The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

zikVal'aid Military inteiligtiv.

The Royal Artillery Company of Gentlemen Ca-
dets at Woolwiiib, under the command of Captain
O. B. Shakespear, were paraded yesterday morn-
ing under arms in field-day order, in the grounds of
the institution, and were supplied with blank am-
munitionfor the-inspection of the Commandant of
the garrison, Major-General Sir W. F. Williams,
Atter receiving the General Is ith the
usual salute a minute_ inspection of the cadets took
place, which was succeeded ;by the company march-
ing past in slo7_anif• plick t me. They were sub-
segasently, put throggh theonanual-exercise by gen-
tlenlan Cadet. It'ai,!-„•ior the practical class. A
suiee,s,sion of fiiißevolOpnse was then performed
by -0 !Jatt4lipp,*.4.lpv;irarviij,rids of ammunition
were fired a :soldierhepaanuery afterc.which they,
formed upon their original ground; and, again
saluted the General by presenting' arms,. &c.,
the band striking up "God save the Queen."
The battalion was then formed into square,. when
General Sir .W. F. Williams expressed his•appro-
batiOn of the result of his inspection, and assured
the men that their steady efficiency and soldierlike
appearance under arms had exceeded his expecta-
tions. He urged them to persevere in the respec-
tive branches of their meritorious studies, and,
alluding to the calamities in the East, which
evinced a probabilitylhat their professional duties
might be required in a sphere of active service
where rapid promotion would crown their success,
he hoped they would not only by their gentlemanly
deportment and moral conduct prove a comfort to
their parents, but" an honour to their country.
The General, who was accompanied throughout the
inspection by Colonel Wilford, the governor of the
institution, complimented Captain Shakespear and
the officers of the company on their successful
efforts in raising it to its high state of proficiency
under their military training. He &so referred in
terms of high commendation to the soldierly tone
and manner in which Gentleman 'Cadet Rait had
performed his duties, and the correctness with
which Gentleman Cadet Walker acquitted
himself as Adjutant on the field. The Com-
mandant thence proceeded to visit the
barrack-rooms, workshops, reading-room, and
studies, and subsequently attended in the refectory,
where the Cadets were assembled for dinner,-and
expressed himself extremely pleased with the in-
terior arrangements' of the institution, and its ad-
mirable order and neatnes4, which, be remarked, he
would not fail to bring under the favourable consi-
deration of Lord Panmure.

Captain •enrose, of the Wool .vich division of
Royal Marines, proceeded yesterday on recruiting
service to Market Harborougb, L3icestershire, and.
Capt. Davies, also of the Royal Marine Light In-
fantry, was ordered yesterday to York on a similar
service.

The depot of the 92d. Highlanders were to leave
Fort George on Thursday by steamer from Gran-
ton for Stirling. The remainder of the 72d depot
were to leave Fort George at the same time for
Aberdeen, the fort being thereby vacant of troops
excepting invalids of the Artillery in the mean-
time.

