The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

A detachment of 72 non-commissioned officers
and gunners belonging to the field batteries were
yesterday morning paraded at Woolwich and de-
spatched. to Shorncliffe to join the three companies
of Artillery on duty at the latter station.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred frequently
visits the dockyard and ships at Portsmouth, at-
tended by his tutor, Lieutenant Cowell, R.E.,
and Commander Bickford, of the Tictory, and
shows much courtesy towards the senior officers of
the port, whom he has entertained at his residence
at Alverbank. His Highness is pursuing his
studies, so we are informed, with the view of pass-
ing the Royal Naval College at the approaching
quarterly examination, and entering the service
as a navel cadet. The Euryalus, 51, Captain Tar-
leton, C. 8., will take him on his first voyage.
The paddlewheel steamvessel Black Eagle (tender
to the Fisgard at Woolwich) has been admitted into
basin to undergo some considerable repairs in her
boilers and machinery, as well as a general overhaul.
The steamer Vivid, on special service, was yes-
terday morning despatched from Woolwich at an
early hour to Dover, to await the arrival there of
their Excellencies the Ambassadors from Siam, the
Vivid having been placed at their disposal by the
Admiralty for their conveyance to the Continent.
• The gunboats Widgeon and Bullfrog, of 60-horse
power each, are ordered up from Sheerness to
Woolwich to have engines and boilers repaired, and
to be prepared for first-class steam reserve.
The steam transport Rhadamanthus, Master
Commander S turdee, left Woolwich yesterday
morning for Portsmouth, laden with steam boilers
and machinery for her Majesty's steamships Re-
venge, Orlando, and Aurora, under construction at
Pembroke.
The Marlborough, 131, Captain the Right Hon.
Lord F. H. Kerr, flag of Vice-Admiral Arthur
Tanshawe, C. 8., has moved from the steam basin
to the dockyard jetty at Portsmouth, where she
will complete her equipment. She progresses fast.
Captain the Hon. G. F. Hast-
The Hannibal, 91,
lugs, C. 8., has moved from the dockyard up to
moorings off Hardway magazines, where she will be
stationed as the depot ship of the steam reserve at
Portsmouth.
The officers of the militia regiments (Royal Wilts,
Royal North Lincoln, and Roscommon), quartered
in Portsmouth garrison, gave two theatrical enter-
tainments at the Portsmouth theatre on Tuesday
and last night, under the patronage of Major-Gen.
the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., the mili-
tary governor, and Admiral Sir George F. Sey-
mour, K.C.8., the naval commander-in-chief, in
aid of the fund for the relief of the distressed by the
Indian mutiny, which realised a handsome sum,
the house being fully and fashionably attended on
both occasions.

MILITIA.
The Queen having granted permission to the
Aberdeenshire Militia to call the regiment " the
Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders," and to wear
the Highland uniform, recruits have come forward
in large numbers, and the depot promises not only
to have a full complement, but to supply many
volunteers well drilled to Highland regiments of
the line. The Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders
are now at Dublin.

Portland, in the state of Maine, never frozen, and
the Great Western Railway,
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tures. By this route the Erie Canal and the trad-
ing emporium of New York would encounter a, for-
midable rival, and the fears of Washington might
be realised. On these combinations Canadian
energy has fixed its attention, and is eager to suite
the advantages that present themselves both by
land and water, by railways and canals. TI, e"
Grand Trunk Railway, with an ocean terminus a,f,
future. All the facilities we have described arenow
available, and indeed many exist, for already a
voyage has been made through the lakes to Liver-
pool, through the Welland Canal to Liverpool,
though the vessel was of moderate burden ; but a
ship canal from Ontario to Huron of ample depth
would completely revolutionise trade. Such are
the brilliant prospects dawning upon Canada, and
such are the new markets which may be opened up
'to our manufacturing industry. The inauguration
of a Conservative Government having released us
from the turbulent rule of Lord Palmerston, we
may now hope to live in peace with our neighbours,
and devote our thoughts and energies to the deve-
lopment of the useful arts, both in India and
1 throughout our colonial empire.

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