The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-09 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief
of the Forces, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morn-
ing, accompanied by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hope Grant,
Quartermaster-General, Colonel Gambier, C. 8.,
Deputy Adjt.-General of Artillery, Col. Jervoise,
C. 8., Royal Engineers, and Col. Johnson, A.D.C.
They were received at the station by Lieut.-Gen.
Sir A. Spencer, K.C.8., Capt. Marter, A.D.C., and
Brigade-Major Colley. His Royal Highness was
conveyed in the General's carriage to the official
residence, Mount Wise. If the weather was fine
all the troops in Plymouth garrison were to be re-
viewed at noon near the 17th mite-stone on Ito-
borough Down.
The h df-yearly inspections at Aldershot are still
being carried on actively and with the most satis-
factory results.
An or ler has been received at Chatham from the
Horse Guards directing volunteering to be opened
among the troops at that garrison for the Army.
Reserve Force, ordered to be raisel under the Act
of last s2ssion. The corps invited to supply men
are the Ist and 2d battalions of the Ist Royals,
109,11 Bombay Infantry, Ist battalion of the 2d
Royals, 82.1 Reg:ment, 106th 13ombay Light In-
fantry, Ist battalion of the Bth Regiment, 2d bat-
talion of the 10th Regiment, Ist battalion of the
14th Regiment, and the 45th Regiment. The order
announces that the Reserve Force will consist of
two classes, to be formed from men who have served
or are serving in the army, the one class liable to
general service with the regular army, and the
other liable to service in the United Kingdom only.
The troops eligible for the first class are soldiers
who have completed their first term of service, and
although unwilling to re-engage in the regular
army, are, nevertheless, willing to join the Reserve;
men not exceeding 34 years of age, who have been
discharged from the army, by purchase, or other-
wise, except for -misconduct, after service of not
less than three years ; soldiers serving at home, who
have completed two-thirds of their first term of
limited engagement, with not less than five years
of that period abroad, and have not re-engaged,
whether enlisted under the Army Service Act of
1847 or the Army Enlistment Act of 1867. The
troops eligible for the Army Reserve, Class 2, are
soldiers who, immediately on the completion of
their first term of service, are unwilling to re-
engage in the regular army, or to enter the first
Reserve; men who have served in any of her Ma-
jesty's regular forces for not less than the full
period of the first term of enlistment, and men who
have completed a term of service in the First-class
Reserve, and are unwilling to re-engage therein.
The bounty for the first class is £3, and for the
second class £2 per annum, payable quarterly.

Capt. R. L. Dashwood, Ist battalion of the 15th
Regiment, at Chatham, has been granted leave of
absence from his corps until required for embarka-
tion to join the service companies of his regiment
in New Brunswick.

The officers of the Royal Artillery Theatrical
Club gave an entertainment last evening, to a
crowded audience, in their recreation-rooms at the
Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich.
A preliminary trial has been made in Chatham
harbour of the machinery of her Majesty's ironclad
ship Hercules, 14, 5,231 tons, 1,200-horse power,
Capt. Lord R. J. Gilford, fa the purpose of testing
the working of the ship's engines, at her moorings,
preparatory to the official trial of speed at the mea-
sured mile. The machinery is the most powerful
given to any of the ironclad ships constructed by
Mr. Reed, C. 8., the engines having been manufac-
tured by Messrs. John Penn and Sons, who have
introduced in their construction the very latest im-
provements. The machinery consists of a pair of
trunk engines of, nominally, 1,200-horse power,
and is capable of exerting an indicating power of
7,200-horse. This is obtained by the capacity of
the cylinders being considerably larger than has
been. usually allowed by Messrs. Penn for engines
of similar power, ample heating surface being at
the same time provided for in the boilers. The
engines are thus enabled to work up to at least six
times the nominal power when the steam is being
cut off at one-thir•l of the stroke, with a pressure of
301 b. to the square inch in the boilers. The cylin-
ders have each a diameter of 10ft. 7in., with a dia-
meter of the trunk engines of 3ft. I lia., giving au
effective diameter of 9ft. 10iu. Tue entire weight
of engines, machinery, boilers, water, and spare
gear is rather under 1,100 tons. As the Hercules
has only room in her bunkers for little over 6UO
tons of coals, or barely enough for three days' full
steaming when the engines indicate 7,000-horse
power, the llercules will depend to a great extent
on her sails, and will spread a great expanse of can-
vas, and for this purpose she is full rigged. Owing
to the length of time she has been lying in Chatham
harbour her bottom has become very foul, which
will necessitate her being docked before she can be
taken on her official trial of speed at the measured
mile. The official testing of the boilers, pipes, and
engines by means of hydraulic power was very satis-
factory, the pressure applied being 601 b. to the
square inch. The Hercules is now only waiting the
arrival of the remainder of her 18-ton 450-pounder
guns to be ready to leave Chatham.

THE REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
PARIS, OCt. 8.

The Figaro publishes a private telegram from
Madrid staling that General Prim is in favour of
the candidature of Prince Alfred for the throne of
Spain, but this has not been well received by the
Spanish people.
It is stated that a decree will shortly be pub-
lished suppressing the octroi duty and the impost
on salt and tobacco.

Bank of England Returns,

An Account, pursuant to tl
cap. 32, for the week ending 1
MITI DEP

,he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1868.
PLATMENT.

Notes issued .m. 04,692,935

Govornmt. Debt.X1.1,015,100
Other Securities.. 3,984,900
Gold Coin and

Bullion
Silver Bullion

X 34,692,935 ,
BANKING D.

£34,692,935

Proprietors'Capi-
tal £14,553,000
3,622,719
Public
(includiugh:'
chequer, ,Sav-
ings' Bank*,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.
Accounts 5,306,624
Other Deposits.. 18,022,446
Seven Days and
other ..... 649,08,1'

APARTMENT.
Governrut. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight

Annuity) £15,039,716
Other Securities 16,05,1,128
Notes 10,015,020
Gold and Silver
coin

£42,153,874 I
GE,

£42,163,874
:o. FORBES, Chief Cashier.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.....oot. 19.
Ditto, via V Arsenics .....,,,......Nor, I.
Ditto, via Pia-tuna ........ ..................Oat 2/3.
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Nov 4.
Ditto, by Prenoh packet
Cape Verds, by Brazil packet .•.... , Nov. 4:
Cape of Good Rope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 12
China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton—Oct. 19.
albraltar, via Southampton Oct 10
. •
India, via Southampton
uitto, via Marseilles
Malta, Egypt, &c. Oat. 10.
Ditto, Marseilles Oat. 12
Haurltius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton
DUO. Marseilles ~ OA. 1;
Newfoundland ...... ...Oct 21

Portugal ..... ............ Nov. 4
United States, anada, California, &0., by British
packet - .. ...Oct 10
Ditto, by Canadian paoket ...... ..... ....Oct 16
Ditto, by I. idled 6tatea packet

Ditto ditte (Baltimore)
West Indies and Paailic (except Mexico and Baha-
Oct 13.
mas)
West Coast of Attica, Madeira, and Teneriffd Oat. 17
Falkland Islands.. ... Nov. 4.

The Hon. and Rev. H. E. J. Howard, the Dean
of Lichfield, died at his residence at Donnington, Shrop-
shire, yesterday morning, at four o'clock. The deceased
clergyman was also prebend and succinct of York, rector
Of Dollningtoll2 Shropshire, and of Tat:Wu;ll, Stafford-