The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

kiaval and Military intellteAce.

Captain Boxer, Royal Artillery, superiutenden.t
of the Laboratory at Woolwich Arsenal, has been'
granted by Government the munificent bounty of
5,0001., as a reward for bit invention and improve-
me,,t• of fuzes and shells which were used at the
siege of Sebastopol, and which have been adopted
in the service.

Orders were received yesterday (Friday) morn-
ng at the Roya! Marine Barracks, Plymouth, for
1,000 M ,rines to hold Themselves in readiness to
embark for active service in Chin A. They will be
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Lemon, and,
besides commissioned officers, will include 22 ser-
geants and 35 corporals. Tire force now in barracks
at Plymouth, including those landed from the
Retribution, is 1,600. They are in a very efficient
state, and are we'l advanced in ball practice, having
for a long time been constantly exerci-ed.
The second and I,st division of the 2,1 Dragoon
Guards (the Queen's Bays), consisting of 11 officers,
292 soldiers of all ranks, and 192 horses, embarked
on Thursday at Dunlin on b -ard the steamers Tra-
falgar and Princess for Liverpool, bound to India.
A large crowd assembled on the quay and cheered
the soldiers as the steamers got under way.
Dr. John Barclay, surgeon in the medical depart-
ment of Woolwich Dockyard, has received permis-
sion from the Lords of the Admiralty to retire on
half-pay, and is ,to be succeeded by Mr. William
Richardson, appointed Assi-taut-Surgeon to the
Fisgard.
The ship-building department at Chatham Dock-
yard is being carri-d on with activ:ty, the number
of vessels of war now in course of construction at
that establishment giving an aggregate burden of
about 20,000 tons. In addition to the large screw
steam-r Renown, 91, which is completed, there are
several other vessels in a forward stats, some of
which are intended to be launched during the pre-
sent year. Among these may be mentioned the
two screw corvettes Racoon and Charybdis, of 21
guns each. The Renown screw steamer, of 3,317
tons burden, will be launched on the 28th inst.,
when it is intended to lay down anoVier large screw
steamer on the same slip.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Commander B. P. Priest, to the
Himalaya; CommanderE. Chambers, to the Transit ;
Lieut. E. D. Downes, to the Transit ; Lieut: L.
Lambert and Lieut. W. Gregory, to the Himalaya ;
the H n. George Fitzelarence, mate to the Im-
pre2,nable ; St. V. D, Lake, mate, to the Calcutta ;
J. G. J. Holbro-1 and C. J. Wise, midshipmen,
to the Transit ; T. S. Vsndermeulen, G. R. Don-
kin, and A. Jephson, midshipmen, to the Hima-
laya ; H. R. Ga'rett, T. M. Magney, R. A. Edwin,
G. H. Blake, E. S. Richards, and B. Moore, mid-
shipmen, to the Calcutta, fur di-posil ; B. Shat-
took and C. E. Pearce, naval cadets, to the
; J. H. Allard, master, to the Transit ; T. W,
eutotitinothielp;.eTrraoprna;sv,.d!
Sulivan, master, to the Alarm ; J. A. B. Patch,
sec9nd master, to the Himalaya ; J. H. Blackford,
second maaer, to the, Transit ; W. A. Stone and
,Retotrit
G. H. C. Smith, master's assistants,
it
S. V. W. Vine, masters' assistant, to the Calcutta
surgeon,
ssisian t.tsourgtheean
E. P. Ball, paymaster, to the Transit jdouSrtoeler:ay
sit , Charles
Pritchard, pays a•ter, to the Amphitrite ; James
D. Gilpin, paymaster,
to the Himalaya ; Richard
C. Beale, assistant paymaster, to. the Pembroke ;
Allen F.,Gont, clerk, to the AEmphitrite ; Frederick
L. B. Bidwell, clerk, to th
Manley, clerk,e gi 'el
Emperor ; Joseph
kHs.
Andric
clerk, t the Transit Er"' "a
; F.
a
; assistant-clerk, to
the Transit ; ina Lovely,to
assistant-clerk,
the liimll.iya ; arid
Albert Allen, assistant-clerk,
to the Amphitrite.

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