The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-15 00:00:00

-'46,a1 and itliticary inteing,ence.

Brevet Lieut.-Col. Maceath, having partially recovered
from the severe indisposition under which he has been in-
valided for some mouths past, resulting from wounds re-
ceived in the trenches of Sebastopol, has been appointed t
substantive rank, and ordered to hold himself in readiness
to take the command of the depot battalions at Glasgow,
whither he is to proceed on Tuesday next from Woolwich.
The augmentation of the corps of Royal Engineeers at
Brompton Barracks Chatham is being proceeded with,
and ha's met with considerable success.
A board of commissioners from Chelsea Hospital assem-
bled yesterday at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, for the
purpose of inspecting a large number of Crimean and other
troops, who had been recommended to the board for dis-
charge, owing to their unfitness for further service. The
number inspected was nearly 200, the whole of whom will
be discharged from Chatham on Thursday next.
The court-martial on Lieut. Deane, of the 22d Regi-
ment, re-assembled yesterday at Gosport, but sat with
closed doors, not even the prisoner or his solicitor being
admitted to or cognisant of the proceedings.
Her Majesty's ship Raleigh, 50, Commodore the Hon
Henry Keppol, C. 8., will go to Spithead to-day, and leave
next week for the East India station.
A mortar boat will be hauled up to-day on the experi-
mental laying-up slip, on Haslar beach, for the preserva-
tion of the gunboat flotilla, and if successful a gunboat
will be haule I up on Tuesday as a preliminary trial before
the whole batch (40 in each tier) are so disposed of.
The steam troopship Nugent,- Commander Phillips, left
Portsmouth yesterday afternoon fur Plymouth, to embark
draughts of the let and 71st Re invents.
The new screw frigate Diadem, 32, and the paddle sloop
Furious, 6, were taken into the steam basin yesterday at.
Portsmouth, the former to receive her machinery and the
latter for repairs.
The Simoom steam troopship got up steam yesterday in
the steam basin at Portsmouth. She is ordered to be ready
for service.
The Stamboul hired freightship embarked a body of the
British German Legion from the Vivid met chant ship yes.
torday, at Spithead, for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Clarissa, commissariat transport No. 71, arrived at
Spithead yesterday afternoon from the East with stores.
The steam tender Monkey, Second-Master George Syn-
dercome, commander, arrived atWoolwich yesterday morn-
ing, with the remnant of the brig Forrester, of Sunderland,
in tow, which has been firelogged sine, Wednesday at Long
Reach, near Purfleet. Information of the circumstance w) a
conveyed to Mr. M`Donald, master attendant of Woolwich
Dockyard, on Wednesday morning, at 1 a.m., by one of the
inspectors of the Coastguard service, who immediately
i,-reed instructions to -,;et up steam on board the Monkey.
Ain :tugford, commander of the Fisgard, in charge of 4.0
eupernu, neraries of the fleet, proceeded to the spot, and
found the ,:essel already scuttled near the water's edges
and unapproatskable from the violence of the conflagration.
of the cargo, which consisted
By reason of th
s, e ...I'
totally of Russian 118.:i
"Yane
tYhe brig did not sink. The float-
worked so as to pour torrents of
ing engine was effectual)).
s for 14 hours, when the fire
water upon the burning
,eared to be extinguished.
was subdued, and eventually ap,
in" for au hour's rest,
The men were then ordered to " tun:
y from the theywren: again set to
but flames again issuing
removed. The
work until every appearance of fire was
of the dis-
masts were cut away from the commencemen:
aster, and the whole of the bulwarks, decks, ant
stern 6f
the vessel were burnt. The Forrester was yestenlay- morn-
ing towed up to Deptford iu so reduced and charred a s:nte,
that it was a matter of considerable astonishment she key),
afloat. It appears that the fire was occasioned by some
defect in the cabin stove.
The crew of the steam corvette Satellite, 21, Captain
Prevost, were paid wages in Plymouth Sound on Wednes-
day. She is appointed to leave to-day for South America.
The Indus, 78, is ordered to be masted and commissioned
at Plymouth. It is stated that she will relieve the Bos-
cawen, 70, flag of Rear-Admiral Fanehawe, in the WeE t

Indies.
The Australian Auxiliary Company's steam clipper
Istamboul, Captain John Edward Colo, arrived in Ply_
mouth Sound yesterday morning. She is appointed to
leave to-day, with mails direct for Melbourne, and will
probably be detained at Plymouth until midnight.

SERIOUS FRAUD.—At the Town-hall, Nottingham, en
Thursday, the 13th inst., Messrs. J. and E. Maddocks,
silk-throwsters, Derby, were brought up on remand
before the Mayor, on the following charge :—Mr. Beck,
lace-manufacturer, Nottingham, some time ago sent the
prisoners a quantity of silk for the purpose of being
throNn, which, instead of returning, they had sold to
several firms in Nottingham. After a short hearing t! e
prisoners; were fonher remanded until Wednesday next.
The following are among the latest arrivals and de-
partures from Douglas's Hotel, Edinburgh :—The Duke
nd Duchies; of Bucclench, Earl of Dalkeith, and Ladies
S.iott for Bo ; Lord Francis Russell and Miss Rus-
sell for the South ; Hon. Mr. Heatbcote an Mr. Batson
for Drummond Castle ; Lady Wm. Paget, lion. Mr.
Gage and party, and Sir Chas. linightlev ; lion. J,,bn
Elliott ; Captain Alex. Innes and Mrs. tones ; Ge, r 4.3
D.napst.!r, Es q , of Skibo, and Miss Dempster ;
Mar
quis and Marchioness of Tweeddale and Ladies HO, his
Highness the Maharjah Dhuleep Singh, Sir John ander
Lady Logan, Countess of Albemarle and Mr..S_t_ssoo:
lion. Mrs. Norton, Lord and Lady Lindsay, Sot''
LWady
and Mrs. Mauls, Earl of Effingham and
Ann. Baird, Mr. and Mrs. N 1 `Garle, LoriTl?ty'uffy:lri!ly.4.
Capt. Litt'edale, Sir David Baird, Lord and Lady_
WR_ lt
18 a. ell,t
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LadyEl3. and Mrs.
RLaudssyeilli,ulNithr;eann,dl‘slirr.sa.nTloirrg:.
btewart, of St. Fort.