The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-27 00:00:00

ooue health. Mr. Feruz• was a man of remarkably
llnv prcsencsa, and co-_-.1,1 speak in public -,7ith can,
and force. But a certain mixture of shy-
n.ess and fastidiousness prevented him putting his
natural advantages to full use ; and though a most
effective representative, he was, in Parliament as at
home, regarded as a man who might have succeeded
in taking a much higher part in public life than he
chose to attempt.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, Jan. 21.—The arrivals of men-of-war
this week consist of the screw iron storeship Supply,
2, Master-Commander Bawden, on Thursday, from
England, with Government stores; the screw frigate
Liffey, 35, Capt. G. Parker, on Friday, from Athens;
and the despatch vessel Psyche, 2, Li eat. -Commander
R. Sterne, to-day, from Naples. The Liffey is under
orders to proceed to the West Indies, and she will
take her departure as soon as she can be got ready
for sea. The Austrian gun vessel Wall, Lieut. M.
de Montfort, continued her route on Monday for
Corfu and the Adriatic. Her Majesty's storeship
Fox, 2, Staff-Commander H. A. Moriarty, left this
morning on return to England. The alterations
to the iron-cased ship Royal Oak, 35, Capt. F. A.
Campbell, have been completed, and she left dock at
noon on Wednesday. She has had about 24 scuttles
cut for the better ventilation of her lower deck. The
operation of cutting these has been greatly facili-
tated by the ingenuity of Mr. Orde, foreman of fit-
ters in this dockyard, who has invented a machine
with which four men have been enabled to accom-
plish in 11 or 12 hours the drilling through the iron
plating, which it formerly took four skilled work-
men 14 days to perform*. She has also had a light
forecastle built on her, under which a convenient
sick bay is being fitted. Her old iron bowsprit has
been changed for a wooden one, which has been
fitted without steeve—that is, horizontally. How-
ever much her efficiency has been increased by this
arrangement, her appearance has certainly not been
improved. The iron screw ship Resistance, 16,
Capt. W. C. Chamberlain, went into dock on
Thursday to have her bottom cleaned and examined,
and it is expected she will be out of the hands of
the dockyard in a day or two. In rounding Isola
Point, while in tow of the naval tug Hearty, she
grounded, but she was got off soon afterwards. The
report of Her Majesty's ship Gibraltar, 81, having
proceeded to England has been contradicted. Capt.
R. Coote, her new captain, joined her at Gibraltar
on the Ist inst., and it is now said that she will re-
turn from Cadiz to Gibraltar and Malta. Arumour,
however, still exists that she will be shortly ordered
home to relieve the Edgar, 71, as flagship to the
Channel squadron. We are daily in expectation of
hearing the news of the Malta and Alexandria Tele-
graph. Up to this morning nothing is known
further than the arrival of the Fanny Lambert at
Bengazi, and her departure thence to the spot where
the ruptureis supposed tohave takenplace—namely,
about 25 miles to the eastward of that station, and
whither Her Majesty's ship Cossack was ordered to
join her. Mr. J. E. C. Sullivan, formerly secretary
to Vice-Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8., left by the
Ellora on Sunday last for England."
The Turkish screw line-of-battle ship Kossova,
80, Admiral Edham Pasha, arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday from Southampton, where she has been
fitted with her machinery. In passing Osborne the
Kossova was dressed out in colours, her yards were
manned, and a Royal salute of 21 guns was fired
from her deck batteries in honour of the Queen's
presence at her marine palace. On arriving at Spit-
headthe Kossova exchanged the customary honorary
salutes with the flagship of the Port Admiral and
with the garrison saluting battery. After saluting
the Kossova steamed into Portsmouth harbour and
was berthed alongside:the jetty of the dockyard, to
complete the outfit for sea, in company with the
two Ottoman frigates which arrived at Portsmouth
a few days ago from the Thames. Admiral Edham
Pasha and the officers of the Ottoman squadron
were the guests of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour
at a ball given by the Commander-in-Chief of her -
Majesty's ships at Portsmouth, at the Admiralty
house, Portsmouth dockyard.
The officials connected with the master ship-
wright's department at Chatham dockyard have
been engaged during the last day or two in taking
copies and drawings of the plans of the Bombay
line-of-battle ship, the intelligence of the destruc-
tion of which has been received, to enable the Ad-
miralty to ascertain the nature of the fittings and
method of ventilation, as well as the arrangements
generally, of the spirit-room in which the fire on
board is stated to have originated. From the posi-
tion of the spirit-room and, the easy manner in which
access to it could be gained it is surprising that a
fire originating there was not easily extinguished. At
present, however, it would seem exceedingly impro-
bable that the spirit-room was the exact locality of
the fire, and the official particulars of the calamity
are therefore awaited with interest.
A public meeting has been held at Pembroke in
reference to the proposed removal of the Bth depot
battalion from the hut encampment at Pembroke
Dock. The Mayor (Mr. Dawkins) presided, and
there were also present Earl Cawdor, Mr. J.
H. Scourfield, M.P., Mr. Lort Phillips, M.P„
&c. A letter was read from Sir Hugh Owen, M.P.,
stating that before long he hoped a strong military
force would be 'stationed at Pembroke Dock. A
memorial was unanimously agreed to, addressed to
the Secretary of State for War, requesting his lord-
ship that, whatever changes may be made as to the
description of troops stationed at Pembroke Dock,
the total number should not be reduced.
It was stated in the Naval Intelligence of The
Sun, on Tuesday, that among ‘, the ships of war on
the Australian station was the Harrier, 17, Acting-
Commander Swan, at New Zealand." In this there
is a mistake. The Harrier is under the command
of Commander W. Fenwick, who joined his ship in
September or October last.

