The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-03 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Earl of Carlisle has appointed Lieut. Mar-
shall, of the 2d Life Guards, now extra aide-de-
camp, to be aide-de-camp, vice Fitzroy, resigned.
The late Major Perrin, of the 90th Light Infan-
try, whose name is returned in the list of killed in
the advance upon Lucknow, was the son of Mr.
Justice Perrin, one of the judges of the Irish
Queen's Bench. The gallant officer served with
considerable distinction in the Crimea, the 90th
having bean engaged in the closing open aliens of
the siege of Sebastopol.
The following appointments have taken place in
the corps of Royal Marines, dated Nov. 30, 1857,
viz. :—Capt. H. A. M`Kallum, on recruiting ser-
vice at Yeovil, to be Barrackmaster of the Ports-
mouth division, vice Moore, retired ; and Capt. H.
H. M'Carthy, of the Woolwich division, to be
Barrackmaster, vice Capt. Little, retired. The
above-named officers have been removed to the
half-pay list accordingly.
The Ist Fermoy Battalion left Cork Barracks on
Tuesday morning, under command of Major Doug-
las. They include detachments of the 14th, 28th,
and 11th depots ; four companies attached.
The 69th depot arrived in Cork on Sunday and
proceeded next morning to Fermoy to form a Bom-
bay battalion.
Sir J. Alexander, in command of the Ist Fermoy
battalion, is on leave of absence in Scotland ; in his
absence the command devolves on Major Douglas.
Col. Moore is to have the command of the Bom-
bay battalion in Fermoy. Fermoy garrison will
include 19 depots, including the Bombay battalion.
The only regiments now stationed in Cork are
the Royal Elthorue Militia (930 strong) and a
troop of the 3d Light Dragoons under the command
of Captain Hawked.
Her Majesty's steamer Cuckoo, 3, Lieutenant-
Commander A. G. E. Murray, has met with a seri-
ous accident at Chatham, which it is feared will
render her totally unfit for further service. The
Cuckoo steamed up frum Sheerness to Chatham on
Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of embark-
ing a large party of Marines for the Renown, 91—
the trl/4.ops going on hoard from the news stairs, in-
stead of embarking from the dockyard, as is usually
the case. The tide at the time was fast ebbing, and
the embarkation of the Marines and their baggage
having been completed the Cuckoo proceeded to
steam out into the river. The force of the current,
however, carried the steamer towards the Gun-
wharf, where she ran aground, and notwithstand-
ing all the efforts of her crew to get her off she be-
came totally unmanageable, and settled down in
the mud with her stem towards the middle of the
river. In this position she remained until the tide
rose, which washed compl stely over her, the whole
of the steamer, with the exception of a portion of
her stern, being several feet under water. Imme-
diately after the accident occurred the troops
managed to get on shore at the Gun-wharf, and the
baggage, much of which was damaged, was removed
and placed on board the Arctic ship Resolute.
Yesterday morning efforts were made to raise the
Cuckoo by means of lighters, but without success,
as she had settled clown deep in the mud and was
filled with water. During the whole of yesterday
a large number of shipwrights and labourers from
the dockyard were busily engaged in clearing her
and st ripping away her rigging previously to another
attempt being made to raise her. Several addi-
tional lighters have also been moored alongside, and
every effort was to have been made to float her last
night on the rising of the tide. The Marines were
yesterday forwarded to Sheerness by the Lizard
steamer.

The Coleosus, 80, screw steamer, arrived at Chat-
ham yesterday afternoon from S! eerne&s in tow of
the African and Lizard steamers, and was taken
into dock for the purpose of being overhauled and
made ready for sea.
The Persian, 12-gun. sloop, Commander John H.
Chads, had her compasses adjusted yesterday at
Sheerness.

A number of nou-commissioned officers of the
battalions of Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, have
been permitted to volunteer for service iu the G
and R troops of Horse Artillery now about to be
embo lied under the command of Major Newton
and Major Arbuthnot. An inspection as to aunts
for service was on Tuesday held in the barrack-
square by Cul. Maude, in command of the corps,
when a selection was made of a sufficient number
of those grades for the two troops, which are to to
composed of the newly raised recruits at present
undergoing a regular course of drill.
The 6-gun steam sloop Barracouta, recently ar-
rived from the East Indies and China, is ordered
to Woolwich to be refitted for serv:ce.

AQUATICS.

GREAT SCULLERS' MATCH.

