The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-15 00:00:00

STEAM VESSELS.

SCREWS.
Guns. Men. 11.-p. Commanders.
Sanspareil 7O 620 400 Captain A. C. Key.
Shannon 51 560 600 Captain W. Peel, C.B.
Tribune
Higbflyer
Pearl
Esk
Niger
Cruizer
Hornet ...
PADDLES.
Encounter l4 181 360 Captain O'Callaghan.
Sampson
Furious lB 220 400 Captain Osborne, C.B.
Fury
Inflexible
Barracouta 6 160 300 Commander Fortescue.
Volcano
(floating fac-
tory)
Cormandel, 5, tender to the flag ship.
SOREW TROOP AND STORE SHIPS.
Himalaya
Transit
Adventure 2 114 400 Commander Lacy.
Assistance 2 114 900 Commander Heath.
Hesper

SCREW GUN VESSELS.
Nimrod. 6 110 180 Commander R. Dew.
Surprise 4 91 2 0 Commander Cresswell.
Cormorant 4 91 200 Commander Saumarez.
Leven 1 40 80 Lieutenant Hudson.
Slaoey 1 40 8) Lieutenant Hoskins.
Algeria° 1 40 80 Lieutenant Forbes.
Lee • 1 40 80 Lieutenant Graham.
Bustard 2 37 6) Lieutenant Collinson.
Forester 2 37 60 Lieut. A. Innes.
Haughty.— 2 37 CO Lieut. R. V. Hamilton.
Opossum 2 37 60 Lieut. C. A. Campbell.
Plover 2 37 60 Lieut. K. Stewart.
Staunch 2 37 60 Lieut. L. Wildman.
Starling 2 37 60 Lieut. A. G Villiers.
Firm 1 37 60 Lieut. B. Nicolas.
Banterer 1 37 60 Lieut. B. Pim.
Clown 1 37 40 Lieut. W. F. Lee.
Kestrel
Drake 1 37 40 Lieut. Arthur.
Janus 1 37 40 Lieut. W. H. Jones.
Watchful 1 37 40 Lieut. Whitshed.
Woodcock
In addition to the above, the screw steamers Sir
C. Forbes and Hong-Kong are hired for navt.l ser-
vice ; and the paddle steamer Auckland, 6, be-
longing to the Indian navy, is on the China sta-
tion.
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Highflyer, 21, screw, as we stated yesterday, ar-
rived at Hong-Kong on the 13th May, with the 4
guu boats Opossum, Plover, Forester, and Haughty,
in convoy—V.le two with which she left England,
and two cast off by the Cruiser, and fallen iii with
at the Cape. The log shows the voyage to have
been accomplished as under :—lndependent steam-
ing (Highflyer and gun boats), 482 miles ;
5,007 ; towing cinder steam, 2,341 ; under sail,
11,635—t0ta1, 19,175 miles.
Tribune arrived at Hong-Kong on the 14th May,
from the Pacific.
Amethyst arrived on the 23d May at Hong-
Kong, from Singapore.

