The Sun. — 1864-03-29 (London, England)

THE NAVY. MALTA, March 21.—The following naval movements have taken place :—On Friday her Majesty's ship Magiciennne, 16, Capt. 1 Armytage, and the Royal Oak, 35, iron-cased ship, Capt. F. A. Campbell, arrived from the lonian Islands with large quantities of ordnance stores; and on Sunday the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. Prevost, came from Corfu in two days, similarly loaded. The Magicienne left Corfu on the 9th inst., calling at St. Maura and Ithaca for stores, and bringing Lady Hotham as passenger. The Royal Oak left Corfu on the 16 h, and came here direct— passenger, Lieut. C. D. Inglis, R.N. On the 18th the Cossack, 20, Capt. W. R. Rolland, left on return to Corfu, and on the following day the Surprise, 4, Commander W, H. Whyte, arrived fram Benghazi and Marsa-Souzah—passenger, Lieut. Drew, R.N. This vessel has been attending on the chartered steamer Fanny Lambert, while the repairs were being made to the Malta and Alexandria telegraph. The iron screw troopship Dromedary, 2, Master-Com, A. Brown, arrived on Tuesday from England and Gibraltar on her way to Corfu. The Magicienne left yesterday, it is believed, for Corfu. A letter from Corfu of the 9th inst., which has been from some c ruse or other delayed on its way, contali2s the following passage : " There has been a case of hanging here. It took place on the 7th inst. The culprit was a sergeant of the 6th Regi,. ment, who about six weeks ago shot his wife deliberately with his rifle. He was tried by a general court-martial and sentenced to death. He attempted two or three times to commit suicide, and once, having succeeded in secreting a piece of glass in his bed, cut a vein in his arm, and was quietly bleeding to death, when it was discovered and the bleeding was stopped with some trouble. The only persons allowed to witness the execution were the troops in garrison, the sentence having been previously read to the prisoner, who in a brief speech exhorted his comrades to keep from drink, which he oid had brought him to such a miserable end. He wore many medals, There was great difficulty in obtaining a hangman, as the Greeks would have murdered any one of their own people if they had known him to perform the part of executioner. in the way it was managed it was quite impossible for them to get hold of him, as he was brought over secretly Irom Albania, and wore a mask all the time he was in Corfu " Hrr Majesty's War Department screw steam transport Lord Panniure, Mr. H. T. Moore commander, has been despatched to Messrs. Simpson's, in the Isle of Dogs, to undergo repairs of screw-shaft, steam-tube, &c., and to be caulked and painted throughout. A powerful shipway purchase has been erected at the works, by which the ship was hoisted up, and was adjusted on the cradle in readiness to be overhauled and repaired. The process occupied only 57 minutes. Mr. Reed's .Xperimental ironcased sloop Enterprise left Woolwich yesterjay on an official trial trip. Staff Commander Luke, R.N., end Mr. Tricketts, Inspector of Ma, chinery in the dockyard, accompanied the ship on the part of the Admiralty, and Mr. 13,:.'venhill, who supplied the engines, attended on his own iNhalf to watch the result of the trial. Capt. Delamere, Lieut. Frampton, and 94 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Woolv7ich division Royal Marine Light Infantry took their departure yesterday from headquatters at Sheerness to join the new steam flagship Bombay, commissioned for the south-east coast station of America, to succeed the Forte, flag of Rear-Admiral R. L. Waffen. Ths men were accompanied from the barracks at Woolwich by a crowd of wellwishers. Their arrival at the railway th!ation was the signal for a hearty round of cheers, which were repeated on the departure of the train. The fellowincct' appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. 14, C. Keppel, to the Indus—B. son, to the St. Vincont, for the Sealark—C. Strickland, assist surg, to the Supp:y—C. J. Farnell, assist surg, to the Wellesley--R, J. Hay, chief engineer, to the Bombay —J. Coade, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for the Bristol—W. B. Stephens, of the Dart, promoted to acting chief engineer, and appointed to the Archer—E. M'AvorY, engineer, to the Bombay—G. Lucas, engineer, to the Majestic—W. Rowley (a), engineer, to the Cumberland, for the /Etna—J. Daly, assist engineer, to the Dee—J. M‘Garahan and Charles Tnomson, assist enginees, to the Bombay—R. Hetherington, R. Roberts, and C. Wake. amid engineers, additional, to the Bombay.  THgATRE