The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-10 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Duke of Somerset, K.G., the First Lord of
the Admiralty, accompanied by his colleagues, Ad-
miral Sir F. W. Grey, G.C.13., Rear-Admiral
Charles Eden, C. 13., and Mr. 11. C. Childers, with
the First Secretary Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence
Paget, C. 8., Sir Richard Mayne, Chief Commis-.
sioner of Police, Major Clarke, R.E., director of
engineering, Captain Hall, private secretary, and
Sir Charles Fremantle, the Port Admiral, left the
yacht Enchantress at half-past 10 o'clock on Tues-
day morning, entered their barge, and proceeded
on board the gunnery ship Cambridge, Captain
Charles J. F.
.Ewart, lying off St. John's Lake.
The men were mustered and exercised at the guns.
Their Lordships next went on board the Impreg-
nable, 78, training ship for boys, Captain Francis
S. Tremlett, moored near Mount Edgecumbe. They
visited the school, where 250 boys were present, and
afterward went on the upper deck and had the boys
assembled according to their parents' places of
habitation. Those from London, Exeter, the
country round Devonport, and from Ireland were
each clustered together. The total number at school
is about 600. After inspecting the brig Squirrel,
8, Lieutenant Thomas K. Hudson, tender to the
Impregnable, the Duke and the other Lords landed
at Admiral's Hard, Stonehouse, where they were
received by Major-General A. B. Stransham, In-
spector-General of Royal Marines, and Col. George
Cole Langley, Deputy Adjutant-General, with
whom they proceeded to the barracks, where the
division of Royal Marines, in two battalions of six
companies of 24 files each, was drawn up on the
parade under the command of Colonel J. 11. Gas-
coigne, C. 8., the commandant. The men marched
past in slow and in quick time, and their appearance
seemed to give great satisfaction. The muster roll
of the division now in barracks includes 33 officers,
48 sergeants, 112 corporals, 47 drummers, and 1,218
privates. In consequence of the masons' strike, very
little progress has been made latterly in the contract
for the erection on the westward 'of the additional
barrack accommodation projected by the Govern-
ment, and it is stated to be the intention of the
authorities, unless greater progress is made, to take
the work into their own hands. The Lords of the
Admiralty are now treating with the Great Western
Dock Company (whose property is adjacent) for the
purchase of additional land to the eastward. From
the Marine Parade the Duke of Somerset and his
colleagues went to the practising battery and to
Eastern King, the site of the new residence for the
Queen's Harbour-master, which they examined very
closely. They proceeded thence to the Royal 'Wil-
liam Victualling-yard, where they were received by
Capt.-Superintendent Codd and his secretary; Com-
mander IV heeler,the Master-Attendant; Mr.Rgram,
clerk of works ; and Mr. W. Churcher, chief clerk
to the Storekeeper. Their Lordships inspected the
mill, the cattle, and the slaughter-house, in which
some time was occupied. They then entered their
barge and were rowed up Stonehouse Lake to the
Royal Naval Hospital, where they were met by Capt.
Codd, Inspector-Gen. John G. Stewart, M.D.,
Deputy_
nspeentoerv-. I\Gern..R R. orbaeyrnt
M.A., lh.eD . ,
agent,the
chaplain,' the
Mr. John Grant, and other officers. Their Lord-
ships visited several of the officers' and men's wards,
and, having transacted some official business, left in
their barge at 5 p.m. In the evening they' dined
with the Port Admiral on Mount Wise.
The Duke of Somerset, K.G., with other Lords
of the Admiralty, arc expected to arrive at Ports-
mouth to-day in the Enchantress, on their annual
visit of inspection. • The First Lord will hold his
levee on Saturday.

Mr. E. J. Reed, the chief constructor of the navy,
with other officials, paid a visit to the dockyard at
Chatham on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of
witnessing some experimental trials with machinery
for working the 12-ton 300-pounder gun, mounted
on board the ironclad frigate Bellerophon, the de-
scription of which has already appeared in 7he Sun.
On the occasion of the former trials, the gun, by
means of the machinery, was put over to the extreme
training by four men in a few seconds over a minute,