The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Castor frigate, of 36 guns, was put out of dock at
,Cliathara on Wednesday, having beeu newly coppered. Sbe
was taken immediately under the shears and masted ; and
the following day She was floated into the stone dock to be
'riggecl aad fitted for sea. She is to be ready for service in a
month. •

•The Dee steamer, Commander-Pullen, arrived at Woolwich
yesterday at 3 p.m., from Plymouth, having on: board' Major-
General Corrington, 11. M., now entered on the retired list,.
and Mrs. Corrington and family.
The, paddle-wheel steam ship Arabia arrived in the 'Mersey
yesterday, and will to-day embark about 170 horses for the
,Dragoons, and Probably a detachment of troops. She is in
excellent. condition.

The Transit iron screw steam storeship, Commander John-
stone, was warped.out of the fitting basin at Sheerness yes-
terday, wits her steam up. Immediately she cleared the basin
et'3.45 P,m„'she proceeded under steam up the harbour, and
will leave to-day for Deptford.
At noon yesterday. a telegraph order arrived at Sheerness
from-the Admiralty for the Glatton floating battery, Captain
Arthur Cumming, , and the Meteor coating battery, Captain
F. Seyniour, to proceed Out on a trial trip immediately.
Very shortly after the_ order was countermanded, and an order'
was received for both to take :all tbeir guns ,on .-board and
proceed With all p'Ossibl6 deeipateh to the Male.
The eight Russia.npriSoners,whcc.arrived atPortsmonth in
the steam-transport Indian' the-other day, from the Past, pro-
ceeded yesterdayto Lewes, :escorted by a lieutenant and ser-
geant o
,f the Rifle Brigade. They appeared in. high.spirits on
landing from the Ship.
The troops destined for the Crimea ~who were to embark
in the steam-transport ,Arabia, at. Portsmouth, have ,been
ordared to' Soutbanipton, to embark in'the Orinoco yesterday
and, to-day. Her Majesty's yacht •Nrietlaria.and•Albert; Capt.
the Hon. Joseph Denman, steamed into Portsmouth haihour,
frotti•Cowes; to replenish with coals•ydsterdaY. The Nimrod
and Sir Robert Sale transports sailed .
.front. Portsmouth yes-
terday for the Thames. The TaMar steam-transport left
Portsmonth yesterday for 'Southampton: The steam-sloop
Virago, 6, Coumaander„Marshalt, left Spithead at six- o'clock
~last evening for the' eastward; to be paid off. 'The Gorgon, 6,
Commander Crawford, is ordered fixona Spithead to Sheerness,
The Hermes steam-slobp, Commander Coryton, received .sn,
peronmeraries at. Spithi ad yeSterday for the squadron on the
North America: and West India station, for .which she sails
'this- day.
On the Bth inst. the Hydaspes took in tow for Gibraltar
the steam transport City of Loudon, distant 29
.miles from
. EarOpa Point, Gibraltar, she being' disabled by having been
run into by a bark. • . • . • '
The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Orinoco, Captain
Wilson, transport No. 218, commenced. yesterday to embark
her horses and troops for, the Crimea at Southampton Docks.
This'vesSel will take, in all, 15 officers, 276 men, and 235
berses, beSides AL first-class, ten second-class,- and eight
steerage passengers. The remainder will . embark early this
day, and the Orinocci will leave Southampton thii afternoon
for the Black Sea. - „ :

On Thursday morning-a detachment of. the Ist_ Dragoon
Guards (King's Own), from Piershill Barracks, left the _Cale-
donian Railway. station. Edinburgh; and a similar detach,
ment left Motherwell station, from Hamilton Barracki, for
Carlisle, Yesterday the united- detachments, farming- the
second division'pf the regiment, and consisting of seven ofd-
cers;and 124 men, with 'l2O horses, under the command' of
Major Briggs, marched from Carlisle to Liverpool, whence
they embark for the Crimea in the Arabia. A small detach-
ment of men and,horses belonging to the Scots Greys, front
Piershill, also go out in the Himalaya. The. King"! Own take
under their charge 150 horses for different regiment's in the
• East. When the Ist Dragoon-Guards shall have left Piers-
hill there will be no cavalry regiment in Scotland, and there
is no ono spoken of at present to replace them there.
A detachment of 50 Sappers and Miners from Warley Bar-
racks arrived at Chatham yesterday for general instruction
in •field duty at the Royal Engineer Establishment, under the
direction of Col. Saudham, R.E.

A party of invalids to the number of 600 yesterday left the
invalid depot, St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham. They com-
prised nou-commissioned officers and privates of various
corps, all wounded Men from the Crimea. They are dis-
charged from the service with pensions varying from is. to
2s. per day.