The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-14 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

E. Maunsell, also received seamen from the
Monarch, and left the same day for Plymouth.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :

The advices of our Malta correspondent reach to
the 7th of June, when her Majesty's screw line-of-
battleship Royal Albert, bearing the flag of the
Commander-in-Chief, Admiral the Right Hon.
Lord Lyons ; Hibernia, receiving ship (of theline)
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir M.
Stopford ; the Princess Royal, Conqueror, and
Centurion, screw steamships of the line ; the Vul-
ture, steam frigate ; the Vigilant, steam corvette ;
the Caradoc, steam despatch vessel ; the Hearty,
steam tug; and the Urgent, screw steam transport,
continued in Valetta harbour. The Grand Cross
of the most distinguished order of St. Michael and
St. George has been conferred upon Admiral Lord
Lyons, and it is not improbable that the ceremony
of investiture will take place at Malta, unless the
Admiralty issues orders which will allow of his re-
turning to Corfu. Her Majesty's steam corvette
Swallow left on the 26th of May for Constanti-
nople, to relieve on that station the Osprey, or-
dered to Malta. The Vulture steam frigate re-
turned to Malta from Alexandria on the 31st. The
Ariel, steam corvette, left Malta on the same day
for Corfu ; and the Vigilant, steam corvette, ar-
rived from Patras. Her Majesty's steam gunboat
Wanderer left Malta for Gibraltar on the 234 of
May to order to remain there the Renown, 91, and
Raeson, 21, on their way to Malta from.Eng!and,
in consequence of the large naval force which is
being assembled at Toulon. The Algesiras, screw
line-of-battle ship, bearing a rear-admiral's flag,
arrived on the 18th of May at Corfu from Toulon,
and left on the following day, accompanied by the
Eylau steam frigate, for the Adriatic. A French
screw steam-frigate, bearing another rear-admiral's
flag, arrived at Alexandria on the 19th, and is re-
ported to have lauded a party of gendarmes to
protect French subjects in concert with the Egyp-
tian police. A very large force issaid to have been
landed at Oran from the French Toulon fleet. The
Princess Royal, screw steam line-of-battle ship,
returned to Malta from Alexandria on the 4th of
June, after a long passage under canvass, of 16
days. Her Majesty's screw steam transport Ur-
gent arrived at Malta on the sth, from Gibral-
tar, after lauding troops, for the purpose of taking
in a large quantity of lime juice for the victualling
yards in England. The hired steam transport
Dutchman arrived from Portsmouth at Malta on
the 25th of May, and left for Alexandria on the
next day. The movements of screw steam- rs at
Malta with general cargoes between the 24th of
May and the 6th of June include the Melita, Thes-
salia, Cairo, and Pactolus, from Alexandria, for
Liverpool ; the lonia, fiem Smyrna for the same
port; the Ageri Sofia, from Liverpool for Constar-
tinople, conveying among other passengers Mr. C.
Dickson, the newly-appointed Consul at Redout-
Kali, and Mr. H. R. Guarracino ; the Karnack,
from Liverpool for Constantinople and Trebizoad ;
the Demetrius, from Salonica for Liverpool ; the
Madinina and Rhumel (French steamers, from
Tunis, the latter bringing Lieut. Thurlow, Royal
Artillery ; Capt. Simson, I. A., and Lady Frank-
lin, the widow of the Arctic navigator, who left for
Athens on the 29th in the Aventin French steam
packet for Messina.
Among several improvements for the benefit of
the troops at Chatham which have been effected by
Col. H. Eyre, the newly-appointed Commandant
of that garrison, is one which has been received
with considerable satisfaction by the large body of
reinforcements now awaiting the order for their
embarkation for India. For Fevers! years it has
been the practice for the troops ordered to India to
receive their sea necessaries on board the ves,el
after they had embarked. This plan had given rise
to much dissatisfaction among the non-commis
sioned officers and men, and repeated complaints
were addressed to the authorities on the subject,
the articles which were supplied by the army agents
and other tradesmen connected with the town
on being opened on board, having been generally
found, when too late to return them, to he of
an inferior character, and in many ca-es utterly
worthless. In order to put a stop to the system
which has so long prevailed Col. Eyre, with the
sanction of the authorities, has issued orders di-
recting that all clothing and other necessaries
required for use by the soldier during his voyage to
India shall be sent to the barrack stores, when the
whole will be inspected by a board of officers ap- An examination of the map of the world will
pointed for that purpose, and no stores allowed to ' show that the points of continents and islands which
be issued to the troops but such as have been ap- stand to each other in the nearest relations of
proved by the board. The practice of issuing neces- proximity have been selected as the highways of
series to the non-commiesioned officers and men ou their intercourse and commerce. Ever since the
board is to be discontinued. invasion of Cm,ar Calais and Dover have ben sta-
The 10th Hussars will arrive at Birmingham to- tions of embarkation between Great Britain and the
day (Monday) to form a guard of honour on the Continent. ClapeSuniurn was the pointof coneentra-
occesion of her Majesty's visit to that town. tion for the trade of Greece, because it was the near-
The following office. s have passed an examination est to Egypt. The Appian Way was extended from
at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, and been Capua to Biundueiurn, on the Adriatic Gulf, be-
found qualified to bo registered as steam officers : cause in that locality existed the nearest good bar-
Capt. S. T. P. Hornby, Capt. D. Robertson, Coin- bout near the narrowest spot in .tbe.Adriatie Sea,
minder S. H. Henderson, Commander H. Ne!son, in the most direct line from Rome to Corastanti.
