The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-09 00:00:00

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALLETA, Feb. 2.—Her Majesty's ship Cara-
doc, 2, paddlewheel despatch vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander E. H. Wilkinson, arrived on Sunday last
from Alexandria, to be docked and refitted. She
disembarked at that port Sir Henry Bulwer, our
Ambassador at Constantinople, who has proceeded
to Cairo to pass a portion of the winter in Egypt
for the benefit of his health. The Caradoc will re-
turn to Alexandria about the 23d of February to
convey his Excellency back to his post. Her Majes-
ty's ship Pelican, 17, screw corvette, Commander H.
W. Comber, which arrived on the 26th of January
from Zante, left on the 27th for iknghazi, to relieve
Maj'
the Cossack, 20, screw corvette, Capt. W. R. Rol-
land. The Pelican brought as passenger Mr. H. R.
Jones, 22d Regiment, and Miss Wodehouse. Her
Cockatrice, 2, screw gun-vessel,
Lieut.- esty s ship
Commander R. M. Gillson, arrived on the
27th Jan. from Tunis, having been relieved by the
Tyrian, 2, screw gun-vessel, Lieut. Commander P.
T. Murray. Her Majesty's ship Wanderer, 4, screw
gun-vessel, Commander M. C. Seymour, returned
from Naples on the 28th of January, bringing as
passengers Col. Howard Vyse, Commander H.
Fairfax, R.N., Miss Vyse, and Miss Carr Lloyd.
Her Majesty's iron screw frigate Resistance, 16,
Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, came out of dock on the
30th of January. Her bottom was found to be
exceedingly foul, by which her speed had been de-
teriorated to the extent of above four knots an hour.
She did not suffer any damage from having grounded
on Isola Point, when in tow of the tug Hearty.
The master of the tug was ill at the time, and his
place was supplied by another person. The
surveying-vessel Firefly, 5, Commander .G. R.
Wilkinson, and despatch-vessel Caradoc, 2, Lieut.
commander E. H. Wilkinson, will go into dock to-
gether in a day or two. Her Majesty's ship Liffey,
35, screw frigate, Call G. Parker, left to-day
for the West Indies, calling at Gibraltar. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Orlando, 46, screw frigate, Capt. G. G.
Randolph, and her Majesty's ship Magicienne, 16,
paddlewheel frigate, Capt. W. Armytage, went out
on Monday for gun practice, and after firing several
rounds at the Islet of Filfia, on the south coast of
Malta, returned to their moorings in the Great Har-
bour and Sliema Creek. During the night exercise
on board the Magicienne the vent-piece of a 40-
! pounder Armstrong blew out, and fortunately fell
overboard without doing any injury. There is a
rumour that her Majesty's ship Revenge, 73 (flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral H. R. Yelverton, C. 8.), at
present at Naples, will go home in March, and will
be relieved by the Caledonia, 35, iron-cased ship,
now at Devonport, Rear-Admiral Stopford and Mrs.
Stopford, Lieut. Jones, Bth Regiment, and Lieut.
Moffat, Bth Regiment, arrived by her Majesty's
ship Psyche from Naples. The English schooner-yacht
Gleam, C. Matthews master, having on board Mr.
G. Marshall, proprietor, and family, and Captain
Powell, left on Tuesday for Alexandria. Telegraphic
communication with Alexandria continues inter-
rupted, but we learn that after 13 days' fruitless
exertions the telegraph-ship Fanny Lambert suc-
ceeded in finding the cable on Jan. 25. A telegram
of this morning from Benghazi says it is blowing
strong from the north-west, as is also at present the

