The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-14 00:00:00

NAV.

L AND IiffLITARk.INTELLIGENCE.

Major-General Lord Rokeby, commanding the
division-of the Guards, will inspect the 2d -13.atta.-
lion of the Grenadiey: Guards
.to-moirovi, and on
Fricl4t the Major-Geeeral will make an inspection
of the Ist battalioii of the Coldstream Guards.

Both
Barra)

strength of the garrison at Chatham has been
reed by the.arri'val of the-dopot'companies of
th Reg:ment from Ireland, for the purpose.of.
attached to the 2,1 battalion, under COl. R.
tulips.
10th. and 91st companies of Royal Etigi-
vill leave headAharters, Brompton Barracks,
P 2 and embark onboard. the Dutchman steamer
. . -7•••
,thaindockyard for conveyance to Alexandria,
a they will proceed to Calcutta by the Over-
iisnhorc,olmomtha,ndatiodf
ethaeptc.oina-
panie Daurte6.;
oaTplateAo.fdlcie. r,Fs
litevil e, 21st.
. Ma or P. L. Philipps' and Lieut. A. Breedon,
i_t
89th egiment, sa.gied on the 11. th 'in.the ship Ta-
mar,
or Auckland, New Zealand, to- join their re-
g;nie t, which is.uudor orders,: to prooced from the
Cape f Goad Elope to that.colony.
A 1 rge 9,1
_gun screw steamer, to be called the
Atlas has been commenced at Chatham _dockyard
on ti e_ slip from which, the llanown, 91, screw-c
steamier, ,was lanfiched. ' - .

oaltalioris are einarterad at - the 'Wellington
;ks.

The
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the 98
b3ing
N.
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at Chu
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Fuld r

;
The screw steam-sloop Lyra, 9, lately constructed
1 at. D ptford, is ordered to bo got ready at Wool-
wich, together with the iron paddle-wheel steam-
vesse Triton, and the paddle-wheel steam-sloop
ArJent, as they, are required for commission.
The Cyclops, 6, 'paddle, Capt. W. 3. S. Pullen,
. , . .

is receiving au enormous quantity of sounding line
from ,the Portsmouth !Dockyard, as well as other
articles nocessay for her taking soundings in the
Red siia. "

The Investigator, brigf -11tely employed_ at the
ThaMes Police vessel, off Somerset House, has been
takeri into , -dock; at DeptfOrd,-,and is:being-broken
up. •
The Otter, 3, paddle, Lieut..Comtaander Simp-
son, arrived at Sheerness ou - Sunday last from
Scotland, leaving Hull on Saturday evening last.
Her tation for cruising, ground for the protection
of the British fishermen extended from HO to 200
milt* taking in the coast of Northumberland, Dur-
ham„ and Yorkshire. The depredations committed
by the French fishermen have been considerable on
the British fishermen. In the more advanced part
-of the season, when the fish take iu shore, the
French luggers continued their depredations, and
their masters and crews frequently boasted that
they could very well afford to pay the tines inflicted
On'tliem, as the produce of one night's fishing. in-•
shore left theM a surplus fund after the fine ..was
paidi On tlie-inquiry -made by the flag captain of
the Waterloo, who • was recently sent from Sheer-
ness in the steam vessel Locust, Lieut. Commander
J. B. Field, it was made evident to °apt, Henry.
HarVey teat the coast Mill not be protected
by,one steam-vt vel, as the French fishermen gene
TM!y chose the night-time: for committing their de-
pre lations on the British nets and .boats. It
therefore, proposed that next season a sufficient
nuniber of seam vessels should be sent, so as
ciently to keep the entire line of the 'fishing coast,
thereby protecting the fishermen from outrages
such as have'hither been practised upon them. It
is right to state that some of the french masters of
the ;InggerS have worked off the. coast and mid-
channel most .cordially with our- fishermen, by
avoiding the casting -their nets so as to foul those
of our fishermen.

