The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-11 00:00:00

.THE NAVY.

According to present arrangements it is expected
that H R.H. Prince Alfred will leave England for
Halifax about the 20th inst., to rejoin his ship, the
St. George, on the conclusion of his leave of absence.
The Handy, 2, screw, 40-horse power, nominal,
Lieut. Commander J. H. Glover, fitting at Ports-
mouth for service as tender to the Arrogant, 40,
screw, flag of Commodore Edmonstone, on the West
Coast of Africa station, was masted at Portsmouth
dockyard yesterday. She is fitted with ventilating
tubes and slides (on the plan suggested by the ven-
tilating committee, now holding their meetings and
consultations on the best mode to be devised for
ventilating her Majesty's ships) and which, from
their simplicity and apparent freedom of action, are
expected to prove a great success.
The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. John Sec-
combe, is ordered to take in alongside Portsmouth
yard 900 tons, preparatory to further troop service.

The Shannon, 51, screw,•steamed out of Ports-
mouth harbour yesterday, under command of Capt.
H. Broadhead, commanding the reserve at this port,
and tested her machinery in Stokes Bay, return lag
again to the harbour at the close of the trial, every-
thing working satisfactorily.
Her Majesty's steam storeship Supply, Master-
Commander Balliston, sailed yesterday from Wool-
wich to be adjusted at Greenhithe, for Malta. Her
cargo consists of victualling and general naval stores.
The screw steamship Renown, 89, Capt. Arthur
Forbes, from the Mediterranean, which arrived on
Monday morning in Plymouth Sound, received
orders in the afternoon to proceed to Spithead.
Yesterday morning those orders were counter-
manded. She will go up Hamoaze, where her crew
will be paid off. The Renown will then be placed
in the third division of the steam reserve.

The paddlewheel steam sloop Firebrand, 6, Com-
mander J. M. Bruce, the crew of which have suf-
fered so fatally in the West Indies from yellow
fever, arrived yesterday-in Plymouth Sound. She
left Halifax Aug. 22, and on the 29th encountered
a gale, in which her mainyard aLd one lower deck
port were carried away. The Firebrand lost alto-
gether by yellow fever one assist.-paymaster, two
assist.-engineers, a boatswain, and 47 petty officers
and seamen. The crew are now in good health. In
Halifax harbour a gunner fell overboard, and was
unfortunately drowned. She brings home 16 in-
valids, including Assist.-Surgeon C. L. Cunningham,
of the gunboat Steady, 5; Sub-Lieut. W. M. Mor-
gan, Nile, 90; and Mr. J. Brown, engineer of the
floating battery Terror, 16, at Bermuda. The Fire-
brand left at Halifax the screw steamship Nile, 90,
Capt. E. K. Barnard, flag of Rear-Admiral Alex.
Milne ; the screw steamship St. George, 86, Capt.
the Hon. F. Egerton ; the screw steam frigate Dia-
dem, 32, Capt. J. H. Cockburn ; the screw steam
gunvessel Steady, 5, Commander H. D. Grant, which
arrived on the 22d Aug.; the paddlewheel steam
sloop Spiteful, 6, Commander C. F. Wilson; and a
French squadron, consisting of the Admiral's ship
Bellone, two frigates and a gunboat. Up to the
time of the departure of the Firebrand the Spite-
ful's loss by yellow fever amounted to 24 deaths.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—E. T. Ryan, assist.-surg.,
additional, to the Nile ; H. J. L. Turnbull, midship-
man, to the Trafalgar. W. A. Beckles, C. T.
13ewieke, A. Dalgesh, and J. B. Pulford have been
nominated to naval cadetships.
The following young gentlemen passed as naval
cadets in the order given at the September examina-
tion at the Royal College, Portsmouth, W. A.
Kingscote, W. N. Hood, W. F. Roch, W. N. Diggle,
G. J. Bower, W. A. D. Acland, L. S. Dawson, E.
W. Hodgkinson, C. S. Donner, E. A. W. West, G.
Izat, H. S. Gough, M. Squire, G. A. Holt, A. Cook,
A. E. M'Murdo, J. S. L. Long, E. J. Pretyman, H.
Wilkinson, A. Pigott, A. W. Cox, G. L. Langley,
J. H. Innes, A. R. H. M. Maxwell, L. A. Parkinson,
H. G. Ratcliffe, T. H. Sumpkins, T. B. Howard, 0.
H. H. Bentley, ,W. H. Winter, J. B. Darley, F. C.
T. Bosanquet, W. L. H. Browne, H. C. Carre, C
H. Wright, M. Gladstone, W. J. Smyth, E. R. F•
Kitson, R. Mackworth, A. F. M. Leaver, F. L. W.
Coxwell-Rogers, H. M. K. Hamilton, F. Reed, and
C. R. Craigie.
The following are the names of those wl.io2pas_se,..d.
for master's assistants ;-1. C. M. Dobson,.

