The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-07 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, Aug. I.—lier Majesty's paddlewheel
despatch vessel Psyche, 2, Commander A. R. Blanc,
arrived from the squadron at Patras on Sunday
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morning, the 29th of July ; she left Patras on the
26th. The Royal Oak, 35, ironclad, had gone to
Zante, in order to g
The Racer, 11, wasleavehe on shore.
The
at Corfu,
Enterprise,
iv e the crewan
4, ironclad, was at Trieste.'
d t
The Wizard, 2, gun-
boat, Lieut.-Commander P. J. Murray, had arrived
at Patras from Malta. The Assurance, 4,
vessel, Commander p
ym, left Malta on Monday
night after the arrival of the Marseilles mail, with
despatches for the Commander-in-Chief at Patras.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel surveying-vessel Hydra,
left Capt. Shortland, Malta harbour on the 31st of
2 dt
July to resume h e
re,graphical operations on the
coast of Sicily. These operations are being carried
on with most laudable energy and accuracy.
Owing to the heat of the weather and the un-
healthiness of a portion of the coast at this season
several of the survo
• _yin - g staff have suffered from
illness. Lieutenant
Drew has been removed to
the Royal Naval Hospital, but is now in a fair
way of recovery. ler Majesty's iron screw store-
ship Supply, 2, Staff Commander C. Bowden, will
leave port on the 4th inst.,return to
on
calling at Gibraltar. ajesty si Her-11 ' ' •
.1. ron-clad frigate
Prince Consort, fll
, Capt.
Inglefield, is also under
orders to leave Malta for,Patras on the 4th inst.,
and the Gibraltar, 81, screw line-of-battle ship,
Capt. Coote, will leave for the same destination on
the 9th. In consequence of i a telegram received from
Tunis, to the
effect that
a d. isease is prevalent among
the cattle in the vicinity
of Bizerta, the officer admi-
nistering the government
having heard the opinion
of the Board of health,
of cattle from
has directed that the impor-
tationro Tunis and its vicinity be pro-
hibited until furtherm
o
cholera orders. On July 27, informa-
tion having been
receivedl by telegraph of the exist-
ence of Asiatic era at Southampton, a quaran-
tine of 15 full days
port. Subsequent
established here against ar-
rivals from that poSubsequent information hav-
ing reached the island that the disease also existed
in London and other parts of England, the above
period of quarantine was extended on the 31st ult.
to all vessels coming from any port of Great Britain.
The quarantine on arrivals from Leghorn has been
removed, and the
authorities being in possession of
that official information Tuscany was free from
cholera or any epidemic disease whatever. A period
of quarantine of 15 full days is, however, still en-
forced on vessels arriving from Marseilles, on account
1 of the continued prevalence of cholera in that city.
The present members of the
. Board of Admiralty
arrived at Chatham yesterday for the purpose of
making their first official inspection of the dockyard
and the several naval establishments at the port.
The Lords Commissioners reached Chatham by the
morning express train, and drove at once to the
dockyard, at the entrance-gates of whi •
ch they were
received by the heads of departments, including
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Captain W. H. Stewart, c., _
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ntendent of
the dockyard ; Commander R.
Stokes, master-at-
tendant ; Major Pasley, Royal
Engineers, principal
superintendent of Admiralty 'works, Chatham ; Mr.
Thornton, principal master shipwright, and his
assistants ; Mr. T. Baker, chief engineer and inspec-
tor of machinery ; Mr. Astley Cooper, naval store-
keeper; Mr. Chatworthyraccountant ; Mr. Ch h -
ward, cashier; Mr. River's, principal
Church-
ward,
clerk of works;
Mllr. Bernans, superintendent of the ex •
tension works;
Mr. Mallalicu, Superintendent Strength, and other
officials. The members of the Board
present in-
cluded Sir John Pakington, M. 13., First L •
Lord ; Vice-
Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C,B
•) First Sea Lord ;
Rear Admiral Sir John C. D. hiay, and Mr. C.
Ducane, M. P. ; Lord H. G. C. G.
Lennox, M.P. ;
First Secretary ; Rear-Admiral R. S. Robinson,•
Controller of the Navy; Major A. Clarke, Royal
Engineers, Director of Adniiralty Engineering
Works ; Col. Langley, Deputy Adjutant-General
;
and Mr. Pakington, Private Secretary to the First
Lord. On entering the dockyard a guard of honour
of the Royal Marines Light Infantry, under the
command of Capt. P. M. C. Croker, with the band
and colours, received their lordships with the accus-
tomed honours. Before proceeding on their tour
of inspection their lordships went direct to the office
of Captain-Superintendent Stewart, where they
were occupied in the transaction of official business,
the chief matters under consideration relating
to the
proposed works intended to be carried out at Chat-