The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-29 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Virginia, freight ship, A. P. Paulson, master,
arrived at Chatham on Monday from Leghorn,
which port Elie left on the 18th ult., with a cargo
of Italian timber for the dockyard. She commenced
unshipping her cargo yesterday.
The screw steamship Hawke, GO, Capt. Crispin,
and her tender, the gunboat Magpie,- sailed from
Plymouth Sound for Ireland on Sunday.
The paddlewheel steam frigate Terrible, 21,
Capt. F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., has received from the
Prospero, in Plymouth Sound, 84 supernumeraries
for conveyance to Malta, chiefly for the screw steam
ship Marlborough, 131, flag of Vice-Admiral A.
Fanshawe,

Rear-Admiral R. Smart, K.H. ; Mr. Laws, Store-
keeper of Chatham yard ; Mr. Chatfield, Master
Shipwright of Deptford yard ; and Mr. Murray,
with three other gentlemen, commenced duty at the
office of the Admiral Superintendent in Devonport
dockyard, on Monday morning. Their object is to
ascertain the economical condition of the Admiralty
establishments at Plymouth, with a view to curtail
unnecessary expenditure and to improve the capa-
bilities of the yards. Several of the principal offi-
cers have been examined.

The Archer, 13, screw; Capt. J. Sanderson,sailed
from POrtsmouth yesterday morning for Ply-
mouth.

The Bullfinch, gunboat, embarked a company of
Royal Artillery from Gosport yesterday, and pro-
ceeded to Hurst Castle, to relieve the company
there.
The Lucifer, steam-vessel, was brought down
Portsmouth Harbour yesterday morning to take
the place of the Pigmy during the time she is under
repair.

Capt. Wilson, Second Lieutenant Younghus-
band, with five sergeants, four corporals, one
bugler, and 90 privates, Portsmouth Division
Royal Marine Light Infantry, arrived, by her
Majesty's ship Argus, from Portland, on Sunday
evening, and rejoined head-quarters at Forton on
the 27th inst. The detachment has been doing duty
at the Convict Prison, Portland. -

THE MILITIA.
The 7th Lancashire Rifles.—This regiment of
Militia, which was inspected on Saturday, was dis-
missed and paid off at the temporary storehouse, at
Radcliffe, on Monday. During the period of their
training the conduct of the men has been very
orderly, and their drill and general appearance in
the gem elicited the marked approbation of Colonel
Lay e, the inspecting officer.

THE WAR-OFFICE AND THE NON-PAYMENT OF
LOCAL RATEs..—At the usual weekly meeting of the mem-
bers of the Woolwich Local Board of Health, held last
evening, Mr. T. Morman in the chair, a comnntnication was
read from the authoritiesb at the War-office, to the effect that
according to the decision of the judges of the Court of Queen's
Bench in the case of " Regina v. Stuart," all residences oc-
cupied officially by the Government were exempt from local
rates, and that consequently the recent demands made for
poor rates by the board in respect to such residences in the
town would not be paid. Mr. Rugg having instanced a
recent, decision of the magistrates at Chatham, in which
orders were made for payment of. such rates, moved that
proceedings be taken before the police magistrates for the
recovery of the • rates in question, which, having been
seconded, was unanimously agreed to.