The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-10 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

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VALETTA, Oct. s.—Her Majesty's screw corvette
Chanticleer, 17, Con manderW. H. Fenwick, arrived
on Friday from Leghorn, where she left the Com-
mander-in-Chief on the 21st of September. She left
again on Tuesday for the Piraeus of Athens with
stores for the Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse.
The Pelican, 17, screw corvette, Commander R. P.
Cator, left on Sunday for Naples, with despatches
for the squadron. The Assurance, 4, screw gun-
vessel, Commander H. B. Woolcombe, and the
Cockatrice, 2, Lieut.-Commanding R. M. Gilson,
arrived on the Ist inst. from Constantinople, and
are now performing their 20 days' quarantine. The
Turkish screw corvette Ismir, 19, and Brousse, 19,
arrived on the 3d inst. from Scio, and are likewise
in quarantine. The Peninsular and Oriental Cora-I
pany's new steamship Mongolia arrived on the 29th
ult. from Southampton and Gibraltar, having on
board the following officers for Malta :—Major
Hardy and Mrs. Hardy, Capt. Humfrey, Lieut. T.
Gilpin, Capt. Bushfield, Capt. Astley, Lieut. W. P.
Clarke, Mr. E. Hills, R.N., Lieut. Beatty, and two
non-commissioned officers.

On Monday the Commander-in-Chief visited
Colchester for the purpose of inspecting the troops
comprised in that garrison. The visit had been ex-
pected for some time, and both infantry and cavalry
have been kept under extra drill. The Duke, who
was accompanied by Col. Weatherall, Col. Mac-
donald, and Col. Clifton, travelled by the quick
train leaving London at 10 a.m.,and due at Colches-
ter at 11.15. On his arrival he was met by Col.
Borton,C.B.,Commandant of the Garrison, Brigadier
Major Leggett, Col. Knox, R.A., Sir William
O'Malley, Barrack Master, Dr. Dane, Deputy Inspec-
tor-General of Hospitals, &c. The troops were
marched to Middlewell Farm, an extensive Govern-
ment property, about two miles out of the town, and '
drawn up in line by half-past 11 o'clock. They con-
sisted of the 17th Lancers, under the command of
Col. White, 4th Depot Battalion, Col. Farren, C. 8.,
and Bth Depot Battalion, Col. Street, C. 8., in all a
force of about 2,000 men. The Commander-in-
Chief arrived on the ground about 12 o'clock, and
was received with the general salute, and after an
inspection in line the infantry marched past and the
cavalrypassed at a trot. Line havingbeen re-formed,
the infantry went through the manual and platoon
exercise and file and volley firing, both of which were
highly effective, followed by skirmishing, the cavalry
in the meantime going through the lance exercise,
which not only presented a brilliant spectacle, but
was specially' commended by the Duke. At the close
of the movements, which occupied an hour and a
half, the commanding officers of the cavalry and the
infantry battalions were called forward, and received
from his royal highness an expression of his thorough
satisfaction with all that he had seen. On his return
route the Duke inspected the new gymnasium, which
is nearly ready to be put in operation, and, in pass-
ing through the old hut barracks, visited the hospi-
tal. He then proceeded to the cavalry barracks,
adjacent, and lunched with Col. White and the offi-
cers of the 17th Lancers, of which regiment his royal
highness was formerly lieutenant-colonel, leaving the
town by the 4.35 p.m. train. The streets of Col-
chester arere decorated with flags, and the church
bells were rung in honour of the royal visit.
During the past week the half-yearly inspections
of regiments have been actively proceeded with at
Aldershot, in every instance with the most satisfac-
tory results. The
.Bth (King's Royal Irish) Hus-
sars, under the command of Lieut.-Col. F. E. Mac-
naghten, were inspected on Monday and Tuesday
by Major-General Hodge, C. 8., commanding the
Cavalry Brigade. On the first day the general saw
the non-commissioned officers, troops, and recruits
go through their exercise on horseback in the riding
school, and subsequently the officers of the regiment.
Ile also visited the regimental hospital. On Tues-
day the Major-General inspected the officers'
chargers and troop horses, visited the school appro-
priated to children, the veterinary and other stables,
examined the books of the regiment and the men's
rooms and dinners, concluding his inspection by a
full-dress parade, at which the carbine drill and the
sword exercise were performed. The 21st (North
British) Fusileers, under the command of Col. J.
R. Stuart, C. 8., were inspected on Monday by
Major-Gen. Russell, C.B. The regiment marched
past in slow and quick time, and was exercised in
various interesting battalion and light infantry ma-
nceuvres, which were performed with the utmost

