The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

g Capt. the Duke of Edinburgh arrived on Friday
evening at Devonport, and on Saturday morning
went on boaid his frigate, the Galatea.
The arrangements necessary for the accommoda-
tion of Prince Arthur, on bis admission to the Royal
Military Academy at Woolwich are now complete.
His Royal Highness, having passed the usual exa-
mination before the Council of Military Education
at Chelsea, will commence his studies in the capacity
of cadet to-morrow, at 9 o'clock. For the present
half-year the number of cadets, including the
Prince, is 183. The Prince, who will be attended
by Major Elphinstone, his governor, and Lieut. A.
F. Pickard,,V.C., will continue his residence at the
Banger's house in Greenwich-park, leaving the
Academy daily at 7 in the evening, so that the
only meal he will attend in the Academy will he
the luncheon at 2 o'clock in the dining-hall, in
common with the remainder of the cadets.
The chartered troopship Camperdown, which
sailed from the Thames with troops on board, for
Bombay, has put back and returned to the Thames
to make good the damage she has sustained since
putting to sea. Her troops will be landed at
Gravesend on Saturday, and will be accommodated
in barracks until the vessel is again ready to receive
them on board. The Camperdown left Gravesend
on the 13th ult., and from the period of her getting
clear of the Channel she encountered a succession of
fearful gales, the ship sustaining such damage that
she was compelled to put back. She has been towed
up the river to the East India Docks, where she
will be repaired and refitted. The troops ofi board
were in charge of Cornet W. G: Andrews, 18th
Hussars.

Capt. Biddlecombe, master attendant of Wool-
wich dockyard, went down to Greenhithe on Satur-
day morning and superintended the mooring of the
line-of-battle 50 gunship Chichester, let as a train-
ing vessel for destitute boys entered by the society
for that purpose.
The following is the official statement from the
Royal Marine-office issued at Woolwich showing
the figures of merit and numbers exercised at
target practice of the several divisions of Royal
Marines during the past year :—Figures of
merit.—Artillery division, 141.72 ; Woolwich divi-
son, 104.44 ; Chatham division, 96.30 ; Portsmouth,
87.3.0 ; Plymouth, 80.22. Numbers exercised.—
Artillery division, 692 ; Woolwich, 960 ; Chatham,
956 ; Portsmouth, 677 ; and Plymouth, 765. The
best shots were—first period, Sergt. John Bott,
Woolwich division ; second period, Private Rogers,
Chatham ; third period, Sergt. Bott, pronounced
accordingly the best shot of the entire corps.
Her Majesty's 4-gun iron screw storeship Megmra,
Capt. Simpson, having completed her cargo at Wool-
wich, went down the river on trial on Saturday, and
is under ostlers to sail without delay for Gibraltar
and Malta.

The Government lighter Tortoise, from Wool-
wich, arrived at Devonport on Thursday.
The iron screw steam transport, Tamar, 2, Capt.
Francis W. Sullivan, C. 8., having had defects made
good, left Plymouth Sound on Saturday for the
Mediterranean.

The screw steam corvette Racoon, 22, captain
Richard Purvis, put her steam in motion on Thurs-
day when in Keyhana basin. On Saturday she was
placed in the lock. To-day she will be removed
into Hamoaze. After making trial of her engines,
either to-day or to-morrow, her cre•v will be turned
over from the hulk. 011 e of her engineers, Mr.
Robert Taylor, was considerably injured on Thurs-
day by the machinery.
The screw steam frigate Bristol, 31, Capt. Leve-
son E. H. Somerset, which left Plymouth on Thurs-
day for her station on the West Coast of Africa,
put back on Friday, having received such damage
as required her to go into Hamoaze on Saturday
morning. Her jib-boom is carried away, and she
may require a new bowsprit.
The screw steam-corvette Charybdis, 17, from
SLAthead for Australia, arrived in Piymouth Sound
on Saturday.
The paddlewheel steam frigate Valorous, 16, Capt.
C. C. Forsyth, and the screw steam-sloop Petrel, 3,
Commander W. E. Gordon, were in Simon's Bay
on the 3d of January.
The screw steamer Rodney, 79, 500 horse-power,
Capt. Algernon Ileneage, flagship of Vice-A dmiral
the HOD. S:r H. Keppel, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief in China and Japan, is expected to be ready
for sea in about a mouth from the present time.
She is still several A.B.'s and first-class and leading
seamen. short of her proper complement, and bills
are posted throughout Chatham inviting petty offi-
cers and able seamen to join her.

