The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-29 00:00:00

TAMAR, KITHILL, AND CALLINGTON.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. W. Morgan
in the chair.

The report stated that since the last meeting the
arrangements then in progress with the different
bondholders of .the company had been carried out,
and the capital had been subscribed for in accord-
ance with the act of incorporation, the power to
issue debentures was now exercisable. It was confi-
dently expected that sufficient funds could be ob-
tained on debenture capital to enable the line to be
completed to Kelly Bray, which would insure the
Callington traffic. The directors were glad to state
that the contractor had shown his confidence in
that expectation byrecommencing the works, which
were again in course of construction. The contractor
had engaged to prosecute the works with all speed,
provided he was supplied with funds to meet his dis-
bursements, leaving his profits to wait until the line
was open, and until the traffic had become remune-
rative.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the report was
adopted, and Mr. F. Winning, the retiring director,
was re-elected. The proceedings then terminated.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Wivern, 4, two turretted ship,'l,Bs7 tons,
350 horse power, was commissioned yesterday for
home service by Capt. Burgoyne, V.C. Both the
Wivern and her sister ship the Scorpion, Capt. Corn-
merell, V.C., are ordered to complete their outfit as
rapidly as possible.

The Salamis, paddle steamer, Commander Suttie,
and the Helicon, paddle steamer, Commander Singer,
both of 835 tons and 250 horse power, are expected
to start from Portsmouth on their competitive chan-
nel trial this evening or to-morrow.
Mr. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy,
Admiral Robinson, Controller, and Capt. Conolly,
appointed to the command of the ironclad corvette
Pallas, yesterday went down to Woolwich dockyard
and made a lengthened inspection of the Pallas,
their attention being especially directed to the im-
provements which have been made by Messrs.
Humphreys and Tennant in the pitch of the fan, by
which it is expected that a considerable increase of
speed will be obtained. She is fast approaching
completion, and will be unlocked on the 6th prox.
On the following day she will be hauled into the
fitting basin, where she will remain until Nov. 4.
She will then be brought out of the basin, and will
go down the river on an experimental trial; after-
wards she will go to Sheerness to be completed
for sea. In order to secure the fulfilment of these
arrangements a large number of shipwrights
have been appointed to work over time. Great dis-
satisfaction, however, exists in consequence of the
low rate of pay and remuneration for the required
sacrifice of their time. On Wednesday evening, at
6 o'clock, the usual hour for quitting the yard, after
having worked two additional hours, a number of
established and temporary shipwrights assembled in
a body of about 400 men on the parade fronting the
house of Mr. Turner, the Master Shipbuilder of the
yard, and conducted themselves in a boisterous- and
turbulent manner. On Mr. Turner making his ap-
pearance and demanding the cause of their unseemly
behaviour some of the foremost of the men stated
that they were dissatisfied with the terms of their
engagement, and would object to work overtime ex-
cept at an increased rate of pay. Their attitude was
so mutinous that Mr. Turner was obliged to call in
the assistance of the police, and the men were ejected
from the yard with considerable difficulty, hooting
and threatening to " strike" unless more favourable
conditions were accorded them. Three of the ring-
leaders, named Thomas Radman, George Brown, and
John Lovell, were given in charge 3f the police, and
were yesterday morning sentenced by Capt. Biddle-
combe, the Commodore pro tea.—who is vested with
magisterial powers—the first, to be suspended and
lose all pay for one week; and the latter two, to two
weeks' suspension each.
The freight ship Barlow, laden with hutting ma-
terials and provisions for Bermuda, sailed yesterday
from Woolwich Arsenal for her destination.

The 18-gun frigate Calypso, attached to the sail-
ing reserve in Chatham harbour, having been sur-
veyed by the officials connected with the Master
Shipwright's staff and found unfit for further ser-
vice, is ordered to have the whole of her stores and
internal fittings removed prior to being sent round to
Charlton to be broken up at the Admiralty ship-
breaking yard of Messrs. Castle and Beech. The Frolic
18, another of the sailing frigates ordered to be
broken up, has had the whole of her gear and fit-
tings removed into the dockyard previously to being
sent round to the Thames.

The examination of candidates for entry into the
School of Naval Architecture, Kensington, com-
menced at Chatham Dockyard, and will be con-
tinued to-day. Only those apprentices who are
undergoing a superior course of instruction are
eligible for admission into the school.
It was yesterday officially announced at the head-
quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment,
Chatham, that the appointment of principal in-
structor in field fortifications to the Royal Engineer
corps, vacant by the death of Major F. H. De Vere,
has been conferred by Field-Marshal the Duke of
Cambridge on Lieut.-Col. W. 0. Lennox, V.C.,
now attached to the Quartermaster-General's De-
partment at Aldershott Camp, who will forthwith
enter on the duties of his post. Col. Lennox has
seen service eminently fitting him for the appoint-
ment. He was present during the whole of the
campaign in the Crimea, the gallantry he then dis-
played entitling him to the Victoria Cross. He also
served throughout the Indian mutiny, and com-
manded the Royal Engineer brigade at the relief of