The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-12 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

An order was yesterday received at Chatham
garrison directing detachments from the Depot
Brigade Royal Artillery, to be held in readiness
to proceed to Ireland to join the 9th Brigade
of Royal Field Artillery. The reinforcements are
expected to leave head-quarters for Dublin im-
mediately.

An order was received yesterday at Chatham for
the transfer to Woolwich, on the Ist of January, of
No. 6 Battery of the Ist Division Depot Brigade,
Royal Artllery, with the invalid depot of the corps.
Owing to this arrangement, the invalid and time-
expired men belonging to the Royal Artillery, in-
stead of being sent to Chatham on their arrival
from abroad, as has hitherto been the practice, will
proceed to head-quarters, Woolwich, where the
necessary documents will be prepared, and the in-
valid troops discharged or sent direct to their re-
spective stations.
On account of the despatch of great quantities of
war material and military stores to Canada, the
Military Store Staff at Quebec has been augmented
by Deputy-Assist. Storekeeper Taylor, from Alder-
shot Camp. His Excellency the General Command-
ing in that colony has also thought it desirable to
establish military store depots at Toronto, Lon don,
and Hamilton, the former being placed under the
charge of Assistant-Superintendent Russell—whose
appointment to Quebec, vice W. H. Tapp, has been
cancelled—and the latter under Assistant-Superin-
tendent Miller, from Dublin.
No. 3 Battery, 2d Brigade, Royal Artillery,
under the command of Major Talbot, has been
ordered to the North Fort at Liverpool.
The Dee, 220 horse power, paddlewheel storeship,
Master Commander G. Raymond, having discharged
a cargo of copper and other stores at Chatham, left
that port yesterday afternoon for Woolwich.
The official trial of the four cylinder high pressure
steam engine manufactured by Maudslay, Son, and
Field, for fitting on board one of the steam launches
bailt at Chatham, took place there yesterday. The
engines are of a nominal horse power of six, but
capable of being worked up to fully ten times that
power. There are four cylinders, each with a dia-
meter of sin., and length of stroke of Gin. The two
screws are four bladed, and are worked beneath the
front and starboard counters of the tender. The
diameter of each screw is 2ft. Gin. only,and they are
set at a pitch of 3ft. With about 7 cwt. of coals in
the boxes, the launch, with the officials superintend-
ing the trials and the engineers and stokers on board
drew 31t. lin. aft, and 2ft. forward. On reaching
the measured mile, near Saltpan Reach, six runs
were made at full boiler, when the mean average
speed was 7.455 knots per hour, the highest yet
attained by engines of this description. The greatest
number of revolutions of the screw per minute dur-
ing the trial was 408, and the lowest 320, the inn*
pressure of steam being 801 b. The time in making
the complete circle was Imin. 10sec., while with one
engine working the screw to starboard and the other
to port, the vessel was turned round in her own
length ; indeed, during some portion of the trials
yesterday, and in the run up to the dockyard, the
launch was steered by means of her screws alone.
The trial was conducted by Mr. W . Eames, assist-
ant inspector of machinery at Chatham Dock-
yard, and on its termination the vessel brought up
alongside the yard, where the engines will be lifted
out to-day, in readiness for despatch to the French
Exhibition. A similar pair of engines is being fitted
on board one of the other tenders at Chatham dock- I
yard by Messrs. John Penn and Sons, of Greenwich.
Her Majesty's screw troopship Tamar,
Capt. F.
Sullivan, C. 8., sailed from Portsmouth early yes-
terday morning for Ireland with the 71st Regiment
of Highland Light Infantry on board.
The following appointment has been made in the
Royal Naval Reserve :—To be Sub-Lieut., Edmond
Morgan Edmond.

CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT CHILD OF VISCOUNT
AND VISCOUNTESS BURY.— On 3101111 y morning thoßoman
Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Dr. Manning, per-
formed the ceremony of christening the infant daughter of
Viscount and Viscountess Bury, in the chapel of the Ora-
torians at Bromptou. His Grace was assisted by the Very
Reverend Provost Knox and the PatherS of the Oratory.
There were present on the occasion, besides many mem-
bers of Lord Bury's family, including the Dowager
Duchess of Argyll, the Earl of Denbigh, Colonel and Mrs.
Hamilton, Hugh Cameron, Esq., &c.,
Sir Archibald
Koppel Macdonald, Bart., as representative of hls Majesty
the King
Katrina CansO who was ono of the sponsors,
and the
Ly
of
Coke, who was godmother. The
adthKet
child was christened Leopoldina Olivia. His Majesty the
King of the Beigians sent to his infant god-daughter a
magnificent jewel, formed of an emerald and diamonds; as
well as to Lady Bury a rich and splendid bracelet, and to
Sir Archibald Keppel Macdonald a fine ring, with the
Royal cypher in diamonds, surrounded with brilliants.

AMATEUR PERFORMANCE.—The second perform-
ance of the Vero Burlesque Company took place
at the Cabinet Theatre on Thursday last, and wo observed
a great improvement in the acting of the ladies and gentle-
men since they first appeared at St. Martin's Ball in Sep-
tember last. They have now conquered the difficulties of
the Terpsiehorian art, and also sang the songs allotted to
them. Great credit is also duo to Mr. C. De Vere, who has
the entire arrangement of these burlesques. The enter-
tainment commenced with the farce of "Mr. and Mrs.
White," Mr. Frank Chester and Miss Millie Do Vere sus-
taining the characters of Mr. and Mrs. White, and by their
comic acting kept the audience in complete good humour.
Miss Kate Dudley played the dashing widow White, and
Miss Kate Ede, Kitty Clover. After which Byron's cele-
brated burlesque of "Ali Babi, or The Thirty-nine Thieves"
was performed. Miss Millie Do Vero played Abdalla
charmingly, and we have no doubt she will soon obtain a
good position on the stage. She is about to commence
her theatrical career on the Oxford circuit at Christmas.
The burlesque was exceedingly well played throughout,
and the dances and songs were vociferously encored. The
evening's entertainment concluded with " Booth at the
Swan," tir. Charles Steene playing Jacob Larwig•

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lIER MAJESTY, &c.

WINDSOR CASTLE.. Tuesday.
The Queen drove in the grounds yesterday after-
noon, attended by the Marchioness of Ely and
Lady Augusta Stanley.
Her Majesty walked out this morning, attended by Lady A ugusta Stanley:
Her Royal llighness Princess Beatrice ro,rle in
the Home Park, and Prince Leopold wont out
walking, attended by Mr. Said.

The Queen, ac_ompanied by her Royal IfighneSs
Princess Louise, aud attended by the Marchioness
of Ely, Lady Augusta Stanley, and Major-General
F. H. Seymour, went to liew this afternoon, and
visited her Royal flightless the Duchess of Cam-
bridge aud the Prince and Princess of Teck.

Her 'Majesty travelled by a special train on the
South-Western Railway, and returned to Windsor
Castle at half-past four o'clock.

SEIZURE OF A SUSPECTED FENI/Z
MAN-OF-WA.R.

The following appeared in oar Third Edition cf yest4r-
day evening

CHATHAM, Tuesda,,
A largo three-masted iron screw steamer has arrirredin
the Medway from one of the Northern
Poets,
from several suspicious circumstances connected with
her movements she is believed to be intended for
a Fenian vessel of war, and her seizure has ac_
cordingly been made by the authorities. she
passes by the name of the Bolivar, and on the autho-
rities taking possession she was found to have al;out
30 tons of gunpowder on board, which she had shipped
from a barge since her arrival in the Medway, together
with a number of rifled Blakely cannon, revolvers, swords,
and other war materials. Sho is laden with coals, beneath
which are concealed a quantity of shot and shell. No papers
or documents of any kind have been found on board, and
the ship is without a captain, the second officer, who was
in charge at the time she was seized, having since made
his escape from the vessel. Tho crew, numbering about 20
men, state that they were shipped for a voyage to Colum-
bia, to which Government the vessel is stated to belong.
The Bolivar appears to have sailed from Shields on Wed-
nesday last. She is a new vessel, built by Palmer and Co.,
of the Jarrow Works. A strong party of Royal Marines
has been placed in charge of the ship by Admiral Sir D.
W. Walker, and the vessel is also guarded by the guns of
the Formidable, 84, while the Lizard is moored close to
her to prevent her escape.