The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-07 00:00:00

INFANTRY.

sth (Northumberland) liusileersT—Enniskillen.—The De-
tachment at Ballyshannon, consisting of Brevet-Major
M'Gregor, Ist Lieutenant Scroggs, 3 sergeants, 1 drummer,
and 45 rank and file, is ordered to be reinforced to a company.
6th Royal Regimen t.—Mullingar.—A recruiting party is on
march to Dublin to embark for Liverpool, cn route to Leeds,
there to be stationed.
7th Royal Fusileers.—Depot, Naas.—Captain Cochrane
arrived in Dublin from head-quarters on 30th Oct., there to
embark per steam-vessel for Cork, to take the command of
the draft at Spike Island, Cork harbour, consisting of Lieut.
Porter, 1 sergeant, 40 rank and file, and 2 boys, under orders
to join their service companies in the West Indies.
30th ( Cambridge) Regim en t.—( Castlebar.—Twe recruit-
ing parties are ordered to march from head-quarters for
Beggar's Bush recruiting depot. Dublin, there to embark per
steam-vessel for Bristol, to be stationed at Bristol and Exeter.
A recruiting party is ordered to proceed en route from Castle-
bar, for Dublin, there to embark per steam-vessel for Glas-
gow, en route to Aberdeen, there to be stationed.
34th (Cumberland) Regiment. The service companies
embarked at the Cove of Cork, on the 28th of October, for
conveyance to Corfu, on board of the Java freight ship, 1,175
tons, with the following officers and men, &c. :—Lieutenant-
Colonel Airey, commanding; Major Brown; Captains
Matthews, Kelly, Goodenough, Lang, Simpson, and Gwilt ;
Lieutenants llarvey, Packe, Maxwell, Oxley, Talbot, Sitwell,
and Burrill ; Ensigns Sir George Henry Scott Douglas,
Bart., Best, Warry, and Jordan; Paymaster Roche; Quarter-
master Williamson; Surgeon Bain, M.D.; Assistant Sur-
geon Fraser, M.D., 1 regimental sergeant-major, 30 sergeants,
11 drummers, 24 corporals, 576 privates, 4 officers' wives, 2
female servants, 6 officers' children, 36 soldiers' wives, and
46 children. Lieutenant T. A. M. Brisbane is on leave of ab,
sence to the 31st March next, at Largo, Brisbane-house, the
seat (.f General Sir Thomas Macdougall Brisbane, G.C.8.,
F.C.11., Colonel of the Regiment. Honorary distinctions,
" Albuhera," " Vittoria," " Pyrenees," " Niville Nive,"
" Orthis," " Peninsula." Major H. Deedes is commanding
the depot companies at Fermoy.
40th liegiment.—We are informed that her Majesty's 40th
regiment is to embark for England at the end of the present
month, on board the Poictiers, Seringapatam, and Scindian.
The regiment has acquired an excellent character whilst on
service in India. The garrison of Fort William will thus be
left without any European corps for a time; but it is expected
that the 39th, now at Dinapore, will do duty here. The
head• quarters of the 40th will be on board the Seringapatam.
The men will be allowed to volunteer for any of her Majesty's
regiments in Bengal. The Governor-General gave a dinner
on the 19th to the officers of this regiment, on the occasion of
their departure from Calcatta.—Bontbay Times, Oct. Ist.
79th highlanders.—The Diadem, (398 tons) freight-ship,
will sail from Deptford, for the Cove of Cork, on the 3d
Nov. to receive on board drafts of the 72d and 79th High-
landers for conveyance to Gibraltar, and 88th Connaught
Rangers for Malta.
88th Connaught Rangers.—Depot, Boyle.—Ensign Gore
has arrived in Dublin from leave of absence, en route to
Cork, to join the draft under orders for embarkation for
Malta. This regiment is about to sail in the Diadem, 398
tons, for Malta.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARMY IN OUR AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.

51st Regiment.-5 companies, (head quarters,) Hobart
Town ; 4 companies, Tasman's Peninsula.
58th Regiment.-3 companies, (head quarters) Bay of
Islands; 3 companies, New Zealand; 2 companies, New-
foundland.

96th Regiment.-2 companies, (head quarters) Launces.
ton ; 2 companies, New Zealand ; 1 company, Adelaide ;
company, Oatlands ; 1 company, Campbell Town ; 2 corn.
pauies, Tasman's Peninsula.
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99th Regiment-4 companies, (head quarters)'Sydney; 1
company, Blackheath; 1 company, Maitland; 2 companies,
New Zealand.

ORDNANCE CORPS.

