The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-06 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

The following detachments are ordered to pro-
ceed at an early date to the Mediterranean :-604
of the 2d battalion of the 4th Regiment, 264 of the
2d battalion of the 2d Regiment, 117 of the Royal
Artillery, and 119 of the Royal Engineers, by the
Sir Robert Peel. By the Marlborough, 20 of the
9th Regiment, and 40 of the Ist battalion of the
14th Regiment.
An unusual degree of commotion has been created
among the inhabitants of Woolwich by the arrival
of various companies of Artillery during some days
past, as well as other military movements neces-
sary in the reorganisation of the corps of Artillery
and reconstruction of the garrison and depot there.
According to the prescribed regulations which were
recently published, the Ist brigade of siege artil-
lery, to be stationed at Woolwich, will consist of
eight batteries, in lieu of the old battalion No. 1.
A long and formidable array of 9-pounder guns,
howitzers, baggage and ammunition waggons, hos-
pital conveyances issued yesterday from the Arsenal.
fhe horses and drivers, and more particularly each
gun, as it emerged from the great storehouse, were
closely examined. The guns, &c., were conveyed
to the Royal Artillery barracks, to supply the
newly constructed batteries. The corps of Gentle-
men Cadets were yesterday marched to Plumstead-
common, and were put ..through a course of rifle
practice ; a large number of Artillery recruits were
drilled on Woolwich-common, and the whole town
was rife with military movement.
Orders have been issued for the officer command-
ing the corps of Royal Engineers at Chatham,
directing several detachments of non-commissioned
officers and men to be immediately selected and
despatched to the Mediterranean, for the purpose
of augmenting the companies of Royal Engineers
at that station. One of the detachments will
proceed to Gibraltar for the purpose of being
attached to the 2d, 3d, and 6th companies of
Royal Engineers, now serving there, in order to
increase each of those companies to 120 non-
commissioned officers and men. Another detach-
ment is to proceed to Malta to fill up vacancies
in the 17th and 24th companies, caused by several
of the men belonging to those companies having
been despatched to India. A third detachment of
Royal Engineers will also shortly embark for
Alderney, for the purpose of being employed during
the summer in repairing the forts and fortifications
of that island. In addition to the above detach-
ments, the 28th company of the Royal Engineers
is under orders to embark for Corfu, and the 29th
company for Malta, each company having been made
up to 120 men of all ranks.

The foundation for erecting the extensive branch
of the Armstrong gun factory in Woolwich Arsenal
was yesterday completed, and the footing for the
building commenced. It was expected that Sir
William Armstrong would have been present to
deposit the foundation stone, and that some forma-
lities would have been gone through, but no cere-
mony further than the ordinary bricklayers' work
took place. Sir W. Armstrong and Mr. Anderson
are both industriously engaged at the factory at
Elswick in endeavouring to improve the means of
bringing out the new rifle. The building commenced
yesterday in Woolwich Arsenal will be double-
storied. The principal entrance will be ornamented
with Gothic turrets, and when completed it will be
one of the most conspicuous establishments in the
Royal Arsenal, according to the architectural de-
sign proposed by the commanding Royal Engineer,
and accepted by the Government.
The effect of the recent communications in The
Sun on the subject of the Victoria Rifle corps was
plainly visible at their last weekly muster on
Wednesday evening. On that occasion a consider-
able number of officers in the Guards and others
from various line regiments attended to witness the
target practice and subsequent drill. Applications
for enrolment are now rapidly coming in not only
from noblemen and gentlemen animated by a
patriotic desire to aid in the defence of their
country, but also from that large class who are
candidates for Commissions in the army, and who
find very great advantage from attaining profi-
ciency in their drill in an agreeable manner, and in
the society of gentlemen in their own position in
life, in preference to acquiring the same knowledge
with the rank and file they will have to command.
The army cannot fail to benefit largely by this
move, as young officers who can produce a certifi-
cate from the Adjutant of the Victoria Rifles will
join their regiments, competent at once to under.
take their duties, instead of having to undergo the
unpleasant ordeal of being daily rated for months
by drill sergeants, and practising the " goose step"
in company with recruits.

THE NAVY.

