The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-07 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, Dec. 31,.—Several ships of the squa-
dron are now under sailing orders. The Caradoc
despatch vessel, Lieut.-Commander E. H. Wilkin-
son, is to leave to-morrow for Naples to bring back
Capt. Clarke, Director of Admiralty Works, who is
about to pay a visit of inspection to the naval works
in course of progress here. The Endymion, 21,
screw frigate, Capt. C. Wake, is to leave on the fol-
lowing day for Beyrout and await their further in-
structions. She went out of port on the 27th inst.,
and returned on the 29th. The Resistance, 16, iron
screw ship, Capt. 11. S. Hillyar, C. 8., iz under
orders to leave on the 3d January, or thereabouts,
for the Piraeus, to relieve the Arethusa, 35, screw
frigate, Capt. Macdonald, and send her to Malta.
The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, Capt. R. D. White,
having been three years and a half in commission,
is to sail on the 4th January for Spithead, to be paid
off. The Ocean, 21, screw ironclad, Capt. C. Stan-
hope, which lately arrived from England to join the
squadron, is in port completing for service. The
Royal Oak, 35, screw ironclad, Capt. the Hon. G.
D. Keane, came out of dock on the 29th inst. The
Hydra, 1, paddlewheel surveying sloop, Captain P.
F. Shortlaud, which arrived on the 15th inst. from
Agosta, is still in quarantine. Orders were issued
for her to be admitted to pratique on the morn-
ing of the 29th instant, the quarantine on
arrivals from Sicily having been on the 27th
reduced to seven days, but these orders were at the
last moment countermanded, and it has been deter-
mined that she should run out the whole period of
21
_days. The United States screw corvette Ca-
nandaigua, 9 guns, Capt. H. Upshur (her former
captain having been invalided), returned here on
the 28th inst., three days from Civita Vecchia I
need scarcely say it was wholly unconnected with
the Surratt affair, and was really nothing more
than a visit of courtesy. Admiral Goldsborough
and the officers of the Canandaigua were, I am in-
formed, so pleased with the reception and hospita-
lity the latter met with on theirprevious visit, which
was merely a call on their way to another port, that
they have come to pay a regular visit to the British
naval port, and are, it is said, making arrangements
to entertain the messes of ships and regiments, in
return for the attentions received on that occasion.

Admiral Goldsborough's squadron is now, I be-
lieve, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Nice.
The United States sloop Swatara is not ex.
petted to call at Malta on her return from Alex
andria. The Canandaigua is to await orders here,
The Prussian screw corvette Gazelle, 28,
wig
leave to-morrow for Naples ; and the Prussian
screw gunboat Blitz, 9, will leave on the same day
for the Piraeus and Constantinople. The English
screw-steamer Hawk, which lately returned here,
on completing the repair of the Malt•t and Alexan-
dria Submarine Telegraph, has, during the week,
filled up with fuel, and shipped some new cable, and
on the 30th inst. started again for Tripoli and Alex-
andria. From this it must be inferred that some
new interruption of telegraphic communication
along the line is anticipated. The following is a
list of the ships of war, British and foreign, now in
Malta harbour :—The Victoria, 102 (bearing the
flag of Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., Vice-Admiral
Commander-in-Chief) ; the Hibernia, receiving
ship (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Henry
Kellett, C. 8.) ; the Ocean, 24 ; the Prince Con-
sort, 30 ; Resistance, 16 ; and the Royal Oak, iron-
clads ; the Cossack, 20 ; the Cruiser, 5 ; the Assu-
rance, 4 ; the Cockatrice, 2 ; the Tyrian, 2 ; the
Hydra, 1, surveying steamer ; the Caradoc, 2 ; and
Psyche, 2, despatch vessels. Prussian.—The
Gazelle, 28, screw corvette ; and the Blitz, 4, screw
gunboat, awaiting orders ; the United States screw
sloop Canandaigua, 0.
The iron and wood double screw gunboat Vixen, 4,
armour-plated, Commander Spencer P. Brett, left
Devonport on Monday last for Ireland. She ex-
perienced a snow-storm, and put back, disabled, to
Falmouth. On Thursday the paddlewheel steam
vessel Medusa, Staff Commander Tlionuts Potter,
left Plymouth Sound for the purpose of towing the
Vixen back to Devonport, but both were detained
at Falmouth on Friday and Saturday in conse-
quence of the severity of the weather.
The screw steam frigate Phoebe, 35, was remove('
on Monday from No. 1 dock at Key ham steamyard,
in which the screw steam frigate Galatea was placed
on Tuesday. She vacated the dock on Wednesday,
and was succeeded by the Bristol, 31. On board
this frigate since the late fire an additional guard of
marines has been on duty.
The screw steam frigate Liffey, 31, is now in the
basin of Keyham steamyard fitting for the first divi-
sion of the steam reserve in Hamoaze.
The screw steamship Gibraltar, 81, Capt. R. Coote,
recently returned from the Mediterranean, and now
in llamoaze, is returning • stores to the Devonport
dockyard. She will be put out of commission, all
standing, about Saturday, the 12th inst.
Capt. Gregory, 98th Regiment, is performing the
duty of Brigade Major at Colchester, during the
temporary absence of Capt. Legget. An order has
been received from the Horse Guards at Colchester
directing that a draught of the depot of the 84th Re-
giment, consisting of Capt. Wilson, Ensign Crockett,
1 sergeant, and 39 rank and fileshould be held in rea-
diriess to proceed to join the service companies of the
regiment at Malta on receipt of a route from the
Quartermaster-Gen. The Field-Marshal-Com-
manding-in-Chief has appointed Capt. Black, of the
2d battalion Gth Regiment, to be Major of Brigade
in Nova Scotia. His Royal Highness has also
approved the following arrangements : Lieut, Gore
and Ensign Sir E. A. Walker to join the depot of
the 84th Regiment, and Lieut. Buller to join the
94th depot.
In consequence of the extreme severity of the
weather during the past week, and on the recom-
mendation of the principal medical officer, the
Colonel commanding the eastern district ordered
all sentries at Colchester to be relieved every hour ;
and, in order to allow eaeh sentry three hours off to
one hour on, the guards were increased one addi-
tional man to each post. One-third additional
allowance of fuel to the troops in camp was also
sanctioned.

The name of Capt. W. Maden, 49th Regiment,
was misprinted Madam in the General Order
relating to the Staff College which appeared in the
papers of Friday.