The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

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Naval and military Intalli,ger_ce.

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The experiments on board the Admiralty yacht Vivid
(in command of Captain Smethett), for the purpose of
testing
the efficiency and advantage of Mr. Jeffree's
patent smoke-consuming apparatus and fuel economiser,
having been ordered to be attended by the inspecting
officer of steam -machinery attached to Woolwich Dock-
yard, he proceeded to Dover on board the Vivid, fitted
with the apparatus. The operation. during the passage
from Woolwich to Dover was attended with satisfactoly
results. On the vessel's arrival at Dover the command
was handed over to Captain Hammond, whence the
Vivid was despatched the same evening with the night
mails to Ostend. Ta obtain a further co.firmation of
.his esimate the inspector of machinery acoompauied the
Vivid to Ostend and back to Dover, the double voyage
occupying eight linurs and three quart tea only. j The
advantages obtained by the use of the apparatus in
ihe_economy of fuel continued to be fully apparent,
saving from i 0 to 25 per cez t ind its cunsuroption
'of smoke evidently successful, the dense blz:inokg. cloud
usually observed issuing from the chimney ha
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experiment which has been attempted on board any of
The Wye tank steam-vessel has been admitted into the
basin at Woolwich, to return 'stores and prepare for
being paid of:
The stea:n troop-ship Dee, Master Commander Pullen,
from Portsmouth, arrived at Woolwich on Saturday
evening.

The following changes are ordered to take place in the
command of the Royal Artillery forces in Woolwich gar-
ripen :—Col. Hardinge, K. H. of the Military Repoet.
tory, and Second Commandant, is to retire, and to be
succeeded by Col. John Bloomfield, Aide-le-Camp fo
the Queen ; and Col. Wm. C. Anderson is to resign the
command of the batteries to Col. H. G. Teesdale.
Quarttrmaster J. Nicoll, R. Eager, A. Steele, James
White, and C. Dunbar, Royal Artillery, at Woolwich,
are to retire with the honorary titles of captains, on 101.
per day.
Notice of dismissal. was on Saturday given to a large
number of labourers in the departments of Wool•sich
Arsenal, who are to leave at the expiration of 14 days,
This regulation is VI lie con tinned iiiiitiy-SAtiirJay, so AI
to complete the dismissal of the prescribed number
(2,000) intended to be discharged at the end of the finan-
cial-year.

The freightship Nortbfleet has shipped nearly the whole
of her heavy cargo of war stores at Woolwich for China.
The military baggage, bedding, &c., belonging to Lieut.
Anderson and the detachment under his command, who
as well as himself have volunteered for the service, were
shipped on Saturday from Woolwich. pier.
The Hawke, 6Q, Capt. Wilcox, C. 8., left Spithead on
Saturday for Queenstown and the month of the Shan-
non, where she is to be stationed for Coastguard serrice.
She would call at Plymouth.

The name of the Resolute iron screw troopship has
been changed to Adventure.
All the pensioners an I labourers employed in the rig,
ging-house in Portsmouth Dockyard were discharged on
Saturday.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Provo Wm. Parry Wallin,
whose appointment to the command-in-chief of the South.
East Coast of America station we mentioned- a day, or
two ago, will hoist his flag in the America, (0, at Devon.
port, as soon as she is ready, and proceed to the relief of
Rear-Admiral Johnstone, in the Indefatigable, at Rio.
A court-martial assembled on Saturday on board the
flagship Impregnable, 104, in Hamoaze, to try Lieut.
Ross, of the steam sloop Conflict, on charges preferred
by Commander Cochran for negl.:et of duty and for ab-
senting him L-elf without leave. The first charge was
partly, and the second fully proved • and the Court ad-
judged Lieutenant Ross to be severely reprimanded, and
to be placed at the bottom of the list of lieutenants .for
two years,

The steam troopship Megeora, Commander Parlig,
left Plymouth Sound on Friday with troops for the Cape
of Good Hope and Mauritius.
The Indus, 78, Cant_ W. H. Stewart, C. 8., bearing
the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.-C.8.,
sailed from Plymouth Sound for the West Indies on
Saturday.
The steam-sloop Vixen, 6, Commander Mecham, ar-
rived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday from Woolwich.
The screw steam-ship Sanspareil, 71, Captain A. C.
Key, C. 8., steamed into liamoaze, from Plymouth
Sound on Saturday.
The screw steam-frigate Shannon, 51, Captain William
Peel, C. 8., steamed from liautoazo into Plymouth
Sound on Friday.

The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty :---_,

H. Leody and C. G. Harvey, midshipmen, to the Mo-
narch ; C. F. W. Johnson, midshipman, to the Shan-
non ; R. D. Campbell, naval cadet, to the Indu4 ; J.
Chapman, G. A. W. Birch, A. B. Thomas, R. J. F.
Edgcumbe, and W. E. Miller, naval cadets, t) the
Monarch.

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