The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-04 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Captain his Royal Highness the Duke of Edin-
burgh arrived on Thursday night at Moorshead's
Royal Hotel, Devonport, and on Friday morning
went on board his ship, the Galatea, 26, which
lies off Keybam steam-yard. His Royal Highness
was occupied preparing her for sea all Friday and
Saturday ; on the former day be dined with Port
Admiral Sir William F. Martin, K.C.8., at Mount
Wise, and on Saturday with Admiral-Superinten-
dent the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., in De-
vonport dockyard.
The armour-plated screw steamship Lord Clyde,
23, Capt. Roderick Dew, C. 8., was appointed to
leave Plymouth Sound on Saturday evening for
Spithead. She will, it is understood, be sent to the
Mediterranean.
The iron armour-plated ship Northumberland, 26,
from Sheerness, is expected shortly at Plymouth.
After a trial of her engines and machinery out-
side the breakwater on Thursday, the screw steam
frigate Bristol, 31, Capt. Leveson E. H. Somerset,
returned to Plymouth Sound. On Friday she
shipped her powder, and on Saturday made a se-
cond trial in the offing. The shipwrights' work on
her will be completed to-day, and during the week
she will probably return to her station on the West
Coast of Africa. The ventilation of 'tween decks
has been greatly improved, and the hospital has
been altered.
The screw frigate Forte, 29, 2,364 tons, 400
horse-power, nominal, unarmoured, fitting for com-
mission, was on Saturday removed out of the steam
basin, and placed at moorings in the Medway, where
she is to be completed for the pennant.
The screw corvette Barrosa, 21, 1,700 tons, 400
horse-power, was on Saturday removed from the
great basin and placed in the third division of the
steam reserve in the Medway, in readiness for being
docked at Chatham for repair. _ .

The Dee, 220 horse-power, paddle-wheel steamer,
Master Commander G. Raymond, arrived at Chat-
ham on Saturday from the western ports, with
stores and other articles for the use of the dockyard.
Her Majesty's 5-gun screw vessel Speedwell, 428
tons and 80 horse power, Commander J. E. Erskine,
ordered home from the West Coast of Africa, to be
paid out of commission, arrived at Woolwich on
Saturday and discharged her war stores at the red
buoy off the Royal Arsenal.
On Saturday a detachment of 108 non-commis-
sioned officers, drummers, and privates of the Cha-
tham division of the Royal Marines Light Infantry,
under the command of Lieut. Wm. G. Hale and
Second Lieut. F. Baldwin, left head-quarters, and
embarked on board the screw line-of-battle steamer
Rodney, 78, 500 horse power, Capt. A. C. F. Hene-
age, flagship of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir H. Kep-
pel,K.C.B,Commauder-in-Chief in China and Japan.
The Rodney is still short of her proper complement,
and placards are posted throughout the portat Cha-
tham inviting petty officers and able seamen to join
her.

Col. Spencer Westmacott has been appointed to
the command of the Royal Engineers at Sheerness,
succeeding Col. S. Freeth, who has been appointed
to the command of the Royal Engineers at St.
Helena.

During the past week the troops at Aldershott,
under the command of Lieut-Gen. the Hon. Sir
James Yorke-Scarlett, K.C.8., have been exercised
in route-marching, field manoeuvres, and the use of
the Snider breechloader. On Monday the 3d Hussars
marched to Farnham, by way of Hale and Crondall,
and returned to quarters by the turnpike road. On
the same day, the 2d Infantry Brigade, under Gen.
Campbell, consisting of the 18th Royal Irish and
the 65th Regiment, were inspected on the Queen's
Parade, South Camp, by the Lieut.-General Com-
manding, and went through various evolutions in a
highly satisfactory manner. On Friday the Ist
Infantry Brigade, consisting of the 89th (Princess
Victoria's) Regiment, the 66th (Berkshire) Regi-
ment, and the 81st Loyal Lincoln Volunteers,
were, inspected by Col. Boyle, Acting-Brigadier.
After the inspection, the Brigadier presented
medals for long service and good conduct to Cor
poral Hugh Smith and Privates SAinuel Smith,
James Kelly, and James Archer. The 89th (Prin-
cess Victoria's) Regiment, quartered in the North
Camp, and for some time past the only regiment at
Aldershot representing a third brigade, is now at-
tached to the Ist Brigade, which will be commanded
by Col. Boyle during the absence on leave of Briga-
dier-Gen. Renny. _ _

The provisions of the Prevention of Contagious
Diseases Act came into force at Aldershot on the
Ist inst., when the police barracks, hitherto used
by the local magistrates for holding the weekly petty
sessions and for conanemeut of prisoners, were
handed over to the authorities of the War Depart-
ment, and will be used for hospital purposes. The
county police, with the exception of a sergeant and
a constable, have been withdrawn from the neigh-
bourhood, and the nearest place where a prisoner
apprehended at Aldershot can now be lodged is
Odiham, about ten miles distant.