The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-01 00:00:00

vAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCIt.

The Victory is at her moorings at Portsmouth, and
the Imperieuse is alongside her berthing-hulk Camper-
down.
The Powerful, 84, Captain Thomas L. Massie, ar-
rived at Sheerness yesterday, from Portsmouth, at noon,
came into harbour, and anchored off Blackstakes, in
consequence of her ammunition, &c., being on board.
The Sanspareil, 71, screw, has been taken out of
Davenport Thickyard, and placed in the basin. Com-
missions have arrived there for her for the following
officers :—Woodford J. Williams, captain ; Walter
Reid, commander ; Lieuts. James Bull, Warren, W.
Anderson, Logie. A. Wimper, and Wm. Wayinouth.
The Simoom, 18, iron•screw, Captain Sullivan, may
be expected at Portsmouth shortly ; her old boilers are
nearly useless, they hive been patched up again and
again. She has been employed in conveying nearly
1,400 French troops and horses from Toulon to the
Crimea, during which .she broke the fan of her pro-
peller ; her spare one was to have been shipped, but that
was found to be defective. All ate well en board '; latest
date 20th of May ; she was then at Kazatch Bay. She
will come to receive new boilers.

The Rosamond, 6, paddle-wheel steam•sloop, Com-
mander S. S. Crofton, arrived at Sheerness yesterday,
from Portsmouth, at noon.
The Geyser, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander
R. Drew, also arrived at Sheerness yesterday, at two

p.m., from Woolwich.
The Dee, 4, troop-ship, Master Commander Pullen,
from the westward, arrived at Deal .yesterday for the
river.

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The lEolus has hauled out of the fitting-basin at Ports-
mouth, and is alongside the jetty.
The Magnet, raortar-vessel, is in No. 1 dock, at Ports-
mouth, completing alterations, such as false keel, new
gripe, and additional piece to her rudder, Sce.
The defect in the machinery of the Avon, tender, has
been repaired at Keyham, and the vessel returned to her
own moorings.

APPOINTMENTS.
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Lieutenants.—Alexander Henderson (1855), recently
serving as mate of he Sampson, 6, paddle, in the Black
Sea, and present at the bombardment of Odessa and de-
struction of Redout Baleh, also present at the attack on
Fort Constantine in 1854, to the Royal Albert, 121,
screw, in the Black Sea, for disposal ; Lindsay Brine
(1855), recently promoted from acting mate of the Lean-
der, 50, for service in the Black Sea, to the Retribution,
28, paddle, at Nore ; Charles R. Maberly (1855), re-
cently promoted from mate of the Meander, 44, for ser-
vice in the White Sea, to the Sanspareil, 70, screw, at
Devonport ; Henry T. Marsden (1855), recently pro-
moted from acting mate of the Niger, 14, screw, for ser-
vice in the Black Sea, to the Royal Albert, for disposal.
Acting Assistant Surgeon.—Patrick H. Seon, to the
Colossus, 80, screw, in the Baltic.
Second Master-- Haben B. Hunt (1855), recently
serving in the Trafalgar, 120, in the Black Sea, to the
Horatio, 24, screw, at Sheerness.
Paymaster—Henry Bruxton, to the Meteor, 16, screw,
at Woolwich.
Assistant-Paymaster—Robert J. Waterfield, to the
Meteor.

The division of the 98th Regiment which arrived at
Chatham from India, by the ship Blenheim, were medi-
cally inspected yesterday, and 13 non-commissioueel
officers and privates were selected for the invalid dep it
to be discharged on pensions ; some of them have had
upwards of 20 years' service in India. The division left
yesterday morning for Weedon barracks, for the bead.
quarters ; its strength, 17 sergeants and 128 rank and
file, under command of Major Francis Peyton, with
Lieutenant Thomas Gardiner, Lieutenant W. Browne,
Ensign and Adjutant Charles Mills, and Staff-Surgeon
Dr. Andrews, who is attached. The remaining division
of this corps is expected daily by the ship Maidstone.
A strong party of 91 soldiers, of almost every regiment
in the service, being those who have have been invalided
home from the Crimea on account of sickness and wounds,
and are now convalescent, left, the invalid depot, Chat-
hams yesterday, to join their several depots ; 18 to go
to Cork, 12 to the cavalry depot, Maidstone, the re•
mainder to Chichester and other places. The whole of
the men are in excellent spirits, and are pleased to be
able again to join their corps for service.
A rendezvous for the enlistment of persons to serve in
the Corps of Engineers attached to the Turkish contin-
gent has been opened in Cannon-row, Westminster.
It is stated that the Royal Berkshire Regiment of
Militia will relieve the detachment of the 94th Foot, at
present doing duty in the Tower. The right wing of the
regiment is expected to march into the fortress to-day,
and on the arrival of the head-quarters the 94th will
march. pr.ceded by the band of the Grenadier Guards,
to the Waterloo Terminus, and proceed thence to Ports-
mouth. The two companies of the Ist battalion of
Grenadier Guards in the Tower will be relieved by a
similar detachment of the 2d battalion of the Coldstream
Guards.