The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-12 00:00:00

The paddlewbeelsteam frigate Leopard, 18, Capt.
C. T. Leckie, was taken yesterday from Plymouth

Sound into llamoaze, and placed alongside the jetty
in Devonport dockyard to be dismantled and paid off.
The screw steam surveying vessel Nassau, which
left Plymouth Sound ou Saturday, encountered
severe weather, and returned yesterday. She will
remain until the weather abates.

The iron armour-plated turret ship '\Vivern, 4,
Capt. H. T. Burgoyne, having received men belong-
ing to the Channel squadron, got up steam yester-
day afternoon with the intention of leaving Plymouth
Sound for Portland.
The indicator cards and diagrams used on the
occasion of the trial of the sloop corvette Reindeer
were worked out yesterday by the officials connected
with the steam department at Chatham dockyard,
when the actual work done by the engines was found
to be between 800 and 900 horse power. Comparing
the results of the trial of the Reindeer with other
vessels of her exact class, horse-power, and tonnage,
the results are satisfactory. The following is the
speed attained by each vessel of the Reindeer class
on the occasion of the official trial :—Pelican, 17,
952 tons, 200 horse power, 11.666 knots per hour,
engines manufactured by Messrs. Miller and Raven-
hall ; Chanticleer, 17, 950 tons, 200 horse power,
11.258 knots, engines by Messrs. Inglis and Co. ;
Cameleon, 17, 952 tons, 200 horse power, 11.02
knots, engines by Messrs. Maudslay and Co.
Zebra, 7, 951 tons, 200 horse power, 10.714 knots,
engines by Messrs. Humphreys and Tennant; Ri-
naldo, 7, 951 tons, 200 horse power, 10.588 knots,
engines by Messrs. Humphreys and Tennant ; Rat-
tler, 17, 952 tons, 200 horse power, 10.256 knots,
engines by Messrs. Maudslay and Co. ; Perseus,
15, 955 tons, 200 horse power, 10.148 knots,
engines by Messrs. Rennie and Sons.
The hired East Indiaman Lord Warden, which
has been chartered by the Hon. Council of India for
the conveyance of reinforcements for the regiments
serving in the Madras Presidency, will embark the
following troops at Government-quay, Gravesend,
to-morrow, under the superintendence of the staff
officials from Chatham garrison, for conveyance to
Madras—viz., two officers and 36 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 2d Battalion of the 19th
Regiment ; two officers and 60 men of all ranks of
the 2d Battalion of the 24th Regiment; one fencing
instructor of the 16th Queen's Lancers ; three officers
and 48 non-commissioned officers and men of the
76th Regiment ; one master tailor for the Ist Bat-
talion, of the 7th Royal Fusileers ; and one armour-
sergeant. The following officers are ordered to em-
bark on board the Lord Warden at Portsmouth,
—viz., one officer of the 2d Battalion 60th Rifles,
and four officers of the 3d Battalion of the same
regiment, from Winchester, with one staff assistant-
surgeon, from Sligo, giving a total of 13 officers
and 146 non-commissioned officers and men, with
two officers' wives, 21 soldiers' wives, and 21 chil-
dren. The Lord Warden will be inspected to-day
by Major-Gen. Sir Robert Walpole, K.C.8., and
the Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals, at Chat-
ham. The officers placed under orders to proceed
to Madras with the troops in the above vessel are—
Capt. J. C. Warne, 2d Battalion 24th Regiment ;
Capt. N. J. Pauli, 3d Battalion 60th Rifles ; Capt.
E. llarrison, 76th Regiment ; Lieut. A. Stokes and
Ensign A. W. 11. Ilornby, 2d Battalion of the 19th
Regiment; Lieut. W. E. Mostyu, 2d Battalion of
the 24th Regiment ; Lieut. R. C. Robinson, 2d
Battalion, and Ensign T. N. Dick-Lander, Ensign.
C. 11. Smith, and Ensign F. G. Doyle, 3d Bat-
talion of the 60th Rifles ; Lieut. B. Simner and
Ensign G. Gossbein, 76th Regiment ; and Staff
Assist.-Surg. W. Alexander, M.D.
Rear-Admiral F. Warden has been appointed
second in command of the Channel squadron.
The following appointments have been made at
the AdinirP.lty :—Staff- Commander J. Richards (a),
additional to the Fisgard ; Lieut.-Charles J. Doxat,
to the Prince Consort ; Lieut.-Leonard Dacres, to
the Lord Clyde, as Flag-Lieut. to Rear-Admiral
Warden, C.B. ; W. B. Calver, master, additional,
to the Fisgard ; James W. Hewitt, chief engi-
neer, to the Sphinx; T. G. Wilson, surgeon, to
the Basilisk ; B. Gregory, assist.-surg., to the Lion ;
R. Beamish, acting assist.-surg., additional, to the
Victory; A. Crowdy, acting assist.-surg., additional,
to the Royal Adelaide; and C.V. Smith, naval cadet,
nominated.