The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-10 00:00:00

NAVAL AND .111L17ARY IN7ELLIGENCE.

A telegram received from Alexandria states that
her Majesty's Indian trolpship Jumna arrived at
Suez from Bombay at two p.m. on the Bth inst.,
and that the Euphrates left that port for Bombay
at six p.m. on the same day.

Mr. Childers, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty,
accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir S. N. Robinson,
K.C.8., Controller of the Navy Captain F. Beau-
champ P. Seymour, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen, private secretary to the First Lord ; and
Mr. E. J. Reed, C. 8., Chief Constructor of the
Navy, returned to Whitehall from Portsmouth yes-
terday by the 10.30 a.m. up-train.
The United States screw corvette Plymouth has
been completed in coaling at Portsmouth, and was
yesterday removed from alongside the floating coal
depot in the harbour stream to the gre tt soath jetty
of the dockyard, where she will complete her pre-
parations for accompanying her Majesty's turi et-
ship Monarch to Portland, United States, with the
remains of the late Mr. Peabody. The. Plymouth
is a wooden-built vessel, without armour ; long,
narrow, and deep-waisted, with a small poop and a
roomy topgr.llant forecastle. Compared with an
English corvette of war of the sane build, the out-
line of the Plymouth's hull has about it more of
the appearance of the clipper merchant ship than
would be found in ours. She has finely modelled
lines forward gained easily from the narrowness of
her beam, and her bows rise boldly out of the
water. She has six eight-inch medium Dahlgrens
mounted on the after-deck, on iron carriages, very
neatly and strongly put together, with two guns
of greater calibre in front of the mainmast, an i
three small boat and shell pieces. The ship is ex-
ceedingly well rigged aloft, carrying taut upier
spars, and spreading a much larger amount of sail
than an English corvette of the same tonnage would
do. All parts of the rigging are very neatly and
efficiently fitted. Her speed under sail alone is
said to be very good. Under steam she will not, it
is also stated, much exceed 11} knots. The nominal
horse-power of her engines is about equivalent to
350 of English measurement. There will be no
absence of respect on the part of the naval or muni-
cipal authorities towards the body of the distin-
guished American on its arrival in Portsmouth dock-
yard on Saturday from London for embarkation on
board the Monarch. All naval officers on duty, and
all such as may wish to testify their respect for the
memory of the deceased by being present, are re-
quested in an official memorandum, isiuei by Vice-
Admiral Hope, to appear in undress uniform.
The Mayor and members of the corporate body of
the borough of Portsmouth will be present in their
official robes, attended by the corporation chaplain
and mace. Detachments of officers, seamen, and
Marines, belonging to her Majesty's ships at Ports-
mouth, will be drawn up under arms on the jetty.
On the arrival of the body in the dockyard the
Monarch will lower her ensign to " half-mast" and
display the American ensign abreast of the fore-
topmast crosstrees. All her Maj sty's ships in
harbour will dip their ensigns at the peak to " half-
mast," and display the American ensign dipped to
the foretopmast crosstrees during the time that the
Duke of Wellington, as the flagship of the Port
Admiral, fires 20 guns at minute intervals. 'When
the 20 guns have been fired her Majesty's ships will
re-hoist their ensigns at the peak and lower
the American ensign from forward, except the
Monarch, which will keep the two ensigns flying
and dipped.

Thebonegal, screw line- of-battle ship, Captain
'. Hewett, V.C., will be officially inspected by the
Port Admiral, or his representative, at Portsmouth
to-day, and will sail to-morrow or Monday for
China.

Col. E. M. 'Boxer, Royal Artillery, late super-
intendent Royal Laboratory Department, Royal
Arsenal, Woolwich, will, it is understood, shortly
retire from the service on full pay. The length of
time, 14 years, which Col. Boxer has devoted to
the department over which he has so successfully
presided, has rendered this step almost imperative,
the gallant colonel not having performel any mili-
tary duty since, he was a captain in the early part of
1851, and being, therefore, unprepared to assume
the duties devolving upon the colonel of a brigade
of artillery.
Lieut. Joseph A. Fraser was y,sterday appointed
to the Valorous, commissioned.