Comman-ler R. Studda:t, Commander C. E. Side- nople. In cur dap it has le n recerteined that
bottom, Lieut. W. G. Aunesley, Second-Lieuts. the shortest route Letwe en the old and the new
(R.M.) M. H. Farquharson, C. B. Smith, D. S. world would be from the west coast of Ireland
Pitcher, W. D. Welch, C. J. Kinsman, and W. to the eastern coast of Nova Scotia. From
Stewart. At the usual monthly ex imination at the Galway Bty to Cape Canso the distance is
college which terminated on the loth inst., the 2,000 miles, and a little more to Hal fax, while the
following passed :—For Masters—Messrs. W. Hew- distance from New York to Liverpool, on the
lett and W. L. Dobbs. For Assistant Clerks—. shortest line, is 3,100 miles.; the route usually tra-
Messrs. E. 11. Dyers A. P. Freeman, H. J. Gard- yelled being over 3,300. When the European and
ner, and A. N. C. King. North American Railway was contemplated in
One of the members of the Royal Commission 1850, which proposed to extend a line of railway
went down to Woolwich on Saturday last and in- across the state of Maine and the British provinces
stituted inquiries relative to certain departments of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia down to the
of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Notwithstand- nearest available point of connection between
ing the length of time which has elapsed since the North America end Ireland, the saving of time and
Royal Standard Gun Foundry was completed, at a distance was carefully computed. It was calculated
co-t regardless of the amount, not one serviceable that by taking the railway from New York to Ha-
gun has been turned out and passed the ordinary lifax or Cense, employing the swiftest steam packet
proof, although a guarantee was given to the Sere- from thence to Galway, crossing the Great Midland
tary of State for the production of 250 guns from Railway from Galway to Dublin, a distance of
that foundry by the 31st of March past. The irn- about 120 miles, from thence to Holyhead Har-
portant blunder, it is understood, lay in the utter bour, a distance cf 63 miles, and from that port
sbaence of practical men to direct the working ef onward to London by the Chester and Holyhead
the establishment, the nominal and responsible and London and North-Western Railways, a die-
founder being an artillery officer, and thesubordinate tance of 263 miles, employing about 1,200 miles
foremen or sub-directors, who should be well up to of railway, and 2,000 miles of steam navigation,
the work of gun casting, being mere novices in that the passage from New York to London might be
class of duty, having passed their lives as engineers' reduced to seven days' time at, all events, and pos-
workmen and cylinder casters, and being there- sibly to six, within a few years at furthest. It
fore unacquainted with the proper fusion of the should also be remembered that the most daneer-
metals requisite for making good and, durable iron ous part of the voyage between New York and
ordnance. The Royal Leboratory is likewise about Liverpool is in approaching either pert. Steam
to undergo investigation, it having been stated on ships after leaving New York or Boston Harbour
official authority that, in spite of the large expeu- for Europe, sail along the American coast for some
dituro and cost of that establishment the British 800 or 1,000 miles, often in the thick fogs which so
Government is not iu possession of a
single species frequently prevail, and these dangers, to a certain
of shell adapted to present use. The enormous sums extent, are encountered in approaching or leaving
claimed by that department for the expenses of the Liverpool. It is on this part of the voyage that
late
peace rejoicings in Hyde Park are also about most of our disastrous shipwrecks occur.
to he rigidly inquired into. It is stated that the In September, 1851, a report was presented by a
coot of the fireworks alone amounted to upwards of commission to both houses of parliament, point.ng
160,000/., and that the surplus, buried and de- out the advantages of a direct communication be-
stroyed at times in Woolwich marsh, is ieconceiv- tween Galway and America ; but it led to no prac-
able.