Rifle Brigade—Riflei3;ii;d;d;OT,lst battalion, Beggar's
Bush Barracks, Dublin. Captain A. S. Murray, has em-
barked at Southampton, per mail steam-vessel, for the Medi-
terranean, to join the Service Companies at Corfu. Major
Robert Walpole is commanding the depot companies. Re-
cruiting, 1 sergeant and 8 rank and file. The draft of 1
sergeant and 30 rank and file, and 3 boys, embarked at Cork
in the lowa for Corfu, on the Bth October.
The Board of Ordnance have recommended that the House
of Industry, in Strand-street, Limerick, hired as temporary
barracks, and capable of accommodating 7 officers and 236
men, belonging to Mr. Watson, be purchased by Govern-
ment, and be converted into permanent barracks. A new
military hospital is also ordered to be built at Limerick.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
NAVAL RETIREMENT.
The following are the actual numbers of post-captains in
the list, eligible for the retirement, who have sent in their
names to the Admiralty as willing to accept the terms pro-
posed
Of the first 10?) on the list
Of the next 150 on the list
Of the remainder on the list

Total number
Thus, it appears that 48 names are required to complete
the 300, and the time for receiving the applications is limited
to the end of this month.

THE SURVEYOR'S 90-GUN SHIP ALl3lON.—Extract of a
letter from her Majesty's ship Albion, dated Oct. 27, 1845,
latitude 47, longitude 10 west.—" Here we ale, having had
four trials of sailing, and the Rattler having towed Superb
first day, Rodney second day, Albion third day, and Canopus
on the 25th, at the rate of 41/2 knots in the wind's eye, per
hour, and the rest of us chasing her—had she been an
enemy's ship towed out of action, any good sailer would have
taken her. At all events, we are always beaten. Rodney
and Albion started with Superb on Friday ; Superb beat us
about six miles dead to windward, and Rodney about two
miles; to-day we had a little shell practice, and during the
time we were firing the senior officer demanded inclination ;
and Rodney was 7 degrees port to 9 starboard, ourselves 15
port to 16 starboard; rather a wide difference, is there not,
between the two ships? I must say that this ship rolls more
and more every day. In the morning before (26th), at eight
A.m., the ship rolled many times very heavily, so much so,
that it so happened that the lower deck ports were up, and
heavy seas came in and floated everything in the after cock-
pit. It ran over the combings at least two feet deep. To
remain till 3d of December, unless the Vanguard brings
counter orders."— West of England Conservative.
The Apollo troop• ship, Commander Radcliffe, arrived at
Santa Cruz on the 12th of October, from Cork, with troops
on board, bound to the Cape of Good Hope.

THE EXPERIMENTAL TRIALS BETWEEN THE

RODNEY, ALBION, CANOPUS, AND SUPERB.

