The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-21 00:00:00

land. It appears that the promoters are supported
by almost the entire mineral interest of South
Wales, and the scheme will effect a swill-1g of six
miles in the road toll to London, as co ni ared with
the high-level bridge railway. A clause in the act
having authorised a 12 mile toll for cro3sin g the bridge,
and as the distance via the Lydney is only six miles
more, there will be a saving of six miles toll. The
Lydney project starts at a point within two miles of
the outcrop of the Forest of Dean coal basin, and it is
stated that only 16 miles of new line will require to
be made, whereas by the high-level project upwards
of 40 miles of line would have to be constructed.
The cost of the high-level scheme is estimated at
£2,000,000, and the Lydney scheme at £650,000.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

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A field-day was carried out at Aldershot on
Tuesday in the presence and under the command of
Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge. The divi-
sion took up positions on Bricksbury-hill, Caesar's
Camp, and Hungry-hill, as on outpost duty ; a re-
giment from each brigade was sent to the front, and
a chain of sentries posted to watch an enemy sup-
posed to be advancing from the coast. Orders had
been issued for the troops to dine on the field, and
one officer, one sergeant, and 12 men of the Royal
Engineers were attached to each brigade. The in-
fantry were supplied with Torren's camp kettles,
and the cavalry with the light ordinary camp ket-
tles, which were conveyed by the Military Train.
Water was obtained from carts sent from the camp.
As soon as the brigades were in position, the Royal
Engineers commenced the construction of camp
kitchens, which were trenches of the ordinary kind,
and, having kindled fires in them, supplies of rations
were drawn from the Commissariat Department,
and the process of cooking for the whole force was
carried on. The Duke of Cambridge, accompanied
by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hope Grant, Quartermaster-
Gen. Col. Sir A. Horsford, K.C.8., Lieut.-Gen. the
Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., commanding
the Aldershot division, and other officers, arrived
on the field at 10 o'clock, and after he had inspected
the position of the brigades the troops were put in
motion, and a series of-mancevres took place, which
eventually caused the enemy to retire. The division
then marched past, the artillery and cavalry in open
column of batteries and squadrons, and the infan-
try in open column of grand division, in quick time.
This over, the Duke retired from the field, and din-
ners were served out to the troops on the scene of
their operations. The men were cloaked as a pre-
caution against adverse weather, and this step
proved to be not unnecessary, for about half-past
1 o'clock rain began to fall, and caused some dis-
comfort. The troops returned to quarters about 2
o'clock. The Duke of Cambridge, after leaving the
field, lunched with Lieut.-Gen. Scarlett at Farn-
borough, and proceeded to town by an early train.
In the divisional orders issued at Aldershot on
Wednesday the Lieut.-General Commanding ex-
presses great satisfaction in remarking .the high
figure of merit gained by the let Battalion of the
13th Light Infantry, and in justice to that regi-
ment he publishes the following extract from the
District Musketry Report for the month of Oct.,
1865 :—" I have, however, to call attention to the
very marked interest which appears to be taken by
the men of the Ist Battalion 13th Light Infantry in
all their practices, theyesult being a very decided
superiority in shooting over the other regiments
stationed at Aldershot. This superiority can only
be attributed to the interest and attention paid by
the officers of all ranks to the training of their men."
Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett,
K.C.8., commanding the Aldershot division, has
approved a distinct sound being adopted in the camp
as the " fire alarm," and a copy of the sound has
been sent to every brigade and corps in camp.
Orders have been received at Chatham garrison
directing Capt. C. Butler and Capt. C. French, at-
tached to the depot of the 94th Regiment, to em-
bark for Calcutta, to join the service companies of
the 94th Regiment in India. Capt. R. D. Barrett,
Ist Battalion 19th Regiment, has also received
orders to hold himself in readiness to join the head-
quarters of that regiment in Bengal.

Capt. Tarte has been appointed Adjutant of the
3d Depot Battalion, Chatham, vice Brevet-Major
F. B. Drew, who retires.