case here.
The sailing transport Cowlitz, having shipped 500
tons of building materials for the erection of staff-
sergeants' quarters in Sierra Leone, sailed yesterday
from Woolwich Arsenal to fill in at the London
Docks with chartered goods preparatory to departure.
The War Department steam-vessel Lord Panmure,
Mr. Moore commander, yesterday commenced ship-
ping two batteries of 40-pounder guns complete for
Cork, and guns, shot, &c., for Dublin.
A detachment, numbering 40 non-commissioned
officers' and men of. the.Roy-al Engineers, under the
command of S. K. Scott, has quitted head=quarters,
Brompton Barracks, Chatham, and proceeded to the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, for the purpose
of assisting in the instruction of the student cadets
in the practical details connected with sapping and
mining. The non-commissioned officers and men
selected for this service are those who have com-
pleted their course of fieldwork and other instruc-
tion at head-quarters.
A notification has been issued at Chatham Gar-
rison that the next examination of candidates for
commissions in the medical department of the
army will commence at Chelsea Hospital on Mon-
day, the 20th inst., before Major-Gen. F. W.
Hamilton, C. 8., Vice-President, and the members
of the Council of Education.
One of Capt. Blakeley's 16-ton 600 pounder guns,
made for the Russian Government, was yesterday
proved at the Woolwich butt, to test its efficiency
for being issued to order. The gun was fired a
couple of rounds, loaded each time with a charge of
601 b. of powder (being double the service charge)
and a shot weighing 6001 b. The Blakeley patented
copper cup to take the rifling and prevent the
escape of gas was also used, and was found to acce-
lerate the process of loading, and free the gun in a
great measure from the fouling experienced in the
use of the lead-coated projectiles. , After the proof
preparations were commenced by the Royal Engi-
neer department's Board of Works to lay down
the materials necessary for the erection of the
slides, platform, and carriage, which have been
made of wrought iron, and with which an official
trial, with the gun mounted, will be carried out in
a few days. Major Freeth, Inspector of Ordnance,
directed the proof, which will doubtless tend
to establish the employment of hammered cast steel
for guns of larger calibre, in a similar manner, in
our own service. Mr. Campbell attended the proof
on behalf of the Blakeley Ordnance Company; and
Col. Bolognese, the Peruvian Consul-General, to-
gether with other foreign representatives in London,
was likewise present.
The death of Gen. Sir Edward Nicolls, K.C.8.,
on the retired full-pay list of the Royal Marine
Light Infantry, at the age of 85
The deceased
an-
nounced at head quarters, Chatham.
General was one of the oldest officers in the service,_en
years, has been
his first commission bearing date in 1795._ den
serving the
serving as a lieutenant of Marines
Blanche frigate, he succeeded
cutter Albion from under the guns of Mon
severe wound during
San Domingo. He received a . . .
in capturingn ttehecFhrreisntcih,
distinguished part
the engagement. He also took a
in numerous otheruntil 1808, when he
commanded the Royal Marines
during the siege of
Curacoa. During t engagements
he American war he raised and
commanded
a regiment of Indians, and was senior
major of all the troopsHe was in no fewer than 107 actions
New Orleans.
engaged in the attack on
in various parts of the world, and had been very.
was
bayonetedincsabre
frequently wounded. He had his left leg broken and
his right leg severely injured, was shot through the
in
y and right
arm, had
lost the sight of an eye.
received
h ae
severe
hes t ,
nd cut
the h
head,
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :---G. L.
Poe, midshipman, to the
Liverpool; G. E. G.
Jackson, second master, to the
Fox ;G. B. Ilre ttt •
s co
, assist-paymaster in charge,
E
to the Acorn ;
B.
Impregnable ; and H. S. Hall, assist.-engineer, to
the Indus,

GAROTTE ROBBERY.—A gentleman while walking
from Hermitage-hill to James's-place, Leith, about
half-past 8 o'clock on Friday evening, was suddenly set
upon when half-waybetween the toll-bar andJames's-place
by three men. One of them placed his hands over the
gentleman's mouth, while the others covered his eyes, and
took from his pockets a silver watch, gold guard chain,
and four .£1 notes. After accomplishing their object the
robbers made their escape across the Links. In the course
of the night six men, well known to the police, were ap-
prehended in Edinburgh on suspicion of being concerned
in the robbery. They were brought before the police court
on Saturday morning and remanded till Monday morning.
The gentleman, though stunned for a time, was able to walk
home.—Scotsnuzn.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Wednes-
day, February B.—Admissions on payment, 496 ; ditto by
season tickets. 344—total visitors, 1,340.

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neighbouring friendly
country, and, for his part, wouirboe--
object to the introduction of
the bill.
Mr. SANDFrELD MACDONALD said he found there had
been a tacit understanding yesterday that the introduction
of the bill to-day would not be objected to. Ho therefore
withdrew his opposition.
The bill was then introduced and read a first time.
Second reading to-morrow.