Her Majesty, as we have already stated, on leav
ing Buckingham Palace to-morrow, goes to Alder-
shot, accompanied by the Prince Consort, and will
pass that and the following night at the Royal Pa-
vilion at the camp. Tbere will be a grand review
of. the whole of the troops there on Friday. On
Saturday it is understood that there will be an in-
spection leek), e the Queen departs for Osborne.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, accompanied
by Lieut Cowal, Royal Engitieers, went down to
Woolwich yesterday morning, where he passed up-
wards of three hours in the inspection of the Arsenal,
visiting in succession the foundry, the machine-
making department, Royal. carriage square, store-
houses, &c., and repaired thence to the Royal re-
pository, visiting the rotunda, and was shown the
different exercises used in the Royal Artillery ser-
vice, such as penteoning, rafting, and the use of the
various machines for transporting guns and car-
riages. The young Prince afterwards visited the
Royal Military Academy, and was shown over the
establishment, in the absence of Colonel Wilford,
the governor, by Quartermaster Elliott. His Royal
Highness was taken through the Cadets' workshops,
museum, dining-hall, residing-room, studies, bar-
rack-rooms, gymuasium, racket-tout t, &c. He was
for a considerable time engaged in exawing draw-
ings, in water colours and peucilings, by the pupils
of the institution, and expressed himself extremely
gratified with his visit. Before leaving the enclo-
sure he had the opportunity of wit nes-ing a couple
of rounds of mortar practice over the usual range
of 700 yards. The firing was marked with peculiar
precision, the shells falling thickly around the flag-
staff. The Prince left Woolwich at half-past four,
returning to London over Blackheath.
Orders were yesterday received at Chatham for
the following officers and non-commissioned officers
and men to embark at Grevesencl, in vessels taken
up by the Hon. East India Company, foe the pur-
pose ofjoitting the headquar era of their respective
rt giments in India, viz. :-201 non-commissioned
officers and men of the 27th (Eitniskidens), 52d
(Light Infantry), and 61st Regiments, to embark on
the 18th July on board the Castle Eden, in charge
of Ensign A. Clay, 27th egiment ; Eusign W.
Owen, and Ensign S. L. Pidsley, 52d Regiment ;
and aptain R. C. Dudgeon, 61st Regiment. The
Roman Emperor will t.-tke out 235 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the 27th (Enniskiltens),
Gist and 87th (Royal Irish Fusileers) Regiments,
who are ordered to embark on the 18th of July,
in charge of Major W. F. Ring, 87th Raiment ;
Lieutenant F. E. Gordon, 61st Regiment ; En-
sign A. Dickson, 27th Ritigiment ; and Ensign F.
F. Devereux, 87th Regiment. The Albuera will
embark 40 nea-commissioned officers aid privates
of the 27th Regiment and 212 of the 81st Regi-
ment, with the following officers :—Captain W.
Croker, Lieutenant A. Cottee, and Ensign L. W.
Desboroueln 27th Enniskillens ; Ensign W. H. M.
Jackson and Ensign S. W. Ball, 81st Regiment,
the whole of whom are appointed to leave Graves-
end on Saturday next. On the 21st of July 81
non-commissioned officers and men of the 24th
Regiment, and 320 of the 70th Regiment, will
embark on board the Bombay for Kurrachee with
the following officers :—Colouel A. G. Blaceford,
Captain W. Winniett, Lieutenant W. B. Logan,
and Eusign J. Johnstone, 24th Regiment ; Lieu-
tenant W. T. McGriger and Lieutenant J. W.
Madden, 70th Regiment.
The first portion of the 7th Royal Fusileers em-
barked for India yesterday morning on board the
Sir George Seymour, 850 tons, Captain Nay!or, at
Portsmouth Dockyard. The troops marched to
the jetty from their quarters in first-rate order, and
went on board under the superintendence of Major-
General Breton, Admiral Sir George Seymour,
Assistant-Quartermaster-General Wright, Brigade-
Major Nelson, &c. They are a fine body of men,
and seemed in good spirits at again going on active
service. The draught consisted of 10 sergeants,
213 rank and file, with 16 women and 18 children.
The following are the officers :—Lieutenant-Colo-
nel R. Y. Shipley, Brevet-Major F. E. Apple-
yard, Captain T. W. Marten, Lieutenants H. W.
C. Thurston, C. S. Courtenay, H. E. W. Rum-
bold, M. Watson, and T. J. Foster ; Assistant-
Surgeon T. E. Hale. The ship was towed to
Spithead yesterday afternoon, and will sail this
morning for Kurrachee.
The Surrey freight ship, arrived at Spithead on
Mon lay evening from the Thames, and went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday to be surveyed,
prior to the embarkation of the second portion of
the 88th Connaught Rangers for India this day.
They will sail to-morrow for Calcutta.
The mayor and corporation and the borough ma-
gis'rates of Portsmouth have voted addresses to
Major-General Breton, Lieut.-Governor of that
garrison, &c., thanking him for his uniform cour-
tesy and attention in commuuicating with the civil
power, regretting his depaeture, and congratulating
him on his succeeding to the more lucrative appoint-
ment of Major-General on the Staff of the Corn-
mander-in-Chief of the Mauritius ; to which the
General has addressed suitable replies.
The Norman Morrison, freight ship, having dis-
embarked the remainder of the 36th Regiment,
whom she brought from Jamaica, and discharged
her transport fittings and stores, sailed from Ports-
mouth on Monday evening for the Thames.
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning smoke was og
served issuing from the hold of the convict hulk

Defence, moored off Woolwich Arsenal, which on
a closer examination was discovered to originate in
the fore part of the ship, where a'sout 200 or 300
tons of co uls were housed for the use of the esta-
blishment. Every part of the huge vessel was soon
filled with smoke, and the whole of the inmates
were hastily removed t o the invalid bulk lying along-
side, called the Unite. Eitlitr from want of ven-
tilation or some other cause the entire body of fuel
had become ignited, it is supposed, from sponta-
neous combustion caused by the confinement of the
gas. The united fire brigades, maintained at the
Royal Arsenal and Dockyar I, under the direction
of Inspectors Thompson and Bud 1, were promptly
in attendance, and powerful efforts were made to
extinguish the fire. It was not, however, extin-
guished for some hours. There is a probability of
the fire having been occasioned by a spark from a
pipe of one of the convicts while picking oakum,
although the regulations of the establishment
strictly forbid the use of tobacco, which regulation,
however, it is said, is relaxed in the case of certain
invalids.