The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-29 00:00:00

IHE NAVY.

VALLETTA, Oct. 24.—Her Majesty's gunboat
Surprise, guns, Commander Whyte, arrived from
Naples on the 20th instant, leaving the fleet under
the command of Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin,
K.C.8., in the bay. The fleet is expected to return
to Malta about the end of this month. Rer Majes-
ty's gunboat Wanderer, 4, Commander Seymour,
which left this port on the 16th instant to convey
the commissioners, Dr. Sutherland and Captain
Galton, to Corfu, put back from stress of weather
on the following day, and took a fresh departure
on the 21st instant. Her Majesty's gunboat In-
trepid, 4, Commander Marryat, came in on the 22d
inst. from Corfu. Rear-Admiral Mundy who was
to have proceeded home in the Himalaya, and re-
ported to have taken passage by that vessel, leaves
by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
to-night for England via Marseilles. Her Majesty's
ships in port are the Hannibal, Hibernia, Melpo-
mene, Doris, Surprise, Intrepid, Supply, and Hearty.
The War Department transport Sebastopol, Mr.
Anders, commander, was placed alongside the Ord-
nance-wharf, at Chatham, yesterday morning, and
during the day landed 196 cases, containing 4,000
stand of arms, consisting of the short rifle for sea
service, with the sword bayonet attached, and also
seven brass 24-pounder howitzers, from Woolwich.
The rifles were forwarded to Chatham from the
armoury at the Tower.
Yesterday the Sarah arrived at Chatham dock-
yard from the Thames, with a number of the large
slabs of iron for the armour plates for the Royal
Oak, 51, building at that establishment. The plates,
all of which weigh about four tons each, were
landed by the labourers and placed in store in readi-
ness to be fixed to the exterior of the vessel as soon
as her teak planking is completed. The armour
plates, which are of rolled iron, are from the Park-
gate Iron Works, Yorkshire.
The Warrior, 40, screw, Capt. Hon. A. A. Coch-
rane, C. 8., sailed from Spithead, on her sea experi-
mental trip, at daylight yesterday morning, calling
in at Portland on her way down channel.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Gladiator, 6, Com-
mander Henry D. Hickley, from Halifax, Oct. 9,
arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday: She brings
home 126 of the crew of the paddlewheel steam
sloop Driver, 6, Commander Horatio Nelson, re-
cently lost, and 55 invalids, passengers and pri-
soners from the North American and West India
squadron. During the passage heavy weather was
experienced, and she was compelled on Saturday to
put into the Scilly Islands for coal. Her crew were
inspected yesterday forenoon by Rear-Admiral R.
Smart, K.H., and to-day she will go into Hamoaze,
where her hands will be turned over to the Grey-
hound. The Gladiator will then be stripped and
placed in the third division of the steam reserve.
She left at Halifax the screw steamship Nile, 90,
Capt. Edward K. Barnard, flag of Rear-Admiral
Sir Alexander Milne, K.C.B. ; the screw steamship
St. George, 86, Capt. the Hon. Francis Egerton ;
the screw steam frigate Immortalite, 51, Capt.
George Hancock ; the screw steam frigate Diadem,
32, Capt. James H. Cockburn ; the screw steam
frigate Ariadne, 26, Capt. E. W. Vansittart ; the
screw steam corvette Jason, 22, Capt. Edward P. B.
Von Donop ; and the screw steam sloop Racer, 11,
Commander A.lgernon M‘Lennan Lyons. The
paddlewheel steam'sloop Barracouta, 6, Commander
William Wood, was gone to Bermuda ; and the
paddlewheel steam sloop Spiteful, 6, Commander
Wilson, to Newfoundland.

The gunboat Shipjack left Plymouth yesterday
morning for Spithead, but, owing to strong winds
from the eastward, she was compelled to put back
to the Sound.

