The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-03 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

The Cumberland, 72, sailing two-decker, Capt.
J. B. Dickson, flag of Rear-Admiral P. W.P.
, Commander-in-Chief for the South East Coast
of America Station, arrived at Spithead yesterday
morning from Sheerness. In crossing the Channel
she fell in with the Admiralty yacht Osborne, hav-
ing the Grand Duke Constantine on board, and,
although under a press of sail before the wind, she
took all in, rounded to, and fired a Royal salute.
General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, G.C.8., RE., In-
spector-General of Fortifications, accompanied by
Sir F. Head, paid a visit to the head-quarters of
the Royal Engineers at Chatham yesterday fpr the
purpose of inspecting the new buildings for the
married men of the Royal Engineers and
the stables for the engineer train which have
recently been erected, together with the field-
works which are now being carried on by the troops.
The visit of Sir Francis Head to Chatham is under-
stood to be for the purpose of making arrange-
ments for instructing the men of the mounted A
troop of the Royal Engineer Train in the use of
the lasso, in order that they may be acquainted
with it previously to embarking for foreign service.
The annual inspection of the Royal Marine
Light Infantry will take place this morning on
Chatham Lines by Major-General Lord Rokeby.
Captain Pigou's company of the 2d battalion
Royal Artillery assembled yesterday in the mortar
battery on Woolwich-common and practised shell
firing over a flight of 800 yards. The result of the
firing was successful, some of the shells alighting
in close proximity to the target, while the widest
range did not exceed 40 feet.
Admiralty instructions were yesterday issued to
Capt. Nocidall, in command of her Majesty's screw
steamship Agamemnon, cancelling her recent order
to proceed to Birkenhead, and directing that the for-
mer order to ship the Transatlantic cable from East
Greenwich shall hold good. The United States'
ship Niagara having been inspected by Mr. Dallas,
the American Minister, it wss decided that the ne-
cessary arrangements should he entered into by the
shipwright department of the dockyard, so as to
adapt that vessel for the reception and transport of
her intended portion of the electric cable from
Liverpool.
Colonel Brown, commandant of the Royal Ma-
rine force at Woolwich, has received notice from
the Admiralty that their Lordships have decided
on granting to sergeants of the Marine corps the
good-conduct pay, on an equal ratio with the ser-
geants of the Royal Artillery, the regulation to date
'from April 1, 1857.
The Archer, 14, Captain Heathcote, left Spit-
head yesterday for the eastward to be paid off. She
sailed from Greytown April the 15th, and Port
Royal the 27th, and had an excellent run from that
station, with strong westerly winds. She brought
home six naval invalids from the West India squa-
dron.
The Mariner, 12, sailing sloop, Corn. Palliser,
left Spithead yesterday for the eastward to be paid
off. She arrived on the previous day from the
West India station ; sailed from Port Royal March
19th ; arrived at Real Bay, Greytown, March 24th,
sailed 26th ; arrived at Havannah April Bth, sailed
18th ; arrived at Nassau, Now Providence, on the
22nd, sailed 28th ; made the Land's End May 2oth .
She brought home a mail from Nassau, and 34 mien
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from her Majesty's ship Orion, late f t
perieuse. She has been nearly tlherteeony
leyoars in com-
four men,
mission, during which time she
one only of whom died of yel ow fsever, three from
accidents. Since she left England she sailed over
52,091 miles of ocean.
Captain Eyres, C. 8., the
The- Exmouth, 91,
Colossus, 81, Captaitn. Thompson, and the Brisk,
Cuir.rse,ill.i.ave left Spithead for De-
-14, Commander
„ and the Eurydice, 28,
vonport, to b© pa
Capt. Tarleton, C. 8., and the Malacca, 17, Capt.
have proceeded to Sheerness to he paid
Farquhar,
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off.
The Volcano steam-vessel (floating smithery),
Master Commander Hockley, will sail from Spit-
head this clay for China.
The Brune, 2, paddlewheel vessel, tender to the
Vesuvius, arrived at Spithead from Sheerness
yesterday.
The Wellesley Indiaman, 1,150 tons, Captain
Smith, embarked her passengers at Spithead on
Monday evening, and sailed subsequently for
Madras and Calcutta, calling at the Mauritius.
The Hastings, GO, screw blocksbip, Captain
Mends, C. 8., went out of Harbour to Spithead
yesterday, and after trying her speed returned and
anchored.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
C. C. Hassan, E. B. H. Bevan, and G. G. Web-
, bey, midshipmen, to the Cordelia ; Henry Freeling
and W. S. Bailey, midshipmen, to the Cumber-
land C. R. K. sin h, mideibipman, to the Corn-
waLlis.