The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The annexed circular memorandum has been addressed
to regiments at home and abroad :
"orse Guards Feb 14.
"Numerous complaints having been made the. Gene-
ral Commanding-in-Chief that officers commanding regi.
meats do not furnish to their depots information respecting
imprisonments, promotions, reductions, deprivations by
sentence of courts-martial, &c., which is required for the
due completion of the records at the depots, his Royal
Highness directs that there be kept at the head-quarters
of each regiment a casualty-book, in which every change
in a soldier's service is to be duly and daily recorded, and
that a copy of the entries made between the first and last
days of each month inclusive, be sent with the returns and
states at the commencement of each month to the depot.
" His Royal Highness will hold commanding officers
responsible that returns prescribed by regulation are
regularly furnished.

"By command.
"G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."
The order in council which has just received the sanction
of her Majesty, for the reduction of the corps of Royal
Marines, provides that the established number of com-
panies in the entire corps shall be 104 of light infantry,
each consisting of 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 11 non-com-
missioned officers, 3 buglers, and 101 privates.
On Thursday afternoon the whole of the depots of the
Indian and British regiments composing the Provisional
Battalion, at Chatham. were inspected by Colonel H.
Eden, Commandant of Chatham Garrison.
A. final trial of the engines of the Nimrod, 6 guns, screw
steam gunreswel, took place in the basin at Shoern,se on
Thursday. Her engines made 53 revolutions per minute,
with fn 121 b. to 151 b. pressure, working expansively,
with a vacuum of 26. The trial was considered satisfac-
tory. The present orders are for her to steam out of the
basin on Monday, and proceed to Portsmouth. The crew
of the Flying Fish will be transferred to her on her arrival
at Portsmouth.
The screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Captain Astley C.
Key, from Lisbon on the 9th, arrived in Plymouth Sound
on Wednesday.
The Exmouth, 90, Captain H. Eyres, is making good
defects in Plymouth Sound. She is to bo supplied with
new main and wizen yards.
Meanee, 80, is fitting with a screw propeller, at Sheer-
ness. Orders have been received that the Irresistible's
machinery and boilers, of 400-horse power, are to be put
into this ship, the same having been landed in this yard
for some time. Her screw propeller is solid brass, and
weighs 6 tons 19 cwt. 2 qr., and 17 feet in diameter.
The steam troop-ship Megacra, Captain Purvis, bent sails
in Hamoaze on Thursday, and steamed into Plymouth
Sound yesterday.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
miralty :—The Hon. J. M. Yorke, mate to the Brilliant;
H. F. Nicholson, mate to the Excellent ; G. T. Meld,
midshipman to thes.Victory for disposal ; H. N. S. Hood,
naval cadet to the tioyal Albert, for disposal; G. R.
Henage, H. V. Smith, and C. G. Whitelock, naval cadets
to the Castor, for disposal.
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-HE SCREW STEAM-SHIP KANGAROO.—LIVERPOOL,
Friday,---A telegraphic message was received here this
afternoon by the agent of the Liverpool and Philadelphia
Steam Packet Company, respecting their screw steam-
ship Kangaroo, which, at last accounts, was seen in the
Delaware. It was as follows :—" Philadelphia, Feb. 6.
The steam-ship Kangaroo, Captain Jeffrey, for Liver.
pool, left the wharf, foot of Queen-street, at half-past
nine o'clock yesterday morning, assisted by the City ice-
boat, and both proceeded down the river in handsome
style." There is little doubt that the steamer was de-
tained somewhere below in the river, as there is no
notice from New York on the 7th (when the Arago and
New York 1€ ft) of her getting to sea. At all events she
may be expected every tidel •
A FEMALE GAOLER.—John Lewis, charged with
breaking into the house of Miss Mansell, Manorbear,
was confined in the Pembroke lock up, under the care of
Mrs. Thomas, to await his trial. The prisoner, during
his confinement, was remarkably still, seldom speaking
a word. The prison being cold, Mrs. Thomas lighted a
fire for the prisoner, and tried to make him as comfort-
able as possible. n Tuesday, the 3d of February, Mr.
Thomas was obliged to leave home. All that morning,
the prisoner appeared exceedingly thoughtful, and moved
seldom. Mrs. Thomas sent her little girl to inquire of
the prisoner if more coal was wanted for the fire. The
prisoner answered in the affirmative. Mrs. Thomas ac.
cordingly took some coal to put upon the fire; and on
going into the cell, she mechanically took the key from
the outside of the gate, placed it inside, and locked the
gate from within. When she was in the act of putting
the coal on the fire, the prisoner Lewis sprang to the
gate, and got outside. Mrs. Thomas seized him at the
gate, and clung to him ; and, whilst the prisoner was
trying to reach the street door, he threw her down in
the passage. The prisoner opened the street door, but
Mrs. Thomas still held to his collar, and likewise to the
hair of his head. The prisoner hurried Mrs. Thomas
into the street, for the attempt to shake her off was
vain. They both fell, rolling into the mud. Several
persons were looking on, but, so sudden and strange was
the affair, that they did not understand it, and thus left
Mrs. Thomas to grapple with the prisoner for some
time; but she never left hold of the prisoner from the
time he sprang out of the gate until he was safely put
back.—Hares fordwest Telegraph.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE
CIvIL SIIEVICE.—The Home Department—The lord-
lieutenancy of the county of Lancaster has become
vacant by the death of the Earl of Ellesmere. The
Board of Trade—Mr. Burton Marshall, principal coast
officer at Stirling, within the Port of Alloa, has been
appointed deputy-receiver of droits of Admiralty to Mr.
.T. T. Ansel!, collector. General Post-office—Mr.
Thomas Spearpoint has been appointed postmaster at
Folkestone. Audit-office—Mr, R. L. Woods has been
appointed to a clerkship. Customs—A searchership at
the Port of Hull has become vacant by the death of Mr.
Thomas Stork, first-class searcher. Mr. John F. All-
nutt has been appointed a clerk in the East and West
India Docks, London. Mr. Joseph Williamson, clerk
for general business, has been appointed a clerk in the
Long-room, London. Mr. John Hughes, comptroller at
Newry, has been promoted to be collector at Dartmouth.
Mr. Clifford Gill, collector at Bideford, has been pro-
moted to be comptroller at Newry. Mr. Alfred Gassett,
comptroller, is promoted to be collector at Bideford.
Mr. Samuel Malley, comptroller at Padstow, has been
promoted to be comptroller at Bideford. The office of
comptroller at Padstow has been abolished since the pro-
motion of Mr. Malley. East Indies.—Mr. E. O'Riley,
assistant-commissioner at Toungoo, has been appointed
magistrate of Rangoon, vice Dr. D. L. Morton, re-
signed. Captain G. E'. D'Oyly, assistant-commissioner
at Thayet-Mayo, has been appointed assistant-commis-
sioner at Toungoo. Lieutenant C. P. Hildebrand, ad-
jutant, Pegu Light Infantry, has been appointed assist-
ant-commissioner at Thayet-Mayo. Mr. W. R. Ben-
son, deputy-commissioner of the third-class in Oude, has
been appointed deputy-commissioner of the second-class.
Mr. W. C. Capper and Lieutenant J. Reid, assistant-
commissioners of the first-class in Oude, have been ap-
pointed deputy-commissioners of the third•class. The
Rev. G. W. Coopland has been appointed chaplain at
Owalion—Oirit Serrico anette.'