The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-05 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

A report was yesterday current in Portsmouth dock-
yard that Rear-Admiral Sir William Edmund Parry,
Lieutenant-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, had died
at the watering-place in Germany (Ems, we believe) to
which be had lately resorted with the view of renovating
his hE al th.
The Myrmidon, 4, iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant
'gammen commanding, was towed out of harbour for
Spithead, after being fitted for service in the Coast of
Africa Squadron on Tuesday evening. Mr. Hobbs, the
Chief Engiieer, R.N., takes passage in her to join the
Commodore's ship Scourge. The Diligence, naval tran-
sport, sailed from Spithead yesterday for the Eastern
dockyards, with stores.
The hired screw steam-transport Zebra, No. 211, Cap-
tain Betts, from Balaklava, June 14 ; Constantinople,
20 ; and Malta, 25, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. She
brings passengers from Constantinople, Deputy-Assist-
ant-Commissary-General Gould, Mr. Samuel Boyd,
Assistant Storekeeper, and 10 merchant seamen. Passed
Juse 25, off Gazo, the screw steam-transport Arcadia,
bound for Liverpool ; and on the 26th, in lat. 37.20 N.,
long. 5.28, bound west, the screw steam-transport Im-
pentrice, which left Malta on the 24th ; and July 4, off
the Lizard, the ship Barham, steering south-west.
The Calypso, 18 guns, Captain Arthur Forbes, ar-
rived at Sheerness yesterday, saluted the admiral's flag,
and anchored off Blackstakes at 1.20 p.m. She is from
the North America and West Indies station.
The Powerful, 84 guns, sailing ship, Captain Thomas
L. Massie, was ordered yesterday to prepare to take on
board 600 supernumeraries, consisting of marines, marine
artillery, and seamen, to be called for at Portsmouth and
Plymouth, a portion thereof to embark at Sheerness
from the Chatham division of marines. She has also re-
ceived an order to take all her lower-deck guns on board,
which had been previously landed. She will be ready
Ifor sea at noon to-day.

Captain A.V.anaming,
left Sheerness yesterday on a trial trip.
The Horatio, 24 guns, Captain the Hon. A. A. Coch-
rane, left Sheerness yesterday with the mortar-vessel
Sinbad in tow ; the latter on her way to the Baltic, the
former for Heligoland.
The Kite, 3 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, passed
up the Thames from Bermuda at 2.25 p.m. yesterday
(apparently disabled in her machinery department),
under sail only.
Captain Lord Frederick Kerr, of the Waterloo, was
honoured with the company of the Commander-in-Chief,
Vice-Admiral the Hon. William Gordon, to dinner yes-
terday, at Sheerness. The ward room officers of the
Waterloo also received an invitation from Lord Frederick
Kerr to meet their Commander-in-Chief.
The Hermes, steam-sloop, Commander Henry Cory-
ton, has received orders to prepare for sea immediately.
It is said that she is to take one of the floating batte-
ries out to the Baltic.
The Urgent, screw steam-vessel, has come down to
Woolwich, after having been taken into dock at Black-
wall.
The Meteor, floating battery, Captain Frederick Beau-
champ Seymour, received her boats and requisites for
the boats yesterday morning, and left Woolwich for
Greenhithe, to have her compasses adjusted.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Surgeons Sloan, to the Saturn • G.
Millar, to the Wellesley ; John Gallaghan, to the ioyal
George ; Daniel Ritchie, to the Arrogant ; J. Stirlinv,
to the Queen ; J. D. Tweeddale, to the Fury ; W. T.
Doraville, to the Agamemnon ; Assistant-Surgeon W.
Crawford, to the Marines at Woolwich ; Chas. Douglas
Shepherd, promoted to be surgeon of the London.
Major Nasmyth, so distinguished as one of the
heroic defenders of Silistria' arrived in Kilkenny on
Monday last, to enter on his duties as Adjutant-General
of the district.
