The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-06 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam tender Banshee
received a corporal and 7 privates of Royal Marine
Light Infantry for temporary service, and sailed
from Woolwich on Saturday to embark the Royal
commissioners appointed to inquire into the sub-
ject of harbours of refuge on the coast of Scotland.
Her Majesty's screw frigate Euryalus, 51, Capt.
Tarleton, C. 8., arrived in Portland Harbour at
noon on Friday. The gunboats Growler and Quail
left on Wednesday last.
In consequence of the dirty weather from the
southward, Admiral Fremantle's squadron, con-
sisting of the Orion, Ciesar, Brunswick, Renown,
and Racoon, did not sail from Plymouth Sound for
Ireland on Saturday. Preparations are made for
their departure to-day (Monday.)
His Netherlands Majesty's screw steam frigate
Admiral Van Wassanaer, sailed from Plymouth on
Friday evening.
The Archer, 13, screw frigate, Captain John San-
derson, arrived at Spithead on Friday morning from
Antwerp, and saluted the flag of Admiral Sir Geo.
F. Seymour on her arrival.
The Valorous, steam-frigate, Capt. W. C. Aldham,
eame into Portsmouth-harbour on Friday morning
to make good defects.
The City of Manchester steam-ship, Captain
Keimedy, which arrived at Portsmouth from the
Cape of Good Hope on Thursday, disembarked the
Royal Engineers at the south jetty in the dockyard
on Friday. The 12th Regiment remain on board,
orders having been received by the authorities from
the Admiralty to coal the City of Manchester as
soon as possible, on the completion of which she
will proceed round to the Moray Frith and land
the regiment at Fort George.
The Vivid, 2, paddlewheel steam-vessel, Master
Henry W. Allen, sailed from Portsmouth on Satur-
day afternoon for Woolwich.
The Osborne, 1, paddle-wheel steam-yacht, Mas-
ter George H. K. Bower, Commander, sailed from
Portsmouth yesterday morning from the eastward.
The Rhadamanthus, 4, steam store-ship, Master
Brown, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Ply-
mouth. _ . _ _

The Diadem, 32, screw-frigate, Capt. W. Moor-
son, C. 8., sailed from Spithead yesterday forenoon
for Plymouth to join the Channel squadron. She is
expected to be away about a month, and on her re-
turn is to come into harbour to be fitted with her
proper masts. Those she has at present are only
jury masts. - -

The Victor Emmanuel, 91, screw, Captain James
Willcox, is expected to sail from Spithead to-mor-
rnur fit ;Ain the Channel squadron.

ARiIY;

Yesterday orders were received at Chatham gar-
rison for the following additional reinforcements to
embark at Gravesend for Bombay and Madras, viz
--60 men of the Bth Hussars, 17 men of the 17th
Lancers, 13 men of the Ist Battalion 18th Royal
Irish, 64 men of the 33d (Duke of Wellington's)
Regiment, 15 men of the 51st (The King's Own)
Light Infantry, 16 men of the 56th Regiment, 6
men of the 57th Regiment, 20 men of the 71st High-
landers, 20 men of the 72d Highlanders, 20 men of
the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment, 82 men
of the 89th Regiment, 30 men of the 92d High-
landers, 58 men of the 95th Regiment, and 20 men
of the lt oyal Artillery ; the whole of the above will
embark for Bombay in the Sardinia, 969 tons, Capt.
W. H. M'Cleery. The following reinforcements
proceed to Madras, and will embark in the Walter
Morrice, 1,666 tons, Capt. D. Morrice :-15 men of
the Ist Dragoon Guards, 40 men of the 44th Regi-
ment, 18 men of the 3d Battalion 60th Royal Rifles,
33 men of the 66th Regiment, 100 men of the 68th
Light Infantry, 18 men of the 69th Regiment, 19
men of the 74th Highlanders, 20 men of the 80th
Regiment, and 15 men of the Royal Artillery.
Owing to the late arrival of the detachments for
embarkation at Gravesend on Friday from Scot-
land and other out stations the officers of the Staff
from Chatham garrison, who superintended the
embarkations, were unable to complete the berthing
of the reinforcements for India on board the Alfred
and Octavio, until Saturday, when the whole of the
arrangements having been completed both those
vessels took their departure from Gravesend, the
Alfred with 9 officers and4somen, and the Octavia
with 10 officers and 426 men on board. The Glo-
riana, 883 tons, Capt. H. Toynbee, embarked 150
of the East India Company's recruits at Gravesend
on Saturday for Madras, and the Vernon, 996 tons,
Capt. H. H. Consitt, 150 recruits for Bombay.
The draughts of troops for service in India an-
nounced in The Sun as about to be despatched
from the camp at Colchester left on Thursday and
Friday. The total strength of the detachments
was, 7 officers and 270 rank and file.
_ _ _

The I battery of Artillery, under the command o
Major Brandling, C. 13. is about to occupy the bar-
racks at Norwich. Another battery, the G, will be
stationed at Ipswich, and is expected to arrive in
that town to-day. The G battery is under the com-
mand of Capt. Du Plat.
The Pembroke, 60, screw, will
return to Har-
wich to-day (Monday), orders having been received
to prepare for her arrival at that port. "While the
Pembroke has been lying in Great Yarmouth roads
a number of naval volunteers have been obtained.
The repeated result of each successive proof of
Mr. Mallet's mammoth mortar in Woolwich Marsh
has finally solved the important problem of its
availability for the purpose intended. The Go-
vernment have consequently decided on relinquish-
ing any further attempt at experiments, and have
ordered the loading apparatus and all the materials
employed in the expernnents to be removed. It is
stated that upwards of- £40,000 has been spent in
the construction of the two mortars and their con-
tingent expenses. It appears that the main cause
of failure arises from the peculiarity of their con-
struction, rendered necessary for purposes of trans-
port, which makes it impossible to secure the
bl with sufficient firmness
seg-
ments composing
to withstand the shock of the explo-
and solidity
sion of the heav v charge required.
troophship Waterloo, Commander
J. Young, arrived t
The chartered
e Thames on Saturday from
Kurrachee, having of board a large party of sick
and disabled troops, most of whom were wounded
in the assault and captu2-e of Delhi. She sailed
from Kurrachee on the 4th of May, St. Helena on
the 10th of July, odearivf‘d at Gravesend, after a
rather tedious passg f 120 days. The Waterloo
brought home 22 non-commissioned officers, 2
drummers, 117 privates, 13 women, and 22 chil-
dren belonging to the Royal Artillery, 7th (Princess
Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 14th Light Dragoons,
7th Fusiliers, 51st Li,ght Infantry (the King's Own),
(Royal County Down), 94th,
61st, 70th, 81st, 86th
and 98th, Regiments and 3d Bengal fusiliers ; the
whole under the command of Captain S. B.
Lamb, 10th Regiment, and Lieut. R. G. Charlton,
81st Regiment, and in medical charge of Dr. Wylie.
During the voyage 13 deaths occurred on board—
viz., Corporal P. Purcell, Privates T, Turner and
T. Searcy, 61st Regiment ; T. Humphries, 7th
Dragoon Guards; J. Chudsey, W. Stokes, and P.
Conneeley, 70th Begin ent ; J. Brown 81st Regi-
ment ; W. Cox, 98th Regiment : S. Huff, 94th Re-
giment ; and G. Harrison, 7th Fusiliers ; and two
children. On the disembarkation of the troops at
Gravesend they were immediately conveyed to Fort
Pitt Hospital, Chatham, when those requiring fur-
ther surgical treaantmentd the were ad
dermittsented into
to that
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