The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-29 00:00:00

Naval and Military IntellLence.

The following notification was issued yesterday
at the Admiralty :--" The Channel Squadron
under the command of Rear-Admiral Frederick
Warde, C. 8., consisting of the following ships—the
Minotaur, Achilles, Warrior, Prince Consort, Bel-
lerophon, Pallas, and Helicon, may be expected at
De.vonport on or before the 20th . prox. The Lord
Clyde and Lord Warden have been ordered to
Malta."

The screw troopships Serapis, Capt. Soady, and
Crocodile, Capt. Watson, are ordered to complete
their repairs and refit at Portsmouth by the earliest
possible date, and resume their relief troop service
between that port and Alexandria. The Serapis is
expected to sail from Portsmouth about the 4th
proximo, and the Crocodile a few days afterwards.
The armoured screw frigate Royal Oak, 35 guns,
800 horse-power, Capt. Hon. George D. Keane, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Tagus
and Plymouth Sound, and, on anchoring, exchanged
the usual salutes. The Royal Oak will go into
Portsmouth harbour at high water to-day to dis-
mantle and pay out of commission.
The screw troopship Simoom, Capt. Thos. Bridg-
man Lethbridge, was undocked at Portsmouth yes-
terday, after cleaning and recoating her hull below
the water-line with " Hay's" composition, iu pro-
gress of her refit for further service.

The Daum; 6, screw corvette, 1,287 tons, 350
horse-power, Capt. Sir Malcolm M‘G-regor, was un-
docked yesterday at Portsmouth after the usual exa-
mination of hull and valves below the water line, on
commission, and preparatory to her final trial of
speed over the measured mile at load draught.
The Cracker, 2, twin screw composite-built gun-
vessel, 464 tons, was launched from Portsmouth
dockyard on 'Wednesday, in the presence of Admiral
Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Rear-Admiral G. G. Wel-
lesley, C. 8., the chief officials of the yard, and a
number of visitors. The vessel was named by Miss
E. Murray, the youngest daughter of Mr. Andrew
Murray, the engineer in chief of the dockyard and
steam factory at Portsmouth. The Cracker was
taken into the steam basin yesterday, and joined the
flotilla of gunvessels now completing their outfit
there for foreign service. These latter comprise the

twin-screw Ringdove (of the Plover class), 3 guns,
666 tons, 160 horse-power ; the Avon (of the
Cracker class), 2, twin screw, composit. built, 464
tons, 120-horse power, and tLe Pandora, 5, screw,
426 tons, 84-horse power.
Her Majesty's composite 2, gunboat Dwarf, de-
signed by Mr. W. Ladd, master shipwright of
Woolwich dockyard, was yesterday launched suc-
cessfully from her building slip.
Col. Suther, Col. Second-Commandant of the

Royal Marines, is appointed to succeed Col. Con-
nolly as Commandant of the Woolwich Division of
Royal Marines.

We understand that Col. Rodney, Assist.-Adjt.-
Gen. of the Royal Marines, will succeed Col. Suther
as Second-Commandant of the Woolwich division.

An order was received at Chatham yesterday
directing the following detail of officers and troops
to be held in readiness for embarkation on Tuesday
next, on board the iron screw troopship Orontes,
for conveyance to Gibraltar and Malta—namely,
one officer of the 2d battalion of the 15th Regi-
ment, and 18 non-commissioned officers and sappers
of the Royal Engineers for Gibraltar ; four gunners
of the 10th Brigade Royal Artillery, one officer and
79 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Ist
battalion of the Bth Regiment, 50 non-commissioned
officers and privates of the Ist battalion of the 14th
Regiment, and one officer and 50 men of all ranks
of the 31st Regiment for Malta. •
By direction of the Duke of Cambridge• a silver
medal and gratui!y of £5 each have been awarded
to Pmivatcs William Bird and N% illiarn O'Brien, of
the Ist Battalion 2d Queen's Royals at Chatham gar-
rison, for long service and exemplary conduct.
Yesterday the sentence passed on Private Luke
Carthy, Ist Battalion of the 14th Regiment, by
the district court-martial before which he was re-
cently tried, was promulgated to the troops at
Chatham. The prisoner is a man of most depraved
character, and has been tried by various courts-
martial, no fewer than 12 times, in addition to which
he has been flogged, and also branded with the letter

D." The court-martial sentenced him to be dis-
missed from her Majesty's service with ignominy, to
be branded with the letters " B. C.," and to be im-
prisoned and kept to hard labour for two years.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

A Court of Commo❑ Council was held yesterday,
at which the Lord Mayor (Alderman Allen) pre-
sided.

THE HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.

Upon the motion of Deputy TEGG, the Court
unanimously agreed to a vote of £250 in aid of the
Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers
by the late terrible hurricane in the West Indies.

THE PROPOSED NEW MARKET FOR TIIE METROPOLIS.

Mr. T. RUDKIN, the chairman of the Markets
Committee, brought up a report having reference
to the communications that had taken place between
that committee and the Lords of Privy Council
upon the subject of the bill proposed to be brought
in by the Government for the erection of a new
market in the metropolis, to be specially devoted to
the slaughtering of foreign cattle, and thus prevent-
ing the spread of infection. He said that they had
impressed upon the Privy Council the fact that the
Corporation bad already agreed to expend £36,000
in the erection of slaughter-houses for foreign cattle
at the Copenhagen-fields Cattle Market, and that
they were ready, to make arrangements for com-
pletely separating the foreign from the English
cattle ; and he believed that the Government had
not yet fully made up their minds as to what course
they intended to pursue in the matter. He, there-
fore, proposed that the committee should be em-
powered to continue their conferences with the
Government upon the subject, and, if necessary, to
co-operate with them in the matter. The com-
mittee, h. 3 said, would of course not adopt any
course of action without the sanction of that
Court. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said this question was one un-
doubtedly of very great importance, and he thought
they ought. to pause before they agree to any
resolution to co-operate with the Government in the
formation of a new market, which was a proceeding
that might be very prejudicial to the interests of the
corporation. (Hear.) He was in a position, as one
of their repre3entatives at the Metropolitan Board of
Works, to inform them that the solicitor to that
board had given a notice of application to Parlia-
ment upon the same subject, and that at the weekly
meeting of the Metropolitan Bond on the following
day a letter was to be read from Mr. Helps, the
clerk to the Privy Council, informing the Board of
the intention of the Government to introduce a bill
for the formation of a new market in the metropolis,
and that it was intended to be placed under the con-
trol of the Metropolitan Board of Works. (Cries of
" hear, hear.")
Mr. RUDION said that this was entirely new in-
formation to him.

Mr. TAvi.ort proceeded to state that he did not
think the Court would consider it advisable to co-
operate in the formation of a market which was to
be under the contrJl of the Metropolitan Board of
Works. It seemed to be rapidly coming to this, that
everything was to be placed under the Metropolitan
Board. (Hear, hear.)
After some further discussion, a resolution was
adopted to the effect thatin the event of the Govern-
ment introducing such a bill the Markets Committee
should confer with it, and co-operate also, if neces-
sary, and report their, proceedings to the Court.