The greatest activity prevails at Pembroke Dock-
yard. The numerous artisans are employed from
early until late, and as the dockyard strength is now
very great, and almost unlimited earnings are al-
lowed, rapid progress is being made with the various
men-of-war in course of construction. The Revenge,
which has recently been launched, is in the hands
of the seamen riggers, who will immediately navi-
gate her round to Portsmouth for commission. The
build of the Revenge is an improvement upon the
lines of the Renown, 91 guns, a sikter ship, and
it is thought she will prove a fine specimen of
the new class 91's. The Howe, 121 guns, will
soon be ready for launching. She is a magni-
ficent vessel, being over 4,000 tons burden. It is
stated to be the intention of the authorities to
strengthen the approaches to the dockyard by the
erection of a powerful battery of heavy guns on the
Great Head facing the mouth of the harbour.
Captain the Hon. H. W Campbell, of the Cold-
stream Guards, goes out to Gibraltar, it is said, as
aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir W. Cod-
rington, the newly appointed Governor of Gibraltar.
The Ist battalion of the Riffle Brigade will leave
Newcastle-on-Tyne to-day for Plymouth, but it is
stated that their destination is Gibraltar.
Her Majesty's steam store transport Dee, Master
Commander Thomas Pullen, yesterday arrived at
Woolwich, from Portsmouth, and was admitted
into the basin to reship for vessels fitting out in
the western yards.
The Doris, 32, screw steam frigate, Captain E.
Heathcote, got under weigh yesterday at Spithead,
to make a trial of her lengthened screw at the
measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the supervision
of Mr. J. Dinnen, Admiralty Inspector of Machi-
nery ; Captain G. T. Gordon, commanding steam
reserve ; Mr. G. Murdoch, inspector of machinery
afloat ; and Mr. Miller, of the steam factory. The
results of six runs at the measured mile gave a
speed in knots of 11 81- tenths ; pitch of screw, 32
feet ; diameter of screw, 20 feet ; draught of water
aft, 21 feet 9 inches ; ditto forward, 19 feet 6
inches ; pressure of steam, 201 b. ; number of revo-
lutions, maximum, 48.5 ; mean, 48.25. Wind,
direction, S. ; force, 2. At the conclusion of the
trial the Doris steamed into Portsmouth harbour,
and landed her screw on the Sheer-jetty, when it
it was taken to the steam factory to undergo fur-
ther alterations for the next trial.
The Hannibal, 91, screw steamship, Captain M.
Connolly, at Portsmouth, has moved down the
harbour, alongside the Malabar coal depot, for the
purpose of coaling.
The Urgent, screw steam troopship, Commander
Hire, alongside the north jetty of Portsmouth
Dockyard, was coaling last evening until 8 p.m.,
the authorities being anxious to despatch her with
troops to-morrow for Gibraltar, if possible.
Orders have been received at Portsmouth to com-
mission the Falcon, 17, screw corvette, and the
Pioneer and Flying Fish, despatch vessels.
The Goliath, 80, screw steamer attached to the
steam reserve at Chatham, has shipped a quantity
of her heavy stores from the dockyard. The screw
corvette Cadmus, 21, has also taken on board her
cables and other heavy stores. It is expected tha
both these vessels will shortly be ordered to pro
teed to sea.

The steam storeship Rhadamanthus, Master-
Commander R. F. Sturdee, from Woolwich, with
machinery, &c., for Keyham yard, arrived in Ply-
mouth Sound on Monday evening, and went up
Hamoaze on Tuesday morning.
The lighter Tortoise, Lott master, left Plymouth
on Tuesday, with mooring chains for Cork.
The surveying gunboat Shamrock left Plymouth
on Tuesday for the westward, probably for Swansea.
The apprentice brig Nautilus, Lieut. W. Grant,
left Plymouth on Tuesday for Falmouth, to enter
men under the bounty system.
The French steamer Galilee, from Plymouth,
proceeded up Channel on Tuesday.
The screw steamship Algiers, 91, Captain J. W.
D. O'Callaghan, sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday
afternoon, to join the fleet, but not being able to
make much headway returned to Cawsand Bay.
The screw steamship James Watt, 91, Captain E.
Codd, having had several fathoms of chain removed
from her fan, was undocked at Keyham on Tues-
day, and on Wednesday steamed outside Plymouth
Sound, to try her engines. In the afternoon she
took her powder on board.

The gunboat Charon was placed in dock at
Devonport on Tuesday.
The Seagull, tender to the surveying vessel
Porcupine, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday
with sick men. She will require some repairs,
being defective.

The screw steamship Exmouth, 90, Captain J.
Stopford, was removed from Keyham basin on
Wednesday to her moorings in Hamoaze.
The screw steamship Forth, 12, Charles Moxley,
chief engineer, was brought down Homoaze on
Wednesday to be docked. The Seahorse was to
follow yesterday.
Letters have been received at Plymouth written
from the screw steamship CEesar, 90, Captain C.

