The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-10 00:00:00

Naval and IYrilital y intelligence.

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the
System of Pu-chase in the Army resumed the'
meetino-a yesterday, at No. 1, Whitehall-Yards
the Duke of Somerset presided, and the othe
commissioners present were Lord Stanley, N1.,11,1
ihe Right Hon. S. Herbert, M.P. ; the 111-g`.
Hon. E. Ellice, M.P. ; General Wyndham, C4'll,l'
Sir Harry Jones, Gen. Henry J. W. BentiocP;
den. Sir De Lacy Evans, and Mr. George Ca..
Glyn. Sir Charles Trevelvan was examined bob°
the commissioners.
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The members of the Council on Military
cation, comprising G neral Cameron, Col. Au, .r
begunson, and Col. Portlock, have begun to hold
eJ
prelimin•iry meetings at No. 1, Whitehall Pr
The gallant officers met again yesterday. .
The Royal Commission on the Medic d Dept
meu't of the army, after a brief adjournment
the holydays, have resumed their sittings St
1, Whitehall-yard. The meeting on MondsY "-t
presided over by the Right Hon. Sidney nerber;
M.P. ; and the other commissioners pre'ent we're,
Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., Sir Henry K. Stor
Dr. Andrew Smith, Sir T. Phillip, Mr. RaY°
M:u tin, and Sir James Clarke. dat
We have advice; from our Malta corresPell„ce-
to the zit h of June, announcing the following Ill"
ments at the port :ra
" The schooner-yacht Falcon arrived from tbe
cuae and Pachino on the 3d, having on board
Earl and Countess Sewers and Sir C. Lindsay
i„ft v
" The Adelaide, screw steam transport, i`
the 26th for Gibraltar, conveying the 47th It °
m mat.
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• Colonel Urquhart, Captains Peel,
and Williams;Lieutenants Law, Stewart,
ore,
more, more, and Plaskett ; EnsLns Thompson, 11ir'00
Kevugh, and Evans ; Assistant-Surgeons •P'l.ll
and Mackay : 4 officers' wives and 4 children, oleo
non-commissioned officers and privates, 28 w°,oo.
and 44 children, of the Ist Royals ; • and Lien the
ants S.rett ma and Stokes, of the 47th, went by are
Australian, screw steam transport, whose del'''.
fen Gibraltar has been alrea ly announced. ifate
"The American schooner Silverkey, with ifl
hY
lie apparatus for raising the sunken ships of wafrooi
the harbour of Sebastopol, arrived at Malta 00
Boston ou the 261 h, and le.t for her destination
the following d y.
" The Colombo, PeninSular and Oriental Croo'
pany's steamqoacket, arrived from Southall? 00
and Gibraltar on the 28th of May, bringing 'rod
Malta Captain Forbes,__ Lieutenants Costeer trod
Moore, and Lord W. Butler ; and from Aletat
dria ajor Porter, Captain the Hon. E. F°re''o;
Captain and Mrs. Walker, Captain and Mrs. Buirie;
and Major Belgrave. This steamer left for ta,
andria on the 31st, at the same time as the 11.8:a- co
belonging to the same company, which arrive vet'
the night of the 30th from Marseilles witll4slt,
land London mails, and had on board for Lira
Captain and Mrs. Williams • and for Alelcalc'tio
Colonel and Mrs. _Napier, Colonel Otter, and
Yule. aria
The Jura, screw steamer, from Alelcall,il°l
bringing the stralian, Calcutta, and China_wii the
and 66 passengers, arrived flora Alexandria oviogi
3d, and left for Southampton on the same
" The Cambria, belonging to the same orarcer
left at the same time for Marseilles, with the
°
land mails for England. Yr°
"The Austrian barque Rodo, bound for Snlod
from Hull, put into Malta on the 30th Of tte
Captain Blaue, the crew, and one passenger °,,tiel4
barque Saturn, of St. John's, New 13r1,13",ai1e6
which, on the 23d of May, when about
to the westward of Sardinia, was deztroyea, bYse
from spontaneous combustion. She was 100:a fa
coals, earthenware, and manufactures, h°o-„01.%
Constantinople and the Danube from Liverr-orla4;
A military review and sham fight on a 5°,r13,01111/
extensive scale, took place on Saturday 0112'. Or
Seat, near Edinburgh, the troops being tivl;eot''
panics of Royal Artillery, cOmmanded by 6,11
Colonel Crofton and Major Craufu d • tbeilt/r
r f
Dragoon Guards, under Lieutenant-Colonal,,--100
hen ; and the 34' h Regiment, under Lieut.-if/01'
Kelly. The reviewing General was ViscotTritAiP
villa, cammanding the forces in North
The troops were put through a series of oPer3oo4l°
The weather being very beautiful, the sPeoos'
attracted an assemblage of about 20,000 Ptere tllhe
At the close the troops passed in review hei',,°
Gen-ral, who expressed his high satisfaeti°,"o,
the manner in which they had conductsa
selves. the
Owing to the large number of invalid trodPt
have recently arrived at the invalid delic)foali
Mary's, Chatham, from India, it has beent.settli
necessary to remove the denots' of the 815 tea
ment and the 93d Highlanders, now (Parte
St. Mary's, to Brompton barracks.
The United States' screw corvette Niagii,sil'
Captain Hudson, has been an object' of It„beeti"
terest since anchoring at Portsmouth, andll $0,"1
inspected by numbers of, critical, profession%f 11l
amateur naval architects, and naval nie!l'age.4l'''
ranks. They agree upon one point-4he /tag
ugliness. Admiral Sir George Seymour annder
visited her on Sunday, and on Monday evenlel
tertained Captain Hudson, First-Lieutenantwpo,
and two other lieutenants, and Chevalier -re Mi
ardo, the. United States' Vice-Consul, at tralli
miralty-house. The alterations of the NiagLio °"t
be efftcted in the harbour, and not in the ljt; 110,
dock. A large body of dockyard artifiee'ilittiri:o
been put upon her to expedite the work of pie
away the stancheons and clearing space beti., late;
make the required room for coiling awal "tie V,'
ruptedly her proportion of the great Atlan 6A.
graph cable. The men are to work front,
until 9 p.m. . toe,
The Adelaide, steam transport, Captain
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning,
ardtal
half days only from Gibraltar, having on v:bol°°,r,
96ila Regiment, consisting of Lieutenant-
E. W. Seovell, Captains F. R. Pierce, ,`" Can°-,
(Mr... Lowry and two children), 3• 1400.
(Mrs. Cannon and two children), and the —6, -;
B. Pakenham ; Lieutenants W. M. Le°s'Whilii
Cumberland, G. H. Cochrane, J. Briggs, J.
and R. D. Douglas ; Ensigns H. M• J. -el
Johnston, and E. J. Scovell ; Adjutantift,
Kirk ; Surgeon, Dr. B. Swift, Mrs. I,.i'irtitciind ,ett'r
three children ; Assistant-Surgeon .11.
Quartermaster P. Sheeran, Mrs. Sheeran -t3rlP,'
children, Paymaster and Mrs. Thompson
children, 764 rank and file, 60 women, 6°,,c-„oteet,js
and six female servants. Also, a dettniffirl
the 47th Regiment, Lieutenant W. C. 0' Pio
iu command, 107 rank and file, three vT0133.-baitll
five children. The Adelaide passed a° jaierno
Maitland off Cape St. Vincent, and Ocit, Cho
colours with the screw ship Braganzafnurej
Ortegau. She went into Portsmouth bar
e
terday afternoon to land the troops, who p-
ro
to Aldershot. Oil, 00
The Princess Charlotte, barrack ship, iv/
G. St. Vincent King, C. 8., is ready t°,;;;Ore
from Portsmouth dockyard and receive
from her hulk. To.
The Melville, hospital ship, Commaliderforts'
lope, was taken out of dock yesterday At
es
mouth. talt to
The screw two-decker Hannibal, 91, 'Y.- dal
into the steam basin at Portsmouth yester
refit.
The Victoria and Albert, Captain 61- "
Joseph Denman, is about taking a Cruise'
said as far as Gibraltar. terPi
The following appointments were made ye ° to
at the Admiralty : loirj•
The Rev. J. U. Campbell, to be e-fiPirlsl,
Pembroke Dockyard ; L. Trafford, 11-I•arr°
watt, to the Boscawen ; William B. T.
paymaster, to the Centurion.
Rood'•

