The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-12 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE•

The Lordi of the Admiralty inspected the Royal
Marine Artillery yesterday morning. A brigade,
consisting of two battzlions and two field batteries,
was formed on the glacis of Fort Cumberland,
Portsmouth, 6.45 a.m., and at 7 a.m. their Lord-
ships arrived, and were received with a general
salute. Afterwards the brigade marched past. The
field batteries then took up a position for prac-
tice, and the officers and men composing the bat-
talion marched off at once and manned the various
land and sea batteries. Their Lordships, after in'
spectiug the interior arrangements of the Fort, took
up a position on one of the bastions, and imme-
diately afterwards shot aud shell practice commenced
from every description of ordnance at ranges vary-
ing from 800 to 3,000 yards. The firing was Well
sustained, and their lordships expressed themselves
highly pleased. The Board, accompanied by Major'
General Traves, Colonel Williams, A.A.E., Colonels
Schomberg and Barnard, Captains Colomb and Pe
Kantzow, then proceeded to Eastney Barracks, and
after breakfasting with the officers commenced a
minute inspection of that establishment. On leaf-
ing their lordships expressed their satisfaction at
everything they had seen. The practice was under
the immediate command of Colonel Barnard,
assisted by Colonels Digby, C. 8., Adair, MawbeYl
and Alexander. The early hour fixed for the in'
spection was fully appreciated by the officers 501
men. Their lordships, after the inspection, returned
to Portsmouth, embarked on board the Victory,
Captain T. B. Seymour, A.D.C., flag-ship of Ad"
miral Sir T. S. Pasley, under the customary salute,
for the purpose of inspecting the ship and muster;
lug the crew, and afterwards visited the Royal
Naval Hospital, Haslar, as well as the gunboats
and sheds near that establishment, thus concluding
their annual inspection. They will leave Port!
mouth in the Admiralty yacht Enchantress tbiS
morning for Portland.
A trial has been made at Chatham dockyard'
under the superintendence of Mr. T. H. Baker;
the chief of the engineering department of tP,
establishment, of the model of a new engine and
steering telegraph apparatus, the invention of gr.
F. N. Gisborne, for use on board vessels of Nary
Until recently it has always been considered
necessary to employ electricity or pneumatics for
,
the purpose of connecting up the steering and
engine-room telegraphs between the bridges, tut;
rets, engine-room, or steering wheel, and era
those principles the telegraphs used on WI.
vessels of war have hitherto been generally worked:
In the model invented by Mr. Gisborne the iol,
cators are worked upon simple mechanical Prlrao
ciples, the communicators at both ends of the I°.o
and aft bridges, and both turrets, as well as tlit7o
at the upper and lower deck wheels and in
engine-room, all moving easily and in exact oroder
Only wire, with chain at angles, is used op
connecting up, the wire being at the same time s
adjusting to contraction or expansion.
0013°
Up to the 31st of July last 28,712 appli°3
ed
had been received, and 24,838 volunteers enr°s of
in the Royal Naval Reserve at the various pa' 91.
the United Kingdom. Of the above ' nuraber'9l4
possess certificates of competency as masters;
ditto as mates ; 8 ditto of service as mastersiorce
ditto as mates ; making a total of 1,038. Tbeciutet
also includes 3,106 petty officers in the werci the
service. Deducting for men who have Pine died,
Royal Navy, 548; been discharged, 1,362' 4 or
1,226; and not applied to be re-enrolled, 5,76
th o
a total deduction of 9,600, the present strong
the Reserve stands at 15,238 men.

Miss Lily Maxwell and 1,000 other
householders in the township of Chorlton-te;
Medlock have sent in claims to be placed oil
list of voters for the city of Manchester. Coir
The election of Councillor J. V. 111ackeY, 3 ,Ity
servative and a Protestant P
, to the Dublin Inari;•og
of 1869,was rescinded on Tuesday,'after c°.-tho
discussion, by a majority of 28 votes to 23, °73,_„en
ground that Mr. Macke 's nomination had vt'iyo
boasted of by the Globe and other Conn
journals as an evidence that the Dublin =f
the
Council and the citizens were in favour °I bit-
loca
maintenance of the Irish Church. I‘lllch
terness of feeling had arisen during the
out in
The use of the Irish language is clYiElg °„tiviDai
Ireland, and it is estimated that twenty years I,"°-
is almost the oldest tongue North-Western Bur°P°
cease to be used.