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London, England, 1866-12-17 00:00:00

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iral Sir Mundy, the appointed
successor of Sir James Hope in the command of the
North American and West India naval station, has
visited his future flagship, the ironclad frigate Royal
Alfred, at Portsmouth, since her selection for that
duty by the Admiralty, and has expressed himself
much pleased with her apparent efficiency in general
as an ironclad, as also with the liberal accommoda-
tion she gives to her officers and crew, ventilation,
means of stowage, and other internal arrangements.
An experimental trip of a newscrew propeller, pa.
tented by F. and C. Hancock, agricultural imple-
ment makers, of Dudley, was made at Portsmouth
on Saturday, with No. 25 steam launch, the vessel
being fitted with twin screw engines by Messrs. J.
Penn and son. The weather was unusually rough for
such a trial, but it was nevertheless made, and the
customary six runs taken with and against the tide,
over the measured mile in Stokes Bay as follows :
First run, 6.451 knots ; second run, 7.894 knots ;
third run, 6.383 knots ; fourth run, 8019 knots ;
fifth run, 6.164 knots i sixthrun, 8,090 knots. Mean
speed of the launch, 7.1 knots. The new screw is two
bladed, each blade being without any curve; and
also being the fourth part of an oval. The diameter
is 2ft. 2in., with a pitch of 2ft. sin. The lauuchdrew
2ft. 10in. of water forward, and 3ft. aft. The steam
pressure in the boilers was 701b.,and the revolutions
of the engines continued steadily throughout at 324.
There was no vibration.

The Toronto Globe states that the disposition of
the gunboats in the St. Lawrence for the winter will
be as follows :—The Heron at Toronto; the Cherub
at Godcrich, protecting the Prince Alfred, also laid
up there ; the Britomart at Dunnville, protecting
the Rescue in same place ; and Hercules and another
at Kingston navy yard: The crews belonging to the
Prince Alfred and Rescue are expected to be imme-
diately ordered to thei r ship—the Anrbra,lanabk.
The provincial gunboats will be laid up for the win-
ter in charge of the Government agent, Mr. Wyatt;
and the crews of the English, gunboats will protect
their own as well as the other boats laid up in the
same harbour in case of necessity.
The Admiralty has received a telegram from
Gibraltar announcing the arrival of her Majesty's
ship Ocean on the 15th inst.
On Saturday Major-Gen. C. C. Hay, Command-
ant and Inspector-Gen. of Musketry, who was ac-
companied by Capt. J. M'Kay, Deputy-Assist.-
Adjt.-Gen., resumed and brought to a termination
his annual inspection of the officers and troops- at
Chatham who have completed their course of mus-
ketry instruction during the past 12 months. The
non-commissioned officers and men who passed the
examination satisfactorily, and have completed the
entire course of instruction in musketry, will be
awarded extra pay for 12 months. During his in-
spection Major Gen. Hay examined the officers and
men of the three depot battalions of infantry and
other corps stationed at Chatham garrison.
The roof of the drill-shed in course of erection at
the Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham, which gave
way a few weeks since, has been made good, the
with breadth with
last of the principals and girders having been securely
fixed in its place on Saturday. The new shed, which
is i
ofiron,
louvre v6roe
feet,
skylights,and iserected at in
the bk
is
360
feet
of the men's quarters, between the new and the old
buildings. The drill-shed is sufficiently commodious
to admit of several hundred men being exercised
ac h a length,
beneath it at the same time, and will thus relieve
the occasionally crowded barrack-square on the
occasion of the ordinary drills of the Royal Marine
battalion.

