The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-28 00:00:00

volunteers from the Woolwich division Royal Marine
Light Infantry, who are all passed mechanics, to go
out as settlers to the Island of Ascension—one cor-
poral, one sergeant, one drumm,sr, and ten privates,
with the wives and families of those who are mar-
ried men.

Her Majesty's armour-plated, hydraulic, iron gun
boat Water Witch, commissioned, yesterday re-
ceived her complement of Royal Marines at Wool-
wich—viz., one corporal and 10 privates ; the troop-
ship Serapis received 18 privates, and the Nymph
one sergeant, one corporal, and ten privates. Her
Majesty's 6-gun boat Speedwell, paid off in February
last from the West Coast of Africa, has been
thoroughly repaired at Woolwich, and is again
ready for the pennant. Her armament was yester-
day received from the Royal Arsenal, as follows :
One 61-pounder muzzle-loading rifled gun and four
20-pounder Arm3trongs. She is ordered to be
hastened for service.

The Inspector-General, J. 0. Travers, C. 8., com-
menced his third day's half-yearly inspection of the
Woolwich Division of Royal Marines Light Infan-
try yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, by visiting
the whole of the men's barrack rooms, the mess
kitchen and dependences, which have recently been
furnished with Mr. Edward Deane's cooking ap-
paratus, now generally adopted throughout the gar-
rison, and then proceeded to the common, where a
small battalion was formed for the purpose of test-
ing the whole of the officers of the division in bat-
talion and light infantry movements. Commencing
from Lieut.-Col. Kennedy, they were all called to
the front in succession, down to the junior first
lieutenant, to manoeuvre the battalion, and all ac-
quitted themselves, with few exceptions, most
creditably. This portion of the inspection occupied
about two hours, under the disadvantage of about
100 deg. Fahrenheit, after which they marched back
to quarters. The remainder of the division were
then drawn up in column on the parade, in which
formation the Inspector-Geuer.►l addressed them at
great length, and although the praise which he ac-
corded them was not unqualified—as he told them
that they had not quite arrived at that perfection
which he hoped to see them attain—yet he awarded
them very warm commendation. For the faults,
and they were minor ones, he said, he attributed
chiefly to the recent return of so many men from
foreign service. At 2 30 p.m. he examined the
young subalterns in company drill, and he will
finish his inspection to-day with the examination
of the records of the division.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Capt. C. P. Coles to the Excel-
lent, additional, for service in the Royal Sovereign ;
Lieut. F. W. B. Jones to the Royal George ; J.
Halpin, assist.-surg., to the Viper ; Denis M'Car-
thy, assist.-surg., to the Waterwitela ; R. J. H.
Tucker, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the Water-
witch ; J. Hefferman, engineer, to the Waterwitch ;
Isaac B. Liddell, engineer, to the Donegal ; E. Ag-
new, engineer, to the Crocodile ; William M. Had-
don and Alexander Stewart (B), first-class assist.-
engineers, to the Waterwitch ; and William J
Pratten, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Croco.
dile.