steadiness and precision. The Ist battalion 17th
Regiment, under the command of Col. W. Gordon,
was inspected on Monday by Major-Gen. Lord H.
Percy, V.C. After examining the books and the
men's kits, the Major-General inspected the regi-
ment in open column of companies. The regiment
afterwards marched past in slow time, was formed
into line, and put through the manual and platoon
exercises by Lieut.-Col. Brice, and the bayonet ex-
ercise in slow and quick time by Capt. King. The
92d (Gordon) Highlanders, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Hamilton, were inspected on Tuesday
by Major-Gen. Lord IL Percy, V.C. After the
officers and non-commissioned officers had been put
through the sword exercise and the men's kits exa-
mined, the regiment was inspected in open columns
of companies as it marched past in slow time and
while being wheeled into line. It was then put
through the manual, platoon, and bayonet exercises,
the inspection concluding with several battalion
movements under the direction of Major St. John
and Capts. Parker, Gooch, Murphy, and Hay. The
31st (Hunts.) Regiment, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel Eagar, was inspected on Wednesday
by Major-Gen. Russell. The regiment marched
past in slow and quick time, wheeled into line, and
was put through the manual and platoon exercises
by Major Westhead, and through the bayonet exer-
cise in slow and quick time by Major Dickens. The
regiment next performed several battalion and field
movements under the command of Col. Eagar, and
was drilled by Capt. Christien, Capt. Prevost, and
Major Forbes. It then advanced in quick and slow
time in review order, halted, and gave a general
salute by presenting arms. The 74th Highlanders,
under the command of Lieut.-Col. M'Leod, were
inspected on Wednesday by Major-Gen. Lord H.
Percy. After seeing the officers and non-commis-
sioned officers go through the sword exercise, exa-
mining the books, kits, dinners, and huts, the
Major-Gen. inspected the regiment in open columns
of _companies, after which it marched past in slow
time, and was wheeled into line. Major Jago put
the regiment through the manual and platoon exer-
cises, and Major Irby put it through the bayonet
exercise in slow and quick time. The regiment was
then put through several battalion manceuvres by
Capts. Davies, Thackeray, M'Crummen, Martin,
and Campbell, all of which were satisfactorily per-
formed. The 85th (Icing's Light Infantry) Regt.,
under the command of Major Appleyard, was in-
spected on Thursday by Major-Gen. Lord Percy.
The regiment, after marching paat in slow time in
open columns of companies, formed line, and was
put through the manual and platoon exercises by
Major Appleyard, and through the bayonet exercise
by Major Thompson. Line was then reformed, and
the regiment exercised in several battalion man-
cevres by ca—ts.
Taylor, Cozens, Noyes, Barton, and
Galbraith. The 14th (King's) Hussars, under the
command of Lieut.-Col. Thomson, were inspected on
Thursday by Major-Gen. Hodge. In the morning the
General inspected
remounts, officers' charges, bar-
rack-rooms, regimental school,, married quarters,
and stables. There was a f
oot parade in the after-
noon, when the regiment went h h
t roug the cus-
tomary movements with steadiness
and
precision.
The 69th Regiment and the Royal E • ngmeer Train
have also been inspected during the k
wee . The
generals engaged in the work of inspection have ex-
pressed their entire approbation of the interior eco-
nomy of the different regiments, the appearance of
the men under arms, and the high efficiency which
they exhibit. The inspections will be continued dur-
ing the present week.
Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett,
K.C.8., has assumed the command of the Aldershot
Division, and has expressed in a divisional order his
confident reliance on the support of officers of all
ranks in carrying out the duties.
Yesterday Majo-Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8.,
commanding the forces in the Chatham district, re-
sumed his half.. Yearly inspection of the battalions of
infantry at the garrison ' , taki •
ng up the inspection at

