The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-21 00:00:00

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NAVAL AND „MILITARY IN2ELLIGENCE.

The finding and sentence of a general Court-
martiai held recently at Aldershot Camp on a pri-
vate named Brennan, of the 54th Regiment, for in-
subordination und disrespectful language to an
offic,2r of that curps, were promulgated yesterday,
and read in the pre SCDCC of the whole regiment at
morning parade. The prisoner was sentenced to
undergo an itnpriionment, wi h hard labour, for a
period of two years, to be marked with the letters
" B C," and to be dismissed the service with
ignominy.

The 43d (Monmoutlrthire Light Infantry) Regi-
ment, tinder the comn.and of Lieut.-Colonel F.
Hutchinson Synge, will leave Aldershott Camp on
Thursday. The regiment will march from bar-
racks, at 8 30 a.m., to the Farnborough station of
the South Western Railway, and proceed thence by
special train at 10 o'clock to Portsmouth, where it
will embark on board her Majesty's ship Urgent,
for conveyance to Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney.
The strength of the regiment is 26 officers, 7 staff
sergeants, 40 sergeants, 30 corporals, 20 buglers, 563
privates, 79 women, 118 children, and 7 horses.
Quarters are being prepared in the Camp and
barracks at Aldershott for the reception of seven
militia regiments that are expected to arrive for
their annual course of training on the 28th inst.
All the soldiers off duty at Aldershott this day
are allowed every facility to see the divisional
steeplechases.

C Battery of the 4th Brigade and C Battery of
the 9th Brigade Royal Artillery at Aldershott are
held in readiness to leave that station. They will
be relieved by A and B Batteries of the 11th
Brigade from Shorncliffe. Lieut.-Col. Mowbray
will then assume command of the field batteries at
Aldershott.

The annual distribution of the prizes and badges
to the best marksmen in rifle practice among the
non-comissioned officers and men of the Chatham
division of Royal Marines Light Infantry has been
made at the divisional headquarters by Colonel
Commandant G. Lambrick, aide-de-camp to the
Queen. The total number of men of all ranks who
have been awarded prizes is 108, ten of whom are
classed as " first-class marksmen" and 97 as
" marksmen." The best shot in the Chatham divi-
sion is Sergeant William Robinson, who succeeded
in scoring a total of 88 points. Sergeant Robin-
son has accordingly been awarded the extra
sum of 3d. per day for twelve months, and also
wears the badge of crossed muskets and crown in
gold. The first-class marksmen receive an addi-
tional 2d. per day and wear a badge of crossed
muskets in gold. The marksmen wear badges of
crossed muskets in worsted, and receive an extra
penny per day ft)r twelve months.
An advanced class of officers, the names of whom
are undermentioned, will commence a course of
instruction this week at the Department of Artil-
lery studies :-2d Capts. W. R. Barlow and J. C.
J. Lowry, Lieuts. A. B. Brown, J. A. S. M. Davis,
W. 11. Auchinleck, and H. A. Barker. These
officers have been -selected after passing a severe
competitive examination, this being the third class
formed since the order of the Commander-in-Chief,
dated the 2d of November, 1863, instituting the
advanced classes, and it may be as well to observe
the conditions under which officers are admitted,
and to state the intention of the order as specified.
1, Officers must have had six years' service in the
corps, and can then only be admitted by competi-
tive examination ; 2d, The intention is to give
special high scientific instructions to officers who
may have a taste for it, and to form a body of
scientific artillerists, from whose ranks all
future first appointments to manufacturing de-
partments and instructors at the Royal Mili-
tary Academy will b. made. The course
of instruction is to extend over a period of two
years, and of the first class that has gone through
the course every officer has received an appoint-
ment, and of the second class, which has just com-
pleted its course of studies, one officer has already
obtained an appointment. It will be seen that the
subjects a knowledge of which is required at the
entrance examination are—Differential and inte-
gral calculus, practical mechanics, physics, and
French. The course of instruction embraces mathe-
matics, physics, metallurgy, chemistry, and a tho-
rough knowledge of the manufacture and use of all
warlike materials. The advanced class of officers,
under the guidance of Dr. Percy, visit some of the
great metallurgical establishments in England and
Wales, and are also instructed in the manufacture
and scientific details of machinery generally. The
mathematical instruction also includes the study of
the principal works on artillery. A good chemical
laboratory is at the use of the officers to do practi-
cal work. The following professors, &c., give in-
struction at the department of artillery studies :
Francis Bashforth, 8.D., mathematics ; Dr. Percy,
metallurgy ; Mr. Goodeve, physics ; and Mr.
Bloxam, chemistry. Major Charles Young, Royal
Artillery, is the director of artillery studies, aided
by Captain C. B. Brackenbury, Royal Artillery, an
assistant-director of artillery studies.
The 6th Brigade Royal Artillery was inspected
on the Governor's-green, at Portsmouth, yesterday
morning, by Colonel Commandant Woodhouse.

There is now no doubt about the closing of the
minor shipbuilding yards, an order having been re-
ceived for Deptford to shut up in the course of the
year. Woolwich will, in all probability, follow
Deptford, but, the establishment being on a much
larger scale, it will take from two to three years to
complete the arrangement, and it is not, yet quite
decided whether the whole or only part of the yard
will be disposed of. The part to be retained will
most likely be the factory department, the smiths
being very busy at present in constructing iron gun
carriages. The factory has also the means of making
engines to propel vessels by steam, but machinery
as yet has never been made use of for that purpose,
and there is no reason why Woolwich, with all its
appliances, should not be made the establishment
for repairing and constructing engines for our
steam navy. . _

Her Majesty's Indian troopship Euphrates, from
Suez, arrived at Bombay on the morning of the
10th inst., with draughts of the Royal Horse Ar-
tillery, Royal Artillery, 3d Dragoon Guards, &c.,
on board.

The Pandora screw gunvessel, Commander Spratt,
returned to Spithead on Sunday evening, in conse-
quence of a severe gale blowing in the Channel.
The screw troopship Urgent, Captain Henderson,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Ply-
mouth. She will go into Portsmouth harbour this
morning, to prepare for the embarcation of the
43d Regiment for the Channel Islands.
The hired transport Hotspur arrived at Spithead
yesterday morning from Calcutta, when she sailed
on the 7th of January, with troops, comprising
Major G. Gough, 2d Dragoon Guards, in command;
Lieutenant Tibbs; Ist Battalion 11th Regiment;
Lieut. Purcell, 2d Battalion 12th Regiment; As-
sist.-Surgeon Langdon, 105th Regiment (in medical
charge), the Rev. J. C. Love, 165 military invalids
from various regiments, 13 women, and 24 chil-
dren. They were unable to disembark owing to
the tempestuous weather yesterday, but should it
moderate to-day they will be removed to the Royal
Victoria Hospital, Netley, and the llotspur proceed
to London to discharge her cargo.

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