The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-09 00:00:00

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Twelve gunboats fromlhe steam reset s it -;
mouth are or. •• • ' -s :dy Nviu. their -
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meat, &c., on,. -..- ~,, • •.': Oth inst. It is in-
tended,to take them, outside the harbour for e'er-
etsing,certain mauceuvres, firing practice, &c.

Mr. F. Newton has joined the ,Ilacchante, 51,
screw, at Portsmouth; as 'chief engineer; Mr. R.
Cooke has joined the Penelope, 22, paddle, vice
Newton. - -

Two powerful dredging machines have been fitted
out at 'Portsmouth dockyard for service at Malta.
They Will shortly' proceed to their destination.. •
The Sphinx, 6, paddle, commenced misting in the
steam basin at Portsmouth -yesterday.. •
On the 2a of September her !Majesty's ships
Princeis Royal,, Renown, Con veror„ and Centu-
rion steamed out •of Malta harbottein a fresh breeze,
to cruise off the island, making room for Rear-
Admiral Mundy's7squ-adron, which Was hourly. ex-
pected, to complete coals, water, and provisions.
The Azoff, built at Malta' during the Crimean wr.r
for a gunboat, took her 'second tfial trip. She is
now fitted by the Admiral-Superintendent of Malta
as his yacht.
Her Majesty's steam 'gunboat Wanderer, Com-
mander Pechell;lnow refitting at • Malta, is to pro-
ceed to "Zaiite- ok Patras Toi—Ctifrants for the
victualling department, and not the liertch, sister
vessel to the Azoff, as was intended.
' The Marlborough, with the flag of Vice-Admiral
Fanshawe, remains at Malta,to meet Rear-Admiral
.Mundy.
. The screw steamship Windsor Castle, 116, got up
steam on Wednesday, under charge of Commander
Richard S. Risk, and proceeded through Plymouth
Sound to the measured mile outside the breakwater.
This distance was covered six times with a mean
result of above 11 knots. The engines, of 500
horse-power, nominal, are by -Messrs.- Penn and
Son, of Greenwich ; revolution i6Bl, steam 201 b.,
vacuum 26. The Windsor Castle drew forward 18
feet 8 inches ; afti; 21 •feet 10 inches; she steered
well, and her engines appearekto he in very good
order.

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Henry Gabsley, gunner of the Alarm, 26, was
tried bycotirt-martial, on board the flagship Im,
pregnable, on Wednesday, for drunkenness. He
was sentenced to be ieduced to a third-class glinner,
and to be ineligible for promotion,for five years.
•The Channel :fleet, left Torbay - at 11 o'clock on
Wednesday morning.
'Yesterday the three-gun battery, to sweep the
entrance, of Weymouth "harbour, was .eompleted
the Royal Engineers have ,commenced,:erepting a
50. gun battery, which mike complete
.7011 be
Mounted with Armstrong's long-range—guns. The
works for the protection of this part of the. coast
are progressing rapidly. .
A second court of inquiry on ticut. Blair and the
23 survivors of the' crew of her Majesty's ship
Heron, which capsized off the coast of Africans
.ordered to be held on board her Majesty's ship
Victory, at Portsmeuth.
The hired trinspert Violet,' laden with- returned
'shot, shell, and other military stores, has arrived at
Woolwich from Gibraltar, and has commenced dis-
charging at the Royal .A.rsenal. The War Deparl-
Mny has engaged' the following transports to ship
military, stores front Woolwich ;—The„ St. Katha,
rine, the ViceroyrtheMerald, the Sir Allan
the Bedouin,/the Chanticleer, the Ascendant, and •
the Dependent. .* .
Her Majesty's screw, steam, frigate Ariadne, in
the fitting basin, at Woolwich, is .under orders to
go down the river on the engineer's trial trip on--'
Monday next, :in command of ,Mr.: Mall, RN.,
master of the receiving ship Fisgard.
The Clio, steam corvette, on her trial Of the 7th
inst., averaged 11 knots—no hot bearings, no
priming. The'trial was highly *satisfactory to the
.superintending officers on behalf of the -dockyard
authorities.

Lieut. Henry L. Holder has been appointed to
the Edgar.

THE ARair.