The followins, promotions have taken place in
the corps of Royal Marine Light Infantry :—Capt.
F. L. Alexander, of the Chatham • division, has
been appointed to the Artillery companies at Ports-
mouth, vice Captain A. R. Savage, deceased ; First
Lieutenant and Adjutant J. H. Parry, of the
Chatham division, has been promoted lobs Captain,
vice Alexander, and appointed to the same division.
On Thursday morning the head-quarters diVision
of the sth Dragoon Guards, under the command of
Lieut.-Colonel M'Mahon, left Piers-hill barracks,
and commenced their march for Carlisle, proceed-
ing by Galashiels, Hawick, &c. From Carlisle the
regiment will proceed to the port of embarkation
for India. On Thursday afternoon the head-quar-
ters division of the 16th Lancers, under the com-
mand of Lieut.-Colonel Pattie, arrived at Piers-
hill-barracks, having marched the landward part of
the journey from Belfast.
Captain Wright's company of Royal Artillery
arrived at Portsmouth from Alderney yesterday in
the Sylph steam vessel, landed, and proceeded by
railway to Woolwich. A detachment, one company,
.47, leaves Portsmouth this morning for March-
wood, Southampton, to relieve a company of Royal
Artillery ordered for duty in Portsmouth garriso
The camp at Colchester has just been strengthened
by the arrival of the 56 h depot from Pembroke,
under the command of Capt. H. Eccles, the other
officers with the depot being Lieutenants Watson
and Hampton, and Ensigns Buchner and Laver.
Three other depot., under orders to march, aro
daily expected, and these will complete the com-
plement-of Indian regiments expected to occupy
these barracks. The 731 and 77th depots are ready
to start at a moment's notice, their destination
being Jersey ; and the. 2d battalion of the 2,1
Queen's Royals, which has just been formed, un-
der' the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce,
will probably be removed when a sufficient nurnb2r
of recruits has been enlisted. Within a few days
between 60 and 70 strong ablebediel min have
arrived to join the 2d Foot and the Rifle Brigade,
and from all quarters information is brought to the
camp that the enlistment of recruits for the 2d bat-
talion is progressing satisfactorily. Itis no nr thought
that some alteration will take place in the constitu-
tion of the camp. Tile strength of the garrison is
how 2,200 rank and
Messrs. James Baines and Co., the owners of the
clipper ship Lightning which recently sailed from
Gravesend with troops belonging to the Indian
depots at the provisional battalion, Chatham, have
forwarded to the authorities the handsome dona-
tion of 1001. to be distributed among the soldiers'
wives and children who have been left behind at
Chatham. It is to bo hoped that other shipoWners
may ba induced to follow the example of the owners
of the Black Ball line, as considerable destitution
prevails among the families of those Soldieis who
have embarked for India, the highest sum allowed
them by the War-office being Gd. per day, which is
altogether inadequate for the maintenance of a
family of several children.
Orders have been received at Chatham for the
following changes to be made in the medical staff
of officers at that garrison :—Staff Assistant-Sur-
geon Leslie to proceed to Belfast ; Staff Assistant.
Surgeon Elliott to proceeed to Winchester, to join
the depot battalions at that station ; Staff Assistant-
Surgeon M'Grath has gone from Chatham to Dub-
lin for the purpose of joining the 91Ji Regt., under
orders for India ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Sherky
has" received orders to proceed to Canterbury to do
duty with the depot battalion at that station ; Staff
Assistant-Surgeon Neire proceeds to Limerick for
the purpose of being attached to the 2d battalion
of the 31 Buffs, which is about being formed.
A very handsome officer's:sword has been pr.,-;
sented by Col. E. A. Parker, Commandant of the
Chatham Division of Royal Marine Light Infantry,
to Quartermaster J. Lewis, late senor Sergeant-
Major at Chatham, on the occasion of his being
promoted to the rank of Quartermaster of the
Portsmouth division, as a mark of the high esti-
mation in which that officer is held by the Com-
mandant and' the whole of the officers of the Royal
Marines at Chatham.

Admiral Sir G. Seymour, commander-in-chief of
Portsmouth, returned from He visit of inspect'on
to the Channel L-lands in the Black Eagle, Tvraster
Commander John N. Petley, yesterday, and
shortly afterwards hoisted. his fl ig at the main of
the Blenheim, which is now the guard ship in
Portsmouth harbour.

We stated yesterday that the Commander-in-
Chief, Admiral Lord Lyons, G.C.8., with hi 4
squadron, was at .Algiers, sth September. , They
were to leave on the 7th for Port Mahon, and
Malta. Lord Lyons had only three line-of-battle
ships with him—namely, his flag-ship; Royal
Albert, 121, screw; Captain Hon. F. Egerton ;
Princess Royal, 90, screw, Captain G. Giffard,
C.B. ; and Centurion, 80, screw, Captain E. G.
Fanshawe ; and also the Ariel, 9, screw, Com-
mander Manse ; and the Vigilant, 4, screw, Com-
mander Armytage.

Tho Admiralty have ordered the Conqueror, 101,
screw, Captain,ll. Yelverton, C. 8., to return im-
mediately from Dovonport to the Mediterranean.
She left that port on Wednesday. She i.s not even
.to stop to be caulked, lint.: is to taco the materials
with her, and, if absolutely necessary, will put into
Lisbon and get caulked there, and proceed toMalia
with dispatch.

The Victory, 101, Capt. G. H. Seymour, C. B ,
lies been taken into the basin at Portsmouth to be
stripped, prior to a thoroughsurvey and examination
to ascertain whether she is repair-worthy again. The
Port-Admiral, Sir Geo. Seymour, whose flag she
carries, returned from his t ,ur iu the Black Eagle
yesta.day, and hoisted his flag in the Blenheim
screw depot ship of the steam reserve, Captain the
Hon. F. T. Pelham, C.B.
The Chesapeake 50, screw frigate, Capt. IL. B.
Watson, C. 8., tried her speed at • the measured
mile at Stokes Bay yes_tcrday afternoon ; her per-
formance was highly sathfac tory.
The Perdeveratfc,t) steam troop ship, Commander
11I'Donald, went into Portsmouth harbour yester-
day afternoon.

