The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-22 00:00:00

Naval and Military irtelUgence.

The following General Order has been issued :
" Horse Guards, S. W., June 19.
" His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief calls the attention of officers commanding regi-
ments, depots, and depot battalions. to the condition of
their regimental schools.
It is scarcely less essential to the soldier to be able to
read and write and keep his own own accounts than to
be acquainted with his drill. Without these elementary
acquirements no soldier
is capable of profiting by the
instruction giving him in the use of the rifled musket,
his promotion is rendered less probable, and he is de-
prived of the interest and improvement derivable from
the excellent libraries now placed within his reach.
His Royal Highness is pleased to direct that for the
future every soldier, after -being dismissed from drill,
shall attend school as a duty until he is reported upon as
sufficiently advanced in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
" With the concurrence of the Secretary for War, no
fees are to be required for this attendance at school.
" It will be desirable that commanding officers should
so arrange the duties of the men as to give, if possible,
at least four hours' attendance each week to all men of
the above class.
"No man is to be considered eligible for promotion to
corporal, unless in the field, who has not been dismissed
the above class,
" For promotion to the rank of sergeant higher quali-
fications may be expected. It is not intended at present
to lay down an absolute rule on the subject, but the at-
tention of commanding officers is called by his Royal
Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief to the im-
portance of carrying the education of non-commissioned
officers to a higher point than the mere acquisition of the
arts of readiag and writing. With this view it roust be un-
derstood that those men who avail theinsaves most intel-
ligevtly of the means of improvement within their reach
will be generally preferred for promotion, where in re-
spect to conduct and soldierlike bearing, they are eligi-
ble for it, ; and that neglect so to do will be regarded as
a disqualification. It is not, however, intended hereby
to fetter the discretion of commandingofficers in the pro-
motion of men who display conspicuous courage, or show
the tact and moral influence which give non-commissioned
officers weight with their comrades.
"By command of his Royal Highness the General
Commanding in Chief,
"G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General.
An Admiralty order arrived at the head-quarters
of the Chatham division of Royal Marines on Sa-
turday, directing the Colonel-Commandant E. A.
Parker to furnish from the staff at present at head-
quarters 1 lieutenant-colonel, 5 captains, 1 field-
adjutant, and 12 lieutenanto, with the divisional
band and colours, and 438 non-commissioned offi-
cers and men, to form a battalion of Royal Marines
'on tie occasion of her Majesty's presenting the
Victoria Cross to those officers and men nominated
to te7eived that distinction. The detachment of
Marines will proaaed from Chalhain to-morrow
morning, the following being the officers selected, to
accompany the detachment, viz. :—Lieut.-Colonel
G. Elliot, Brevet Major H. Mani', Brevet-
Major G. B. Rodney, Capt. D. Blyth, Capt. E. A.
Wylde, Capt. C. J. Eilis, Adjnta'st U. G. Elliot,
Lieuts. C. L. A. Far mar, C. W. Carrington, J. F.
Hawkey, C. T. Daly, J. M. Lennox, E. Willis, R.
D. Kennicott, H. Wolrige, R. J. Paso )e, H. M.
Kay, and N. F. Way.
On Saturday afternoon upwards of 1,000 officers,
non-commissioned officers, and men, belonging to
the depots of the 24th, 27th (Enuiskillens) 521
(Light Infantry), 61st, 70th, 81st, and 87th (Royal
Irish Fusileers), regiments at ,the Provisional Bat-
talion, Chatham, the whole of whom are under or-
ders t) embark for India, were drawn up on
Chat‘ham lines, for inspection Ly the Commandant
of the Provisional Battalion, Colonel H. Jervis,
previously to their easharcation ou b the East
India Company's vessels at Grave-tend. The man-
oeuvrea were performed in au efficient manner.