A portion of the machinery intended for her Ma-
jesty's 51 screw steam-frigate Arethusa, manufac-
tured at Messrs. Penn and Sons' factory, in the
Lewisham-road, was yesterday removed to their
wharf at Deptford, for shipment to Woolwich.
Being constructed on a new principle of expansion
the cylinders and condensers are of very great size
and weight, inasmuch that horse-power was found
inconvenient and inadequate for their safe removal.
Recourse was consequently had to a Bray's traction
engine, which successfully removed the huge ma-
chinery of the vessel. A new engine of great power
and improved construction having been placed at
their disposal yesterday commenced the transport
and performed the operation with marked success.
Each truck load exceeded 35 tons weight, exclu-
sively of the engine weighing another 12 tans. It
climbed the steep ascent leading from the factory
and through the narrow windings and acclivities
with apparent ease, and performed the distance
of about two miles in half an hour. Messrs.
Penn and Sons, who were present, witnessed with
satisfaction the performance of the traction engine,
and expressed their approbation of this means of
transport as in every way desirable.
A serious collision by which her Majesty's steam
vessel Monkey was much damaged, occurred in
Woolwich harbour at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
it appears that the Monkey was lying at her usual
moorings, immediately opposite the dockyard, when
a laden brig came up the stream, and went com-
pletely out other proper course, being apparently
vnmanageabre.
.The Monkey was struck with great
force by the brig, and carried away from her moor-
ings, one of her paddle boxes was driven in, her
funnel removed, and the vessel otherwise injured.
Mr. Macdonald, Master Attendant of the Fisgard
flagship, and other officers, immediately proceeded
to investigate the matter, and the brig, which ap-
pears to be entirely in fault, was detained, but af-
terwards proceeded up the river. The Monkey will
be removed to the basin to-day for repairs.
On the 18th, the Norwegian barque Leip, Capt.
0. C. Olsen, arrived at Malta with Capt. Hughes
and 24 of the crew of the late screw steamer Marco
noeearie, which foundered at sea on the 16th, about
200 miles from Malta. Great praise is due to Capt.
Oslen for the noble manner in which he behaved on
the occasion, for though the weather was very bois-
terous, with a nasty chopping sea, he remained
tlose to the ill-fated steamer from 5 p.m. of the
15th to 2 a.m. on the 16th, and saved the whole
of the crow with the exception of one of
the men. The Marco Bozzaris was nearly a
new vessel, and the captain has enjoyed the reputa-
tion of being a good seaman, and a careful, steady
man ; but this is the second steamer that has been
lost within a short distance of Malta, the other
being the Pomona ; and these two vessels founder-
ing at sea has greatly shaken the confidence of the
public in screw steamers, In both cases the weather
was rough and blowing hard, but not extremely so,
in fact in both cases average gales of wind, and yet
a_Nerwegian barque goes through it safely, and an
English steamer, with all her modern improvements,
founders. This certainly should be explained, or
the confidence of the public will not easily be re-
bothverSteed. It appears to be the fault of the ships, for
eeamen. amers
were commanded by steady, clever
It appears that the lifeboat with ten men
left the Marco 13 ozzaes
to proceed to the barque.
They were to leave elx
on board and to return
with four men to take enanother
portion of the crew ;
but on getting on beeed
th® bare they, with the exception of two, refused to retuqu When. thrne and rescue the
remainder of the crew.
theesptain and the
rest saw themselves so abandoned
ysavetintodwwaorrdk
u to
to clear the other lifeboat, which W
In getting her into the water she was stove very
dangerously, but floated, and the remainder,
the
crew crowded into her. In their hurry to get
away they abandoned one poor man, Edward Day-
ton, of Hull, a seaman who had been shipped at
Constantinople in place of a man left sick in the
hospital there. When this poor fellow found him-
self thus abandoned in a sinking ship in a heavy
storm in the dead of night his cries to be taken also
became heartrending, but from the damaged state
of the boat they did not think it prudent to return,
and thus the poor fellow was left to his fate. In
the morning no sign of the vessel was to be seen.
In a popular London periodical there have lately
appeared several tales, the interest of each of
which turns, upon the cruelty of a captain of one
vessel passing another, in distress without render-
ing assistance, and it is to be feared that in many
cases, particularly when a fair wind is
blowing, this charge rests on good foundation.
n'llet be a terrible loss to a captain and
owner to lose a fair
win ..d '
and to run the risk of
damaging their
11 Vessel, besides the expense of

keeping the crew till the arrival at the next port.'
For the absolute subsistence the Board of Trade
will pay, if claimed, which it very seldom is, for the
captain, either from the goodheartedness of a sea-
man, or from the hope of obtaining a present, or a
letter of thanks from the Board of Trade, seldom or
ever sends in a bill. Would it not be wise to offer
some reward or premium to every captain who de-
tains his vessel 'to rescue another ? For then it
would be worth the captain's while to run some
risk to save another in distress.