The ironclad ship Northumberland, 26, 6,621
tons, 1,350-horse power (nominal), Commander
Batt, remains at her moorings, near the west shore
in the Medway, awaiting orders from the Admi-
ralty, to proceed to Devonport as soon as there is
dock accommodation for her at that yard. A party
of officers and men belonging to the steam reserve
remain in charge of the Northumberland. She is
nearly ready for the pennant.
The Caracoa, 23, screw frigate (unarmoured),
1,571 tons, 350-horse power, Commander Sir W. S.
Wiseman, C. 8., which arrived at Spithead on Fri-
day from Australia and New Zealand, was inspected
at Spithead on Saturday, by Admiral Sir T. S.
Pasley, K.C.8., and afterwards stcameLl into
Portsmouth harbour to dismantle and pay out of
commission.

The Minotaur, ironclad iron frigate, Capt. J. E.
Goodenough, fitting at Portsmouth for the flag of
Rear-Admiral Warden, as Commander-in-Chief of
the Channel Fleet of 1867, was placed in dock at
that yard on Saturday.
The Speedy, screw gunvcssel, 60-horse power,
tender to the Dasher, paddle steamer, sailed from
Portsmouth on Saturday for the Channel Islands,
taking the Needles channel.
The 68th Regiment, under the command of Col.
Greer, stationed in Portsmouth garrison, has been
armed throughout with the Snider breech-loading
rifle. •

The examinations of candidates for commissions
in the medical department of the army will com-
mence at Chelsea Hospital this morning, before
Major-General W. C. E. Napier, Vice-President,
and the members of the Council of Military Educa-
tion.'

An order was received at Chatham on Saturday
directing Capt. G. C. Bartholomew, 2d battalion,
10th Regiment ; Lieut. J. G. Hughes, Ist battalion,
22d Regiment, and Ensign E. Birch, 4th West India
Regiments, to be held in readiness for embarkation,
to join the service companies of their respective
regiments.

On Saturday detachments from the various corps
comPthing the three depot battalions at Chatham
left that garrison, and proceeded to Hythe for the
purpose of going through a course of instruction in
the use of the new breech-loader Snider gun at the
School of Musketry.
An application has been .made to the Government
by the corporation of the city of Rochester for the
Sappers and Miners of the Royal Engineers at
Chatham to be employed in submarine operations
in the port of Rochester, to remove some dangerous
shoals and other accumulations near Rochester-
bridge and some other parts of the harbour, the
corporation paying the expense. The corporation
have been given to understand that their application
will be acceded to. A few years since the Sappers
and Miners were employed in the demolition of old
Brompton-bridge between two and three years.
They performed the work most satisfactorily.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty : —Lieut Shattock, additional,
to the Bristol, for disposal ; Lieut. R. B. Pipon to
the Zebra; Lieut. R. J. Hughes to the Niobe ; J.
C. Thomas, to the Virago ; J. G. Liddle, master,
to the Zebra ; F,. IL C. Smith, master, to the
Niobe ; Sub-Lieut. J. 'l'. Hardinge to the Zebra ;
Sub.-Lient. C. T. Francis to the Niohe; J. Ferris
and J. W. B. Reeve, midshipmen, to the Zebra;
J. F. H. Vernon, midshipman io the Niobe ; W.
Lewis. Lewis, chief engineer, to the Fisgard, forser-
vice in the Nymph ; T. Sagar, chief engineer, to the
Mutine ; R. J. Wilson, chief engineer, to the Cum
Berland, for the Myrmidon; W. J. Thomson, assist.-
surg., to the'llamitless ; J. Rodgers, acting assist.-
surg., to the Royal Alfred ; F. A. Haig, master's

assiat., to the Zebra ; D. A. Richmond, master's
assist., to the Niobe ; R. J. Rogers, master's assist.,
to the Achilles ; F. Roberts, and R. C. Roughton,
master's assists., to the Rodney ; and T. W.
Bower, engineer, to the Indus, for service in the
Vixen.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCB.

