The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-12 00:00:00

U. War Department, Pall Mall, 7th April,R 185E6WRY..

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour K.C.T3 Com-
wander in-Chief, and Cimmodore the 'Hon. F. 'T.' Pel-
ham, C. 8., Captain of the fleet at Spithead, went out
yesterday in the steam-yacht Fire Queen, Master Com-
mander W. F. Paul, and assembled the gun-boat flotilla. ,
When at Spithead the captains of the several divisions ,
of gunbeats—Captain Codrington, C.B. of the Red
Captain the Hon. H. Keppel,of the White • anti
Captain Yelverton, C. 8., of the Blue, were signalled to.
repair on board the Fire Queen for an audience with the
Commander-in. Chief, The whole flotilla immediately
afterwards got under way, and proceeded towards
Stokes Bay to form the order of sailing (or rather steam-
ing) in two columns, Captain Codringten on board the ,
Coq Bette (Commander Risk), and Captains Keppel and
Yelverton on board gun-boats, the first-named leading
the red squadron, the second the white, and the third
the blue, and each having its distinguishing pennant
flying. Having formed the order of sailing in two co-
lumns, they proceeded through the fleet at anchor, which
is also moored in two long lines. On arriving at the head of
the fleet the starboard, or red division, under Capt. Cod-
rington, steamed round the Royal George, 102, to star-
board, while the white and blue divisions turned round
~
to port on the Duke of Wellington, and each line pursued
its course back to the bottom of the line of the fleet,
Sundry other mauceuvres were then ordered to be per- ..
formed by signal, which were satisfactorily executed,
and then the - Commander-in• Chief returned to port.
The fleet was joined yesterday by the Exmouth, 91, and
the Conqueror, 101.
The Rattler screw steam-sloop, Commander Follower!,
whose arrival at Spithead we merely noted yesterday, left Hong Kong on the .B‘,ll of Dec., arrived at the 'Jape
of Good Hope on the 12th of Feb., and left on the 24th.; St. Helena on the 6th of March ; she has had several • cases of dysentery on the passage, and lost 10 men and
the gunner. The Rattler was leaky until she arrived at
the Cape, where she caulked, and since then bas not
been so bad. They brought borne 30 Russian prisoners,
and Lieutenants Pousckin and Schilling. The Rattler
has been in commission nearly five years, during which
time she has been engaged at Burma!), and various times
with pirates, &c. Death has been a constant visitor on
board, iu one shape or another. She does not bring
back one-third of her original ship's company ; the others
are scattered all over the East ; her lower chain plates -
are gone and foremast wrung.
The Government diver at Plymouth has discovered in
Liarnoaas the hull of a ship, supposed to be the frigate
Aniphion, blown up on the 22d of Sept., 1796. Some
efforts aro to be made to raise portions of the wreck,

The Tuscan Monitore publishes a treaty just concluded
between Tuscany an'l Naples for the extradition of de-
linquents.
The Cauease gives the details of a skirmish which oc-
curred last February between some Gouriel Militia and
the Turks, which terminated in the discomfiture of the
latter.

ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—A convict forming one of a
gang employed in stacking carriages in the carriage de-
partment of Woolwich Arsenal, has succeeded in effect-
ing his escape thence, and, although some days have"
elapsed, not the slightest clue has been obtained which
may lead to his ultimate recovery.
ADULTERATION OF FLOUR AT ROTTIRRRAM:—At the
Pontefract sessions, on Thersday, Mr. J. Crossly, miller
and flour dealer, Rotherham, appealed against a convict.
tion by the Rotherham magistrates on the 17th March
last, for adulterating flour with gypsum. The conviction
was confirmed.
It will be seen by our Parliamentary report that Lord
John Russell alluded in the House of Commons last
evening to the occurrence of a domestic affliction in the
family of the honourable member for the West Riding.
The event referred to is of a very distressing nature,
consisting of the sudden death at Weinhim, Baden, oa
Monday last, of Mr. Cobden's only son, a youth of 15.
OXFORD, April 11.— ARNOLD HISTORICAL PRIZE.—
Tl e judges of this prize have signified to the Vice.Chan-
senor that they have awarded the same to Jihn Henry
Bridges, 8.A., Oriel College ; and have appointed the
following subject for the compositions of the next year
—"The cendition of Athens in the time of Demetrius Phalereus."
ENCLOSURE OF HAMPSTEAD HEATH.--Yesterday a de-
putation from the districts of Marylebone, St. Pancras • and Hampstead-heath bad .an interview with Sir
B.
Hall upon the subject of the Settled Estates .BilYnow
before Parliament, under. the provisions of which it was
feared that Hampstead•heath would be closed, to the pub-
lic. Lord R. Grosvenor, who introduced the depute"- •
Lion, said that their object was to prevent Sir T. M. " •
Wilson from gaining, by the general act, what Parlia-
ment had already refused to grant him. Mr. Freeth,
as
member of the deputation, suggested that a compromise
leight,be effected by which Sir Thomas Wilson might
be allowed to grant building leases on the manorlarm,
on condition of his surrendering all rights to the heath
on moderai;e terms. Sir Benjamin Hall replied, that
compromise had been attempted, but without
success,
and that the question was one to be entertained
not
the
Government, but by the Metropolitan Board
of He confessed he was surprised at the sure-
such
vo by
k
Riau manner in which they had set the question aside, • •
but, should they again consider it, he would be willing,
as his predecessors bad done, in the case of a park for •;
Finsbury, to recommend to Government to make a
grant from the Consolidated Fund in aid of a tnetropoli- • tan rate for the purchase of the heath ; but he wished it • '
to be understood that he was not pleding the Govern
went to do so.

