The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-02 00:00:00

which it is hoped may increase her rate of steam
power. The officers and crew were provided with 3
days' provisions, in anticipation of a prolonged trip.
The war department steamer Lord Panmure,
Master-Commander Spriddle, yesterday completed
the landing of ;a heavy cargo of returned army
stores at Woolwich arsenal from Devonport, con-
sisting of 3,000 quarter-barrels of ammunition, 400
chests of small arms, transhipped from her Majesty's
ship Medusa, Commander Potter, from Dublin, for
conversation on the new system, and a number of
Armstrong guns of various calibres to be re-sighted
and repaired. The Lord Panmure afterwards com-
menced shipping stores,including guns, Palliser shot
and shell, &c., in readiness for an early departure
for the west. •

A large amount of miscellaneous army stores, ex
the Star of the North, from New Zealand, were yes-
terday landed on the gun wharf at Woolwich, con-
sisting of petards, brass guns of the old pattern, shot,
shell, ammunition, &c., condemned as useless for
further service.

Active preparations were yesterday commenced
in the departments of Woolwich Arsenal for the
transfer to the shipping wharf of many of the model
guncarriages and other ingenious objects in the pro-
duction of which the mechanics of the establish-
ment excel, for transport to the Paris Exhibition.

A number of non-commissioned officers, being a
proportion from each of the brigades belonging to
the regiments of mounted and dismounted artillery,
yesterday reported themselves at Head-quarters,
Woolwich, having been detached from their divi-
sions for the purpose of going through the usual
course of gunnery and laboratory exercises—namely,
from January to April at Woolwich, and from
April to the end of the year at Shoeburyne.ss. The
regiment consists of A, B, C, D, E, and F horse
brigades, 25 brigades of field and garrison mounted
and dismounted Artillery, one brigadc of coast
Artillery, and the Depot. The whole of them are
expected to pass through the course of exercises in
rotation.

The captain's good-service pension of £l5O a
year, vacant by the promotion of Captain Astley
Cooper Key, has been awarded to Captain John B.
Dickson.

Capt. Henry Phelps is appointed to her Majesty's
ship Orontes, and to join on the 4th of January,
when that ship will be re-commissioned.

Yesterday, Major-General Sir Robert Walpole,
K.C.8., relinquished the command of the Chatham
district, on the completion of his period of five
years' staff service. On giving up his command,
Sir Robert Walpole issued the following divisional
order to the troops :

" Major-General Sir Robert Walpole, being about to
leave Chatham, desires before quitting the command of this
district, to thank the officers commanding corps, the heads
of departments, and the officers of the staff for the support
they have rendered him in promoting the efficiency and
carrying on tho duties of this command. To the officers
generally, the non- commissioned officers, and private sol-
diers the thanks of the Major-General are also due for the
manner in which they have performed their several duties,
and for their general good conduct, which has materially
assisted him in maintaining that discipline and good order
which is essential to the wellbeing of the service.

"By order of the Major-General commanding,
" W. W. LYNCH, ➢iajor of Brigade."
Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole is succeeded at
Chatham by Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, who
will assume the command of the district to-day.
An order has been received at Chatham directing
Ensign J. E. Curtis and Ensign J. Grant, 45th
Regiment, to embark for Bombay to join the ser-
vice companies of that regiment.

Yesterday the whole of the shipwrights employed
on the iron-clad ships building at Chatham-dock-
yard discontinued working extra hours until further
orders, in accordance with directions to that effect
received from the Admiralty. The effect of this
order will be the retarding of the completion of the
iron-clad frigates beyond the time fixed for their
being launched.

Major-Gen. Stisted, C. 8., who has just been ap-
pointed to the command of the Montreal district in
Canada, entered the army in 1835, and as a subal-
tern Eaw a good deal of hard service in the Affgha-
nistan war. He was wounded at Ghuznee, and
afterwards took part in the Beloochistan campaign.
Having obtained his brevet as Colonel, he went in
1856 with the 78th Highlanders to Persia. For his
services at the battle of Khooshab he obtained the
Companionship of the Bath. Major-Gen. Stisted
also took an active part in the suppression of the
Indian mutiny. He was present at the battles of
Bithoor, Mungulwar, and Alumbagh, and succeeded
Neil in the command of the Ist Brigade at Luck-
now until the arrival of, Lord Clyde. In April,
1858, he served in the force under Lord Clyde in
the campaign in Rohilcund, and led the 2d Brigade
at the capture of Bareilly.
Lieut.-Gen. George Saunders Thwaites died on
Sunday last at the advanced age of 88. He entered
the army in 1795, and was actively employed up to
1817. He served in the expedition to the coast of
Holland in 1796 ; in the East Indies from 1799 ;
then on marine duty on board her Majesty's ship
La Forte, till wrecked in the Red Sea. During the
campaign of 1801 in Egypt he volunteered to cross
the desert of Suez with Col. Lloyd's detachment,
with which he joined the Grand Vizier's army on
the advance to and surrender of Cairo. He served
with the 48th Regiment from 1811 to 1813 as Capt.
of Light Infantry in the Peninsula, including the
siege and storming of Badajoz in 1812, the battle
of Salamanca (wounded), the advance to and occu-
pation of Madrid, battles of Vittoria and the Pyre-
nees (wounded iu command of the light companies
of the brigade), besides minor affairs. He has
achieved the Sultan's Gold Medal of the Order of
the Crescent, and the silver war medal with five
clasps, for Egypt, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria,
and Pyrenees. The deceased general's commissions
bore date as follows :—Second-Lieut. September 12,
1795 ; Lieut., December 23, 1795 ; Capt., July 2,
1803 ; Major, June 4, 1814 ; Lieut.-Col., July 22,
1830 ; Col., November 9, 1846 ; Major-Gen., June
20, 1852; and Lieut.-Gen., February 13, 1861.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. Frederick W. Sidney to
the Challenger, additional, for surveying services ;
Commander Henry F. Nicholson to the Victory, for
service in the Royal Alfred ; George M. Blyth,
paymaster, to the Princess Royal, for disposal ; and
G. W. D. Simmonds, paymaster, to the Fisgard,
additional, for services in the Crocodile.