The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-18 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

B battery 4th brigade Field Artillery on Monday
marched out of Woolwich Garrison and proceeded to
Chatham, to relieve Major Fitzhugh's battery of the
9th brigade, ordered to Shorncliffe. The officers were
Capt. and Lieut.-Col. Turner, in command; Second
Captains the Hon. R. Dillon and W. P. Georges,
Lieuts. Doraville and O'Malley. It was yesterday
announced at Woolwich by an order from the Horse
Guards that the garrison will be reinforced in a few
days by the following batteries of Royal Artillery
from Ireland, namely :—B, C, and D of the Bth
Brigade Field Artillery, in command of Colonel
Buchanan. The B battery, from Ballincollig, con-
sists of Lieut.-Colonel Goodenough, Capt. Elgec,
Second Capts.Ford (instructor in gunnery), Duncan,
and Lieuts. L. Downes and E. Downes. The C
battery, from Limerick, is officered as follows :
Lieut.-Col. Evans, in command, Capt. and Brevet-
Major Forde, Second Capts. Humfrey and Hemans,
Lieuts. Stratton and Murray, and Assist.-Surgeon
Hearn ; D battery, from Pigeon horse Fort, is com-
manded by Lieut.-Col. Smyth, Capt. and Lieut.-
Col. Hennycuick, Second Capts. Cane and Hamil-
ton, Lieuts. Harvey and Saunders, and Assist.-Surd.
Guiness ; A and B batteries of the 9th Brigade,
Colonels Ormsby and Elwyn, are on the roster from
Shorncliffe for Kilkenny and Clonmel. The officers
consist of Capts. Rowley and Higgon, Second Capts.
Rice and Sadleir (instructor in gunnery), Lockyer,
and Blackwood, Lieuts. Maurice, Bircham,
llons-
toun, Brown, and F. Pennington, Assist.-Sorg.
On Monday the H battery 9th Brigade, about 200
non-commissioned officers and men, with the whole
of the horses, 12-pounder field Armstrong guns, am-
munition waggons, and other material, left head-
quarters, Chatham, and proceeded to Shorncliffe
camp, where they will be stationed for the summer.
The following officers accompanied the battery,
viz. :—Major IL T. Fitzhugh in command ; Capt.
W. R. Barlow, Lieut. J. Smith, Lieut. C. W.
Thompson, Lieut. E. T. Browell, Lieut. W. A.
Eden, and Assist.-Surg. J. M. Taylor. Previously
to the battery leaving Chatham the officers and
men were inspected on the Great Lines by Major
Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., who expressed
himself well satisfied with their appearance.
The reinforcements for the Royal Engineers, 2d
battalion 4th King's Own Royals, 2d battalion 17th
Regiment, and the Ist battalion 22d Regiment left
Chatham garrison and proceeded to Gravesend,
where they embarked on board the hired troopship
Ottowa, for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. The
embarkations were effected under the superintend-
ence of Brigade-Major W. Lynch and the officers
of the Staff, and in the afternoon, Major-Gen. Sir
Robert Walpole, K.C.8., visited the vessel and in-
spected the troops on board.
The armour-plated screw steamship Prince Con-
sort, 31, from Ireland, arrived at Plymouth on
Monday in order to transfer her commander, Capt.
G. 0. Willes, C. 8., to the guard ship of Steam
Reserve Indus, in Hamoaze, which he is appointed
to command.

The armoured screw wooden corvette Favorite,
10 guns, 400-horse power, Capt. F. 11. Shortt,
sailed from Spithead yesterday morning for Ply-
mouth Sound, en route for the Pacific. It was origi-
nally intended by the Admiralty for the Favorite to
cruise for about three days between Spithead and
Plymouth to enable her captain to discover the
exact position and extent of a slight leak she has
in her bow. The leak, however, is now believed to
be so slight that the ship is ordered to make no stay
in the Channel, but to make the best of her way to
Plymouth Sound, and report thence on arrival to
the Controllers' Department of the Admiralty.

