The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN ESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1860.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDIT,

\Vo never remember to have noticed lees inclination on
the part of the betting fraternity at this period of the year
to enter into speculation than is evinced by them at pre-
sent. For the Derby, 500 to 20 was taken about Lupullus
and 1,000 to 15 about Trovatore, and Hazard was supported
tbr a little money at 4 to 1 for the Berkshire Steeplechase.
Nothing was done upon the Chester Cup or the Two
Thousand Guineas Stakes :

TUB DERBY.
Bto 1 art Umpire (taken)
11 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken)
12 to 1 agst Mainstone (taken)
12 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken)
13 to 1 agst The Wizard (taken)
25 to 1 agst Lupullus (taken freely)
25 to 1 agst The Drone (offered)
30 to 1 agst Upperhand (taken)
45 to 1 agst Paleface (taken)

RESERVE CORPS.

(From the Gazette of last evening.)

VICTORIA R.—Whereas by an Act passed in the 22d and
231 years of our reign, entitled "An Act to provide for the
Establishment of a Reserve Force of Men whe hare been
in her Majesty's Service," We are authorised to cause to be
enrolled for this purpose any number not exceeding 20,000
men, who, after having served in our other forces, or in the
forces of the East India Company, may voluntarily engage
to enter such Reserve Force; and further, to make regula-
tions concerning the term or terms of service of these mon,
and the declarations in relation thereto; as also regarding
their pay and allowances, their arms, clothing. equipment,
and pensions, and for the government of the said force, and
for the infliction of fines and penalties, for absence or mis-
conduct. Our will and pleasure therefore` is, that the fol-
lowing rules and regulations be established on these heads,
and that all persons whom it may in any way concern do
strictly observe and obey the same.
Given at our Court at St. James's, this 9th day of Dec.,
1859, in the 23d year of our reign.
By her Majesty's command,
SIDNEY HERBERT.

REGULATIONS.
CLAUSE 1. Any person who, as a non-commissioned
officer or soldier, shall have completed the term of service
for which he was originally enlisted, not being less than
10 years in infantry, or 12 in cavalry, artillery, or engi-
neers, or who, after 5 years' service, has been discharged
for any cause other than misconduct, without a permanent
pension, may, provided he is approved, and engages for
such service by a declaration in the form hereto annexed,
be enrolled to serve in the Reserve Force, under the autho-
rity of the Act 22 and 23 Victoria, e. 42, for such period as
may be wanting to complete 21 years, if he originally en-
listed in the infantry, or 24 years if he enlisted in cavalry,
artillery, or engineers, reckoning two years' service in such
Reserve Force as one towards the attainment of these seve-
ral periods of service, provided that such person shall be
enrolled within 5 years after his discharge from the army.
2. Till ether arrangements are authorised, the persons
composing the Reserve Force shall be attached during pe-
riods of training and exercise, or when called out for the other
purposes specified in the said act, to any Infantry Regi-
ment, or depot, or to the Enrolled Pensioner Force, which-
ever may, by the Secretary of State for War, be considered
most convenient, and shall obey all orders of the officers or
non-commissioned officers of such Regiment, Depot, or
Enrolled Pensioner Force, while so attaced.
3. Every person thus enrolled shall be bound to register
his place of abode in the books of the pension district in
which he receives enrolment money, and to abide thereat,
and not remove therefrom, without giving due notice ; and
the distance of his residence is not, in any case, except by
special authority, to exceed 30 miles from the head-quar-
ters of such Pension District.
4. All persons enrolled in this Reserve Force shall be
bound to attend regularly at the hour and place of assem-
bly, when called out for training and exercise, either with
the Regiment Depot or Pensioner Force to which they may
have been attached as aforesaid, for a period not exceeding
12 days in each year, or at any time and place, when
called on for the preservation of the public peace, or during
such period as her Majesty may require their services within
the United Kingdom, in the event of invasion or immi-
nent danger thereof, or in case of war ; on all which
occasions they will be under the command of the General
Commanding-in-Chief of her Majesty's Forces, and subjec
to the Articles of War.

