The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-30 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Magnet gunboat, 60-horse power, formerly
tender to the Pembroke at Harwich, which has been
for some time undergoing repairs in Sheerness dock-
yard, was, according to orders, prepared for sea, and
started last night for Ireland, with men and arnmu-

nition.
The Earnest gunboat, 60-horse power, has arrived
at Sheerness from Portsmouth, and bad her crew
turned over to the Magnet to navigate that vessel
to Ireland.
The Lizard, iron paddlewheel vessel, 340 tons,
150-horse power, Lieut. in command Stanhope G.
Price, which has been acting as tender to the For-
midable flagship at Sheerness, has been ordered for
service to Ireland.

The Helicon, 2, paddle despatch vessel, Com-
mander E. Field, sailed from Portsmouth for

Queenstown, Ireland, at 8 a.m. yesterday.
The screw steam frigate Liffey was towed yester-
day from the dockyard at Devonport to the steam-
yard at Keyham, where she is to be prepared for the
first division of the steam reserve in llamoaze.

The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee was placed
yesterday in the steam-yard at Key ham to discharge
engine gear for the sloop Daphne.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel vessel Medusa, Com-
mander Thomas Potter, went up to Woolwich Ar-
senal yesterday from Sheerness, and embarked a
detachment of Royal Marine Light infantry, in
command of Captain Harris, for special service in
Ireland. The detachment consisted of, in addition
to Captain Harris, Lieuts. Gore and Emra, 4 ser-
geants, 4 corporals, 1 drummer and bugler, and 88
privates—total, 100. They are to join the 72-gun
Coastguard service ship Royal George, at Kings-
town, as supernumeraries, to be called out in case of
emergency. The Medusa also embarked at Wool-
wich about 20 tons of ammunition and 5,000 stand
of the new Snider breech-loading rifles, for distri-
bution to the troops in Ireland. She will take her
departure from Woolwich by the 7 o'clock tide this
morning. Before the embarkation of the troops on
the previous evening after nightfall one of the col-
lier screw vessels, the Countess of Durham, Mr.
Waddington master, during the dense fog, mistook
the light at the T pier at Woolwich, and ran foul of
the gangway, or platform. The gaspipes of the
pier, the tramways, and other ponderous iron fit-
tings, ballusters, newly-erected awning, &c., as well
as one of the lamp-posts, were completely carried
away, and the pier was scarcely available for the
embarkation. It is stated that the expense of
making good the injury will fall on the pilot.
The 52d Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. Peel, consisting of 20 officers, 47 sergeants, 21
drummers, 603 rank and file, 76 women, 75 children,
and seven officers' chargers, arrived at Portsmouth
dockyard yesterday by special train from Aldershot,
and embarked on board her Majesty's troop-ship
Orontes, Capt. H. W. Hire, for conveyance to
Queenstown, Ireland. The sailing of the Oronte s
was deferred from yesterday until this morning
owing to a heavy fog which hung over the harbour
and the bar in the entrance channel during avail-
able tide time.

The Pallas, 6, armoured sloop, Captain M. Con-
nolly, is at present engaged in patrol duty off the
coast of Ireland. The Vixen, armoured twin-
screw gunboat, Commander S. P. Brett, is also on
her way to the Irish coast, to strengthen further the
small squadron of vessels already on duty there.
The Hector, iron frigate, Capt. R. Luard, is com-
pleting her refit at Portsmouth as rapidly as possible
to join the Irish coast squadron if necessary, and
the Research, Wivern, and other vessels are also
immediately available for the same purpose. The
iron frigate Bellerophon will most probably not be
complete in her armament and refit and again ready
for sea before the latter end of February, but as she
possesses a fine and well-drilled crew, the ship could
be left in the hands of the dockyard authorities to
complete, while her officers and men could join the
Irish coast flotilla in a couple of gunboats, such as
the Netley and Trinculo, now rigged, stored, and
armed at Portsmouth, in readiness for commission ;
or do shore service, either as artillery or riflemen,
wherever their presence might be found desirable. In
addition to their qualifications as artillerymen, the
seamen and marines of the Bellerophon turn out four
strong and exceedingly smart companies of riflemen,
with the usual accompaniment of light field artillery.
The whole of the troops in garrison at Woolwich
otherwise unemployed yesterday paraded at nine
o'clock a.m. and proceeded to Bostol-heath for the
purpose of going through a field day's manoeuvres
under the direction of Major-General E. C. Warde,
commandant of the district. The field-day is an-
nounced to be repeated frequently during the win-
ter, the weather permitting.
It is said that Lieut. A. F. Pickard, V.C., B bri-
gade, Royal Horse Artillery, now at Shoeburyness,
has been appointed to attend his Royal Highness
Prince Arthur during the course of studies on which
he is about to enter at the Royal Military Aca-
demy at Woolwich.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty : Lieut. W. Thresher to the St.
George ; Dr. Prince Mansfield, surgeon, to the
Racoon ; and J. Wilson, acting-assist.-Burg., to the
Racoon,

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WINDSOR CASTLE, ThursdAl•
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian,
walked and drove in the grounds yesterday after-
noon.

