The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-17 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Glatton, 16, steam-battery, Captain Cumming,
was towed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday and
moored at Spithead, while the Horatio, Captaidthe Hon.
A. Cochrane, C. 8., steamed out and prepared to convoy
her to the Black Sea.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. George Allen, em-
barked the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Minis-
ter of War from Portsmouth on Wednesday, to Osborne
for an audience with her Majesty..
The Camperdown, 104, berthing hulk for the crew of
her Majesty's ship Excellent, which was taken from
Portsmouth to the Motherbank some weeks since to
give the crew of the Excellent a change of air, returned
to Portsmouth harbour yesterday, her bhip's company
quite recovered from scarlatina.
The Germania steam-transport left Portsmouth yes-
terday afternoon for Woolwich.
The steam-transport, Gibraltar, No. 183, arrive? at
Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from the East. She left
Balaklava, July 11 ; Constantinople, 20th ; Smyrna,
26th ; Malta, 29th ; Gibraltar, Aug. 5 ; Corunna, 12th.
She has brought home Major Cormick, of the 18th
Royal Irish ; Captain the Hon. G. B. Legge, of the
Rifle Brigade ; Captain Joseph Jordan, of the 34th ;
Captain Twigs. Royal Artillery ; Lieut. Stotherd, of the
; Cornet H. F. Dimsdale, of the 11th Hussars ;
Assistant-Surgeon Sinclair, of the 93d ; J. C. Words-
worth, civil aepartment ; 127 invalids, 3 women, 1 offi-
cer of a transport, 2 seamen, and 3 woman private pas-
sengers ; 1 serjeant and 2 corporals of the Royal Artil,
lery, 10 bombardiers, 2 gunners, 2 eerjeants of the line,
4 corporals, 84 rank and file, 2 orderlies, 4 drivers, 13
artificers, 3 officers' servants, and a cargo of old clothin.4
and damaged powder. Dr. Woodward and the invalids
are from Smyrna, and the rest from Balaklava.
Sir C. Wood, the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, M.P.,
Rear-Admiral Peter Richards, C. 8., Captain Sir B. W.
Walker, R.N., K.C.8., &c., Colonel Green, Royal En-
gineers, &c., paid an official visit to Sheerness yesterday.
They were received by the authorities, Vice-Admiral the
Hon. W. Gordon, Commander-in-Chief, Captain Super-
intendent John J. Tucker, Colonel England, command-
ant of the garrison, with a guard of honour. Their lord-
ships proceeded to the office of the Captain Superintend.
ent, and thence with a minute survey of every part of
the establishment, visiting the ships in the basin and in
dock. Their lordships assembled at the muster-office at
2 p.m., and the entire establishment of officers, clerks,
and men were individually inspected by them at a gene-
ral muster.
Their lordships were entertained to dinner by the
Commander-in-Chief at the Admiralty-house.
The iron screw steam-transport Adelaide, of 1,860
tons and 450-horse p'wer, Commander A. Young, ar-
rived at Sheerness on Wednesday, at 7 p.m., from Lon-
don. She received on board yesterday Captain Bur-
rows' company of Artillery, from the garrison, in corm
j mand of Captain Eaton Travers and Lieutenants Car-
penter and Dodson. Dr. Sharp, of the medical staff,
( also embarked. Captain Burrows' 4th company, 4th
Battalion, consisted of 100 gunners and drivers ; total,
with non-commissioned officers &c., 130 men. Captain
Burrows does not accompany his men out, as he received
official orders to proceed with all despatch (on particular
service) to Constantinople. The Adelaide will also take
out 40 men for the Turkish. Contingent, 60 sappers, and
60 horses for the Turkish artillery. She left Sheerness
yesterday at 9 a.m., direct for Constantinople. She has
also a large supply of munitions of war for the use of the
Turkish army.
The Prussian brig Mentor, Deisner master, which was
in collision with her Majesty's steam-sloop Gorgon off
Beachy Head, has had her leaks temporarily stopped,
and was yesterday morning towed from Sheerness by the
steam-tug Paul Pry for Harwich for permanent repairs.
The Norwegian bark Brodrene, of Arendal, from
Sundswall, P. Larsen master, arrived at the Nore yes-
terday, where she waits her orders.
Lieut.. Osman de B. Brock bats been appointed to the
Alecto, and E. F. Craven, midshipman, to the Archer.
On Wednesday a party of convalescents from the bar-
racks, at Gillingham, to the number of 50 men of diffe-
rent corps, proceeded to various stations in England and
Ireland to join the depots of their regiments for service
again.

Although immense piles of shot and shell, brass and
iron guns, artillery and ambulance waggons, and military
stores of every description are lying about and encum-
bering the Arsenal-yard, at Woolwich, fresh supplies
are being daily added. Numbers of small craft are con-
stantly arriving from the Scotch and other factories.
Their cargoes are rapidly cleared and prepared for ser-
vice, yet there appears to be a scarcity of ships of ton-
nage sufficiently large to transport them. Two more
schoorers were yesterday draughted into the service at
Woolwich. They embarked about 500 tons of 10 and
13-inch shell, and have sailed f r Southampton.
On Wednesday the Earl of Carlisle visited the 31 in-
valided soldiers from the Crimea, who had arrived at,
Dublin by the Ondine steamer on the previous evening.
Many of them had been in the three battles of Area,
Balaklava, and Inkerman, and all had seen hard ser-
vice. One of their number, Corporal Hu-band, of the
38th, wore a medal for distinguished conduct. He had
been attacked by three Russians, one of whom he shot,
and he bayonetted and afterwards made prisoners of the
other two ; he also had three good conduct badges, hav-
ing been a long time in the service. Marked attention
was paid to this brave soldier by his Excellency, who
expressed his high estimation of his meritorious quali:
ties. Another soldier named John Nolan, of the 90th,
had been struck in the side of the face by a round shot, ,
which took away one eye. A third, named Hugh Dog-
herty, of the 77th, had received a musket ball at the back
of one eye, where it remained for 20 days, and was after-
wards extracted, and the brave fellow's life preserved.
Complaints were made by some of the men of the incon-
venience which they suffered from not receiving arrears
of pay. This party of invalids had come to Portsmouth
direct from Balaklava by the Saldanha hospital ship,
Wojcik had on board above 200 soldiers returning under
similar circumstances. She was 59 days at sea,
and
during the passage 14 soldiers and one Officer died. Out
of the entire number of invalids she brought home only
two-were discliargedas unfit for further service.

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