THE DISEMBODIMENT OF THE MILITIA.—it in under-
stood to be the intention of Government to reduce the
militia as troops of the line arrive from the Crimea. It
is not intended to disband them by regiments, but gra-
dually to reduce each by the discharge of the moat in-
effective men,

A deputation, consisting of Lord R. Grosvenor M.P.,
the Rey. Professor Marks, Mr. Eales, and Mr. Nicholay
(Marylebone), Mr. David. Powell, Mr. Joseph Hoare,
Hr. Le Breton, Mr. Thomas Turner, Mr. Turner, and
Toller (Hampstead), Mr. Henry Ferrer, Mr. Francis
itreeten Mr. James Orr, Mr. T. D. Keighley,. and Mr.
Gook, Vestry Clerk (St. Pancras), and Mr. Chas. Freetb,
,ad an interview with the Right Hon. Sir Beejamin
Hall yesterday at the Office of Public Works, Whitehall.
SCOTTISH CENTRAh RAILWAY.—TraMo return for the
week ending April 6, 1856.... ...... . ........ ... £5,792 1 0
Corresponding week hot You ............... lie 5,33316 2

An Examination for Provisional C >omissions in the
Royal Artillery will commence on Alonday, 30th Jape,
at King's College, Strand. About 20 appointments
will be made, supposing a sufficient number of compe-
tent
persons to present themselvea. The Qancli-
d des must bo between the ages of '2O and 23 years ;
and those appointed will be gazetted to iieutenancies
in the Royal Artillery in the first instance, with tern
parary rank. They will be placed for instruction, for
about six months, under the director of artil-
lery studies at Woolwich ; and on " completing
their course, to the satiifaetion of the Secretary
of State for War, will receive permanent commiseions
with the date of their temporary appointment. They rill
receive the pay of their rank (viz., ss: 7d. per diem)
frcna the date of their names appearing in the Gazette
but will be required to contribute a deposit of 201. for
the purchase of books, instruments, &o.
At the same time, provided a sufficient number are
found competent, about thirty admissions will be misdo
to the pratical class of the Royal Military Acadenby
at Woolwicll, the candidates for which must be between
the ages of 17 and 20 years. It is expected that gentle-
men admitted will remain under instruction for six or
eight months, and at the end of that period will, on pass-
ing a satisfactory examination, receive commissions-i!in
the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, according to
their proficiency. They will be required to pay a con-
tribution of 62/. 10s. for the time during which they re-
main at the Academy.
Tee appointments in both these classes will he <deter-
mined by the result of a competitive examination. The
days and subjects of examination will be as follows, viz. :
Tuesday, July I.—Pure Mathematics, 2,000 marks.
Wednesday, July 2.—Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics,
Dynamics and Hydrostatics, 1,500 marks.
Thursday, July 3—Language, Literature, Geography,
and History of Ancient Rome, 1,000 marks.
Friday, July 4--Do. do. do. of Ancient Greece, 750
marks.
Saturday, July s.—Do. do. do of France, 1,000 marks.
Monday, July 7.—Do. do. do. of Germany, 750 marki.
The examination in French and German will be both
written and viva voce.
Tuesday, July B—English Language, Literature, Com.
positon Histoly, and Geography, 1,250 marks.
Wednesday, July 9—Experimental Sciences, i.e., Che-
wistry, Heat, Electficity, including Magnetism 1,00-) marks.
Thursday, July 10—Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, :ma
Geology, 750 marks.
Friday, July 11—Moral and Political Sciences, 1,000
marks.
Saturday, July 12—Drawing, i. e., Elementary 'Geo-
metrical Drawing, including the use of drawing instru-
ments, and either Machinery, Architectural, Engineering,
or Landscape Drawing, 750 marks.•
The examination will commence on each of these days
at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue until 1
o'clock. It will re-commence at 2 o'clock, and continue
until 5. No candidate will be admitted after the hour
fixed for-the commencement of the examination.
Every candidate must be examined in pure mathemtv-
tics ; and no one who does not obtain at least one-fiftlx
of the marks allotted to that subject will be eligible for
an appointment.
From the other subjects of examination each midi.
date may select those in which he desires to be ex,'
amined ; but no one will be allowed to count the marl_s
gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least
amount to one-sixthof the total number of marks allotted
to that subject.
Every candidate must transmit to the War Depart.
vent, Poll-Mall, by the 20th June next :
Ist. An extract from the register of his baptism, or,
in default of that, a certificate verified by affidavit.
2d. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a'
clergyman of the parish to which he belongs, and by the
tutor r bead of the school or college at which be bat,
received his education for at least two years, or such
other proof of good moral character, as will be satista&'
tory to the Secretary of State.
3. A statement of the subjects of examination in which..
(in addition to Pure Mathematics) he may desire to be o
examined.
All Candidates must present themselves at King's'
College, on Monday the 30th (-f June, at 1 o'clock p.m.,
where they will severally be inspected by Military Sur-,
;eons, in order to ascertain that they are free from any_;
bodily defects or ailment,,, calculated to interfere with
the performance of military duties.