4q

•
'timer; 1. G. Swainnon ; 2. F.
Bryant; 4. H. C. Owen ; 5. J.
.Parlane; 7. R. T. Hodges; S.
. Hendon...3a ; 2. W. Pearce ; 3.
J. Tozer.

THE ARMY.

The anne:zed General order, issued by the Com-
mauder-in-Chief in India, and published there on
the embarkation of N 0.3 battery 14th brigade Royal
Artillery for Eng,latd (now arrived at Woolwich),
was yesterday read on parade to the battery by
Gen. Sir R. Dacres, commanding the garrison :
" Head-quarters, Calcutta, March is.
"The 3d battery 14th Brigade Royal Artillery's galiant
and important services in the late campaign in India entitle
it to a special mention in general orders on its departure for
England.

';The battery formed part of the Column which under
the heroic Sir H. Havelock, fought its way from Allahabad
to Luckeow, without tents, in a heavy monsoon ; neither
the state of the ground which had become a swamp, nor the
difficulties of bullock draught, and imperfect equipment,
consequent on the pressure of the times, retarded their
march, nor diminished in the least degree the efficiency and
resolution of this brave battery.

"Led by Lieut.-Col. Maude, whose talent and courage
gained for him three honourable distinctions in one cam-
paign, the devoted gallantry of the battery overcame diffi-
culties very rarely encountered by Artillery, and they fought
their guns in the open against a heavy and intrenched bat-
tery at the bridge of Luck-now, the scene of the then Capt.
Havelock's noble exploit, as successfully as they had done
in their first actions at Futtehpore, Pandoo. Nuddee-bridge,
and Cawnpore.

"The battery returns accompanied by the sincerest ap-
probation and good wishes of the Commander-in. Chief and
of the army to England, where they will receive the wel-
come which is due to soldiers who have added another bril-
liant page to tho.annals of their illustrious corps.
" By order of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief,
"E. HAI:THORNE, Colonel Adjutant-General,
Her Majesty's Forces in India."

On Monday Col. Guy, C. 8,, the recently ap-
pointed commandant of Colchester Camp, held the
first field day with the Indian depots which has
taken place since his appointment. The newly-ar-
ranged battalions, comprising 1,700 men, assembled
in full force upon the extensive parade ground, and
executed all the ordinary military evolutions of a
field day in a prompt and satisfactory manner. The
greater portion of the soldiers now in camp consist
of young men who have seen no service. On the
staff of the several depots may be found an unusual
number of veterans, bearing, in addition to the Cri-
mean medal, decorations for distinguished conduct
in the last Indian campaign. With such a body
of men as drillmasters, and especially with a large
staff of officers who have seen active service abroad,
the troops could not fail to be in the high state of
efficiency they exhibit at this present moment. We
formerly referred to Col. Guy as an officer of 50
years' service. This was a mistake, he having en-
tered the army on the 23d Sept., 1824, so that his
term of service has been only 37 years.
The arrangements for the subdivision of the de-
pot brigade of the Royal Artillery into three bri-
gades having been completed, several additional
alterations are about to be carried into effect for the
more complete working of the new corps. The first
depot will be stationed permanently at Woolwich,
which will remain the headquarters of the brigade,
under the command of Col. Kennedy, The second
sub-brigade will be stationed at Sheerness, and the
third at Warley, the latter having been given up as
a station for the Royal Artillery. In accordance
with the new system the promotion of non-commis-
sioned officers belonging to the depot brigade will
be confined to each brigade having a separate roster,
instead of, as heretofore, embracing the entire
strength of the depot as it originally stood, previous
to the reorganisation. This decision on the part of
the authorities will prove of considerable benefit to
the non-commissioned officers generally, as promo-
tions will be more rapid, and the chances of ad-
vancement less precarious. It is also intended to
further augment the strength of the depots at
Warley and Sheerness by the formation of an
additional battery at each of these stations. The
depot at Woolwich will, as heretofore, receive all
the correspondence and returns rendered periodi-
cally by brigades, which will be forwarded, after ex-
amination, to the Horse Guards. A separate Staff
will be required at each station, the appointments
to which are under consideration. •

