The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-11 00:00:00

z49.,va ratitarY 1 2trwligence.

Her llajesty's ship Cxsar, 91, ( laP%a in ;Cohn Robb, w
inspected at Spithead ye %tar& ity by Vice-.A.dmir
Sir G. SeYmOur, 1C.C.3., the Co uunaL•dertin-Chief; her
crow were also tested as to their , proftei:f"ary in practical
gunnery.

Her Majesty's shit) Raleigh, 50, Commodore the Hon.
H. Keppel, 0.8., has her topgalla ut masts pointed and
lower and topsail yards across).
~
The Shannon, 51, Captain W. Peel, C. 8.„ is blacking
down previous to painting.
A t the monthly examination of:officers to qua lify for pro-
motion, and of candidates for entry into the see vice, which
terminated yesterday at the Royal Naval Conlege; Ports-
• mouth, the following passed anc; received certificates :
hates, R.N., for Lieutenants—P. P. :xmore, 0. G. Duff,
H. Kerr, G. Y. R. R,:ittray.'o. O'D:..Allingharu, W. H. H.
Grubbs), and E. W. Hawes. Second Master, R.N.,- for
Master- J. E. Knight. For Naval Cade is—C. W. Talbot,
W. B. Darwall, F. J. J. Elliot,' C. R. Harris, J. T. Bed-
ford, Paul Storr, F. D. Webb, R. D. Campbell, E. F. Kep-
pel, V. E. Eyre. For Master's Assistant--Thos.Pidwell.
On Thursday evening the engineer officers of the fleet at
Portsmouth gave a banquet at the ,Royal Naval Engineers'
Clubhouse to Mr. Thomas Baker, inspector of steam
machinery afloat, as a mark of their appreciation of his
scientific and general worth, and as a tribute of welcome
on his return to England after his long and oncrons duties
as commanding naval engineer in the fleet and factories of
the Bosphorus. In acknowledgment cf the ,compliment,
Mr. Baker described the many difficulties of The service
performed, and warmly commended the Admi-^alty for
their desire to make the class to which he belonged second.
to none in the executive department of the navy., Mr. John
:Marshall presided, and Mr. W. Price, chief engiueor of her
Majesty's yachts, was vice-President.
• The Retribution, 23 pins, paddle-wheel stas,sil.eysi,44,,
Capt.' Charles Barker, left Sheerness at 6 aan: yesterday,
under orders to call at Portsmouth for hor . final instruc-
tions. It is reported that she is first to join the allied
squadron to proceed to the Bay of Naples, and afterivisrda
to proceed to the china seas. ! . , .
A party of officers and- noblemen—namely,-his Annel-
le/ley Count dell'Alberese, Marquii isiss'y de Nerli, Che-
\ 01i,,r ',neon°, Li4ut. Silvatici, 'Corninandants de Fresco-
bahli, and Signor Autinori, members 'of the Government
of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, paid a visit to Woolwich
on Wednesday. They first visited the dockyard, and,
having gone over the floating battery Thunderbolt, and in-
spected the various basins and docks, they proceeded to
the Arsenal, where they spent upwards of three hours.
Yesterday morning three companies of the Royal..krtillery
Corps returned to head-quarters from Dover and Dublin,
and draughts from Carlisle and Teignmoutli, were paraded
in front of the batracks at Woolwich, in command of
Colonel Kennedy and Captain and Adjutant Green, of the
14th battalion. At half-past 10 o'clock Major-General
Williams and staff rode down the lines, and went thrpugh
a careful inspection of the men and their ac.coutreneen.te.
The General afterwards; accompanied by Lieut.-Colonel
Teesdale, his aide-do-camp, and staff, repaired If tine en-
• impment at the extremity of Woolwich-common, and
inspected the field-battery troops, the whole ,of whom
marched past on their return from morning exercise on
Plumsteati-common.
Colonel Brown, Commandant of the Woolwich division
of Royal Marines, yesterday morning returned to Wool-
wich, at the expiration of a month's leave of absence, and
resumed the cotnmand of his.division. •
The screw steam storeship Hesper, having been hastily
repaired and manned with seamen riggers and supernume-
raries from the Commodore's ship Fisgard, under thecom-
mand of Master Mugford, sailed yesterday morning from
Woolwich, for Portsmouth, to embark provigions, ke., for
Madeira and the Cape Verde Isles. :
The paddlewheel troopship Dee, Master Pullen com-
manding, arrived at Woolwich on Thursday night from
Portsmouth.
The Aransport Rhea Sylvia arrived at Woolwich yester-
day scorning with a cargo of medical comforts, fire-engines,
and provisions from the East, which-she is to discharge at
the .Victoria-docks.
It appears from an official return of the number of troops
who have been discharged from Chatham garrison since
the reduction which has taken- place in the • army that
during the quarter ending the 30th of September_lsat
1,238 eon-commissioned officers and men left the invalid
establishment. Of this number 789 were discharged from
the service as being altogether unfit for any further mili-
tary duty, and 419 convalescents left St. Mary's Barracks
for the purpose of rejoining the depot companies of their
respective regiments in various parts Of the Vinited King-
dom.

