The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-03 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligenca.

The 23d company of Royal Engineers, under the
command of Capt. Reginald G. Thorold, will pro-
ceed from headquarters, Chatham, this week, to
the Government rifle-range at Milton, for the pur-
pose of going through a course of ball practice
prior to the embarcation of the company for the Cape
of Good Hope. Orders have also been received
directing the I.sit company of Royal Engineers to
be held in readiness to leave the camp at Alder-
shott and embark for service in Canada on or about
the 27th of this month. The officers who will proceed
with the company are Capt.- J. M. 11. Maitland and
Lieut. 11. Robinson. The 25th company of Royal
Engineers has received orders to be held in readiness
to proceed from Brompton Barracks, Chatham, to
Weymouth, while it will be employed in the repair
and teconstruction of. the defences on that part of
the coast. The whole of the companies will be aug-
mented to their full strength froth the depot com-
panies at headquarters. An order from the Horse
Guards directs that no man of bad character is to
be allowed to re-engage for service in the corps of
Royal Engineers on the expiration of his period of
limited enlistment.

The trial of the Salamis paddle despatch-vessel,
835 tons, 250-horse power, Commander F. G.
Suttie, took place on Thursday over the measured
mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, under un-
usually favourable conditions of wind and weather.
The wind had a force of from 1 to 2 only from
W.N.W., and the water was quite smooth. The
trial of the Salamis was attended with unusual inte-
rest, from the fact of her being the trial vessel se-
lected by the Admiralty to compare results with the
Helicon, a sister vessel in tonnage and with engines
from the same patterns, but with her fore-body con-
structed on Mr. Reed's elongated U plan, a form of
construction that has also been adopted in the
French Imperial marine by Depuy De Lowe in the
Solferino, Magenta, and other vessels. The Salamis
and Helicon are two out of four vessels of a new
class recently introduced into her Majesty's navy as
fast paddle despatch-boats, the other two being the
Enchantress (Admiralty yacht) and the Psyche.
The two latter vessels carry the old regulation
figure-head and gear, with bowsprit, &c., project-
ing beyond their stems ; but the Salamis and Hele-
con have nothing outside their stems, and carry
their stays from foremast and foretopmast down
to their stern-heads. The Salamis has an upright
stem, and her old lines abaft the stem, but the Helicon
has her stem thrown inboard (thus giving her the
" swanbreast" form of stem) and her lines aft as
designed by Mr. Reed, the Chief Constructor of her
Majesty's navy. The Helicon will make her trial
in about six weeks from this date. The Salamis
drew 10ft. 4in. of water forward and 10ft. Sin. aft.
with 180 tons of coals on board, and complete in all
respects for six months' sea service, with the excep-
tion of a few cask of provisions. The results of the
trial were as follows :--With full-boiler power.-
First run-revolution of engines, 31.75 ; time, 4m.
19sec. ; speed of ship, 13.900 ; steam, 26 ; vacuum,
25. Second run-revolutions of engines, 31.75 ;
time, 4m. 31sec. ; speed, 13.284 ; steam, 26.5 ;
vacuum, 24-5. Third run-revolutions of engines, 32;
time, 4m. 13see. ; speed, 14,220; steam, 26.5; vacuum,
24-5. Fourth run-revolutions of engines, 32; time,
4m. 37isec. ; speed, 12.996 ; steam, 26.5 vacuum, 24.5
Fifth run--revolutions of engines, 32 ; time, 4m.
ssec. ; speed, 14.694 ; steam, 26.5 ; vacuum, 24.5.
Sixth run-revolutions of engines, 32 ; time, 4m.
52sec. ; speed, 12.329 ; steam, 26.5 ; vacuum, 24.5.
The mean speed of the ship with full-boiler power
was 13.682 knots. With half-boiler power a speed
of 11.433 knots was obtained as a mean of two runs,
the revolution of the engines being 26.5 and 27 ;
the pressure 26, and vacuum 25. In making circles
with full power and turning to port 27 seconds were
expended in getting up the helm and bringing the
rudder to an angle of 25, with three turns of the
wheel and four men to man it, the half circle being
made in 2min. 39sec., and completed to the full
circle in
smin. 6sec. In turning to starboard, the
time occupied in
getting up the helm was 32 secs.,
the angle of the rudder being 2F5, with three turns
of the wheel, and the half circle made in 2 min.
40 sec., and the full circle in 5 min. 13 sec.
In both instances the revolutions of the
. engines before putting up the helm were 32 deg., and
lowered to 30 deg. afterwards. With half-power
the circles were made :in less than with
time
full power, as will be seen by the appended figures :
-Turning to port-Half circle madein 2 min. 5 sec.;
full do., 4 min. 15 sec. ; angle of rudder, 291 deg. ;
do. to starboard, half circle made in 2 min. 4 sec. ;
full do., 4 min. 5 sec. ; angle of rudder, 30 deg. The
temperature during the trial were,-On deck, 58

