The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-09 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in- Chief
of the Forces, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morn-
ing, accompanied by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hope Grant,
Quartermaster-General, Colonel Gambier, C. 8.,
Deputy Adjt.-General of Artillery, Col. Jervoise,
C. 8., Royal Engineers, and Col. Johnson, A.D.C.
They were received at the station by Lieut.-Gen.
Sir A. Spencer, K.C.8., Capt. Marter, A.D.C., and
Brigade-Major Colley. His Royal Highness was
conveyed in the General's carriage to the official
residence, Mount Wise. If the weather was fine
all the troops in Plymouth garrison were to be re-
viewed at noon near the 17th mile-stone on Ito-
borough Down.

The h df -yearly inspectiJns at Aldershot are still
being c.^.rried on actively and with the most satis-
faetpry results. _ _ _

An order has bee: recAved at Chatham from the
Horse Gu trds directing voluateering to be opened
among the troops at that garrison for the Army
Reserve Force, ordered to be raised under the Act
of list s.:!ssion. The corps in' it3d to supply men
are the Ist and 2d battalions of the Ist Royals;
109.11 Bombay Infantry, Ist battalion of the 2d
Royats, 82.1 R:,g;ment, 106t!t Bo.nbay Light In-
fantry, Ist battalion of the Bth Regiment, 2d bat-
talion of the 10th Regiment, Fit battalion of the
1401 Regiment, and the 45th Regiment. The order
announces that the Reserve Force will cvnsi,t of
two classes, to be formed from men who have served
or are serving in the army, the one class liable to
general service with the regular army, and the
other liable to service in the United Kingdom only.
The troops eligible for the first class are soldiers
who have completed their first term of service, and
although unwilling to re-engage in the regular
army, aro, nevertheless, willing to join the Reserve;
men not exceeding 34 years of age, who have been
discharged from the army, by purchase, or other-
wise, except for misconduct, after service of not
less than three years ; soldiers serving at home, who
have completed two-thirds of their first term of
limited engagement, with not less than five years
of that period abroad, and have not re-engaged,
whether enlisted under the Army Service Act of
1847 or the Army Enlistment Act of 1867. The
troops eligible for the Army Reserve, Class 2, are
soldiers who, immediately on the completion of
their first term of service, are unwilling to re-
engage in the regular army, or to enter the first
Reserve ; men who have served in any of her Ma-
jesty's regular forces for not less than the full
period of the first term of enlistment, and men who
have completed a term of service in the First-class
Reserve, and are unwilling to re-engage therein.
The bounty for the first class is £3, and for the
second class £2 per annum, payable quarterly.
Capt. R. L. Dashwood, Ist battalion of the 15th
Regiment, at Chatham, has been granted leave of
absence from his corps until required for embarka-
tion to join the service companies of his regiment
in New Brunswick.

The officers of the Royal Artillery Theatrical
Club gave an entertainment last evening, to a
crowded audience, in their recreation-rooms at the
Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich.
A preliminary trial has been made in Chatham
harbour of the machinery of her Majesty's ironclad
ship Hercules, 14, 5,234 tons, 1,200-horse power,
Capt. Lord R. J. Gilford, far the purpose of testing
the working of the ship's engines, at her moorings,
preparatory to the official trial of speed at the mea-
sured mile. The machinery is the most powerful
given to any of the ironclad ships constructed by
Mr. Reed, C. 8., the engines having been manufac-
tured by Messrs. John Penn and Sons, who have
introduced in their construction the very latest im-
provements. The machinery consists of a pair of
trunk engines of, nominally, 1,200-horse power,
and is capable of exerting an indicating power of
7,200-horse. This is obtained by the capacity of
the cylinders being considerably larger than has
been usually allowed by Messrs. Penn for engines
of similar power, ample heating surface being at
the same time provided for in the boilers. The
engines are thus enabled to work up to at least six
times the nominal power when the steam is being
cut off at one-third of the stroke, with a pressure of
301 b. to the square inch in the boilers. The cylin-
ders have each a diameter of 10ft. 7in., with a dia-
meter of the trunk engines of 3ft. 1 lin., giving an
effective diameter of 9ft. 10in. The entire weight
of engines, machinery, boilers, water, and spare
gear is rather under 1,100 tons. As the Hercules
has only room in her bunkers for little over 6UO
tons of coals, or barely enough fn. three days' fall
steaming when the engines indicate 7,000-horse
power, the Hercules will depend to a groat extent
on her sails, and will spread a great expanse of can-
vas, and for this purpose she is full rigged. Owing
to the length of time she has been lying in Chatham
harbour her bottom has become very foul, which
will necessitate her being docked before she can be
taken on her official trial of speed at the measured
mile. The official testing of the boilers, pipes, and
engines by means of hydraulic power was very satis-
factory, the pressure applied being 601 b. to the
square inch. The Hercules is now only waiting the
arrival of the remainder of her 18-ton 450-pounder
guns to be ready to leave Chatham.

ARREST of GO LLER THE PRIZE FIGHTER.

7MS DAY.

To-day Inspector Silvetton, of the C division,
and Sergt. Palmer, who have tendered themselves
conspicuous by their activity and tact in prevent-
ing during the last few months the prize fights for
the championship and other but smaller honours,
succeeded in arresting Goller, the man matched to
fight Rooke for £5O.

On being placed before 11r. Vaughan at the
Bow-street Police-court, the prisoner gave his name
Thomas Goller.

Inspector Silverton said that himself and Ser-
geant Palmer had, since the arrest of Rooke, been
on the look-out for Goller, and that day they suc-
ceeded in taking him into custody in Totten-
ham-court-road. He (the prisoner) bad been
matched to fight Rooke for a stake of fifty
pounds, but the fight had been prevented,
although the utmost endeavours by the friends of
the two men had been made to keep " the engage-
ment" secret.

On being asked what he had to say, the prisoner
admitted he was the man spoken of by the in-
spector, that he was previous to Rooke's arrest
about to fight him for £5O, and that his name was
Thomas Goller.

Mr. Vaughan said as Rooke had been admitted
to bail, he should adopt the same course with re-
spect to the man now in court. lle should require
the same amount of bail, viz., two sureties of £3O,
with prisoner in his own recognizances of £5O.
Sergeant Palmer informed the magistrate that
there was a person in court who was willing to be-
come bail for the prisoner for the amount required.
Inspector Silverton said in the present case the
person offering himself as bail was a man of known
respectability, therefore as the day for the fight
had passed, he could not ask for the usual 24
hours' notice.

The recoguisances having been completed, the
prisoner was liberated.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short 11 19 11 191

Do 3
Ms. ... 12 f ... 12 1
Rotterdam — ... 12 i ... 12 1
Autwerp ... 25 4U ... 25 45
Brussels
Hamburgn — ... 13 101 ... 13 11
Varis
Ditto
Mrasoilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 1201 ... 1201
Vienna — ... 11 85 ... 11 9U
T r iest o ... 11 85 ... 11 92}
Petersburg - •.• 32 ... 32/
Copenhagen ..• ••• 9 20 ... 9 23
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — ...
2747 ...
Leghorn
Milan — ... 27 60 ... 27 67
Genoa — ... 27 60 ... 27 67/
Palermo — ... 27 60 ... 27 67f

The llon. and Rev. H. E. J. Howard, the Dean
of Lichfield, died at his residence at Donnington, Shrop-
shire, yesterday morning, at four o'clock. The deceased
clergyman was also prebend and succinct of York, rector
of Donnington, Shropshire, and of Tatenhall, Stafford-
shin.