The Provi4onal Battalion give upwards of
8,000 troops this season for the regiments serving
in India, the whole of whom will have embarked
before the close of next month. On the recent oc-
casion of the Duke of Cambridge visiting Chatham
garrison his Royal Highness expressed him,elf in
high terms on the appearance and excellent disci-
pline of the troops proceeding to India. The fol-
lowing officers of the above regiments are under
orders to embark wi h the detachments :—Col. A.
C. Blachtord, Captains F. Clark and W. Winniett,
Lieuts. R. H. Traversand W. B. Logan,and Ensign
J. Johnstone, 24th Regiment ; Captains W. Croker
and H. Mitford, Lieut. A. Cottee, Ensigns H. M.
Caine, L. W. Deaborough, H. Dixon, and W.
Clay, 27th Regiment ; Capt. C. P. Heathcote,
Ensigns W. 'Owen and S. L. Pidsley, 52d Light
Infantry ; Lieuts. T. E. Gordon and'W. Wdlcocks,
61st Regiment ; Captain A. J. 0. Rutherford,
Lieutenants W. T. M'Grigor and J. W. Mad-
den, 70th Regiment Ensigns W. H. M. Jackson
aed T. W. Bell, 81st Regiment ; Major W. F.
Ring, Ensigns G. M. Marsden and F. F. Davereux
87th Royal Irish Ftisileers. ,
The Commander-in-Chief has appointed Major-
Genetal H. W. Breton, commanding the south-
. west district, to be Major-General on the Staff of
the Governor and Commander in-Chief of the Mau-
ritius. General Breton's loss will be much felt at
Portsmouth, as Lieut.-Governor of which fortress
be had earned the high respect of all the com-
munity.
Ting screw despatch gun-vessel Vic'or, 6, Com-
mander De Horsey, arrived at Spithead on Satur-
day from the West India station. She left Ber-
muda on the 2d inst., and came home chiefly under
sail. The Intrepid she reports having left Ber-
muda for England ten hours before herself, and the
Pioneer was expected to arrive at Bermuda in about
two days from the time the Victor left, also on her
way to England. Admiral Sir H. Stewart arrived
at Bermuda in the Basilisk on -the Ist inst , at
which date her Majesty's ship Indus, 78, the flag-
ship, was hourly expected from Havannah. The
Atalanta had left f r E.n.a.nd. The Victor has
pioceeded to Sheerness to be paid off. On the 18th
inst., off the Lizard, she exchanged numbers with
the Royal mail steamer Parana, outward bound.
The United States' steam eervette Niagara,
Captain Hudson, having complete 1 tile a'terations
necessary to enable her to stow her portion of the
great Atlantic telegraph cable, left Portsmouth on
Saturday forenoon for Liverpool to ship it.
The paddlewheel steam frig ate Leopold, 18,
Captain Wainwright, fitting at Devonport, to ac-
company the Agamemnon, and assist ire laying
down ti .e telegraph across the Atlantic, is ready for
sea, and will shorly proceed for her destination.
The St. Jean &Acre will be taken out of dock
at Devonport to-morrow.
The paddlewheel steam vessel Pluto, 4, Lieut.-
Commander W. Swinburne, was placed at Devon-
port on Wednesday, to repair damages sustained
near Sierra Leone.
The crew of the screw steamship Exmouth, 91,
Capt. Eyres, were p rid off at Devonport on Satur-
day, and she is placed in the second-class steam re-
serve.

The Melville, 72, hospital ship, Commander
Trollope, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Sa-
turday, and anchored at Spithead.
Rear-Admiral Wallis, the newly-appointed Com-
mander-in-Chief of the squadron on the south-east
coast of America station, returned from leave and
rehoisted his flag on board the Cumberland, 70, at
Spithead, on Saturday, and saluted the Port Ad-
miral.

The Avon steam tender arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday, with men paid off from her Majesty's
ship Exmouth at Devonport. *
Thu Archduke Maximilian of Austria inspected
Vie Great Eastern steamship, under construction at
Millwali, on Saturday morning.
Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Lyra was on
Saturdty, received into basin at Woolwich, to be
fitted for service.