The Rev. S. H. Jacot has been appointed chap-
lain of her Majesty's ship Saturn, at Pembroke, to
do the duty of the dockyard during the absence, on
sick leave, of the Rev. Mr. Campbell, chaplaiu of
that establishment.

Mr. William Burdwood, first-class clerk in Peru
broke yard, has been appointed Admiralty audio
clerk of that naval arsenal.

The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—Capt. George G. Randolph,
to the Diadem ; Edward C. Drummond, acting sub-
lieut., to the Edgar; C. M'Laughlin, sub•lieut., to
the Firebrand; N. T. Connolly, acting assist.-surg.,
to the Doterel; W. IL Jenkins, acting engineer,
confirmed in the Doterel; G. Hunt (B), additional
in the Pembroke, far the Magnet, promoted to en-
gineer; T. Richards, additional in the Fisgard, for
the Black Eagle, promoted to engineer; J. P. Taplin,
in the Warrior, promoted to engineer; J. Banner-
man, in the ,Scourge, promoted to engineer; J.
Irving, is the Pelorus, promoted to acting engineer;
M. Charlton, in the Topaze, promoted to acting en-
gineer; W. Skeen, in the Actaeon, for the Dove,
promoted to acting engineer; A. D. Johnston,
assist.-paymaster to the Orpheus; Charles It. Rod-
ham, assist.-paymaster to the Ajax; Frederick
North, assist.-paymaster to the Edgar; T. E. Lem-
mens, clerk to the Trafalgar ; and Henry N. Aylen
assist.-clerk to the Orpheus.

THE ARMJ.

The sth (Northumberland Fusileers) Regiment,

under the command of Col. W. C. Master, C. 8., sta-
tioned at Portsmouth, paraded on Southsea-com-
mon, at 11 a.m. yesterday, for inspection by Major-
Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the gar-
rison and district, The troops were marched past
in slow and quick time. They reformed line, and
went through the manual, platoon, and bayonet
exercises, and afterwards through a series of batta-
lion movements, at the conclusion of which Lord W.
Paulet addressed the regiment in complimentary
terms, and said that it was in a much better state

than he had expected to find it, considering its re-
cent return from India. His lordship then pre-
sented medals, to which were attached gratuities,
to foar men in the regiment for long service and
good conduct. This terminated the proceedings,
and the regiment marched back to its quarters. The
following are the names and lengths of service of
the recipients :—Sergeant R. Denbow, 19 years'
service; Private Henry Stevens, 25 years' service;
Private A. Rackham, 19 years' service; and Private
A. Hickmore, 181 years' service.
Lieut. W. G. T. Stace, Royal Engineers, has bean
ordered to proceed from Chatham to Plymouth, to
assist in superintending the erection of the new de-
fences on that part of the coast.

