The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-21 00:00:00

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at Meriton's Wharf. I found 9,073 baleis'"of ju.fe on the tirs..,
raises. I had the list of saved goods With me at the jiMe,.
That list exhibits 8,221 bales of jute that had been
between the date of the fire and the 11* 12M,'-iia,
and find, including the goods that had been deliverekthitt">
there were 2,325 bales more than had been (feicribtic as
saved. The number of bales delivered between the dates
was 1,473 bales. I believe no goods had been brought to
the wharf. Idid not make any allowance for any delivered.
I took the dates of the deliveries from the wharf. From the
date of the fire to the 9th December, the date on whichthe
second list was made out, 337 bales had been delivered.
The second list showed 100 bales as saved from the Mary
Stenhouse, where,p-s the number we found was 262 by that
vessel. . - - -

—_.
The defendants were remanded until Thursday, Mr.
Alderman Stone declining to take bail.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Ist battalion 13th Regiment will arrive at
Aldershot from Dover to-day, and will be quartered
in the West Infantry Barracks. The regiment con-
sists of 28 officers, 756 men, 7 horses, 44 women,
and 42 children. _

The 2d battalion 60th Rifles will march from their
barracks at Aldershot at half-past 10 o'clock to-day,
and proceed to the North Camp station (South-
Eastern Railway), whence they will proceed by
speeial train to Dover.

A general regimental order, signed by Col. G.
Gambier, C. 8., Deputy-Adjutant-General, Royal
Artillery, directs that in the event of any soldier of
the Royal Artillery on home service wishing to trans-
fer his regimental savings bank balance to the post-
office savings bank, commanding officers are.to re-
port the particulars direct to the War-office, when
the new‘sarY steps will be taken, in communication
with the Postmaster-General, for effecting the de-
sired transformation. The order also announces that
all allowances now granted in lieu of soldier servants
to regimental officers will cease on March 31 next,
and paymasters of brigades will take care that no
charges are inserted in their accounts for such allow-
ances after that date. With reference to the regula-
tions for regimental canteens, it. is to be understood
that the fact of the paymaster being the custodian
of the canteen fund will in no way render his sureties
or the public liable for any amount deficient therein
in the event of their being a default in the public
accounts of the paymaster.
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to its introduction in the army if found desirable.
The beef at present does not find favour with the
men, who consider it deficient in nutritive proper-
ties, and find fault with its flavour.
In accordance with an Admiralty order received
at Chatham, the engineer officers in charge of vessels
repairing or fitting at the dockyard are to attend on
board from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily, with the excep-
tion of short intervals for breakfast and dinner, for
the purpose of exercising a proper supervision over
the factory workmen, their instructions being to re-
port any ease of improper workmanship or idling
on the part of the mechanics. In consequence of
this order considerable additional responsibility is
placed upon the engineer officers of the navy.
In consequence of the expected arrival of the iron
screw steam troopship Urgent, 4, Capt. Samuel H.
Henderson, at Devonport, the 2d Regiment, under
command of Col. Thomas Addison, C. 8., quartered
in the Raglan Barracks there, were prepared to em-
bark for Cork. The transport not being ready, the
soldiers received orders on Friday to unpack their
baggage. They are now expecting the Urgent on
Wednesday.

The Alecto, paddle sloop, 3 guns, 800 tons, and
200-horse power, Commander William H. Blake,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, on her re-
turn to England from service on the south-east coast
of America, and, receiving her orders soon after
arrival, sailed from Spithead again in the evening
for Woolwich, to dismantle and pay out of commis-
sion. She sailed from Rio Janeiro on the 14th of
December last, arrived at Pernambuco on the 3d of
January, and sailed thence again on the following
day. On the 4th of February she anchored off
Fayal, but was compelled to get under way again
immediately by the setting in of a southerly gale.
She remained outside until the 6th, when she con-
tinued her course to England, without having com-
municated with the shore. From Fayal to the en-
trance of the Channel strong gales were experienced

from south to north-east, chiefly from the latter
quarter, and from the Channel entrance to Spitheact
strong north-westerly gales. The Alecto brought
home several naval supernumeraries from slips
serving on the south-east coast of America, which
were transferred to the Vict)ry flagship, in Ports-
mouth harbour, previous to her leaving Spithead for
Woolwich, by a harbour steam tender. Mr. John-
son, naval instructor, invalided, from her Majesty's
late ship Bombay, also came home as passengers in
the Alecto.