the point terminated in the previous week. At the
conclusion of the inspection of the three depot bat-
talions Gen. Walpole will commence his half-yearly
inspection of the corps of Royal Engineers.
Prince Amadeus of Italy, attended by the Marquis
d'Azeglio, the Italian Minister; Count Maffei, Sec-
retary to the Legation ; the Marquis Balbi, and
Count Pollenzo, drove down to Woolwich yester-
day morning in two of the Queen's carriages, a:nd
inspected a portion of the mounted troops in review
order on Woolwich common. The Prince was re-
ceived on his arrival with the honours due to his
rank, and entered the garrison under a salute of 21
guns from the Greenhill battery. He wore the full-
dress uniform of colonel of an Italian cavalry regi-
ment, to which he has recently been appointed.
Major-Gen. Warde, Commandant, accompanied by
the garrison staff, received his Royal Highness on
his arrival, and the whole party proceeded to the
common shortly before twelve o'clock, where the
Prince was received with a general salute. The
whole of the field batteries of the Royal Horse
Artillery, two batteries of the 4th Brigade
Field Artillery, and one 40-pounder battery in com-
mand of Col. Crofton, were drawn up in readiness
to perform a series of evolutions. After inspecting
the line the batteries marched past and withdrew to
the rear, when they limbered up. They advanced
in order of battle, fired, and went through a course
of active field manoeuvres, which the Prince appeared
to witness with very great interest, making various
remarks of his approval and admiration of the per-
formances, which, in spite of the incessant rain,
were executed with spirit and precision. The Prince
and his attendants subsequently proceeded to an
inspection of the Royal Military Academy, the gar-
rison stables, &c., and were afterwards entertained
at luncheon. At three o'clock they entered the car-
riages and went down to the Royal Arsenal for the
purpose of going over the whole of the departments.
They were received at the entrance of the establish-
ment by Col. Campbell and Mr. Anderson, Super-
intendent and Assistant - Superintendent of the
Royal gun factories, and Mr. W. A. Holwell, De-
puty-Superintendent of the military store depart-
ment. The Prince visited the Royal gun factories,
Royal carriage department, and the Royal labora-
tory, and left Woolwich for London at a quarter
past five p.m.

The 87th Regiment (Royal Irish Fusiliers),
Lieut.-Col. Alex. Murray, was inspected at South-
sea-common, Portsmouth, on Saturday, by Lieut.-
Gen. Sir G. Buller, K.C.B. The regiment presented
h very fine soldierly appearance.
The crew of the screw steam sloop Greyhound,
17, Capt. Stirling, in Plymouth Sound, were in-
spected yesterday morning by Port-Admiral Sir C.
Fremantle, K.C.B.

His Swedish Majesty's frigate Vanadis, Capt. K.
L. Nattochdag, left Plymouth Sound under steam
yesterday morning, and proceeded to the westward.
The iron screw steam storeship Wye, Commander
Valentine G. Roberts, which arrived at Plymouth
from the coast of Africa on Sunday night, is under
orders to proceed to Woolwich.