On Tuesday six detachments, viz., 1. sergeant and 8
privates, 9th Dragoons ; 2 sergeants, 3 corporals, and
14 privates 14th Light Dragoons ; 1 sergeant and 13
privates, 24th Foot • 5 sergeants and 32 privates, 29th ;
-1 private, 52d ; and). of the 87th, arrived at the General
Ilospita.l, Chatham, as invalids from India, under com-
mand of Captain H. E. Reader, 14th Light Dragoons,
With Libut. R. H. Travers, 24th Foot. The invalids dis-
embarked at Gravesend from the ship Queen, from Ben-
gal. Private Nash, 29th, died at sea on the 13th of
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the Fermoy Battalion on Monday, are to embark in the
the seat of war :-30th Foot—Brevet-Major,,pamp-
bell, Captain Brook, Lieutenants Moorsom and Tolcher,
Ensigns Deane and Campbell, 4 sergeants, 2 drummers,
71 rank and file. 49th—Captain Astley, Lieutenants
Rogers, Madan, and Powell, Ensign Burrowes, 5 ser-
f geants, 2 drummers, 143 rank and file. 50th—Lieu-
tenants Dimond, Creagh, Hickman, Leach ; 1 sergeant,
1 drummer, 18 rank and file. 68th—Lieutenants Blood,
Light, Nicholetts, Clarkson, Thornton, Stuart, 5 ser-
geants, 2 drummers, 143 rank and file. Tctal-3 cap-
tains, 18 subalterns, 14 sergeants, 7 drummers, 375 rank
and file.
A letter from Cephalonia represents the reception of
Ensign (late Sergeant) Sullivan by the officers of the
82d, to which he was gazetted, as most cordial—just
such as should be the reception of a brave soldier by
brothers in bravery as well as arms.
A draught of the 21st Fusiliers, under command of
Captain Peddie, arrived in Cork Barracks on Saturday.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.

The last flower exhibition of the season took place
yesterday at the Botanical Garden's, Regent's-park.
Among the visitors were the Duchess of Cambridge, the
Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the Duke of Cambridge, and vari-
ous other members of the nobility. The show of flowers
was abundant and beautiful, and there was a good col-
lection of stove and greenhouse plants, Among the
orchids were several new and handsome varieties. The
fruit tent was abundantly supplied. The grapes and
peaches were fine, but strawberries and cherries had
evidently suffered from the dry hot weather, and were
small. A dwarf cherry tree shown was well laden with
fruit, and a cucumber vine, trained in a moderate-sized
pot, bearing six large cucumbers, was observed as a no-
velty. Among the cut flowers were many fine pinks and
roses. The following is a list of the prizes which were
awarded :—Extra Gold Medal.—Mr. May, gardener to
Mr. H. Collier, Dartford, for 16 stove and greenhouse
plants ; Mr. Mylem, gardener to Mr. G. Reed, of Burn-
ham Somerset, for 20 exotic orchids. Large Gold Me-
dal.—Mr. Barter, gardener to Mr. A. Bassetts of Stam-
ford-bill, for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr.
Williams, gardener to Mr. H. B. Warner, Hoddesdon,
for 20 exotic orchids. Medium Gold Medal.— Mr. Green,
gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, for 16 stove and green-
house plants ; Messrs. Frazer and Co., nurserymen,
of Leyton, Essex, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants ;
Mr. Frost, gardener to Mr. E. L. Betts, Maidstone,
Kent, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Wool-
ley, gardener to Mr. H. B. Curr, Chesham, for 20
exotic orchids ; Messrs. Veitch, nurserymen, of Exeter
and Chelsea, for 16 exotic orchids ; Mr. Gedney, gar-
dener to Mrs. Ellis, Hoddesdon, for 12 exotic orchids.