The paddlewheel steamer Vivid, late tender to
the Fisgard,.4as on Saturday hauled out of basin at
Woolwich, and ordered to be docked on Monday.
The paddlewheel steam-sloop Ardent was on Sa-
turday placed under the east shears in the inner
beetle, Woolwich, to have her engines re-shipped,
after thorough repairs in the factory of that yard.
11HThe paddlewheel steam-frigate Firebrand, •at
iolt, is ordered to Deptford yard, to go
'''''N'%h the necessary repair' .3 in the hull. '
do''cktneaTrt the buildings erected in Sheerness
Weettninn sit),Y the eminent firm of Messrs. Rigby, of
testilio,
anclr, stands the new testing-house, for
rl, and cables by hydraulieheressure;
On Friday
t 'steel .at fall a mooring-chain of 3i inches was
hydraulic,pressureo.of
tlviery
r.lcng power —viz., 150 tons
thing worked admirably
to the sattsfactien
e deckyard authorities.
Tie Waterloo, 120, fiac, qu C
p, apt. Lord F. H.. (From the DaPy News.)
Kerr will soon strike the 3 '
Vice Admiral Hon. • Not a few French electors seem disposed to walk
W. Gordon, cornmanderee,alchtf
~ Imirales time expiq • at Sheerness, the into a net stretched for them by their Government.
g",llan' a'. • , , "fe en the 30th inst. - Some mutter that they will not vote fur a candi-
A lett-r recelvect at bbeerues3
doted 10th Manthat :he
sates
the E 1 ft otn Madeira, date unless they are made certain beforehand that
Yacht Emperor, in he will take the oath. A deputation of the electors
tended aS a present to
_.no.n l!tror of J 41,,„,
after c_oali
ee,anto.r_J. apaii, via Sr. lett of the third Arrondissement of Paris have gone so
there. that clay,
far as to wait upcm General Cavaignac, and ask
Helene, Cape of Good Hop ) a lergailere..
hire point blank whether, in the event Of his being
The raddrewbeel stearn-vessel Otter,
.Lient.- elected, be would take it. It is evident that these
"ii tpson, uri _
Commander Certlaud 11.. -, 1
Pol t "el at Merplois entirely misapprehend the immediate
She,rtie s yesterday at 11. :,0 irtml , stuouth. object he electoral movemeet. Independent
at Sheerneas Ea• The screw steam guardship ,
-'n-. cndda testate being brought forward, and electors
bto.gh, has in consequence of Po many
edcontinuousl,t , are called upon to support them, in order to afford
service men chilling their discharge/ 16111 11Titg; the friends of Parliamentary goVcrinneat in France
bills for the entry of le tiling stokers and w0ke:,,r.,".. an opportunity to I renounce in its favour. To
carry on the dotic s r, foiled on board tl:e st,ve . t
"Sure the registering of the greatest possible num-
tilivhious of ve:vele Jae up in thc 1..te,,,, resolve at ber of votes in favour of Parliamentary government
that port. . . : , the best
iknown and most trusted politicaleleadere
Tie CeneEe, 84,-eailieg ship, has been mated at are selected as candidates. The business of tilt,
nlectors is
Sheerness. It, is reported that she will be commis'-' -• to record as many votes as they Poosibly.
aioned daring the present week, and that Real- 1 e,n for thest-candidate4, less for the purpose of
Admiral of the Re& Provo Wiliiam, Parry Wellis ' eeouring their admiF3eion to the C Lf. I t.t.
orps clis a i
will hoist hie flag on b.,,ard of her. [than for the purpose ~
DI- Proving to the Emperor
that a
The s,Tow :3-E.!:'n '',) ,-1, MalaTa, -17, was put, out , and the world Prenclunen hue nt - • 1
o renonnect
1 {.lair attachment; to r ‘ ' • .
of the b sill eI , i..t !ti, ::s on Suttirday, and towe.o - •._ cptcontattve govctument ;
to her mo(•riltBs i,y t lie Al,icatt and Myrtle as all
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