The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-05 00:00:00

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In consequence of the order that has been given -•••,,kizaitzlf6.,:i:;-
the Secretary of State for War that the whole of the ha
married non-commissioned officers and private soldiers ' 11 S
belonging to regiments and depots at the Provisional
Battalion, Chatham, shall be supplied with separate
rooms, apart from the unmarried soldiers, some exten-
sive alterations and improvements are in progress at
Chatham. The whole of the quarters now occupied by
the officers now belonging to Chatham Batracks, form-
ing the Terrace, at the Provisional Battalion, are to be
given es for the use of the pay sergeants and sergeants
of the depots at Chatham, each of whom will be sup-
plied with two rooms. This alteration has been made
by order of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief,
who, on the occasion of his recent visit to Chatham,
directed that, instead of new buildings being erected fur
the married non-commissioned officeis, they should take
possession of the officers' present quai tore, an order hav-
ing also been given for a large suite of buildings near the
fortifications at Prince Henry's Bastion, to be occupied
exclusively by the officers belonging to the Provisional
Battalion.
The 7th Hussars have left York for Northampton,
their ultimate destination being the camp at Aldershott
or the barracks at Dorchester.
The following movements have taken place in the
camp at the Curragh :—Lieutenant-General Sir Richard
and lady England have arrived at the Curragh, and
Major-General Shirley, who has taken command of the
second brigade ; Major Mann has been appointed his
Brigade Major. Colonel Bedford, 69th Rifles, commar da
the first brigade until the arrival of Major-General
Gough, from Belfast. Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, 17th
Lancers, has joined and assumed the duty of Assistant-
Adjutant General. Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals, Dr.
Cruickshank, has been appointed Principal Medical
Officer, vice Dr. Clarke, ordered to Dublin. The Rev.
Mr. Hudson is appointed Presbyterian Minister here.
Major Bewes is appointed Inspector of Musketry. Great
attention is paid to this branch of the service ; practice
goes on from morning till evening. One captain, one
subaltern, and 100 of the Scots Greys have arrived. The
detachment of artillery has been ordered to Athlone,
keying Captain Purvis in command.
The First Brigade—let Royals, ZBth, and 56th Regi-
ments ; the Second Brigade-18th, 51st, 94th, and 18th
are at the Curragh.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :
Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, to the Raleigh ;
Lieutenant T. B. Cellinson, to command the Bustard,
vice Lieutenant Viscount Gilford ; Lieutenant T. C.
Bruce, to the Miranda ; Lieutenant J. G. Goodenough,
Lieutenant Viscount Gilford, Lieutenant his Serene
Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, and Lieutenant
J. S. Graham, to the Raleigh; John Hayden, Midship•
man, to the Conflict; J. R. Majendie, Naval Cadet, to
the Cressy ; and Daniel M'D. Jago, Master, to the
Raleigh.
The Wasp, 13-gun screw steam-iloop, Command. r
Stirling, left Sheerness on Wednesday last, at 10 a.m.,
on a trial trip, under the superintendence of Mr. George
Blaxland, civil engineer, of the dockyard here. After
proceeding a short distance it was found that steam
could not be procured to bring the engines up near her
proper maximum, for want of sufficient draught in the
engine-room and stokeholes. Throughout the day's trial
they could not procure more than 421 b. pressure, giving
a speed of 4 knots and 3-I Oths. The only altereative
now left (as proposed by Mr. Blaxland) is to lengthen
the funnel, and introduce blast locks in the stokehole to
increase the draught in the funnel. Her engines worked
most satisfactorily when there was steam enough gene-
rated to keep them in action: s
The Eurotas steam-frigate, on her way to England,
put into Gibraltar on the 24th of August for coals, and
was to sail for Portsmouth on the 26th. She has been
obliged to depend on her sails for the most part, on ac-
count of the leaky state of the boilers. There was a
good deal of fever on board when she first entered the
Mediterranean, but she is now quite healthy.
The screw steam-ship Sanspareil, 70, Captain Astley,
C. Key, was placed in dock at Devonport on Monday.
The crew of the iron screw steam store-ship Hima-
laya, Captain Benjamin P. Priest, were paid off at
Devonport on Monday. She is to be recommissioned.
The dismantling of the screw steam-frigate Liffey, 51,
and the screw steam-csrvette Satellite, 21, was com-
menced at Devonport on Wednesday.
The Warrior convictsship, at Woolwich, having been
found in an extreme state of decay, it has been judged
desirable to commence forthwith the removal of a por-
tion of the inmates. Major Stewart, of the 92d High-
landers, who has received the appointment of Deputy
Governor of the consolidated establishment at Chatham,
will assume the duties of bispost on the 15th inst., and
will on that day proceed, in charge of 100 convicts from
the Warrior, to the newly-erected prison at Chatham.
No further change will take place until the let of Octo-
ber, when, most probabiy, a greater number will be
transferred. The removal of the invalids will not take
place for the present. The governor and the chaplain
will continue to occupy the Warrior until the final ar-
rangements are completed. The collective number on
board the hulks is at present 668, namely—the War-
rior, 353 ; and the Defence, 315. Captain Buller is
constituted governor of the new establishment, with a
salary (According to the official estimate) of 5001. per
annum, to be annually increased 151. Lieutenant Byrne,
governor of the Defence, and Captain Keyte, the deputy,
have received an announcement that their services will
not be required after the dissolutian of the estata
ishment at Woolwich. A number of the warders will
retire on the superannuation list. The Rev. Mr. Marsh,
chaplain of the Warrior, is to be retained for the esta-
blishment at Chatham, and will be assisted in his duties
by a second clergymar, who i to join on the 15th inst.
from Dartmouth. A number of free labourers have been
hired to replace the convicts in the dockyard.
Her Majesty's ship Raleigh, 50-gen sailing-frigate,
was commissioned yesterday, at Portsmouth, by Captaia
the Hen. H. Keppel, C. 8., to carry his broad pendant to
the East India and China station.

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