The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-02 00:00:00

21IE NAVY.

The Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Ad
miralty, with Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence E

Paget, C. 8., Secretary Sir Baldwin W. Walker,
K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, and the other mem-

bers of the Board, and Lieut.-Col. Greene, Director
of Admiralty Engineering Works, resumed their
inspection at Portsmouth yesterday. Their lord-

ships first proceeded on board the Britannia, naval
cadet training ship, Capt. R. Harris, which they
minutely inspected. No doubt the system which
the Britannia represents will receive the most

serious consideration of their lordships. It is a
large and to the nation a costly experiment,
and must be fairly judged by its merits.

lf, as many naval officers assert, it is a step
in the right direction in the training of the future
officers of the Royal Navy, it is capable of

very great extension. Their lordships next in

spected the Royal Naval Hospital at Hasler, the
lunatic asylum attached, and the new cemetery,
and expressed their satisfaction at the conclusion of
their visit to this noble establishment. The gun-
boat sheds and slipways were next visited, whete
their lordships were received by Mr. Murray and
Mr. Miller, of steam factory, Mr. Murdoch, In-
spector of Machinery Afloat, and other officials.
After making the round of the sheds where the
gunboats are laid up, the workshops, &c., opera-
tions were commenced for removing one of the gun-
boats (the Blazer) from the shed under which it
was stowed, placing it on the transporting plat-
form, and launching it into the water. The whole
operation was successfully performed in 26 minutes
and 40 seconds. Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., was
present during the proceedings. From the gun-
boat slipway their lordships proceeded to the bar-
racks of the Royal Marine Light Infantry at For-
ton. At the entrance gates to the parade ground
their lordships were received by the Second-Com-
mandant, Col. Anderson. The battalion drawn up
on the parade ground with their band, under the
command of Commandant Col. Hurdle, C. 8., re-
ceived their lordships with the usual honours. The
force on the grouud comprised, under arms :—two

col.-commandants, two lieut.-cols., eight capts.,
seven first-lieuts., six second-lieuts., Capt. Showen,
for gun battery drill, Major Lowder, Instructor of
Musketry; Quartermasters Roberts and Jervis,
Staff-Surg. Steele,three Staff-sergeants,2l sergeants,
31 drummers, and 326 rank and file. Drawn up in
the rear of these were 11 drummers and 306 rank
and file--recruits. Of this number of men only three
old soldiers and four recruits belonging to the divi-
sion are marked as available for embarkation ; 66
other men, however, passed through their drills yes-
terday and there are also 28 men joined from the
Woolwich division, making the total number of men
available for the embarkation at the present time
90. The continual drain upon this division, caused
by filling up the casualties on board ship, averages
500 men per annum. Their lordships, after in-
specting the men in line, dismissed them to their
quarters, dispensing with the mareshinggeanptass,t, &c.
The men were next inspected at gun drill at the
battery in the rear of the barracks, and at knotting,
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splicing,ly. &c., and acquitted themselves most admi-
abln inspecting the barracks their lordships
sanctioned
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eevening by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Hon.
G. Grey. This day the First Lord holds a levee at
the office of the Commander-in-Chief, the Admi-
ralty-house, in the dockyard. The usual Admi-
ralty dinner will take place at the Portland Hotel

.Her Majesty's steam sloop Hydra, Commander
R. V. Hamilton, was paid wages this day. Capt.
Williams, of her Majesty's ship Royal Adelaide,
• superintended the payment. The men,, we under-
stand, will proceed on leave.
. .
The Aid, J. Dyer, acting-master, sailed from
Chatham yesterday with a full cargo of naval
stores for Portsmouth andDevonport dockyards.
Capt. H. Dunlop' has ' been appointed to the
Imaum, and to be Commodore on the West Indian
station, vice Capt. Kellett, whose time of service
has expired.
The funeral of Surgeon Simpson, of Haslar Hos-
pital, who died at that establishment on the 28th
ult. of brain fever, took place yesterday with mili-
tary honours in the grounds attached to the hos-
pital. Dr. Simpson served five years in the Arctic
expedition in search of Sir John Franklin in the
Plover, commanded by Lieut. R. Maguire, now
commanding her Majesty's Shiplnnierieuse.
The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8.,
at Spithead, had the blue peter at the fore yester-
day for sailing, but up to 6.30 p.m. had not left
that anchorage.
In consequence of the activity which now prevails
in the ship-building department at Chatham dock-
yard, several additional shipwrights are ordered to
be entered immediately at that establishment, in
order to hasten forward the completion of the line-
of-battle andother steamers low in progress. Since
the Admiralty order for the entry of additional
shipwrights was promulgated, several mechanics
have been engaged, and others are still required for
the general service of the dockyard. The extra
men to be entered must be first-class workmen, and
not over 35 years of age.

Yesterday- the shipwrights succeeded in placing
the bilgeways of the line-of-battle screw steamer
Irresistible, 80, in place, preparatory to the launch
of that vessel, which is appointed to take place at
Chatham dockyard on the 29th of October next.