The necessary surveys have been completed by
the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, of various sites
within'the garrison on which to erect a suitable
block of buildings to serve as quarters for the mar-
ried non-commissioned officers and men of the 3d
Depot Battalion, now occupying the Casemate Bar-
racks, St. Mary's. An eligible spot of ground has
been selected between St. Mary's Barracks and the
huts on which to erect the proposed quarters, and a
regimental board of officer's will assemble to-mor-
row to examine and report on the proposed site.
The ships of war on the Australian station at the
date of the last advices were the Miranda, 14, Capt.
Jenkins, at New Zealand ; the Eclipse, 4, the Com-
mander Freemantle, at Sydney; the Curava, 23,
Commodore Sir W. Wiseman, on a cruise ; the Esk,
21, Capt. Lucie, on a cruise ; the Falcon, 17, Com-
mander Parkin, on a cruise; the Salamander, 4, Com-
mander Young, on a cruise; and the Brisk, 16, Capt.
Hope, at New Zealand

The screw frigate Bristol, 39 guns, 600 horse
power, Capt. L. E. H. Somerset, flagship of Com-
modore G. T. P. Ifornby, the sailing of which from
Spithead for the West Coast of Africa was announced
in the Naval Intelligence of The Sun of yesterday,
put back from the Channel to Spithead anchorage
after sunset on Sunday, the day of her sailing. The
Bristol had sailed from Spithead, under steam, at 10
a.m. on Sunday, leaving by the eastern channel, in
the face of a strong breeze from the south-wast. As
the frigate gained the open water the force of the
wind increased, and it was 2 p.m. in consequence
before she had passed Ventnor, her course then being
well inshore. Iler topgallant masts were down, and
with yards braced to the wind she appeared to be
going at a moderate pace, and diving occasionally
into the seas. Soon afterwards she was off St. Ca-
therine's, where the sea broke in the bow parts on
the port side and damaged the head berthing. The
strong south-west breeze of the morning had now
increased to a furious gale, with thick weather from
the same quarter, and the barometer was falling
rapidly, when it was decided to return to Spithead,
where the frigate arrived shortly after sunset. The
repairs are expected to be completed by the ship-
wrights of Portsmouth dockyard by this evening or
early to-morrow, and immediately afterwards the
Bristol will resume her voyage for her destination.
In the firing from the guns in the forward double
turret of the Royal Soverei7n turret ship, outside
the Isle of Wight on Friday and Saturday, a con-
siderable sea was found running, the roll of the
ship being maximum, 16 deg. ; minimum, 6
deg- The turret worked with the same facility
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The winch purchases, for the trial of which
the experimental firing was made, proved perfectly
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fi tment, and capable of maintain-
the motion of the 12-ton guns
with the ship rolling at the maximum point Of 16
deg. At this roll the upper deck of the ship was ne-
cessarily washed by the sea, but no water entered
the turrets, the hull acting as a breakwater. The
eye-bolts in the wooden gun-carriages showed signs
of weakness, which rendered the trials shorter than
they otherwise would have been. Iron carriages are
the only remedy for this, and they were applied for

a year ago. If the Minotaur, when she goes out of
Portsmouth harbour for her trial off the Isle of
Wight of 12-guns for broadside purposes, can be
made to roll 16 deg. each way, like the Royal Sove-

reign, in firing, the results will be of great value, as
helping to elucidate the question of central versus
broadside guns.

MR. Tiros. HUGITF,S, M.P., will preside on Wed-
nesday at the annual dinner of the Benevolent Fund of the
United Society of Chemists and Druggists, in the Free-
masons' Hall.

FRENCH-ENGLISH I—We need scarcely mention,
says the Musical Standard, the accurate knowledge of the
orthography of English places that a French writer in-
variably displays when occasion may require their mention.
The Paris Gazette Musicale, writing of the funeral of the
late Mr. Wallace, declared, with characteristic correctness,
that the interment took place in the " Cometery of Herod
Crean I"