The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-02 00:00:00

NAVAL AND 1.•..t-LITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday, Major-General Eden, in retiring from
the command of the troops at Chatham garrison,
in which he is succeeded by Colonel H. Eyre,
issued the following garrison order :
" In accordance with orders from his Royal High-
ness the General Commanding-in-Chief, Major-
General W. H. Eden relinquishes, and Colonel H.
Eyre will assume the command of the Chatham
Garrison and the Invalid Depot from the Ist of
April inclusive.
"Major-General Eden cannot quit the garrison,
which he has had the honour of commanding for
the last three years and a hair, without expressing
his thanks to the heads of departments, civil and
military, and officers generally, for the cordial sup-
port and assistance he has always received at their
hands, and for their friendly and courteous bear-
ing towards himself.
"In bidding the garrison farewell, which he
does with great regret, he begs to assure them that
he shall always look back on the years passed at
at Chatham with much pleasure. Tuose years have
been marked with incidents of great interest, more
especially the several visits of her most gracious
Majesty the Queen to the wounded soldiers.
"It will always be a gratification to Major,
General E ien to hear of the welfare of all those
with whom he has been to long and intimately as-
sociated, and with every kind wish he now takes
his leave. By order,
"C. E. GORDON, 111,ijor of Brigade."
On Tuesday evening the officers belonging to the
Ist and 2d battalions of infantry entertained
General Eden at a farewell banquet, at which the
officers in command of the various branches of the
service at Chatham, together with nearly all the
heads of departments, were pYesent.
Yesterday the troops of the Royal Engineers who
are to be employed on the boundary expedition in
North America, under the command of Major J.
S. Hawkins and Lieut. J. H. Wilson, R.E., left
head-quart-rs, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, and
proceeded to Southampton, at which port they em-
bark for their destination. Die expedition, which
numbers 56 non-commissioned officers and sappers,
is expected to be absent from England for several
years. They are provided with every kind of in-
strument required in the particular service in
which they are to be employed, the men comprising
the expedition being composed of the most in-
telligent and trustworthy members of that depart-
ment of the service to which they belong.
The depots of the 86th (Royal County Down)
and 87th (Royal Irish Fusileers) Regiments em-
barked at Chatham dockyard yesterday afternoon
for Cork, for the purpose of joining the depot
battalions now in course of formation in Ireland.
The depots numbered upwards of 400 men of all
ranks.

The Lords of the Admiralty have commenced
their annual official visits of inspection to the dock-
yards at Chatham. They are expected at Ports-
mouth on Thursday next, when the gunb -ats will
be the principal object of their attention. It is
expected an augmentation of all classes of dockyard
artificers will be made. The ships fitting out are
very short of men. A few hands (not a dozen, we
are informed) have volunteered from the Hanniba►,
91, depot ship of the steam ordinary, for the Marl-
borough, 131, fitting for the Mediterranean, but
500 or more are wanted to make her complement
up to its seagoing strength-1,100. She is other-
wise well forward with her equipment, and is ready
for trial at the measured mile in Stokes's-bay. She
has all her guns shipped but the loner deck tier,
which it is usual for such large ships to take in at
Spithead. Tue Renown, 91, is still considerably
snort of her complement of 840 ; she has been four
months and a half in commission, and the Marl-
borough two months.

The Urgent, iron steam troopship, Commander
M`Donald, is ready for taking in troops at Ports-
mouth.
The Arrogant, 47, Captain Heath, C. 8., is ready
for trial f her en;;ines, drc., at Portsmouth.
HerMijesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Prome-
theus, in dock at Woolwich, has undergone a most
searching investigation reladve to the disease pro-
nounced to have overrun certain portions of her
hull, according to a preliminary survey made by
the shipwright departmi T. on her first admis-
sion a lino
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outer COa'ill,7, which was found to bi consi-
derably affected wi7h the destructive " rot."
On proceeding to a clone survey of the principal
beams, and testing every foot of timber bearing
the slightest evidence of decay,
_a report was for-

