The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-18 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The following armament is ordered to be fur-
nished to the Leander, 51, 500 horse power, fitting
at Sheerness :—Main deck-8 8-in. 65ewt. guns,
18 32 pounders of 58cwt., and 4 70 pounder Arm-
strong guns. Upper deck-1 100 pounder Arm-
strong pivot gun, 640 pounder Avmstrongs, and
14 32 pounders, each of 45 cwt. The same arma-
ment is ordered to be supplied to the Severn, 51,
the Arethusa, 51, and other screw steamers of that

class.
The Orlando, 51, 1,000 horse power, which is to
be immediately fitted for commission at Portsmouth,
is to have a complement of two officers and 68 men
of the Royal Marines, of which number 19 men are
to be furnished by the artillery branch of the corps.
Sir F. Nicolson, Commodore-Superintendent of
Woolwich dockyard, yesterday received a communi-
cation from the Board of Admiralty, instructing him
to hold in readiness the steam sloop Devastation,

Commander 111‘Crea, for the shipment of the 100

pounder Armstrong guns formerly noticed. In con-
sequence of the crowded state of the Arsenal ship-
ping berth at Woolwich, it is intended to convey
the guns and appurtenances in lighters to be
shipped in the dockyard basin. The telegram re-
ceived yesterday morning announced the destina-
tion of the guns to be some distant foreign station,
which from other information is now believed to be
the British possessions in the Pacific. The Devas-
tation consequently remains in basin, and will be
inspected this morning by the Commodore-Super-
intendent of the yard.
The Stromboli, 6, paddle, Commander Lord El-
phinstone, fitting for service on the coast of North
America, was taken out of the steam basin at Ports-
mouth, and tested her machinery outside the har-
bour, preparatory to being swung for the adjust-

went of her compasses, and declared ready for sea.
The Hannibal, 90, screw, Capt. Farquhar, was
taken into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from Spit-
head, to dismantle and pay off.

The Sutlej, 51, screw, was undocked yesterday
at Portsmouth, and berthed in the steam basin,
where she commenced taking in her armament,
which :will consist of the following calibre and
description of gun:—One 100 pounder Armstrong,
six 40 pounder Armstrongs; 10 8 inch guns ; and
34 56 cwt. 32 pounders, exclusive of boat guns.
It is intended to supply her with six new
naval pattern 70 pounder Armstrongs, in exchange

for the same number of smoothbores, as soon as that
weapon is ready for issue. It is intended to have the
Sutlej ready for commission on Saturday if possible.
The iron tiller for the Warrior, forging in the
smiths' shop of- Portsmouth dockyard, will not be
completed for four days yet. The smiths engaged
upon it have been at work day and night to get it

in a sufficiently forward state to hand over to the
steam factory department to complete its fitting.
Capt. Francis Scott, C. 8., late of the coastguard
ship Colossus, 80, at Portland, appointed to the
command of the new screw steam frigate Orlando,
51, at Plymouth, has received orders from the
Lords of the Admiralty to place the crew on board
immediately.

The Dutch steam sloop of war De Linge, 10,
Commander Vanderbeck, from Zwarteslius for Ba-
tavia, was towed into Dartmouth on Sunday with
her screw out of order.

His Imperial Russian Majesty's screw steam cor-
vette Rynda, 11, Commander Gerkowitch, from
Gravesend on Friday, arrived at Plymouth nn Mon-
a ay. Silo is on a cruino, dud will probably go from
the Sound to Brest.

The screw steam frigate Phoebe, M, was towed
on Monday from the Devonport dockyard to Key-

ham basin, and yesterday was placed in No.l dock
to be coppered up to the load line.
The artisans of the Devonport dockyard continue
busily employed in forwarding the Orlando, the
Phoebe, the Magicienne, the
,Styx, the Satellite,
and the Perseus.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :

Commander—f. L. Strangway to be an Inspecting Com-
mander of Coastguard, vice West, whose period of service

has expired.

Engineer—John Martin to the Investigator.

Second Master—Charles P. Hodges to the Orlando.
Masters' Assistants—Wm. F. Filmer to the Orlando,
Fred. W. Moffatt to ditto, George S. Brodie to the Defence.
Surgeon—Wm. G. Goldin to the Orlando.
Assistant-Surgeon--Benjamin J. LOWEIe (acting) to the
Investigator. _ _ .

Second Assistant •Engineer— Samuel Lloyd (acting) to
she Investigator.

THE ARMY.

Yesterday the Duke of Cambridge inspected the
Ist Battalion of the Grenadier Guards and the 2d
Battalion of Scots Fusileer Guards at the Welling-
ton Barracks, previously to their departure for
Canada to-morrow. They were in undress march-
ing order. After undergoing a minute inspection
of companies they marched past in quick time and
in quarter distance column. At the conclusion of
the proceedings the officers were called forward and
addressed by the Duke. He said that, although
overwhelmed by the irreparable loss sustained by
her Majesty and the nation, he could not allow the
Guards to leave the country without inspecting
them. When it became necessary to send troops
to Canada he was desirous of showing that the
brigade was ready for service at the shortest notice.
It was gratifying to behold two such splendid bat-
talions equipped for embarkation in so short a time.
Everything that foresight could point out had been
executed to secure their health and comfort. It
was impossible to foretell what might happen, but,
if peace should be maintained, he hoped to see them
all return as they went. If war should break out,
he knew that they would do their duty. They
would have to encounter great extremes of cold
and heat in the climate to which they were pro-
ceeding ; but he knew they would set that
example of disregard for privations which
had distinguished them in the Crimea, and
that they would sustain, in other respects, the high
reputation their regiments had already won. 0 wing
to the death of the Prince Consort the band did not
attend, and the inspection was of a very private
character, about 50 spectators only being present,
mostly relatives of the officers.

Gen. Sir J. Y. Scarlett has announced to the au-
thorities of the Royal Military Academy at Wool-
wich that he has been authorised to deliver the
half-yearly prizes to be awarded to the gentlemen
cadets, in the place of his Royal Highness the Gene-
ral Commanding in Chief, who will be unable to at-
tend in consequence of the lamented death of the
Prince Consort. The company paraded in front of
the Academy at 10 this morning.

Capt. T. Walton, four non-commissioned officers,
and 60 privates of the Chatham division of Royal
Marines of Light Infantry were yesterday placed
under orders to proceed from headquarters this
morning to Portsmouth, for embarkation on board
such ships at that port as may be ordered. The men
were medically inspected yesterday at Melville hos-
pital.
A detachment of the Army Hospital Corps, num•
bering 39 non-commissioned officers and men, ar-
rived at Chatham on Monday night from Ports-
mouth, where they disembarked from the Boanerges
sailing transport, which brought home the head-
quarters of the 59th Regiment from the Cape. The
men of the Army Hospital Corps have been doing
duty at the Sanitarium at the Cape, but have been
sent home to be in readiness to embark for any other
station, On the same evening there also arrived a