The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

'rho last half yearly inspections of the various regi-
ments in the Aldershot division will be, with a soli-
tary exception, brought to a termination this day.
The inspections commenced with the Ist brigade at
the end of last week, when Major-Gen. Rennyin-
spected the 54th Regiment, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Thompson. On Monday and Tuesday
the same officer inspected the 72d Highlanders under
Major Rice. On the same day Major-Gcn. Hodge,
C. 8., inspected the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards
under Col. C. Shute. Monday being devoted to the
various rides, and the following day to the internal
economy of the regiment, to-day (weather permitting)
the regiment will undergo the usual sword drill and
exercise on the field, in the Long Valley. On Tues-
day, Wednesday, and yesterday, Col. Smyth, C. 8.,
the new Commandant of Artillery on the Staff, in-
spected the C, D, and E Batteries of the Royal
Horse Artillery. The King's Dragoon Guards,
under Col. Battle, were inspected by Major-Gen.
Hodge, C. 8., at the close of last week. The 70th
Regiment was inspected by Brigadier-Gen. Sir A.
Horsford, K.C.8., previous to its departure for
Lancashire ; and the same officer inspected the 68th
Light Infantry, under Colonel Greer, C. 8., on Wed-
nesday and Thursday. Major-Gen. Campbell, 2d
Brigade, inspected the 44th (East Essex) Regi-
ment, Col. Browne, C. 8., on Wednesday and yes-
terday, and commenced that of the 80th Regiment
yesterday, concluding to-day. On the same days
Major-Gen. Renny inspected the 56th (West
Essex) Regiment, under Col. Lacy, and General
Hodge also inspected the Military Train on the
same days. The only infantry regiment remaining
to be inspected is the 43d Light Infantry, which
will take place early in the ensuing week. In all of
the regiments above-mentioned the inspecting
officers were greatly pleased at the smart, cleanly,
and soldier-like appearance of the men on parade.
In a few instances was there a single " complaint "
made in answer to the usual question, and it is
doubtful if at any previous inspection so high a
character has been given to the Aldershott Division,
taken as a whole, for drill and discipline as that
just brought to a conclusion.
The annual regimental sports of the Ist (the
King's) Dragoon Guards came off yesterday after-
noon on the Pavilion Cricket Ground at Aldershott.
Notwithstanding the coldness of the day there was
a large attendance of spectators, including many
ladies. The programme comprised flat and hurdle
racing, single stick, foil and broadsword contests,
and a mounted combat. The sports were not
brought to a conclusion until nearly 6 o'clock,
when the prizes were distributed to the successful
competitors by Mrs. Pattie, wife of the command-
ing officer of the regiment.
Instructions have been received at Aldershott for
the Royal Engineers to fit up and prepare a school-
room in each of the camps at Aldershott, for the
purpose of holding lectures, concerts, and theatri-
cal representations. This has been found necessary
owing to the limited space the garrison theatre in
the lines affords for the winter evenings' amusements
of the men of the division. One available building,
on both the north and south camps will, it is con-
sidered, be preferable to one on a larger scale in a
central position, as proposed some years ago.
A court of inquiry, consisting of a field officer, a
captain, and an officer of the Royal Engineers, will
assemble this morning at Aldershott for the purpose
of reporting on a fire which took place in a stable
in II lines, South Camp, on Tuesday night.
Major-Gen. Freeman Murray, commanding the
Chatham district, has completed the half-yearly in-
spection of the depots of the Indian and Colonial
regiments forming the Ist battalion of infantry under
his command, in which he has been engaged since
the commencement of the week. During his inspec-
tion Gen. Murray held a field-day of the whole of
the corps attached to the battalion in the review-
ground, Chatham lines, where the entire force exe-
cuted a variety of light infantry and other move-
ments, all of which were performed in a highly
satisfactory manner. Gen. Murray also inspected a
portion of the battalion on the general parade-
ground, to test the efficiency of the officers and men
in company drill. The inspection of the 2d Depot
Battalion will commence this morning.
The Nelson, 72, 2,73 G tons, 500 horse power,
Acting-Commander Charles B. Payne, just com-
pleted in her outfit at Portsmouth for colonial ser-
vice at Victoria, and about to sail from Spithead for
her destination, is ordered to be taken into Ports-
mouth Harbour again this morning and placed iu
dock, to discover the source of and remedy a leak
which has appeared since the ship left the harbour
for Spithead a few days since, somewhere in the
afterpart of the hull. It is believed to be caused by
a suspected defect in the afterport Kingston valve.
The screw line-of-battle ship Collingwood, 2,611
tons, 400 horse power, left Portsmouth Harbour
yesterday morning for the Thames, in tow of a pri-
vate steamtug. The Collingwood is one of the fleet
of vessels sold by the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty to Messrs. Castle and Beech, of Vaux-
hall, London. Her price, including with the mere
hull of the ship, her engines and boilers, with pro-
pellers, anchors, and cables and other stores on
board, was £6,178 10s. The Collingwood was
built at Pembroke in 1848 as a sailing line of battle
ship of 2,500 tons, from designs produced under the
direction of the late Sir Wm. Symonds, then Sur-
veyor of the Navy. She was next converted to a
screw, her measurement by this alteration being in-
creased 111 tons.

