The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

liaval and Military Intelligence.

Col. H. Sandhaue, direetor of the Royal Engineer's
establishment, Chatham, has received an order for the
10th Company of the Royal Engineers, under the corn-
tnand of Capt. E. Brine, R.E., to proceed this day to the
camp at Carragh, Kildare. A company of this corps,
together with a proportion of the staff officers and non-
commissioned officers, will also proceed at an early date
to the camp at Aldershot, for the purpose of forming an
establishment of the corps at that station.
The authorities have it in contemplation to remove the
troops belonging to the corps of Royal Engineers, and
the East India Company's Sappers and Miners now quar-
tered in the huts near Prince Henry's Bastion, Chatham,
to the winter quarters in Brompton Barracks.
The reduction of the army is proceeding at Chatham,
and, in addition to the number of troops who have already
received their discharge, nearly 300 men have been or-
dered to be discharged on Thursday morning, and the
same number will be inspected by the Commissioners
of Chelsea Hospital at a Chelsea board which is ordered
to assemble at Chatham on Friday. About 1,000 troops
are still waiting at Chatham to receive their discharge.
Instruction: have been for,varded to the officials of
Woolwich Arsenal, by desire of Lord Paumure, requir-
ing facilities to be afforded to Lieut.-Colonel Gardner,
Instructor-General of Artillery, who is charged with the
elementary education of the junior officers of the corps
iu the various branches of military arts and sciences
which are carried out in the eutablishnient—nainely, sad-
dlery and harness inalaing, carriage-building, gun-casting
and poring, shot and shell foundry, &e., for which pur-
pose they ere to be permitted to prosecute their studies
during the ordinary hours of labour in the Arsenal. Offi-
cers of the artillery in general are likewise to be permit-
ted free admission to the department for a similar purpose.
Arrangements have been entered into with Mr. Frae-
ig, of Nespi York, for the adaptation of his metallic
army floating waggons for the use of the British Govern-
ment. An apparatus is ordered to be fitted out by the
4Var Depanueent in the establishtu,nt of Woolwich
Arsenal for the manufacture of the waggons on the spot,
aed under their own control. Dies necessary to form
the corrugations are to be erected and wuiked by the
hydraulic machinery recently established there. The
process is to be commenced forthwith. Yesterday morn-
ing the whole of the available portion of the troops in
Woolwich garrison were turnedout at a.m., and headed
by Major-General Sir %V. F. Williams and staff, and
accompanied by Colonel Brown, commandant of the
Royal Marines, they were marched to Blackheath, where
they were drawn up and halted. They thence proceeded
to Lewieliam, Lee, and Eltham. The brigades of Royal
Horse Artillery, accompanied by the band, following
the General and staff, led the march ; then followed
a battalion of Royal Marines, preceded by the bend.
Next to these was a battery of heavy guns lint-
bered up in marching order, the battalions of Marines
and Artillery then following in alternate succession,
fianked by commanding and subordinate officers, the
rear of each battalion being. eluded by a battery of
held-
pieces of artillery.
Her Majesty's ship Shannon, 51, Captain Peel, C. 8.,
returned to Spithead yesterday from Plymouth.
Tho Urgent, steam troopship, Corn. Phillips, dis-
charged into the Sprightly, steam tender, Master-Com.
George Allen, detachments of the 64th and 54th Re-gi-
mts, which lauded at the dockyard, whence they pro-
ceeded to quarters.
The Actaeon, '2Z), surveying vessel, Com. Bate, went
out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning and
.saluted the Port Admiral. She anchored at Spithead,
where she awaits Bailin: orders. Her tender, the Dove,

is also with her.
tier Majesty's steam troopship Vulcan, Corn. Fur-
neemx, went in co Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning
to embark detachments of the British German Legion,
pith whom she leaves to-day for the Cape.
The Resolute, steam troopship, Master-Commander
Stabb, went into the steam basin at Portsmouth yester-
dry to repair defects.
The Sharpshooter, 8, screw schooner, was taken out
of dock at Portsmouth yesterday, after repairs.
The Covenanter, hired freight ship, embarked a body
of the British German Legion from the Britannia depot
ship yesterday by the Comet bteatuv essel.
The Stambjul ief4Portsmouth yesterday morning with
a portion of the British Gennan Legion for the Cape.
Vice-Admiral Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, K.C.B , Senior
Sea Lord of the Admiralty, visited Portsmouth yester-
day to inspect the new slipway works at Haslar Ba.ch,
for hauling up and stowing away the gun and mortar-
boat flotilla. Re afterwards left for his seat at Chichester.

A special general meeting of the British Telegraph
Cumpany is called fur the 25th inst., at Manchester.
The halt-yearly guaranteed interest is to be payable
on the shares of th Victor Emmanuel Railway on the
20th inst.
A. MERCHANT PRINCE.--Mr. Pilkington, the new
Mayor of Blackburn, hal just subscribed the sum of
2,0004. towardu the establishment of an infirmary at
Blackburn, and promised 1001. per annum towards its
i support.

MOH PRICE OF LAND.—At a public auction last week
of a small portion of land in the Harrow-road, the exe-
cutive committee of the Conservative Land Society un-
successfully offered the large sum of 5,000/, fur less than
two acres.

STORM IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—A severe storm
Scotland. The mouwnith
from the north-east snow has visited the north of
ivacitte were covered to the depth of
one foot of snow,
would be very fatal to thew eep in the hills.
vas feared that the early winter
THE FIRE AT THE SOUTH
, fir, LONDONa DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
cii3.e, one of the Poor-law
—On Friday afternoon
inspectors, together with the
be-
longing to the various unioofnstus
largeying children in the
irtelactors of the poor
a rooms of that
schools, assembled in one
the fire on
part of the establishment not destroyed
Thursday morning, for the purpoesealaorafYiiedntstibgyating an
yiheNothing of
amount of
as
tewveri al
in-
vestigation into the origin of the
furniture
a positive nature was, however, elicted.
property destroyed turns out to be considerthabeatroys
than was estimated at first. Tile value of
wearing apparel, &c., consumed reached
thousand pounds, nine rooms, each as large
ordinary rooms, having been completely gutted. ;,,i,e
spacious school-room in the south wing was rk e
1 ewis,
burnt out, and all the books, &c., destroyed.