The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-07 00:00:00

THE NAVY'.

The Duke of Somerset, First Lord, accompanied
by Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8.,
Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., and Mr.
Whitbread, MX., Junion Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty ; Lord C. Paget, Secretary of the
Admiralty ; Rear-Admiral Robinson, Surveyor of
the Navy ; and Capt. Moore, Secretary to the First
Lord, leave town this morning by the express train
to make their annual official visit toDevonport and
Plymouth. The official inspection terminates on
Saturday, when the Lords of the Admiralty will
entertain the local naval authorities on board the
Osborne, Admiralty yacht.
Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamvessel An-
telope, 3, commissioned by Lieut. and Commander
John W. Pike, at Woolwich on the Ist December,
1856, having passed four years' commission on the
West Coast of Africa, and subsequently undergone
the necessary repairs at Woolwich, was yesterday
put in commission by Lieut. and Commander Con-
stantine 0. D. Allingham, and reappointed to the
same station.

Commander Allingham has just paid off H.M.S.
Spitfire, which returned from a most successful
cruise on the West Coast of Africa.

The City of Hamilton, transport vessel, chartered
by the Board of Admiralty for the service of the
War Department, sailed yesterday from Woolwich,
laden with 68-pounder guns and other war stores,
for Quebec. _

Yesterday the War Department transport Sebas-
topol, Mr. W. T. Anders, master, arrived at the
Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, from the Royal gun
factory at 'Woolwich, with 13 of the 40-pounder
Armstrong guns on board to be distributed among
the vessels of the steam reserve at that port. The
Sebastopol also brought two of the cast-iron 18-
pounders, together with a number of gun-carriages,
boilers for Fort Military Hospital, and other stores.
The 40-pounder Armstrong guns are to be furnished
to the following steamers at Chatham, each of
which is also to receive a certain number of the-
-100-pounder, 95-pounder, and 12-pounder Arm-
strongs :—Meannee, 81; Rodney, 91 ; Hood, 91 ;
Waterloo, 91 ; Goliath, 81 ; Irresistible, 81 ; Bom-
bay, 81 ; Severn, 51 ; Phaeton, 51 ; Leander, 51 ;
Arethusa, 51, and Cameleon, 17.
The Thames, War Department transport, sailed
from Chatham yesterday with a number of 68 and
32-pounder cast-iron guns on board, which require
certain alterati ns to be effected in them at Wool.
with before they are fit for use.
The paddlewheel steam tender Cuckoo, from
Sheerness, with supernumeraries for the Impreg-
nable, arrived at Plymouth on Monday evening.
The paddlewheel steam yacht Osborne, from
Portsmouth, arrived yesterday at Plymouth, and
was moored off the Devonport Dockyard for the
convenience of the Lords of the Admiralty during
their official visit.

The naval apprentices' brig Nautilus, '6, Lieut.
B. Grant, from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth
yesterday.

Sir R. M. Bromley, K.C.8., Accountant-General
of the Navy, visited the Portsmouth Dockyard yes-
terday for the purpose of finally arranging the sys-
tem upon which the cost or expense of accounts of
building ships and dockyard services are to be pre-
pared and audited in future, under his direction.
Letters received by our Portsmouth correspon-

dent from Halifax speak in high terms of a cour-
ageous and humane act performed by Lieut. Phil-
lips, of her Majesty's ship Nile, who observing,
while: on shore, a man fall overboard from Canard's
--vharf at a time when the steamer was entering the
harbour from Boston, at once threw off his coat,

jumped into the water, and by dint of great exer-
tions, happily saved the man's life.
The barrack quarters occupied by the Royal Ma-
rines at Deptford Dockyard have been condemned,
and it is stated that a new building will shortly be
erected. The Endy mien, 36, screw frigate, recently
laid down at the same yard, is now in a forward
state ; and the Rattler, 17, screw sloop, is nearly
ready for launching.
A large number of chevaux de frise and other
materials of various kinds for the defence of Canada
were yesterday shipped from Woolwich on board the
hired transport Great Britain for Quebec.
For the abstracts given in our impressions of
Monday and yesterday of the services of Sir Bar-
rington Reynold and Sir Thomas Herbert we were
indebted to the Naval Biography of Mr. W. R.
O'Byrne.
Capt. C, Eden, C 8., one of the Junior Lords of
the Admiralty, and Capt. the Hon. C. G. J. B.
Elliot, C,8., have obtained their flag rank by the
recent deaths of Admirals the Hon. Sir F. Pellew
and Sir Barrington Reynolds.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Richmond Moore
has been promoted to the rank of Commander ;
Lieut. G. F. H. Parker, to the Warrior ; Lieut. G.
Clayhills, to the Sanspareil ; Lieut. R. S. Bateman
and Lieut. H. St. V. Jenkings, to the Marlborough,
additional, for disposal ; Dr. Alex. Muirhead, to be
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets,
on the retired list ; Dr. John Cotton, surgeon, to
the Narcissus ; and James Hunter, assist.-surgeon,
to the Curacoa.

