The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-28 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY 1N TELLIGENC.

Orders have been reseived from the Horse Guards
directing two draughts of one officer, one sergeant'
and 25 rank and file of the depot, Ist battalion,
16th Regiment, and one sergeant and 27 rank and
file of the depot, 160th Regiment, to leave Colches;
ter to-day (Monday). The draughts will proceed
to Liverpool with a view to embarkation for Canada'
where they will join the service companies Of their
respective regiments.
Capt. A. Heaton, Ist battalion of the 15th Ilegi;
ment, joined on Saturday the depot of his corps 3'
the Ist Depot Battalion, Chatham, succeeding Cat
J. W. S. Moffatt, who is under orders to join t 7
service companies of the regiment at New
Btua
wick. 3d
Col. the Hon. J. J. Bourke, commanding the a
Depot Battalion, at Chatham, has been gran
tem
leave of absence by theField-Marshal Commanding-
in-Chief till the 12th of October.
A Frazer, or what is termed the Woolwich ie'
ridV
burst at the proof butts, Royal Arsenal, on der
at the first round, with a charge of 5341 b. of poviue,,
and a shot of 2501 b. weight. The gun is one of tb
same pattern and construction as 85 9-inch 124°A3
guns that have passed proof and have fired 500
an
600 rounds since. The explosion has been (1115-
covered to have arisen from a flaw in the steel tube,
which forms the bore of the gun. These steel 0173
are supplied by contract, and undergo a very sever
process of tempering at the Royal Gun Factory Pe;
partment, and it is supposed that the enornioa
strain to which the steel tube was submitted raalt
have caused a crack which could not be discernen6
the time. A vein running through the metal, /13-
dicating the flaw, is now seen.
The Moncrieff gun-carriage, on the protected. hofv,
bette system, being now finished in some minor ea
ails, experiments will, in all probability, be restial
with it in the course of this week at Shoebury Cast.
The Russian frigate Alexander Newsky, 51, C3Pd,
Krenner, wrecked off the western coast of efatlanto
at 1 o'clock on Friday morning, while proceeding 0,
St. Petersburg, left Plymouth on Monday aftefil°,l%cl
in charge of Mr. Edward Glynn, pilot, who la that
at Dover on Tuesday with telegrams, stating tip
they had experienced a very boisterous pasogeese
Channel, but all was well on board. One of th let,
addressed to the Emperor, was from Admiral rosigl
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tutor to the Grand Duke Alexis. Mr. Glynn sin
also the bearer of an illustrated history of .311ss" ott
two volumes, for presentation to one of the h°,ls ia
board her Majesty's training ship ImplacahLea'
Hamoaze. This lad was born of English Or eir-
in Rusbia, where he resided several years, 3„ la'
cumstance discovered by Prince Alexis whe',oo
specting the Implacable on the 18th lost' left,
Alexander Newsky was a wooden ship ; ahem-
Algiers on the 17th of August, and while at
t of
mouth received 300 tons of coal. Off the coal
sky
Jutland there are some very dangerous sand blibeett
on which several Russian ships of war hale
damaged. hoisted at
as
During Saturday the storm signal wop-
the Chatham dockyard, giving notice of theye
proach of a gale, which set in at an early 11°`1 wog
terday morning. Throughout yesterday itlo3 d
stf
strong from the southward, with frequent
antics'
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rains, while the barometer was falling. the
pation of the setting in of the autumnal gate; re.
large iron floating dock Bermuda has beeced at
moved from her moorings in the river and
AleclviL)?
anchorage in Standgate Creek, in the
where there is good anchorage, while the doe,‘,o
be less exposed to the westerly and southerlY
during the aproahing winter.
Lieut. Alfred C. Harris was appointed on
day to her Majesty's stCp