The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-11 00:00:00

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Frederick P. Doughty to command the Weasel

Lieut. Howard Kerr and Frederick W. Read, mas-
ter, to command the Manilla, to be appointed to
those ships when recommissioned in China ; Staff-
Commander J. C. Hutchings, promoted to the rank
of retired captain ; Lieut. B. S. Hamilton and
Lieut. J. F. Baker to the Revenge ; Lieut. W. W.
Smyth to the Impregnable ; Lieut. Uved ale C.
Singleton and Lieut. R. S. Hunt, to the Princess
Royal; W. L. Dodds, master, to the Bulldog;
Haben B. Hunt, Francis B. Christiana, and Wm.
H. James, masters, additional to the Princess Royal ;
Sub-Lieut. C. D. Ryder, to the Formidable ; Ernest
R. Rolfe, John R. Prickett, John D. Deane, Ed-
ward Goldney, William Henry Monckton, William
H. Bristow, Charles Edward Huggins, Phillip E.
Cresswell, and Herbert S. 'Taylor, midshipmen, to
the Princess Royal, for disposal ; Richard B. Sayce
and Richard Keown, naval cadets, to the Princess
Royal, for disposal; George F. Elliott and' Ray-
mond H. Carrall, surgeons, additional to the Prin-
cess Royal ; Frederick A. P. Hans, John N. Stone,
and George Curtis, additional to the Princess Royal ; I
George H. Maunsell, Assist-Surg., to the Salamis ;
Thomas N. W. Colahan, Assist.-Surg., additional
to the Cumberland ; William Lockhart, Assist.-
Surg., to the Helicon ; Robert Towers, Second
Master, additional to the Princess Royal ; William
R. Stevens, Second-Master, to the Dee ; and Thos.
B. H. Rapson, Second-Master, to the Dromedary.

The Volunteers.

INSPECTION OF THE SECOND SURREY ARTIL-

LERY.

On Saturday the official inspection of the Second Surrey
Artillery took place at Brpomswood, the residence of Sir
Charles Forbes, Bart., on the western or Tooting side of
Clapham-common, in the presence of a large though select
body of spectators, wliawere admitted by ticket only into
the grounds, as well as a great number of local gentry who
were in their carriages.

Colonel Moberly, C. 8., 8.A., was the inspecting office;
and the regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. C. A.
Durnford, assisted by Major Jenkins and Captains Spark,
Sturges, Freshwater, M'Lean, and Thos. Porter, mustered,
820 men, and had a full battery of six nine-pounder field
guns. The ground was kept by a strong detachment of
the Second Middlesex (her Majesty's Customs) Artillery,
under command of Captain Englebach. The battalion
having received the inspecting officer in review order, the
batteries being fully horsed and equipped for field service,
the evolutions commenced. The battery formed in line at
full interval, and gave the general salute, and marched
past in column of divisions, and then wheeled up to the
left, halted action, fronted, and fired independently. Front
limbered up, battery advanced and halted, formed column
of divisions in the rear of the right, and then formed line
on the leading division. When sufficiently to the rear the
battery formed on the right reverse, and then by divisions
left wheeled and formed line to the left on the leading
column, advanced from the right along the front in
column of divisions, right divisions left wheel up, and
halt, action front. The battalion movements consisted of
opening the ranks for inspection, and then again forming
in close order, opened column right in front, and marched
past in quick time, left wheel into line, close column in
rear of No. 1, deploy on the leading company, quarter
distance column in front of the left company, deploy
on the rear company, open column left in front from close
column on the rear company, change column to the rear by
the wheel o€.-subdivisions round the centre, open out to
wheeling distance from the rear. company, right wheel into
line, and stand at ease.

The infantry movements having been first gone through
in a very creditable manner, the field battery opened fire
with very great precision as well as rapidity, and limbered
up, and performed the whole of the field artillery move-
ments allotted to them in a manner which elicited thogood
opinion of a number of Royal Artillery officers who were
on the ground, which was by far too circumscribed to enable
them to fully develope the efficiency with which they had
evidently learned their gun drill and practice. After firing
some 40 or 50 rounds, until it became quite dark, the regi-
ment was formed up in square, the battery and Mounted
officers in the centre.

Colonel MABERLY then addressed them. He said it had