MIDLAND,

The directors state in their report that the traffic
of the railway for the half-year ending Dec. 31 last,
as compared with the corresponding half-year of
1865, showed an increase from coaching of £30,985 ;
from cattle, of £1,643 ; from merchandise, of
£25,318 ; from minerals, of £10,689 ; total increase,
£72,265. The amounts under these heads would
have been considerably-greater but for the unfortu-
nate accidents which occurred during the autumn of
last year to the Apperley Viaduct and other works
on the Leeds and Bradford Railway, and the great
land slip at Bugsworth. on the Rowsley and Buxton
Extension to New Mills, whereby the traffic on both
these railways was interrupted. The expenses had
increased very considerably over those for the cor-
responding period of 1865, and were beyond the
proportion which they usually bore to the receipts.
This matter had received the ckse attention of the
directors, and the increase was mainly to be attri-
buted to the continued advance in the price of la-
bour and materials, and to the great expense which
it was necessary to incur in workinethe traffic in-
terrupted by the incidents referred to. The balance
available for dividend was £518,251, of which
£4,617 was brought from the previous half-year;
and the directors were enabled to recommend the
declaration of the following dividends (less income
tax), payable on the Ist day of March next :—£3
2.3. 6d. per cent. on the Consolidated Stock ; £2 2s.
9d. per cent. on the Consolidated Birmingham and
Derby Stock ; £3 2s. 6d. per cent. on the Consoli-
dated Preferential Stock ; and on the Consolidated
Erewash Valley Stock ; also the usual dividends on
all the preference shares and stocks ; leaving a ba-
lance of £6,551 to be carried to the current half-
year. The dividend recommended was less than
that declared for the corresponding half-year of
1865, but the diminution was occasioned by causes,
some of which would prove only temporary in their
operation—viz., the large amount of interest and
dividend paid out of revenue in respect of railways
and works at present unproductive, the outlay upon
which, to the end of 1866, might be estimated at
four millions ; and the restoration of the viaduct
and other works destroyed by the floods upon the
Leeds and Bradford Railway, the cost of which
would be borne by revenne, the greater part having
been already charged in the accounts of the half-
year. There had also been an increase in the amount
of interest upon the debenture debt of the company
during the half-year, in consequence of the enhanced
value of money, and the larger amount borrowed.
Mr. Kirtley reported that the rolling stock was in
good working order, and that during the half year
the mileage performed 'by trains bad been—with
passenger trains, 2,680,059 miles, and with goods
and mineral trains, 3,640,106 miles—total, 6,320,165
miles, showing an increase of 524,612 miles over
the corresponding periad. The renewals of locomo-
tive stock for the half year have been 11 engines,
43 carriages, eight break vans, 11 horse-boxes,
nine carriage trucks, and 399 waggons, the entire
cost of which has been charged to revenue. Mr.
Crossley reported that the length of line relaid
was 324 miles, and that the line and works com-
prising 78 miles of addition railway had been main-
tained in an effective state during the half-year, with
the exception of those upon the Leeds and Bradford
Railway, which sustained considerable damage from
the unusual floods of November last ; but those
works have now been so far restored as to enable the
traffic to resume its ordinary course. With respect
to new lines in course of construction he reported that
the Midland and Furness, and Duffield and Wirks-
work railways were nearly completed ; and that on
the Sheffield and Chesterfield, Mangotsfield and Bath,
Cudworth and Barnsley, and Melbourne and Sawley
lines as much progresshad been made as could reason-
ably be expected, considering the extremely unfavour-
able weather which had prevailed during the last few
months. Messrs. Barlow & Liddell reported that the
works upon the Bedford and London Railway were
proceeding with activity. The tunnels and all the heavy
works were in a forward state, and the line might
be ready for goods traffic during the autumn of the
present year. The foundations for the passenger sta-
tion and Hotel at St. Pancras bad been commenced.
The directors were glad to observe that the bills de-
posited for the present session were few in number
as compared with those of former years. The (Mid-
land (Additional Powers) Bill, promoted by this
company, proposed to raise £170,000 on shares and
£56,600 on loans; and the Midland (Derby Gas-
works) Bill. £30,000 in shares. The directors strongly
recommended the proposed amalgamation of the
Midland with the Glasgow and South-Western
Company :to the approval of the proprietors. Tile
London and North-Western and Midland (Hudders-
field add Halifax) Bill authorised the raising of
£440,000 in shares and £146,600 by borrowing, of
which capital the Midland were to provide one-half.
With respect to the Cheshire Lines Bill, the Mid-
land Company were to raise one-third of the capital
or £34,000 on shares, and £11,300 by loans. It had
become necessary to create capital for the purposes
of the railways and works authorised by Parliament
last session, and the directors intended to submit a
resolution at the ensuing meeting for power to raise
£2,755,000 for the construction of the Settle to Car-
lisle Railway ; the Ashby and Nuneaton, the Addi-
tional Powers Act, the Branches Act, the Liverpool
Extension Joint Line, and Cheshire and other lines.
It was proposed that the shares be £22 each, and be
entitled to a preference dividend at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum, with au option to the holders to
convert the same into the ordinary stock of the com-
pany after June 30, 1872.