The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-01 00:00:00

2LIE NA Vl'.

We have received the following letter from our
Malta correspondent, dated Valetta, July 26 :—Her
Majesty's ship Queen, 86, Capt. C. F. Hillyar,
arrived yesterday, under sail and steam from Bey-
rout. She brought one warrant officer, Mr. Gibbs,
and three seamen for Malta Hospital, and seven
seamen, invalided at Beyrout, en route for England.
She brings two men under sentence of imprison-
ment awarded by court martial. One seaman be-
longing to the Mars, died on the passage from
injuries received by a fall from a horse on shore, at
Beyrout. The Queen left Beyrout on the 11th
inst., at which time the Mars and Firebrand, and
the French frigate Mogadora were the only ships
of war there. The Icarus, 11, Commander Salmon,
V.C., sailed the same day for Jaffa. The Firebrand,
6, Commander Piers, arrived on the 7th inst. from
Malta with provisions and stores for the squadron. ;
The court martial alluded to above was held at
Beyrout on the 10th inst., to try two seamen be-
longing to the Mars, upon charges of insubordinate
conduct. The Court consisted of Capt. C. F. Hill-
yar, President ; and Commanders S. B. Piers, Her
-.Majesty's ship Firebrand ; R. Dawkins, Her Ma-
jesty's ship Mars, N. Salmon, V.C., Her Majesty's
ship Icarus; and H. B. Woolcombe. Her Majesty's
ship Queen. Mr. W. H. Fitzpatrick, officiated as
Judge-Advocate. Alfred Jones, able seaman, was
first brought to trial for striking the master-at-arms
and the officer of the watch, both being in the
execution of their duty. He was found guilty, but
in consequence of his previous good character was
only adjudged to receive 48 lashes, and to be im-
prisoned for 18 months with hard labour. The
Court then proceeded to try William Deverenx,
also an able seaman, upon the charge of making use
of abusive language to and striking the master-at-
arms. The Court found the prisoner guilty, and sen-
tenced him to receive 48 lashes, to be imprisoned for
two years with hard labour, and to be dismissed Her
Majesty's service with disgrace. The Qaeen is
under orders to join the Admiral at Corfu after
refitting and filling up with stores and provisions.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate Magicienne,
16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince Leiningen,
left Malta harbour for Corfu on the 24th inst. This
vessel, it is stated, is to convey to Athens the Hon.
Mr. Scarlett, recently appointed Minister to the
Court of Greece, in succession to the late Sir
Thomas Wyse, and to bring back the Hon. Mr.
Mr. Elliot, who has been actingpro tern. Brigadier-
General Bates, commanding the 2d Brigade, re-
turned to Malta on the 23d inst., from Italy in
the French packet Vatican. The only ships of war
in port are the Hibernia, receiving-ship (bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Codrington, C. 8.), the
Queen, 86 ; the Trident, 3 ; the Foxhound, 4 ; the
Alacrity, 4 ; the Surprise, 4 ; and the Wanderer,
4. The latter two are under orders to proceed to
Beyrout to strengthen the squadron on the coast of
Syria."
Yesterday morning the Lords of the Admiralty
arrived at Chatham for the purpose of making their
annual inspection of the dockyard, the division of
the Royal Marines, and the various naval establish-
ments at that port. The members of the Board
present were the Duke of Somerset, X.G., First
Lord ; Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey,
LC.B., Rear-Admiral C. Eden, C. 8., Capt. the
Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Mr. S. Whit-
bread, M.P.; Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence E.
Paget, C. 8., M.P., First Secretary to the Admi-
ralty_
; Rear Admiral R. S. Robinson, Controller of
the Navy; Col G. T. Green, director of Admiralty
Works ; and Capt. J. Moore, C 8., Private Secre-
tary to the First Lord. Their Lordships arrived
at the Chatham Railway station, from the Admi-
ralty, shortly after 10 o'clock, and proceeded at
once to the Royal Marine barracks, where the
-whole of the officers and men of the division,
numbering 1,200 of all ranks, were drawn up in
the barrack square. Their Lordships having in-
spected the front and rear of the ranks, the division
broke into companies and marched past, but owing I
to the confined state of the parade-ground no other
movements were executed. Their lordships inspected
the barrack-rooms, schoolrooms, libraries. &e., and I
proceeded to the west end of the barracks. There ex-
tensive works aro in progrcas for the erection of a I
separateblock of buildings or wing, which will afford
additional accommodation for some 800 officers and
men of thie br-neh of the eorvioo. Their lordships
were shown over the works by Col. Greene and
Mr. Rivers, principal clerk of the works at Chatham.
In the course of their inspection they expressed the
hope that every effort would be made to complete
the new building as speedily as possible, the greatest
inconvenience being now experienced from the want
of sufficient barrack accommodation for the Royal
Marines, several hundred of whom are compelled to
be quartered with the troops of the line. The eost
of the new building, including the purchase of land,
is estimated at £60,000, more than half of which
sum has already been expended. After leaving the
Royal Marine barracks the members of the board
proceeded to the naval hospital at Melville, where
they were received by Deputy-Inspector-General
C. R. Kinnear, M.D., and the medical staff of that
establishment. Their lordships visited a few of the
wards, which are made to accommodate several
hundred patients, and expressed themselves gene-
rally satisfied at the excellence of the arrangements
for the accommodation of the inmates. Before
visiting the dockyard they directed a certain num-
ber of the non-commissioned officers and men of the
Royal Marines to be marched to the gun-shed, in
order to witness the manner in which they went
through the gun drill. The battery is constructed
to represent the exact shape of the broadside of a
line-of-battle ship, and is fitted with 110-pounder
and 40-pounder Armstrongs, and the 68-pounder
and 32 pounder ordinary guns. The party of Royal
Marine gunners were under the command of Capt.
D. Blyth, instructor of gunnery, who put the men
through an extended course of gun drill. Not-
withstandiug the great size and weight of the guns,
they were moved about, cast loose, pointed,
lowered, and fired with the greatest appa-
rent ease, the facility and promptitude with
which all the movements were effected eliciting the
commendations of their Lordships. After spending
nearly an hour
at the gun battery, the Duke of So-
euerstt end the other members of the Board pro-
ceeded to the dockyard, where they arrived at 12
o'clock, just as the body of workmen were leaving
the y at d for dinner, r After transacting official busi-
ness at the office e Captain-Superintendent Fan-
shawe,Lordships inspected the stock of anchors
their
and other stores accumulated at the Anchor-wharf,
PerY, where the process of
and also visited the ro
spinning the largest
.ships' cables by means of power-
Passing
ful steam machinery is in full operation Passing
along beneath the sheds where the /I:.
ddlewheei etlndeer, 16,
the
250-horse power, and
Pa -ra7 Sa-
lamis, 4, same power, are building,
inspected the works which have
beendeepening sometheetntnt progress for widening and
to No. 1 dock. The operation of hanging the gates
at the entrance to this dock was completed the
not be used for
pre-
vious day. The dock, however, will
the reception of any vessels for some time
to come,
as
the Whole of its surface has been covered over. and
the area thus obtained converted into a workshop
for the men employed on the iron ship now building
at Chatham. Adjoining the first dock is that in
which the large iron frigate Achilles, 51, 1000 horse
power, is under construction, and here their Lord-
ships spent some time in inspecting the progress
made since the occasion of their former visit. From
the present state of progress, it is calculated that
the Achilles will not be completed and afloat before
the end of two years from this time. The Pylades,
22, 400-horse power, undergoing extensive repairs
in No. 4 dock ; the Menai, 22, the Belvidere, 51,
and the Myrmidon, 4, steamers, were also inspected.
The Bulwark, 91, the works connected with which
have bean suspended for upwards of a year, is
nearly half completed. She is intended Lobe the next
ship cut down either for an iron-plated frigate of the
itoyal Oak chasm or for a cupola shield ship on Capt.
Coles's principle,
The last vessel inspected was
the Royal Oak, iron
armour-plated ship, which is
already far advanced
in her plating, and will be
nohed in the course of lan few weeks when she will
go into So. 3 dock to be ,
v d Their lord-
ships Were some time inspeetio '
t both the exterior
and interior of this vessel. They also
inspected the
iailiwiAi; eNcmi, adjoini, the Royal

