The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-03 00:00:00

TTIE SON, LONDON, PERM V EVENING, AUGUST 8, i 866.

4th King's Own Royals, 22 non-commissioned offi-
cers and men of the 96th Regiment, six men of the
2d battalion 21st Royal Fusiliers ; and 40 non-com-
missioned officers and men of the 109th Bombay In-
fantry. The following officers are ordered to em-
bark with the detachments :—Capt. J. 0. Vandeleur,
35th Regiment ; Capt. J. Powell and Ensign W. H.
M'Gaskill, 102 d Royal Madras Fusiliers ; Lieut. J.
Packman, 2d battalion 21st Regiment ; Lieut. St.
John E. Daubeny and Ensign A. W. Gairdner,
109th Regt. ; and Assist.-Surg. J. B. Ball, M.D.,
33d Regiment, in medical charge.

The Ordnance screw steamship Earl de Grey and
Ripon, J. H. Moore, Master in command, the first
vessel made and engined by the Thames Ironworks,
yesterday returned to Woolwich Arsenal, from the
western yards, having made her first trip to sea with
the most satisfactory results. She sailed from Wool-
wich with a heavy cargo of guns and other war
stores, and brought back a number of disabled Arm-
strong guns to be repaired, and shell, shot, &c.,
300 chests of small-arms to be converted under the
system about to be introduced, and 700 powder
barrels, landed at Purfleet. Her average speed at
sea, according to the ship's log, is reported at 104
knots per hour, and her sailing under canvas was
equally good. She made the distance from Ply-
mouth to the.-North Foreland, under somewhat
unfavourable weather, in 23f hours.
An unexpected obstacle has arisen which will de-
lay, for a short time, the manufacture of the self-
igniting cartridges destined for the convertedbreech-
loading carbines, ordered to bear the name of
" Boxer cartridges."
The chartered store-ship G. E. Putman went
down to Woolwich yesterday, from the Victoria
Docks, in readiness to embark war stores for Quebec
and Montreal. She is at present without a Com-
mander, her late captain and owner, whose name
the ship bears, together with one of the ship's lads,
having died a few days ago of cholera. The ship,
notwithstanding, is now fast to the T pier at the
Royal Arsenal, under no restrictions and with a free
communication with the town.

The Dunham, hired troopship, taken up by the
Hon. Council of India for the conveyance of rein-
forcements of cavalry, artillery, and infantry to
Calcutta, embarked the following detachments at
Gravesend yesterday, to augment the various corps
serving in the Bengal Presidency :-17 non-com-
missioned officers and men, 2 soldiers' wives, and 2
children of the 2d (the Queen's) Dragoon Guards,
2 men, 1 soldier's wife, and 2 children of the 7th
(Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 1 officer and
wife, 1 staff-sergeant, 4 women, and 1 child of the
sth Royal Irish Lancers, 2 men and 2 women of the
19th Hussars, 2 staff-sergeants, 1 man, and 1
woman of the 20th Hussars, and 1 staff-sergeant
and 3 women of the 21st Hussars from the cavalry
depot, Canterbury ; 14 non-commissioned officers
and men of the Royal Horse Artillery from Maid-
stone; 3 officers, 113 non-commissioned officers and
men, and 2 soldiers' wives of the 77th Regiment
from Chatham ; 1 officer, 22 men, and 1 woman
and child of the Ist Battalion 23d Royal Welsh
Fusileers, 1 man, 1 soldier's wife, and 4 children of
the 101st Royal Bengal Fusileers, and 3 men, with
5 women and children of the 104th Bengal Fusi-
leers, from Walmer ; 1 officer and 53 men of all
ranks of the 41st (the Welsh) Regiment, from Col-
chester ; 1 man of 27th Enniskillens, and 1 man,
with 3 children, of the 91st Highlanders, from Pres-
ton ; 43 non-commissioned officers and men of the
55th Regiment ; 1 officer and wife of the 88th
Connaught Rangers, and 1 officer and wife
of the 107th Bengal Infantry. The following
officers embarked with the above troops, viz. :
Capt. A. L. Nicholson, 107th Regiment, in com-
mand ; Lieut. E. H. Saunders, sth Lancers ; Lieut.
J. W. Maffett, 88th Connaught Rangers ; Lieut.
H. Tapp, Ensign T. P. Ferguson, and Ensign C.
J. Arnold, 77th Regiment ; Ensign H. W. Grif-
fiths, 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers ; and Ensign T.
11. Bate, 41st Regiment, with Assistant-Surgeon
T. Barnwell, 3d Battalion Rifle Brigade, in medical
charge. The embarkations were effected under the
superintendence of Brigade-Major W. W. Lynch
and officers of the Staff of Chatham garrison. The
Dunham will' leave the Thames to-day.
Col. Pattie, C. 8., has assumed the command of
the Ist King's Dragoon Guards, at Colchester.
The depot of the 11th Hussars (which regiment
the Ist Dragoons succeed at Colchester) will be
stationed at Canterbury. Lieut. Sampson, 18th
Regiment, is ordered to join the depot at Col-
chester. The following officers of the 11th Hus-
sars proceed to India overland :—Col. Fraser,V.C.,
Capt. W. Cunninghame, Capt. A. C. Tempest,
Lieut. Delacour, and Lieut. A. E. S. Preston.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Commander Charles W.
Manthorp, to the Ocean ; Lieut John F. Lenon,
to the Racoon ; Lieut. Arthur R. Tinklar, to the
Ocean ; Lieut. Francis W. Prosser, to the Indus ;
Pierce Mansfield, M.D., surgeon, additional, to the
Victory, for temporay service in Portsmouth dock-
yard ; John Rorie, surgeon, to the Ocean ; Joseph
May and Samuel Davidson, assistant-surgeons, to
J. IV. Jago, master's assistant, to the
I.E. R. Johnstone, master's assistant,
tohceeaOnce; aann;d
to the Antelope.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BRISTOL AND EXETER.

The directors of this company have resolved to
recommend at the ensuing half-yearly meeting that
a dividend be declared for the half-year ended June
30 last, at the rate of per cent. per annum, leav-
ing a balance of £l,lOO to be carried forward.