The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The steam-transport Hope, No. 64, Captain Corbett,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the East
with invalids. She left Balaklava en the 18th of August,
Constantinople on the 25th, Malta on the 31st, and
Gibraltar on the 9th inst. She has brought home Capt.
Ennis, of the 11th Hussars ; Deputy-Assistant CAntnis-
sary-Generals Hemsworth and Hawkins ; Captains
Wylde, Browne, and Langnon, of the Turkish Contin-
gent ; Staff-Surgeon Moore ; Assistant-Surgeon Hyde,
of the 14th Regiment ; Mr. E. Burnley, of her Majesty's
ship Wasp ; and 29 second-class pasFengers. She landed
five invalided officers at Malta, who were too ill to pro-
ceed further. Two nures, discharged, have also come
home in the Hope, which passed, on the 28th ult., the
steam•fransport'Tynernoutb, bound eastward, with troops,
Cape Matapan, N.E. by E. At Malta she found her
Majesty's ship Terrible, with heavy mortars, from
Gibraltar for Sebastopol ; also the new steam-trarrt
Oneida, bound for the Crimea ; and the Waliner Castle,
bound home. A number of French steamers full of
French troops had passed eastwards within a few days.
On the Bth inst. she passed the screw steam-ship A us-
trali,, bound eastward, in lat. 34.15 N., long. 4.1 W.
At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ships Rhadainanthus,
Meteor (floating battery), and Prometheus, the former
bound for Malta and the latter bound homewards ; also
the steam transport Perseverance for Portsmouth, since
arrived ; and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-ship Euxine, with the India mail. On the 12th
inst. the Hope passed the Courier, standing southward,
in lat. 39 N., long. 9.53 W. ; on the 15th inst. spoke
the following :—The French ship Volney, of Nantes,
standing to the south-west, in lat. 41 N., long. 9.30
W. ; the bark Sagittarius, standing to the south-west, iu
lat. 44.45 N., long. 9.8 W., and the African tuai;.
steamer Ethiope (since arrived), in lat. 45 N., long' 9
W. The Hope experienced strong headwinds for the
greater part of the voyage.
The steam transport Black Boy, No. 173, arrived at
Spithead last evening from Balaklava.

•Thr Majesty's steam transport Perseverance, Captain
Harris, arrived at Shithead from the East yeste,day
morning, having' left on the 12th in<t , with C,,ptli,r,
Blanket, of the 2d BAttalien, Brigade ; Lieutenant
Knox, of ditto ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Rickets ; Dr.
H. R. Ley, of the Turkish Contingent ; En,ign Oli,er,
of the 66th Regiment; and 83 men, 91 women, and 138
children.

Her Majesty's steam-transport Dee, Master-Com-
mander Pollen, R.N., arrived at Portsmouth yesterday,
from Woolwich, with new boilers for her 111sje•ty's
steamer Simoom, IR, Captai❑ Sulivan, refitting at Ports•
mouth.

The steam-transport Black Sea, No. 19G, left Sp

head yesterday for the Thames.
The steam-vessel Alecto, 5, Commander Phillip,
preparing to leave Plymouth for the West Coast
Africa. Tho Bloodhound, 3, Lieutenant Williams, sail
for that destination on Sunday.

The screw steam-transport Hyda,spes, Commander
Baker, from Southampton, which arrived at Plymouth
on Tuesday, is appointed to embark 250 men of the
Land Transport Corps and sail for the Crimea to-day.;
The Arabia, No. 95, steam-transport, came alongside
the yard yesterday. In addition to 3,000 shells she will
convey a number of huts to the Crimea, and 80 drauglit,
and 11 officers' horses. She also takes out a regiment
of milit;a for service in the Mediterranean, and all the
men of the Rifle Brigade fit for foreign duty.
The Alster, steam-transport, has taken her cargo of
huts on board, and has shipped a considerable propor-
tion of the 1,500 shells she takes out. The number of
huts she convpys is is..
The freight screw steam-ship Zouaze, Captain Black-
more, sailed yesterday from 'Woolwich with huts, shot,
shells, and ammunition for the Black Sea. The Zouave
was scarcely under weigh when Mr. Mansell, of the
Ordnance, arrived at the arsenal, and issued instructions
to suspend for the present a further supply of shells for
the East. A number of small mortars already on board
the Jackall were ordered to he immediately returned to
the shore. There is no cessation, however, in the tram.
port of every other description of war materials. Ruts
and winter clothing are shipped in abundance.
DEvoNPonT, Tnesday.—The Hibernia was taken from
the basin yesterday into the harbour. Thefollowinß
have been selected to navigate her to Malta :—M --
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The es, transport, arrived to-day, and will
embark 200 Land Transports for the Crimea.
The women and children Wrecked in theCanterbdry
arrived to-day, in the Douro steamer, from Oporto, and
were brought on shore to the dockyard and taken to the
workhouse at Devonport,
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where every preparation was
made for their comfort.
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