The screw steam sloop Zebra, 17, Commander
Charles G. Lindsay, which arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Sunday night, left her station at the West
Coast of Africa, under orders from Commodore
Wilmot, in consequence of the prevalence of the
coast fever on board. The natives having burnt the
towns of Contar and Mallaghea and several Euro-
pean factories, the Governor of Sierra Leone sent
the Zebra up the river Mellacoree, where she was
engaged for a fortnight, during which time 17 pri-
soners were taken by the resident chiefs, who de-
prived six of them of their right hands, that being
the native mode of punishment. On returning to
Sierra Leone the Zebra was ordered to Ascension for
the restoration of the health of her crew, but as
they continue sick a medical survey was held, and
the ship was ordered to England. She left Ascen-
sion August 21, and Fayal September 25. On the
17th of August the Zebra had 100 of her crew on
the sick list. Yesterday three officers and 14 men
were sent to the Royal Naval Hospital ; 30 remain
on board on the sick list. Her crew are still very
weak and debilitated. During the Zebra's commis-
sion, Dr. Craig, Assist.-Surg. Joseph O'Brien,
Andrew Farmer, master, and 14 men have died.
The Zebra left at Ascension the Rattesnake, Com-
modore Wilmot, C. 8., the Snipe, the Lee, and the
Wye. The Lee left on the 19th of August for St.
Helena, taking with her the Bishop of that island.
Afterwards she was to proceed to the river Congo.
In the Southern division were the Archer, the Speed-
well, the Pandora, the Pioneer, and the Landrail. In
the Bight of Benin were the Dart, the Spar-
row, the Vindictive, the Snipe, and the Espoir ;
in the north division the Greyhound and Isis. On the
passage home very heavy easterly winds were expe-
rienced. On the 7th October, off the Lizard the Zebra
spoke the passenger ship Jason, 92 days from Sydney.
The Zebra was commissioned on April 3, 1862, at
Sheerness, by Commander Hoskins, who, in conse-
quence of his activity on the coast, was promoted,
and returned to England in February, 1864, being
relieved by Commander Lindsay, who brings the
sloop home. After receiving coal and fresh provi-
sions she will proceed to Portsmouth, where her
crew will be paid off.

Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen, Flag-
Capt. to the Port Admiral and Naval Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth, Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8.,
resumed the command of her Majesty's ship Victory
at Portsmouth on Saturday on return from leave of
absence.

By direction of the Admiralty, and in accordance
with the request of the corporation of the city of
Rochester, the whole of the sailing vessels of war
which have for years been lying in the Medway, be-
tween Chatham dockyard and Rochester-bridge, and
materially interfering with the navigation of the
river near the entrance to the port, have been re-
moved, and the moorings taken up, leaving, for the
first time, a clear channel-way for the numerous
merchant craft entering and leaving the port.
The whole of the establishments at Chatham dock-
yard were closed on Saturday afternoon and the
workmen granted a holiday, to enable them to see
the regatta which took place in the Medway, above
Rochester-bridge, under the patronage of Capt. Su-
perintendent W. H. Stewart, C. 8., and the princi-
pal officials of the dockyard. The time thus granted
by the Admiralty will be made up by the whole of
the hands working additional hours during the pre-
sent week.

The large floating shears in Chatham harbour
have been lent to Messrs. Penn and Sons, engineers,
Greenwich, for the purpose of lifting the heavy por-
tions of the engines and machinery on board the
iron-cased frigate Marhousse, just completed for the
Turkish Government.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—G. J. Ayre, Burg., to the
Bristol ; J. Hudson, Burg., to the Fisgard ; T. L.
Bickford, assist.-surg., to the Bristol ; Dr. W.
M'Dumott, assist.-surg., additional, to the Bristol ;
W. H. F. Buckley, acting assist.-surg., to the
Bristol ; J. Conde, engineer, to the Bristol ; C. W.
G. Chambers and A. Long, engineers, to the
Bristol ; W. Miller, engineer, to the Dauntless ; D.
Storrar, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Bristol ;
N. H. Rowe, second-class assist.-engineer, to the
Bristol.

In the Naval Intelligence of the sth inst., instead
of " Walter Horace Binnfield," promoted to be
acting engineer to the Wye," read " Walter Horace
Brimfield."

FIRING' OF STACK-YARDS AND FARM-BUILDINGS.
—At 1 o'clock on Sunday morning a woman who
lives near the homestead of Mr. Peter Brungate, at Chapel
Haddlesey, near Selby, observed flames issuing from the
stackyard, and immediately gave an alarm. Assistance
was sent for to Selby, and soon after the sounding of the
fire-bells at the Abbey Church many persons hurried to the
scene of the disaster. The Fire Brigade from Pontefract
were also brought to the spot as soon as possible, but,
though plenty of water could be got from the river Aim,
the whole contents of the stackyard were destroyed—viz.,
two very large clover, one hay, one pea, two barley, and
two oat stacks. Several adjacent farm-buildings were also
destroyed, as well as the implements which they contained.
The property was valued at .£7OO or £BOO, but, fortunately,
about a fortnight ago Mr. Brungate insured it all. A small
farmer and blacksmith, whose premises are close to those
before mentioned, also had a valuable haystack consumed.
A party of gypsies Who had an encampment in the nigh-
bourhood—and especially one of the women—aided most
actively in the exertions which were made to arrest the
flames. There is every reason to believe that this is an act
of incendiarism, and a malicious Irishman lately seen in
the neighbourhood is suspected.