tical result. The only obstacle which at that time
The Hecate, steam-sloop, Corn. G. F. Burgess, presented itself was the want of a break-water
arrived at Spithead on Saturday night from the or landing pier, which bas now been overcome
West Coast of Africa. Her dates are Ascension, by placing at the disposal of a company recently
April 28 ; Sierra Leone, May 13 ; and St. Michaels, formed a small steamer of 80-horse power as a
June 2. She has been sent home on account of her tender for landing goods and passengers ; as is the
sickly state, having got the coast fever on board, case in the Mersey, when the Cunard steamers aro
and it being impossible to clear her of it. She had anchored in the Sloyne. The bay and port of
been at anchor since Friday off the Isle of Wight, Galway possess many natural advantages, long
owing to a dense fog in the Channel. Corso Gordon, neglected, but now, we trust, to be successfully
(her former commander), Assistant-Surgeon W. J. utilised. A safe roadstead, fine floating docks,
Butler, and two boatswains have fallen victims to
excellent anchorage free from tidal influences, save-
the fever, and about 40 of her crew were sent to ral unrivalled entrances or approaches, sheltered
hospital at Ascension. She lei ings 12 invalids from from storms and the swell of the Atlantic Ocean by
Ascension for Haslar Hospital, who have been the Arran Islands, it may be truly said to have
taken there. The Hecate has taken two prizes of been formed by the cunning hand of nature as one
only small value since she has been in commission of the most capacious and conveniently situated
—the brig Chatsworth and the topsail Behooner. Pelts of Europe for despatching and receiving
Niagara. The Medusa, Com.. Bowden, had taken
the richest prize that had been made on the coast mails, paesengers, arid goods, especially -the tvvo
for some years—a brig with a cargo of rum and to- former, between the old and the new. world. Irts-
gels of the largest class can arrive at and depart
bacco, slave fittings, and 6,500/e sterling in cash. from the roads of Galway in all weather and at any
The Boscawen, 70,
Grey, R. am, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. state of the tide, assured of safe anchorage in a-
arrived at Ascension on April 15th; depth of water varying 24 to 36 feet. As we have
after provisioning
for the Cape of Good
dec. she left the same evening no des're to colour this statement, or excite extra-
H9ope. The Viper, 4, steam-
Ascension vessel, Li e tr.o-vagant hopes that might not be fully realised, we
Hod kinson arrived at
mConath.eAr.ivßer.Conggo on April 18th ; would observe, as the result of experience, that
&c., she left on the 21st steam-vessels designed for crossing the ocean with
oftafer ailing,victu coaling,
Eagle, Admiralty steam-yacht, Mr. speed should be relieved of all load not requisite to
Thheer e
Blackt
steadiness and good carriage, and it is known that
J. E. Petley, master, R.N., bulky merchandise will always be conveyed more
at Portsmouth on Saturday
in command, arrived cheaply in sailing ships than in steamers. Of course
to embark his R night, from Woolwich, this rule applies to every port, and Galway is not
Highness Prince Alfred for an exception.
an aquatic tour to all the principal ports of the Twenty years have now elapsed since, on the oc-
United Kingdom. Ireland will have the
greater casion of the first meeting of the British Associa-
share of the Prince's attention. The suite who tion held in Dublin in the year 1836, Dr. Lardner
will accompany him will consist of Lieut. Cowell, startled the public by announcing that the day was
R.E,, the Rev. W. R. Jolly, Chaplain of her Ma- at hand when a railway across Ireland from Dublin
jesty's ship Illustrious, and Mr. Minter, surgeon to Galway, or some other western port connected
of her Majoety's yachts.
with a line of Atlantic steamers, would render Ire
The Marlborough, 131, Vice-Admiral Arthur land one stage on a great highway connecting Lon-
Fanshawe, C. 8., remained at Spithead last don with New York, and this prediction is now
night wI ea this report left (5 p m.) ;itvs as cur- , about to be fulfilled.
rently rumoured that au Admiralty telegram The Government has shown its sympathy with
stopped her sailing on Saturday, and that she will this enterprise by directing that mails shall be for-
remain until to-morrow or Wednesday. warded by this route ; and the first will be des-
MM.'s ship Pembroke, Capt. Charlewocd, which patched from Galway to Halifax on Friday, the
succeeded the Southampton at Harwich, has left 18th of June and the United States Governwi n
that port for the purpose of joining the Channel have been solicited to send a return mail by the
fleet. same channel. Letters posted and marked " per
The Monarch, 81 guns, Capt. G. E. Patey, was Indian Empire" (the name of the pioneer .hip of
paid off at Sheerness on Saturday, under the in- the Irish line), before three o'clock on Thursday,
spection cf Capt. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., of the the 17th instant, in London, will bo sent on by
Terrible. Several seamen received medals and gra- the five o'clock express trains from Loudon, via
tuities for long and meritorious services, and some Holyhead.
first-class petty officers also received gratuities for The Indian Empire made her second trial trip on
good conduct. Wednesday from Southampton, having on board a
The Locust steamvessel, Lieut.-Commander J. distinguished company, in order to test her engines
B. Field, took seamen paid off from the Monarch, and speed, preparatory to her first voyage. On the
and proceeded for Plymouth on Saturday. government measure ground in Stokes Bay the
The
Lizard ate-Amves.el, Lieut.-Commander Edw. speed was tested, and resulted in the knot of 2,026

Capt. C. Fredrick to the Caesar; Henry Brehant,
master, to the Caesar; Charles E. Neve, ma'ter's
assistant, to the Racer ; John Rorie, surgeon, to
the Oberon ; James Lilburoe, surgeon, to the
Hydra ; and J. Martin, paymaster, to the Cesar.