The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E V ENING,

by himself or by some fellow of the university, to
the Warden, 21. days at least before the day of elec-
tion.

4. The Warden shall cause the names of the can-
didates to be placed on the door of the Convoca-
tion-house 15 days at least before the day of elec-
tion.

5. The name of the person elected by the fellows
shall be sent in by the senior fellow present to the
Warden and Senate ; and the Warden shall sub-
mit it for approval to the Convocation holden the
same day.
6. In case the person elected by the fellows is
net approved by Convocation, it shall be left to
the Warden to appoint another day of election,
provided always that such day shall not be later
than the first Convocation in the following Michael-
mas term.

7. The Pemberton fellow shall have a vote at
the election of a member of senate by the fellows.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE;

Orders have been receivedat Chatham by the officer
in command of the depot of the 24th Regiment,
directing 120 men of that regiment to proceed to
Dover, in charge of Capt. W. B. C. Goodison, for
the purpose of joining the 2d battalion, which is
now being raised.
The steamship Pacific, 1,500 tons, Capt. W. C.
Thom son, having been chartered by the Govern-
ment for conveyance of troops between England
and Ireland, arrived at Bristol from Kingstown on
Sunday week, and disembarked the Royal North
Gloucester Militia (who proceed to Cirencester to
be disembodied), consisting of Col. Kingecote Cap-
tains Sir J. M. Stesle, Jone., E lison, and Fisher,
Lieuts. Hun te, Viscount Andover, Daniel, Bona-
ford, Hunt, and .Luthbury ; Assistant-Surgeon
Striven, wife, and child, and one female servant ;
540 rank and file, 48 soldiers' wives, and 48 chil-
dren. The Pacific returned to Kingstown, and ar-
rived again at Bristol on Thursday last with the
Ist Royal Surrey Militia, consisting of Col. Sumner
Major Scott, Capts. Penrhyn, Calvert, Barron,
Platt, F,The., Sumner, Pepys; Lieuts. Whitmore.
Peters, Medley, Bayne, Carleton, &sc. ; one lady
and child, four servant., 691 rank and file, 43 wo-
men, and 33 children.
H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. Eyres,
C. 8., flagship for Rear-Admiral
superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, was taken
out of harbour on Friday to try her engines since
her last commission as flagship of the Commander-
in-Chief of the Baltic fleet. Admiral Sir G. Sey-
moor, K. C. B. , Flag-Captain Seymour, C. B. , aide-
de-camp to the Queen; Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hast-
ings, C. B. , Captain Eyres, Commander Erskine,
Mr. Ma doch, inspector of machinery ; Mr.
Toukio, R.N., Second Master-Attendant of Ports-
mouth dockyard ; Mr. R. C. Allen, Master, R.N.,
and other officers were on board. The object of the
cruise was to test the working of the engines, which
did their work, as formerly, very well.
By letters from the south-east coast of America
station we learn that the Cumberland, 70, Captain
Dickson, flag of Vice-Admiral Wallis, had struck
upon a rock on the 15th of March, in the River
Plate, when going down for a short cruise. Luckily
the water was smooth, and she got off again with-
out material damage, but sustained enough to
necessitate her return to England to be docked and
repaired. She may be expected to arrive about the
end of June. The ship was in the full charge of a
pilot at the time of the catastrophe, and the Adm-
iral was not on board, having some time before
shifted his flag to the Virago steam sloop. Admiral
Wallis had promoted Mr. 'James Ray, senior clerk
in the Secretary's office on boatd. the Cumberland,
to the rank of Paymaster and Purser, vice Evers-
field, of the Madagascar, deceased.
The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Steam Navigation Company's screw ship City of
Manchester, 2,109 tons, Capt. James Kennedy,
arrived at Portsmouth on Friday afternoon, from
Liverpool, to prepare for embarkation, this day, of
the following troops : For Gibraltar Brevet
Lieut.-Col. Willes, Brevet Lieut.-Col. Lowndeq,
Captains Lloyd, Fuller, Fielden, Phillips, Battis-
combo, Black, Waldy, Grant, Dowglasse, and Good-
win ; Lieurs. Grahame, Harness, Kelson, Pro-
theroe, Wolseley, James, Ball, and Adcock ; En-
signs Neale, Harrison, Robinson, Morland, Butler,
Rovrarth, Gif.rd, Moriarty, Lowndes, Ensign and
Adjutant Kitchener, Surgeon Hyde, Assistant-Sur-
geon Kerr, Paymaster O'Connor, Quartermaster
Haden, 39 staff sergeants and sergeants, 16 drum-
mers, 812 rank and file of the 2d Battalion of the
6th Foot ; tn.iign Taite, wife, and 5c..% a-“t, ; aisign.
Tibbetts, and Surgeon Atkinson of the 31st Foot ;
2 officers, 93 men, 6 wives and 9 children of the
Royal Eagineers for Algoa Bay ; Lieut.-Colonel
Freese, R. A., wife, 6 children, and 2 servants.
From Gibraltar silo will embark about 36 officers,
.871 men of the 2d Battalion of the 31st Foot, with
their families, for Algoa 13,iy, bringing thence 2
officer 4, 104 of the Royal Engineers, 14 wives, 36
children, and the Reserve Battalion of the 12th
Foot—about 18 officers, 439 men, 5 officers' wive.,
7 children, 22 soldiers' wives, and 55 children for
Portsmouth. The City of Manchester was officially
inspected on Saturday alongside Portsmouth Dock-
yard by Major-General the Hon. Sir J. Yorke
Searlett, K. C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the South
West District, Lieut.-Col. Wright, Assistant-Quar-
termaster-General, and Rear-Admiral the Hon.
George Grey, Superintendent of the dockyard ;
Captain Eyres, C. 8., of the Duke of Wellington,
and Captain the Hon. G. F. Hastings, C.B , of the
Hannibal, also visited her. She will leave to-
morrow.