The War Department steam vessel Lord Panmure,
Commander T. H. Moore, having shipped the four
600-pounder wrought iron guns intended to compose
the armament of her Majesty's armour-clad cupola
ship Scorpion, under fitment at Birkenhead, sailed
from 'Woolwich Arsenal on Saturday for Liverpool.
An experimental 300-pounder smooth-bore gun,
built up in the Royal factories of Woolwich Arsenal,
from the design of Mr. John Anderson, the assistant-
superintendent, was on Friday mounted on a new
species of wrought-iron carriage and slide, with
transporting gear, designed by Commander Scott,
R.N., and manufactured under the superintendence
of Mr. Trickett in the dockyard factory. The gun
was planted in front of a wooden section of a ship's
broadside, in preparation for an official inspection by
Rear-Admiral Frederick and other members of the

Admiralty Board, who had signified their intention
of being in attendance in the factory at Woolwich
for that purpose. The inspection was, however,
postponed to an early day this week. The gun is
made of a metal known as " Firth steel." It weighs
124 cwt., and is to form a portion of the armament
of her Majesty's 10-gun iron cased corvette Favourite,
in course of completion, on Mr. Reed's principle, at
Woolwich. After their lordships' visit the gun and

fittings will be transported to Shoeburyness for trial.
The method of running the gun in and out and the

simple machinery and appliances by which it can
be moved by a single gunner are a great improve-
ment on the ordinary system.
The construction of a wrought-iron gun carriage,
platform, &c., on anew principle, and intended for
one of Capt. Coles's cupolas, was last week com-
menced in the Royal carriage department of Wool-
wich Arsenal, to work a 300-pounder gun fitted and
mounted for service on Lieut.-Col. Shaw's pivot
principle, so as to enable the gun to be pointed and
fired through an embrasure not exceeding
tI
cir-
cumference of the gun's muzzle. In Co'. Shaw's for-
mer invention the trunnions of the gun
In the present invention they
hammered cast steel gun,
will be retained.
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proved a few days ago in front
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appointments and promotions were
ll:telatrd:thde R3.oSytealwAartd:laaiedtine,
at the Admiralty :—N. B. Shute,
periment.
ianaYgnaval cadetship ; J. H. Martin,
, actinssisHt.assist,-surgeons,fgorPlymouth
to the 'Victory, for Haslar Hospital ; S. ' Davidson,
H. B. Craig, and W. H. Stewart,
Hos-
pital ; W. H. Bowen, assist.
George ;W. F. Capps, confirmed-paymaster, to the St.
E. Parsons, of the Griffin, as chief engineer ;
engineer ; E. Tricker, acting Pronloted to acting chief
engineer
,to the Cumberland, second-class assist.-
M. Graham, assist. as supernumerary ; J-
engineer, to the Fisgard, as
T; J•-
Thompson, IJ. Knight, G. Pratt, and C.
William, as as
assist-engineers, to the Royat
supernumeraries.
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THE DAVENPORT BROTHERS.—These performers
have not, it would seem, been entirely crushed by the
Liverpool disturbances. They are announced to appear at
Leeds. The Leeds Times publishes a letter from London,
in which the writer says :—" The Liverpool riot beggars
description. Mr. Palmer, the manager of the Davenport
Brothers, has left for Liverpool, and will take proceedings
against 20 members of the Gymnasium Society. There
was upwards of £9O in the house on Wednesday night.
The Davenports returned to town to-day, the flesh on their
wrists being jagged and bruised in the most brutal manner.
The Liverpool affair, when sifted, will do us great good,
and had Mr. Palmer been in that town at the time
he
would have disarmed their opponents, and offered ternig
for a fair trial—staking £l,OOO to .£2O upon th
the Davenports." e success of