THROWING OIL OF VITRIOL—The cowardly and
cruel practice of throwing oil of vitriol and pepper

revivingcup ull of oil of
contents
a fonthaomman
in the faces of people supposed to beinworth robbing, or from
motiveseh.arged
wofithretvhroengwei,nigsa
police court yesterday a woman named Liverpool, and at the
Ann
vitriol Cooper was
with whom she had cohabited. The
fortunately. missed the man's face, but it destroyedo some ofP
his clothes. The prisoner, who said she did not care what
became of her, was remanded for seven days.
pro-
MuTINY OF PERUVIAN RECRUITS.—The
moters of the Peruvian expedition at Plymoth
u
are making strenuous exertions to accomplish the
effective manning of the two war corvettes.
agents in London are busy Their
collecting men willing
under the Peruvian flag. While their success,has
however, ihn
so far as bringing recruits to Plymouth is
concerned, to figt
been very satisfactory, to retain tho men on board in a due
state of subordination seems to be a difficulty. On Tuesday
16 men were shipped, and yesterday. 43. On Tuesday even.
the America, a largo number of her crew being loud in
made a rather
lug, however, a very awkward mutiny broke out on board
followingofficers. morning a
their denunciations a the accommodations and provisi
on board. This insubordinate spirit came to the a
know-
ledge of the officers. Hence a collision, in which
too free display of a pocket revolver heearrie and used
warra
thretsw were uttered, übtteoarredid, aaandcionoenofthtbee
coarse language. The result was that ill-feeling was en-
gendered
at length thatcrew
11, e it w is
as
palleged,ew
renewal of the quarrel tookplace,
by an officer. The officer
again exhibited. One of the when pistols were
wounded with a sword
erlesws was
in command, finding
enforce anything like discipline, was obliged to give way
'.O circumstancet, and over 30 deserters were allowed to go

on shore.sfa
cAtiontilhlas
cliticiesnsacy in the quality and quantity laragne.rsenn,umbe; are expected to desert. The
titthye rteefdethseers,from a
provisions
served
out, from appointing a half-caste as a petty officer over the
men, and from the harsh manner in which the duties of
the ship are carried on. On the other side it is alleged that
the deserters are a restless, ill-conditioned set of bad cha-
racters, who, having received two months' advance notes
and got them. cashed, are now anxious to break their en-
gagements and to return to London, to run over a similar
course with some other owners. The diet on board, it ap-
pears, consists of bread and cocoa for breakfast, meat and_
vegetables for dinner, and boiled beans or rice for supper.
Some of the men say that they were only induced to ship
in these vessels from a belief that they were really intended
for the Confederate service a la Alabama, and that the
agent who shipped them favoured this supposition. A
portion of the deserters being in a position to incur the
attendant expenses, have left Plymouth for their homes,
while others in a state of destitution have been charitably
entertained by some innkeepers.—Western NOrltilz.g NOM.