We have much gratification in being enabled to lay be-
fore the public the following detailed account of the latest
trials between the above four line-of-battle ships and the
Daring 12. gun brig, under the orders of Commodore Fair-
fax Moresby, C.B. They come to us from an officer of
the squadron of distinguished character, and we feel as-
sured that when the Gallant Commodore's official report shall
be published, the subjoined will be corroborated in every
respect.
• FIRST TRIAL.—As soon at the squadron got outside the
Plymouth Breakwater, on the 21st October, the Daring was
Ordered by the Commodore. to look out ahead, and when
she had proceeded alittle distance from the line-of-
battle
.ships; a general signal was made to chase the Dar-
ing. This wits at 12:59; the Course was W. by S., and the
wind was N., a nice steady breeze; and smooth water.
At 1.10 the squadron had made all sail—whole topsails,
topgallant, sails; royals, and fore-topmast studding sails.
At 1.18 the Rodney and Superb, appeared to be going
ahead of the Canopus, when the siglial was made to them
to t' Look out ahead of Commodore." The Albion at
this time Was right astern under all sail, dropping.
At Al the Canopus had gone ahead of the
Albion 450 yafds; of the Rodney 560 yards, and of the
Daring 750 yards; but the Superb had come up with the
Canopus 210 yards, the weather and wind the same. At
three P.M., without change of wind and weather, the Superb
had come np with the Canopus 1,000 yards, and the Albion
had wind tip with Canopus 50 yards. The Canopus bad
gone ahead of the Rodney. 120 tafds, and the Daring 880
yards. At 4 P.M. the Canopus had OM tiheall of the Rodney
1 ti yard end Of the Daring 100 yards; the Superb drain-i 1 g
up fast with the Canofiiik and the Albion having neared the
Canopus 102 yards, the wind and Walther the same.
At 4155 the signal Was made by the Commodore to cease
the trial, when the Shie *ere in the following positions s•-•••
The Superb had beaten the eanor,tiS 2,080 yards, and the
ARAM had heat,en the Canopus 200 yards; the hitter bad -
gained on the Rodney. during the whole trial, 870 yards,
and on the Daring
.1,560 yarcits The trial was every good
one; and there Can be no doubt that every ship could have
fought their lowefteetilt stint during the whole trial.
SEOoND TRIAL.—The next trial Was On the 28d of Octo-
bers At e)gli the Commodore made signal to chase
strangers n vie*: All the ships with all their port stuth
ding. stills set acid royals; eourse -Ws by So wind E.S.E,; force
of *lntl ti with a eitell from SsEs ; wind on the port quarter.
At 8.30 the
.stitildrUli had made all sail, and at
the, time of starting the ships Were in the following
pOsitiOn :.—the Albion distant from the Commodore's ship,
the Catitiptfa 1,924 yards, the Rodney 1,446 yards, the
Superb; 1;675 yards; and the Daring 736 yards—all astern.
At g. 35 the Superb had come tilt with the Canopus 295 yards ;
the binepile had increased her distance ahead of the Albion
716 yards, of the Rodney 334 yards, and of the Daring b 54
yards ; wind and weather the same. At 10.35 the Canopus
had gene ahead of the Albion 320 yards, and of the Daring
1,150 yardi the Rodney had gamed on the Canopus 70
yards, the Superb had come tip 69 Yards.
At 10.40 the Superb carried away her foretopmast stud-
ding sail boom, which caused her to drop a little: At
/OA the Canopus carried away hers also ; but, by the
angles taketi, she seemed to held her own with all but
the Superb. At eleven the Albion carried away her maintop-
mast studdingsail halyards, but soon had the sail set
again. At 11.85 the Canopus had gained on the Albion
1,140 yards, on the Rodney 70 yards, and on the
Daring 1,570 yards. The Superb had also dropped 300 yards;
the wind and weather much the same, with a little swell.
Within this hour all the ships bad taken in their lower
studding-sails, except the Daring. At 12.35 the Canopus
had gone ahead of the Albion 810 yards, of the Rodney.
180 yards, and of the Daring 1,560 yards; the Superb had
gained on the Canopus 550 yards ; the wind had increased
a At 1.0 wind and weather much the same, the
Superb had come up with t.lte Canopus 440 yards ; but the
lattr bad increased her distariCf.' frc9 the Albion 1,410
yards, from the Rodne j 60 yards, ;2_4 from.. the Daring 840
• -1 to f3h or ten
yards. At 3.80 the oftinitalore made the ;::nai ,
sail; When the squadron were in the fedlowing pos;:2°"-
Thp t llii tiltftn Of, WO gailo'pitg , 5;680 yardß; the Roam;
7a4 yards, and the 444 *ARS b 1
This. day thei fleet had . it goodicieß Kitt dtitffi. g
*Melt tine they ran /2 Miles: ./siething could be fairer elm
this trial. The *hitl its .stao in the port quarter chirinff
the whole peried, and the gbig 6.6/il4 have fought their
lower deck guns, the ports having been kept op flaring the
tv Tbe *verb was hrsti having beat the Canopus 1,000
yard the Ctindpiis theebtid,
(third) 734 yards; and the Albibli 5,660 yllygg:
httyMg beat the Rodney
d the ttl
On two or three occasions, in light win a,_ a er
screw steam-sloop was ordered to tow the Albion, Rodney,
.• which she did in very good style, taking them
and Soper.,, • --ell and breeze.
4 knots, against a bean Rodney Albion, and
On the 25th of October, the
attler towing
threee
Daring, had a trial of tailing An a wind, Is.-
the Canopus dead to windward, against a good breeze,knots an hour. In about six hours the Superb beat the
Rodney dead to windward, and the Rodney beat the Albion.
The Daring, on thie occasion, beat the large ships con-
siderably.
Upon the whole, in the abottB files trials, the Superb may
be considered first; the Canopus second, the Rodney
third, and the Albion last. The Albion and the'
Superb rolled very much indeed; and it is the opi-
nion of every one that if the Superb bad had her
proper quantity of water and previdop on board the

would be as bad as she was on the former trials, As it is,
she is now in yacht-trim ; but what is the use of a ship that
cannot sail with all her provisions on board? That old
Frenchman, the Canopus, seems to combine all the qualities
of a thorough good ship—fit to chase or to run away; to
fight,or to blockade.—kaiza