Gold Medal.—Mr. Cutbush, nurseryman, Barnet, for 12
stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Taylor, gardener to
Mr. J. Coster, Streatham, for 10 stove and greenhouse
plants ; Messrs. Rollinson, nurserymen, Tooting, for 6
Cape heaths ; Mr. May, gardener to Mr. H. Collier,
Dartford. for 8 Cape heaths ; Messrs. Veitch, nursery-
men, of Exeter and Chelsea, for 20 variegated plants ;
Mr. Clark, gardener, Hoddesdon, for 12 exotic orchids ;
Mr. Turner, nurseryman, Slough, for 12 pelargoniums ;
Mr. Nye, gardener to Mr. E. Foster, Clewer Manor,
Rear Windsor, for 10 pelargoniums ; Mr, Macklinen
gardener to the Duke of Norfolk, for miscellaneous col-
lection of fruit. -Large Silver Gilt Medal.—Mr.
"nodes, gardener to Mr. J. Fillpott, of Stamford-hill,
for 16 stove and greenhouse plants ; Messrs. Pamplin,
Lea-bridge, for 12 stove and greenhouse plants ;
Mr. Ramp, gardener to Mr. Thorne, South Lam-
beth, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr.
Frost, gardener to Mr. E. L. Betts, for 6 stove and
greenhouse plants; Mr. Taylor, gardener to Mr. J. Cos-
ter, Streatham, for 6 greenhouse azaleas ; Mr. Ivison,
gardener at Sion-house, for 6 exotic orchids ; Messrs.
Frazer, nurserymen, for 12 pelargoniums ; Mr. Holder,
gardener to the Rev. E. Coleridge, Eton College, for 10
pelargoniums ; Mr. Fleming, gardener to the Duke of
Sutherland, Trentham, Staffordshire, for miscellaneous
collection of fruit ; Mr. Tillyard, gardener to the
Speaker, Heckfield, Hants, for three dishes of grapey.
Large silver Medal.—Mr. Peede, gardener to Mrs.
Tredwell, Norwood, for 10 stove and greenhouse plants;
Mr. Williams, gardener to Mr. Hail, Bromley, Kent,
for six stove and greenhouse plants ; Mr. Wiggins, gar-
dener to Mr. E. Beck, Isleworth, for six achimenes ; Mr.
Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, for six tall cacti ;
Messrs. Frazer, nurserymen, Leyton, for six Capo
heaths ' • Mr, Frost, gardener to Mr. E. L. Betts, Maid-
stone, for eight Cape heaths ; Mr. Roser, gardener to
Mr. Bradbury, Streatham, for six Cape heaths ; Messrs.
Henderson, Pineapple Nursery, for 20 variegated plants ;
Messrs. Rollinson, Tooting, for 20 variegated plants ;
Mr. Green, gardener to Sir E. Antrobus, for six exotic
orchids ; Mr. Bray, gardener to Sir I. Goldsmid, Re-
gent's-park, for six fuchsias ; Mr. Turner, Slough, for six
fancy pelargoniims ; Mr. Winsor, gardener to Mr. A.
Plyth, Ktddepore-hall, for Fix fancy pelargoniums ; Mr.
Turner, Nursery, Slough, for six pelargoniums ; Mr.
Watson, market gardener, Ealing, for miscellaneous
collection of fruit ; Mr. Fleming, Trentham, for four
ineapples.

A FOUNDLING.—On the 15th of last month an infant,
about two months old, was left at the gate of the Shore-
ditch workhouse, at midnight, in a basket, with a note
and 2s. 6d. The following is a copy of the note :—" Sir,
I am sorry to say that necessity drives me to this act.
I am not cruel to my own child, and so I will prove.
My husband is gone to the Crimea, and, please God,
when he returns I will take my child again. lam sorry
that I must go to service, and I will give 2s. 6d. a week.
Please to put the child in the wet-nurse ward, and I will
pay 2s. 6d. a week, and if it lies in my power I will pay
something more. The child is eight weeks old ; name,
George Gates." A second half-crown has since been
received, but no clue to the mother has yet been found.
The Child died of pOnyullipm pu thp d ult.
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