The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-06 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Australian Screw Company's steam-ship Austra-
Lan leaves Southampton to-morrow for Woolwich to

embark a siege train for the Crimea. The Royal mail
steam-ship Trent it is expected will embark her horses
and troops at Southampton, and leave for the Crimea on
Saturday next.
The Simoom's Russian prisoners (65 in number),
whom hhe brought to Portsmouth on Friday from the
Black Sea, were transferred to the steam transport Dee

on Saturday, for passage to the depot at Devonport.
Her Majesty's steam troopship Perseverance arrived at
Spithead on Saturday morning from Karniesch, July
14th ; Constantinople, 18th ; Malta, 24 ; and Gibraltar,

29th; with Major' Radcliffe and servant, of the 20th
Regiment ; Major Foster and servant, of the 4th Dra-
goons ; Captain Miltnan and servant, Royal Artillery ;
Lieutenant Mitchell,'Royal Marines ; Mr. H. E. Won],
m►dshipman, from her Majesty's ship Queen ; Mr. Cot-
grave, midshipman, of the General Screw Steam Ship
ping Company's service, 22 naval invalids, and four
horses. She went into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday
evening, and into the steam basin in the dockyard yes-
terday forenoon to be docked to ascertain a leak, &c.

The steam transport Germania, No. 207, Capt. Neyuber,
arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the east.
She left Balaklava July 14, Scutari 17, Malta 23, Gib-

raltar 29, with Lieutenant Irby, of the 37th Regiment,
and servant from Bala.klava ; Lieutenant Harford, of the
12th Lancers, from ditto ; Lieutenant Douglas, of the
9th Regiment, from Scutari ; Captain D. Sullivan, from
ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, and Mr. Hunter, from
ditto ; Mr. Peacock, of the civil service ; Captain North,
of the 60th Rifles ; Mrs. North, child, and servant,
from Gibraltar ; Lieutenant Campbell, of the 92d High-
landers ; and Mrs. Elgee, child and nurse, from Gib-
raltar.

The Hopewell and Grosvenor freight ships are now
being laden at the Royal Clarence-yard, Gosport, with
rum, coffee, cocoa, biscuit, beef, and pork, for the forces
iu the Crimea, and will convey about 1,200 tons.
The screw steam-ship Sanspareil, 71, Captain Wood-
ford J. Williams, got up steam on Saturday in ilamoaze,
with the intention of making a trial trip, but in conse-
quence of some defect in her enginea and machinery the
attempt failed.
Twenty additional hired joiners are ordered to be en-
tered at the Devonport Dockyard to expedite the fitting
of the Hibernia, 120, as a receiving ship at Malta. She
is expected to be ready by the 16th of September.
The Lord Dalhousie, sailing transport, No. 116, ar-
rived at Spithoad, yesterday afternoon—from Constan-
tinople, June 23, and Malta, July 7—with 150 invalids
from Scutari, Captain Wragge, R.A., in command ; Dr.
Laing, Medical Staff, in charge. Two deaths occurred
on the passage.
The sailing transport Saldanha, No. 209, Captain
Wild, arrived at Spithead, yesterday afternoon, from
the East, bringing Dr. Anderson, Staff-Surgeon of the
Ist class ; Dr. Carter, Assistant Staff-Surgeon, Dr.
Spitall, Assistant Staff Surgeon ; Dr. Lawson, Assistant
Staff-Surgeon of the Rifle Brigade (sick) ; 256 sick and
wounded soldiers, 16 guard and.hospital stewards, 1 ser-
vant, two nurses, and 6 women, under the charge of
Captain 0. Y. Cocks, of the 4th King's Own Regiment.
One officer (Lieutenant Wemyss) and 13 men died on
the passage from Balaklava.
The Mercia, sailing transport No. 2, Captain Johns,
arrived at Spithead, yesterday afternoon, from the East.
She sailed from Malta, June 27, and Gibraltar, July 20.
She brought 4 sergeants, 6 corporals, 1 drummer, and
129 privates sick or wounded, in charge of Captain
Blacklin, of the Staff. She sailed into Portsmouth har-
hour at 6 o'clock last evening.
The Germania, steam-transport, left Portsmouth har-
bour last evening at 6 o'clock, for the westward.
The screw steamer Emeu, is ordered to bein readiness
to embark on the 14th inst., at Liverpool, 23 officers
and about 600 Lien of the 51st Regiment, for Malta;
and the Andes, screw steamer, on the same day, 8 offi-
cers and 300 men of the 51st Foot; 9 officers and 100
men of the 3d, 4 officers and 100 men of the 31st, and 10
officers and 200 men of the 48th.

