The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-21 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The Prussian squadron of two frigates and
steamer, under the command of Prince Adalbert as
Lord.- High Admiral, sailed from Falmouth for
Brest on Saturday morning.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty •

Lieut. F. Do V. Sanders to the Cumberland.
Assistant-Clerk 11. T. Scale to be Supernumerary to the
Fisgard.

THE ARMY.

Numerous complaints having been made to the
Secretary of State for War of the inconvenience
experienced by officers of the gen9ral and garrison
staff in consequence of the prohibition of the em-
ployment of soldiers as servants, contained in a re-
cent circular, No. 193, the prohibition has been
withdrawn, and soldier-servants arc in future
allowed under the regulations and restrictions pre-
viously in force. Officers of the Royal Engineers
arc to have an allowance in lieu of servants.

The shipwright department of Woolwich Dock-
yard has received instructions to build a 21-gun
ship, -to be called the Wolverine, under the new
shed recently constructed at the east end of the
yard.
A circular memorandum was yesterday received
at Woolwich from the Secretary of State for War
relative to the order issued last week for the esta-
blishment of .the new regulations affecting the
second-class staff sergeants of the Royal Artillery
in the allotment of barrack quarters, and the re-
trenchment of their lodging and fuel money. The
memorandum directs the new regulations to be forth-
with cancelled, and the former rules to remain in
force 'until further orders. Its promulgation was
hailed with -the utmost satisfaction by the entire
garrison. One of the heavy field batteries of 18-
pounder guris was yesterday morning despatched
from the Royal Arsenal -Woolwich, in charge of
Major Barnett and Captain King and a troop of
Royal Horse Artillery, for Guildford. Captain
Smyth, 4.th company 11th battalion Royal Artil-
fery, stationed at Shoebur3-ness, was yesterday re-
lieved by Captain Forbes and the 2d company Ist
battalion from headquarters, Woolwich. tile
mikary transport Star of the' East has been taken
up for the conveyance of a detachment of the Royal
Artillery for China. She is to sail in the early part
of October._

General Peel, accompanied by Major Jervois,
RE., arrived at Portland, in the Black Eagle
Admiralty yacht, on Friday evening, and landed
at the breakwater Works on the following
minting, for the purpose of inspecting the forti-
fication works in connection with the harbour,
Mr. Beaufort, engineer in charge of the Breakwater
Works during Mr. Coode's absence on the Harbour
of Refuge Commission, and Lieut. Clayton, R.E.,
from the Verne -hill Works, attending the General
during his inspection. The General and party
afterwards crossed over to Weymouth in the yacht,
and left by the 12.20 train for town.
Col. H. V. Brooke, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the
Queen, died on Wednesday last at Holyhead, after
a few hours' illness. The gallant colonel was long
attached to the 32d Regiment, and accompanied
that corps to India in 1846, He served during the
campaign in the Punjaub in 1848 and 1849, and for
his services in India he was made a Companion of
•Ihe Order of the Bath, and subsequently one of her
Majesty's Aides-de-Camp. On retiring from the
32A he was succeeded by. Major-General Sir J. E.
Inglis, K.C.8., the heroic defender of the garrison
at Lucknow. The late colonel entered the army in
July, 1827, and obtained his rank of colonel in June,
1854