Her Majesty's steam troon-ship Urgent, Com-
mander M'Donald arrived at Portsmouth on Satur-
day from the Mediterranean with the following pas-
sengers and troops :—From Malta—Lady Montagu
St. ipford and 3 chili en, Mrs. Logan and 3 children,
Mrs. White and 1 child, Mrs. H. Jones and 2 chil-
dren, Mrs, Collings, Miss Tudor, Miss Richards,
Miss Millar, Mrs. Quinton and 3 children ; Ensign
Bainbtidge, of the 21st Regiment, On leave ; Major
and Mrs. Pearson, 32 naval invalids 2 officers, 20
men, 3 wives, and 5 children of the Royal Artillery;
2 sergeants of the Royal Engineers ; 17 men, I wife
and 2 children of the 14th Foot ; Lieut. Cooke (in
charge) and 14 men of the 21st ft ,<; t. ; Assistant-
Surgeon Irwin (in medical charge) of the 28th Foot;
4 men of the 31st Foot, 2 of the 28th, 8 of the 57th,
and one wife ; 22 of the 2d Battalion Ist Royals, 5
wives, and 6 children ; 2 men of the 48th. Flom
Gibraltar—Mrs. General Willi-Ans, 4 children, and
2 servants ; Mrs. Admiral Elliot, 5 children, and
3 servants ' • Mrs. M'Efferty ; Mrs. Clanben, and 2
children ; Mrs. Richardson ; Mrs. Oxley ; Mrs.
Thorpe, and 2 children ; Mr. and Mrs. Wills, and
5 children ; Mrs. Adams, Mr. Dixon ; Mr. Dun-
widdie ; Mr. M`liiilop and 4 children ; Capt. Hay,
921 Regt. ; Lieut. Campbell, 48th, on leave, dsc.
She went alongside Portsmouth harbjnr on Satur-
day afternoon about 5 o'clock, aud, by the attention
of Messrs. Rickman and Moore, principal Custom-
house officers, the passengers' baggage was speedily
passed and cleared, and the trains thereby saved
for London.

The sloop Racehorse, 14, Commander Arthur
Wilmshurst, which arrived in Plymouth Sound on
Saturday morning, left Hongkong January 6th,
Singapore 27th, Cape of Good Hope March 16th,
and St. Helena 27th. She spoke on the line the
ship Souanoth, of Greenock, from Rangoon,
and sighted her again on Friday entering Falmouth
Harbour. The Racehorse was commissioned Nov.
28, 1853, and has been chiefly employed in the
Chinese rivers, and protecting shipping, &c. Forty
invalids from the fleet in China have come in her.
Her Majesty's steam-ship Vulcan, Commander
John Seaconabs, arrived at Spithead yesterday
morning from Malta an 4 Gibraltar, which she left
on the 4th and 10th inst. respectively, bringing the
folio .wing passengers :—Commander Nelson, KN.;
the Rev. Mr. Hind, chaplain R.N., to join the
Cambridge ; Lieut.-Colonel Butler, of the 48th ;
Capt. S ewart, of the 48th ; Lieut. Thackeran
48th ; Lieut. Mills, of the 57th ; Mrs. and Miss
Beckwith, Mrs.. Johnson and two children, Miss
O'Reilly, Miss Parkes ; Mrs. Steuart, child, and
servant • the Misses Ingefield (4) arid two servants;
Mrs. Nebs, Mrs. Ains and child ; and 500 tons of
obsolete stores from Malta. From Gibraltar-33
of the Royal Artillery, 9 wives, and 10 children.
The Vulcan made the passage out in 10 days and
23 hours, and home in 11 days 6 hours, including
stoppage at Gibraltar 35 hours. The Buffs were
highly pleased with the ship, and the universal
desire to make them comfortable by the commander
and officers. She will go alongside Portsmouth
harbour today to disembark.
The R v. J. Woolley, LLD., Admiralty in-
The
of seheols, has completed his half-3 early
inspection of the school for apprentices at Chatham
dockyard, and he expressei his entire satisfaction
with the state of the school and the improvement
male by the pupils..
The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Mr.
Charles Richards controller of the victualling and
transport services of the navy, vice Mr. Thos. T.
Grant, F.R.S., retired.
Her Majesty's birthday was c:.lebratel at Chat-
ham on Saturday in the usual manner.
The encampment for the troops b.longing to the
Ist battalion of infantry at Chatham garrison,
under the command of Colonel H. Jervis, was
completed on Saturday, and the whole of the tents
pitched on the sits selected to the _ rear of Fort
Amherst, inside the Spur battery. The depots
selected to occupy the tents are the officers and men
of the 24th Regiment, the officers tied men of the
30th (Royal Sussex) Regiment, and the officers and
men of the 53d Regiteenti, ample accommodation
having been provided for the men attached to those
corps.
'.Ub 13th company of Royal Sappers and Miners,