5. All persons failing to attend on these occasions without
reasonable cause, or when they have volunteered their ser-
vices for permanent duty, or who may be convicted of any
serious misconduct or breach of discipline while so em-
ployed, or of violence or disrespect at any time towards the
officers entrusted with their payment and superintendence,
or who shall be guilty of any fraudulent statement at their
enrolment, shall, in addition to any other penalty, be liable
to dismissal from the Force, with the forfeiture wholly or
in part of the several advantages authorised by this War-
rant.

6. On the termination of the period of service for which
these mon have engaged in the Reserve Force, and on the
fulfilment of the other conditions, they shall be entitled to
the same rates of pension as they would have attained by
the Warrants under which they originally enlisted, had
they continued to serve in the corps from which they were
discharged till they completed the period of 21 and 24 years
roopectively, and they shall be permitted to add to such
pension an amount equal to the good-conduct pay
of which they had been in continuous receipt
for two years immediately preceding the date of
their discharge. Such pension, however, shall in no
case exceed tenpence a day for a private, one shilling for a
corporal, or one shilling and threepence for a sergeant or
other superior non-commissioned officer; but except by
special authority no service shall be reckoned for any year
in which the person enrolled has not resided at his registered
place of abode, or has unlawfully absented himself during
any portion of the exercise for which ho shall have been
called out in terms of the act above referred to.

7. All persons enrolled in the Reserve Force who may be
wounded or disabled in the execution of their duty, shall be
entitled to the same pension as, under similar circumstances
and for the like service, would have been granted in the re-
gular forces of her Majesty, and when called out on perma-
nent or continuous duty for any period exceeding three
months, the whole of such period shall be reckoned accord-
ing to the usual regulations of the service, and not at the
rat* of two years for one.
8. The staff-officer of the pension district in which per-
sons have been enrolled for this Reserve Force, or such other
officers as may be appointed for that purpose, shall keep a
record of the number of days' service performed by each per-
son in the course of the year, as ascertained either from
that officer's own knowledge, or the report of the Com-
manding officer of the regiment or depot with which such
person may have been trained, and also of the extent of his
service prior to leaving his regiment, so that he may be
enabled to report to the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital
when the right to pension has been attained in each case;
and the officer or officers by whom such person has been
trained, shall,also note on a certificate to be given to him,
whether the extent of serviee which he was bound to per-
form up to the 31st of March in each year, has been regu-
larly completed.
0. No person enrolled in the Reserve Force shall be
compelled to serve in a grade lower than that which he last
held in his corps, but any interval which may take place in
his service while awaiting a vacancy shall not be allowed to
reckon towards pension. In the event, however, of such
persons agreeing to serve in a lower grade till vacancies
offer, they shall be entitled to reckon such service towards
the pension of the higher grade after it has been attained.
10. The sum of £4 shall be allowed annually as enrol-
ment money, which shall be issued to the persons compos-
ing the Reserve Force, in equal quarterly payments in ad-
vance on the Ist April, Ist July, lit October, and Ist
January, or at the period of being called out for training, as
may be considered most expedient by the Secretary of
State for War, but before these payments, the officer by
whom they are made is to satisfy himself that each man is
possessed of ono pair of boots, two shirts, two pair of socks,
and a stock, as also that all fines for misconduct or absence
during the previous trainings have been settled.
11, Every person in this Reserve Force shall receive a
tunic, a pair of trowsers, and a cap, on the first and each
succeeding seventh year of his enrolment, and be entitled
to the same rates of pay and allowances when called out
for training, exercise, or service, as are fixed for correspond-
ing ranks in the Infantry of the Line, with the addition of
such amount of good-conduct pay asthe enrolled man was
in receipt of at the time of his discharge.
• 12. While serving with a Regiment or Depot all per-
sons belonging to this Reserve Force shall be liable to the
same punishments and penalties for offences as are pre-
scribed by the Mutiny Act, and Articles of War for her
Majesty's other Forces; but, when serving with the En,-
rolled Petitioners, :minor offences may be punished by the
fines and penalties authorised for that Force.
By her Majesty's command,

SIDNEY HERBERT.
do declare that I was discharged*
2rom the Regiment of after a service
of years; that I am of the age of ; and
that, provided my services shall so long be required, I will
serve her Majesty, her heirs and successors, in the Reserve
Force enrolled or to be enrolled for Service within the
United Kingdom, in virtue of the Act noted in the margint,
for such a period as, reckoned at the rate of two years fur
one, may be required to completel years' service.
Signature of Soldier.

