The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-17 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick William Grey,
G.C.8., and Rear-Admiral E. G. Fanshawe, Lords
of the Admiralty, with Rear-Admiral Spencer
Robinson, Controller of the Navy, arrived at Sheer-
ness on Thursday evening last from Chatham,
and paid a visit of inspection to her Majesty's
iron screw corvette Favorite, 10, 400-horse power,
which has recently been commissioned by Capt. F.
H. Shortt. They likewise visited and inspected the
Pallas, 6, iron-cased screw corvette, 600-horse
power, which has since her trial at the measured
mile been brought forward under the charge of Capt.
Matthew Connolly for commission. At the con-
clusion of the inspection their Lordships dined with
Sir Charles Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief
at the Nore. They left Sheerness for London yes-
terday morning. The following officers have been
appointed and have joined the Favorite :—Lieuts.
John Palton and Richard B. Wilkinson, Master
John Phillips, Surg. James R. Anderson, Pay-
master James Ray, Chief Engineer Thomas W.
Tandy, Assist.-Surg. Alexander Scott, Sub.-Lieut.
Frederick A. Moysey, Engineer John B. James,
Assist.-Paymaster Walter R. Spence, Clerk Henry
Foster, Assist.-Clerk Henry S. Baskerville, First-
Class Assist.-Engineers John Dingmall and *John
Muir. The Favourite will shortly be ready to leave
Sheerness for foreign service.
The Wivern, 4, turret ship, Capt. Hugh Bur-
goyne, V.C., went out of Portsmouth harbour yes-
terday morning and anchored at Spithead, where
she afterwards took in her powder and shell pre-
paratory to sailing for Devonport.
The Tamar, screw troopship, 2,812 tons, 500-
horse power, Capt. Frederick H. Stirling, was taken
out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning for a
trial of her machinery, on the completion of her refit,
under the supervision of the officials of the Steam
Factory and Reserve. The weather outside proved
too boisterous for a trial over the measured mile, and
the ship was therefore merely kept at full speed dur-
ing the time that would have been occupied at the
mile course to ascertain the working condition of her
engines and boilers, which are from the manufactory
of Messrs. Ravenhill, Hodgson, and Co., of Lon-
don. The results were satisfactory in every respect
in the opinion of the officials who conducted the
trials, and whether it will now be considered neces-
sary to put the ship over the measured mile to
ascertain the exact rate of speed depends upon
the judgment of the Controller of the Navy. The
Tamar is under orders to proceed on troop service
from Portsmouth to Dublin. She will then proceed
to the Mediterranean and the West Indies, and will
return thence to Spithead. The ship is in excellent
order.

The Royal Alfred, 18, partially ironcased frigate,
will, weather permitting, make her official trial of
speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near
Portsmouth, at her light draught of water.
The following is an extract from a letter from
Ascension, dated Jan. 27, 1866 :—" Her Majesty's
ship Bristol, Commander Hornby, has arrived here
from Sierra Leone with yellow fever on board, which
it is thought she caught from contact with H.M.S.
Isis. She was ten days at sea, during which time
she lost 21 men, and oue since her arrival here, but
no officer. All are now going on well. The long
expected Flora has arrived, and wp have now here
the Dromedary, the Sparrow, and the Pandora.
Letters received from Sydney, dated December
20, 1865, state that her Majesty's paddlewheel
steamer Salamander, 6,818 tons, 220 horse power,
Commander G. S. Nares, was at that time in Syd-
ney harbour preparing for a surveying voyage to the
north.

The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Captain T. Lethbridge, to the
Simoom, commissioned ; Commander H. Challis, to
the Doris ; Lieut. J. C. Patterson, to the Grasshop-
per, as Lieut. and Commander; T. A. Hamilton
and Sidney G. Smith, midshipmen, to the Favorite ;
T. Elliot, assist.-paymaster, to the Lion; Jas. W.
Augear and J. H. Purches, master's assistants, to
the Doris ; H. Greaves, master's assistant, to the
Tamar ; Arthur Havergal, master's assistant, to the
Hector ; John A. Jones and C. W. May, master's
assistants, to the Favorite ; W. Olive, second-class
assist. engineer, to the Simoom ; and Chas. Welch,
acting second-class assist. engineer, to the Favorite.