The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-15 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Megera, screw storeship, Commander Mon-
tagu B. Dunn, has sailed from Portsmouth for
Woolwich and Deptford, to load with stores for
Rio Janeiro and the West Coast of Africa.

The Medusa, paddle steamer, Master-Commander
Thomas Potter, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday
from Devonport, with the screw frigate Imperieuse,
in tow.

The first of the armour plates manufactured for
the double-screw frigate Penelope was tested in the
proof-room of the Thunderer on Friday, in Por-
chester Creek, near Portsmouth. The plate was
Gin. in thickness, and was supplied from the roll-
ing mills of C. Cammell and Co., Sheffield. The
Penelope is a vessel of 1,758 tons, will carry 12k- ton
guns in a central battery, and will be fitted with en-
gines of the collective nominal power of 600 horses,
driving two independently working screws. She is
building at Pembroke, from the designs of Mr.
E. J. Reed, chief constructor of the navy. The
adoption of the double screw principle in her Majesty's
navy, and its application to ships of considerable
tonnage, such as the Penelope, is a measure of great
importance in its relation to the arguments for and
against revolving turrets. .

-Capt. Robt. Ilall, R.N., at present private secre-
tary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, will in all
probability succeed Capt. Wm. Loring, C. 8., as
Captain Superintendent of the Pembroke dockyard.
Capt. Loring, who is now senior captain in the fleet,
and also aide-de-camp to the Queen, will vacate
both appointments on promotion.
The following vessels are now in course of build-
ing at Pembroke dockyard:—The Daphne, 4 gun
screw sloop; the Nassau, 4 gun screw vessel; the
Newport, 5 gun screw vessel; and the Penelope, 10
gun iron clad double ram.
Orders have been received at Chatham garrison,
directing No. 3 battery of the Royal Artillery, Depot
Brigade, to proceed from headquarters to-morrow
I to Shoeburyness, where the officers and men are to
undergo an extended course of gunnery instruction
previously to embarking for colonial service.
Capt. F. M. IL Somerset, who has succeeded
Col. J. F. M. Browne, C. 8., at the Royal establish-
ment, Chatham, on the removal of the latter officer
to the Horse Guards, has joined at headquarters,
and has been granted leave of absence until the end
of the month.

Mr. M. J. P. Knight and Mr. P. J. C. Flynn,
Deputy Assist-Superintendent of Stores at the
Tower, are under orders from the War Department
to hold themselves in readiness to take their depar-
ture for Hongkong. The instruction class of the de-
partment at headquarters, Woolwich, who have
completed their course of practice at Waltham Abbey
in the manufacture of powder, are ordered to proceed
this morning to the small arms manufactoryat Enfield.
Mr. Wm. O. Chislett, D eputy Assist. -Commissary
General, recently ordered home, on the expiration
of his term of office in New Zealand, has been ap-
pointed to the Curragh.
Capt. M. De Courcy has been appointed to the
Leander to relieve Rear-Admiral Harvey as senior
officer in the southern division of the Pacific station
and will take command of the Leander on that occa-

sion.

Capt. Thurburn was appointed on the 3d inst. to
H.M.S. Wellesley, at Chatham, as commander.
VALETTA, Jan. 7.—Her Majesty's screw cor-
vette Cossack, 20, Capt. R. D. White, hove in sight
on the 3d inst., and entered port the following day
from Boudroun. She left Boudroun on the 29th
.of 'December. The Surprise, 4, gunvessel, Com-
mander G. Tryon, left Malta on the 4th inst. for
Cape Passaro, to assist the English bark Energy, on
shore there. The Italian iron-clad San Martino, after
being docked, left on the 4th inst. for Syracuse.
Tho English yacht schooner Myth, Viscount Lis-
more, commander and owner, arrived on the same
day from Cowes and Algiers, having also on board
the Hon. G. 0. Callaghan and Mr. Oldham. Lieut.
the Hon. H. B. Hamilton, of the Victoria, was tried
on the 6th inst. by court-martial on board the Hi-
bernia. The court was composed as follows—Capt.
R. Coote, of the Gibraltar, president ; Capt. F. A.
Campbell, of the Royal Oak; Capt. G.Wodehouse,
of the Meeanee ; Capt. R. J. J. G. Macdonald, of
the Arethusa ; Capt. W. G. Chamberlain, of the
Resistance ; Capt. R. D. White, of the Cossack ;
Capt. the Hon. F. A. C. Foley, of the Caledonia ;
(Capt. A. L. Mansell, of the Hydra, being ab-
sent on leave) ; Mr. F. J. Fegen, secretary to the
commander-in-chief, officiating judge-advocate.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
be dismissed his ship and to be deprived of one year's
seniority. Before the same court was tried Thomas
Fitzpatrick, private Royal Marines, for insubordi-
nation and striking a sergeant. He pleaded guilty,
and was sentenced to receive 48 lashes and to be
imprisoned for one year with hard labour. Ile
sentence of three months' imprisonment awarded to
Lieut. and Adjt. Hammersley and Lieut. Swinny,
Ist battalion 22dRegiment, for assaulting the police,
has been remitted by the officer administering the
government, at the prayer of the Archbishop of
Malta, and of a number of respectable citizens who
interceded in their behalf. A. fatal accident occur-
red on the Ist inst. on board the Arethusa to E.
Lynn, captain of the mizentop, who fell from aloft.
The following have arrived :—Ensign Ross, Lieut.-
Col. Gubbins, Sir C. Van Straubenzee, Archbishop
Folding, and Rev. Mr. Athy. The following have
left :—Capt. A. B. Fyers, R.E. (appointed to Cey-
lon), Capt. A. Bl‘Mechan, Commander D. Selby,
R.N., Major Jervoise, R.E., and Capt. Stewart,
R.E. Her Majesty's gunboat Tyriau, 2, Lieut.-