The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-25 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY IN"i'ELLIGEENCE.

Another change in the order for sailing of the block-ships
under Rear-Admiral Baynes was made yesterday. They got
up steam yesterday afternoon, and at 5 o'clock weighed and
dropped out to St. Helen's Roads, nearly within gunshot of
Spithead, instead of going to the yore direct, as previously
ordered. Rear-Admiral Baynes was very unwell on Wed-
nesday night. All the ships of the fleet yesterday morning
" dressed " in honour of her Majesty's birthday, and at noon
fired a general Royal salute. Vice-Admiral Sir lhomas
Cochrane, K.C.8., hoisted his flag in the Fire Queen steam-
tender, and, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Superintendent
Martin, steamed through the fleet, giving Rear-Admiral
Baynes his final orders. Yesterday they proceeded to Cowes
to pay their respects to her Majesty at Osborne.
The Enterprise, Captain Collinson, was towed out of Sheer-
ness basin on Tuesday, and her officers and crew were yester-
day conveyed to Chatham by the steam-tender Wildfire to be
paid off.

The Tartar, 20, screw steam corvette, Captain H. Dunlop,
arrived at Sheerness yesterday at 6 a.m. She left Faroe
Sound on the morning of the 18th inst., leaving there the
Duke of Wellingtoa, bearing the admiral's flag, the Ajax,
Blenheim, Arrogant, Conflict, and Archer.
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The Imperieuse arrived there on the day previous, and
left the same day for England, with orders to touch at Kiel.
Smallpox was raging very badly ou board the Duke of Wel-
lirwton and the Arrogant. . .

The Geyser and Archer have taken a large number of
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rive •24 to have already been reported to have been
captured by them, all laden with va'uable cargoes of tallow,
hemp, bristles, dm, most of which are now on their passage
home.

Oa the day after the Tartar left Faroe Sound, she ex-
changed numbers with the Orion screw steam line-of-battle
ship.

The damage done to the Tartar by her late collision will
require her tope docked. She was struck on her port side,
two ports abaft the gangway port, by the Imperieuse stem
on, by which her mainmast was broken into three pieces.
Mr. William Moore, London pilot, has been appointed to
take charge of the transport Rob Roy, as Baltic pilot.
The Weasel gunboat, Lieutenant Robert G Craigie, tender
to the Cesar, left Sheerness yesterday, at 4 a.m., direct for
the Baltic.

The various works in the dockyard at Pembroke are being
carried on with energy. A new frigate is to be immediately
built upon the slip lately occupied by the Sutlej. Her arma-
ment will be 50 guns, and her length over all is to be about
240 feet, and she is to be built for the screw propeller. The
Repulse, 90-gun ship, has been thoroughly altered for adapta-
tion to the screw, her after frame timbers having to be moved
for the purpose. The Biunswick, 80, is to be launched in the
course of the summer. The dry dock is to be lengthened and
widened, at a cost of 10,0001., and two new slips are to be
constructed, with a boat basin, at an expense allowed this
year of 15,0001.
The Meteor floating battery was commissioned on Wednes-
day by Captain Seymour.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam-ship
Alma, No. 1 transport, has arrived out at the Crimea, and
disembarked her troops, consisting of 1,030 rank and file,
with 25 officers, under the command of Colonel Gordon
Drummond.