The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-19 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE:

The depot companies of the 24th, 35th (Royal
Suskx), and 53d Regiments, quartered at Chatham
garrison, vacated their barracks yesterday after-
noon, and took possession of the tents which have
been erected for the Ist bat alion inside the Spur
Battery. Previously to the men being encamped
the tents were inspected by Col. H. Eyre, the cons-
mandaut of the garrison ; Col. H. Jervis, f com-
manding the battalim ; and the other staff-officers,
iu order to enable the authorities to ascertain that
all the arrangements were co.nplete for the comfort
and convenience of the troops under canvass. A
laige tent has been erected for a canteen ; there aro
also washing tents for the use of the men. The
fora for the troops who are encamped will be cooked
in: the present, cooking-lieuse. The wives and fami-
lies of the married soldiers are to remain in birraels.
A-large extent of ground inside the Spur Battery
has he, n set apart for an exercise -ground for the
troops.
The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelrhis
Steamship Company'e screw-ship th 4 City of Man-
chester, Captain James Kennedy, left' Portsmouth
yester.lay for Gibraltar and the Cape of Good
Hope with troop, consisting of .41 officers, 6 offi-
ctils wivel, `Tchildien, t; feinaleOinil 1 malever, :
vine, 0;5, ilien, :G4 sottlier wi icor:o :hila rid, '9*
,
crew,- :'litiisob-ri ng . a .total Of 4;220 , perioni.` "..."She
went out in the teeth of a fredi west-south-wester.
Her place alongside the jetty will be occupied to-
dlty by the Vulcan steamer, troop-ship, Commander
.Thun S,,,acombe, R.N., to prepare for another voy-
ae. The Urgent team troopship,- Comm'auder
3ll'Denald, is alongside the jetty treparing for the
riecep,ion of troops again on the 24th.
The H pparatus for obtaininr, superheated steam
r cently introduced by Mr. D. Patridge, inspector
o machinery in Woolwich Dockyard, having been
s ecially orderel by the Lords of the Admiralty to
ore fit ed 'on board her Majesty's troopship Dee, em-
loyed on particular service, was tested yesterday
a .I,Monday, under the superintendence of Mr.
Aplin, assistant to the chief engineer of the yard.
he Dee left Woolwich at 1 o'clock on Monday,
id steamed clown the river, re:urning yesterday
- r,e n
accompaniedi ti g at
7.
t he Captain
vessel,Sasso,
v a ofl °tflih e-
Idm.ralty, in order to witueis the trial, the result
1•
1 of which was reported as follows :—The economy
I 41 fuel alone amounted to from 25 to 30 per cent. ;
and, together with the additional power obtained
by the lesser quantity of coals, realises an aclfvta;iie-
gage of upwards of 38 per cent. in farour
o of
Use of superheated steam. The consumptiono
about
tali with superheated steam
801 b. per hour, and with plain
amountedordinary steam
coolnb.-
o about 1,3701 b., showing
sutnption of fuel in eafc
each engine is 100 horses.
a-
cesst or ordinary
differenceh
ou hour no
ft h3e9
1 he nominal power
o swh lapsoßeyheafsodt
era
ruihd
eaar
hh
returnaul eMd a sivnotteyr:
Wool-
fnander Sturdee,
i Her Majesty's
geetto.
.%,..icli basin to. proper
.A brass 24-
th with steam pounder
rortsmou
un, captured at Canton, and brought to England
y Commodore
he
atio the Hon. Charles Elliot, of her
, ship Sybille, was yesterday landed from
ajesty a .
Rhadamantbus, said to be intended for presen.
nto the Queen. It is spiked and damaged in
he muzzle by a gun-shot, and presents the appear-
"(
once of the most inexperienced or hasty workman-
,ship, still retaining the ridge and excrescences ore-
fated by the mould.
I The fo'lowing freight-ships were yesterday ap.
!pointed to ship war stores from Woolwich Arsenal
;The Roseau, for Trinidad ; the James Shepherd,
:for Valparaiso ; the Ursula, f.)r Malta ; the Sir G.
F. Seymour, for Bermuda ; the Percy, for Hobart
Town ; and the Sophia, for Corfu.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieut. P. G. Nettleton, to the Royal George ;
T. B Wells, master, additional to the Exmouth ;
F. R. Child, master, to the Archer ; W. H. Obree,
master, additional to the Blenheim ; T. H. Hay-
man, acting second master, to the Dee ; and A.
1 De Denne, waist a ut-c'e rk, to the Marlbourgb.

THE MILITIA.
The Pacific steamship took in the baggage of the,
Roscommon Militia alongside Portsmouth D..ck-
yard yesterday, and will embark the regiment this
evening for Dublin, on the way to county head-
quarters to be disembodied. The Wexford Militia
will move from Aldershot to Portsmouth on Fri•
day.