Frederick. After fourteen weeks of monotonous
exile they broke away from Greytown with joy on
the 22d of March, and went out under steam. On
the 23d they worked to windward under canvass.
Little progress was made on the 24th, and the next
day they got back to nearly the same position which
they had on the 23d. On the 26th they were in
under the-land, and anchored for the night; 27th,
sailed along the coast, with lovely weather and a
lake-like sea, and passed Cape Gracios a Dios.
Shortly after getting under weigh on the 28th an
English settler came off in a canoe, stating that
some Yankee Fillibusters had landed, which proved
a false alarm. On the sth of April they arrived at
Vera Cruz, and anchored three or four miles from
that town. The whole country was in a state of
civil commotion, as the inhabitants refused to
acknowledge the Government of Mexico. Besides
French, there were Spanish, American, and Prus-
sian ships of war, eleven in all, at Vera Cruz, and
the Cesar would probably be detained there some
days.
The Hood, 90, screw steamship, which was
launched at Chatham on Wednesday, was towed
down to Sheerness yesterday.
The Mersey, 40, screw, Captain Caldwell, will
sail from Spithead for Portland to-day (Friday).
In her recent trials under canvas she has proved
herself to be as handy a ship as any afloat of half
her length. She stays and wears like a cutter ;
under double reefed topsails and topgallantsails,
close on a wind, she can do nine knots an hour ;
wind quartering, under royals, she runs off 17
knots.

SHIPS FOR INDIA.—..The Hon. Council for India
has taken up the following ships for the convey-
ance of Government stores, viz., Sea Park, 835
tons, the Thames, 570, and the St. Croix, 435 tons,
sail for Madras. The Alnwick Castle, 1,087 tons,
Victoria, 848 tons, Tyburnia, 964 tons, and Devon-
shire, 834 tons, for Bengal. The Inkermann, 500
tons, is taken up by Government for Hong Kong ;
and the Sir George Pollock, with troops for Auck-
land, and the Renshaw, 500 tons, will sail with
Government stores for St. Helena.
SIR THOMAS GRANT'S DISTILLING AND COOKING
APPARATUS.—This galley has been reconstructed,
under the superintendance of Mr. J. Miller, of the
condensing department in her Majesty's Dockyard,
Portsmouth. It is intended to cook for 450 men ;
it will bake, boil, roast, steam, stew, and with the
same fire make 800 gallons of fresh water daily,
which, passimg through the condensing apparatus,
becomes perfectly cold, pure fresh water; and it
will also produce about 100 gallons of pure fresh
boiling water, and may be used daily for making
coffee, tea, or for medicinal purposes. The coal
required per hour for the above purposes is about
301 b. weight. There is a large hot plate for boiling
or stewing fitted to it, also two ovens for baking.
On each side is fitted a steam cooking kettle, also
a large fireplace for roasting, either with the doors
open or shut. The whole apparatus is made very
strong, and not likely to get out of order ; it is so
constructed that it may be taken to pieces on board
ship, being fastened together with bolts and nuts,
and is very compact, and far superior to the old
iron cooking galleys naw in use. This apparatus
is constructed principally of gun metal, an,t after
many years' wear will then be worth nine-twelfths
of its original cost.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :
Lieutenants—A. Bagley, H. St. J. de Roebeck, and E.
S. Adeane, to the Brisk ; H. S. Bagge, to the Falcon;
C. D. J. Odevaine and R. H. Thompson, to the Intrepid.
Masters—Robert J. C. Grant, to the Intrepid ; Charles
Parkinson, to the Brisk ; Haben B. Hunt, to the Falcon;
Frank Inglis, to the Flying Fish.
Second-master—John It. N. Moss, to the Pioneer.
Paymasters—W. F. Huyyhue, to the Brisk ;W.H. De
Cateret, to the Falcon; J. W. Haverfield (additional), to
the Queen Charlotte; Fredk. J. Robins (additional), to the
Ajax; James B. M'Avoy (additional), to the Royal Ade .
laide ; H. 11. Shanks, to be Secretary to Rear. Admiral
Mundy.

Assistant Paymasters—William Evans (in charge) to the
Intrepid ; W. H. Fitzpatrick (in charge), to the Flying
Fish ; Robt. IL Lowry (in charge), to the Pioneer ; W.
H. Whichelo, to the Brisk.
Clerk—G. F. Cheyney to the Falcon.
Assistant-Clerk—Arthur L. B. Corrie to the Edinburgh

