The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-12 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

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I Her Majesty's ship Urgent, 6, steam troop trans-
port, Commander M'Donald, wentinto Portsmouth
harbour yesterday to land her invalids. She was
12 days from Malta and five from Gibraltar. She
brought 65 military invalids, including 21 men of
the 71Nt Regiment for the depot, 16 naval invalids,
57 soldiers' wives, and 107 'Children of the 71st
Regiment ; Capt. Young, Lieuts. Dodson and Har-
man, of the 14th Regiment; 'Capt. Crofton and
Assistant-Surgeon Hopwood, R.A. ; Lieutenants
Houghton and Sewell, of the 57th ; Capt. Moncur,
of the 481.12 ' • Lieut. Durnford, of the Royal Engi-
neers ; and Mr. Burgess, Chief Clerk of the Royal
Engineer Department.
A district court-martiathas been assembled at
Chatham garrison, under the presidency of Major
H. D. Ellis, Ist battalion' for 'the trial of Sergeant
Robert Fuller, 43d Lightlnfantry, attached to the
3d battalion, on a charge of having made away
with a sum of money intrusted to.his care at Bromp-
ton barracks by private Francis Barry, 19th Regi-
ment, then a prisoner Confined in the guardroom;.
and also for having on the night of Feb. 19, when
the sergeant in charge of the 3d battalion guard,
caused liquor to be introduced into the guardroom,
and partaken of and distributed the same to the
men composing the guard. The witnesses exam-
ined in support of the proseCutiOn proved that the
prisoner had received the money.taken away from
the prisoner in -.the guardroom, which he afterwards
allowed to be fap-nd ed. in the purchase of intoxi-
cating liquors, of which he partook and distributed
some to the men under his command. In 'his de-
fence the priacuier virtually. idmrtted the,charge,
but considered that he had done no. harm, as the
night in qu,,stion was 'very cold.- The accus-d hai
been nearly 20 years in .the service; and has hitherto'
borne a very good character. The Court found the

prisoner guilty. The Court n :xt proceeded t.-) the
trial of Sergeant James Minor, 10th Regi-
ment, on a charge of being absent .froiri his
duty, and when returning to barracks being in
a state of intoxication. Two privates of the Royal
Marine Light Infantry named Thomas William
Pounder and John Howes, were also :arraigned
before the Court on a change of desertion from their
head-quarters, Chatinim. The re.:nit of the trials
will not be known until the proceedings have been
confirmed. .

During yesterday and the previous day upwards
of 100 vollinit,ers from various militia regiments
stationed at Aldershot arrived at Chatham for the

purpose of joining the. Indian depots attached to
the i hree battAlions of infantry at twat garrison.
Th,,, Dragon, 6; paddlewheel steam frigate, is or-
deri•d to be tak'-n into dock at Chatham for repair.
The Enterprise, 4, attached to the reserve ac.
Chatham, is ordered to he fitted as a. coal depot fur
the river Medway.
An Admiralty order has been received at Chat-
ham for the Rattlesnake, 8, and the North Star,
21, Arctic discovery ship, to be broken up, owing
to their unfitness for farther service.

The Rochester, Heather Master Commander, is
busy taking in war stores at Chatham for Ports-
mouth Dockyard. .
A successi ni of proofs came otfyesterdry in Wool-
wich-marsh to verify the superiority of some ditt
plira,ral explosive shells, manufactured in the
new °shell factory of the Arsenal, and intended to
superzede the old Shrapnell shells. The spot se-
lected for the experiments commanded an-extent of
1,500 yards. In the foreground at the extremity of
the range were stationed about 100 targets at pro-
gressive distances occupying 400 yards, and repre-
senting advancing columns of soldiery. The shells,
having the lighted fuse attached, were fired from a
9-pounder gip so as to explode within 20 yards of
the foremost column. The charge was consequentl37
scattered among the imaginary foe, and with satis-
factory results, the volley of balls taking effect
against the opposed columns, the con ta::t with which
was distinctly heard and ascertained. Col. Picker-
ing, Lieut.-Colonel Maude, commanding the Royal
Horse Artillery, Major Vandeleur, Mr. Anderson,
Captain Boxer, and various members of the select
committee, as well as nirmrous other officers of
the garrison, witnessed the experiments, which
were continued throughout the day.
Captain Marvin, late Quartermaster Royal
Artillery, has been appointed Paymaster at Wool-
wich iu the place of Messrs. Cox and Greenwood,
and will occupy the quarters late the residence 01
General Sir H. D. Ross, Adjutant-General to the
Royal Artillery.
Great exertion is being used at Pembroke to
finish the Oilando, screw steam-frigate of 50 guns.
She is now so far completed that a few months will
make her ready for launching, and this event is
likely to take place early in the summer, probably
at the commencement of June. This magnificent
frigate will be the first hunched of the half-dozen
'ordered to compete with the monster American

frigates, and, from in her groat size, immense scant-
ling and armament, there is no doubt that she will
prove a most formidable oppouen,. She is the
largest frigate in the service, being 360 feet in
length over all. Two other first class ships, the
Revenge, 91, line-of-battle screw, and Aurora, 51,
first class screw-frigate, are also very much ad-
vanced in construction, and could be completed in
a short time. It is probable that they %l ill be
launched this season. The Shamrock screw gun-
boAt is to be placed on the Pembroke station as a
tender to the Eagle Coast-guard ship.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.

DEPARTURE OF LORD CARLISLE.

Lord Carlisle's departure from Ireland yesterday
was wholly unmarked by any incident worth espe-
cial notice. The noble earl, accompanied by his
suite lift the Castle at one o'clock, p.m. iu an open
carriage., with an escort of the Scots Greys, and
proceeded at a rapid pace through the streets lead-
ing to the Rock-road, and thence on to Kingstown,
where a special steamer was in readiness to convey
the ex-Viceregal party to England. From the
start at Cork-hill and along the whole route to the
place of embarcation there were but few and faint
ebullitions of popular sympathy ; an occasional
cheer or so was raised, but no one could have. been
led to suppose, from the expression of public feel •
ing that the nobleman who was about to leave wss
but a few days since regarded as one of the best of
the long list of Irish Viceroys. Immediately after
the departure of Lord Carlisle the Privy Conned
assembled in the Council-chamber, when his Grace
the Lord Archbishop of Dublin, the Right Hon.
Francis Blackburne (Lord Justice of the Court of
Appeal in Ireland), and the Right Hon. John Lord
Seaton (General Commanding Her Majesty's forces
in Leland), were sworn Lords Justices. There were
also present the Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor,
the Right Hon. Maziere Brady, the Right Hon.
Lord Naas, the Right Hon. the Lard Bishop of
Meath, the Recorder, and the Judge of the Court
of Probate. The Right Hon. James Whiteside
(Her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ireland) was
sworn of her Majesty's Privy Council in Ireland,
and took his seat at the. Board accordingly.