Her Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Capt. Shute
B. Piers, is expected at Spithead with the 2d bat-
talion of the 23d Regt. on board, from Quebec.
Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steam vessel Tri-
ton, 3, Commander Napier, arrived in Plymouth
Sound yesterday afternoon. She left Rio Janeiro
on the sth August, Bahia on the 14th, St. Vincent
on the 2d September, Madeira on the 19th, Vigo on
the 29th, and Brest on the 9th Oct. She brings
as passengers Lieut. Sullivan, of the Nassau ; Lieut.
Grey, of the Narcissus ; and 20 naval invalids.

The Franklin steam war frigate, 4,000 tons bur-
den, having on board Rear-Admiral Farragut, Com-
mander in Chief of the United Stw es' Navy, will
visit Portsmouth in the course of a few days. She
is now moored below the Nore, having been re-
moved from Gravesend on Tuesday morning ; her
tender the Tropic, which is 800 tons, formerly a
blockade runner, still continues off Gravesend. The
removal of theFranklinwas,it is understood,to prevent
the crew from deserting. At Cronstadt and Stock-
holm, where the Franklin has been, some 250 men
deserted, and the desertions at Gravesend arose, it
is said, from leave being stopped. Every night while
she lay at Gravesend men managed to slip over her
sides and swim ashore unobserved, although a small

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steam tender kept moving round the vessel the whole
of those hours. The Masonic entertainment, given
by the brethren of Gravesend on Friday night last
to the officers, passed off most satisfactorily. The
Admiral, however, was unable to accept the invita-
tion, in consequence of having to meet the Lords of
the Admiralty at Chatham on that day. The Frank-
lin is not an ironclad ship, as has been represented ;
she is a wooden ship 380 ft. long, 50ft. of beam.
She has no guns on her upper deck, with the excep-
tion of a large Parrot gun mounted on a swivel
carriage on her main deck. Her armament is very
powerful, consisting chiefly of large Parrot guns
mounted on iron carriages; she draws 25ft. of water
aft, and her steering apparatus is on the yok and
groove principle. After visiting Portsmouth it is
understood the Franklin will proceed to the Medi-
terranean. Yesterday Admiral Farragut was the
guest of Prince de Joinville near Teddington.
Iler Majesty's old 60-gun screw ship Meeanee,
2,591 tons, and 400-horse power engines, now in
basin at Woolwich, and intended to be prepared as
a military hospital at Hong Kong, has had her ma-
chinery hoisted out, and has been purified and sur-
veyed by the shipwright department in readiness to
be handed over to the War-office officials. She is
entirely of teak wood, having been constructed at
Bombay in 1852.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Navigating Lieut. It. T. N.
Pearce, to the Cumberland, for service in the Tra-
falgar ; Sub-Lieut. R. O. Webb, to the Tamar;
W. S. Richardson, clerk, to the Duke of Wellington ;
and R. H. Walpole, nominated a naval cadet.