The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-24 00:00:00

IRE NAVY.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Thomas C. Chol-
meley, to the Hawke ; Lieut. Willoughby W.
Howell, to the Formidable ; Lieut. Charles E. T.
Woodman, to the Asia ; Lieut. Alfred J. Cheek, to
the Centurion ; John M'Cool, acting second-class
assistant-engineer, to the Cornwallis, for the Fly ;
Joseph Stocker, acting third-class assistant-engi-
neer, to the Indus, as supernumerary ; Alexander
Allen, paymaster, to the Industry; Henry Pen-
gelley, paymaster, to the Atholl ; and Charles P.
Fielow, paymaster additional, to the Chesapeake.

THE ARMY.

An official despatch from the Horse Guards was
yesterday received by Gen. Sir Richard Dacre,
K.C.8., commanding at Woolwich, announcing the
intention of his Imperial Higness the Grand Duke
Michael, of Russia, to witness a parade of the Royal
Artillery troops this morning at Woolwich, and
afterwards to pay a visit of inspection to the de-
partments of the Royal Arsenal.
In consequence of the destined removal of Capt.
Mercer's No. 3 field battery, 4th Brigade Royal
Artillery, from headquarters, Woolwich, to New
Zealand, as stated in The Sun of yesterday, Major
G. Davis, V.C., commanding the 7th battery, 15th
Brigade Garrison Artillery, at Gosport, is ordered
to'repair to Woolwich on receipt of further orders
to that effect, and assume the command of a new
battery to be organised for the purpose of replacing
Capt. Mercer's battery, ordered on foreign service
as above stated. The new battery will be equipped
with Armstrong guns.
The entire arrangement having been completed
for the transfer of the department of the Assistant-
Adjutant-General of the Royal Engineers from
Chatham to Whitehall, the whole of the officers of
• the staff attached to the Assistant-Adjutant-Gene-
ral's-office, as well as the clerks, have been removed
from Brompton Barracks to the Horse Guards,
where the duties connected with that department
will for the future be carried on.
In consequence of the representations made to the
Government of the necessity of having an increased
number of Sappers and Miners of the Royal Engi-
neers stationed at Corfu,farihe. • rpose of prose-
cuting the engineering and other public works now
in progress at that island, the authorities have de-
cided on augmenting the number of troops be-
longing to that branch of the service now doing
duty in the lonian Islands, where the 9th and
29th companies of Royal Engineers are at pre-
sent stationed. Orders have accordingly been
forwarded to Colonel H. D. Harness, C. 8., Di-
rector of the Royal Engineer establishment at
Chatham, directing him to select a detachment of
the most skilful mechanics and artisans from the
detachments now at head-quarters, in order that
they may be at once forwarded to Corfu, where
there is a great demand for well-skilled men of the
Royal Engineers. The men employed in this ser-
vice will receive extra pay, in addition to several
other advantages.
The Elswick Ordnance Company have lately pur-
chased above five acres of land to the east of their
present works in Newcastle-on-Tyne, on which it is
• understood they propose erecting a series of commo-
dious buildings for fitting up and finishing the
Armstrong guns before they are shipped to Wool-
wich. Heretofore the guns have been sent from
Elswick in an unfinished state, the carriages and
other fittings being added when they reached
Woolwich. In the new works about to be erected it
is intended that the guns for the future shall be
fitted up and finished before they leave the Tyne.
Yesterday, at 12.25, Lieut.-Col. Mitchell, with
Lieutenants Lane and Mackay, and 62 men of the
No. 2 Brigade, Royal Artillery, arrived from Dover,
via Hastings, at Bexhill, a station on the London,
Brighton, and South Coast Railway, in order to
make the necessary preparations for a new experi-
ment with artillery on a Martello Tower, No. 49,
about two and a-half miles from that station. One-
half of the men are billetted at Powell's Hotel, in
the village of Bexhill, about a stone's throw from
the station, and the remainder at a place where
theie are a few houses, called Little Common, which
