The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-03 00:00:00

" Admiralty, Feb. 2.
" List of officers and men belonging to her Majesty's late
sloop Racehorse, and who were drowned when that
vessel was wrecked on the 4th of November, 1864, on
the North-West coast of Shantung, China.

"W. Farquhar, lieutenant; A. G. C. Tait, ditto ;
Thomas Dobbin, master ; J. E. Fawcett, surgeon ; G. M.
Dooley, chief engineer; Richard Crabbe, assistant pay-
master ; W. H. Phillips, assistant-engineer ; Edward Top-
ping, ditto ; T. W. E. Tickle, ditto ; Charles Porter, gun-
nee ; David Gingle. ditto ; James Keenan, second captain
foretop ; • Thomas Hart, gunner's mate ; Joseph Casey,
leading seaman; Henry Clay, second captain forecastle ;
George Craddock, leading stoker; S. Bourne, stoker;
Joshua Evans, ditto ; William Wilkinson, ditto ; M. Boyd,
ditto ; Archibald Wilson, ditto ; David Forrest, leading
stoker ; James Evendon, ditto ; Edward Flood, carpenter's
crew; G. M. Hearsay, ship's steward; James Constable,
A.B. ; George Winters, A. 8.; A. T. Lay, carpenter's crew;
G. H. Willard, A.B. ; Peter Webster, ship's cook ; F. S.
Richard, captain's coxswain ; James Mummery, quarter-
master; John Myers, sailmaker's crew; Thomas Whitelock,
chief carpenter's mate ; John F. Kirby, quartermaster ;
George Bailey, stoker ; Thomas Brozen, blacksmith ; Jas.
Veal, ordinary; A. Moon (.a Chinaman), ward-room cook;
William Cook, ordinary ; Henry Whitis, stoker second
Wm. Lucas, stoker second
William Watts, ordinary
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second class ; W. E. Thomas, ditto ; .George Baxter,
ordinary ; John Moore, A. 8., ; George Buckley, A.B. ;
John Hayward, A.B. ; A. J. Tucker, leading seaman ;
Tom Coball (an Indian), captain's cook ; Antonio Soice
(an Indian), officer's servant; Domingo Luis Coelho (an
Indian), ward-room steward ; Augustine Deos (an Indian),
engineers' servant ; Timothy Sullivan, A.B. ; Isaac
Jordan, chief boatswain's mate ; John Barry, ordinary ;
Thomas Smellie, ordinary second class ; Robert Burns,
ditto ; T. J. Malin, ditto ; Richard Farrell, A.B. ; W. W.
Jerred, ordinary, second class; Jesse Sharp, boy, first class;
Thos. Dixon, ditto; Richard Allen, ditto; William Vinton,
ditto ; Thomas Charlick, ditto ; Alfred Rippon, boy, first
class ; W. J. Kingwell, ditto; Robt. Crump, ditto ; William
Jones, ditto ; A. Malikin, boy, second class ; Samuel Rey-
nolds, sergeant, Royal Marines ; W. Woodhead, corporal,
Royal Marine Artillery ; William Brown, gunner, Royal
Marine Artillery ; George Taylor, ditto ; Samuel Rowe,
ditto; Richard Gibbon, ditto; A. Forrester, private, Royal
Marines; Eli Carpenter, ditto; Stephen Brown, ditto; James
Henry Miller, ditto ; George
Currey,olley, dittoditt;o.A. Burton, ditto ;

" List of Men drowned in her Majesty's ship Racehorse,
. .

while on passage to join the Insolent at Chefoo.

"E. P. Roberts, second master ; W. Smith, leading
stoker; Thomas Simmonds, stoker; Thomas Toucher,
ditto ; Taff Thomas, ditto ; Brain, ditto ; Coombs,
ditto ; William Barnes, corporal, Royal Marines ; Mar-
shall, private, Royal Marines ; M'lsTellity, ditto ; Ro-
boy, second class ; Robert
bHienrsboenrt,
,dditittoto;. Daniel Kerney,

" This list was obtained from the surviving crew, who
state it is correct to the best of their knowledge. It is also
doubtful whether there was not another marine on board
for the Insolent, as all the survivors agree that there were
five marines, but his name cannot be ascertained. They
were sent from the Adventure to the Racehorse on the 2d
of November, 1864.
" List of Officers and Men Saved from the Racehorse:—
C. R. F. Boxer, commander; W. 11. Thompson, paymaster;
W. Lowlett, boatswain; John Hollis, boatswain's mate;
Owen Roberts, A.B. ; William Eaton, ditto ; Wm. Nicholls,
stoker; Thomas Pugh, gunner, Royal Marine Artillery;
William Washington, private, Royal Marines.
" J. W. WEBB, Commander."

