The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-04 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The 2d Regiment of Life Guards, commanded by
Col. Marshall, left the Windsor Cavalry Barracks
at an early hour this morning for London, in order
to take part in the review which will be held by her
Majesty the Queen to morrow. The troops were ac-
coutred as for active service, and marched by road
to the Knightsbridge and Regent's Park Barracks,
where they will be quartered during their stay in
London. The dismounted men are to proceed from
Windsor to town by special train on the Great
Western line. The 2d Life Guards will have the
honour of providing escorts for the whole of the
royal party upon the occasion of the review. The
regiment will leave London early on Saturday morn-
ing and return to Windsor.

In reference to the assembling of a special com-
mittee from the War-office, appointed to meet in
the official quarters of Col. Campbell, superinten-
dent of the Royal Gun Factories at Woolwich, to
investigate the chargesrecently made by a draughts-
man suspended fur a dereliction of duty, who at-
tempted to falsify and depreciate the advantages of
the new gun of cheap construction some time ago
adopted by the Government, a written communica-
tion was received yesterday from Major-Gen. St.
George, C. 8., director of ordnance, stating that the
result of the investigation had been highly satisfac-
tory, and that the manner in which the accounts are
now kept is creditable alike to all concerned. Mr.
Fraser, C.E., the deputy-assist.-superintendent,
who has so successfully introduced the system of
cheap construction, is to be informed that Sir John
Pakington, the War Secretary of State, has decided
on awarding him, as a first instalment, in recognition
of the advantages accrued from his invention,
the sum of £5,000, to be paid forthwith.
It was also announced at the same time
that an instalment of £lO,OOO was ordered to
be paid to Major Palliser, 7th (Queen's Own) Hus-
sars, with an additional £5,000 next year, by way
of a second instalment, as an encouragement and
stimulus to promote the continuance of his eminent
services, which have, so far as regarded the economy
and efficiency of his chill system, produced such
valuable results.

Her Majesty's screw iron troopship Serapis, Capt.
John Soady, was yesterday handed over by the
Thames Iron Works Company, and left the Victoria
Docks for Greenhithe, to adjust compasses, and pre-
pare for the transport of the Belgian Volunteers to
England. She was conveyed down the river by
three steam tugs. She is to take her departure on
the 9th for the Scheldt, she will embark the Volun-
teers at Antwerp, and land them at Gravesend on
the 11th. The hydraulic iron-plated gunboat Water-
witch was taken out of the fitting basin at Wool-
wich and proceeded down the rifer a few minutes in
advance of the Serapis, also to adjust
,compasses
at Greenhithe to prepare to join the squadron at
Spithead. Colour-Serg. Madwick, in charge of the
corporal and 18 privates, Royal Marines, Woolwich
division, appointed as a detachment to serve on
board the Serapis, followed in her Majesty's ship
Bustler, Master Commander Draper.
The amalgamated bands belong to the Royal
Engineers and Royal Marines at Chatham, that of
the Royal Marine Artillery at Portsmouth, and the
divisional band of Royal Marines Light Infantry
at Woolwich have been engaged for the past three
days at Woolwich in a joint rehearsal of their parts
to be performed before the Queen on Friday in Hyde-
park. They mustered yesterday morning on the
barrack parade, amounting to 174 musicians, in-
cluding drummers, &c. They performed from 9to
12 o'clock, the selection of slow and quick marches
intended for the review, concluding with the National
Anthem.

Capt. Rochfort Maguire, who recently returned
to England from his command as Commodore of the
second class on the Australion station, owing to ill-
health, died at the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar,
on Saturday last, and was buried in the hospital
cemetery yesterday. Capt. R. Maguire entered the
navy from the Royal Naval College in November,
1830, passed his examination in 1835, and served
as mate on board the Wasp, 16, during the opera-
tions on the coast of Syria, and was severely
wounded at the capture of Sidon, where by his gal-
lunt behaviour he gained his lieutenancy. Captain
Maguire's commands as post captain were the
Galatea, screw frigate, on the West India Station,
and the Challenger, screw corvette, as commodore
of the second class on. the Australian station, from
which he wascompelled to invalid owing to the state
of his health.

Six good-conduct medals have been presented to
non-commissioned officers and men at the camp at
Colchester. Each of the recipients will also be pre-
sented with a gratuity. Lieut. Savile, 2-18th Regi-
ment ; Lieut. Tawke, 32d Regiment ; Ensign
Brook, 94th Regiment ; and Lieut. Gillespie, 96th
Regiment, have been examined by a board of officers,
and qualified for promotion to superior rank.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. T. Morgan and Lieut.
W. Sherbrooke to the Malabar ; Lieut. E. Fletcher
to the Royal George ; Lieut. H. J. F. Campbell to
the Canopus ; Lieut. J. Enderson to the Victory ;
Sub-Lieut. J. Haycock to the Malabar; Sub-Lieut.
W. Henn to the Lee ; H. Chalke, navigating Sub-
Lieut. to the Malabar ; S. Dickens, midshipman, to
the Minotaur ; H. Glassbrook, midshipman, to the
Victory ; W. Breen, naval cadet, to the Daphne ;
W. Crawford, surgeon, to the Fisgard, for tem-
porary service ; E. A. Rowe, paymaster, to the Con-
stance ; R. L. Belt, assist.-surg., to the Malabar
and T. T. Riordan, assist.-surg., to Haslar Hospital.