The Cameleon, unarmoured screw sloop, 17 guns,
Commander T. M. Jones, whose arrival at Spithead
from the Pacific was announced in The Sun of Mon-
day, sailed from Spithead on Tuesday evening for
Sheerness to dismantle and pay out of commission.
The Netley and Minstrel, improved screw unar-
moured gunboats, 60 horse power, nominal, of en-
gines, are ordered to be completed at Portsmouth
as speedily as possible for service in North American
waters. Two other gunboats of the same class as
the Netley and Minstrel are expected to be also
commissioned, and form with them the nucleus of a
strong squadron of small craft, the command of
which rumour gives to Capt. 11. Burgoyne, V.C.,
now commanding the turret sloop Wivern.
The speed trial of the Pallas, screw unarmoured
corvette, which was appointed to•take place at Ports-
mouth yesterday, was deferred owing to the rough
state of the weather. It will take place to-day
should the weather prove sufficiently moderate.
The iron screw steam storeship Supply, 2, Staff
Commander Bawden, left Plymouth yesterday for
the Mediterranean.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Commander It. Sterile, to the
Royal George, additional, for service in Seamew
tender; Commander C. J. Brownrigg, to the Chal-

lenger; Commander Jas. G. Mead, to the Defence ;
Lieut. Fred. G. D. Bedford, to the Prince Albert ;
Lieut. D'Arcy A. Denny, to the Royal George ;
Lieut. A. C. Curtis, to the Donegal; Lieut. F. M.
Ommaney, to the Hastings ; Lieut. F. S. Clayton,
to the St. George ; Lieut. S. Price, to the Lion ;
Wm. J. Grandy, master, to the Indus, for service in
the Petrel ; anti Erasmus C. Roberts, master, to
the Assurance.

Court of Aldermen.

A Court of Aldermen was holden yesterday at
Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding.

TILE ➢IURDER IN CANNON-STREET.

The TOWN CLERK (Mr. Woodthorpe) read a let-
ter from Colonel Fraser, the Commissioner of the
City Police, addressed to the Lord Mayor, calling
the attention of the Court to the fact of a murder
of a very atrocious character having been committed
in Cannon-street, and also that at present there did
not appear to be the slightest clue to the perpetrator
of it. Colonel Fraser therefore suggested the advi-
sability of the City offering a reward of £lOO to any
one who would give information that would lead to
the discovery of the murderer ; and he informed the
Court that Messrs. Bevington, the masters of the
unfortunate woman who had lost her life, had
intimated their intention to offer a reward of the
same amount as he had mentioned.

Alderman COPELAND said that the application
was a very unusual one, and he never remembered
a similar one having been made. It appeared to him
that they ought not to establish such a precedent
without due consideration.

Alerman GABRIEL said it appeared to him that
the only question was, whether it was right to do
what was asked. (Hear.) A most horrible and
mysterious murder had been committed, and there
appeared to be not the slightest clue to the offender ;
and if the offering of a reward was likely to obtain
any information relating to the murderer, he was of
opinion that it was their duty to offer such reward.
It was well known that the chance of obtaining a
reward did sometimes operate to induce persons to
come forward and give information which they
would otherwise not do, and as it appeared that at
present not the slightest clue had been obtained as
to the person who committed the crime, he thought
the magistrates of the city of London ought to offer
a reward, and he should therefore move that the
application of Colonel Fraser be complied with.
Alderman MECIII seconded the motion.

Alderman COPELAND suggested that the matter
should not at all events be dealt with at once, but
that it shoull be referred to a committee for them
to decide what course should be taken.
After a short discussion in which several aldermen
took a part, and Sir R. Carden expressed his opinion
that it was the Government, and not the city of
London, who should offer the reward, strangers
were ordered to withdraw, and upon the re-admis-
sion of the public it was announced that the Court
had come to a resolution that it was not expedient
to comply with the request of Col. Fraser.
The General Purposes Committee brought up a
report, in which they recommended that an appli-
cation by "William Ball, one of the Mansion-house
clerks, for an increase of salary, should not be com-
plied with ; and that with regard to a similar appli-
cation by Arthur Allnutt, another clerk, that his
salary should be increased from £5O to £75 per
annum.