The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-21 00:00:00

TRA SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1851.

he had been exceedingly desirous of preventing its
progress ; but, at the same time, his object was to
do so by all fair and legitimate means. As, however,
the committee had expressed so decided an opinion after
two divisions on the point, he thought it both courteou-
and proper not to throw any farther impediment in the
way of the bill.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that as some dif-
ficulties had been suggested in relation to the operation
of this clause which were worthy of consideration, they
shoald have his best attention, and with that view he
thought it expedient for the Chairman now to report
progress

The CHAIRMAN reported progress accordingly, and
having obtained leave to sit again on the 10th July,
The CHAIRMAN then left the chair, and the house re-
sumed.

NAVAL A.V.1.) MILITARY 11VTELLIGE.NC.E.

WOOLWICH, JUNE 20.
To-day, being the anniversary of her Majesty's acces-
ion, the royal standard was hoisted in the Royal Arse-
nal, Dockyard, and the Gun-park, in front of the Artil-
lery-barracks. At 12 o'clock, a royal salute was fired in
honour of the occasion.

At 10 o'clock this forenoon, the left division of Cap-
tain J. Travers' Company, sth Battalion (the other half
having embarked on board the steam-transport Simla,
for the Crimea, on the let June) ; Captain C. J. B.
Riddell's Company, 6th Battalion, and Brevet Lieu-
tenant-Colonel J. M. Adye's Company, 9th Bat-
talion, being " ammunition reserves," assembled in
service marching order, on Woolwich-common, for
the inspection of the commandant, Major• G-
eneral E. C. Whinyates, C. 8., K.H. The comman-
dant was accompanied by Colonel W. C. Anderson,
Royal Horse Artillery, commanding the field batteries,
and Major G. A. Maude, Brigade-Major of Artillery.
After minutely inspecting the men and horses, and their
appointments, &c., they marched past and formed square
and afterwards proceeded home. These companies are
under orders for the Crimea, and are ready to proceed at
the shortest notice. The whole of the horses belonging
to the regime,ital depot were also inspected by the com-
mandant of the garrison.

The steam-slop Devastation, Commander A. F. R. De
Horsey, has unbent sails, and her crew have commenced
.tripping her and returning stores. Her crew are to
have 14 days' leave of absence.

The screw steam-sloop Pearl, now building at Wool-
wich, is approaching rapidly towards completion, and
will be ready for launching in a few weeks. She is
pierced for 21 guns.
The steam-transport Sovereign dropped down from
Deptford on Monday last, and is lying off the arsenal,
where she is taking on board stores. She is to embark
the remainder of Captain B. Lawson's company, 2d Bat-
talion Royal Artillery, and the remainder of Major J. 0.
Fortescue's Company, 7th Battalion, for Gibraltar. The
other part of the two companies left on the 16th May
for Gibraltar.

The Meteor, 16, Captain Frederick B. Seymour, has
nearly all her guns on board and her funnel rehoist€d,
which had to be taken down after her various trials, for
the purpose of lowering her guns and gun-carriages, her
hatchways not bßing large enough to admit of them.
She is beginning to look in first-rate sea trim, and it is
expected she will be taken out of dock on Saturday or
Monday. Her guns are Lancaster's 8-inch, of 95 cwt.
each.

The fleet at Portsmouth, yesterday, in honour of the
18th anniversary of the accession of her Majesty to the
throne, dressed ship at 8 o'clock in the morning, and at
noon fired a general Royal salute. The garrison led the
ceremony from the King's Ravelin. The Royal standard
was hoisted at the Dock and Victualling-yard, the Cus-
tom-house, King's rooms, and on all the forts along the
shore, and the bells of the parish church rung out merry
peels during the day.
The Clapman and Catterbury sailing transports will
embark the Oxford militia this morning at Portsmouth
dockyard for Corfu. Five of the number of ship's launches
fitting out as a part of a squadron of gun-boats for the
Putrid Sea are nearly completed, and in the boat-pond
at Portsmouth dockyard ; they have shipped their masts,
sails, and gear. The steam transport Perseverance ar-
rived at Shithead yesterday from Sheerness, and was at
anchor last night at Portsmouth. The Empress Eugenie
sailing transport, which arrived at Portsmouth last week
with a detachment of the 3d Buffs, was towed out of
harbour to Spithead yesterday to await further orders.
The Julindur, sailing ship, left Portsmouth yester Jay
for Trii coca ,lee, and the Wilson Kennedy for Quebec.
The Romulus, from Newcastle for Malta, put in at
Pnrtsm)tith yesterday leaky. The Prometheus, 6, pad-
dlewheel steam-steam-sloop, Commander Selwyn, arrived
at `pithead yesterday afternoon from Devonport. She
will receive the flag of Rear-Admiral Fremantle this
morning on that officer's arrival to hoist it, and will bear
him to the seat of his duties (Balaklava) in a few days.
The Hearty steamtug left Portsmouth for Balaklava on
Tuesday evening.
On Tu-sclay morning the steam-sloop Prometheus, 5,
Commander Selwyn, sailed from Plymouth for the Black
Sea, via Portsmouth; the transport Shooting Star, No.
48, sailed wirla the Northamptonshire Militia, upwards
of 600 men, for Malta ; and the bark Arthur Pardew,
with stores from the Royal William Victualling-yard for
Balaklava. The Bark Cygnet, Captain Bevan, arrived
from Hihapirah, New Zealand, with a cargo of spars,
for the Drvonport dockyard.
The frigate Alarm, 26, was commissioned at Plymouth
on Monday by Capt. Currie. She is ordered to the East
Judi( s,
The hired steam-transport Germania, No. 207, Com-
mander Neyneber, which sailed from Plymouth on Tues•
day morning, took with her the remaining divisions, I and
K, of the kind Transport Corps, under command of
Capt. William Mayne and Capt. Henry Hutton, late of
the 31st Regiment, deputy-a•sistant to the Quartermas-
ter-General. This division consisted of Quartermaster
Sewell, Assistant-Surgeon Longmore, seven superin-
tendents, two assistants to quartermaster, 15 superin-
t ,ndents, and 342 rank and file, which completes the
or.ginal establishment of the Land Transport Corps of
of 2,100 men. They have been recruited and equipped
three months. There are also, on board, 45 pay-
sergeants of infantry and cavalry of different regiments
in the Crimea, sent to assist Lord Paulet at the
hospital at Scutari, and 19 non-commissioned
officers for the Turkish Contingent. The staff of the
Land Transport Corps consists of a director-general and
assistant ditto, a naval assistant, adjutant, quartermas-
ter, and a veterinary surgeon, one chief accountant and
four clerks, one paymaster and four clerks, and ono in-
terpreter. The regiment includes 2 majors, 12 captains,
25 quar'ermasters, 2 rejmental superintendents, 12
quart-rrnaster assistants, 49 superintendents, 98 sub•su-
perinteridents. 196 first-class drivers, and 1,746 second-
class drivers. The artificers are-6 master collarmakers,
30 collarmaker=, 6 master wheelwrights, 36 wheelwrights,
2 roaster smiths, 36 smiths, 1 master armourer, and 2