The following garrison order, No. 6, was on Satur-
day issued from the Commandant's-office of the
Royal Artillery, Woolwich : —" Major-Gen. Maxwell
having relinquished the command of the Woolwich
division of the' Royal Marine Light Infantry on
his promotion, and being about to leave Woolwich
the Major-General commanding the district takes
the opportunity of requesting him to accept his
thanks for the uniform assistance that he has
afforded him on all occasions, and also for the able
and judicious manner in which he has carried out
the duties of his command, the result being the high
state of discipline now existing in the division,
which the Major-General commanding attributes to
the anxious care and earnest interest in their wel-
fare evinced by Major-Gen. Maxwell during the
period of his command, as regards equally officers,
non-commissioned officers, and men."

Major-Gen. Hodge, C. 8., has been appointed to
the command of the Aldershot Division from Dec.
11 until January 5, during the absence on leave of
Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, K.C.B.
The necessity for putting in force at Aldershot
the provisions of the Contagious Diseases Preven-
tion Act has formed the subject of a memorial from
the Farnham Board of Guardians to the Secretary
of State for War, the Guardians complaining of the
heavy expense entailed upon the Union by the ad-
mission to the workhouse infirmary of a large num-
ber of women requiring a long course of medical
treatment. The following reply to the memorial
has been received, addressed to the Clerk of the
Guardians :

" War-office, Dec. 10, 1866.
" Sir,--I am directed by the Secretary of State
for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 6ch inst., and to acquaint you in reply that
he is anxious that arrangements should be made for
putting the Contagious Diseases Act into force with-
out delay at Aldershot, a building for an hospital
having already been selected, and that he has called
for information which ho hopes may enable him to
do so effectually. lam to add that the delay which
has occurred has been mainly due to the difficulties
interposed by the Hampshire magistrates in occu-
pying the War Department building (chosen for an
hospital) by the constabulary at Aldershot.—l am,
sir, your obedient servant,

" EDWARD LUGARD."

The military gymnasium at Aldershot, which has
been closed lately in order to effect some improve-
ments, was to be re-opened to-day (Monday), and
classes formerly attending will resume their course
of training.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

iu the Civil Service.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--Mr. Francis Gerard St.
John Tupper has been appointed to be clerk in the
Committee-office.
WAR-OFFICE.—Mr. Edward John Lawless has
been appointed to be an established clerk in the
purveyor's department.
BOARD OF TRADE.—Mr. George Mudge has been
appointed to a temporary clerkship.
PRISONS DEPARTMENT.—Mr. Henry Essex Wil-
liams has been appointed to be a clerk at Penton-
Ville Prison.
ADMIRALTY.—Mr John Hardinge Giffard has
been appointed to a clerkship, Whitehall ; Mr.
Alpine Macgregor has been appointed to a clerkship,
'Whitehall ; Mr. J. Buttery, second schoolmaster at
Chatham Dockyard, has been appointed to be
schoolmaster at Pembroke Dockyard.
TEE POST-OFFICE.—Mr. Edwin Lloyd has been
appointed to be postmaster at Stamford ; Mr. Wm.
Wynne Caruthers has been appointed to be a tem-
porary clerk !n the Savings Bank ; Mr. William
Thomas Aston has been appointed to be a clerk at
Northampton ; Mr. Robert Binns Halstead has been
appointed to be a sorting clerk, Manchester ; Mr.
William Collins has been appointed to be a clerk at
Rugby ; Mr. John Henry Flowerden Cattermole
has been appointed to be clerk at Derby.
INLAND
REVENUE.— Mr. Robert William Broom-
field has been appointed to be clerk in the Legacy
Duty
Department, Somerset House ; Mr. Walter
Walker has been appointed to be a clerk in the
Registry of Licenses-office ; Mr. Daniel Northwood
has been appointed to be an assistant surveyor of
taxes.
EXCISE BRANCIL—Mr. Laurance Counsel, sur-
veying-general examiner, second class, has been
appointed to be collector, Ripon collection ; Mr.
Ambrose Martin, surveyin,g-general examiner, third
class, has been appointed to be surveying-general
examiner, second class.—Civil Service Gazette.

A drunken man lately tried to get a policeman to
arrest his own shadow. His complaint was that an
ill-looking scoundrel kept following him.