The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-01 00:00:00

lATEST FrtOM GIBRALTNIZ

By the arrival of the steam-ship Iberia, which reached
Southampton yesterday, we have the following items of
naval and military intelligence from Gibraltar :—On the
16:h April the Spanish steamer Independiente took on
board 90 horses for conveyance to Balaklava for the use
of the British army. She had also on board a corporal
and six gunners of the Royal Artilery, besides seven
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discharging her freight in the Crimea, lie despatched to
Alicante for the purpose of taking up another shipment
of the same kind to Bala,klava. The Lucifer, a small
steamer, of 85 tons, with some wooden huts and clothing
for Turkey, arrived at Gibraltar from Liverpool on the
17th. On the 18th the sailing transport Canterbury,
from Constantinople and Malta, put into Gibraltar for
supplies. She bad on board invalids from the Crimea
bound for Spithead. The British sailing transport, City
of Carlisle, passed to the westward on the 18th. On
the same day the Sardinian brig Regina Esther took on
board 32 horses from the garrison at Gibraltar, for eon-
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Hugessen, 57th, Falkner, 30th, Vernon, R.A., O'Brien,
Carden, and Kent, Pi7th, Purcell, 50th Lieutenants
Tucker, R.A., Antrobus, 50th ; Irby, 90th ; Harbord,
71st ; Cambier, Radcliffe, and Boulton, R.N. ; Staff-
Surgeon Saunders, Assistant-Surgeon Scott, 57th ; Mr.
Purchase, Mr. Mackham, Mr. erelwing, 223 non-com-
missioned officers and privates, including servants, and
five women. Two deaths occurred on the passage from
Scutari to Malta. The British screw steam-transport
Argo, which arrived at Gibraltar on the 19th ult ,
shipped some horses or the Crimea, and took her de%
parture on the 21st. The screw steam-transport Vic-
tory, from Plymouth, arrived at Gibraltar on the 21st.

ARTILLERY FOR THE MORTAR VESSELS.
A detachment of the Royal Marine Artillery, under
the command of Captain G. S. Digby, consisting of
First-Lieutenants E. H. Starr, H. Hewett, and F. W.
Festing, with 6 sergeants, 4 corporals, and 38 gunners,
embarked yesterday afternoon at 3 p.m. in the Pigmy
tug, and were conveyed to Spithead, and put on board
the Rosamond, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton, for
passage to the eastward to join the new mortar vessels
aliout being despatched, under charge of Captain Will-
cox, of her Majesty's ship Odin, to the Black Sea fleet
off Sebastopol. Each mortar vessel will have six of
these valuable and experienced marine artillerymen.