is in the immediate vicinity of No. 49 Tower. They
will be employed in fitting up a four-gun battery,
consisting of two 68 and two 81 pounders of the
ordinary description of cannon, the object being
to compare their efficiency with that of the
Armstrong guns lately tried at Eastbourne.
Part of the materiel arrived yesterday at
Bexhill from Dover at 4.50 p.m., and it
is thought the preparations will occupy about
a week. The operations are under the direction of
Colonel Burke Cuppage, and as the presence of
the Dnke of Cambridge is anticipated, his grace
will, doubtless, fix the day for the experiment,
which is as yet uncertain.
The Deputy-Adjutant, Col. C. Bingham, an-
nounces the following removals, appointments,
&c., in the Royal Artillery, in a general regi-
mental order dated the 20th inst. :—Second Capt.
Henry Renny, to be Capt. vice G.R. C. Young,
removed to the half-pay list. Lieut, W. G. Mar-
tin to be Second Capt., vice Renny. Second Capt.
Arthur LT. G. Pearse to be Adjt., vice Ravenhill,
who resigns the Adjutancy only. Lieut. F. L. G.
Little, of the 7th Brigade, to be raised to increased
• pay, vice Martin. Second Capt. R. H. Newbolt is
appointed to the Horse Brigade, vice Major Grylls,
who resigns his appointment in that branch in
consequence of ill-health. Second Capt. T. P.
Carey is transferred from No. 1 Battery, 6th
Brigade, to No. 1 Battery, 11th Brigade, vice New-
bolt, and Major Grylls is therefore posted to the
former Battery in the room of Carey. Second
Capt. and Brevet-Major T. S. P. Field is trans-
ferred to the Depot Brigade, vice Pearse, and
Second Capt. Ravenhill is therefore posted to No.
5 Battery, 11th Brigade. Second Capt. F. G. E.
Warren is transferred from Major Barstow's Bat-
tery, 4th Brigade, td Major Hastings's Battery,
11th Brigade, in place of Capt. Renny, and Second
Capt. W. G. Martin will therefore join the former
Battery. The following removals have been
sanctioned,—viz., Capt. Renny, from Bengal to
Woolwich ; Major Field, from India to Woolwich ;
Second Capt. Carey, from Malta to India; Major
Grylls, from India to Malta ; and Second Capt.
W. G. Martin, from Gosport to Shorncliffe.
His Royal
with the Highness the General Commanding,
extrreeence of the Secretary of State for
War, in reference
tolthseWar-office Circular of the
7th of November, 89,
No. 198, has appointed
the following officers to be Inspectors of War-
like Stores and Firemasteas
at the undermentioned
stations :—Capt. R. Boyle, Malta; Capt. C. Hardy,
Halifax ; Capt. T. Masi
on, Quebec • Lieut. E. T.
Worry, Gibraltar. To be ector.—Capt.
C. B. Le Mesurier, Corfu. The
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officers to the remaining stations
cir-
cular referred to will be notified as soon as the offi-
cers have passed through the course of instruction,
and received certificates of competency from the
respective superintendents of the manufacturing
departments. As there are at the presentofietimers
several vacancies not yet provided for, any f
who may be desirous of the appointments are re-
quested to submit their wishes to their commanding
officers, who (if they have no objection thereto) wid
forward the names to the Horse Guards.
The following are the names of the recipients in
the Royal Artillery of the medal and gratuity for
lows service and good conduct" for the current
year :—Sergt.-Major Henry Nelson, Sergtansjor
John McDonald, Sergt. William Huggins, Sergta
• Major Charles Serbutt, and Qunner David Cupar,
of the Depot; Gunner-Sergt. .AI`Beath, 3d
Brigade; Sergt. Bernard Doolan (1,10), Coast Bri-
gade.
A new pattern of rocket scale, adapted to all de-
scriptions of rockets, submitted by Cape, Jernin.g-
ham, R.N., has been approved for service, and ooe
of these new scales, with hits, has been demanded
for each battery of the Horse Brigade on home ser-
'lee, in exchange for the brass scales now in pos-
session. A new vent-piece for 12-pounder Arm-
strong-guns has been approved under authority,
and steps`aa
ve been taken to have the vent-pieces
now in use exchanged for those of the new pattern.
His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
-10-Chief has approved the following promotions
azro appointments of master
gunners :—Master