The . Vulcan, 6, iron stmm troop frigate, Com-
mander John Soacombe, went from Portsmouth
harbour to Spithead yesterday and anchored.

The Hydaspes, at Woolw.ich, steam ,vessel, or-
dered to embark 640 off,:ers, non-commissioned
officers, and men of the Royal Artillery for India,
has received hamniOckP, bedding, and provisions
for thc troop?, and-sho is ordered to leave the East
India Docks to morrow for Woolwich Arsenal-pier,
to ship a lar;,,p quantity of ammunition, and the
guns, of tho ficid batteries: The Hydaspes has
been is dry dock) under the liandB of a large num-
.

ber of carpenters and joiners, arid is now fitted up
in an excellent manner. •

The super-heating apparatus invented by Mr.
Ti'eatlierhed has now received a final trial on board
the Dee, paddle steam-vessel, and the result, has
been reported as highly favourable. The advantage
of the invention consists in obtaining a larger
amount ofsteam power with a considerable reduc-
tion in fuel. Previous to the departure from Wool-
wich to Portsmouth on her last trip, one of her
boilers was fitted with the apparatus, for the pur-
pose of testing the precise saving in the consump-
tion of coars. -It appears that by means of the ap-
pavatus the same amount of steam power was ob-
tained with the boiler to which it was affixed,
whilst the amount of coals consumed was less by
12 cwt. in 20 hours as compared with the boiler
riot fitted with the apparatus. It is stated that the
Admiralty will order the invention to be applied
generally in the Royal Navy.
PE)TBROKE DOCKYARD. —The annual visit has
been paid to the Royal Dockyard, at Pembroke, by
the Lords of the Admiralty. The Amphitrite fri-
gate saluted the Osborne, with their lordships on
board, with a salute of 19 guns, and a similar com-
pliment was sent forth from the fortified barracks.
Sir C. Wood and Capt. Milne inspected the works
in progre'ss and the ships in course of building, and
then proceeded to Hobb's Point after which their
lordships received a deputation Lona the Pembroke
Town Council, with regard to an improvement in a
landing-place at the Point. The general muster
of the establishment then took place, and the board
adjourned to the Amphitrite to meet Commodore
Eden, the commandant of the Coast Guard. The
board expressed themselves highly satisfied with
the good order and effic'ency in which everything
was found. ,

The Alban steam vessel, Lieut. the Hon. 'W. B.
de Blaquiera, arrived at Portsmouth at daylight
yesterday morning from Sheerness, and went into
harbour.

The paddlewheel transport Dee, Master-Com. T.
C. Pullen, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from
Plymouth, having conveyed steam machinery, &e.,
for the Western yards.

By the sudden and melancholy death of Vice-
Admiral Hawtayne the following promotions took
place on the flag list :
Vice-Admiral of the White the Hon. W. Gordon
to be Vice-Admiral of the Red.

Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Right Hon. Sir
M. F. F. Berkeley, of the Admiralty, to
be Vice-Admiral of the White.

Rear-Admiral of the Red P. W. P. Wallis, Com-
mander-in-Chief in the South-East Coast of Ame-
rica Station, to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Sir M. Seymour,
K. C. B. , Commander-in. Chief on the Eist India and
China Station, to be Rear-Admiralof the Red.

Rear-Admiral of the Blue T. W. Carter, C. 8.,
to be Rear-Admiral of the White.

His Grace thel3tuke of Northumberland, K. G.,
and Rear Admiral John Carter; become vice
admirals on the reserved half•pay list by seniority.
Captains E. H. Scott (G.S.P.), G. A. Eliott,
and W. Holt (all 1838), to be Rear-Admirals on
the Reserved Half-pay List._

Captain J. J. Tucker, of the Formidable, 84,
and superintendent of the dockyard at Sheerness,
to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue.

Retired Captain J. F. Appleby (Jan. 29, 1838)
becomes rear admiral on the retired list, without
increased pay.
A captain's good service pension, the superin-
tendentship of Sheerness Dockyard, and the com-
mand of Portsmouth ordinary, became vacant by
the above promotions.
The commander-in-chief in the Brazils, Provo
W. Parry Wallace, is now the senior rear-admiral.
Captain John Kingcome (1838) is the senior on
the active list ; Captains Digby Marsh, S. G.
Fremantle, John Washington, and E. P. Halsted
(1842), are now of the senior list ; and Captains T.
Fisher, J. C. Caffin, C. 8., R. Tyron, and W.
Clark (1847), come within the 12s. 6d. half-pay
list.