The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-15 00:00:00

STOCKBRIDGE.

Uncas and Distin had a steady mile gallop. Caucasus,
Vauban, and Fairfield took a couple of smart canters and
long walking exercise. The Duke, Ischia, Lecturer, Red-
cap, Harpenden, Black Prince, Seville, Red Riband, and
some twenty others trotted and cantered briskly ; the
yearlings being again led by Copenhagen and Pantaloon.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The steam yacht Rose Winans, better known as
the " Cigar Ship," arrived in Chatham harbour late
on Thursday afternoon, and took up moorings
nearly abreast of the dockyard. She is to undergo
repairs in her forward screw propeller, one of the
blades of which has been broken. She was in-
spected yesterday by the leading officials belonging
to the dockyard, and during the day a number of
visitors were admitted on board, all of whom were
allowed to inspect every portion of this unique
vessel. It was stated on board yesterday that she
will shortly leave for St. Petersburg, the Emperor of
Russia having expressed a great desire to see her.
The Himalaya, screw troopship, is coaling in the
steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard, and will
make a preliminary trial of her machinery in the
course of a few days, on the completion of the re-
pairs and alterations made in her engine-room,
0 before Lein,'" reported ready for commission by her
future captain—Thomas B. Lethbridge.
The Wivern, 4, turret sloop, Captain Hugh S.
Burgoyne, V.C., will make a trial of her machinery
to-day in Stoke's-bay, near Portsmouth, before
being reported ready for sea. A slight defectin one
of her pump valves has detained her at Spithead.
The War Department steam storeship Earl de
Grey and Ripon, Commander Moore, having un-
shipped a heavy cargo of guns of different calibre at
the gun wharf at Woolwich, to be re-sighteJ, from
the Achilles, Ocean, the Excellent, and other ships
at Devonport and Portsmouth, has reshipped a full
cargo of various stores for Dublin and Cork. The
cargo consists of 10in. and 51in. iron and brass mor-
tars, howitzers, and brass field guns, with their ne-
cessary equipment, Palliser shot and shell, &c., hos-
pital stores, and necessaries, 650 boxes of the Boxer
ammunition for the breech-loading rifles, already
despatched in a former ship, and a large number of
empty arm-chests for packing the old pattern rifles
which have been recalled and replaced by the Snider
breechloaders. The Earl de Grey and Ripon yesterday
hauled alongside the powder buoy off theßoyalArsen al
at Woolwich, and will fill in her magazines this
morning, after which she will go clown the river, pro-
ceeding towards her destination during the afternoon.
The following regiments are expected at Alder-
shot Camp early in the year 1867:—The 70th and
the 44th, from Dover; the 43d, the 40th, and the
68th from Portsmouth ; and the 80th from Devon-
port. Five regiments now on passage from India
and New Zealand will be stationed at the above
garrison on their arrival home.
The large plant of machinery erected a few months
ago in the Royal Laboratory department of 'Wool-
wich Arsenal for the manufacture of the new Boxer
ball cartridge has remained idle for some weeks past
to admit of the introduction of an important and
necessary alteration in the copper cartridge case,
suggested by Col. Boxer. During the cessation of
machinery work the improved cartridges have been
made solely by hand, and the supply has been neces-
sarily small. The machinery has now been altered,
and several new pieces from Messrs. Greenwood and
Batley, and other firms, of Leeds and elsewhere,
have been added, and are in full work. A consider-
able number of additional hands has been taken on
in the department, and as the present demand is
more than ordinarily pressing, the number of boys
and girls employed specially in cartridge making has
been increased this week to upwards of 1,000. Re-
lays are kept up,so that the work is continued night
and day, the average earning of the children being
0
Bs. or Os. per week each.

The mechanics and labourers throughout the de-
pirtments of Woolwich Arsenal yesterdaycommenced
working overtime, with the intention of making up
the 20 hours which are to be granted them at Christ-
mas time, in order that the holidays may include
the Monday and Wednesday before and after Christ-

mas day.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty:—W. G. N. Burney, paymaster, to
the Alert ; S. S. C. llill, assist.-paymaster, to the
Cumberland; Dr. Jas. E. ;Saunders -m, acting-assist.-
surg., to the Bristol, as supernumerary ; and A. 11.
Sherris, clerk, to the Urgent.