The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-19 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Yesterday orders were issued from the Admiralty
for the squadron under the command of Rear-Ad-
miral Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., to proceed from
Plymouth on a cruise to the eastward, -which it is
expected may be extended to Lisbon, whither the
Victor Emmanuel, 90, and thesteam frigate Racoon,
22, detached from the squadron, have proceeded.
The Euryalus, 51, screw, Capt. J. W. Tarleton,
C. 8., is to come into Portsmouth harbour to-day to
be docked.
The Agamemnon, 91, screw, is to be supplied
with new boilers at Portsmouth.
The Admiralty have resolved that the piece of
mud land on the side of the Hard at Portsmouth
shall be reclaimed, and a steamer basin and a steam
factory formed on the spot. The new basin will
have an area of from 50 to 60 acres, communicating
with that now in use, with building or repairing
docks 500 feet in length, space for additional fac-
tory buildings, seamen's barracks, &c., arranged so
Sia not to interfere with the present channels of the
harbour.

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge paid
an official visit to Pembroke Dock last week. On
the 12th inst. the Duke inspected the depot bat-
talion under the command of Colonel Raymond,
who went through a field-day in first-rate style,
after which his Royal Highness embarked on board
the Lightning steamer, and inspected the fortifica-
tions of Milford Haven, includmg those of Stack
Rock and Thorne Island. On -Wednesday his Royal
Highness, attended by Captain Ramsay, em-
barked from Pembroke Dockyard, and left Ney-
land at 4 p.m. by mail, arriving at Paddington at
a.m. on Thursday. During the stay of the illus-
trious visitor at Pembroke he was a guest of Earl
Cawdor, Stackpole-court.
Colonel Daubeney, of the 55th Foot, and Colonel
Yorke, of the Ist Dragoons, have been appointed
inspectors of military clothing.
The new works at Fort Matilda, on the Clyde,
are completed. They are of a very formidable na-
ture. The guns, eight 68-pounders, are to be placed
en barbette, and will sweep the Clyde from Kern-
pock Point to the tail of the bank.. The barracks
are situated on the south side of the fort, and are
loopholed for musketry on all sides. The works
have been completed under the superintendence of
Major Fitzroy M. Somerset.
Yesterday the report of the company of Sappers
and Miners ordered to survey. Woolmer Forest,
Sussex, for the purpose of forming a camp = there,
was sent into the War-office. Water is readily ob-
tained, and the site is reported as admirably situated
for an encampment. The whole of the persons occu-
pying the land and Government houses have received
notice to vacate, and a large body of troops will be
assembled there early in the spring. The encamp-
ment is about six miles from Petersfield.
The spacious new barracks at Grantham-common
have just been completed, and are forthwith to be
occupied by troops. They are built of Kentish rag
stone, and cover an area of 222 by 143 feet, exclu-
sive of a spacious parade-ground, covered drill
sheds, and a bomb proof magazine.
Yesterday the Thames City sailed from the
Downs with the Royal Engineers and a large
quantity of stores for Vancouver's Island. The
transport Briareus is expected to leave the Thames
this day for the same destination, and a large quan-
tity of clothing and stores is ordered to be sent from
the Tower to Chatham.
Lieut. H. Hewitt, of the Artillery Companies, is
ordereit to proceed to Malta to act as instructor of
musketry to the Royal Marines stationed in the
Mediterranean.