Her Majesty drove out this morning with Princess
Beatrice, attended by Lady Susan 'Melville. „
Princess Christian went out driving, attended 1.1
the Countess of Caledon.

Princess Louise went out walking.
Prince Leopold walked out, attended by Mr. Legg'
Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline Barci
rington, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, and Lord Alfred
Paget, went to London last evening, and hon9nrCd
the 'performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre
,
with her presence. Her Royal Highness afterwarth'
returned to Windsor Castle.
The Duke of E linburgh and Prince Christian
went out shooting this morning, attended by Major
General Sir T. M. Biddulph and Lieutenant Haig'
His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh let
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for London in the afternoon, attended by Lieutenant,
Haig.
The Hon. Lady Biddulph and Mr. G. D. Engle'd
heart had the honour of dining with the Queen and
the Royal Family yesterday.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO WOLVER-
HAMPTON.
WOLVERHAMPTON, Thursday Night:,,,
Judging from the aspect of this metropolis of
Black country" at the present moment, chaos Is
come again, for never before in the history of tb.
rapidly-grown town did confusion prevail so anl;
vernally, as it is to be found in every street and
household, where, from the highest to the lowest'
men, women, and children are vying with each other
in preparations for the reception of her .4-qajest/i'
who to-morrow does the signal honour of visiting t
;
for the purpose of inaugurating the statue which le
inhabitants have raised to the memory of the Prince
Consort. The preparations which are being niade
are something quite exceptional, and prove that,:e
least Staffordshire is not wanting in loyalty. i
route which the Queen will take through the te"t
—a very long one—is being decorated in the Inesa
extravagant manner with triumphal arches an,
flags, and at every point of vantage scaffolding
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being erected, so that thousands upon thousandsve
the industrious and well-to-do population will h3es
opportunities of seeing their Sovereign as she Pass
whereii from the railway station to the Market-house, where
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the statue is erected, and thence by another rout
back to the station. The arrangements, in brief,
are as follows :
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Her Majesty will travel throughout by the
Western line, on the broad gauge, and the NY
train is timed to leave Windsor at ten o'clock tot
morrow morning. The train will pass with°ll
stopping through Reading, Didcot, and Olf°rBi
to Banbury, where it will arrive at 11.38, 813 d;
after five minutes' stoppage for water, the journey
will will be resumed, and, passing through Leaming,wili
Warwick, and Birmingham without stopping',l-0.
arrive at Wolverhampton (low level station) at
Here the platform is being decorated in the ruci°s
profuse manner with bunting and drapery, 31160
suit of rooms has been extemporised out of .d
waiting and refreshment rooms as retiring 311
luncheon rooms for the Queen and Boys' Part):;
Her Majesty, however, will before taking luncheon
proceed to perform the great business of the dal.:
Having been received by the mayor and lord liead
tenant of the county, the. Queen will be conduct
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to her carriage, and, preceded by the local 510°-
rities and officers of state, will proceed by a Pr;
scribed route to the place where the statue is ereete'
Here, after prayer has been offered up by the Dish%
of Lichfield, the Queen will command the statue d.
be unveiled, on which a royal salute will be
Previous to this an address will be read by r,,e
the ,
corder, Mr. J. J. Powell, Q.C., and presented
the mayor. At the close of the ceremony the Pr.cra
cession will be re-formed, and her Majesty and sul,
will be escorted back to the Great Western Railway
station, where luncheon will be served to the Que.ii
and royal party. The progress round the town vl,l,
occupy a considerable time, on account of the length
of the route, and the return train to Winds°r
timed to leave Wolverhampton at 3.30 p.m. their
The royal party will include her Majesty,
Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christiapri
her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, the ,
of Derby, and Major-General Sir Thomas
Bid-
dulph, K.C.B. Lord Alfred Paget, clerk-marsqe
and Lieut.-General Hon. C. Grey, will attend
procession through the town on horseback.
There is evidently no sleep for WolverhamPton
to-night. Everybody is too busy, or, if not hus•g
too much excited to think of sleep. Barriers are
being erected in the streets on the route of precr.
sion, and after 11 o'clock no vehicle is to be Peer
milted to pass the barriers, half an hour ton for
being allowed for pedestrians, and another hour vi,
the privileged few who have admission to the IS ah
lion. The weather here to-day has been dry, °tot
cold ; gloomy it is always here, for the sun canner
penetrate the veil of smoke that hangs C)ble
the district. If the weather is only as faOur3o
to-morrow as it has been to-day there will be
reason for grumbling.