TILE E,l AT AL 11ESPURY AND

ADJIIRAL WALCOTT AT 11031 E.

CHRISTCHURCH, TUESDAY,
Last evening the Earl of Malmesbury, whose
country seat, Heron-court, is near this town, and
Admiral Walcott, M.P. for the borough, attended
the anniversary of the Vales of Avon and Stour
Farmers' Club.
The Earl of MALMESBURY, responding on behalf
of "The Army," said :—" It may not be inappropri-
ate to this toast and on such an occasion as this, to
say a few words—and a vary few words they shall
be—with respect to the military conduct of the
population of this district. You will, perhaps, some
of you have been surpi ized that when so great a
movement has taken place throughout great Britain
as that which has, I believe, raised 100,000 volun-
teers in this country, ready to repel any invasion
which may be made upon its shores, this town, so
near to the southern coast, and probably so much
more exposed that' many others to foreign attack,
should not up to this moment have ostensibly dis-
played any of that enthusiasm which we have met
with elsewhere ; but if the public believe that we
have been entirely neglectful in this matter, that we
have been careless of our duty to our country, and
have thought it not worth while to exert ourselves
in the same way as our fellow-countrymen, they
must be told that it is only in appearance, and that
the fact is not so. (Hear, hear.) The fact is this,
having had the honour not long ago to bo a member
of hesiMajcsty's Government, I know how anxious
her Majesty's then Government were, and I know
how anxious her Majesty's present Government are,
that as much as possible, and especially on the
coasts of England, these volunteer forces should be
formed of artillery; and 'I was desired by members
of her Majesty's Government to exert myself to
raise, if possible, and to encourage an artillery force
in this district in preference to a corps of riflemen.
I will not go into the question of the relative utility
of the two forces, but I entirely agree with those
men of military experience who have urged this
upon me, and I believe that a force of volunteer
artillery, provided we were defended by batteries
erected by the Government, would be more pecu-
liarly essential in the defence of this harbour,
town, and roadstead, than any body of volun-
teer infantry could be. (Hear.) Holding these
opinions, I was assisted by several gentlemen
of this neighbourhood in bringing out this project,
and we met three or four times in committee, with
the view of carrying it out manfully. I invited to
Heron-court Sir John Burgoyne and his aide-de-
camp, who surveyed Hengistbury Head and the
coast to Highcliffe. They pointed out to me that
those two points might be fortified with very great
advantage to the security of the roadstead and har-
bour. I then proceeded to address myself to the
War Department on the subject, and you may be
aware that not long ago a Royal Commission was
appointed by the Crown to make a report upon the
fortifications necessary for the protection of the
coast. I thought it wise, until the report was is-
sued, to leave this question in abeyance, and not to
raise a force of volunteer artillery in this district
until we were certain that batteries would be
erected for our defence, and this was my reason for
so delaying the matter. You will see by the condi-
tions under which volunteers are enrolled that they
will be obliged to serve at the nearest batteries to
the locality in which they are resident; and there-
fore, if we had no batteries on these heads, and near
to this locality, the nearest batteries to Christ-1
churth would be Hurst, Calshot, and perhaps
Portsmouth. It would be altogether out of the
range of possibility that gentlemen and persons
employed as those whom I see before mo could,
under any circumstances, give up their time
so as to leave the locality altogether, aid
go to these distant fortifications, although they
might spare a certain number of hours any day for
drill at the batteries which were erected close to
their own homes. (Hear, hear.) I therefore pro-
posed to the committee that no serious steps should
be taken with the view of forming an artillery
volunteer corps until I had ascertained whether the
Government would erect batteries at a reasonable
distance from this town. I have ascertained that
—probably from a necessary economy—the Govern-
ment has decided that no batteries will be erected
in towns which are not either commercial or mili-
tary towns, and that they could not consider
Christchurch as coming under one of these catego-
ries. We should therefore, although permitted to
have practising batteries—although the Government
would send us down a couple of guns for the pur-
pose of drill and instruction—still, practically
speaking, we should be liable to be sent, when a
serious occasion occurred, the whole way to Calshot
Castle or to Portsmouth, which is evidently out of