Naval and Military iniettrt ce.

The following General Order has been issued from
the Horse Guards to all the military stations in the
United Kingdom, accompanied by Major-General
Hay's annual report of musketry instruction during
the past year :

" Horse Guards, Jan. 2.

" His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-
in-Chief has directed that the accompanying return, showing
the corps serving in the United Kingdom, the Channe 1
islands, North America, and Mauritius, that have completed
the annual musketry course for 1864-5, on the revised
system of practice, with the figure of merit,' the per cen-
tage of men in first and third classes in shooting, and in
the first class in judging distance practice, and of those
'not exercised,' be published in the General Orders of the
Army. This return records also the results of the rapid
file-firing, and of the skirmishing practice. The shooting
is bad in all cases in which the 'figure of merit' is below
50, when the average points in file-firing are under 12, and
in skirmishing under 8, and when the time taken to expend
10 rounds in rapid file-firing exceeds seven minutes, it evi-
dences defective instruction in the platoon exercise.
"By command of Iris Royal Highness the Field-Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief.
" A. H. HORSFORD, Deputy-Adjutant-General.
The iron frigate Valiant, master in charge, N. G.
Arguinbau, arrived at Spithead at noon yesterday
from Sheerness. She will be taken into Portsmouth
Harbour and docked before making her official trial
of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, and
being reported ready for commission.
. The Himalaya, iron screw troopship, Capt. Lacy,
in the Warrior dock at Portsmouth, is having her
bottom recoated with the preservation and anti-
fouling compositions of Messrs. Peacock and Buchan.
When this process is completed the Himalaya will
be removed from the dock to make room for the
iron frigate Valiant.

The Helicon, improved paddle despatch vessel,
launched at Portsmouth on the 31st ult. has been
placed alongside the Sheer jetty of that dockyard to
remove her launching ballast, and prepare for the
reception of her machinery.
The Salamis, paddle despatch vessel, Commander
Francis G. Suttie, is ordered to make a final official
trial of her speed at the measured mile in Stokes
Bay, near Portsmouth, in order to furnish the neces-
sary returns with which to compare the results that
may be obtained in the forthcoming trials of the
improved despatch vessel Helicon, ordered, as soon
as ready, to make her trials at the same port, under
as nearly as may be possible similar conditions.
The Rinaldo, 17, screw corvette, Commander
Hon. M. H. Nelson, recently arrived at Portsmouth
from service on the North America and West India
Station, is dismantling alongside the dockyard, and
will be paid out of commission on the 10th inst.

The Imperial Ottoman squadron now at Ports-
mouth, consisting of a screw liner and two screw
frigates, will commence their trials of speed over the
measured mile- in Stokes Bay about the 10th inst.
Some 8-inch rifled Armstrong guns are daily ex-
pected to arrive at Portsmouth for the squadron.
A Mackay gun, 7-inch gun, and a Blakely gun,
of the same calibre, are about to be forwarded to
H.M.S. Excellency at Portsmouth for experimental
competitive practice with other guns now on board
the Excellent. The results are looked forward to
with the greatest interest.
The screw steam frigate Narcissus, 89, of 2,665
tons, and having engines of 400-horse power, was
placed yesterday (Thursday) in No. 2 dock at the
Devonport dockyard, for the purpose of being fitted
for the first division of the steam reserve, probably
to carry a flag.

The iron-cased screw steamship Caledonia, 35,
from the steam reserve at Devonport, was placed
yesterday in No. 1 dock at Keyham steam-yard for
the purpose of remedying some defect in her bottom.
The screw steam corvette Cadmus, 21, Captain
Alexander C. Gordon (which came into collision
with the bark Maynards), having had defects made
good at Devonport, left Hamoaze yesterday (Thurs-
day) morning, and proceeded into Plymouth Sound.
She began immediately to receive her powder, and
A portion of the cargo
will sail again forthwith,