The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-18 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Lords of the Admiralty left Portsmouth yes-
terday morning in the yachts Osborne and En-
chantress for Portland, under salutes from her
Majesty's ship Victory and the garrison.
The armour-plated screw steamship Lord Warden,
20, from the eastward, arrived at the Plymouth
Sound on Thursday afternoon, and was appointed
to go into Hamoaze yesterday for the purpose of
being brought forward for commission.
The crew of the screw steam sloop Sparrow, 5,
Commander St. Clair, were paid off at Devonport
yesterday. She will be placed in the third division
of the Steam Reserve in Hamoaze.

The screw frigate Endymion,
.21, 2,486 tons,
500 horse power (nominal), Mr. E. C. Smyth,
master, in charge, is completed for the first-class
steam reserve in the Medway, in readiness for her
first commission, another fine frigate, of the un-
armoured class, being at the disposal of the Admi-
ralty for the relief of one of the vessels ordered
home.

The Superb, 80, and the Nankin, 50, two of the
vessels attached to the sailing reserve at Chatham,
selected by the Admiralty to be fitted up as tem-
porary hospital ships for the reception of patients
suffering from cholera, remain in the hands of the
shipwrights and dockyard workmen, who are busily
employed in fitting them for the duty for which they
are intended. The Nankin, which is lying along-
side Chatham dockyard, is expected to be out of
hand in the course of a few days, when she will go
to the moorings in the ➢Medway selected for her by
the Admiralty. The Superb is intended to be sta-
tioned in the Thames, in the neighbourhood of
Gravesend. Ample provision in the way of fittings,
berths, cabins, &c., is making on board both ships
for the particular service for which they are des-
tined.

The summer inspection of the Chatham division
of Royal Marines Light Infantry will commence
this morning by Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, the
Inspector-General.
The War Department vessel Inkerman arrived
yesterday at Woolwich from Pembroke, with a cargo
of Armstrong and other guns for repair, and other
returned stores.

Lieut. J. H. Campbell, 109th Bombay Infantry,
has been ordered to join the depot companies of that
regiment at Chatham garrison. Ensign H. W.
Paterson and Ensign S. D. Crookenden, 4th West
India Regiment, have been placed under orders to
embark for Sierra Leone, to join the service com-
panies of the regiment on the West Coast of Africa.
Staff Assist.-Surg. T. Maunsell has joined at Chat-
ham, for service at that garrison, and Staff Assist.-
Surg. G. E. Wills has been ordered to do duty at
the same station.

The E battery, B brigade, Royal Horse Artil-
lery, now on their march from Dublin to Woolwich,
are expected at the garrison head-quarters to-day.
The head-quarters staff from Aldershott will also
arrive in a few days. The officers of the battery
consist of Captain W. B. Saunders, in command,
Second Captains E. Vaughan and W. M. B. Walton,
Lieutenants A. F. Pickard (V.C.) and J. Bramly,
and Assist.-Surg. G. Whitla.

The Midsummer vacation of the Gentlemen
Cadets of the Royal Military Academy at Wool-
wich have terminated; the succeeding term of studies
will be resumed this morning. The whole of the
cadets assembled at the Academy yesterday, during
the day, and took over their books and various
class materials, with the exception of the 42 who
have been appointed to fill the vacancies created by
the late commissions and otherwise, and who will
enter in a few days, when the whole of the classes
will be complete for the half-year.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. John Houghton to the
Ocean; Thomas R. Pickthorne, staff surgeon to the
Saturn ; Fysher Negus, staff-surgeon to the
Hibernia; John S. Adams, surgeon, additional, to
the Cumberland, for Sheerness dockyard; David
W. Wise, assist.-paymaster, to the Royal Adelade,
supernumerary for disposal ; Henry W. Andrews,
assist-paymaster, to the Trafalgar ; William A.
Westaway, assist.-paymaster, to the Hector ; Julian
W. Tarbett, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the
Dart ; and W. J. Brown, clerk, to the Frederick
William.

LIEBIG'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.—In the year 1847
the celebrated professor of chemistry, Baron Liebig,
undertook some researches in the nature of meat, and the
result was the recommendation of a scientific process for
preparing an extract. Since the publication of the report
the importance of manufacturing the extract on a large
sale in countries where meat is cheaper than in England
has attracted much attention, and as Australian oxen and
sheep are produced in vast numbers, Mr. Robert Tooth,
of Sydney, in 1865, visited Munich, and made himself
completely acquainted with Liebig's process, with the
object of putting it into operation in the colony and ship-
ping the extract to England and other countries. On the
return of Mr. Tooth to Sydney the manufacturer com-
menced, and now the extract of meat forms one of the most
important articles of commerce, which has only to become
generally known to ensure its use becoming almost
universal. 1t• is impossible to over-estmate the
advantage of always having at hand the
means of producing, in a very brief space of
time beef tea for the invalid or broth for the hale and
hearty ; yet such can now very easily be accomplished by
the use of Liebig's extract of meat, imported direct from
Mr. Tooth by Messrs. Allen and Hanbury, of Plough-
court, Lombard-street. The quantity of extract required
to produce half a pint of strong beef tea is 21 drams, so a
pretty fair criterion can be formed of the great strength of
the extract, which is most certainly destined to entirely
supersede the old "concentrated essences, &c.," which, un-
til the present time, have been the only articles prepared
either for the invalid, the traveller, or the many uses of
that important portion of every domestic establishment—
viz., the kitchen.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Aug. 18.