Oak'- nlip, ior the reception of the machinery for
preparing the plates which will encase that ship,
afterwards retraced their steps, visiting the mill-
wright's shop, smithery, metal mills, and other
establishments. The additional buildings erecting
adjoining the millwright's shop were also inspected.
Their lordships then visited the eastern end of the
dockyard, and inspected the piece of land which has
been taken possession of by the Government for the
enlargement of Chatham dockyard by the formation
of numerous additional docks, basins, and factories.
1 The excavations, and all the heavy portion of the
undertaking, will be performed by upwards of 1,000
convicts, several hundred of whom have been em-
ployed for more than a year past in manufaeturing
the bricks which will be used in the work. The pro-
posed extension of the dockyard is a work of such
magnitude that it is calculated it will be, at least,
six years in progress. After completing their in-
spection of this portion of the dockyard, the mem-
bers of the Board embarked in the Admiralty steam
yacht Osborne, and steamed down the harbour to
inspect the two forts which are being erected at
Folly Point and Bishop's-marsh, for the better pro-
tection of the entrance to Chatham harbour. Their
Lordships remained on board the Osborne last
night, and this morning will complete their inspec-
tion of the naval establishment at Chatham, after
which they will proceed to Sheerness.
Yesterday the following draughts were despatched
from Colchester Camp to join the service companies
of their regiments in India :-34 rank and file, 44th
Regiment, accompanied by Lieut. C. Maguire, En-
sign Stanley, and Ensign R. R. O'Grady; 1 drum-
mer and 33 rank and file, 56th Foot, under Capt.
Clutterbuck ; 1 officer, 2 drummers, and 30 rank and
file, 66th Regiment. This completes the draught
from Colchester Camp, and gives a total of 15 offi
cers, 4 sergeants, 7 drummers, and 258 rank and
file who have embarked for India during the month
of July.
One hundred and fifty men of the depot Royal
Artillery yesterday went down to Gravesend from
Woolwich, on board the Monkey stearotug, to em-
bark on board the troopship Dartmouth, for India.
The hired transport, the Bard of Avon, yester-
day commenced shipping war stores from Woolwich
Arsenal for Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The following appointments have been made in
the Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Honorary Lieut.
—Charles Hyne. To be Sub-Lieuts.—Henry Her-
bert Skinner and Philip Karslake Hancock.