The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-23 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

His loyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee
yesterday afternoon at the Horse Guards. Upwards
of 200 officers attended.

It was yesterday stated at Chatham garrison that
the Government has decided on breaking up the
the whole of the depot battalions now in Ireland,
the regimental depots comprising them being ab-
sorbed into the English and Scotch depot battalions.
Five depot battalions, together with the Staff of
each, will, in consequence of this arrangement, be
abolished—namely, the 10th, Belfast; 11th, Newry;
12th, Mullingar ; 13th, Curragh ; and 14th, Butte-
vant—the regiments attached to which will be re-
moved to Chatham, Sheffield, Plymiuth, Shorncliffe,
and other stations in England. The additional
depots ordered to be transferred to.,Chatham garri-
son are the 2d battalion of the Ist King's Royals,
Ist battalion of the 2d Queen's Royals, Ist and 2d
battalions of the Bth Regiment, and the 2d battalion
o the 14th Regiment. Under this arrangement
t e garrison of Chatham will, in the first instance,
b strengthened by the addition of. upwards of 500
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troops.

•An order was yesterday-received at Chatham,
directing the depot companies of the Ist and 2d bat-
talions of the 4th Regiment, numbering 10 officers
and 236 non-commissioned officers and men, with
45 women and children, to proceed this morning from
that garrison to Parkhurst, to join the sth depot
battalion at that station. Both depots have been in-
spected by Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., and
they will proceed by special train to Parkhurst, this
morning. An order from the Horse Guards has been
received at Chatham directing the depot companies
of the Ist and 2d battalions of the 19th Regiment to
be held in readiness to proceed from that garrison to
one of the military stations to be hereafter named.
The departure of the 11th Hussars from Colches-
ter for embarkation at Tilbury for India has been
postponed until the 25th July. The depot Ist Dra-
goons, which was expected at Colchester on the 21st
inst., will not now arrive for some time, in conse-
quence of the departure of the 11th Hussars having
been postponed. The depot 103 d Regt. is held in
readiness to move from Colchester to Shorncliffe ou
Monday to join the 10th depot battalion. The
strength of the depot is-3 captains, 2 subalterns,
7 sergeants, 4 drummers, and 54 rank and file.
Yesterday the depot 38th Regt., consisting of 4
captains, 2 subalterns, 8 sergeants, 5 drummers, and
119 rank and file, proceeded from Colchester to
Shoreditch, en route for Parkhurst, Isle of Wight,
to join the sth depot battalion. The remainder of
the depots, 35th and 94th Regts., which were left
at Gravesend for musketry practice, when the de-
pots proceeded to Colchester from Chatham, ar-
rived at Colchester yesterday.
The result of the competitive examination of can-
didates for " Direct Commissions" in the Royal Ma-
rine Light Infantry was declared yesterday at the
Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. The following
is the list of names in the order of passing, with the
number of marks added to each : Thos. F. Duns-
cobe Bridge, passed from No rthgrave-house, South-
sea, 5,746 ; Richard Burton Deane, Burney's Royal
Naval Academy, Gosport, 5,310; John Le Cocq
Rabilliard, 5,180; Charles Robert Dendy, Burney's
Royal Naval Academy, Gosport, 4,945 ; John
Alexander Armstrong Eckford, Eastman's Naval
Academy, Southsea, 4,708 ; Stewart Polkinghorne,
Northgrove-house, Southsea, 4,601; Meering
Bloomfield Seager, 4,503 ; William Henry Hobbs,
4,193 ; Hugh Reginald Borde Owen, Northgrave-
house, Southsea, 3,753 ; John Ernest Bulwer
Warde, 3,731; Edward Pilkington Elliot, 3,702 ;
Algernon St. Leger Burrowes, Northgrove-house,
Southsea, 3,685 ; Charles Baker Goodrich Dick,
3,673 ; Arthur Clement Smyth, 3,587 ; Thomas
Geo. Webb Tobin, Buruey's Royal Naval Academy,
Gosport, 3,521 ; Kyrle Ernle Simons, 3,440 ;
Frederick John Short, Eastman Naval Academy,
Southsea, 3,387 ; Robert Henry Forrest, 3,253 ;
Loren ° Edye de Portugal, 3,129 ; Richard Ed-
ward Rowley Martin, Eastman's Naval Academy ;
Southsea, 2,534 ; William Henry Congdon, 2,440.
The Amazon, 4, screw, unarmoured sloop, Com-
mander Hunter, now at Spithead, is having some
slight defects in her machinery made good, in readi-
ness to proceed to sea.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry J. Martin, to the
Dauntless ; Lieut. Hamilton Dunlop, to the Tra-
falgar, for service in tender ; Lieut. Ceorge W.
Hill, Lieut. Frederick W. Carr, and Lieut. H. Jus-
tice, to the Victoria ; J. W. Ashton, master, to the
St. George, additional, for service in the Coast-
guard ; Charles P. Turner, chief engineer, to the
Bristol ; James H. Hewlett, chief engineer, to the
Indus, for charge of the engines of the Brunswick ;
J. Boxall, engineer, to the Britannia, for charge of
the engines of the Dapper ; Lucas G. Stovin and
John W. Dixon, master's assistants, to the Lord
Clyde ; Duncan A. Richmond, master's assistant
to the Bellerophon ; Charles R. H. Robinson'
master's assistant, to the Griffon ; and William R.
Fox, master's assistant, to the Gladiator.