General Lamarmora has resigned his position as
chief of the staff, and has been replaced by General
Cialdini. lie has also given up the post of Minister
without portfolio.
General Pettinengo, Minister of War, has also
resigned, and has been succeeded by General Cuzia.

BRUSSELS, Aug. 17.

King Leopold has received an autograph letter
from the Emperor Napoleon of a very reassuring

character.

The Emperor declares that it is by no means his
intention to annex any portion of Belgium, and
that, on the contrary, he would prefer to promote
on every occasion the interests of the Belgian
dynasty.

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Aug. 17.

The Czar has addressed an autograph letter to
the King of Prussia testifying to the friendly rela-
tions between the two States, and showing that
Russia favourably entertains the overtures made by
Prussia relative to the future reorganisation of Ger-
many.

The Royal Message upon the Incorporation of
Hanover, Electoral Hesse, Nassau, and Frankfort
were laid before the Chamber of Deputies to-day.
The preamble to the bill says :
" Prussia did not embark in tho war with the
intention of aelniring territory. The hostile atti-
tude of the above-named States has required that
their independence should cease. It is to be hoped
that, in course of time, the populations of the
annexed countries will be thoroughly satisfied with
the incorporation."
In bringing in the bill Count von Bismark ex-
pressed a hope that the Diet would leave the details
of its accomplishment in the hands of the King,
who will act with the necessary consideration.
Further communicatioßs respecting Schleswig-Hol-
stein would be made after the conclusion of peace.

The Committee on the address of the Chamber of
Deputies, in reply to the Speech from the Throne,
held a sitting to-day, at which Count von Bismark
was present. The Minister stated that the Govern-
ment agreed with the wishes expressed in the Ad-
dress relative to German questions. He explained
the reasons that rendered cautious proceedings essen-
tial in carrying out the annexations, and asked the
committee to rely upon the Government not to lose
sight of the ambition which must guide the policy
of Prussia. Of three courses that could be adopted,
viz., complete annexation, maintenance of the for-
mer Princes with participation in their sovereign
rights, and partial annexation, the first had been
considered as most suitable. The practical require-
ments of the time were, he added, opposed to the
immediate introduction of the constitution for Ger-
many, as voted by the Parliament of 1848.
To-day the King received a Hanoverian deputa-
tion, which solicited from his Majesty that the an-
nexation of Hanover to Prussia should take place as
soon as possible.

BELGIUM.
LIEGE, August 27 (Evening.)

The Journal de Liege publishes the following :
" A correspondent in Paris, who is in a position to
be very well informed, writes to us that the Empe-
ror, desirous of putting a stop to the propagation
of plans and projects which are attributed to him
by some journalists, has ordered the French Ambas-
sador in London to declare spontaneously and offi-
cially to the British Government that he never in-
tended to take an inch of Belgian territory."
FRANCE.
PARIS, August 18.

The Emperor drove out yesterday in the plain
of Longchamps and the Bois de Boulogne. His
Majesty was enthusiastically cheered by the people.

OVERLAND MAILS.
TIIE BOMBAY MAIL.
MALTA, Aug. 16.
The Poonah left here at 6 p.m. to-day. She
may be expected at Marseilles on the 19th inst.
The Delta left at noon. She may be looked for
at Southampton on the 25th.

OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL.

GIBRALTAR, Aug. 17.

The China, from Southampton on 12th instant,
arrived yesterday at 9 p.m., and left at midnight
for Alexandria. All well.

PRAGUE, Aug. 17.

The negotiations for peace are proceeding very
favourably. The russian proposals, which differ
very little from the instructions of the Austrian
Plenipotentiary, were sent to-day to Vienna.
The Treaty of Commerce between Austria and
the Zollverein remains provisionally in force. Fur-
ther arrangements with regard to this question are
reserved for a later period. Peace will, it is ex-
pected, be concluded within 8 or 10 days.

QUARANTINE AT MALTA.
MALTA, August 17.
All vessels from Naples or its vicinity were sub-
jected to a quarantine of 15 full days.