The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

One hundred and forty men of the depots Of thicce
46th and 95th Regiments have arrived at Penal° t.
Dock and are stationed at the Hut EncamPtuelo
Some more troops are expected to arrive within
next few weeks. Capt. F. A. Fitzgerald, nt
Ist Be
talion 12th Regiment, has been placed under orde.re
to embark for New, Zealand, to join the service
companies of his regiment. Capt. J. D. D°wl.3,in7,'t
of the same battalion, is ordered to join the ael3"l
companies of the 12th Regiment at Chatham
garrison.
Detachments of time-expired men and eencsy:
lescent troops from the various infantry corps serve
ing in India have arrived at Chatham during IP
last few days from Portsmouth, where they disc%
barked from the several troopships which lityo,
recently arrived at that port. The troops v1„1
after medical examination, have been found fitt'._
for further service have been draughted to their
various regimental depots, the remainder await°. g
the orders from the Horse Guards for their dis-
charge.
built
The new paddle yacht 400 feet in length,
for the Viceroy of Egypt by Mr. Samuda, and op-
plied with engines by Messrs. John Penn and S°°'
passed through Spithead from the Thames at 2 po•
on Thursday, en route to Southampton, where she
will be placed in dock to remove her launching gear,
and prepare for her speed trial over the measured
mild in Stokes Bay. It is anticipated that
her
speed over the measured mile will be over 13 kn°ts•
~he
The armour-plated Ship Caledonia, 30, capt•
Hon. A. C. Foley, from the Mediterranean, arri
in Plymouth Sound on Friday afternoon.
The
ed
The hired steam transport Lady Jocelyn aril-v,
t
at Spithead yesteiday, from the eastward,
troops for Gibraltar ; she will embark other de'
tachment4 at Portsmouth to join their respectiveregiments and leave immediately.
The Bellerophon ironclad steamship, Capt. •
orning
Tatham, returned to Spithead yesterday m
from her experimental cruise in the Channel. She
went into Portsmouth harbour in the afternoon. It
is stated that her cruise in the Channel under can-
vas has thus far proved most satisfactory. The ship
had been " wore" under sail upwards of a dozen
times, and had also been tacked and otherwise
manoeuvred in every possible position, and in every
instance her action in answer to her helm was per-
fect. The ship is fitted with a balanced rudder,
and therefore some considerable portion of the ship's
handiness under sail may be attributed to its action
without any positive reason being able to be shown
for such opinion. We should rather imagine that
the ship's good qualifications under sail are mainly
due to her moderate length and form, rather than
to the balanced rudder, although the latter has WI
points in its favour over the ordinary rudder, 01
one especially so in dispensing with half the us°
number of men at the wheel. The Pallas, during
her trial on Wednesday, exhibited extraordinary
handiness in obedience to the action of her common
rudder, making her half circle at full power in 2rei°:
9sec. and the full circle in 4min. 12sec. The presel"
Chief Constructor of the Navy is endeavouring t°
combine handiness with speed in the ironclad vessel:
he is now engaged on, and where he has succeeded
in the first quality so decisively as he has done 1°
in the Bellerophon and Pallas it would be unjust lijs
the extreme to him to assign the merit of the sueees
.
to a balanced rudder. In point of speed, too, tildu
trial of the Pallas furnishes a most satisfactory 311,
reliable guidepost for the future, being, as she 171
really the first ship of only 225 ft. in length bet Wee
perpendiculars ever driven at a speed of 13 ko°•
t 5/.
We cannot, however, but regret that she carr,l:t
the French " ram" at her bows, as without t;:ci
she would have made her 14 knots at the measured

mile. -
The following appointments have been ma
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the Admiralty :—Hon. R. Bingliam, miashiPrat"
to the Liverpool ; C. Love, second master, to the
Cherub ; P. Aplin, second master, to the IhlP_itif
nable, for service in the Squirrel ; H. J. Cb
second master, to the Dee; C. H. C. Langul
second master, to the Minstrel ; J. Mockridge
r;o ;
i,stei
Dr. W. Johnston, assist.-surgeons, to the Br
R. W. Parish, assist.-paymaster, to the Challeegtbe
and C. R. Rodham, assist.-paymaster, to