Yesterday the 2d Infarivry Brigade, at Aldershot,
under the command of Colonel F. R. Elrington
(4th Battalion Rifle Brigade), Acting-Brigadier,
formed up in complete marching order on the bri-
gade parade, Centre Block, Permanent Barracks,
and at 10 o'clock proceeded on route-marching duty.
The brigade passed along the Farnham-road as far
as Heath-end-gate, then wheeled to right over
Hungry-hill, and returned to quarters by way of
Bricksbury-plain, Caesar's Camp, and the Long
Valley. The 2d Battalion 13th (Prince Albert's)
Light Infantry, under the command of Colonel T.
:launsell, furnished the advance guard on the march
out, and the 4th Battalion 60th Royal Rifles, under
the command of Captain Pemberton, covered the
brigade in skirmishing order on the return to
barracks. The 67th Regiment was under the com-
mand of Colonel J. W. Thomas, C. 8., and the 4th
Battalion Rifle Brigade was commanded by Colonel
Nixon. The brigade arrived at quarters at 1 o'clock.
The 7th Dragoon Guards, under the command of
Colonel It. Clarke, also marched out yesterday
morning, proceeding through High-street, Alder-
shot, to Toughatn and the vicinity of Farnham, and
returning to quarters by the lower road from the
last-mentioned town about 12 o'clock. The tem-
perature was much milder than has been ex-
perienced in the neighbourhood of the camp for
some days past, but the weather was exceedingly
foggy, and the miry state of the roads by no
means favourable to rapid marching or pleasant
locomotion.

The following exchanges of brigades by officers of
the Royal Artillery have been sanctioned at the
Horse Guards :—Between Colonel A. T. Cadell, of
the 17th Brigade, and Colonel Thomas Brougham,
of the 19th Brigade; between Captain and Brevet-
Major P. J. Campbell, E Battery, A Brigade, Royal
Horse Artillery, and Captain and Brevet-Major A.
H. Murray, of G Battery, 14th Brigade ; 'between
Capt. R. C. Henchy, of the 23d Brigade, and Capt.
Henry M. Finlay, of C Battery, D Brig ide, Royal
Horse Artillery.
Captain Sandford, R.E., who arrived home from
the Cape some time back in command of the few
non-commissioned officers and men who constituted
the 22d Company of Royal Engineers, and who
was granted the usual leave, has just rejoined the
School of Military Engineering at Brompton Bar-
racks, and has taken over the command of the 39th
Company from Lieutenant M'Cartney, who has
received leave of absence previous to his embarking
for India. Captain C. E. I'Vebber takes the com-
mand of the 22d Company, which is expected to be
the " telegraph 'company," which will be employed
by the Post-office.
The War Department are anxious to make some
arrangement with the Medway Union Guardians
for the reception of patients from the new Lock
Hospital at Chatham who may have to leave
that establishment at the expiry of the fixed
term, for their safe custody there, but who
may not even then be in good health. Mr.
Longley, a Poor Law Inspector, has had a con-
sultation with the Guardians on the subject, which
is to be further considered. There are some appre-
hensions in Chatham that the opening of the new
hospital, which will bring more patients of a very
undesirable character to the town, and from a wider
area than hitherto, may increase the burdens on the
poor rates,
inflicting au injury on a special locality
in the carrying out of an act passed to effect a na-
tional benefit ; but probably the Government will
make what arrangements they can to prevent such
an injustice to the ratepayers.

Revenons a nos moutons.—A ham, said to b© the
largest ever known, and weighing 721 b., -is now in the
possession of Mr. George Osborne. This, it would seem,
is the same Mr. George Osborne, the extensive provision
merchant, who did so much for the reduction of the price
of the food of the people, and, it is to bo regretted, failed
in his efforts. He has now opened premises in the Old
Bailey, where, whatever may be the hardship of the order
from the Vice-Chancellor to restrain the use of his Alma,
he certainly displays his wether legs t 9 oyery edyautage
for the orders of the public.