The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-17 00:00:00

TILE NAVY.

Letters received by our Portsmouth correspon-
dent from Hongkong, dated June 27, say
have here the Imperieuse Pearl, Scout, Simoom,
Sphinx, and several gunboats. The Sphinx sails
in a few days to the chartered steam transport
Lemon with invalids for England as far as Singa-
pore, and then returns here. The Admiral goes to
Japan on the Bth proximo. The Simoom arrived
to-day, after a quick passage to Penang and Madras
with native troops, and back. She goes to Pecheli
in a few days with stores and previsions. She is
nearly five years in commission, and has done much
good service. The Urgent is expected from India
in about three weeks. She also goes north:"
The Osborne paddle yacht, Master-Commander
G. K. Bower, passed Spithead yesterday morning
from Cowes, with the Crown Prince and Princess
of Prussia on board, en route for Berlin.

!The experiment al practice from the Armstrong
gun upon Mr. Jones's target at Portsmouth, ordered
to take place yesterday, has been postponed until
Monday or Tuesday next.
By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty a
number of the labourers employed at Chatham
Dockyard have been selected to be employed as
hammermen for the Achilles, 50. Several hundred
shipwrights have also memorialised the Admiralty
to be employed in the construction of the new iron
steamer, and their lordships have given directions
for such as are found competent to be taken on' in
that department.
Among many other alterations and additions to
Portsmouth Dockyard, the result of the Admiralty
visit, the bed of the basin is to be excavated to an
additional depth of four feet, commencing at some
20 feet from the sides, and a shed over No. 3 dock
is to be removed so as to take in ships with their
masts in position. It is also stated to be their
Lordships' intention to introduced the half-holiday
movement into this dockyard at an early date,
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Adolphus De G. Sutton,
master, to the Gannet ; Thos. Pounds, master, to
the Asia for the Medea; Ettrick W. Creak, second
master, to the Liffey ; Francis H. Boys, master's
assist., to the Antelope; Lewis J. W. Thomas,
master's assist., to the Geyser; Richard R. A.
Richards, assist.-paymaster, to the Centurion ; and /
Edward B. Nettleton, clerk, to the Virago.

THE ARMY.

Charles XV., King of Sweden and Norway, and
Prince Oscar, the King's brother, attended by Lord
Harris and Col. the Hon. A. Hood, Equerries in
Waiting on the Prince Consort, yesterday visited
Woolwich garrison and Arsenal. The King and
Prince's personal attendants consisted of Genertl
de Bildt, the Baron Beck Frus, Baron Silferscbiod,
Commodore Haffner, Mr. Duncker, civil engineer,
and Capt. Afzelius.
In consequence of the want of sufficient accommo-
dation at Chatham for the Royal Artillery intended
to be quartered at that garrison, the Duke of Cam-
bridge has decided that only one battery of Field
Artillery shall be removed to that station until
increased accommodation shall have been furnished,
either by the troops evacuating existing quarters, or
by the erection of new buildings. The removal of a
portion of No. 8 battery of the 9th brigade from
Newbridge to Chatham has accordingly been coun-
termanded, and the battery which will occupy the
quarters prepared for the Royal Artillery at B romp-
ton Barracks will be the 4th, belonging to the 9th
brigade, now stationed at Athlone.

The 31st and 33d companies of Royal Engineers,
attached to headquarters, Chatham, have been filled
up to their proper compliment of 100 non commis-
sioned officers and men each, from the companies at
Brompton, the men selected being all skilled mecha-
nics. Both companies have been placed under orders
for foreign service, and according to present ar-
rangements will proceed to Bermuda and the Medi-
terranean.
Yesterday a notification was issued from the office
of the Deputy-Adjutant-General, Horse Guards,
announcing that under the new regulations recently
adopted in the corps of Royal Engineers, two in-
structors in fortifications and two instructors in
military drawing are required at the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich. Officers of the Royal Engi-
neers, under the rank of first captain, who may be
desirous of becoming candidates, are required to
forward their applications to Colonel F. A. Yorke,
Royal Engineers, Inspector of Studies, at the Aca-
demy.
Yesterday the first portion of the depot of the
73d Regt., numbering 167 privates, left Chatham
garrison, and proceeded by railway to Portsmouth,
whence they will be forwarded by steam to Ply-
mouth to await the arrival of the headquarters now
on the passage home from India. The following
officers of the 73d left Chatham yesterday with the
detachment :—Capt. G. J. Burne, Capt. F. Reeve,
Ensign J. P. Clarke, and Ensign J. Fergusson-
Ensign G. S. Holroyd, who is at Hythe, and En-
sign P. T. Foley, on leave, are ordered to join at
Plymouth. The depot of the 73d which remains
at Chatham numbers about 100 men of all ranks.
Lieut. Pritchard, of the Royal Engineers, has
arrived at Colchester Camp and been attached to
the department of Engineers for the Eastern Dis-
trict, now under the commandß whoof has Cap receivedtai n n
Clarke,a
e
R.E., vice Col. Hadden, •
appointment in Ceylon.
Tho detachments forwarded from the Indian
depots in Colchister Camp to the service companies
of their regiments at home and abroad have reduced
the strength of the camp to a smaller number than
at any period during the occupation of the camp by
the Indian depots.
The following officers are now absent from duty
on leave, chiefly through illness :—Staff-Surgeon
t ar int
Lewins. 9th Battalion ; Lieut. Newton, 34th Foot ;
Capt. Raymond, Lieut. O'Neill, and Ensign Bu
p
44th Regiment; Capt. Saunders, 34th Regiment ;
Lieut. Seagrim, Ist Battalion, Ist Royals; ca
Thomson, 54th Regiment; and Lieut. Buchanan,
88th Foot.
The Megvgra, screw troopship, Commander
Henderson, embarked yesterday at Portsmouth
Dockyard a part of the 73d Regiment and a
number of naval supernumeraries for conveyance to
Devonport, the former to be stationed in Plymouth
garrison, and the latter to proceed on board
her Majesty's ship Sanspareil for conveyance to the