THE ARMY.

The East India troopship Caroline Coventry, 888
tons, Captain A. Overbury, belonging to Messrs.
Smith, London, whose arrival at Gravesend from
Kurrachee was briefly reported in The Sun of yes-
terday, disembarked her cavalry, infantry, and ar-
tillery troops at Custom-house Quay, Gravesend,
yesterday morning. The Caroline Coventry sailed
fr.omKurrachea on the 19th March last ; reached
the Cape of Good Hope on the 24th May, where
she was detained until the sth June; sighted St.
Helena and lay to off that island on the 22d; crossed
the line on the 30th of the same month, and first
sighted the Scilly Islands on the 2s+ inst. The
pas-
sage to Gravesend, including detentions, occupied
oc
137 days. The number of troops
who barekued at
Kurrachee was 274 of all ranks, with 41
Light Cavalry,
womenaal and
children, belonging to the 3d Bengal
sth Bengal Light Cavalry, Bengal Artillery, 7171;
(Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards, 7th Hussars
Royal Royal Artillery, 7th (Royal Fusiliers), 24th, 27th,
(Euniskillens), 46th, 51st (King's Own Light Infan-
try),s2d (Light lufan try), 64th, 79th (Highlanders),
81st, 92d (Highlanders), 93d (Highlanders), 94th,
98th, and the 2d battalion Rifle Brigade Regiments.
The troops were in charge of the following officers,
• viz., Capt. H. M. Burns,Lieut. G. C. Ross,and Lieut.
H. B. Church, 24th Regiment ; Ensign E. F. K.
Fortescue, 34th Bengal European Infantry; and in
medical care of Assist.-Surg. M. J. Jones, 72d High-
landers. Lieut. Kitchenham, 2d Bombay Fusileers,
and Mr. and Mrs. 'Miller came home as passengers.
During the voyage four births, two marriages, and
four deaths, occurred on board ; the marriages
having been solemnized by the Rev. T. E. Mere-
dith, 8.A., chaplain of the Royal Navy. When
near the entrance to the Channel on the 28th of
July, the Carolina Coventry encountered a tremend-
ous gale from the south. west, which lasted 48 hours.
On the arrival of the ship at Gravesend the troops
were inspected by Lieut.-Col. De Teissier, from the
invalid establishment, Chatham, when those men
who were found to be convalescent were landed and
sent to join their respective depots. The remainder
were forwarded to Chatham garrison to await their
discharge from the service, four only being ad-
mitted into hospital at Fort Pitt.
The ship Star of the South, Renner, master, dis-
embarked her troops yesterday morning, as fol-
Io wst—Brevet-Major W. J. Chads, commanding;!
Cap". G. S. Knightand V. R I
13:tenn5liZ.p. Gardiner, W. 11. Ashe, and C. H. Sams ;
and
AssisJt Anderson, H. F. Scobell, J. S. Walker.
8 trumpet:oi,, rign. E. Parsonage, 'M.D. ; 16 sergeants,
,16 children, the 64th
220 privates, 15 women,
d6.4tih Engin-lea:, and 24 men of
various corps for
aarge. She afterwards was
towed out of Portsmouth
ioharbour to Spithead,
whence she sailed for
The 33d company
of Capt. ortf.llllBl:tEhngineers, under the
command
Chatham garrison yeaterdpalyaceeviertunf:
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germeolafix,rre,em
vhdehdAibidntehtroe-
shott camp. In the latter
9th company, commanded by
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Th fa 33d company which numbers about 80 non-

commissioned officers and men, will go through a
complete course.of engineering instructions at head-
quarters, after which it will be made up to its proper
complement before embarking for foreign service.
The examination of candidates for direct commis-
sions, before Major-Gen. Knollys, Vice President,
Major-Gen. Portlock, R.E., and Lieut.-Col. Addi-
son, commenced, virtually, yesterday, the first day
being confined to the medical examination, at the
Royal Hospital, Chelsea—English and History be-
ing the subjects selected for examination. There
are about 150 candidates assembled at this compe-
tition, which terminates on Saturday next.