The Persian, 12, sailing sloop of war, has been
towed down from Salt-Pan reach, to Sheerness, and
is ordered to befitted out immediately for com►nis- .
.f;ioriing. This vessel had an overhaul a year ago
in Sheerness backyard of such as extensive charac-
tar, that she is considered now as-good as ever. In
all probability, considering her class-and build, she
is intended fur the coast of Africa. _

The Sulphur, sloop; late convict- hulk at Wool-
wich, has been twee' to Deptford, to be broken up.
The Viscount Canning, transport, belonging to
Messrs. Dcunie, Brothers, having been engaged by
the East
.India 'Company for the conveyance of
troops aid stores to India, arrived at Woolwich
yesterday from ttivsrpool. - „
News has been received at Woolwich of the
safe arrival at Singapore, on the 10th August,
of the freight ship Admiral, which left England
in April, having_ on board two companies of the
Royal Engineers. After landing the troops the
Admiral embarked a number of the Medical
Corp wrecked in the Transit, and conveyed them
to Hong Kong.
Vice-Admiral Edward Harvey, Commander-in-
Chief of Sheerness, struck his flag-viz., white
at the fore, and -hoisted red in its place, about
nine yesterday morning, in honour of which the
Edinburgh, 60, screw, Captain E. Pellew Halsted
(senior captain), saluted the- flag with 15 'guns,
which was • immediately returned by the Water-
loo,- 120, flag, Captain -Henry Harvey ; the next
step will be b:ue at the main, when we regret to-
say the above gallant admiral will leave Sheer-
ness.

Second• Lieutenant C. H. Staubridge was on
Monday promoted to first-lieutenant, vice Crit-
chell, who is invalided on. half-pay.
Commander F. C. Herbert is appointed Inspec-
tor-Commander of the Coast GuArd, in the roomof Commander Skipwith, whose time of service has
expired.
The:Accountant-General, R. M. Bromley, Esq.,
C. 8., paid an official visit to the dock and victual-
ling yards 'at Deptford yesterday.,
Mr. George Gregory Tunks and. Mr. A. On-
fray, late, extra clerks in the Deptford. dock and
'victualling yards, having passed a creditable
competitive examination, have been appointed
to the Accountant-General's department at the
Admiralty, Somerset-house. Four other gentle-
men who passed at the same time have also re-
ceived appointmenti. Of the nine
_extra or tempo-
rary clerks .who have been nominated by Sir Chas.
Weed,_from tire two yards at Deptford, to pass exa-
minations for established appointments, only two
have been unsuccessful. Some of the most efficient
and expo. iimecd clerks now filling important posi-
tions at the Admiralty, Somerset Honge, took their
first official lesson in the naval yards ; in proof of
which statement we may refer to the present able
and talented Accountant-General, who first com-
menced his official career in a naval yard. We know
it is the opinion or old and experienced officers who
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have superintended.-otir naval establishments at
different ports, and some of whom are now high in
office, that it would be of great advantage to the
public service to promote the clerks of the yards ge-
nerally to the Admiralty. departments at Somerset.
House.

The new board of the Conservators of the Thames
had a meeting on Saturday last, on which occas:on
Commodore Shepherd, the superintendent of Wool
wick Dockyard, and 9ther naval officers, atiended on
the part of the Adimralty, and Captain Robertson,
R.N., for the Board of Trade.

THE ADMIRALTY "FIVE POUND REWARD" FOR
THE SAVING OF A LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP. —The fol-
loWing yarn has gone the rounds ot.the metropolitan
and local press :—" When the Exmouth, 91, screw,
unfortunately got ashore in a dense fog while com-
ing up channel to Pot tsmouth, she struck on the
rocks, when by the interposition of a fisherman she
was timely warned and saved from utter destruction.
Thus a ship worth 100,000/., with some 700 British
sailors, were saved from an untimely fate, and their
lordships were pleased to reward the said fisherman
with the munificent sum of Five Pounds !" From
the best authority we are enabled to give the precise
facts :—The Exmouth had struck on a rock, and
half an hour after wards the fisherman came oil',ad
(
was admitted ou board. He very properly
offered
his services, and pointed out the direction
thwould
never
of the
rocks, and slated that the Em
get off. In the interim steamxhadubeen getting up,
and, somewhat to his surprise, she
backed off with
but little damage. The commanding officer, how-
ever, feeling pleased with the fisherman's attention,
asked him what he could do for him. The man
was delighted with a certificate to the effect that he
came off ti render any assistance that might be
required, but that the ship needed not his service:.
It appears that some land sharks got hold of the
fisherman, and persuaded him to make application
to the Board of Admiralty for the remuneration
for saving the Exmouth. Their lordships very
woperly forwarded such communication to the
commanding officer, desiring an official report. The
commanding officer, in reply, stated the simple
facts of the case, and said that if it met with their
lordships' approval, he would respectfully recom-
mend that., as the man had shown a disposition to
render whatever assistance might have been re-
quired of him, 51. would be well appreciated by
the fisherman, and that it would be a stimulus for
future exertions. Their lordships consequen,ly