deg. to 60 deg, ; engine-room, 65 deg . to 62 deg. ;
forward stokehole, 70 deg. to 68 deg.; after do., 73
deg. to 75 deg. The engines and b oilers worked
most satisfactorily, and the diagrams on the indi-
cator cards were above the average. The engines
are constructed on the ordinary oscillating principle,
the cylinders having a diameter of 61in. and a 4ft.
6in. length of stroke. The paddlewheels have an
outer diameter of 20ft., 6in., and 17ft. from the
centre of motion. They are fitted with the fea-
thering floats. Messrs. Ravenhill and Salkeld are
the makers of the ship's machinery. The indi-
cated horse-power developed by the ship's engines
was 1,385, or nearly six times their nominal power.
Notwithstanding the smoothness of the water and
the absence of wind, the Salamis carried a rather
large furrow of a wave on each bow, but this
was very considerably less in volume than was ex-
hibited by the Enchantress or Psyche on their trials,
or by the Royal yacht Alberta.
The screw frigate Bristol, 39, 600-horse power,
fitting for the first division of the Chatham Steam
Reserve, is ordered to have her armament altered by
the substitution of four 110-pounder rifled Arm-
strongs, in lieu of eight of the 40-pounder Arm-.
strongs. Instructions have likewise been received
at Chatham for the armament of the Undaunted,
Newcastle, Forte, Arethusa, Phaeton, and Eurotas
to be altered in the same manner.

The Challenger, 22,1,462 tons, 400 horse power, re-
cently paid off into the 3d division of the Chatham
Steam Reserve, after being in commission four years,
is again being brought forward for commission, and
has been placed in No. 3 dock at Sheerness, where
the work of preparing her for sea is being carried
forward as rapidly as possible. The repairs to the
engines and machinery are ordered to take prece-
dence of those of the other vessels. It is reported
that this fine corvette is again intended for service
with the North American and West India squadron,
the Admiralty being in favour of employing vessels
of this class for that station as being more healthy,
and at the same time more economical, than any
others. The Challenger is fitted with a spar deck,
which is a great improvement to the corvette class
of ships.

The sailing ship Nile, Commander Owens (one of
Messrs. Green's fleet of Indiamen), the arrival of
which in the Channel from India with dates from
Calcutta we reported on Thursday, arrived atPorts-
mouth next morning with the left wing of the 52d
Regiment on board, consisting of Major Crosse, in
command ; Captains Keyworth and Parry ; Lieu-
tenants Wingfield (and Mrs. Wingfield), Mickel-
burgh, and Barwell ; Ensigns Blakeney, Scott, and
Adams ; Assist.-Surg. Goharty, 243 men, 11
women, and 28 children. The Nile was towed into
Portsmouth harbour on Friday afternoon, and im-
mediately afterwards the troops were landed at the
dockyard and marched into the Cambridge-barracks,
Portsmouth, to join the headquarters. The disem-
barcation of the troops was effected in one hour and
a half from the time the ship entered the harbour,
at the end of which time she had sailed again for
London.