the sphere of local volunteers. (Hear.) This being
the case, I should recommend—and I expect that
the inhabitants of Christchurch and the locality
would probably prefer it joining in the .general
movement of our fellow-countrymen in other parts
of the kingdom, and forming a volunteer rifle corps
instead of one of artillery. (Cheers.) I very much
regret that we are driven to this alternative, be-
cause, on the ground of utility, artillery is one of
the best of all defences on the coast, and I um per-
suaded that if we had fortifications within our
reach we should have been more useful as artillery
than as riflemen. Still, there can be no doubt that
volunteer corps of riflemen may be of service. It
would be a slur upon us if Christchurch were behind
the rest of Great Britain, and I trust that an effort
will be made to raise a respectable corps of rifle-
men. (Cheers )
Admiral WALCOTT, M.P., in responding for
" The Navy," in a retrospect of the past year referred
first to the gallant deeds of our seamen, marines,
and soldiers at the mouth of the Peil_o as beyond
example great; they held to their guns even while
their vessels were sinking under their feet ; they
withstood a most withering fire, and their heroic
admiral—a case unexampled—shifted his flag from
ship to ship as each became successively sunken.
It was an exploit the gallantry of which was never
surpassed, and of which the country might be justly
P• roud He trusted that the flag of England would
make a pathway for the missionaries of religion.
Another great proof had been given of the intrepi-
dity of British seamen. Capt. M'C]intock had re-
turned to England with authentic proofs of the
death of Sir John Franklin and of 136 men and
officers having accomplished the discovery, though
with the loss of their lives, of a north-west passage.
Peace and honour to their memories ! England had
had the great good fortune of escaping from the
horrors of a continental war through the exertions
of the late Government and the statesmanlike views
of the late Foreign Secretary of State, to whom the
country was much beholden. (Cheers.) In India
the intrepidity and discipline of our troops had
overcome one of the most formidable mutinies. The
gallant admiral, in conclusion, said—l am perfectly
satisfied that a higliminded policy is the best pro-
tector of peace, and that preparation for war is the
best preventive against it. I have listened with
great satisfacttion to the statement of the noble earl
with respect to the introduction of a volunteer corps.
The volunteer system of rifle corps forms a most
formidable and useful auxiliary in the field; but I
am rejoiced to find that the feverish excitement of
the public mind has been set at rest, and that oar
capacity for resistance is no longer, as it has been,
a matter of debate. It is my firm conviction that if
ever the case should occur that a foe should invade
our shores there will be found in every English
field an English Joan of Arc and on every battle-
ment an English flag and an English Maid of Sara-
gossa. Our safety depends upon our insular posi-
tion, our unity among ourselves, our loyalty and
devotion to our Sovereign, and the honour in which
we hold our country ; and be assured that if such
an occasion as an invasion should arise, the merest
strippling in the country will be found ready to
meet the crisis, and the enemy will find that he has
kindled a fire the flame and smoke of which will
extinguish him for ever. (Cheers.)
Mr. TICE proposed " The Health of Lord
Malmesbury." He observed that when the noble
earl succeeded to office it was at the time of a con-
tinental crisis, when Europe was in such a position
that it became a matter of difficulty and tart for
any Government which might be at the helm of
affairs. The noble earl showed by his administra-
tion that he was an ardent lover of peace, and when
he resigned the seals of office the threatened danger
had in a great measure passed away. (Cheers.)
The Earl of NIALIIESBURY, in reply, said-1 am,
indeed, deeply touched at the very flattering speech
which I have just heard from Mr. Tice. Compli-
ments are commonly paid on these occasions—com-
pliments, of course—compliments which are ex-
pressed of course and received of course, yet mere
compliments they are. But more than that has
been expressed, as far as my personal feelings are
concerned, by my friend Mr. Tice ; for you may
safely believe me that, among the changes and
chances of public life, its immense anxieties in such
a position as that which I had the honour of hold-
ing for some 15 months, among very difficult times
—when relieved from the heavy weight of respon-
sibility—a responsibility almost too much for human
nature on many occasions to bear—you may safely
believe that, being relieved from such a responsibi-
lity and returning to a quiet home and to domestic