Yesterday Major-Gen. R. Rumley, the Inspector-
General of Infantry, commenced his half-yearly in-
spection of the battalions of infantry at Chatham.
In the morning the depots composing the Ist batta•
lion, under the command of Col. H. Jervis, consist-
ing of the Ist and 2d battalions 'of the 4th (King's
Own), 35th, 43d (Light Infantry), 77th, and 94th
Regiments, were drawn up in heavy marching
order on the general parade•ground, from which
the proceeded to the inner lines. On arriving on
the ground Major-Gen. Rumley, who was accompa-
nied by some members of the garrison staff, in-
spected each depot, and also examined each man's
kit and accoutrements. The troops were -put
through the manual, platoon, and bayonet exercises,
with a few other mancouvres, after which Major-
Gen. Rumley left the Lines and proceeded to inspect
the books and accounts of each depot. He also as-
sembled the junior officers of regiments and ad-
dressed numerous questions to them respecting their
military duties, to all of which he received very
satisfactory replies. In the afternoon the British
and Indian depots comprising the 2d battalion, in-
cluding the Ist and 2d battalions of the 12th, Ist
and 2d battalions of the 20th, 31st, 62d (Light In-
fantry), and 83d Regiments, were drawn up on their
parade-ground, under the command of Col. R. N.
Phillips, and were also inspected by Major-
Gen. Rumley. Owing to the circumstance of re-
cruiting having been suspended and the depots con-
siderably reduced, the 'battalions at Chatham are
scarcely one-half their former strength. Major-
Gen. Rumley was entertained at dinner last night
by the officers of the Ist and 2d battalions, and this
morning will continue his inspection of the 2d bat-
talion, after which he will inspect the 3d depot bat-
talion at the Hut barracks, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Fairtlough.
The 17th company of the Royal Engineers, under
the command of Lieut. Montague Lambert, which
arrived from Malta in the screw steamer Himalaya,
marched into Chatham last evening, from Ports-
mouth, and joined headquarters. The company
numbers nearly 100 men of all ranks, its strength
having been made up from other companies. The
17th company was relieved at Malta by the 31st
company, under the command of Capt. Fyers, which
left Chatham a few weeks since, The sth company
of Royal Engineers will arrive at Chatham, from
Woolwich, to-day, being relieved at the latter sta-
tion by the 9th company from Aldershott camp,
where it is replaced ;by the 24th company, which
arrived from the Mediterranean in the Himalaya.
A parade of the companies of Royal and Indian
Engineers at headquarters, Chatham, took place at
Brompton barracks 3 esterday, to witness the carry-
ing into effect the sentence of two. district
courts-martial passed on Sappers James Bryan
and James Cordell, Royal Engineers, for desertion
under very aggravated circumstances. The prisoner
Bryan deserted from headquarters five years ago,
and subsequently re-enlisted into the Royal Artil-
lery, on which occasion he defrauded the Govern-
ment of the sum of £5 10s. 6d., his bounty and the
value of his outfit, by falsely stating that he had
never been in her Majesty's service before. The
Court sentenced him to 84 days' imprisonment with
hard labour, and to be placed under stoppages
until the sum of which he defrauded the public was
made good. Cordell, the other prisoner, deserted
several months since, but was not apprehended
until a few days ago, when he was sent up to head-
quarters for trial. The Court also sentenced him
to 84 days' imprisonment, with hard labour. Both
prisoners, after hearing their sentence, were handed
over to a strong escort, and marched to Fort
Clarence military prison, to undergo their punish-
ment.

Intelligence was yesterday received at the head-
quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment,
Chatham, that the 10th company of Royal Engi-
neers had left China for England, and would
shortly arrive.

Yesterday another large party of cavalry and in-
fantry troops, to the number of 70 men of all
ranks, arrived at the invalid establishment, Chat-
ham, from Scotland, the whole of them having been
forwarded to the depot to await their discharge from
the service. The troops, who were in medical charge
of Assist.- S urg, J. M'Letchie, 26th Cameronians,
belongedtothe 2d (Royal North British) Dragoons,
26th Regiment, Ist (Light Infantry), 79th, and 92d
Highlanders. On their arrival at Fort Pitt they
were medically inspected by the staff at that esta-
blishment, when 23 men were admitted into hos-
pital for treatment, and the remainder forwarded to
St. Mary'sbarracks. A detachment of the sth (Royal
Irish) Lancers alsow arrivedfive aotf F
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shott, yesterday, he
ceived into hospital. There are now nearly 600 men I
at the Chatham invalid establishment, waiting the
order for their discharge from the service.
Yesterday seventy non-commissioned officers anal
men of the 2d Dragoons, 26th Cameronians, 71st,
79th, and 92d Highlanders, arrived at Fort Pitt
Hospital, from Aberdeen, the whole of them being
unfit for further service. After they had been me-
dically
23 of their number were admitted
the remainder sent to St. Mary's
invalid 6stablishment,
into hosipnistpael ,e taendd
Messrs. Myers and Son yesterday 'commenced