"Major-General Sir It. Airey, 1C.C.8., the Quartermas-
ter-General, has directed that no more invalids are to be
forwarded to the depot at Chatham until' after the 17th
inst., that establishment being very crowded. The number
of-invalids now stationed there is 1,700.
The detachment of the Engineer Corps of the Turkish
Contingent now employe:34 at Chathaui gatrison, under the
command of Captain Allan, in depositing the Engineers'
stores brought home from the Crimea in the,Ordnanee
stores at the Gun-wharf, have not yet completed this duty,
owing to the vast quantity of war stores-to lie unshipped
and deposited, and it is expected that some weeks will
elapse bi-fore all the articles are returned into store. The
war materials already placed in the Ordnance stores in-
clude pontoons, waggon trains, and an immense quantity
of trooebiog tools—sufficient, in fact, for a complete army.

Al' TREASURES BXHIBITIdY, 1857.

Since our last notice the Marquis of Salisbury has ex-
tended his former liberal offer, and placed a more extended
hat of treasures at Hatfield at the disposal of the com-
mittee. It is`gratifying to find that the labours of the
committee are bringing to light a very much more exten-
sive collection of the specimens .of the groat miters of the
very early Italian.and German schools than we 'were sup-
posed to possess in this country, and that• tha owners of
these unique and most valuable works are 'almost' without
exception tendering the choicest of them for the use of the
exhibition. In accordance with the liberality of Prince
Albert in placing the whole of his collection of early pic-
tures at the disposal of the committee, Mr. Davenport
Bromley, among others, promises some pictures of remark.
able value and rarity, including a Cosieno Roselli, a Vin-
eanzo a Bagna Corvallo, a Girolamo Cotignola,
and an Inuocenzo da Imola. Mr. Fuller Maitland con-
tributes toe greater portion of a somewhat long list of
pictures which were selected from' his collection. It
iucludes a Byzantine picture, representing the death
of St. Ephraim Lyrus, a Taddo Gaddi (small altar-
piei!e), an Angelico da Fiesele (Entombment of the
c-
el Pn
ioa
dt( altarpiece),
Pietrorl e c smalle )
(St.ra e .it
Peter
rri
re Botticelli (Adoration of
te.
sntllitura:erCrre:lK.)inla);grTisCiag.:i'inir::'Ef:°;:tßhßFaer:roilsedniesielfPldaoPir:B:l(lan:HLrBdgiope offers a remarkably fine
picture by Vandyck, among others one from the King of
Holland ; and also volunteers to the committee a large oil
painting by the modern German artist, Overbeck. Mr.
Joseph Henry Green, late Professor of Anatomy of the
itoyal Academy in London, offers to contribute a singu-
larly interesting selection of pictures, including some of
the very early schools—a Quintin Matsys as well as two
tine specimens of modern art by Stothard and llyco. Sinco
the preparations for the Exhibition commenced there has
been scarcely any more remarkable example of a desire to
do everything to further the object in view than has been
evinced by the Earl of Warwick, the Earl ‘of Darnley.
Earl Craven, Mr. Smith Barry, of Marhury-hall, Cheshire,
and Mr. T. Well Blundell, of Ince, near Liverpool. To
each of these noblemen and gentlemen applications were
made by the committee, framed in accordance with the
generally known records of their valuable collections. In
such instances the full list of works thus asked for have
been most liberally granted, and accompanied by an inti-
mation that iu the judgment of their owners there were
other specimens in their coNections` which would add at-
traction and interest to the Exhibition, a