. -
habits from so stormy a sphei e as that which I have
left, it is with the greatest satisfaction that one can
possibly feel to know that one's neighbours, whom
you knew before taking a heavy task, meet you
with open hands and smiling faces when you return
to these scenes from those stormy ones. I do not
boast of having succeeded in the great task which
was before me. I did not prevent a great and a
bloody war. I did not prevent the deaths of some
89,000 or 100,000 men who fell on the fair and fer-
tile plains of Italy ; but this I believe, with the
help of God, I did prevent—l prove' ted a general
Ituropean war—(cheers)—this I bel.eve, with the
help of God and the assistance of my colleagues, 1 I
did prevent—that the war should have extended
beyond the sphere it did; and if my word is doubted
it is proved by the statements of the Emperor
of the French and of the Emperor of Aus-
tria themselves—the one complaining that he
was not assisted by England, the other saying
that Prussia did not come to his aid, and both cir-
cumstances being those which prevented their con-
tinuing the struggle any longer- (Cheers.) It has
been properly stated this evening that this is not a
political meeting, but I should not be acting re-
spectfully to Mr. Tice, who has just spoken, or to
you, who probably listened to him and heard his
remarks on me with pleasure, if I did not say that
to the last day of my life I shall always thank
Heaven that I was the humble means of prevent-
ing a war which I believe would have extended to
as great a length of time as the great war which
swept away so many millions of men and swamped
so many millions of money, (Loud cheers.)

THE VOLUNTEER MO VEXENT.

VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS, PADDINGTON.
Last night a most numerous meeting was held at
the Vestry-hall, Paddington-green, to promote the
formation of a volunteer rifle corps in the parish;
Mr. Raikes Currie in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the subject to the
meeting, said that some months ago the prelimi-
nary steps had been taken for the formation of a
rifle corps in the parish of Paddington; and it was
only to avoid precipitate action in the matter that
ths object then initiated had not been carried out.
Since then a course bad been taken by the press
which earned for it the gratitude of the nation. He
was contented to leave the question as it had been
put in the speech of Lord Clarendon, reported in
lat morning's newspapers. He felt sure that the
parish of Paddington would not be behindhand,
and in proof of that he would mention that only
after three days' canvass nearly £l,OOO had been
raised for the purpose of aiding the young men of
the neighbaurhood—the thews and sinews of the
country—to place themselves in a position to up-
hold in its integrity the liberty which they had
received from their fathers. (Hear, hear.) They
had a population in the parish of 50,000, possessing
as much energy, youth, intelligence, and property,
as any portion of the metropolis; and with these
elements of success he felt sure they would form a
corps which would be second to none. (Hear, hear.)
In promoting this object he felt they were initiat-
ing the very best peace league that was ever ad-
vocated, because it would prove to any potentate
or nation that might be influenced by the
blood-stained phantom of glory or ambition to in-
vade the land, that they were as a nation prepared
to defend it; and he felt convinced that history
would have to record the repulse and punishment
of any such mad and unprovoked aggression.
(Cheers.)
Vice-Chancellor KINDERSLEY, in proposing the
first resolution, said it required no aigument from
him to enforce it, as the voice of tho country had
already pronounced upon it. It was—" That it
was expedient to form a volunteer rifle corps in
that parish." That was a resolution which they
would all concur in, for it had, in fact, been already
carried by the people of England. If nothing but
the mere fact of organisation resulted from this
movement, that was in itself a great advantrge.
(Hear.) Leaving out of consideration all questions
of discipline—the goose step, the facings, and all
the rest—the simple fact of being able through
organisation to make oneself useful, when an emer-
gency arose, in the most effectual manner, instead
of running about not knowing what to do or where
to go, was a very great advantage. But that was
not all. Organisation was most valuable, but he
did not think that any words could express the
value of such an organisation as that which they
were then promoting. In Louis Philippe's reign
—in 1840, he thought--there was a talk of war
with England, and of an invasion of this country
by France. There was a great stir about it, and it was
really expected. When the matter was talked of in
the French cabinet, or salons, the Minister of Louis
Philippe, M. Thiers—an able man, whatever else he
was—said, "Bali! male ce peaple." They might get
men by hook or byorook into regiments to defend any
country, but when men of intelligence, activity,
zeal, and capacity enrolled themselves as volunteers,
what might not be expected from them ? (Hear.)
It was the opinion of a military man of great capa-
city and experience, that the materials of which
this organisation would be formed were the most
superb that could be brought together—that they
had all the spring, elan, and zest for the service
which were necessary. (Hear.) There was a word
sometimes used on this subject—the word panic.
(Hear, hear.) Paddington know no panic. (Hear,
hear.) They had not been in a panic. Some, who
ought to have known better, spoke indeed of a
panic, but the country was no more in a panic tkan
the man who, being told that a fellow was going
to waylay him with a big stick, says, " Very well,
I shall get a big stick too." (Hear, hear.) If there
were any blustering Bobadils who said that they
should be invaded, it was no panic to reply, " Very
well, we shall be prepared for you." (Cheers.)
Even in times of profound peace, was it not a mea-
sure of wisdom and common sense that we should
be prepared to prove that nobody should trench
upon our liberties, and that we were ready to hold
our own against the world? (Hear, hear.) Let
them take care not to make a mere holiday pastime
of this matter, or let it get cold when the novelty
of it wore away. (Hear.) Let them take care not
to become the laughing stock instead of the admi-
ration of others. This was not the movement of a
Government trying to raise 400,000 or 500,000
men—it was the people of England saying they
were determined to defend themselves. History
would look to it as a very remarkable and admirable
movement. Let them not therefore begin it in any
mere dilettante spirit, but promote it as a duty
which they owed to themselves and their country.
(Cheers.)
General DOWNING, in seconding the resolution,
said that, although he did not believe the Emperor
of the French would lay a hand against a country
which had protected him and showed him so much
hospitality in his need, he quite concurred in the
propriety of the present movement, and felt con-
vinced that an invasion of this country, if one were
to take place, would be fruitless to a degree, and
end in the destruction of the invading host. He
would put down his name amongst the efficients if
the movement was to be carried out. (Cheers.)
He was efficient, and had no doubt that he could
handle a rifle, go on march, and do his facings as
well as the best. (Laughter and cheers.) He had
a lingering of military blood in him, and nothing
was more calculated to excite it than an invasion of
the country, when they might be called on to pro-
tect their homes and families. (Hear, hear.) He
would only say, in conclusion, that he would pus-
mote the movement in every way to the utmost of
his power. (Hear, hear.)
The resolution was then put and adopted.
Mr. E. JAMES, M.P., proposed the next resolu-
tion, which was to the effect that the corps should
consist of honorary and enrolled members ; that
for the honorary members the subscription
should be £2 25., and the donation LIO 10s., and
that the subscription for the enrolled members
should not exceed £1 ls., with an entrance fee
of 10s. There was so much nneasiness and
mysteriousness abroad that England would be
deficient in dignity and love of country if she was
not prepared for any event. Ho should be sorry to
see the movement subside as soon as the dread of
invasion was gone. He desired to see them go
about this affair in a serious, studious, and business-
like manner, so as to make it appear that whatever
might happen they were defended within them-
selves. (Hear, hear.) One of the most sagacious,
and one of the most mysterious of men had made
himself the arbiter of the peace of Europe. He was
now at peace with, and he hoped that peace might
be lasting ; but when they knew that his single will
was unshackled by a press or by a parliament—
when they were told by Mr. Disraeli, then Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, that he was not preparing
for war only three weeks before he invaded Italy
—when, only two days before it took place, Count
Walewski declared that the Emperor did not con-
template war with Austria, and when the necessity
for disarmament had been denied, on the ground
that France was not arming, although shortly after
an army of 200,000 men, fully organised and
equipped, were thrown into Italy, it was time for
them, not to take a hostile attitudeindeed, but to be

