The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Duke of Cambridge, as Field-Marshal Com-
manding-in-Chief, held a levee yesterday afternoon
at the Horse Guards. About 130 officers attended
the levee.

With reference to the recent inspection of the
troops at Colchester by the Duke of Cambridge, a
communication has been received from the Horse
Guards in which his Royal Highness expresses him-
self highly pleased with everything which came
under his notice. Capt. Taylor, of the 103 d Regi-
ment, is held in readiness to proceed to India to
join the service companies of his corps. Staff
Assist-Surg. Hinton has been held in readiness to
proceed to Colchester for duty.
The half-yearly muster of the Brigade of Guards
is fixed to take place in St. James's-park on Mon-
day the 6th of November for the Ist and 3d Batta-
lions of Grenadier Guards, the Ist Battalion of
Coldstream Guards, and the Ist Battalion of the
Scots Fusilier Guards. The muster of the 2d Batta-
lion of Coldstream Guards and the Tower Wardens
(Beefeaters) will take place at the Tower on Wed-
nesday, the Bth of November ; and for the 2d
Battalion of Grenadier Guards, at Windsor, on the
the 9th of November.

The extensive ranges of barrack buildings which
for between three and four years past have been in
course of erection at the Royal Marine establish-
ment, Chatham, by which the present barracks and
exercised ground will be enlarged to double their
existing size, will shortly be completed by the erec-
tion of a commodious block of buildings on a por-
tion of the dockyard, and in immediate contiguity
to the present barracks, intended for the accommo-
dation of the officers of the division at head-quar-
ters. The new buildings, which were commenced in
the early part of the present year, are built on that
portion of the dockyard frontinglthe painters' shops.
They have a frontage to the road leading to the
main entrance to the dockyard. The length of
the block is 260 ft., with a depth of about 50ft.,
the whole carried to a height of five sto-
ries. The new building will provide accommo-
dation for about 50 officers and their families,
each occupying the usual number of rooms
according to his rank. In the centre of the build-
ing is erected the official residence for the second
commandant of the division, together with separate
houses for four field officers, and the requisite quar-
ters for 12 captains and 24 subalterns. The ground
at the back, taken in from the dockyard, will be
levelled and prepared for an exercise and drill
ground for the officers, and, according to the exist-
ing plan, a portion will be set apart for certain of
the barrack buildings for which space cannot be
found elsewhere. The new buildings will be con-
nected with the present barracks by means of a
light iron bridge thrown over the public road lead-
ing to the New-stairs. On the completion of the
officers' new quarters the buildings now appropriated
for officers' residences—grand division offices, pay
offices, &c.—will be taken down. This will increase
the parade-ground to nearly double its present size,
while the barrack buildings themselves will be of
the most commodious character, and second to none
in their extent and other advantages at either of
the other naval ports.
The anniversary of the Battle of Inkermann falls
this year on Sunday, the sth of _November.
On Tuesday Lieut.-Col. Parker, of the 71st High-
landers, (who died of typhoid fever at Edinburgh
Castle on Friday last) was buried in the Grange
Cemetery, Edinburgh, with full military honours.
The funeral procession consisted of a firing party
of 300 men of the 71st, and the band of the regi-
ment ; the coffin carried on an artillery gun-car-
riage, and the pall borne by Capt. Parker and other
relatives of the deceased, and by the officers in com-
mand in Edinburgh garrison ; the remainder of the
regiment, a battery of Royal Artillery from Leith
Fort, a squadron of the 4th Hussars from Piershill
Barracks, and a detachment of Royal Marines from
her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, guardship of the Firth
of Forth. The distance to the place of burial was
nearly two miles, and the entire route was thronged
with spectators. Lieut.-Col Parker was a nephew
of Sir William Parker, Admiral of the Fleet. He
joined the army in 1842, and had served with great
distinction in the Crimea and Central India. He
wore the sth class of the order of the Medjidie and
other honours.

ller Majesty's iron steam storeship Wye, Com-
mander V. G. Roberts, from the West Coast of
Africa, having discharged her stores in the basin at
Woolwich, is ordered to be paid out of commission
on Monday next. The officers report the sanitary
state of the ship duriug the period of her station on
the coast as having been remarkably good. From a
crew of 100 men and boys two deaths only occurred
during the 41 years' commission. She brought home
100 tons of coals as ballast and a quantity of old
stores. With the exception of some defects in the
screw shaft of the rudder, which has been in nee 18
years, the ship and machinery are in a tolerably
good condition. After being overhauled and refitted
it is expected that she will be recommissioned for
the same station.

The steam tender Bustler, Second Master J.
Draper, having completed repairs to her paddle-
boxes, &c., was yesterday undocked at Woolwich,
and again entered on the duties of the dockyard.
"ler Majesty's 22 gun screw steam frigate Endy-
mion, of 2,478 tons, to be fitted with 500 horse
power engines, will be launched shortly at Deptford
and will be completed for sea at Sheerness. The
whole of her engine gear, boilers, and machinery
have been forwarded from Woolwich to Sheerness in
the Dec and a couple of dockyard lighters, which
left Woolwich yesterday morning in tow of the
Monkey, Second Master Smithers.
The 6-gun paddle sloop Spiteful, lying in ordi-
nary at Woolwich, has been in readiness for some

weeks to hoist the penny ,nt for sea, but on account
of a couple of leakages 'laving been discovered in the
hull it is expected that she will be redocked and re-
paired before she i.. commissioned. It is stated to be
highly probable tl tat some spots of dry rot will be
met with on furth ,er examination, and that in conse-
quence she may lie detained some considerable time
at Woolwich.

Her Majesty'd iron paddle wheel vessel Oberon
has been un':iocked at Woolwich in readiness for
commission., and has been replaced in dock by the
iron paddle vessel Antelope to make good defects.
The re,hartered store-vessel Lady Milne yesterday
commenced shipping from Woolwich Arsenal 400
tors of hutting materials and other stores for
Bermuda.

The floating battery Etna, 16, 200 horse-power,
until recently attached to the third division of the
Chatham Steam Reserve, is now in the engineers'
hands for the purpose of having her boilers, engines,
and machinery removed, preparatory to being fitted
up as a floating residence for the members of the
dockyard police doing duty afloat ; the Nymph, the
frigate at present used as a police residence, being
required for other purposes.