The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-08 00:00:00

An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness to
dismantle and dis-mast the flag ship Waterloo, pre-
paratory to her being takeninto No. 2 dry dock,
there to be cut down to a two-decker, and converted
into a screw line-of-battle ship with two ilecls, each
to carry guns of the largest calibre.
The Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness, on the
6th inst., inspected the Colossus, 80 guns, the Royal
George, 102 guns, the Emerald, 51 guns, and the
Scout, 21 guns, all advanced screw steamships, an
Admiralty order having been received to report
what time would be required to get them ready for
foreign service.

The new screw steamship Hero was taken into
the basin at Sheerness yesterday, and put into No.
1 dry dock for the purpose of being coppered, and
of being brought forward ready for commission.
The new screw steam corvette Clio, recently
launched at Sheerness, and now in the fitting basin
under the factory sheers, has nearly all her heavy
machinery put on board by the contractors, Her
engines are of 400-horse power (nominal), but arc
so constructed that they may be worked up to
1,200-horse power.
The new screw line-of-battle ship Mars remains
in the basin at Sheerness, under fitment, to bring
her forward as an advanced ship ready for com-
mission.

The Admiralty have ordered the Goodwin to be
broken up in No. 5 dry dock at Sheerness. The
Griper gunboat remains in No. 4 dry dock at
Sheerness under repairs.
The new boat house and anchor wharf at Sheer-
ness, in the North Basin, now being erected by
Messrs. Kirk and Parry, will soon be available for
use.

The Victor Emmanuel, 91, screw, Capt. Wilcox,
C. 8., made a trial of her speed in Stokes' Bay yes-
terday.

The Archer, 13, screw sloop, Captain John
Sanderson, came into Portsmouth harbour yester-
day afternoon to make good some repairs in her
engine department.
The Queen Charlotte, 104:was brought down
alongside the dockyard at Portsmouth yesterday, to
be jury rigged and to be taken round to Sheerness,
to take the place of the Waterloo, the flag ship.
The Rhadamanthus, 4, steam storeship, Master
Commander Brown, sailed from Portsmouth yes-
terday morning for Woolwich.
The Hero, 91, screw steamer, is ordered to be
taken into dock at Sheerness to be fitted for the 3d
division of the steam reserve, instead of being sent
to Chatham, as previously ordered. All the guns,
stores, and machinery provided for her at Chatham
dockyard are to be forwarded to Sheerness.

The paddlewheel steamer Adder, Mr. Maugham,
acting second-master, in charge, has returned to
Chatham with a part of the seamen and riggers em-
ployed in navigating the screw frigate Mersey, 40,
from Chatham to Portsmouth. The remainder of
the men employed on board the Mersey were sent
round to Gravesend in the Osborne steam yacht, and
arrived at the dockyard yesterday.
The line-of-battle screw steamer Hood, 91, build-
ing at Chatham, has ten gangs of shipwrights
placed on board, orders having been received from
the Admiralty for this steamer to be completed
with all despatch, so as to be launched before the
close of the present year.
The line-of-battle sailing ship Trafalgar, 120,
which is being converted into a screw steamer at
Chatham, is to be supplied with machinery of 1,000-
horse power, and is ordered to be completed by the
end of March next.
The Duck freight ship, Weald master, has left
Chatham for Woolwich, where she will take in
naval stores for Devonport dockyard.
The screw steam frigate Euryalus, M, Captain
J. W. Tarleton, from the eastward, arrived in Ply-
mouth Sound on Monday afternoon.
Yesterday being the birthday of the Emperor of
Russia, and the Russian screw corvette Bazan,
lying at Spithead, with the Russian standard at
the main, the squadron in Portsmouth harbour,
dressed ship at noon and saluted the Russian ensign
with 21 guns. •
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
J. T. Jenkins, surgeon, to the Cumberland ; C.
H. C. Langmdon, Master's-Assistant, to the Virago ;
F. A. Medwin' Master's-Assistant, to the Renown ;
R. Towers, Master's-Assistant, to the Rgyal
Albert ; E. H. S. Bray, Master's-Assistant, to
the Cumberland ; B. V. C. L. Pratt, Master's-
Assistant, to the Victor Emmanuel ; T. F. Martin,
Master's-Assistant, to the Indus ; D. M. Browne
and H. G. Words, Masters' Assistants, to the Bos-
cawen ; W. Parker, J. R. W. Quin, W. Scriven,
and A. Thomas, Masters' Assistants, to the Impreg-
nable ; and 11. T. Gimson, Master's Assistant, to the
Archer.

