The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

NA VAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The 68th Regiment, quartered at Portsmouth,
and the 69th, will be the next regiments sent to
India. The 68th will be presented with new colours
on the sth on Southsea-common, weather permit-
ting.

The Diadem, 32, screw corvette, Capt. Mooreom,
is to be submitted to a new series of mechanical
experiments, with the view of developing her steam
power, her speed being at present very unsatisfac-
tory.
An order was yesterday received at Chatham
from the War-office, by the officer commanding the
3d battalion, directing the reinforcements for the
60th Rifles to be held in readings; to embark for
Madras, for the purpose of joining the head-quar-
tera of their corps. The officers ordered to proceed
to India in charge of the reinforcements are Ensign
W. L. K. Ogilvy and Ensign H. St. George Burton,
3d Battalion 60th Rifles.

Yesterday an inspection of the whole of the troops
belonging to the several Indian depots at Chatham
took place, with the view of returns being made to
the War-office of the number of non-commissioned
officers and men fit for service in India.

The troops belonging to the West India regiments
who are now attached to the 2d Battalion at Chat-
ham have been directed to proceed to Southampton,
where they will embark to join the head-quarters of
their respective regiments in the West Indies.
About 50 young men have recently joined the
head-quarters of the Royal Engineers at Bromp-
ton-barrack. the whole of whom are skilled arti-
sans, and will prove a valuable addition to that
branch of the service.

On inquiry at the Admiralty, War Department,
and othzr offices, it has been ascertained that no
accounts of damage to the Hydaspes have been re-
ceived, and there is reason to believe that no foun-
dation exists for the report respecting this ship
which appeared in a morning paper yesterday.
The Spartan, 20, Capt. Sir Win. Hosts, which
arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, has been in com-
mission five years and a-half, during which time
she has seen much service. She left England in
July, 1852, and arrived at Rangoon during the
war in Burmah, January, 1853. Thence she pro-
ceeded to Hong Kong, Sir W. Hosts having been
appointed senior officer on the coast of China ; she
remained until August of that year, and.while there
her boats were constantly employed in the suppres-
sion of piracy. In August she was sent as senior
officer's ship to Shanghai, that place being at the
time in possession of the rebels. Her officers and
crew were landed and performed garrison duty for
the protection of the foreign settlements for six
months. She was-docked at Whampoa in Feb.,
1854, and then proceeded to Singapore, returning
to Hong Kong in May, when Sir Wm. Hoste was
again appointed senior officer in China. During the
summer her boats were constantlyand most success-
fully employed in the destruction of pirates. Her
Senior Lieutenant Pallisser was promoted for his
conduct in a gallant affair against a large piratical
force in the island of Tylo. In January, 1855, she
proceeded as senior officers' ship to the Canton
river, and during the disturbances between the
Imperial Government was of much service in the
protection of British interests. In March she was
despatched to cruise off the Kurile Islands, and
remained there and in the Sea of Okhotsk, the
Gulf of Tartary, and the coast of Eastern Siberia
until the end of October. She then returned to
Hong Kong, visiting on her way down the prin-
cipal ports of Japan. In November, 1855, she
left Singapore, her gallant captain haying been
again appointed senior in the straits of Malacca.
The Spartan was actively employed cruising
in the straits and on the coast of Borneo for the pro-
tection of British interests and the suppression of
piracy until July last, when she left for England.
Her crew have been comparatively healthy, con-
sidering her lengthened service in the Indian seas
During her commission she has sailed upwards of
70,000 miles, and brings forward 47 invalids from
the squadrons in China and on the coast of Africa,
of whom five died on the passage.
A couple of Trotman s patent wrought-iron
anchors forged at Liverpool, have been received at
Woolwich, weighing nearly seven tons cash, and
one was yesterday subjected to a trial-proof under
the ordinary testing apparatus in the dockyard.
The proof commenced with a pressure of 20 tons,
and the committee of naval authorities who wore
present to verify, the proceedings resolved to apply
a graduated strain up to 100 tons. No indication
of weakness was observable until the pressure
amounted to 94 tons, but then the scarf of the
crown gave way with a sudden crack, which on ex-
amination was found to proceed from a separation
of the welded iron immediately beneath the pivot
on which the crown of the anchor works to and fro.
The committee attributed the failure to imperfect
workmanship alone.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :

Commanders—Thomas Davies, G.W. Towsey, James
Bull, T. L. Gausses, and W. Mould to the Coast Guard.

Lieutenant—Louie de la Chevoia to the Recruit.
Mates—FrancisDurrant to the Spitfire; E. P. Pocock
and W. R. Kerr to the Persian ; Frederick H. Blair to
the Heron. _ .

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Midshipman—F. C. Hastings Dent to the Valorous.