The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-18 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

The depot companies of the sth (Fusiliers), 18th
(Royal Irisb), 33d (Duke of Wellington's), and
114th Reg'inents are ordered to proceed to Chatham
Garrison for the purpose of strengthening the
troops attached to the Provisional battalion. Each
of the depots at Chatham will be formed into two
trompanie4, consisting of 10 sergeants, four drum-
raers, 10 corporals, and 200 privates, with 2 cap-
t tins and 4 subalterns to each, it being theinten-
tion of the authorities at the Horse Guards to keep
a reserve at Chatham of at least 5,000 men, for the
'Purpose of being dranghted to the regiments of the
line serving in the East Indies.
Rlieforeements, to the number of 600 non-com-
missioned officers and men, are to be held in readi-
ness at the Provisional battalion, Chatham, to em-
bark for India at the latter end of the present
month. The number of men of all ranks given by
the depots at Chatham this season for augmenting
the regiments in India has exceeded 5,000, and
there are now upwards of 1,000 troops of the line
at that garrison ready to embark for India when-
ever their services may be required.
First Lieut. F. W Thomas, of the Plymouth divi-
sion of loyal Marine Light Infantry, has been pro-
enote l to be Adjutant, and appointed to the Chat-
ham division, vice Lieut. J. H. Parry, promoted to
be Captain.
Captain J. Vize O'Donnell, 27th Enniskillens,
has been appointed to the command of the depot
compan;e3 of that regiment at Chatham.
On Wednesday the newly formed second batta-
lion of the 2d Queen's Royals, in strength about 300
.men and non-c ,mmissioned officers, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Col. Bruce, left Colchester camp
fur Shorncliffe, where the staff will be completed,
and the training of the men, who are all recruits,
avill be proceeded with. The first battalion remains
in the camp. The enlistment of recruits
continues as actively as ever, and as a
Iroof of readiness to enter the army it may
he mentioned that nearly 500 recruits have
joine 1 the camp within a very short period, chiefly
for the above battalion and for the depots of the
rifle regiments, which are now rapidly filling up.
The agricultural districts have contributed but a
.small proportion to the number of recruits, who are
chiefly enlisted iu the manufacturing towns.
On Wednesday JO officers and 259 rank and file
of the 30th Regiment, which had arrived from
Templemore, proceeded from the Drogheda railway
terminus for Belfast.
Sixteen officers and 166 non-commissioned offi-
cers and men of the Bth Hussars arrived in Dublin
by 'hi 10 a.m. train from Newry for Newbridge:
The inhabitants of Woolwich yesterday evening
eritue3se I the paasaee of a line of vans heavily
laden with timber, and drawn by one of Boydell's
traction engines and endless railway. The engine
is ow which has been purchased by Government
foe use in the Royal Arsenal at 'Woolwich, and
en ado the whole journey from Thetford, in Nor-
folk, drawing a load of timber on four trucks,
the foremost of which contained 11 tons 10
cwt. ; the 2d, 10 tons 10 cwt. ; the 30, 9 tons
10 cwt. ; and the 4th, 7 tons 10 cwt., together with
a van laden with coal, water, &c., the whole load,
including the engine, which weighs about 15 tons,
being 57 tons. The "pattens," or endless railway,
enabled the engine to travel over the uneven and
long line of country roads, soma of which were
sea• ccly passable on account of the late heavy rains,
at the average rate of about four miles an hour, and
on entering Woolwich the speed was far greater.
On arriving at the Dockyard gate the control of the
engine was remarkable, being with its complete load
conveyed with much facility into the interior of the
dockyard, where the timber is to be stored for ship-
building.
Her Majesty's steaintransport Rhadamanthus,
Mater Commander Brown, arrived at Woolwich
yesterday (Thursday) morning, having landed her
late cargo of steam gear and boilers at Devonport.
- The screw steam transport Balaklava, in the ser-
vice of the Military Store Department at Woolwich,
is
receiving 1,500,000 rounds of rifle ammunition,
and 500 tons of military stores, and will shortly
sail th-nice for Queenstown.
The embarcation of Ar;il!ery from Woolwich for
Calc..tta, on board the steam transport Hydaspes
has been again deferred. An order was yesterday
given for the embarcation this morning (Friday)
at 10 a. w.

The Admiralty yacht Osborne, having on board
Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty,
Captain Milne, R.N., arrived in the Mersey on
Wednesday evening, receiving a salute from Her
Majesty's ship Hastings, 60, guardship at that port.
Yes-erday morning Sir Charles Wood, accompanied
by Capt4in Milne, Commodore Eden, of the Coast
guard service, and Captain Bevis, R.N., Admiralty
a :ent at Life- rpool, proceeded in the Cunard steam
tender Satellite to the Royal mail steamship Ai tibia,
lying in the Sl.3rne, ready to sail for New York
on Saturday next. Salutes were fired by the Arabia
and the Hastings. Soon after 9 o'clock the
i tors proceeded to the Cheshire side of the
river, and made a full and careful inspection of
the new ship-building yards, Ops and works of
John Laird and also those of the ifessrs. Clayton
and Wiievesioan and Co. In the first-named
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141 a they unkicuLoa Lim burtiw steamer
Vigo, I,Boos tons ; Bahian% 1,600 ; and the French
screw steamer Arago, 2,000 tons. Several other
large vessel were in process of building. All of
thew. were decorated with flags, and the French
steamer had the English flag at her main. The
visitors returned on board the Satelite and steamed

down the river to the Huskisson dock, being thus
furnished with an opportunity of seeing the new
landing stage-1,000 feet long, which has been
constructed by the corporation for the accommoda-
tion of sea-going steamers from designs of Sir Wm.
Cubitt--the range of docks and the general
ties of the port. They landed at the flwkisson
Dock, and inspect 3d the new battery, the fine en-
gine-works belonging to Messrs. Cunard and
Co., and the new dock works north of the
Hudd,son dock belonging to the earns company.
At this point the party was joined by Mr. C. Turner,
chairman of the dock committee, Mr. Hartley, en-
gineer, and Mr. S. Grime., chairman of the Ship-
uwnerk.' Association. In returning Sir Charles in-
ep et() 1 the new landing stage, and was furnished
wits a further opportunity of inspecting the Che-
shire sideofthe river, of seeing the docksconstriicted
there, with the new dock-works, and of having ex-
plaine 1 to him the main features of the proposed
great scheme for dock extension and its connection
with the railway system. The Lords of the Admiralty
remained on board the Osborne in the river during
the night, and this morning they were to leave for
London by train, the yacht proceeding to Ports-
Mouth.