The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-25 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, held a Levee
at the Horse Guards on Saturday. Upwards of 180
officers attended.

The Ist Dragoon Guards, who now occupy the
cavalry barracks at Colchester, will leave that sta-
tion in April and will proceed to Aldershot. They
will be relieved by the 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars,
from Edinburgh, who will remain at Colchester un-
til required to embark for Bengal. The horses of
the 4th Hussars will be taken over by the 6th
(Enniskillen) Dragoons, commanded by Col. Craw-
ley, who are expected home from Bombay during
the summer. The 2d battalion 6th Regiment is ex-
pected to reach Ireland from Jamaica in the course
of next month, the 98th Regiment from India dur-
ing the spring, and the 94th from India and the
57th from New Zealand in the latter part of the
year. The depots of these regiments will, conse-
quently, leave Colchester during the year.
The movements of the Aldershot Division during
the past week have been more restricted than usual,
owing to the strength of the camp being much
diminished by the despatch of troops to Ireland. On
Tuesday the 2dlnfantry Brigade, consisting of the
18th Royal Irish and the 65th Regiment, under
Major-Gen. Campbell, C. 8., was exercised in field
evolutions on the Queen's Parade, North Camp,
Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett,
K.C.8., commanding the Division, was present on
the occasion, and on the conclusion of the manoeu-
vres complimented the brigade on its efficiency.
On Thursday the Horse Artillery marched out
to Pystock and Hungry-hill, returning to quarters
by the Farnham-road. On the same day a para-
graph appeared in " divisional orders" instructing
the officer commanding the Royal Artillery at Alder-
shott to hold the " F" battery 9th Brigade in readi-
ness to proceed to Ireland. The battery will be
relieved by the " H" battery of the same brigade
from Shorncliffe. On Friday morning the remain-
ing five companies of the 81st Regiment marched
from camp to the Farnborough station of the South-
Western Railway, and proceeded by special train
to Weedon. On the same day a board of officers,
presided over by Major-Gen. Campbell, C. 8., as-
sembled at the Royal Artillery Barracks to consider
and propose sites for married soldiers' quarters. On
Saturday, in compliance with instructions received
from the Adjt.-General's-office, dated Horse Guards,
Feb. 16, 1867, the undermentioned non-commis-
sioned officers and privates, who had been selected
to serve on probation with the purveyor's branch of
the Army Hospital Corps, were ordered to proceed
by train from Farnborough en route for the Royal
Victoria Hospital, Netley :—Corporal Bolding,
89th Regiment ; Lance-Corporal 11. Abrams, Pri-
vate W. Sandham, Private W. C. Lillie, 3d Hus-
sars ; Gunners J. Brittain, J. Needham, and J.
Kelly, B Battery, C Brigade, Royal Horse
Artillery.

It is expected that a considerable force of militia
will be brigaded at Aldershott for training during
the ensuing summer, and that the regular troops will
for the most part be placed under canvas.
The Trinity steam yacht Irene, Mr. Jones, master,
which left London at 5 a.m. on Friday, arrived at
Plymouth at 9 .a.m. on Saturday. Capt. Arrow,
Deputy Master of Trinity House, accompanied by
two of the Elder Brethren, Capts. Webb and Nesbitt,
arrived by train the same evening at Pearce's Royal
Hotel, Plymouth. The object of this visit is to have
, a conference, before departure for the Mediterranean,
with the Duke of Edinburgh, who succeeded to the
office of Master of Trinity House on the death of
Lord Palmerston.

The Duke of Edinburgh arrived at Devonport,
from Paddington, on Friday afternoon, and hav-
ing taken refreshments at the official residence
of Admiral-Superintendent Drummond, went
with his suite on board his ship, the Galatea, in
Plymouth Sound. On Saturday morning the Com-
mander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir W. Martin, mustered
and inspected the crew of the frigate. She is ap-
pointed to sail this (Monday) afternoon for Lisbon,
Gibraltar, and Malta.
The Cossack, 20, screw corvette, 1,296 tons,
Capt. R. D. WLite, was on Saturday paid out of
commission in the large basin of Sheerness dockyard
by Capt. the lion. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., of the
Sheerness Steam Reserve. A gratuity and a good
conduct medal were awarded to one of the petty
officers. The ship, which has been iu commission
nearly four years on the Mediterranean station, has
been dismantled and placed in the third division of
the Steam Reserve.

The Rodney, 78, screw ship, 2,770 tons, 500-
horse power, Capt. A. C. F. Heneage, is ordered to
be ready to proceed to sea for her destination as the
flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir H. Keppel, K.C.8., on
the China station, by the 16th March. Her crew
numbers now nearly 700 officers and men, who are
at present lodged in the naval barracks of Sheerness
dockyard, but on the Ist of March they are to be
turned over to their ship.
The La Plata embarked war stores from Wool-
wich arsenal for Halifax ; the Castle Howard
shipped Palliser shell, shot, &c., for the ships on
station atValparaiso ; and the Hindoo took in guns,
carriages, &c., for St Helena.
Her Majesty's 17-gun sloop Chanticleer went
down the river from Woolwich dockyard in com-
mand of Captain Dillon, of the local Steam Re-
serve, on trial of her engines on being completed for
sea. She is expected to be commissoned for service
in a few days. her destination had not been an-
nounced.

The crew of the steam sloop Pantaloon, 11,
Commander George L. Sulivan, in Plymouth
Sound, have been mustered and inspected by
Capt. Evart, of the Cambridge. The Pantaloon
was under orders to proceed in the afternoon into
the Hamoaze, where her crew will be paid off, and
she will be dismantled and placed in the third divi-
sion of the Steam Reserve.
It is reported at Plymouth that the screw steam
frigate Galatea, 26, Capt. the Duke of Edinburgh,
will leave the Sound on Monday for Lisbon, Gibral-
tar, and the French ports in the Mediterranean.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander Henry K. Leet to be
inspecting commander in the Coastguard ; Lieut.
H. B. Lang to the Narcissus ; R. Coen, master, to
the Aboukir ; Sub-Lieut. G. Mainwaring, to the
Galatea ; Sub-Lieut. R. F. 11. Henderson to the
Royal Alfred; Sub-Lieuts, 11. G. M. Pugh wad F.

W. Sanders to the Vestal ; A. C. Corry, P. C. de
Crespigny, midshipmen, to the Galatea, as super-
numeraries, and C. M. Luckraft, midshipman, in-
stead of cadet, to the Galatea ; A. T.Miller, second
master, additional, to the Victory, for disposal ; Dr.
W. Reid, assist.-surd, to the Victory; J. W. Angear,
master's assistant, to the Galatea ; R. G. Canney,
chief engineer, to the Himalaya ; G. Wynhall, en-
gineer, to the Asia, for service in the Fancy ; R.
Crosthwaite, G. Deans, and E. R. Cockrell, engi-
neers, to the Himalaya; G. Nicholls, first-class assist
engineer, to the Asia, for service in the Glasgow ;
D. Francis, first-class assist. engineer, to the Hima-
laya ; J. Craven, acting first-class assist. engineer,
to the Himalaya ; and G. N. Michell, second-class
assist.-engineer, to the Himalaya ; C. H. Bayly
nominated a naval cadet.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—W. J. Moore, midshipman,
to the Bellerophon ; Morris N. Hall, midshipman,
to the Zebra, as supernumerary ; Dr. W. Hoggan,
staff surgeon, to the St. Vincent ; and T. Burnett,
engineer, additional, to the Fisgard, for the Rover.