The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-15 00:00:00

The crew of the iron armour-plated turret ship
Prince Albert, 4, Capt. A.Wilmshurst, were paid at
Devonport on Wednesday, and she was put out of
commission. Hereafter she will be attached to the
gunnery ship Cambridge in Hamoaze, for the pur-
pose of turret practice for her crew.
The screw steam gunboat Dapper (tender to the
Britannia), from Portsmouth, arrived on Wednesday
at Devonport, where she received some necessary
repairs, and then returned to her station.
The armour-plated screw steamship Zealous, 20,
Capt. R. Dawkins, having made a satisfactory trial
of her machinery on Wednesday, had her compasses
adjusted on Thursday, and, after a preliminary
cruise in the Channel, will be prepared to take her
departure for her station in the Pacific.
The paddlewheel steam-frigate Magicienne, 16,
having been thoroughly repaired in Devonport dock-
yard, was removed, on Tuesday, to Keyham steam-
yard, where she is now receiving her machinery, in
order to be advanced to the first division of the
Steam Reserve in Hamoaze.
The Endymion, 21, 500-horse power, Capt. C.
Wake, fitted for her first commission, awaits orders
from the Admiralty as to her departure from Sheer-
ness. The officers appointed to her have taken up
their commissions and joined, and she has received
her A.B.'s and ordinary seamen from the receiving
ships at the respective ports. Her Royal Marines,
from the Chatham division, have also joined, and
the frigate is nearly ready in her equipment.
Her Majesty's ship Inconstant having been sold
out of the service to a merchant's firm at Liverpool
in 1862, and having been engaged during that inter-
val in conveying coals to Aden and other Eastern
depots, has been purchased by Messrs. Castles and
Beech, the Admiralty contractors for breaking up
their ships, and for the preservation of the copper.
The following appointments have been made
at the Admiralty : W. F. Maxwell, master and pilot,
to the Sylvia ; J. S. Snell, master and pilot, to the
Star ; F. J. Palmer, second master, to the Sylvia ;
Dr. A. L. Archer, surg., to the Clio ; Dr. A. Ro-
bertson, assist.-surg., to the Vixen ; T. N. W. Cola-
han, assist.-surg., to the Egmont ; Philip D. Ouless,
master's assist., to the Sylvia ; and 11. M. Barkly,
midshipman, to the Endymion.

MISCELLANEOUS AMERICAN NEWS.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—A Toronto special of
yesterday says orders have been given to the whole
force of the city to muster at given points on the
first alarm of fire, to be accoutred with forty rounds
of ball cartridges. An attempt to burn or capture
the city is feared. Large quantities of military stores,
including ambulances, are arriving here. The re-
gular troops and volunteers are continually moving
hither and thither. A yacht was seized to-day, and
her crew of three men arrested on suspicion of being
Fenians. A small quantity of ammunition was
found on board. An Ottawa (C.W.) despatch
says Cabinet meetings of the Canadian Govern-
ment are being held daily in Quebec, the subject
discussed being the military condition of the pro-
vince, the confederation, and failure of the bank of
Upper Canada. Much insecurity is felt in finan-
cial circles. The Fenians are said to be assembling
for an invasion at Highgate. Large quantities of
military stores are being received at Toronto and
Montreal, and sent to the western portion of the
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province.
From IV/ ight's Circular we extract the following
on the cotton crop :—" During the past week we
have had a good deal of excitement in our cotton
market, based upon the unfavourable accounts from
the South as to the prospects of the incoming crop ;
prices have advanced daily, and closed firmly at the
quotations annexed, showing 21e. per lb. higher
than on the 18th Sept. The new crop comes slowly
forward ; free receipts cannot be looked for until
December. Planters are busy picking, but inde-
pendently of this reason the feeling is very general
in the South that Liverpool must advance conside-
rably upon the reports of bad prospects for this
crop, and there is a strong disposition shown every-
where to hold for this anticipated advance. These
views will be confirmed by the higher prices here
and in Liverpool during the past few days. There
are already more buyers than sellers in nearly all the
Southern markets. Crop.—The reports about the
crop are still unfavourable by mail dates as well as
by telegraph. From Georgia the later accounts are
more gloomy than any yet received. Estimates are
out forth at various points, but nothing can be
even guessed at until we know the date of killing
frost and the state of the weather up to that period
and for some weeks beyond. The weather in New
Orleans continued hot and showery up to the 20th
September, the latest mail date. The rains, which
at the North and West have been heavy and
continuous for some weeks, ceased on the 20th
September, and have been succeeded by cool, dry
weather.

.. 6ii the 21st September a special excursion train
opened the extension line of the New London and
Northern Railroad. The New Loudon Northern
road, as extended at present to Grout's Corner, is
101 miles in length, and by the completion of the
new track, the head waters of Long Island Sound
are placed in direct communication with the waters
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Of the River St. Lawrence. The total cost of the
entire road is $1,200,000, or $12,000 per mile, the
recent extension costing the sum of $300,000.
The Times has devoted four columns and a-half
to a review of the " Military and Naval History of
the Rebellion in the United States," by W. J.
Tenney. New York. 1.866.—The reviewer says :
--"The book is a bulky but careful and complete
digest of the events of the war in America. Though
hardly worthy the name of a history—for it wants
clearness and breadth of view, and an intelligent
estimate of military events, and it shows no traces