The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-31 00:00:00

The Simoom, screw Iron troopship, Capt. T. B.
Lethbridge, will sail from Portsmouth for Halifax
and Quebec on her next round of troop service abou t

the 12th prof., and will call in at Plymouth Saund
and Queenstown on her way down Channel. This
serviceable, although not very large, troopship has
been fitted internally on the improved system which
has been adopted in the five new screw ships just
completed for the newly-organised Indian troop re-
lief service. This is owing to her 4tting,!J having
undergone an entire re-arranzemeht._ liudilr the_
supervision of Capt. Lethbridge, about the time that
the plans for the fittings of the new ships by Capt.
Mends, R.N., Director of Transports, were under

consideration, and also certainly, in some measure,
to the forethought and persevering energy of Capt.
Lethbridge.
Mr. Roche, assist.-surg. Royal Navy, serving on
board her Majesty's training vessels St. Vincent and
Martin, at Portsmouth, was yesterday tried by court
martial on board her Majesty's ship Victory, at
Portsmouth, on charges of absence from duty with-
out leave and drunkenness. The Court sentenced
Mr. Roche to be dismissed from her Majesty's ser-
vice.

A divisional field-day of the infantry brigades at
Aldershott, under the command of Lieut.-Gen. the
Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., was held
on Tuesday. The division formed up at half-past
10 o'clock on Cove-common, near Elmoor-bridge,

facing north. The Lieut.-General and staff arrived
soon after the formation was completed, and was re-
ceived with the customary honours. He inspected
the ranks, and the troops then marched past in open
column of grand divisions at quick time, then re-
sumed their original formation, of contiguous
columns, advanced about 150 paces, and formed a
general line across the common diagonally from
north-east to south-west, to attack an enemy which
had taken up a strong position on the hills to the
westward of the Queen's Hotel. Various evolutions
followed, and the troops returned to quarters.
The head-quarters of the C Brigade Royal Horse
Artillery will arrive at Aldershott from Woolwich
to-day.
The 68th Light Infantry Regiment from Ports-
mouth, under the command of Col. H. 11. Greer,
C. 8., arrived at Aldershott camp at 2 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon. The marching in strength was
48 sergeants, 656 rank and file,
and a proportionate
number of officers, women, and children. The re-
giment, which is one of those that served against
the Maories in New Zealand, is quartered in G, 11,
and D lines, North Camp.
The 72d Highlanders struck their tents on Cove-
common on Monday, and went into quarters in 0,
P, and L lines, South Camp.
The steel cutter, constructed at Chatham dock-
yard, to be used by Mr. E. D. Young and the ex-
ploring party about to be despatched to the interior
of Africa for searching along the shores of Lake
Nyassa and the adjacent rivers for traces of Dr.
Livingstone, was completed in the factory yesterday,
and removed to one of the building slips of the yard,
where it was painted and fitted with lockers, thwarts,
sheets, and every requisite for the particular service
on which it will be employed. Although the boat
measures 30ft. in length by Bft. in depth, with a
draught of water of 2ft. 6in., the steel plates of which
it is constructed are so exceedingly thin and light that
it weighs only 22ewt., while the fittings, sails, stores,
and everything complete, bring its weight up to
rather under a ton and a half. The boat is con-
structed of 36 half sections, the steel-plates, 1-14th
of an inch in thickness, being fastened to the keel
and jointed together by screws and bolts. An iron
framework runs the entire length, fore and aft, for
the canopy, which will cover the boat when not
under sail, for the protection of those on board from
sun or wind. The boat is rendered watertight by
the use of red lead between the joints of the steel
plates. Three out of the four members of the
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and Mr. Reed— i
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