The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-05 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, June 29 :—Her Majesty's screw line-
of-battle ship Victoria, 102 (bearing the flag of the
Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief, the Right Hon.
Lord Clarence Paget, C.B), and the iron-cased ships
Royal Oak, 35, and Resistance, 16, left Malta har-
bour on the morning of the 25th inst., for Patras,
and are expected to be away for the greater part of,
if not all, the summer. Communication with the
Admiral will be maintained by the gunboats Assur-
ance and Wizard, now in port. The Wizard will
leave for Patras after the arrival of the Marseilles
mail, due on the 30th inst. Previously to his de-
parture for Greece, Lord Clarence Paget went to
Sicily, in the Psyche, for the purpose of consulting
with Capt. Shortland, commanding lI.M. surveying
ship Hydra, on the navigation of the Adriatic, the
charts at present in use being very defective. The
Admiral called in at Syracuse and Catania, but did
not display his flag or personally land at those
places, not wishing to give rise to any erroneous
impressions. The King of Italy's proclamation de-
claring war against Austria was posted on the walls
at Syracuse. The news did not, however, seem to
cause the excitement so important an event might
have been expected to call forth. On returning to
Malta, the Commander-in-Chief, without loss of
time, despatched the Psyche to communicate with
the Italian Admiral Persano, who has a high reputa-
tion for courage and humanity, to request his good
offices regarding British life and property in any
operations he might undertake in the Adriatic ; and
steps have also been taken to insure the presence of
a British'vessel of war during any such operations.
It is reported that the screw corvette Enterprise,
Commander Rowley, which was at Corfu, has been
told off for this important and delicate mission.
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days' quarantine on arrivals from Liverpool and
Birkenhead, and five hill days on arrivals from
Syria and Egypt. Mr. D. Hay, our Consul General
at Tripoli, arrived at Malta a short time ago, and,
together with his family,
,has proceeded to Mar-
seilles. Sir J. Domville and family have also left
for England. The French schooner yasht Le Cy-
clone, Capt. L. de Beauvan de Craon, resumed her
voyage on the 25th inst. for Cannes, after under-
going some repairs here.
For the first time the anniversary of American
independence was yesterday celebrated conjointly
by the ships of war of England and America in an
English port. Her Majesty's ships Victory, Capt.
Egerton, the flag-ship of the Port Admiral and
Naval Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Duke
of Wellington, St. Vincent, and other vessels in
commission in Portsmouth harbour ; the United
States' paddle steamship Augusta, 10 guns, Capt.
Murray, with her Majesty's ships Pallas, Capt. Con-
nolly, and Amazon, Commander Hunter, at Spit-
head, all dressed in colours at 8 a.m., her Majesty's
ships flying the American flag at their main-royal-
mast heads. At meridian a national salute of 21
guns was fired from all her Majesty's ships carrying
above 10 guns, from the Augusta, and also from the
garrison saluting battery on the King's bastion of
Portsmouth town fortifications. The Augusta will
fill up with coal at Spithead, and afterwards join
the Miantonomah turret ship, Capt. Beaumont, in
the Thames, on the arrival there of that vessel from
Cherbourg.
The right wing of the 43d Regiment, under the
command of Lieut.-Col. Synge, which has just
arrived in England from Auckland, New Zealand,
in the hired transport Silver Eagle, disembarked
from that ship yesterday alongside Portsmouth
dockyard, and were marched into quarters at the
Anglesea Barracks, Portsea.
The officers of the 44th Regiment dined together
on Tuesday evening at Willis's-rooms, King-street,
St. James's ; Col. P. w, M‘Mahon, C. 8., presided.
The following officers were present :—Colonel A.
Browne, C. 8., Col. Preston, Lieut.-Col. Faussett,
Major Hanmer, Major H. H. J. Massey, Capt. F..
D. Walters, Capt. J. H. Linton, Capt. M'Ginnis,
Capt. Hercy, Capt. W. A. Wood, Capt. M. S.
Smith, Capt. Walter, Capt. G. N. Micklethwaite,
Capt. C. Turner, Lieut. Browne, Lieut. Bain, Capt.
Maguire, Dr. Gibbon, Mr. George White, &c.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Capt. F. W. Sullivan, C. 8., to
the Tamar ; Commander Henry M'C. Alexander ;
Commander Henry M. Bingham to the Formidable ;
Commander G. M. Balfour to the Winchester ;
Commander D. Aird to the Fisgard, for service in
the Lightning ; Lieut. H. Hand to the Oberon, as
lieut. and commander ; Lieut. H. M. Brent to the
Psyche, as lieut. and commander ; Lieut. J. Bruce
to the Antelope, as lieut. and commander; Henry
Goldsmith, master, to the Frederick William ; Sub-
Lieut. George J. Al ‘ll waine to the Pallas; Robert
S. Evatt, second master, additional, to the Princess
Royal ; N. Child, second master, to the Dasher ;
Philip E. Manger, second master, to the Supply ;
John A. Jones, second master, to the Megam ;
Richard G. Roe, second master, to the Sharpshooter ;
William George Cox, second master, to the Cherub ;
Edwin T. Behenna, second master, to the Tamar;
Frederick Piercy, surgeon, to the Wyvern ; Dr. C.
K. Ord, surgeon, to the Fisgard; Dr. Thos. Sec-
, combo, surgeon, to the Pembroke ; and Dr. S.
Davidson, assist.-surg., to the Greyhound.
The under-named naval cadets have been nomi-
' nated :—J. L. Eagle, Hugh Percy, IL Benwell,
and Lorenzo Alexander.

Railway and Other Companies.

CALEDONIAN.

A special general meeting of this company was
held on Monday at Glasgow—Lieut.-Col. Salkeld
in the chair.
On the motion of the Chairman the directors were
authorised to raise £540,000 under the powers of
four Acts, 1865, by the creation and issue of ordi-
nary stock of the company to that amount ; the pro-
prietors of ordinary stock being entitled to an allot-
ment of £l3 of the new stock for every £lOO of
ordinary stock held by them, on paying for it at the
rate of £ll6 per cent. on or before the Ist August,
from which date the dividend would commence ; or
on or before the 29th August at the same rate, with
the addition of interest at the rate of 7i per cent.
per annum from the Ist August to the day of pay-
ment. The directors were also authorised to exer-
cise the borrowing powers in respect of the new capi-
tal when one-half the amount thereof was paid up.