The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-27 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Our Malta correspondent, under date of the 22d
of March, announces the departure of H.M.S. Sur-
prise, 4, Commander G. Tryon, on the 20th inst.,
for England, to be paid off. The Simoom, with the
22d Regiment, for St. John's, New Brunswick, and,
the Tamar, with the 4th (King's Own) Regiment
for Halifax, were to leave Malta, the former on the
24th and the latter on the 26th inst.

The 17th Lancers, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. R. White, have arrived at Aldershot. The re-
giment is quartered in the west cavalry barracks,
recently vacated by the 14th Hussars. The 81st Re-
giment, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Gildea,
has also arrived at Aldershot. The marching-in
strength was 37 officers, 55 sergeants, 25 drummers,
676 rank and file, 52 women, and 82 children. The
regiment is quartered in G, 11, and M lines, South
Camp. The 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry,
under the command of Col. Macbean, now stationed
at Aldershot, is under orders to proceed to Devon-
port early in April, and will be replaced at the camp
by the 66th Regiment, from the latter station.
An order has been received at Chatham directing
two officers and 37 non-commissioned officers and
,men of the 2d battalion of the 9th Regiment to be
held in readiness to embark at Gravesend, to join
the service companies of their regiment in China.
In consequence of the Ist battalion of the 2d
(Queen's Royals) Regiment being considerably be-
low its proper strength, an order has been received
at Chatham directing 80 men belonging to the
depot of the 2d battalion of that regiment to be
transferred to the Ist battalion. The men selected
for transfer will leave Chatham garrison on Thurs-
day morning, and embark at Gravesend for Cork,
where the Ist battalion of the 2d Regiment is now
stationed.

Capt. R. M. Parsons, attached to the staff at the
headquarters of the Royal Engineer establishment,
Chatham, has been ordered to proceed to South-
ampton, to be attached to the department of the
Royal Engineers employed on the Ordnance survey.
The sailing ship Agamemnon, Capt. Marder, with
the headquarters of the 56th Regiment on board;
and a number of invalided and time-expired men,
from Bombay, arrived at Spithead yesterday after-
noon. The Agamemnon will go into Portsmouth
harbour this morning to land her troops, and will
sail immediately afterwards for London. The 56th
Regiment will be quartered in the new barracks at
Gosport.
The sailing ship Ida Zeigler, Capt. A. Reynolds,
arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon, with the
headquarters of the 70th Regiment on board, and
a number of military invalids from New Zealand.
The invalids will disembark at Spithead, and the
ship is ordered to proceed immediately to Dover,
where the 70th will disembark and march into
quarters in that garrison.
A telegraphic message was received yesterday at
Portsmouth- dockyard from the Admiralty, directing
the new ironclad frigate Bellerophon, Captain E.
Tatham, to be held in readiness for a second trial of
her speed at light draught over the measured mile in
Stokes Bay, with the length of her funnels reduced.
The Dilawar, from Vingoria Bay, which arrived
in Plymouth Sound on Saturday evening, with the
headquarters of the 44th Regiment, left yesterday
for Portsmouth. Her troops consist of 339 rank and
file, with 29 women and 48 children. The officers
are Col. M‘Mahon, C. B. ; Capts. Walter, Raymond
Bower, Wood, and Smith ; Lieuts. Maguire,
Browne, Bain, H. Gordon, Wood, and H. S. Gor-
don ; Lieut. and Acting-Adjt. Overton ; and Surg.
Macqueen. There was one death during the voyage,
and four births.
The requirements of Chatham Dockyard having
necessitated the erection of a large surgery to meet
the cases of accidents which almost daily occur a
commodious building, intended to take the place of
the old surgery, has just been erected in the dock-
yard on the vacant piece of ground between' the
dockyard offices and the main storehouse buildings.
The new buildings include separate establishments
for men and women, a number of the latter being
now employed in the dockyard in, superintending
the rope-spinning machinery. The reception-room
is a commodious building, 25ft. in length by 20ft.
in width, and is lighted from the roof. Commu-
nicating with this room are the private rooms for
the surgeons, an examination room for women,
with separate entrance, an accident ward, a bath-
room, ambulance-room, dispensary, and medicine
stores. Each room in the building is supplied with
hot and cold water, the floor of the bath-room being