During the past few days a number_ of ;hip-
wright have been hired at Chatham dockyard for
breaking up the Tartar frigate formerly used as a
receiving hulk, and several additional men are re-
quired for that employment. As soon as they have
completed taking to pieces the Tartar, the St. Law-
rence, one of the old 46-gun 'frigates, will be taken
'into the same dock and broken up.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Louis Geneste, to the
Topaz ; William H. Clarke, surgeon, to the Tor-
toise ; Dr. Samuel Little, acting assistant-surgeon,
to the Vulcan ; and Charles B. Lamb, assistant-
surgeon, additional to the Victory.

THE ARMY.

The following changes have this week been
made in the Staff of Colchester Camp :—Deputy-
Assistant Commissariat-General C. Napier, from

Bermuda, has been appointed head of the Commis-
sariat Department, vice Mr. M. Lindsay, who
has received an appointment at Sierra Leone. Mr.

Thomas Longmore, just returned from) the East
Indies, a Deputy Inspector:General of Hospitals,

has been appointed as Chief of the Medical Depart-
ment, vice Dr. Taylor, removed to Montreal. Staff-
Surgeon Daniel Macqueen, M.D., has been sub-
stituted for Dr. S. E. Bain as Staff-Surgeon of the
10th battalion. The new regulations for the for-
mation of an Army Hospital Corps, in lieu of the
Medical Staff Corps, will come into operation in a
few days.
The head-quarters and right wing, consisting of
six companions of the 84th (York and Lancaster)
Regiment, with the band and colours, arrived at
Gravesend yesterday from India, in the East India-
man Tudor. The regiment embarked at Calcutta
on the Bth of April last, the voyage to the Thames
being an exceedingly protracted one of 145 days.
The 84th has been in India upwards of 17 years,
having left England in the month of April, 1842.
Owing to its numerous losses in the various con-
flicts with the mutineers, the regiment has bees
much reduced, the total number of non-commis-
sioned officers and men who arrived with the head-
quarters being only 320 men of all ranks. The 84th
was under the command of Lieut.-Col. Charles F.
Seymour, but that gallant officer died during the
passage home overland, after a period of 21 yews'
service, his commission as Ensign bearing date
January 9, 1838. Owing to the strength of the
depot the 84th will, on its arrival at Sheffield, num-
ber about 900 bayonets.
The East India troopship Euxine, 1,280 tons,
Captain Malcolm, arrived at Gravesend yesterday
morning from India with a large number of
wounded and disabled troops on board from the
several British cavalry and infantry regiments serv-
ing in India. The Euxine sailed from Calcutta on
the 4th of May, the passage home occupying 120
days. The number of troops who embarked at
Calcutta was 131 of all ranks.

The 2d battalion of the Grenadier Guards left
their quarters at the Tower of London for the camp
at Aldershott to go "under canvas" for a month.
The 2d battalion of the Coldstream guards yes-
terday removed from Portman-street and St. John's-
wood barracks to relieve the 2d battalion of the
Grenadier Guards at the Tower.
The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Guards ar-
rived.at St. George's barracks yesterday from the
camp at Aldershott, after being under canvas since
the Ist ult.
Capt. Close, Quartermaster Morris, and 12 men
belonging to the 7th brigade of Royal Artillery
left Woolwich last evening for Portsmouth, to em-
bark on board her Majesty's iron screw steam
storeship Himalaya, Commander John Seccombe,
for Quebec.
Orders have been received by the Emigration
Board from the Secretary of War to provide ship-
ping for the conveyance of 4,000 soldiers' wives and
5,500 children to Calcutta and Kurrachee in Octo-
ber next, most of whom will be despatched from
Liverpool.
I !The examination of candidates for direct com-
missions in the army by the Council of Military
Education commenced yesterday at the Royal Hos-
pital, Chelsea. In the absence of Major-Gensral. D.
Cameron,w
onlyho attendanceN9aSill
oftheatCothuencßilopyreal-
sent. There are close upon 150
commission on the national defences, Major-General
J. E. Portlock, R.E., presided. Lieut.-Col. Addi-
son A
was t other member
candidates on this
occasion.

THE WEATHER.—A
great deal of rain fell in
Yorkshire and the North of England on Monday and Tues-
day nights, and yesterday the day was showery and the
temperaturet low. The rain will be very beneficial to pots-
toes, urnips, mangold wurzel, and other root .crops, also to
the grass lands. Fortunately, most of the cereal crops
have been safely garnered, and but little damage will be felt
in any locality from the rain, unless it should result from
floods, none of which, however, are yet reported.
Loss OF A SCHOONER.—CARLISLE, August 30.
—A vessel, reported to be the Mary (schooner), of and for
Port Carlisle, from North Wales, got upon Silloth Bank
to-day ; her hull is entirely under water, and she is expected
to become a total wreck. The crew were seen in the
rigging. The steamer Queen, from Silloth to Dumfries,
proceeded to take them off, and at the time she was doing
so the mainmast was seen to go overboard, and as the
Queen soon after proceeded it is not known whether they
were saved.
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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
lALLOWE'EN.
With THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
After which, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND.
41. DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
Commence at 7.

KTEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI.
ii Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.

Last Two Nights of the Summer Season.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
VIC rORINE. Messrs. Billington, P. Bedford, C. Marshall,
Eburne, Miss K. Kelly, and Mrs. Billington.
fro conclude with THE WRECK ASHORE.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN
EGGS.
After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses
Swanborough, Oliver, and Lavine.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.