The paddlewheel steam tender Ad% ice, M. Ray-
mond second master, from Queenstown, arrived at
Plymouth on Sunday with newly raised men.
The screw steamship Royal Albert, 121, flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle, in Plymouth
Sound, has embarked supernumerary boys for the
fleet, preparatory to sailing for Portland.
The men belonging to the steam reserve, and
boys from the Royal Adelaide, are rigging the
training ship Implacable, 72, at Devon port.
The paddlewheel steam tender Avon, G. Day
master, from Plymouth, arrived at Pembroke on
Saturday with Mr. Paul and a party of riggers to
take the Espoir to Plymouth.
The Perseverance screw troopship, Commander
C. R. Power, has reshipped her bowsprit, and tested
her machinery alongside the dockyard at Ports.
mouth yesterday. She proceeds to the Channel
Islands on the 12th inst.
The Ariadne, 26, screw frigate, SOO-horse power,
Captain E. W. Vansittart, arrived at Spithead yes-
terday morning from Sheerness. She exchanged the
customary salutes with the flag of Admiral IV.
Bowles, C. 8., the Commander-in Chief. She will
not test her speed before the 12th or 13th inst., a
portion of her machinery requiring some slight
alterations.
The Dee, paddle steamer, Master Commander
Pullen, is discharging machinery and boilers for
the Duncan, 101, and Nelson, 91, in the steam basin
at Portsmouth.
The Rhadamanthus, paddle steamer, Master Com-
mander Sturdee, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth
for Woolwich.
The Wanderer, screw despatch vessel, Commander
Pechell, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning
from the Mediterranean. She sailed from Malta
Dec. 17, experienced heavy gales, and anchored
under the lee of the island of Galeta, on the 20th
of December, for 46 hours, and Cape Tales (near
Carthagena) for 20 hours ; starting again from the
latter place on the 27th, and arriving at Gibraltar
on the 30th. The English fleet at the rock com-
prised the Marlborough, Victor Emmanuel, Orion,
Brunswick, Neptune, Doris, Caesar, Mohawk, and
Vulture. She lett the rock on the 2d inst., with light
winds from the southward, and veering to a stiff
breeze from the westward, on the 3d increasing to
a heavy gale; on the 4th and sth had bulwarks
considerably damaged, starboard binnacle washed
away, stern port burst open and washed away, two
jibs and wizen split, and wizen-boom carried away.
On the evening of the 6th the weather moderated
and veered round from north to the eastward, and
became fine. The ship had a splendid run up Chan-
nel on Sunday night, with clear bright weather, and
anchored at Spithead at 10.10 a.m. yesterday. She
brings home a few supernumerary invalids.
The Arcona, 28, screw (Prussian frigate), Capt.
Sundewald, at Spithead, requires docking, and will,
it is expected, go into Portsmouth harbour for that
purpose if a dock can be provided for her.
The Mars, 80, screw, Capt. Strange, is expected
to leave Portland for Spithead, according to present
orders, on the 12th inst.
The slides for launching her Majesty's ship Ba-
rossa, under construction at Woolwich, have been
brought out into the river and preparations com-
menced for the launch, which will take place at an
early date. A portion of the factory has been ceded
to the smiths employed in the shipwrights' depart-
ment of the dockyard, in consequence of an in-
creased number of that body having been taken on,
in order to complete the whole of the ships now in
a forward state, if possible, by the end of the finan-
cial year.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. C. F. Schomberg to
the Cumberland, vice Capt. Patey. whose appoint-
ment has been cancelled; Capt. D. Curry to the
Aboukir, vice Schemberg ; Lieut. C. E. Stevens to
the Britannia, for service in the Sealark, vice Low-
ther, promoted ; J. M. Vales, Ist class assist-engi-
neer, to the Wellington, for service in the Petrel ;
C. Homer, 2d class assist.-engineer, to the Fire-
brand; 11.-11. Hawes, master's assistant, to the
Saracen •,J. W. Silverlock, clerk, to the Diadem ;
George E. Price, F. M. S. Osborn, and George
Jervis, midshipmen, to the Algiers; Clement
Laprumandage, midshipman, to the Queen ; L. N.
Moncrieff and Hilary G. Andoe midshipmen, to
the Mars; Martin J. Dunlop, midshipman, to the
Royal Albert ; Jno. Fellowes, R. H. Boyle, and IV.
P. Barrow, midshipmen, to the Diadem ; T. H.
Falcon and W. B. Littledale, midshipmen, to the
Ariadne; and C. R. T. Russell, midshipman, to the
Scylla. The above midshipmen's appointments are
dated the 9th inst.