VAC ANCIES, APP OI NTME LV TS, A.ND

PROMOTIONS.

CIVIL. SERVICE.—The Royal Household : The rave of
oke of the gentlemen of the Chapels Royal has become
vacant by the death of Mr. Richard Clark. The Admi-
ralty : A vacancy in the Ships' Establishnient and
Muster Branch Department., Sornerset-house, has been
caused by the death of Mr. Alexander Abethell, third
class clerk. Coast Guard : There is a vacancy in the
office of inspecting officer of Cnast Guard at Achill,
caused by the death of Mr. B. E. Quadlieg, R.N.1`,4
Customs : There is a clerkship vacant in the Jwerquei‘rirs
r. ffice, o wing to the superannuation of Mr.
ce ~ promotedin the to be
Wm. Dr.rwne has been appointed a clerk in the 1-":".".;
Docks • Mr. G. P. Baker has been appointed a mem in
•
thehee
nEaap.;
pt 0 tit.nritde
appointed
Westcle
rk ilndiaiithDocks a ;
departmentM r. C. Fox;wme Ilr . hasß .
Gce has been appointed a clerk for general business at
fiLii:tuorrti'l :i
ni'tlll-.e Dieclelivi‘eiri-iGierti:nbcarasli:7ocrifii,
,h)feet\iti ri.irTo.to/oZ,oehdl r•t,osuthpeersaenconitildatec..iicu,ii
1.11;;I:j
i.81(_,) i.riCattritewitriegehetivheasr,.
General's office ; Mr. James CO k b__ been
.a,
Rxoeims
Bc Promoteder.a nclhtno::
; Mr. Priddey. aut.-
tl
ah
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d third
Revenueclerkship p
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eessytmeeeriri:itniehhrny,taffitsshuebenrnvti:ten.evsc.opcir:iivonocilnrp-soLittacaexdnnedestr,oaThEt
pro-
l'Au,ll.ooyrt.oe,r_di aolifie.ioe,lusnwßße.
to Leicester
aesvebreleeny, vice
Mr. Kingston,.
Pr i e y
i
aaar been p
1.,,ci,..e Branch—Mr. T. Peacock, Mr. P. T. Evans, Mr.
Mr. J. B. Sr:
E. T. Ceabb, and Mr. J. P. Altillany, have been pre-
rip.)t.,,d to the rank of examiner ; Mr. P. H. Evans, Mill -
I.:11,k tit division, has been promate..l to he exv.miner
onrinthoi;ediUtio.
by Lpiard's eniautc of the 3.1 inst.—Cid/ Service Gazette.
EAST TIiDIACOMPANY'S SERVICE.-%-- Capt. W. E. EvaLe,
Ist P.,ritt)Ny European Regiment, has received the brevet
rank rd major, for service with the Land Transport Corps
in Trahey —this promotion to date from Capt. Evalib'S
appointment to the Land Transport Corps. LieutenarAt
Arbuckle, who has been acting as temporary subaltcrn
officer at Watley depot, has been appointed permanently
t ) suc.ceed Lieut. Bingham. resigned ; and Lieut.. Bax,
of thl.! 50th,Bengal N. 1., has been Ruminated to tid the
temporary vacancy: Brevet,blirjorC. it. Hobart, Madras
16th N.I , hat been permitted to retire fromther•erviee.
Mr. Robert Scamp h • been admitted a volunteer. for
as.
the Indian icavy.—Smith,
,Elder, aAd Co ''B Ovo,land
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