On the 11th ult. a seaman fell from the mainyard
of her Majesty's ship Shannon. The vessel was
going at the time ten knots an hour, with a heavy
sea running. A boat was instantly lowered, man-
ned by volunteers, under the command of Lieut.
Law. The tackle unfortunately fouling she was
stove against the ship's quarter. The crew were,
however, saved by lines promptly thrown to
them. Lieut. Law was the last to leave the
sinking boat. While hanging to a rope he sustained
a severe fracture of the leg by the damaged craft
being hurled against the ship's side by the sea,
and crushing him between the two. He was ulti-
mately rescued from his perilous position by two
men who at great risk to themselves hauled him in
at a porthole. The sailor who fell overboard in the
first instance, notwithstanding further efforts made
for his recovery, was drowned. Lieut. Law, who is
a nephew of the Earlof Ellenborough, is progressing
favourably at Portsmouth.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Lawrence A. Bell, to the
Rattlesnake ; Henry B. Long, midshipman, to the
Achilles ; Silas H. Liddell, second master, to the
Dasher ; John Limber, acting second-class assist.-
engineer, to the Asia ; Rear-Admiral C. Frederick,
to be senior officer at Cork, vice Sir L. Jones,
whose period of service has expired ; Captain
T. Miller, to the Royal George, vice De Courcy,
whose period of service has expired ; Commander
G. L. Norcock, to the Hibernia, vice Hervey, whose
period of service has expired ; Lieut. C. D. Inglis,
to the Hastings, to be Flag Liicut. to Rear Admiral
Frederick ; Lieut. Francis Stirling, Lieut. Henry J.
Carr, Lieut. John It. T. Fullerton, Lieut. Henry E.
Mandeville, and Lieut. H. llamond to the Nar-
cissus ; Frank Inglis, master, to the Cumberland,
for the Minotaur ; James 11. G. Brown, paymaster,
to be secretary to Rear Admiral Frederick ; William
F. Barry, master's-assist., to the Hector ; Geo. F.
Clark, master's-assist., to the Rattlesnake ; Henry
A. Eastber and John C. Houghton, masters'-assists.,
to the Edgar ; Henry E. Weaver and J. W. Bar-
nard, masters'-assists., to the Dasher; J. Sanders,
chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Minotaur;
J. Hopwood, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Cum-
berland, for the Minotaur ; Thomas Vickery, Jas.
M‘Millan, and Alexander Dewar, promoted to
first-class engineers ; Edward J. 0. Lanham,
acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia ;
Capt. C. A. Campbell, to the Narcissus, commis-
sioned ; James S. Watts, master, to the Narcissus ;
Sub-Lieut. Arthur S. Phillpotts, Sub-Lieut. James
B. Haye, and Sub-Lieut. Arthur G. Fullerton, to
the Narcissus ; the Rev. T. E. Gutteres, to be chap-
lain and naval instructor to the Narcissus ; Thomas
S. Hoghton, Francis 11. N. Harvey, Henry P. T.
Skinner, Edmund S. Poe, Charles V. Strange, Henry
C. Bigge, Richard G. Day, Charles E. Morison,
Arthur Forlonger, Francis E. Ramsden, Charles C.
Drury, Charles G. Prater, and Frederick A.
Blackett, midshipmen, to the Narcissus ; Charles A.
Stephenson, Digby J. H. Hamilton, George F.
Hall, Thomas Mac Gill, and James N. Hill, naval
cadets, to the Narcissus ; James D. Gilpin, pay-
master, to the Narcissus; Charles S. Marsh, assist.-
paymaster, to the Lion ; John S. Andrews and
Arthur Hodson, assist.-paymasters, to the Nar-
cissus ; Charles Heyward, Thomas M. Moffat, and
Edward Leah, master's assistants, to the Narcissus ;
John W. Bown, master's assistant, to the Geyser ;
and Francis H. Trollope, assist.-clerk, to the Nar-
cissus.

THE VOLUNTEERS.

TIIE EASTER MONDAY REVIEW.

On Saturday Colonel Erskine, inspector-general
of volunteers, the authorities of the War-office, and
those of the Brighton Railway Company and Cor=
poration finally completed their arrangements for
the forthcoming Easter Monday volunteer review on
Brighton Downs.

It has been determined that the chief command
at the review shall be given to Major-General Sir
R. Walpole, K.C.8., commandant at Chatham,
who will be assisted by an efficient staff, including
the new volunteer inspector-general. The brigadiers
on the occasion are to be distinguished by a crimson
sash, and will be chosen from the following com-
manding officers, viz.—The Duke of Wellington,
Viscount Ranelagh, Lord Radstock, Lord Elcho,
Lieutenant-Colonel T. E. Bigge, Viscount Bury,
Earl Grosvenor, Lieut.-Colonel J. 11. Macdonald,
Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Barttelot, Lieut.-Colonel G.
E. Thor°ld, Lieut.-Colonel E. Dunsmore, and
Lieut.-Colonel J. S. Walker.

The railway arrangements will be entirely under
the command of Licut.-Col. G. Hawkins, the traffic
manager of the London, Brighton, and South Coast
Railway, assisted by other members of the Railway
Officers' Corps, who have been invited to join him,
should any necessity arise. The arrangements for
the departure of the troops from the London-bridge
and Victoria stations will be most effective, and the
shed placed at the disposal of the volunteers on
their arrival in case of wet weather will be sufficient
to accommodate several thousands. For arrival
departure the large amount of space at the disposal
of the company at Brighton, and the number of
lines of rail they have at their terminus, will enable
each train to draw up at its own particular siding
or platform, without interfering with any other, and
thus facilitate the movements of the volunteers, and
on the ream journey to London in the evening