The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-04 00:00:00

N.l VAL if ND. MILITARY _INTELLIGENCE.

The Frederick William, 74, screw (unarmoured,
wooden) line-o!-battle ship, 3,241 tons, 500-horse
power, recently doing duty on the Shannon as
Co.;stguard ship, having transferred her officers and
crew, at Portsmouth, to the Valiant, 24, screw
(armoured, iron) frigate, and been dismantled, is
ordered to. be towed round to Sheerness, where it is
said to be the intention of the Admiralty to break
her up. The Valiant, under the command of Capt.
John J. Kennedy, C. 8., will succeed the Frederick,
William in her duties as Coastguard ship on the
Shannon, and will thus, with the Hector and other
4i-inch plated iron frigates, form a second line of
the navy's defence.

The screw steam gunboat Dotterel!, Lieut.-Com-
mander Win. G. Scott, from South America, arrived
in the Sound yesterday afternoon.
The Sharpshooter, 6, screw (unarmoured, iron)
sloop, 503 tons, 100-horse power, Lieut. Comman-
ding Blair S. Hamilton, recently returned to Eng-
land from a term of service on the south-cast coast
of America, was paid out of commission yesterday,
at Portsmouth, under the superintendence of Cart.
F. B. P. Seymour, C. 8., flag captain to Port-
Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, and Aide-de-Camp to
the Queen. The Sharpshooter last evening was re-
moved from alongside the dockyard to reserve har-
bour moorings, but her next removal will be to the
breaking-up dock.
Her Majesty's screw frigate Forte, 29, 2,361 tons
400-horse power, Capt. John H. J. Alexander, C. 8.,
moored in Sheerness harbour, waiting for orders to
proceed to her destination on the East Indies Sta-
tion, was swung to-day for the adjustment of her
compasses, preparatory to leaving the Medway.
Her Majesty's screw sloop Eclipse, 6, 1,273 tons,
350-horse power, Capt. Henry Harvey, at Sheer-
ness, has received orders to proceed to Bermuda as
soon as her defects are made gool. She will call at
Devonport en route.

Her. Majesty's screw gun vessel Vulture is build-
ing in No. 2 dock in Sheerness dockyard from de-
signs furnished by the Chief Constructor. Her keel
has been laid, and her stem and stern post, together
with ten frames, have been put in place.
Yesterday a district court-martial assembled at
Chatham garrison, under the presidency of Lieut.-
Col. C. C. Chesney, Royal Engineers, for the trial
of Colour-Sergeant Peter Logan, 50th Queen's Own
Regiment, and Colour-Sergeant Henry Clark, 2d
battalion Ist Royals, on charges connected with the
alleged embezzlement of certain moneys belonging
to the canteen of the Ist and 2d Depot Battalions,
of which they were sergeants in charge. The trial
of Sergeant Logan was first proceeded with, the
charge on which he was arraigned being for dis-
graceful conduct in fraudulently altering the stock-
book of the canteen beloaging to the Ist and 2d
Depot Battalions with the intent to falsify the ac-
counts. T►ie other prisoner was charged with hav-
ing misapplied certain moneys, amounting to nearly
£4O, belonging to the canteen committee. There
was also a further charge against Sergeant Clark of
having been cognisant of the alterations made by
Colour-Sergeant Logan in the stuck-book. Cop'.
and Adjt. D. Reid, Ist Depot Battalion, acted as
official prosecutor.

Major George Berkeley Cnlcott, who died at his
residence, St. John's House, Blackheath, on the 29th
of -August, in his 82i year, had served in the cam-
paign of 1808 9 with the 433 Reg.ment, and was
present at the battle of Vimiera, the retreat un ler
Sir John Moote, and the battle of Corunna. lie
took part in the expedition to Walcheren in 1809.
He was subsequently'in the Peninsula, and was en-
gaged at the siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo
and Badajoz (where ho was slightly wounded) ;
also at the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyre-
nees, Nivelle, Nive, and Toulouse. lie took part
iu the expedition to New Orleans. Ile was engaged
in the campaign of 1815, and was present at the
capture of Paris. lie received the war medal with
ten clasps.

