The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-07 00:00:00

Naval and Jqilitary Intelligence.

Yestergay Major-General J. 0. Travers, C. 8.,
Inspector-General of Royal Marines, resumed his
inspection of the officers and men of the Chatham,
or First Division of Royal Marines Light Infantry.
At 10 o'clock a.m. the whole of the officers and men
of the battalion were formed on Chatham Great
Lines, under the command of Colonel-Commandant
G. Lambrick, aide-de-camp to the Queen, and on
the arrival of General Travers and his staff shortly
afterwards the day's inspection commenced. On
reaching the ground the division presented arms
and saluted, after which the Inspector-General rode
along the companies formed in line, at quarter-dis-
tance columns. General Travers afterwards rode to
the saluting flagstaff, when the whole of the com-
panies marched past in slow and quick time. It was
remarked that better marching past had never been
witnessed on Chatham Lines. An extended course
of light infantry and other manceuvres followed, to
test the efficiency of the officers and men in field-
day and other movements, fifteen rounds of blank
ammunition having been served out to the non-com-
missioned officers and men, and twenty rounds each
to the men of the flank companies. At the close of
this portion of the inspeetion, the battalion was
marched back to the Royal Marine Barracks, where
the officers and men were drawn up on the parade-
ground and addressed by Gen. Travers, who, in the
course of his remarks, expressed his unqualified
satisfaction at the result of the day's inspection, and
the excellent manner in which both officers and men
had acquitted themselves. Yesterday afternoon was
devoted by Gen. Travers to the inspection of the
grand division and other offices at the Royal Marine
establishment, together with the books, accounts,
and official records of the division. The inspection
of the battalion will be resumed and brought to a
close to-day, after which the Inspector-General will
commence the inspection of the second, or Ports-
mouth division.

The sailing frigate, Nankin, 50, attached to the
service at Chatham, and the last sailing ship built at
that dockyard, is ordered to be removed round to
Pembroke Dockyard, where she is to undergo the
necessary alterations and repairs, to adapt her for
harbour service, The Nankin has not been in com-
mission for a great number of years, since which
she has been lying idle in ehatham harbour. She
will be towed round to Pembroke by the paddle-
wheel steamer Medusa, 2, 312-horsepower, Master-
Commander Potter.

The Barossa, 21., 400-horse power, unarmoured
screw corvette, has unshipped her boilers at Chat-
ham Dockyard, preparatory to undergoing some
heavy repArs in readiness ior being brought forward
for commission. She has been removed out of No.
4 dock to make room for the newly-launched screw
steamer Myrmidon, and in consequence of the num-
ber of iron and other vessels building at Chatham
it is probable the Barossa will be removed to Sheer-
ness to be completed.
Her Majesty's iron steam storeship Industry,
Staff Commander Youel, was yesterday undocked
at Woolwich after repairs, and the double screw
gun vessel Plover was docked in her place prepara-
tory to going down the river on her first official
trial. The new lighter vessel Fanny, launched at
Deptford on Wednesday, was yesterday towed
down to Woolwich yard -by the tug Monkey,
Master Commander Smithers, to be rigged and
completed for service. Second Master Moor has been
appointed to the command. Her burden is 160 tons,
and length of keel 90ft. She is intended to carry
naval stores to and from her Majesty's dockyards
and home stations of the fleet. She was built from
improved designs of Mr. Saunders, the Master
Shipwright, in,the short space of four months, and
is much admired. The " christening" was per-
formed by Miss Noddall, daughter of the master
at tendant and.harbour master of Deptford-dockyard,
at which were present Commodore Edmonstone,
C. 8., aide-eke-camp to the Queen, and other officials
of Woolwiuh, in addition to those of Deptford.
The Victoria, screw three-decker, 102 guns,
4,127 toes, 1,000 horse-power, Commander Cod-
rington, late the flagship of Vice-Acirairal

lion. Lord Clarence F. Paget, C. 8., commanding
her Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean, arrived
at Spithead yesterday under sail, and on anchoring
exchanged the customary salutes with her Majesty's
ship Victory in Portsmouth-harbour, the flagship
of Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, Pore :-Ad-
miral and Naval Commander-in-Chief of her Ma-
jesty's ships in the South-west district. The
Victoria sailed from Gibraltar on the 28th of May,
after having transferred Lord Clarence F. Paget and
suite to his Lordship's new flagship, the iron-cased
frigate Caledonia. Fine weather prevailed from the
time of leaving the Rock until arrival at Spithead,
with strong but generally fair winds. The greater
part of the passage home from the Rock was made
under sail. The following naval officers and other
passengers have arrived home in the ship :—Dr.
Clark, invalided from her Majesty's ship Arethisa ;
Mr. Clapp, master, invalided from her Majesty's Abip
Skylark ; Mrs. Gardener (from flagship) ; Lieats.
Clifton and Turnfull, on promotion ; 20 women and
children, four invalided seamen, and eight time-
expired seamen. No orders were waiting the Vic-
toria on her arrival relative to the port for her dis-
mantling and paying out of commission, but they
were expected down from the Admiralty for Devon-
port.
The Minotaur, screw iron frigate, Capt. James
G. Goodenough, carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral
F. Warden, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the
Channel fleet, sailed from Spithead yesterday for
the ,rendezvous of the fleet in Portland Roads.
The time-expired men brought to England from
India in the sailing Indiaman Trafalgar, Capt.
Stackpoole, R.N.R., whose arrival at Spithead was
reported in 7he Sun of yesterday, were disem-
barked from the ship yesterday morning, and for-
warded on to their several regimental depots. The
Trafalgar afterwards sailed for London.
Yesterday a party of 53 non-commissioned offi-
cers and men, selected from the various corps com-
posing the 3d Depot Battalion at Chatham, pro-
ceeded from the garrison to the Isle of Grain for

,he purpose of being employed, in conjunction with

the Royal Engineers, on the fortifications and de-
fences constructing at the confluence of the Thames
and Medway. Three officers left Chatham with
the detachment.

Railway and other Companies.

MIDLAND.

Yesterday a meeting of Bradford shanholders in
this company was held at Bradford, in reference to
the proposed amalgamation of the Midland Com-
pany with the Glasgowand South-Western Railway
Company ; Alderman Brown in the chair.
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The aIiAIRMAN urged the importance of the
shareholders of Bradford supporting the share-
holders of the Midland Company in the proposed
amalgamation, their interests as shareholders being
directly involved in this course.

Mr. W. BROWN, who spoke in support of the pro-
posal, moved a resolution to the following effect :
" That, after carefully considering the proposal of
the directors for the amalgamation of the Midland
with the Glasgow and South-Western Company, it
is the opinion of this meeting that such amalgama-
tion would be greatly to the advantage of the Mid-
land system, and therefore contid.mtly recommend
it to the support of their brother shareholders."
Mr. COOKE seconded the motion, and it was car-
ried unanimously-.
Mr. J. MARGERISON moved—" That an appeal be
made to those Midland shareholders who have en-
trusted their proxies to the Manchester Association
urging them to withdraw the same, in deference to
the almost unanimous opinion of those shareholders
who head the discussion of the question, and also
to attend next Thursday at Derby and vote for the
amalgamation."
Mr. E. H. WADE seconded the motion, which
was carried unanimously.