The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-22 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following Divisional Order was on Saturday
issued at Woolwich by Col. Connolly, who took up
the command of the Woolwich division of Royal
Marines at the commencement of the year :—" The
heads of departments are not to require the attend-
ance of the clerks and other employes on Sundays,
except for duties which are indispensable." The
publication of the.order was received with general
satisfaction, as tending to abolish a custom which
has been the subject of much complaint.
The following promotions and appointments, dated
the 15th inst., have been made in the corps of Royal
Marines as announced on Saturday at Woolwich
—Second7Lieut. Sydney Tyers, doing duty with a
detachment on board the Coastguard service ship
Royal George at Kingstown, and of the Plymouth
division, to be First-Lieut., and attached to the
Portsmouth division, vice Perkins, removed from
the list ; Second-Lieut. Robert Evans Montgomery,
of the Chatham division, to be First-Lieut., of the
Woolwich division, vice Woodforde, to half-pay ;
First-Lieut. Henry E. Sturt, of the Plymouth divi-
sion, to be First-Lieut. and Quartermaster, of the
Chatham division, vice Hale, promoted.
Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett,
K.C.8., commanding the division at Aldershot,
taking into consideration the severity of the weather,
has directed that all sentries shall be relieved every
hour from 7 p.m. until 9 a.m., instead of as hereto-
fore every two hours. For this purpose the guards
have been reinforced at 7 p.m. by one additional
private for each post and one corporal. The order
has given great satisfaction.
Ten sergeants, being in the proportion of two
each, from the Ist battalion 18th, 65th, 66th, 81st,
and 89th Regiments, were on Saturday ordered to
proceed from the North Camp station, Aldershott,
to the School of Musketry at Hythe. One officer,
to corporals, and four privates from the same regi-
ments were also held in readiness to proceed to the
same destination.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. E. de C. Cook-
son, Lieut. M‘Hardy (for gunnery duties), Lieut.
A. 11. Tumour, Lieut. Thornhaugh P. Gurdon,
Lieut. C. A. Woodroffe, and Lieut. W. L. Bamber
to the Rodney ; Lieut. A. T. C. Warrington to the
Octavia, as additional ; W. H. Harris, master, to
the Rodney ; Sub-Lieut. H. M. Taylor to the Rod-
ney ; J. V. Fawcett, H. Horner, G. H. Moore, G.
Huntingford, T. F. Hammill, C. 11. Whish, W. S.
Taylor, S. A. Holt, W. N. Atkinson, A. E. C. Ken-
nedy, and H. C. A. Morshead, midshipmen, to the
Rodney ; H. Ponsonby, G. Elias, F. C. M. Noel,
S. H. Abell, H. K. L. Phillips, and S. R. Pattulo,
naval cadets, to the Rodney ; M. S. H. Bryan, naval
cadet, to the Royal Alfred ; G. Grant, paymaster,
to the Rodney ; T. Wilson, engineer, to the Daunt-
less ; J. T. Hugo and T. A. Irwin, assist.-pay-
masters, to the Rodney ; C. Farwell, assist.-pay-
master, to the Hector ; W. Johnston, first-class
assist.-engineer, to the Terror ; F. T. Lobb, clerk,
to the Rodney; J. M. Bruce, clerk, to the Victory ;
R. H. Clark, J. Hyde, and J. 11. Potter, assist.-
clerks, to the Rodney ; and H. G. Terry, assist.-
clerk, to the Jackal.

The following gentlemen have been nominated
naval cadets :—P. C. H. Glover and E. L. Lang.

Royal Naval Benevolent Society.

The quarterly meeting of this charity, which was
instituted in 1739, for affording relief to officers
(being subscribers) of the Royal navy, their widows,
and families, under circumstances of misfortune and
consequent distress, was held yesterday, at Willis's
Rooms, King-street, St. James's ; Admiral Sir P.
Richards, C. 8., in the chair.

The advertisement convening the meeting having
been read,

The Secretary next read the minutes of the last
meeting, &c., which were confirmed.

The annual account of receipts and disbursements
to Dec. 31, 1866, showed :--Receipts (including
balance from last account, £139 16s. 10d.), £7,215
Os. 10d. ;disbursements, £7,117 Bs. ;
balance, £97
12s. 10d. Amount of stock invested in 3 per Cent.
Consols, £37,459 ss. ld. ; Northumberland Fund,
do., £5,671 19s. ; Exchequer Bill, £5OO ; total,
£43,631 2s. Id. The account of receipts and ex-
penditure from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 1866, showed :
Receipts (including balance, £359 7s. 8d ; and dona-
tion from the Duke of Northumberland, £5,019
13s. 6d.), £5,599 Os. • disbursements (including
purchase of £5,671 195., Consolidated Three per
Cents., £5,019 13s. 6d. ; grants, £403, &c.),
£5,501 16s. 2d. ; leaving a balance in favour of the
society, £97 12s. 10d.

The accounts having been received,
The Secretary proceeded to read the report of the
general committee for the year 1866, from which
we give the following abstract :

" The committee Commenced their annual report
by deploring the continuance of the two evils
pointed out last year--the high price of provisions
and the increase of house rent, which continues to
press heavily upon the class of individuals whom it
is the duty and the ardent desire of this society to
and your committee
have assist. Circumstances have again told upon the
quarterly list of
hard applications,
ap-
plicants as possible, and to make the grants as libe-
ral as the funds of the institution will allow. All
strainedte afford
elief to as many
other charitable institutions, having for object the
alleviation of their condition, are fully as much sup-
ported by the contributions, direct and indirect, of
civilians ; but the Royal Naval Benevolent Society
is self-supported, since, with the exception of the
munificent subscription of £5O per annum from her
gracious Majesty, and an equal sum from other
charitable persons not couneeted with the service,
the whole of the sums distributed are derived from
the officers of the Royal navy. The committee re-
gret exceedingly that the subscriptions continue to
fall off. The following table of the annual subscrip.
tions from all ranks for the last six years will show
the gradual falling off :--In 1861, £731 ; 1862,
£713 ; 1863, £652 ; 1864, £606 ; 1865, £532 ; 1866,
£514; showing in this short period a decrease in
annual income of £2OO. From this it will be seen
how painfully contracted the power of relief would
have become had it not been for the munificence of
individual officers, whose liberality counteracts,
happily, this sad statement. And here devolves on
your committee the pleasing task of enumerating
the permanent benefit the society has received under
this 'head. First, his Grace the Duke of Northumber-
land haspresented to thislnstitution upwards of £5OOO
—secondly, Vice-Admiral the Earl of Lauderdale,
on his advancement to the distinguished post of
first and principal aide-de-camp to her Majesty
the Queen, generously appropriated £3OO attached
thereto to the funds of this charity ; and, thirdly,
Admiral Sir W. Bowles, K.C.8., on his elevation to
be Vice Admiral of the United KingdoM, has in-
creased his annual sulizeriptiOn from three to tea