The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

Kaval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's yacht Osborne, Commander G. H. K.
Bower (master ft:N ), arrived at Spithead last evening,
at half-past 6 o'clock, from•the westward, with the Coats
of the Admiralty on board ; their -lordships will now
make their annual official, visit of inspection to Bolts-
mouth -Admiralty -establishments. :
Her Majhsty's
.tearti rtroop-ship :Vulcan-, Commander
Fttrneanx. whose arrival at 'Spittoon we reported‘ Szester-
day, left Quebec on the 29111 of July, on bdaid
Wilson, of the Rhyal Canadian Rifleji ;And Staff-
Assistant-Surom men of various
regiments, women;',Tia oat,
er3n,= Se_v .iniraiuk=geuil.bs -t-a4l6t4:lttogli
insist. In lat. 44-57 .3. , long. 41 46 W., she fell in 'with
a ship's lower mast much burnt ; no name on it ; spoke
the Agamemnon, of Liverpool, at the entrance of the
Channel on the 2Gth inst.

The newly erected paper and pulp steam-mill 'in
Woolwich arsenal has now commenced operations under
the most favourable auspices. The labours for the
pregent are to be confined to the manufacture of c .rt-
ridge bags only, of which the machinery in its' present
state (under the personal superintendence of Mr. Mac-
intosh, the patentee) turns out a sufficiency, under ordi-
nary circumstances, for the Supply of the entire British
army and navy. Its capabilities average about 20;000
bags per hour, ready for being filled. The principal
portion of the machinery, which is on a new and perfectly
unique principle, was supplied by Messrs. B. Ilia and
Son, of Bolton, and consists of driving engines and
boilers, pumps, pulp reservoirs, paper cutting machines,
various driving apparatus, &c., as well as the factory
engine of 40-horse power, the steam piping, iron pillars,
roofing, and numerous fittings. The knitting machine
is from the firm of Messrs. Perry and Son, of Aberdeen ;
and the cisterns by Messrs. Blakie, of Aberdeen. Other
machinery will eventually be added to the establishment
for the manufacture of every kind of paper required in
ti,e various departments of her Majesty's service. This
will effect a considerable saving, as the cost of the ma-
terials employed in the manufacture of the articles will
be comparatively nothing, an immense part of them,
such as linen and other rags, being supplied, from the
barracks and other Government institutions.

The troops belonging to the Provisional •Battalion at
Chatham are making considerable progress in the Enfield
rifle instruction, under Captain W. Nott, 83d Regiment,
and Lieutenant A. M`Leod, 78th Highlanders, the in-
structors in musketry to that garrison. Nearly the
whole of the non commissioned officers and men be-
longing to the depots of the Indian and colonial regi-
ments, which form the Provisional Battalion, have com-
pleted their preliminary course of instruction in the
theory and use of the Enfield rifle ; and the troops be-
longing to the Chatham division of Royal Marines
Light Infantry, who are all armed with the Enfield rifle,
are also undergoing a course of rifle instruction under
Major G. B. Rodney, Royal Marines, the instructor of
musketry to that corps. Tne men belonging to the fol-
lowing depots at Chatham Barracks—viz., the Bth (the
Kin's) Regiment, the 10th, 12th, 24th, 29th, and 43d
Light Infantry, and the 70th and 75th Regiments, will
this day complete their course of instruction and return
to their ordinary garrison duties, when a fresh detail of
non-commissioned officers and men will be selected for
instruction.

The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty 40...•
W. H. Purvis, Master's Assistant, to the Impregnable ;
W. B. Goldsmith, Master's Assistant, to the Amethyst ;
Dr. William Ray, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Actaeon ;
E. P. Forest, Acting Assistant-Surgeon, to the Wasp ;
Edward Dil‘Carthy, Acting Assistant-Surgeon, to the
Haslar Hospital ; Francis H. Moore, Acting Assistant-
Surgeon, to the Edinburgh ; J. D. Duffey, Acting As-
sistant-Surgeon, to the Scourge.