The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-19 00:00:00

Naval and Military inteiligence.

The general inspection of the Royal Artillery forces at
Woolwich was terminated yesterday. Licut.-Colonel
Bingham, assistant-adjutant-general to the Royal Artil-
lery, is consequently about to proceed on a tour to the
provincial garrisons of the Royal Artillery to inspect the
troops stationed in the various districts, with a view of

taking notes relative to the reductions ordered through-
out Great Britain. The reduction which has taken pl ,ce
in theßoyal Marine Corps amounts to nearly 1,000 men,
the whale of whom have been distributed, some among
other companies, and the remainder have been placed on
the list of supernumeraries, until absorbed by the estab-
lished corps. An Order in Council dated the 7th inst.
has been promulgated regulating the establishment of
the Royal Marine Corps, which is in future to consist of
104 divisional companies 12,272
14 artillery companies
Staff

Total

14,950

The death of Lieut.-General Sir J. 0 wen, K.C.B ,
K.H., Royal Marines, having caused a racancy in that
corps, Lieut.-Colonel A. Anderson, of the Chatham
division, is promoted to the rank of Col. Second-C)tn-
mandant at Portsmouth, and Capt. G. W. Congdon to
Lieut.-Colonel. Sir J. Owe❑ was the ellest General in
the service.

Yesterday the several battalions of troops now quar-
tered in Chatham garrison, consisting of the regiments
lin!:ootrrPrising the provhdrinsi butt-diva,- under
the command of Col. H. Jervia4 Royal Marine
Light Infantry, commanded by Col. Commandant E. A.
Parker; and the troops of -the Royal Engineers, oast_
the command of Colonel H. Sandbam, having assembled
on their respective parade-grounds, were marched to
Chatham Lines for the purpose of being brigaded toge-
ther, and going through the evolutions of a field-day.
On arriving at the Lines the troops of the pro-
visional battalion took up their position iu the cen-
tre, under the command of Colonel Jervis, with the
corps of the Royal Engineers and Royal Marine Light
Infantry on their right and left re-pectively, the Royal
Marines commanded by Colonel Second C ommandant
E. Rea, and the R )yal Engineers by Mej it F. C. Has-
card. The entire brigade was then put through a variety
of movements by C denel W. H Eden, Commandant of
tho,Garrison, assisted by Brigade-Major C. S. S. E.
Gordon, the troops petforming the whole of the ma.
nosuvres in a manner highly satisfactory to the inspect-
ing field-officer
The Duke of Cambridge has authorised a further vo-
lunteering for the Indian regiments at Chatham garrison
from the following corps, viz.:-13th Light Infantry to
the Bth Foot, 10 men ; to the 70th R-gimeut, 87 men ;
and to the 84th Regiment, 12 men ; from the 18th Royal
Irish to 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, 30 men ; and from
the 39th to the 64th Regiment, 70 men—giving a total
of 209 volunteers, exclusive of 800 men who have already
volunteered for regiments at Chatham.
The screw steam-ship Exmouth, 9), Capt. H. Eyres,
which left Lisbon on the 9th, arrived in Plymouth Sound
on Tuesday.
The Avon, steam-tender, having towed the Eagle, 50,
Coastguard Training-ship, to Fa'mouth, ieturned to
Plymouth Sound on Tuesday.
.11er Majesty's ship Cmsar, 91, Capt. Rolib, arrived at
Spithead yesterday from Rear-Admiral Sir R. S. Dun-
day's squadron off Lisbon. She goes into Portsmouth
harbour to-morrow to be dismantled and pail off.
Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour returned to Portsmouth
on Tuesday evening, and rehoisted his flag on board the
Victory.
Her Majesty's steam block-ship Hawke, 60, Captain
Willcox, C. 8., arrived at Spithead yesterday front the
Nore, on her way to Queenstown, where she will be
stationed as a coastguard ship.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Arrogant, 47, Captain
Lyster, will be paid off at Portsmouth on Saturday.
The Diamond, 27, Capt. C. B. Hamilton, which was
paid off at Chatham yesterday, has been in commission
upwards of three years, having been commissioned at
Sheerness in Oct,, 1853, by Capt. W. Peel, C B. During
the whole time she has been attached to the Mediter-
ranean squadron. Soon after the commencement of the
war in the Crimea the Diamond was ordered from Corfu
to Bclaklava, where she landed a portion of her seamen,
who rendered good service in the naval brigade, under
Capt. Peel, throughout the siege. In 1855 the command
of the Diamond was given to Capt. Hamilton, and on the
conclusion of the war she proceeded to Athens, where
she was stationed four months. She also made a second
voyage to Corfu, and returned to Malta, which station
she finally left for England on the 22d Dec., Laving been
unremittingly employed during the whole time she has
been in commission. A great number of the crew are
decorated with the Crimean medal for their services in
the naval brigade. The Diainond will be placed in
ordinary at Chatham.
A general court martial, of which Lieutenant-Colonel
G. Elliott, of the Chatham division, was president,
assembled at the officers' mess-room, Royal Marine
Barracks, Woolwich, yesterday, for the trial of Ser-
geant William Girven, 12th company, upon two charges
—viz., first, for having embezzled or fraudulently nus-
applied 381. 3s. 4d., public money, intrusted to his
charge as pay-sergeant of the let Grand Division ;
second, for having when a prisoner broken his arrest
and escaped from the Royal Marine Barracks at Wool-
wich, and not returning until apprehended in a house in
Woolwich and brought to barracks by Sergeant-Major
David Drysdale four days after his escape. The finding
and sentence of the Court will not be promulgated until
approved by the Lords of the Admiralty.
The screw steam 'store-ship llesper was yesterday
removed to the fitting basin at Woolwich, to be rigged
and fitted for service, in order to replace the store-ship
Tyne, under repairs in Woolwich dock, No. 1.

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