Capt. Christopher Spencer Brearey, who died at
the age of 82, at York, on the 2i inst., entered the
army in 1808, was in the Walcheren expedition in
1809 ; at the siege of Flushing, in the campaign of
1814 and 1815 in Ilollaud and the Netherlan Is, in-
cluding the action at lierz3u ; bombardment of
Antwerp ; storming of Bergen-op-Zoam, storming
of Cantbray, Waterloo, and capture of Paris, &c.

71IE ROKIL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT
INSTITUTION.

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Yesterday- a meeting of this institution Ica i held
at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Sir E. Perrott,
Bart., N'.P., in the chair. There were also present
Admiral Gordon, NV. 11. Ilarton, Esq., Captain Do
St. Croix, Admiral n'llardy, Colonel Palmer, and.
Captai❑ David Robertson, R.N., the assistant in-
spector of lifeboats to the institution.

The minutes of the present meeting having been
read, rewards amounting to £l6O were voted to the
crews of the lifeboats of the institution for various
services during the past month. The lifeboat at
Curtown, Ireland, had gone off on the night of the
sth ult., during foggy weather, to the assistance of
the crew of the ship Empire Queen, of Dublin,
which had stranded on the Arklow Bank.
The boat remained alongside for some time
at the request of the master, and ultimately took
off twenty-one persons from the vessel arid
brought them safely ashore. The Arklow lifeboat
had previously been off to the ship on the night
of the sth ult., and had brought ashore the second
mate with a message to Dublin for the assistance
of steam-tugs. Subsequently she went out again,
and on the last occasion succeeded, with the assist-
ance of. two steam-tugs and a pilot boat, in taking
the vessel safely into Kingstown harbour. The
Cahir lifeboat of the society had also b•en launched
to render assistance to this vessel, but seeing the two
other lifeboats there she returned to her station.
The Courtown lifeboat also went out on the 14th
ult., during a heavy gale of wind from the S.S.E ,
to the assistance of the crew of the schooner Annie
Jane, of Runcorn, which was in distress in the
roadstead. After some difficulty the ship was
reached, when six of the lifeboat men went on board
and succeeded in pumping her dry. The boat then
remained by the vessel some time, and her further
assistance being declined she returned to laud,
bringing with her the master's son and the men's
clothing. The schooner was afterwards beached,
and the crew rescued with ropes.
The lifeboat at Ten by was launched twice on the
22d ult., during a strong gale of wind, and brought
ashore the crew, numbering 20 persons, of the bri-
gantine Nameless, the schooner Emily Ann of Car-
narvon, the brigantine Helen Anna, of Cork, the
brig Peregrine, of Cork, and the schooner Sarah
Pringle, of Liverpool.

The Padstow lifeboat put off on the same day,
during a heavy W.N.W. gale, and rescued the
crew of four men of the French smack Jules Jose-
phine, which, while attempting to enter Padstow
harbour, bad struck on the Doomed Bar Sand and
become a total wreck.

The Barmouth and Swansea lifeboats also went
out during stormy weather, and rendered assist-
ance to distressed vessels. The lifeboats at Porth-
cawl, Eastbourne, Hayle, Winchilsea, Cahore,
New Brighton, Sutton, Great Yarmouth, Porth-
dinllaen, Blakeney, and Padatow were also
launched to vessels in distress during the recent
gales.

The silver medal of the institution was voted to
Robert Roe, Esq., J.P., of Lynmouth, North
Devon, and ten guineas to some boatmen and
others, in acknowledgment of the gallant exertions
in assisting to save the lives of some of the crew of
the ship Hume, of Bristol, which was wrecked in
Lynmouth Bay, on the 22d ult., in a gale of wind
and a heavy sea. Tile boatmen engaged in this
service had also received a liberal pecuniary reward
from a fund raised locally and elsewhere. Various
other rewards were also granted to the crews of
different shoreboats fur saving life from recent
shipwrecks on our caast.

It was reported that Robert Ker, Esq, of Auchin-
reith, N. 8., and the members of his family, had, in
memory of Mr. Tier's eldest son, who was unfortu-
nately drowned on the coast of Aryllshire, pre-
sented the cost of a lifeboat establishment for
Southend (Cant:ire) to the society, along with a
sum of money to endow it.