ALPINE TOURISTS.

(limn a Correspondent of the Times.)
BEAU RIVAGE, LAKE LEMAN, OCt. 3.
I do not know how far I may be justified in put-
ting down among Alpine tourists mere loungers on
'the shores of Lake Leman. There are more heavy
trunks than light knapsacks belonging to my fellow-
travellers here. Lace-bordered pink parasols are
more numerous than iron-shod mountain staffs. The
wholesome early hours of Chamounir and Aosta are
at an end. People sit or saunter about up and down
the terrace before the hotel, summer-clad, bare-
headed, till towards midnight, gazing at the un-
rippled lake, bathing in the mild moonbeams, and
listening to the genial strains of music ; or else they
take their choice inside between a polka in the grand
salon, and a rubber of-whist at franc-points in the
cosy smoking-room. The Beau Rivage is a perfect
Garden of Boccaccio. Men forget the yawning cre-
vasses of Mer de Glace, and the forbidding cliffs of
the Matterhorn, here, as easily as the light-minded
knights and ladies at Fiesole gave up every thought
of the ravaging pestilence of Florence. As to the
women, they are here in their glory. Nothing to
do in the morning except to unpack thefinery coming
down from their Paris milliners, nothing to do in the
evening except to outdo and astonish each other
by the blaze of their attire. We have people of all
ranks here ; only not those who cannot, by taking
heed and spending a mint of money, make them-
salves like unto the lilies of the field. Royalty never
made itself so cheap in Europe as at this season.
" We have the King of Holland staying at this
hotel," I hear my table d'hôte vis-à-vis whispering to
his neighbour. " Have we ?" is the answer, with
a shrug of the shoulders ; and not one of the guests
cares a pin to ascertain whether the amiable Sove-
reign of all the Dutch is here or at Java. "Demon
temps je n' ai tant vu des Rois." Russian Prin-
cesses, Hungarian and Wallachian Countesses, are
made much more of, for these condescend to herd
with us ; while etiquette dooms crowned heads to
their own separate coupe in the train, and at the
hotel to the sulks and yawns of their private apart-
ments. For the rest, we have hardly anything like
a strangers' list here. No names are asked at the
door as we come in, and we are left to make out our
respective rank, calling, and nation by rude guess
and at our own discretion.

But among those who are not utterly invisible,
those who do not entirely hide themselves in the
privacy of their own drawing-rooms, what scenes
are going on hourly, what characters show off before
us for our amusement, what odd groups are coming
in by every train and leaving by every boat ! Come
in with me, between dinner and bed time, into what
is called the Reading-room, and should rather bear
the name of Talking-room, as there are but few
papers, and no quiet and leisure to read. Look
round ! What do you say to that tall and lank Herr
Kammerherr yonder, standing up before that table,
before that cluster of sitting Germans ? You see he
has not one poor tooth, natural or artificial, in his
mouth ; yet his back is straight and stiff, as if he
had swallowed the halberd of one of the Royal
master's body guard. His face is of the colour of
raw ham, and no wonder, for his seven inches' padded
cravat must strangle him like a horse-collar. He
moves about all of a piece ; turns round on his
heels as on a pivot, for his head cannot otherwise
look right or left. He has ribands at his button-
hole, and, I doubt not the gold key on his hip,
hidden behind the skirt of his long overcoat. Ger-
man is the language he mumbles. His droning
undertone is mysterious, consequential ; grave is
the bulletin he imparts. It is his Gross-Herzog laid
up with indigestion, or the " gnadige Landg,rafinn"
in her sulks ? Heaven alone and he can tell. Such
antediluvian Hof-Marschalls are only to be found in
the service of some out-at-elbow transparency.
Elsewhere they are as much out of date as Court
fools.