warded to the Lords of the A drniral ty, rata iog that
toe sum lequir,cl to render her seaworthy would
amount to 16,0001. Many of her timbers, on the
application of the hammer, crumbled into dust. A
number of hands are actively engaged on b .aid in
or,ter to push the work forward, so that she may
be ready for the pennant, as ordered, during the
present spring.
Comm ender Joseph Dayman, late of her Ma-
jesty's frigate Cyclops, yesterday hoisted his flag
on board the Gorgon at Woolwich, for temporary
commission, to accompany the A ,amtninon.
Major Newton's G troop of Royal Horse Artil-
lery were yesterday morning inspected by;Aajor
General Sir W. F. Williams at Woolwich, and are
ordered to be in readine,s for departure on Mon-
day next to march for Dublin. Major Ward's
A. troop is likewise under orders from Woolwich
for Aldershot.

The Eagle freight ship commenced shipping war
stores yesterday from Woolwich for Poiut de Galle
The sth Royal Irish Llueors, head-quarters
Newbridge, are rapidly filling up their ranks, and
it is' expected that the regiment will have its full
complement of men before the close of the current
mo4h. Their first inspection by the Major Gene-
ral commaudiu; the Dublin district is fixed for the
18th of June next.
The Duke of Cornwall freight-steamer, embarked
yesterday at, Portsmou'll a detachment of the 30th
Foot, and left with them for Dublin.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieu enants—Richard 13. Harrington to the Urgent ;
Sydney Mt calfe to the Excellent.

Masters--Christopher Albert to the Gorgon ; Richard
Tia(rias to the Fissard ; W. H. J. Green to the Ex-
manth.

Surgeons—John Simla Eon to the Victory, for Haslar
Hospital ; W. D. Kerr to the Agamemnon ; Hart Gun-
lett to the Gorgon.
Paymaster--Albert J. M. Roberts to the Gorgon.
Cl'rk —Coarles W. King to the Gorgon.
Aseistaat-Surgeons—W. D. Srnyth to the Agamem-
non ; W. Nichol (acting) to ditto ; David Campbtll to
the Nile; L. A. White tr the Cumberland.

WRECK OF THE AVA.

Extract of a letter from a young medical officer
from Newry

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We started from Calcutta on the 10th of tYs
month, having on board a more than usual numb. r
of passengers, principally ladies and wounded offi-
cers from Lucknow. The passengers, the ladies
Were inclined to make themselves very
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tween Madras aud G,dle, and one which these
steamers do not go to except sent by Government.
All went on most sllootaly, and we were looking
forward to the pleasure of seeing a new place, and
spending a little time there, when, on the evening
ofgthal to one of the ladies
from eight o'clock,
o'clock, as I was sitting
'lewd orders from on deck to
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and turn the helm, so as to direct her
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the next moment crash went the
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bottom of the vessel on a rock. The land had been
in sight during the afternoon, but no one thought
of it being so close as to endanger the ship, as we
were going straight on, full speed. All the
boats were at once lowered, and the ladies and
children first and then the gentlemen put into them.
An ofifiter was put in each beat, and sufficient of
the.ship's hands to manage them, the remainder,
with the captain, first and fourth officers, the
purser, theengineers, andmyself rernainedon board.
We could see that it was too rough to land the pas-
sengers with any safety, as the waves were breakaw
on the coast with great violence ; so the boats ,
merely moved off a little, and remained till day-
light. Iu ten minutes the decks on which the cabins
are was covered with water, the bow of the ship
aftder altogether, and
the stern ConEe-
qwuaesnstltyllCtkiltefadstuopnotulito rock,
woftiie
thus she struck. The strain was so great that the
captain thought every moment she would break in
two ; however, the work was carried on as coolly
and quietly as if nothing was wrong. Two large
and strong rafts were constructed to hold all the
crew, and those of us who remaln.ed aboard. If the
ship broke in two, we had, besides, life buoys for
those who could not swim, all being prepared for
the worst.
4‘ The crew commenced getting the specie out of
the hold, which was already flooded. There were
treasure, each containing
sn cabins were still to be
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got at, but although they were known to contain
most important papers, besides a quantity of
jewellery and other valuables, no one liked to leave
the deck lest the vessel should part asund r. At
midnight the straining was so great that two of the
masts gave way, and fell over the side. The ship
herself held on, however, think God ; for had she
broken, our risk would have been great indeed, as