The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-12 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Prince Oscar of Sweden will visit Woolwich Arsenal to-
day. A guard of honour, composed of the Royal Marines,
will be in attendance in the Dial-square at half-past ton
a.m. Gen. Williams will arrive at Woolwich so as to be in
attendance in his official capacity of Commandant of the
garrison. An order has been 'circulated throughout ae
lifferent departments of the Arsenal, announcing that the
holyday granted for this day is to be postponed until Satur-
lay next, the 19th inst.
The Prince Arthur steam-transport went into Ports-
,nouth harbour yesterday morning to land the 34th Foot.
The Xing Philip and Wanderer also went into harbour the-
previous evening and landed their troops.
Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth, returned and re-hoisted his flag on
Thursday evening.
H.M.S. Agamemnon, 91, Capt. J. J. Stopford, will be
paid off this day at Portsmouth.
Mr. Scamp, C.E., the deputy-director of Admiralty
Forks, has been at Portsmouth for some days past to set
Jut the site approved by the Admiralty for haulirg up slip-
ways, with communicating slips for the gun and mortar
boat flotilla. It has been determined that the establishment
Thall be permanent, and orders have therefore been given to
clmmence immediately the erection of a boundary wall,
vith a police-station, entrance gates, &c. The tender
if Messrs. Rigby, of London and Woolwich, for the for-
nation of longitudinal and transverse slipways and slips
for each pair of vessels has been accepted. By the means
proposed to be adopted vessels will be removed on cradles
any high water, and even at neap tides. So urgent is
'he necessity for this work that the contractors have agreed
that the slips shall be ready for occupation in three months.
The site is on the Gosport or Haslar shore. It is proposed
shat each pair of gunboats should be covered with a simple
did light iron roof, resting on iron standards. Mr. Mac-
lonald has been appointed to superintend the work on the
part of the Government, and Mr. Aslatt on the part of
the contractors. The Board of Admiralty have also ac-
cepted the tender of Messrs. King and Son, of Portsea, for
the erection of three a.dditionl pavilions in the Royal Marine
\Light Infantry Barracks at Forton, Gosport, capable of
berthing 400 additional men. This work is to be com-
pleted in seven months, and is placed under the immediate
,uperintenoence of Mr. C. W. E. Pines; C.E., Clerk of Ad-
miralty Works at Gosport.
The sloop Philomel, 8, Commander J. D. Skene, from
the West Coast of Africa, arrived at Plymouth on Wed-
nesday, and, having disembarked her po rider, was ordered
into Hamoaze yesterday to be paid off.
The screw steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain the
Iron. H. Keppel, at Devonport, has carried away past of
her false keel forward. The shipwrights are working extra
hours to expedite her repairs.
On Thursday morning his Prussian Majesty's steam-
corvette, Danzig, 12, Captain Commander Prince William
of Hesse, arrived at Falmouth with the Lord High Ad-
miral of Prussia on board. There are now four Prussian
men-of-war at anchor there.
Orders have been received at the dockyard at Pembroke
to expedite the building of the Doris and Diadem, 32-gun
frigates, and for this purpose a large body of men have
been placed upon them. The battery at the west side of
the dockyard is now completed, and mounts 21 guns of
heavy calibre, completely commanding the approach by
water to the dockyard. The ammunition is stored in the
Andromache floating powder ship, some distance down
the harbour.

The iron screw steam store-ship Industry was docked
yesterday for Woolwich for repairs.

APPOINTMENTS.

J. E. N. Graham, midshipman, to the Atalanta; W:
M. Power, midshipman, to the Salamander ; D. A. Stan-
ley, midshipman, to the Salamander ; W. J. Riding,
acting-assistant-surgeon, to the Otter; James Wyse, act-
ing assistant-surgeon, to the Ajax; T. F. Edgworth,
acting-assistant-surgeon, to the Seahorse ; J. J. Ellis,
acting-assistant-surgeon, to the Amethyst; H. W. V.
Warrington, paymaster to the Amethyst,

MARKET NEWS.—{This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

To-day's market was very extensively supplied with
both fruit and vegetables, which sold steadily. In prices
very little change took place.
FEMIT.—Pine apples, English, 5s to 7s per lb; colonial
do., Os to Os each; hot-house grapes, 3s to 6s Od per lb ;
foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, Os Od to Os Od each ;
peaches, 10s Oct to ZOs; nectarines, 10s to 20a per dozen ;
apples, 3s Od to 5s Od per half sieve ; pears, 3s Od to
6s per dozen ; plumq, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os
per punnet; apricots, Os Od to Os Od per doz.; common plums,
Os Oct to Os per sieve; cherries, 2d to is 6d per pound ;
lemons, 6d to is 6d per doz ; oranges, 5s to 14s per 100 ; fil-
berts, 9s to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 15s to Os ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Oct to Od per 100; figs, 9d to
is 6d per doz ; strawberries, 4d to is 6d per pun. ; goose-
berries, 2s Od to 4s Od per half sieve ; currants, 55 Od to
svOdEGpEerrAhßaLlfEssi.e_veG s,;rereanspbien•s6ied to u od
s,OdtoOdpepr doz.erpo ttle.
bunches;
cabbages, 8d to is 2d per dozen ' • Savoy ditto, Is to
2s Gd per do. ; brocoli, is 6d to 2s per dozen ; old potatoes,
60s to 110 s per ton ; new ditto, 8s to lOs per cwt. ; peas,
2s to 2s 6d per half sieve ; French beans, 9d to is per 100 ;
turnips, new, 4d to 8d per bunch ; carrots, 9d to is 6d
per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 4d to is 6d each ; garlic, 6d to
Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, is Od to is 6d per sieve ;
old onions, 7s Ocl to tis per bushel ; new ditto, 2d to 6d
per bunch ; leeks, 4d to 6d per bunch ; shallots,
Id to Os 6d ; horse-raddish, 2s to 4s per bundle ; parsley,
3d to Od per bunch ; celery, 2s Od to 2s 6d per
bunch ; endive, 3s Od to 4s Od per doz. ; beet, is to 2s Od
per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6d to is Od per dozen • small
salad, 2d to Od per punnet ; mushrooms, is Oct to is 6d
per pottle • artichokes, 6d to 8d eich ; cabbage lettuces,
Is to is tid per score ; sorrel, Od to Os per half sieve ;
radishes, 6d to Os 9d per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to 4s
per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels
sprouts, 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s
per 100 ; walnuts pickling, Od to Os per 100 ; cauliflowers,
is to 2s Oct per doz. ; rhubarb, 4d to 8d per bundle ;
asparagus, 2s Od to 4s per 100; sea kail, is to 3s per pun.