and the country at large,
and his appointment has been hailed by every one
connected with the establishment with great satis-
faction.

coat collars and comforters, rendering every jolt of
the sleigh intolerable, and every turn of the head
' nearly pulling their faces off.' But all such minor
disagreeables were soon forgotten in a more serious
one. The horses suddenly plunged 'up to their ears'
into a snowdrift, and the inmates of the sleigh here
became aware of the folly of having separated them-
selves from the rest of the party. It was very dark,
and the question arose how was the sleigh, packed
with luggage, to be lifted on to the road. Fortu-
nately, the horses were very quiet. The risk of
losing the luggage, or leaving some of it behind, in
the darkness, and the impossibility of packing it
securely, if untied, added considerably to their diffi-
culties. After three quarters of an hour's hard
work they set matters to right again, and, having
yoked the horses commenced a retrograde movement,
taking it in turns to walk in front until by the con-
sistency of the snow they found themselves again on
the road. After sundry minor mishaps they reached
Fredericton, having been 15 hours in travelling
the GO miles. The second sleigh fell into the same
drift, broke its pole, and had to be dragged a
considerable distance without any, the travellers
taking refuge in a shanty till daylight." Here
the journal ends; but the party intended the next
day to start for Woodstock and the Grand Falls.
The writer of it adds :—" Experience proves that
sleigh parties should have an axe- and a shovel, with
a piece of rope to supplement the light iron work
of the sleigh, and, to provide for delays and acci-
dents, all troops should take two days' uncooked
provisions, as food gets so soon frozen."

From this narrative it will be seen that the diffi-
culties of transporting troops to Canada overland
in winter are neither light nor few. The first de-
tachment of 104 men was to leave St. John's for
Fredericton on the 6th January. They were to
drive the whole distance through in one day, hot
coffee and an extra ration being provided for each
man halfway on the road. This number was to be
increased as new facilities were afforded along the
route, and log huts were to be erected on the various
stations between Fredericton and the St. Lawrence.
The whole journey was calculated to occupy 11
days, and the following stages have been laid down :

Miles. Miles.
1. St. John's to Hovels.. 20 7. Grand Falls 24
2. To Fredericton. 3O 8. Little Falls
3. Halfway to Woodstock 29 9. Tour du Lac .. 33
4. Woodstock 32 10. St. Francois
5. Florenceville ... 23 11. Riviere du Loup .... 16
6. Tobique 23

The sleighs, which have been built especially for
the service, will each carry eight men, besides the
driver.

It will be, perhaps, in the recollection of our
readers that in our impression of Dec. 13 last we
detailed the various routes through Nova Scotia

and New Brunswick by which troops could hope to
reach Riviere du Loup, and pointed out that, in case
the ice prevented the disembarkation of troops at
Riviere du Loup or Bic, the transports would land the
men either at Halifax or St. John's, N. 8., whence
by means of sleighs they could make their way to
Riviere du Loup ; or, if the severity of the winter
prevented that course, there would be ample
accommodation for the troops, both at St. John's
and Halifax, until spring.

These opinions have been verified by the event,
and the route which we then indicated as the most
practicable, via Fredericton and Madawaska to
Reviere du Loup, has been the one adopted. In the
article referred to it was said that if only the wea-
ther were favourable, and log•huts were provided
at the different stations along the road, the troops
might march the whole distance. We are glad to
hear that this necessity has been obviated, and to
find that the authorities have decided that the

troops shall be conyeyed in sleighs—a wiser and
certainly a more humane plan..

RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY.

By a " General Order," promulgated yesterday,
the subjoined new regulations for recruiting for'the
army are made public :
" Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 14.
" The accompanying schedule, showing the age
and standard and levy money allowed for the en-
listment of men, lads, and boys for cavalry, Royal
Artillery, Royal Engineers, and infantry of the
Line having received the approval of the General
Commander-in-Chief, his Royal Highness directs
that the regulations herein laid down be strictly
adhered to until further orders.

" By command of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding-in-Chief.
" JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjutant-General.
" CAVALRY (age not under 18, or exceeding 25
years).—Heavy : 4th and sth Dragoon Guards, Ist
and 2d Dragoons ; height from sft. Bin. to sft. 11in.
Medium : Ist, 2d, 3d, 6th, and 7th Dragoon Guards,
sth Lancers, 6th Dragoons, 9th, 12th, 16th, and 17th
Lancers ; from sft. 7in. to sft. 9in. Light : 3d and
4th (late Light Dragoons), 7th, Bth, 10th, and 11th
Hussars, 13th and 14th (late Light Dragoons), 15th,
18th, 19th, 20th 21st ; from sft. 6in. to oft, Bin.
Chest measurement of cavalry recruits—if Sin. 6in.
and under Oft. Bin., 33 inches; sft. Bin. and under
sft. 10in., 34 inches; sft. 10in. and upwards, 35
inches.

"MILITARY TRAlN.—Height, from sft. 3in. to
sft. 6in.; age, from 18 to 25 years; chest measure-
ment, 34 inches.

"ROYAL ARTILLERY.—For gunners.—Age, from
18 to 25 years; height, 5 feet 7 inches and up-
wards. Chest measurement—if under sft. Bin. 33
inches ; sft. Bin. and under sft. 10in., 34 inches ;
sft. 10in. and upwards, 35 inches. Growing lads
from 17, but under 18 years of age, may be taken
from sft. Gin. For Drivers.—Age, 18 to 25 years;
height, sft. 4in. to sft. Gin. ; size round chest, 34in.
and upwards. Grooms, farm labourers, and others
of the like class, who have been accustomed to the
care and management of horses, and who may not
quite fulfil all the above conditions, but who, from
their appearance are likely to become good drivers,
will be enlisted on special application being made
to the Adjutant-General, through the inspecting
field officers of districts, or, in the case of a head-
quarter recruit, through the Deputy-Adjutant-
General, Royal Artillery.
"For artificers, blacksmiths, wheelwrights, and
carpenters, collar and harness makers, who are
likely to become useful artificers, may be enlisted
from sft. bin. and upwards.
"ROYAL ENGINEERS.—For Sappers—Age, from

18 to 25 years ; height, sft. Gin. and upwards ;
chest measurement, the same as for gunners of the
Royal Artillery. They must be men of good cha-
racter, and able to read and write, and must have
been brought up, or served their apprenticeship, as
carpenters and joiners, cabinetmakers, stonecutters,
builders, bricklayers, blacksmiths, millwrights,
wheelers, coopers, painters and glaziers, plumbers.
Engine-fitters are not to be enlisted as black-
smiths, Jobbing smiths or farriers only are
to be enlisted who can work at the forge. The
utmost care is to be exercised in the en-
listment of tradesmen. None but good artificers
must be taken, and their qualifications must be as-
certained by actual trial in the trades to which they
profess to have been brought up; or, if this be im-
practicable, such testimonials must be obtained
from their late employers as will fully satisfy the
officer of their skill and acquirements. Men of
other trades required only in limited numbers, such
as miners, shoemakers, printers, collar and harness
makers, clerks, surveyors, draughtsmen, photo-
graphers, architects, engineers, tailors, will be en-

listed on special application being made to the
Adjutant-General through the inspecting field
officers of districts, or, in the case of head-quarter
recruits, through the Assistant-Adjutant-General,
Royal Engineers. For Drivers—Age, 18 to 25
years ; height, Mt 4in to Eft Gin ; size round chest,
34 inches and upwards. Men accustomed to the
care and management of horses are preferable to
others ; special application, howaver, must be made
to the Adjutant-General, through inspecting field