The Earl of Stafford had also given the institution

the lifeboat and equipments to be stationed at ilrey-
mouth. A legacy of £lOO (less duty) had likewise
been received from the executors of the late Joseph
Hudson, Esq., of Barrow-upon-Sear. The late
Edmund Astrop, Esq., of Hull, had also be-
queathed £l9 193. to the Siciety. Payments
amounting to upwards of £5OO were ordered to
be made on various lifeboat establishments. Dur-
ing the past month new lifeboats and carriages
had been forwarded Cleethorpes, on the coast
of Lincolnshire, amid Cromer, Norfolk. The Great
Eastern Railway Company- have kindly given the
latt.T boat a free conveyance over their line to
Norwich. The Cleethorpes boar, the Manchester
Unity, presented to the society by the•lndepeuient
Order of Odd Fellows, was exhibited at the Crystal
Palace and at Windsor, at the desire of the
Order, before being sent to her station, and subse-
quently a grand demonstration took place at
Grimsby and Cleethorpes on the oczasion of the pre-
sentation and launch of the lifeboat, under the
superintendence of the inspector of lifeboats of the
institution, upwards of 50,000 persons being present,
most of them having come by excursion trains
from inland towns for the occasion. The Cromer
lifeboat was to be inaugurated at the station to-day
(Friday). The whole cost of this lifeboat establish-
ment has been generously presented to the society
by Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., F.R.S. The
Broadstairs lifeboat was also publicly named and
launched at its station on the 25th ult., on the oc-
casion of the regatta at that place. It was stated
that the Bail of Dartmouth had organized exhibi-
tions of industrial work on his estate at Slaithwaite,
near Huddersfield, and Sundwell Hall, near Bir-
mingham, the articles shown to be afterwards sold,
and the proceeds given to the National Lifeboat In-
stitution.
The subject of stationing a lifeboat at
Lynmouth, North Devon, was brought under the
notice of the meeting, and received earnest atten-
tion. It was postponed for further inquiry, one of
the officers of the institution being instructed to
visit the locality. Reports were read from Captain
Ward, R.N., the inspector, and Capt. D. Robert-
son, R.N., the assistant-inspector of lifeboats to
the institution, on their recent visits to various life
boat stations on the coast. The proceedings then
terminated.

THE BRAEMAR GATHERING.

ABERDEEN, Thursday Night.

The Braemar gathering was held to-day, when,
in addition to the local turn-out of spectators, there
was a considerable attendance of stranger tourists.
Unfortunately for the sports, rain fell heavily.
This, however, did not prevent the clans Duff and
Farquharson mustering strongly, officered by Vis-
count Macduff and Captain J. C. Farquharson.

Shortly after two o'clock the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales, accompanied by Prince John of Den-
mark and Miss Kuollys, from Abergeldie Castle,
arrived at the scene of the gathering, Old Mar
Castle, and were welcomed with great enthusiasm
by the Highlanders, who drew up in double rank
to receive their Royal Highnesses. Among the
brilliant assemblage in front of the Castle were the
Earl and Countess of Fife, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness Townsheud, Mr. Adrian and Lady Ida
Hope, the Ladies Duff, Prince George of Solms,
Colonel and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld ;
Lord and Lady Norris, Ex-Governor Eyre, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Forbes, of Newe ; Colonel Ra-
leigh, &c. The games .were keenly contested by the
respective clansmen, and the general success of the
gathering was not a little due to the foresight and
caurte•y of Mr. Brown, factor on the Invercauld
estates.

MA RICE 7 S-7 1115 DAY.

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CORN.
Corn market vory dull ; English wheat is lower, in face
of more supply. Foreign dull, at late rates.

The market opened with moderate supplies, but a dull
rude for everything but oats.
English wheat heavy on hand, and to effect sales is re-
duction had to bo taken, although the quantity offered
was light.

Foreign wheat was not Iressed for sa!e, and must be
quoted the same as on llonlay, with a slow trade.

Flour not quotably altered, and also but very little
dojo.
Oats.—A good demand, and Gd dearer.
Barley. —A slow sale, and drooping in prim
Beans and peas unaltered.
Oats in good supply ; demand also good ; prices Gd
higher.
Oleakes quiet.