The Union sailing transport has left Woolwich for the
Black Sea ; and the Arthur Gordon screw transport has
sailed for the same destination, having on board a quan-
tity of harness for the mounted staff corps, and several
bales of sandbags, with a number of flannel bags or
bursters for the purpose of filling shells.
The following appointments were made on Saturday at
the Admiralty :
Mr. C. N. B. Wilkinson, second master, to the Ha-
vanna, ; Mr. George Clarke, acting second master to
Victory.

The following acting assistant•surgeons are appointed
as subjoined :—Mr. George Ryding, to the Royal Al-
bert; Mr. Edward Pratt, to the Transit ; Mr. Henry
H. Cox, to the Hermes ; Mr. John Robinson, to the
Indefatigable ; and Mr. Walter J. Bluett, to the Alarm.
Mr. W. W. Green, paymaster to the Alecto ; Mr. H.
J. N. Miall, paymaster to the Siren ; Mr. J. L. Thorne,
paymaster to the Havannah ; Mr. Thomas Dinnis, act-
ing paymaster in charge, to the Bloodhound ; Mr. W.
H. Hills; assistant paymaster to the Illustrious ; Mr.
Richard Sainthill, assistant paymaster to the Neptue ;
Mr. H. J. Ray, assistant paymaster to the Havannah ;
Mr. H. B. Rowe, clerk to the Waterloo ; Mr. Frede-
rick A. Keogh, acting clerk to the Siren ; Mr. Norcott
D. Roberts, assistant clerk to the Havannah ; and Mr.
J. W. Silverlock, assistant clerk to the Malacca.

Major-General Sir FredericltSm.lth, K.H., Com-
manding Royal Engineer in the south west district, leaves
Portsmouth (where ha has been stationed upwards
of three years), in a few days for Aldershott, where he
will have the post of Resident Commanding Royal En-
gineer, and, as at Chatham, lustructor-General of Field
Fortifications.
The. Government are making active preparations for
again wintering the army of the Crimea. The follow.
ing firms have just entered into contracts to supply
about 1,000 huts for berthing the troops, which are to
be ready for shipment within one month from the pre-
sent time :—Mr. Luke Cornwell, of Portsmouth ; Messrs.
Cubitt and Co., Hayward and Nixon, Myers, W. Piper,
Jackson, Locke and Nesoam, and Lucas Brothers, of
London ; Edmund Smith, of Woolwich ; and Eassie, of
Glocester.
A further detachment of the Bing's Drlgoon Guards,
consisting of about 86 men, rank and file, 116 horses,
and a number of officers have embarked at Liverpool on
board the screw steamer Resolute for the Crimea. The
officers were—Lieutenant-Colonel Ilaythoroe, Ist Foot ;
Lieutenant Colonel Gloster, of the 38th Foot ; Captain
Davie, of the Grenadier Guards ; Lieutenant Gascoigne,
ditto ; Lieutenant Viscount Stonors, ditto ; Brevet-
Major the Hon. P. Fielding, Coldstream Guards ;
Major Street, 57th Foot ; Captain Piers, with a detach-
ment of the 96th, to be embarked at Dublin, where she
will stay to take ,on board 14 officers of the sth Dra-
pons, let Foot, 13th ditto, 14th ditto, and 90th ditto,
with 400 men and 77 horses.
Draughts of the Ist Royals, 14th, 57th, and 90th
Regiments have arrived in Dublin to await the arrival
of a transport hourly expected from Liverpool to convey
them to the seat of war.
The depot of the 60th Royal Rifles, under Captain
Frazer, has moved from Galway to Athlone.

THE POSTPONED POLISH MEETING.—We learn with
sincere pleasure that the meeting in behalf of Poland is
positively fixed for Wednesday, and that Lord Harring-
ton, whose whole life has been honourably and consis-
tently marked by devotion to the great principles of
rational independence, takes the chair. A letter from
the Marquis of Breadalbane leaves no room to doubt
that the contretemps of Wednesday last was simply and
solely owing to mistake. We do, therefore, hope that
all groundless suspicions and little exasperations will be
laid aside, in order that the demonstration in favour of
Poland may be worthy of the metropolis of England.