TILE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, arrived al
Dover yesterday morning, for the purpose of
reviewing the troops at present garrisoned there,
and of inspecting the ndivly--erected quarters at the
Castle, designed for the use of officers. His Royal
Highness, accompanied by his aides-de-camp, left
London by the 8.30 train of the South-Eastern
Railway, and arrived at Dover at a quarter to 11.
He was met at the railway station by Gen. Peel,
Secretary of State for War; Major-General Sir
Richard .Airey, K.C.8., Quartermaster-General ;
Major-Genera Mansell, K.H., commanding the
Shorncliffe division ; Major-General Craufurd,
Commandant of the Garrison ; Colonel Ward, com-
manding Royal Engineers ; Lieut.-Colonel Blane,
C. 8., Assistant-Quartermaster-General of the
Shorncliffe division ; Col. Browne, R.A., and other
officers. A Royal salute from the new battery at
the Western Heights announced the arrival of the
Duke to their Royal Hignesses the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, who have been
sojourning since Saturday at Birmingham's Royal
Ship Hotel, whither his Royal Highness proceeded
before inspecting the troops. The scene upon the
grand plateau at the Western Heights, where the
troops were drawn up, was a most animated one.
The weather at the commencement of the review
was all that could be desired, and the anticipated
spectacle had attracted to the Heights a large
assemblage of the most fashionable residents of
this now well-filled watering-place. A long line of
carriages extended from one end of the plain to the
other, their fair occupants forming a picturesque
fringe to the red green which were the predomina-
ting colours of the plateau itself, occupied as it was
with troops to be reviewed. These consisted of the
4th battalion 60th Rifles, under Lieut.-Colonel
Browne ; the Bedfordshire Light Infantry Militia,
under Colonel Gilpin, M.P. ; the Donegal (Prince
of Wales's Own) Militia, under Lord C. Hamilton,
M.P.,and a company of Royal Artillery. Shortly be-
fore 12 o'clock his Royal Highness the Commander-i-
n surrounded by the officers already mentioned,
arrived upon the ground, and was saluted by the
troops who had formed in line. The Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, attended by
Baron Knesebeck, were seated in a barouche, which
was driven by the side of his Royal Highness, and
they appeared to take a lively interest in the move-
ments which followed. The Conunander-in-Chief
first passed along the line, and the respective regi-
ments then marched past in comp anies. This was
followed by the usual manoeuvres,
more or less un-
intelligible to civilian eyes, which go to make up a
military spectacle. Hisßoyal Highness waspleased
to express to the commanding officers of the different
corps his high satisfaction at the precision and ac-
tivity of the troops under inspection. The review
terminated about 1 o'clock, and the Commander-
in-Chief then proceeded to the Citadel, which he
minutely inspected. A visit to the barracks at the
Western Heights followed ; and the labours of his
Royal Highness were wound up by an inspection
of the imposing range of buildings to the eastward
of the Castle, recently erected by. Mr. W. Moxon.
To-day the Duke of Cambridge visits the camp at
Shorncliffe.
The reinforcements for the Bth Hussars, 17th
Lancers, 18th Royal Irish, 33d (Duke of Welling-
ton's)
Regiment, 51st (King's Own) Light Infantry-
.56th, 57th, 71st Highlanders, 72d Highlanders, 86th,
89th, 92d Highlanders, and 95th Regiment, to the
number of 430 men of all ranks, embarked at
Gravesend yesterday on Board the Sardinia for
Bombay. The only reinforcements now awaiting
embarkation
for Madras, are those for th.e Ist Dra-
goon Guards, 12th Lancers, 44th, 60th Rifles, 66th,
68th Light Infantry, 69th, 74th Highlanders, and
80th Regiment, an these are expected to embark
in the Walter Morrice.
The demand recently made by the War Depart-
ment upon Woolwich Arsenal for the supply of guns
to reinforce the coast defences has been promptly
responded to, as upwards of 1,000 68-pounders and
other heavy siege guns have already been despatched
from Woolwich to Sheerness, Seaford, Eastbourne,
Portsmouth, Devonport, Dover, and the various
towns on the English coast ; the whole of which are
fully equipped and are furnished with appliances
for projecting. red-hot shot and other missiles of the
most destructive description. This formidable array
of coast defence does not include the large number
of 11-pound battery guns, Sze., which have likewise
been supplied to the above-named stations.
Mr. W. Foster, chief clerk of the Military Store
department of Woolwich, has been promoted to be
Military Storekeeper and Barrackmaster at Sheer-
ness ; Mr. H. D. It. Maxwell, Storekeeper at Hull
(which office is to be abolished), is ordered to do
duty at Woolwich ; Mr. J. Jones, Storekeeper at
Malta, is ordered to Chatham, and Mr. C. K. Cleeve
is appointed to the Tower.
A general court-martial, of which Lieut.-Col.
De Rimy w,as prcAant, yesterday- closed its sit-