armourers.
The General Screw Company's steamship Golden
Fleece transport, No. 75, Capt. Scales, will leave South-
ampton this morning for Scutari with 103 horses and 55
men of the Ist Dragoons, under the command of Capt.
Ainslie ; and 27 men and 51 horses of the 4th Dragoons,
in charge of Lieut. Paxley. The Golden Fleece will call
at Cork to embark the following horses and troops :-
11 officers and 77 men of the 42d Highlanders ; 2 officers
and 80 men of the 79th Highlanders ; and 8 horses and 59
men of the 93d for Malta ; also 8 officers, 46 men, and
88 horses of the Bth Hussars ; and 1 officer, 28 men, and
46 horses of the 11th Hussars, for Scutari. Two officers,
2 servants, and 7 horses also leave by the Golden Flee.ce
for the Crimea. The horses and troops arrived at South-
ampton yesterday, and were placed on board under the
superintendence of Major Dalgetty. The fittings of the
Golden Fleece are substantial, and the capacious decks
of the vessel give" room and ventilation for the men and
ani male.
The Glattnn floating battery, Ca,pt. Cumming, steamed
out of the fitting basin, Sheerness, yesterday at 3 p.m., and
proceeded on a trial trip for two days, w,th the steam-
vessel African, Assistant-Master-Commander R. Harvey.
The Horatio screw steam-ship, Capt. the Hon. A. A.
Cochrane, is under orders to proceed to Heligoland, to
bring home volunteers who have entered the Foreign
Legion, for the purpose of their being drilled and crga-
nis( d.

The Perseverance took out with her several new am-

bulance jaunting cars for the conveyance of wounded or
sick men ; each car is adapted to carry two men on a
couch cot in the centre, and eight men on the jaunting
seat; on the sides. They are particularly light, and ad-
mirably con tructed for the comfort of those whom they
are intended to carry. A large number are being con.
structed at the Ordnance departments, to be sent out
with all poisible dispa`ch.

Ye -te_rday being are anniversary of her Majesty's ascen-
sion to the throne, all ships in commission at Sheerness
dressed ship and fir( d royal salutes at 12 o'clock. The
garrison also fired a salute troin their saluting battery at
the same time, immediately after which the bands on
board each ship played the nati,,ual anthem, followed by
the French nations,' anthem, and soveral other tunes in
honour of both coil! tries.

The foil )wing appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :
Cr art ki J. Slaughter, Lieutenant to the Transit ; J.
T. Davit, Master to the Transit ; W. F. Richards, Mate
to the Ala,m ; J. Ward, Surgeon to the Hermes; and
W. H. IL. Grubbe, Midship nan to the Meteor.
Major-General Coaries Cbatterton has been appointed
to the command of the Limerick District in succession

to Lieutenant-General Fleming, who retires, on promo-
tion to his present rank. Maj r-General Chatterton is
a di-tin2:uished cavalry officer, and served in the 12th
Royal Lancers at the Battle of Waterloo. He was for
many years the commanding officer of the 4th Royal
Irish Dragoon Guards., now on service in the East. He
sat for the c.ty of Cork in Parliament for several ses-
sions, but was defeated at the last general election.
Major Naimytb, the gallant colleague of the brave and
lamented Butler in the defence of Silistria, has been ap-
pointed to the office of Assistant Adjutant-General of
the Kilkenny Military District, until sufficiently restored
to health to return to the seat of war.
A draught of the Bth Hussars arrived in Cork on Mon-
day from Newbridge, amounting to 29 men and 44
horses, and on Tuesday 25 men and 44 horses more were
to arrive from the same depot at Newbridge—in all 54
men and 88 horses—to embark on board the Golden
Fleece, under command of Captain Joseph Reilly and
Cornet Webster.

Her Majesty's screw steam ship Assistance arrived at
Kingstown from Liverpool on Tuesday for the purpose
of embarking troops for the Crimea. The Assistance
has on board a detachment of the Scots Greys.

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Court' in both cases were read to the regiment ou pa-
rade. It is not known whether the Commander-in-
Chief will order the prisoners to undergo their punish-
ment at the Military Prison, Fort Clarence, Chatham,
or at the new City Prison, Holloway.