DEATH OF CAPT W. W. EYTON,
Died on Saturday, the 6th inst at Lee°o'sq
Wynne
the seat of his brother, J. Eirt°ll'-d
Capt. W. W. Eyton, who was one of the " 00'
vivora among those who were engaged in tbe„lllifellieph
rable battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21, 1805,r°;010-'
occasion he served as midshipman in the
Capt. FreNeptu(-mantle. ree,o
On the Neptune being pad off, he wa
mended by Capt. Freemantle to the 61"ty
friend, Capt. J. Stewart, of the Seah rse► (if
again engaged in a most spirited action: Leno7'
the following record appears in the uell- to
Magazine of 1811 : frig° 0
" Capt. Jidm Stewart, of the Seabors° dales
acquired immortal honour, by gallantlY ,tig,atfei
aftt r a long and hardly-contested action, ati-Oau,;o
of three Turkish frigates one of which, t,""nerse,
Zaffer, a much larger vessel th 03 the Sea-u— a I'd
took ; another blew up durin the fig" ailbei"
ttoll (Io
n).
iguBoc h
rawaypp
emuchdto spyhuear; t:rtues
pursue
erihmlldiee,gsartah))e.i
iSeteuoat
eln° foosilt 'jtt
continued for severall active semil4,
course. of time he was appointed flag iieutAeli 171
thevss lid'eleptitreydCgilloPadeoEsil,nyactwiPala3ortsmouth, an iiitirooL;
lie was subsPquently first lieutenant bsrecete
Asia, Capt. Hyde Parker, till by reason Of to irj,i
and long-continued ilines3 he was obligeud Oh,
valid. His health being somewhat
still anxious for employment, he entered thtua,
restore() o'cagto
guard service, in which he continued till the _ d
Of 1854, when, worn out with hard work twh
W
ing health, he accepted a retiring pension yet'
rankofmaster and commander.
Yarmouth,ommander where
highly For nip 'l4
he resided at Great 1.4
highly respected.

The mail steam packet Jura, which is cxpecte:i;ter'
in a day or two, has about 300 boxes and bags
and newspapers on board from Australia and low"'

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