The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-22 00:00:00

Naval and Military intellikonce.

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VALETTA, Nov. 16.—The only movements in the
squadron here since I last wrote on the 12th just'
are the departure of the Cruiser, 5, Cummanderg;
Singer, on the night of the 12th, for the coast °I
Syria, and the arrival yesterday of the screw et°re-
ship Supply, Staff-Commander C. Bawden, fr°lll
Deptford, Greenhithe, Spithead, Torbay, and 6111);
,
raltar. The Supply brings two Armstrong guns "i
be exchanged for an ancient and very large ga".
great historical interest at the Dardanelles, whic
will be taken home by the Terrible as a curiosity
rhis monster gun weighs from 12 to 15 tons, is
long, and 30in. to 36in. in exterior diatneter• It
was one of the pieces of ordnance used in the III!'
morable siege of Constantinople by Mahomet IL 111
145:3, and has been pres?,nted to the British Govern"
ment by the Sultan. The dockyard here are seed-
ing to the Dardanelles four large spars, such as at;
used for frigates' masts, and other heavy gear f°
hoisting it on board the Terrible as soon as till";
vessel can be spared from her present duties
Alexandria. The Royal Oak is to be paid off by
the 20th December. A ship will probably aerige
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here at the end of the year to take her place. Th
Prince Consort, it is now said, will not be Paid otu
for the present, and will return to this station. 13° 0
these vessels were at Gibraltar on the 10th inst. T
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Warrior was entering the Bay of Gibraltar as '',l"o
Supply was leaving on the 9th inst. The rest a tu'd
Channel Fleet had left Lisbon on return to EDO° ci
Lieut. Eustace Rooke, for the Prince Consort, ani..
Dr. Butler, assist.-surgeon, for the Royal 03":0
proceeded by the last Southampton packet to .
Oi
their ships. Mr. Lovell, civil engineer, tel3*°4
rarily employed on the works of the new It(11
Naval Dock, took his departure in the same OBlsef
Mr. Andrew; the civil engineer in charge of the
construction of this dock, having returned to
Malta. Dr. J. Paynter, inspector gellereo
of military hospitals, has arrived here from
England to take the post of Dr. A. Anderson, C''''

as senior medical officer in this garrison.
We are requested to give notice that letters f(itt
Her Majesty's ships Satellite, Argus, and Vigil°
should be addressed " Abyssinia."
Her Majesty'sscrew gun vessel Myrmidon, Cellit;
mander H. B. Johnstone, having beenasuppliedw,ri
the whole of her stores and coals, was yester"3,''f
taken to the Marlin Sands for the purpose:v.
making her official trial of speed at deep draoro
On reaching the Marlin Sands six runs were 18,k:n
at full boiler power over the measured mile, 11-i-ir
the mean speed realised was 10.260 knots per 11,%;
as against a speed of 10.338 knots per hour at "go
draught, showing the Myrmidon to be a faster frOo
when at deep than at her light trim. The load eat
the safety valve was 2411 b. ; pressure of stew
in boilers, 181 b. ; vacuum in condensers, 261:.
mean pressure in cylinders, 221 b. ; and mean ntlieta
ber of revolutions per minute, 98. The eeinPAder
circle was made at full speed in 2imin., with Nu.
brought to an angle of 37 deg.
Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir James Yorke Seariee;
K.C.8., having proceeded on leave of absence,,,tehtta
command of the division at Aldershott has deve"cs,
on Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., commanding the the
valry Brigade who received the command from

19th inst. bed,
Brigadier-Gen. 11. D. White, C. 13., unatt3c-,11
commanding the Cavalry Brigade at Dublin,A-10,t
succeed to the command of the Cavalry lir,,,igagi"ezo'o
Aldershott, on the Ist proximo, Major-Gen. P"c)-`
period of Staff service expiring on that date. ue..
Brigadier-Gen. Carey, C. 8., will probablidso at
ceed to the command of the 2d Infantry 13rig3eve
Aldershott on the removal of Major-Gen. CO*

C. 8., to Ireland.
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Three regiments which took part ill
both
Zealand war are now lying at Aldershott--the''
43d, and 68th Regiments of Light Infantry.

DR. LIVINGSTO.NE.
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The following telegraphic despatch has oe-s-0 at
ceived from Colonel Stanton, Her IVlajestY'°
and Consul-General in Egypt, to Lord 633-.oa
dated Cairo, November 20th, 1867 ; recel
November 21 : fro
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A message has reached this ago:lagencyh
Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar, dated the 2
September, to the following effect : f Pr'
" Reliable information has reached this ° 30.
Livingstone having been seven mouths sg° atnoa-
runga, on his voyage towards the north-ess'
ing to the west of Lake 'Tanganyika. to al°
" Mr. Churchill was about to proceed
coast to obtain further information.' "
R. DICKENS ARRIVL IN • tbi°
TelMegram—,4
safe and Wvll"—Ahas been received
morning in London, announcing the safe arrival 01
Charles Di(Aens at Boston, on board the Cuba.