The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-19 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Prince Henry of Prussia, second son of the Prin.
who has been staying with
cess Royal of England,
her Majesty during the winter, took his departure
yesterday for Berlin. His Royal Highness, attended
by Capt, von Schroetter, of the Prussian Artillery,
Mrs. Hobbs,- governess, and two servants, embarked
at 3 o'clock p.m. yesterday, on board her Majesty's
steam yacht Vivi.", Staff Commander Timothy W.
Sulivan, at the Royal Arsenal pier at Woolwich.
The Vivid has been under orders at the Prince's
disposal since Friday last, but on account of the
boisterous weather the voyage has been delayed
from day to day. Capt. Eimonstone, Commodore
of the Dockyard, Staff Commander Hilliard, Super-
intendent of Shipping, and other officers were in
official attendance. The V ivid immediately steamed
down the river for Antwerp, Commander Sulivan
stating that he should in all probability land his
Royal passenger soon after 7 o'clock this morning.
Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, Commander-in-Chief
at Portsmouth, embarked on board the Fire Queen,
steam tender, Staff Commander Paul, yesterday
morning, and proceeded to the Mother Bank, off
Ryde, to visit the Russian Admiral. Sir Thomas
was received under the customary salute, which was
duly acknowledged from the Victory, the Russian
flag being hoisted at the min.
The Terrible, paddlewheel steam frigate, Captain
J. E. Commerell, V.C., left Spithead yesterday
morning for Plymouth, taking supernumeraries, en
route to the Alediterrancan.

Intelligence has been received at Chathain of the
departure from Melbourne of the chattered chip
Swift,ure, having on board detachments of the 18t.
Battalion of the 12th Regiment, 43d Light Infan-
try, 50th (Qtecu's Own), 70th Rtgiment, and
other corps stationed in Australia.
A prelitnint.ry trial of the engines of the screw
steam sloop Daphne, 4, was made outside Plymouth
Bre ikwater on Wednesday, under the supervision
of Captain George 0. Willes, C. 8., and Mr. Wil-
liam Dinnen, Chief Inspector of Machinery, from
the Indus, and of Mr. Robert Nicoll, Assistant to
the Chief Engineer at Keyham Steamyard. She
is of 1,08 L tons burden, and her engines are of 350-
horse power. They are in charge of Mr. Henry
Cooper, and were constructed by Messrs. Ravenbill,
Hodgson, and Co. They are precisely like those on
board the Amazon, which was sunk by collision with
the Osprey off Torquay. The Daphne is also of
the same dimensions and character, excepting that
she has been supplied with a collision bulkhead for-
ward, and that all her hatchways are fitted with iron
rod gratings, to aid in preventing the • -1
seas in heavy weather, through whir'
ji rAnng of
London was lostin the Day of 13:407 rr,Partiy the
Daphne

cured mile gave 13.740 knots; second, 12.587 ; third
13.383 ; fourth, 12.245 ; nab, 13.130 ; and sixth,
11.960 ; mean 12.836. Fosur runs on half boiler
power gave a mean of 11.054/ It will be observed
that there was a diminution. of speed as the trial
progressed. The cause of this diminution could not
be readily accounted for, and iewas therefore deter-
mined to endeavour to discover it, and to have a test
trial next week. The Daphne's screw (Griffiths's)
is two-Waded ; diameter, Ifift. ; pitch, 13ft. gin.
Under full boiler power th ,incan rt.volutions of the
screw were 91; halt boiler 7,?nwer, 781 ; vacuum, 25.
The draught of the sloop aft is 15f:. Sin., and for-
ward, Bft. 13in.. It is the at cation of the Lords of
the Admiralty to put her in ocumnission forthwith.
I fer Majesty's 4-gun screy sloop Nymphe, 1,081
tons, and 3110-horsy power engines, recently built at
Deptford, now ready for the pennant at Woolwich
was supplied with her armaments from Wooluieh
Arsen cl, as follows—two 6}-ton guns, two 64-
pounders, and two brass guns for boat service. She
will go down the river in a few days on trial.
A party of Chinese Mandarins of distinction, at
present residing at Belsize-park, and who spoke the
English language with perfect fluency, but who
signed their names in Chinese characters, yesterday
visited the departments of Woolwich Arsenal by
special permission from -the Secretary of State for
War.

Yesterday the War Department transport Marl-
borough commenced the shipment from the Upnor
Castle magazines of a quantity of powder andother
ammunition to be removed from the stores to Wool-
wich, in order to make room for the ammunition
from the grand magazine, Chatham, the whole of
which is to be removed in consequence of the proxi-
mity of the new blocks of buildings in course of
erection for the married non-commissioned officer's
and men of the 3d depot battalion to the magazine.
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to the Ordnance establishment Chatham, and addi-
tional removedstore
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1,000 barrels of cartridge ammunition have
Upnor Castle for the powder and shell, the whole
ofwhich will be removed in the course of the en-
suing week. The grand magazine is ordered to be
converted into store warehouses for war material.
The works at the new buildings for the married
troops, which have been suspended pending the
order from the War Department as to the removal
of the contents of the grand magazine, are to be
proceedecl. with.
The detachments of the Ist Battalion of the 20th
Regiment and the 91st Highlanders landed at
Gravesend from the chartered troopship Beaumaris
Castle, from Calcutta, were yesterday forwarded to
join their respective depots, the 20th to Devonport
and the 91st to Stirling.
A number of artificers and labourers belonging
to the manufacturing departments of Woolwich
Arsenal continued working through all last night in
order to make up the time allowed on Easter Mon-
day to be granted as a holiday. The same privilege
'BA been extended to the departments in the dock-
yard. The Arsenal, however, will be closed likewise
on Saturday, giving three consecutive days free.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander Arthur Morrell,
from the Duke of Wellington, to the Research, vice
Commander Grant, promoted ; Lieut. Charles
Stirling to the Excellent; John Noble, surg., addi-
tional, to the Cumberland; Robert Mungle, surg.,
additional, to the Cumberland, for service in the
Naval Barracks at Sheerness ; and George Curtis,
assist.-surg., to the Cumberland.

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