LA JV INTELLIGENCE fay 5.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittings at Nisi Prius in London.—(Before Mr.
Justice Williams and a Common Jury.)
COOPER V. LLOYD.
This extraordinary case, which was partly heard
yesterday, was resumed this morning by additional
evidence being called on the part of the plaintiff.
Mr. Laxton and Mr. Patchett appeared for the
plaintiff; and Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Francis
for the defendant.
Mrs. Watson was the first witness examined, and
she said—ln February, 1852, Mrs. Lloyd came to
lodge with me at No. 4, Blackheath-park, Black-
heath. She remained at my house for three weeks,
and whilst she was there her husband came to see
her three times. The first time he stopped to dinner
and tea, and left about half-past nine at night. He
came again at seven o'clock next morning, and Mrs
Lloyd was not then up. She was very poorly. He
did not sleep there. I had no convenience for his
sleeping there. He did not say anything about
sleeping there. Mrs. Lloyd had a sitting-room as
well as a bed-room, but Captain Lloyd went into
her bed-room on the first day. On the next occa-
sion he came to dinner. The three visits were on
three following days.
Cross-examined—Mrs. Lloyd's bedroom was on
the top floor, and her sitting room was underneath
it. My rooms were down stairs, and I did not go
up, but I heard Captain Lloyd go up stairs into the
bedroom. I had shown him into the sitting
room. On the occasion when Capt. Lloyd went to
his wife's bedroom I had told him that she was ill.
Mr. Roberts—l am a medical practitioner, in
business in Great Dover-street, Southwark. I paid
a visit to Capt. Lloyd on board the Edinburgh, at
Sheerness, in June, 1857. ' I dined with Capt.
Lloyd on board. My business in going to him
was to apply for my account for attending on Mrs.
Lloyd in her confinement, and at other times. The
confinement was in 1856, and my first visit to her
was on the 27th of September, 1856. Cant. Lloyd
said he was sorry my account had not been paid
before, but there were differences between him and
his wife. He said that his wife had gone away
and had left him, and had left her child at home,
in 1850 or 1851, and that he had in vain made
every effort to discover her. That subsequently,
at her own request, he had granted her an inter-
view at Chatham, and had then accused her or
having been unfaithful to him ; that she at first
denied this, but afterwards confessed it, and gave
him a written paper, detailing her connexion with ,
Mr. Winslow, which resulted in her having a child
by him. He said Mr. Winslow's name was familiar
to him through a brother officer in connexion with
a French girl. He added, " I forgave her. I read
the document carefully, and I tore it up and threw
it into the fire, and said, Phillis, I forgive you;
this shall not tell tales against you, and I will give
you another chance as my wife.' " He further
said that the reason my account was not paid
was, that there was an account due to a furni-
ture dealer, which matter was in the hands of the
lawyers, and as soon as that was settled my
account should be paid. He referred me to Mr.
Jones Carew, of Lincoln's Inn, and said he had
authority to pay me if he liked. We went to the
mess-room to dine, and when we were going down
Captain Lloyd said, " Dr. Roberts, I hope you will
not mention your business here to-day, for there is
not a`brother officer on board who knows anything
of differences between me and my wife." He
further informed me that Mr. Carew had told him
that he could have got him a divorce, in the event
of the new Divorce Bill passing, if it had not been
for his after conduct. This after conduct was that
Captain Lloyd had been in the habit of visiting his
wife, and had been with her alone. My bill is still
unpaid, and, as far as my account has been sent in,
the amount is about £3O.
Cross-examined—My ledger is here, but not my
day-book. I have no entry in my books of the date
of the confinement of Mrs. Lloyd. The confine-
ment fee is paid at once and therefore it is not
entered. My first entry is for attending Mrs.
Lloyd after her confinement, and that attendance.
was on the 27th of September. On my oath I
cannot tell you when Mrs. Lloyd was confined, but
I believe it was in September. [After some dis-
cussion the witness was directed to fetch his day-
book, as soon as his examination was finished, so
that the date could be fixed.] My fee was a guinea,
and Mrs. Lloyd paid me at the time. She paid me
herself, and 'probably a day or two after the con-
finement. I did not charge Captain Lloyd with the
confinement fee. I did not say anything to him
about the confinement. I called on Mrs. Lloyd
afterwards, but I did not say that she must pay me,
for her husband was not liable. I said she ought
to have told me before who was to pay me. It was
not Mrs. Lloyd from whom I first heard of Captain
Lloyd having forgiven her. I have read my letter
which has just
been handed to me, and ladhenereen
toe
my statement. Mrs. Lloyd went with me
occasion to Sheerness to see Captain Lloyd. I met
him on the pier with what she called two of his
kept ladies. She first saw them on the pier at
Strood, and she became very excited, saying,
Here are my husband's kept ladies come on. board." We were on the steamer to go to Sheer-
ness. The two ladies had broad-brimmed hats on.
One of the ladies met Captain Lloyd on the pier at
Sheerness and gave him a bong-net. He afterwards
came to me, and said, " What
do you Want, sir ?"