Yesterday the 23d company of Royal Engineers,
which has only recently arrived at Chatham, from
China, was inspected at the headquarters by Col.
H. D. Harness, C. 8., Director of the Royal Engi-
neer establishment, after which it marched to the
railway station at Chatham, and proceeded to
Shorncliffe. The 23d company left headquarters
in charge of Lieut. Talbot, and Lieut.-Col. Graham,
V.C., who commands the company, will join at
Shorncliffe. The 34th (Capt. Gordon's) company
of Royal Engineers marched into Chatham garrison
yesterday, from Shorncliffe, to be augmented to its
full complement of 100 men of all ranks, prior to
embarking for Bermuda, to relieve the 26th com-
pany.

The detachment of the Depot Brigade, Royal
Artillery, which has been stationed at Shoebury -
ness since the Bth of July last, for the purpose of
going through a complete course of instruction at
that school of gunnery, arrived at Sheerness yes-
terday, under the command of Capt. Hutchinson,
Indian Artillery. Capt. Hutchinson returns to
Shoeburyness, where he is required during the im-
portant experiments which are now in progress.
Yesterday Lieut.-Col. I. C; D. Morrison and a
recruiting party of non-commissioned officers and
men of the Royal Marines, left head-quarters, Chat-
ham, and proceeded to Chelmsford for the purpose
of raising men for that branch of the service.
Major-Gen. Eyre, commanding the Chatham dis-
trict, having given permission for the troops at that
garrison to compete for the prizes which are to be
contended for at the Kent county rifle contest to-
day, under certain regulations, a number of the
best shots among the non-commissioned officers and
men of the Royal Engineers, the battalions of in-
fantry, and the Royal Marines proceed to Maidstone
this morning to contest their skill in rifle firing
against the entire county.

REPAVING OF CAREY-STREET, LINCOLN'S INN-
rlELDs.—Yesterday, preparations for re-paving Carey-
street, Serle-street, and Portugal-street, Lincoln's
In-
fields, were commenced. The two last-named streets will
not be disturbed until the paving of Carey-street is restored.
The contract has been taken by Messrs. Jewell and Pratt,
who have also obtained those for the Strand and other
streets within the Strand district.
ENGLISH COAL, AND HUMAN POWER.—Pro-
fessor Rogers estimates that nearly-one-sixih of the total
annual produce of our coal mines is used for the produc-
tion of mechanical power alone, from which a power equal
to that of 66,000,000 able-bodied men is obtained. Each
acre of a seam yielding 3 feet of pure fuel is equal to about
5,000 tons, and possesses a reserve of mechanical strength
equal to the labour of 1,600 men during their whole
life; and each square mile of the same bed contains
8,600,000 tons of fuel, which is equal to 1,000,000 men
labouring through 20 years of their ripe strength. Upon
the same calculation, the total annual coal production of the
United Kingdom (65,000,000 tons) is equal to the strength
of 400,000,000 strong men, or more than double the num-
ber of adult males now upon the globe. Mining Journal.
CURIOUS MODE OF PAYING MUSICIANS.—Some
musicians and theatrical singers about two years ago left
France to seek their fortune, and after many journeyings
chance took them to the Hervey Islands, part of
Cook's archipelago in the Pacific. One of them, a
female, has just written the following curious letter
to her aunt, who resides in Paris :—" The king
of these islands, Makes Guame, has three times attended
our concerts. He is perfectly black, and thinks so highly
of his own colour that he has an image of Christ on the
cross, which had been placed in his palace by mission-
ariessome
Ifig
in 1857, painted black. Our concert-room a shedl"
which fish were salted and dried. The fish have di.alp.
but the smell remains. The manner in whicn.
specie, we
are remunerated is singular. There nobeing
no cash,
are paid in kind; and the king
himfatellifese bears his earwede,
consisted of
has given us engraved gourds.
.One
of
serve ELS a pro-
file,sugar-
and I keep it for you, as It. vn_hich
basin. In the last
Bocalenneso7 w
'the duo a'i 'Norma,'
tan act
.from Ann
song oaf 'Lucretia,' the air, '..4h! quel
the drinking
and ',Air des Fraises,' received for
turkeys, 44 fowls, 1 00 3 cocoa-nut
21i20 bushels of bananas,' 1.26 pumpkins,ts
pml
yaispirarfe3trers.gsoda
1,200 pine apples, _
and 1,500 oranges. in France all these things would be
worth 4,000 f., and
4,000 f. for five airs is a pretty sum ;
but in this place it is not easy to turn what we have
received to account. I hear, however, that a ',speculator
from a neighbouring island is about to come here to offer
us money for what we have received. Unfortunately, en
attendant his arrival, I am obliged to employ my fruits ("I
vegetables in feeding
my Rye stock,"

ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE
CONCERTS.
THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
Didlle. FLORENCE LANCTA, Mme. LA RA BAXTER,
and Herr FORMES, every Evening.
TO-MORROW (Thursday), 4n ITALIAN NIGHT. First
appearance of Mdlle. VASCHETTI (from La Scala, Milan,
and other Continental Theatres).
On Friday next, a WE 3ER NIGHT.
On Saturday next, a VOLUNTEER NIGHT.
Commerce at 8. Promenade, Is. ; Amphitheatre Stalls,
Is. 6d. ; Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes, £1 is., and tos. 6d.
Con uuc Ur, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.

I'RE-ito YAL, HAYMA KR F.T.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Btiastone.
T-FITS EVENING, the nertormanoes will oommeno" with
THE SUN AND THE WIND. Miss Fanny Wright, the
Leelereqs, tire
After which, a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX.
Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Bnckstone, Mr. Compton, Mr. E.Villiers,
Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Wins, Ste.
Toconclude with PAUL PRY. Mr. C. Mathews.
Commence a 7

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager—Mr. Edmund Falconer.
EyEity 'EVENING, at Eight o'clock, the new and suc-
cessful comedy, ROMAN; or, Love against the World.
Characters by Messrs. Walter Addison, Herman Vezin,
rs. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Miss Murray,
J. Robins, Di
and Miss Lydia Thomson.
'Preceded by, each evening, the new and original farce
entitled 1' HE FETCHES; or, The Onconvanience of Single
Life. Tim O'Reilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer ; Mary O'Brady,
Miss Lydia Thompson.
Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at
7 Box-office open daily from 11 till 5.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHL-
-11 Sole Proprietor and Menem. Mr. B. Webster.

This Theatre will RE-OPEN on MONDAY, September
23, when Air. and Mr.. Dion Bonoicault will re-appear in
THE COLLEEN HAWN.

, This Drama will be played for a limited number of nights
during the preparation of the new American Drama, by Mr.
D. Boucicauit, entitled THE OCTOROON ; or, LIFE IN
LOUISIANA.

Box-office open on Thursday, Sept. 19.

C4NI'ERBURY HALL CONCERTS,
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.

Mr. SAM COWELL every Evening at Nine and a quarter
to Eleven.—Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE,
TRAVIATA, NORMA, MARTHA, by Miss Russell,
Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoii, Mr. Morley, and a
powerful Chorus. The Comic department comprises Messrs.
Harvey and French, "The Nerves " Mr. Marshall—Mr.
Wood and his talented Son - and Miss Harriet Coveney.
Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, Is,
H E

O X F O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET.
EVERY EVENING.
A Grand Selects nn from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Roc-
canegra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by
Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, Morley,
and Herbert ; also from Verdi's " Macbeth " by Madame
Enderssohn and the entii e Company. Full band and chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Varied Comic entertain-
ments by Messrs. M. P. Foster, Sam Collins, Harvey and
French (the Nerves), E. Marshall, and W. RandalL
sixpence ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private Boxes,
los. Bd.

HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE.
rEllt4 DAL—Morning, 6h. sm.—Afternoon, 6h. 30m,
TO-MORROW.-Morning, 6h. 59m.—Afternoon. M. 34w