His Royal Highness the Prince of wales sans
a
suite are expected to arrive in London from the Coutinfor
on Monday next. The arrangements previously niad°r-
the reception of his royal highness. have been cella"-
manded for a day. Les 3
Their Royal Elighnesses the Duke and oom
-
de Chartres have arrived at the Clarendon gotel
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Duke and Duchess of Wellington have ,e 011;
tertained a select party at Strathfieldsayo during the left
The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe ha."
the Clarendon Hotel for Floos Castle.
The Earl and Countessr of Carnarvon leave t 4
ea
towards the end of next week for Highclere Castle, ae
Newbury.
The Countess of Sandwich is going on favovra-,,„
Viscount and Baron di Borrelli, M. Flershe'7s!
and M. do lanolin have left the Clarendon Hotel far fwell
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Lord Seaton was expected at the Royal 11°tby
Plymouth, for the inauguration of the memorial stattleieo
Adaps, to the memory of his father the late celebrated a
marshal. Several members of the committee had aryl
including the Earl of Devon, Sir E. Prideauxt Dart'

Mr
Lady
Augusia Paulett has arrived at trb°l33's
HoYetel, Berkeley-square.
sterday the Lady Adeliza Hervey, sister of 0°
present, and eldest daughter of the late, Marquis of 13-cf,,,irl
tol, was married to Viscount Dunlo, eldest son of the ."-t
Pf Clancarty, in the parish church of Ickworth, near per)
situated.ArctlheusroHf e
trThvehe eyb, randiceremonyde.
St. Edmund; Suffolk, in which parish the marquiss
ceremony
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the
family mansion at Ickworth on - us oc."
the auspicro .tiott
sion. Among the nobility and gentry present, in tvld„li f
to the members of the Bristol family, were the lii 5r,,,C1%5,.:0
distinguishedwi aosn.an performed
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Ormonde, the Earl and Countess of Clancarty, Lord ure"--h
dltevp.artLyorcalssCe.rajabel‘ed:al..t'
and Lady Adeliza Manners, Hon. Capt. and ors' Trl;
tChapt. Drummond, &c. At the termination of the cerewiol3o.
wedding party partook of breakfast at the roni's,,ets
The bride received a large number of valuable Pres'
from,riivEariouusNdmisNting.BuAisNhKed_ilroolraEtiveFsoanßdGfEriiteyn.L.s..t3. r
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, b ief
telegram,i received yesterday by Mr. Gemmel, Procurato
-cal, announces the fact that. Grea.trex, the photogrnPber
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who was wanted on a charge of forging Union Bank;ifoi
had been apprehended in America. In the beginni;vlC.
October last a number of forged £1 notes of the thrioa P 12
andGla s g
theno w.
of Scotland were passed in Greenock, and subsequentil itt
retraced
oforgers r tsrtaeypesl, led
and,
o north,a Itlorow.d•aorc?bschtAyb,s
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October, began operations in Dalkeith. After passing largese
ral counterfeit notes they were apprehended; with a re
amount of the spurious paper in their possession, and Weyi,
found to be two brothers, named Grimslaaw. It WaS eye-
dent that there was another individual concerned in tea
forgery, and after further investigation suspicions Pen'avy
to J. H. Greatrex, photographer, Glasgow, and even 1
t.:,110
a number of lithographic stones which had been used 'toA
production of the forged totes were found, belongisgc_
Greatrex, who had absconded. Sub-inspector Smith tra ei;
Greatrex to Southampton, but, unfortunately,
whet' r
America. Superintendent M'Call was selected by th a 1"..
reached that port he found that the fugitive bad siloif:,_
thorities to proceed at once to America. Ile saile I.
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few hours' notice for New York on the ith inst., arrva!
in that city on the 19th, and has been successful in C e
tilling Cireatrox on the other side of the A.tlentio.