The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

N al ttaC Intaligence.

Tile steam troop hip Commander Has-
well, e aibaxiei tne, ht-ad-quarteri of the 90th Regt.
alongside' Perini:loan dockyard yesterday amount-
ing to about 900,' making, with her ship's company,
"about 1,100 personi, and dropped out to Spithead,
which she will leave this morning for China. The
troops seemed most comfortably berthed, and sup--
plied with comforts not known to troops employed
in the former China 'war. '
The Boscawen, 70, Capt. Glanville, struck the flag
of Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., last evening at
sunset, and left Spithead since for Plymouth, to be
paid off and re-comtnissioned to carry the flag of Rear
Admiral the Hon.-Sir. F. W. Grey, K. C, 8., on the
Cape of Good Hope station." The Bosca.wen sailed
from Bermuda on the 26th ult., experienced strong
N. W. and W. winds the,whole passage. The Indus,
78, Capt. Stewart, C. 8., flag of Rear-Admiral Sir
Houstou Stewart, K..C.8., arrived out on the 23d
of March. The steam-sloop Basilisk towed the
Boscawen out through the Narrows and proceeded
on for St. Thomas's and the West Indies. The
Boscawen lost two men on the voyage home ; one
fell from aloft on deck, with the exception of Capt.
Glanville, who left her at Portsmouth, and inva-
lided to Hasler.
The depot; of the 37th. Regiment, consisting of 8
sergeants and 50 rank and file, with Brevet-Major
J. R. Heaton, Ensign R. J. Bell, Ensign S.
Hawkes, Ensign F. C. Forbes, and Ensign M. A.
Borthwick, will proceed from the Previsional Bat-
talion, Chatham, this morning to Chichester, for
the purpose.of joining the Depot, Battalion 'under
the command of Colonel C. Eltnhirst.
The Duke •of Cambridge has awarded a silver
medal, with-a gratuity-of Si. to James Byrne, a
private in the 81st Regiment, at Chatham, foriong
and meritorious conduct. . .
The Turkish frigate Geyvan Bahri sailed from
Liverpool for Constantinople on Tuesday, having
.been prevented by the weather from taking her de-
parture on Monday. She fired a royal salute, as she -
passed the Rock Light; in 'honour of the British
flag, a compliment which was retuned by the artil-
lery militia. stationed at the North Fort. Since
the vessel has remained at Liverpool she has lost 4
of her complement of men, who were all buried in
the Necropolis, a Dissenting' burial-ground.
A numerous body of the
.unemployed assembled
yesterday evening in the paper factory. of the Ar-
senal at Woolwich, in order to devise the means (if
possible, by solhiting -contributions froin their com-
rades, who are in the' receipt of' wages) to reduce
the long list, which has been presented to Lord Pan-
inure, =containiug the.names of those who have pe-
titioned Government for the grant of a free passage
to Canada.— A reply was received on Tuesday, in
which his lordship stated, with much commiseration .
for the distress of the men,, that his department has
not the means of complying with their request. A
deputation-immediately went to the residence in
London of General Codrington, • one of the mem-
bers ~
for the borough, but unfortunately the general
was absent from horde. With a little hesitation

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they then proceeded lay their petition before Sir.
B. Hawes, who received them most cordially, sym-
pathising with their distressed position, and advis-
ing them to return to Woolwich and endeavour to
reduce their number: • This was the object of the
meeting la.St evening in the' Royal Arsenal: The
assistance,. however,. which their fellow-labourers
were enabled to render them was very trifling. An
additional 100 are under orders of dismissal from
the carriage department of the Royal Arsenal, who
it is probable may yet be retained through the hu-
mane interference of Col. Tulloch, superintendent of
that branch of the establishment, who has conside-
rately represented to. Government the feasibility of
employing the services of . the entire number now
engaged throughout the ensuing year, and also of
reducing the hours of lab Our. The Colonel con-
siders that in place of granting the afterpart of Sa-
turday as a holiday to the men, if the whole day
were ceded to them a great portion of them, who
are industriously inclined mechanics, would be in-
duced to turn the dap to the 'advantage of their fami-
lies. Since the termination of the Russian war up-
wards of 7,000 men and boys employed in various
capacities have been discharged from the Arsenal
alone. Many of their families are consequently in
a state of utter starvation, and thousands are re-
duced to an inconceivable state of distress. To-
moriow &public meeting (as announced by placards
through the streets of Woolwich) of the ratepayers
and the discharged workmen from the Royal Ar-
senal and-dockyard. will be heldat the Ratepayers'-
hall, to consider and adopt such resolutions as may
be deemed expedient to relieve the painful distress
caused by the late discharge of artisans from the
public establishments in the town. Mr. J. Town-

send, the riewly-elected member for Greenwich, will
occupy the chair.

H.M. screw steam corvette Scout, lately con-
structed in Woolwich dockyard, is now ready to 15e
placed under the hands of riggers, and was yes-
terday removed from 'the fitting basin for that pur•
pose. . .

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- The screw steam storeship Hesper, under fitment
for China, was hauled out of basin at Woolwich yes-
terday, and proceeded down to the river to try her
machinery at the measured mile. She hasbeen sup-
plied with one of Griffithi's patent screw propellers,
which admit of placing the blades in line with the
keel• when not steaming, thereby obviating the
necessity of unshipping the screw, and giving the
vessel the full advantage of sail.
The storeship Buffalo, along the wharf at Wool-
wich, has cleared out her cargo, and prepared for
survey preparatory to being paid off, and laid up
in ordinary.

The Lords of the Admiralty have sanctioned an
exchange of divisions between Captain John B.
Prynne,, of the Woolwich division Royal Marines,
and Captain R. C. Spalding' Plymouth division.
Messrs. Lucas Brothers, having completed the
erection of the gun-factory boring-mills and gas-
work. in Woolwich Arsenal, have handed them
over -Co the charge of the Government officials. The
clock tower, destined to be carried 120 feet in height
and to contain a peal of chime bells, is stayed at
the height of 90 feet, and is to be converted to the
use of a water tower.