Or else look at that Russian Prince paying his
homage to those sprightly young American Misses
on that sofa in the corner. You need not scratch
very deep to come at the Tartar in that stylishly
got-up Boyard. You see he has hawk's eyes and a
hawk's nose, such features as would gladden the
heart of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. " Sharp is
the kiss of the falcon's beak." All his tailor and
coiffeur's art cannot do away with the shaggy,
bristling look of the half-reclaimed barbarian.
Russian as he is, the way in which he murders the
Queen's English, or even the President's American,
is something awful. The eldest of the girls, who
have been for a year at school at Mannheim, tries in
vain to come to his relief by talking pretty fair
German, in which he is so much more at his ease.
The Prince is evidently bent on bringing about an
alliance between the Colossal Empire and the Mons-
ter Republic. I cannot say that the suit thrives.
Those girls are lively, intelligent, " sweetly pretty."
There is nothing like Yankee twang about them.
They are from the South, from New Orleans, I be-
lieve, but they have been travelling since the out-
break of the war. They are elegantly dressed.
There are diamonds about their ears and necks, an
unusual ornament, I should think, and unmeet for
unmarried women. Their father has more of the
Yankee look, gait, and tone about him. He i
shrewd, observant, inquisitive. I cannot say whe-
ther he is an exile or a voluntary emigrant. He
talks about American politics sensibly and dispas-
sionately. As to the girls, the youngest will assure
you " she never exactly mastered the difference be-
tween Federal and Confederate." Alive as a Re-
publican girl ought to be to the merits of a " live
Prince," the eldest of the young American ladies is
evidently only bored by the Boyard's attentions.
Her eye wanders listlessly in quest of other groups,
attracted by her Anglo-Saxon instincts.

The English present here, and they are the
greatest number, do not manage to make such per-
fect guys of themselves as their Continental brethren.
John Bull may aspire to—nay, may unconsciously
achieve—originality of thought and feeling, but
shrinks from singularity of outward appearance.
The ladies' dresses, whatever Parisian critics may
say to their disparagement, are distinguished by
taste no less than by style. Their complexion has
little to dread from contrast, and they certainly
affect brilliant colours ; but there is neatness and
harmony, an easy elegance about the attire--espe-
cially of the young and pretty women. The men
wear morning dress or undress, even late in the
evening. They have divorced their chimney-pots
and swallow-tailed coats. But they invariably visit
their dressing-room before dinner for all that. They
would not come down without the most scrupUlous
toilet, even if it be demi-toilet. On that point an
Englishman acts by instinct ; it is something that
has nothing to do with rank or even education. The
Frenchman is a petit maitre up to 40 ; beyond that,
a sloven. An Englishman is a gentleman from the
cradle to his grave—at least, he looks so.
No doubt, one good half of the English here as-
sembled would find it difficult to prefer their
claims to gentlemanly rank in a drawing-room
in their own island. They are all extremely
communicative, and the ignorance of the world,
even of their own world in some of them is appal-
ling. What, in the name of Murray, they all come
out for to these " foreign parts" it would be •im-
possible to say. You have parties of 10 or 12 of
them here that would not be able to manage three
words of either French or German between them for
their life. They know they are in Switzerland; they
are aware they travelled through France or Ger-
many; but further than that they would be at a loss
how to give any account of the lands they visit.
Their route is laid out in Bradshaw; they learn from
Murray the names of their hotels. It is perfectly
astonishing how little knowledge they cull even out
of their railway guide, their hand-book, or the ency-
clopmdical London paper that is entirely in their
hands. Their jokes about frogs and sauer kraut are
inexhaustible. There is a certain amount of ideas
a man requires in England to be up to his own par-
ticular branch of business, or to the general require-
ments of public life. 'f his is home learning. Every
Englishman who is not an idiot knows more of that
than any Continental man of his own sphere. But
foreign life, geography, history, language, litera-
ture, all this is too generally looked upon as a super-
fluous luxury, of no blessed use at petty sessions or
elections, of but little service even in the material pro-
gress of foreign travel. The Englishman holds the
purse strings; it is for the foreign courier, landlord,
waiter, guide, porter, and driver to learn his island