The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-10 00:00:00

prepared to find an extraordinary chanbe anu nur
prevenient during the lapse of so many years, but
that the wonderful progress which science had tit=
tained, evideneed by what he there behadjar
exceeded his ideas on that subject, and he was highly
pleased in cxpresshig them. One hour and a-.,alf
ivas consurned in iuspeeting that poz lion of the
royal gun factories, when the Prince invited C6l.
Tullue'l to accompany him to the Royal Artillery
barracks, ,‘ hither he had accepted the propos:C(7ll
of General Dacres to repair for luncheon . On his
Royal highness's arrivr:l at the mess-room he was
received by a guard of honour, composed of Capt.
Barnett, two subaltern- officers, and 100 men be-
longing to the Ist Brigade Garrison Artillery,w ho
performed the usual honours, the regimental bandS
playing the Dutch national anthem. Commodore
the Hon. James R. Drummond, superintendent of
the dockyard, and • Capt. Grant, inventor of the
new military cooking apparatus. were likewise
specially invited to meet the Prince at the mess
luncheon. At half-past 3 the Prince prepared to
return to the arsenal, and was accompanied in the
carriage by Commodore Drummond and Capt.
Grant, in addition to his own attendants. About
600 men belonging to the Ist Brigade-of Artillery,
on drill in the parade, then commenced marching
past in double file of 20 abreast. The Prince drove
hurriedly off to return to the arsenal, whither he
was accompanied by the general and staff on horse-
back, the guns from the park battery firing a salute
of 21 rounds. His Royal Highness went over the
whole of the departments, and visited with pecu'iar
interest the ambulating cooking boiler depo-iited as
a pattern for the supply of the service. t 5
o'clock the Prince, accompanied by the geneml and
staff and bis own attendants, visited the dockyard,
where he spent one hour, commencing by an in-
spection of the steam-frigate Orion, in a forward
state of construction and intended to be launched.
in July. Tbey afterwards preceded to the steam-
hammer shop, where the Prince appeared to be ex-
tremely imterested in witnessing the process of
beating up the old fragments of iron and converting
them to future use. From thence they passed
through the smitheries, saw-mills, testing-house,
Ac., went on board her Majesty's ship Barossa, to
be faunched this day, and terminated his inspection
of that establishment by passing through the fac-
tory aNd engineers' department, His Royal High-
ness left the dockyard at 6 and returned to London.
Major-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8.,
Lieut. Governor of Portsmouth, and commanding
the South-West District; Major-General Foster,

Royal Engineers ; and Vice-Admiral W. H. Bruce,
Naval Commander-in-Chief At Portsmouth, em

barked yesterday on board the Royal screw yacht
Fairy at Portsmouth, and proceeded to Osborne On
a visit to her Majesty.
_ _ _

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The officers in command of the three battalions .
of infantry at Chatham garrison have received
orders to select 300 men from the Ist battalions of
the 7th Royal Fusileers, Bth Foot, and 20th Regi-
ment, in order that that number may be transferred
to the second battalions of those regiments, which
will thus be increased to their full establishment.
The men selected were inspected yesterday morning
on the general parade-ground at Chatham by Gen.
Eyre, commanding the garrison. The number
selected from each of the corps enumerated is 150
men of the Bth (The King's) Regiment, 100 men of
the 20th Regiment, and 40 men of the 7th Fusi-
leers. Orders were yesterday afternoon issued for
the troops who join the 2d battalion of the 7th
Fusileers to proceed this morning to Deal to be
attached to the depot of that regiment, and those
for the 20th Regiment to embark on Monday for
Dublin, where the 2d battalion of the 20th is lying.

LAYING THE SUB M. 4 _RINE CABLE
F 20.11 Ti U.REACILEE TO MUSCAT.

We have been favouleciwith the following from.
her Majesty's paddle-steamer Retribution, 28, bear-
ing the pendant of Commodore Harry E. Edgell,
C. 8., dated Aden, February, 1860 :--" We have just
arrived with the Imperador and Imperatriz, -Screw
steamers, from la3ing the submarine cable which
connects London with Calcutta. The run across
from Kurrachee to Muscat was most exciting, as a
great portion of the cable had to be laid at a depth
of 2,000 fathoms, or nerly two nautical miles. The
speed run was seven and a-half knots, and the only
thing that prevented an accident was the pace the
Imperador kept up over this deep portion. On the
17th the cable was landed at Muscat, amid great
excitement, the boats of the Retribution, theCyciops
other
.
and the Indian men of war here forming in proces-
sion, all the ships being dressed out in colours to add
to the brilliancy of the scene. The Retribution was
in some danger at Muscat, from a strong north-
wester suddenly winging up, with a heavy sea;
She had to slip and steam out, the Imperador for.
lowing. The commodore lost his barge,
and
ships their boats. The French frigate La Cor deli,
is here with the broad pendant of
_Viscount
bangle, commanding the French naval force on the .
east coast of Afiica. Aa
theatricalregt comi) erstoorffm here on
wbA olaoasnr
jddoai the Retribution followed
oet t‘h\r'eci but i o n in the evcncne,?
dAbdyen end on the 19a; of February'
Raelleceabre
and Commodore Edfvell despatched a message to the :
Admiralty announeirc,
cable is the deepest oti all
le successful result. This
Mr. Newall fully a
tl
the submarine lines, and
he has gained by deserves all the honour and credit
worked his ship inlaTiengmdaonwnnerti in. line.
which he has
entered Adencuthe 18th of Fehruilasryinnen.
and
dressedWe all
as for a Royal. birthday, the Retribution and the
forts ashore firing a Royal salUte in honour of the
3ccasion. Off the Kooria-Mooria Islands the Retri-
bution broke the air-pump bucket of her starboard
engine, but managed with one engine and canvas
to keep her position as the leading ship. We pro- _
ceed hence to Bombay.

PRESENTATION FROM THE AMERICAN PRESI-
DENT TO AN ENGLISH CAPTAIN.—YeSICHtIy S. R.
Graves, Esq., of the Local Marine Board, Liverpool, pre-
sented to Captain Charles Robertson a guld chronometer
watch and chain, forwarded by the President of the United
States, in acknowledgment for the services rendered by
Captain Robertson to the crew and passengers of the Ame-
rican ship May Queen, in the autumn of 1&8..