Yesterday the chartered troopship Surrey, 1,089
tons, Capt. W. Escott, embarked the following re-,
inforcements at Gravesend, for Caleutta,—viz.,
Brevet-Major T. TeulOn, Ensign C. J. Stone, En-
sign A. C. Crookshank, and_ 56 men of the 35th
(Royal Sussex) Regiment, from Chatham ; Capt.
H. Parkinson, Lieut. C. Whyte, Lieut. P. B. Simp-
son, and 248 men of the Ist battalion 6th Regiment.
The following reinforcements also- enibarked-
Gravesena yesterday, on board the- Goaforth, for
Madras—viz., four men of the Royal Artillery,
from Woolwich; 65 non-commissioned officers and
men of the 12th (Prince of Wales's) Lancers, from
Maidstone; eight men of the Ist battalion Ist
Royals, and nine men of the 44th Regiment, from
Colchester ; one officer of the 68th Light Infantry,
and one officer and 78 men of the 69th'Regiment,
from Fermoy; and three officers and 87 non-com-
missioned officers and men of the 91st Regiment,
from Pembroke ; total, five officers and 252 men of
all ranks, the whole under the command of Lieut. 7
Col. Robert Clifford Lloyd, 68th Light Infantry,
and in charge of Surgeon Thomas Best, of
the same corps. The Tiptree, 1,650 tons, Cap-
thin. Thomas Pinel,' Sailed yesterday from Graves-
end for Bombay and Kurrachee, with a number of
officers and troops on board.
Yesterday the following regulation was issued as
to the height at which recruiting parties are to en-
list men for her, Majesty's military service :-Ist
Dragoon Guards and 6th Inniskillin Dragoons, up
to 24 years, and 5 feet 6 to 8 inches ; Ist Royal
Dragoons and Dragoon Guards, and 4th Royal
Irish, 5 feet 71 inches to 5 feet 11. Infantry, 5 ft:
3 to 4 inches, and the Royal Horse Artillery, 5 ft.
7 inches and upwards ; each man to have a bounty
of 13 clear of all deductions, and. a free kit.
The guard stations undertaken for some time
past in Woolwich dockyard by the It division of
the metropolitan police are ordered to be taken up
by the Royal. Marines, in conjunction with the
detachment of the 33d Royal Wiltshire Militia Re-
giment, at present occupying quarters with the
Woolwich division of marines.
Yesterday orders were issued that the fresh rules
and regulations for the newly-enrolled Medical
Staff Corps were to come into operation directly.
Surgeon Thomas longruore, from the East Indies,
is appointed head of the medical staff at the Camp
at Colchester, in the room Of Dr. Taylor, ordered
to Canada. Dr. Macqueen is appointed staff sur-
geon to the 10th depot battalion, vice Dr. Barr,
who proceeds to.the West Indies.
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The new branch of Sir Wm. Armstrong's factory
at'Woolwich, under the superintendence of Mr.
Anderson, has been fitted with a couple of 30 horse
power engines, which were satisfactorily tested
yesterday, and will shortly be put in operation.
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already-ina eetcontracted
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theirb e indisposal,
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the various grades of construction, to be completed
by the end of the year.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. The
officers and clerks of the Society celebrated the inaugura-
tion of the eighth year last Wednesday; by a dinner at
Simpson's, in the Strand, Charles Lewis Gruneisen, Eacl-1
the secretary, being in the chair, supported by Henry Smith,
Esq , the solicitor; James Wylson, Esq., the surveyor ;
Charles. Belton, sq., accountant and cashier ; Messrs.
Edsall, Powell Stacey, Hill, Middleton, G. Wylson, &o.
In proposing the toast of " Prosperity to the Conservative
Land Society, and, the healths of Viscount Ranelagh, the
Chairman, Col. Brownlow Knox, M.P., the Vice-Chair-
man, and the other members of the Executive Committee,"
the Secretated that from the formation of the society
on the 7 September, 1852, to the 7th September, 1859,
15,042 shares, representing £752,100 had been issued ' • the
cash receipts were £403,67212s 9d ; the withdrawals only
£91,199105. Ild. ; the sale of land amounted to £228,046
2s. 6d. ; the rights of choice were 7,853, of which 5,449 had
been exhausted, leaving 2,404 on the register ; the last se-
niority share was 10,042, the last share, No. 15,042, and 36
r.t—eritinetlwBseei3n-9-s.
estates had been purchased, in 13 counties. The returns
than
OPEN any
rlel7olNi lag
Al: quarter
towards the Michaelmas quarter, up to the 7th inst were
alreßadLyoll‘aigNeGr
Satur-
day night and Monday mord ingthe counting-house at
atur-
Messrs. R. and W. Johnson and Co.'s ironworks, at Brad-
ford, near Manchester, was broken into by some thieves!
who pulled down an ironf its •
safe rem resting place, charged
the lock with gunpowder, and blew open the door. They
then attempted, but failed , toopen a drawer which con-
tained some money, after which they made a search in ano-
ther part of the premises, and succeeded in finding £4 or
£5, which they took away. Messrs. Johnson employ a
watchman, but the premises being extensive, the thieves
eluded his vigilance, and nothing has yet been heard of
them.--Manchester Guardian.
Under the act
WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMETNS.—
wer the Com-
of Parliament passed on the 13th ult. tpct 1.).?
missioners of her Majesty's Works and _
western approach to West-
ic Buildings to
acquire additional space for the
improvements will be
tninster new bridge, considerablef th louse of Commons.
effected in the neighbourhood'
F dall' Hotel b
Palace-y with en sy
The whole of New
will be swept away, and the houses in Parlia-
the cab stand
m treet and Bridge- street removed, leaving Westmin-
steern-t-shall in view from Parliament-street. The plan of the
improvements contains " twenty-nine houses," and is
deposited at the office of the Commissioners of Publics
Works, where it is open to inspection on payment of a
small fee. The act states that the new bridge is in the
course of construction under a former act., " and it would
be of great public utility, if the western approach to the
said new bridge was widened and improved." The act
points out with the former one the manner in which the
hereditaments required are to be obtained, and if the parties
cannot agree to terms, a " Compensation jury" willt have to
settle the amounts to be awarded. In the late session a
sum of money was voted for the Westminster new bridge,
and a further sum,will be required before its co inpletion,
with the contemplated improvements to be mule n the im-
[ Mediate neighboUrhobd.