A. very interesting smilers' match, upon which a large
sum of money had been laid out, took place yesterday,
b,tween Stephen Salter and George Drouett, both very
promising young men, who have earned considerable re-
putation in previous matches on the Thames. The race
was for 601, and the distance from Putney to Mort-
lake, with tide. A steamer was engaged to accompany
the men, and, owing to the interest the event excited, a
great many aqua'ic amateurs and others were present,
the weather being very inviting, although unseasonable.
Salter had the choice of station, but his opponent was
tlie favourite at 6 to 4. The start was well taken by
both at the same moment, bit Salter immediately led ;
and although he retained that posiTion for above a mile
and a-'ball, the race was so severe, and the men so evenly
matched, that he never possessed more than a clear
lsrgth's advance, and again and again his opponent was
arly up to his scull, ; but, by the most ex.rsordinary
opponent, and, of course,
rowint', he held his advantage till near Hatnniersmith-
bridge, when, at the most exciting part of the race, and
tahhee
be
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gwe sbeltioffiuceut
tl difficult
fouled gayli who o would be first through
lost the race. The men rowed the remainder of the dis-
tance, Drouett cooling in first by a few yards ; but the
event was over at the moment the foul was claimed by
Salter's umpire, of which he was made aware, and which,
together with the pause that occurred in his rowing at
the time of the culiision, might have had some influence
over his subsequent position.

THE OUTWARD WEST INDIA, MAILS —The Royal
Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato, Captain Woolley,
left Sent' amptoo yesterday, with the usual West India
ICO passengers, a full cargo, specie of the value of
2,7001., and jewellery 14,0001. Among the passengers
are Mr and Agri. Rothschild and three daughters.
STEAM TO NEW YORK.—The Vanderbilt steam-ship
North Star, Capt. LA'ebre, 11ft Southampton yesterday
with the Eoglish, French, and German malts, for the
United States, 98 passengers, and a fag cargo.
NEW POST-OFFICE AT EDINBURGH.—Notices have
been published to the effect that the Board of Works
intend to app'y to Parliament for power to purchase the
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, and other buildings situate
in Shakspeare-square, for the erection of a new p, a -
office. The pies nt post-office, though not much shove
30 years old, has of late years been found much too
small for the great increase of business. It is built on a
corner of the Calton rock, and extensions of the building
have been carried to its verge, bat it is still found to give
inadequate accommodation. The theatre to be removed
is one of the oldest buildings in the new town of Edin-
burgh. The new post-office will stand vis-a-vis with the
General Register House, and will be in the very centre
of business in the city.
DESTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSIVE WORSTED MILL.--
A large factory; the property of Messrs. W. and H.
Foster, worsted spinners and stuff manufacturers, at the
moorland village of Denholme, between Bradford and
Halifax, in the West Riding of Yoi kehire, was destroyed
by fire on Saturday last. The building, which was situ-
ated at the base of a bill close to the high read,
between Halifax and Keigbley, was 150 feet long, 42
feet broad, and four stories high, exclusive of the
attic. The fire broke out a few minutes before six
o'clock on Saturday morning, just as the workpeople,
nearly 900 in number, were about to commence work.
The mill was lighted throughout with gas, and the
firs was first discovered in the attic. Some of the work-
men on proceeding to that room found one of the
twisting-frames in a Mee', and one of them ran for a
bucket of water to put out the fire, but the flemes quickly
extended from frame to frame, until the whole were
one mass of fire. Great efforts were nale by the work-
men—for there was plenty of water in the reservoirs
on the premises—to check the progress of the con-
fiagration, and steam valves, which were supplied to
every room for the purpose of extinguishing fire, were
opened ; but alt was in vain. The fire was commuin-
cated from room to room, and by half-past seven—long
before which the roof had fallen in—the whole building
was enveloped in ono huge sheet of fire, which lighted up
the surrounding hills fur many miles,
and presented a
spectacle of terrible grandeur. Five engines from
Halifax and Queeushead reached the spot about half-
past 7, but they were of comparatively little use,
The fire went on in uncontrollable fury, and by 9 o'clock
the building was reduced to a mere shell, with stores,
machinery, charred woodwork, and other contents of the
factory lying in a smouldering heap at the bottom. The
engine-house connected with the mill was saved, as were
also a large building; nearly a lj Ailing the one destroyed,
called " the new mill," and some warehou:es well stocked
with wool, tops, pieces, gc.f.. The origin of the fire has
not been arc-rtamed, but it is supposed to have been in
some way connected with the gas with which the mil.
was lighted. The lass is estimated at. 20,0001., a large
p..rtion of wh'cb, however, is c Ivor( d
in _by insurances—
namely, the Scottish Union, 5 50C/ ; Royal, 4,5001.;
ffeity, 3 750/. ; West of England, 2.0001.; Leeds and
Yorkshire, LOCO/. ; total, 17,7501. The mill, contrary
to many in the worsted district, was working fu'l time,
and at least 600 hands bare been thrown out of employ-
ment by the coeflieration. o.her 300; chiefly wool-
ceme?bers, will Fobably get work through hlessre. Foster,
giving their woik out on commission. " The new mill,"
to which allusion is made above, will probably be ready
in about six we. he, and' then the whole or nearly the
whole of the hands now out of employ
will again
to work. Mes rs. Foster make large quantities o
" laetings,” a kit of goods the manufacture of which
is usually hueieet ia, the months of November, Decem•
bet-, and January. Hence the reason why the mill was
working full time. setf