The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-10 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The steam-ship Perseverance, with the 94th Regiment,
was off Plymouth at 5 o'clock on Friday morning,
bound to the Mediterranean.
The flag-ship Impregnable 104, Captain Wise, was
inspected in Hamoaze on Friday by Admiral Parker.
A field battery of four guns and two howitzers of the
Royal Artillery, accompanied by a detachment of the
let company of the 13th battalion, consisting of between
140 and 150 men, and a large number of horses, arrived
at Yarmouth on Wednesday. They proceeded to the
Danes, where they encamped. Tho detachment is under
the command of Capt. Mountain and three Lieutenants.
The camp consists of 22 spacious tents.
A military medical board was held at the invalid
depot, Brompton, on Saturday, Mr. George Bused!
Dartnell, Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals, presiding, when
111 of the sick and wounded were considered sufficiently
convalescent to be discharged.
Notices have been issued warning men who belong to
the Naval Coast Volunteers not to enlist in the regi-
ments of the Line, the Militia, or the East India Com-
pany's service, as they will thereby render themselves
liable to be imprisoned for six months.
To-morrow a grand banquet will be given to Sir George
Brown by the inhabitants of the town and county of
Elgin, of which be is a native, in the Trinity-lodge As-
sembly Reruns, Elgin, to celebrate his return to his na-
tive country, and to evince their respect and admiratien
for his gallant services to his country. Provost Grant
will preside on the occasion, and the Duke of Richmond
and all the gentry in the county are expected to be pre-
sent, as are also the members of the Corporation and all
the influential re'idents in Elgin.
On Saturday a party of 76 invalide, of various corps,
with one woman and two children, in charge of Lieut.
G. W. Munster, 77th, with Surgeon Coles, M.D., 23d
Royal South Glocester Militia in medical charge, arrived
at Chatham. They arrived at Portsmouth on Friday
night, in the steam transport Emeu, from the hospital at
Malta, which place they left on the 25th of August.
With the invalids were four serjeants and 25 privates of
the Ambulance Corps, who came from Balaklava. On
their arrival at the Strood station they were receiyed.by
Lieut. and Adjutant James Pope, Staff-officer of the
Invalid Depot, and Dr. Fyffe, 30th Regiment, with a
fatigue party of soldiers, to render assistance to the in-
valids. After the necessary medical examination 17
were selected and forwarded to the supplemental hospi-
tal, Brompton ; two, who were insane, were taken to
the hospital at Fort Pitt ; the remainder were removed
in vans to the Casemate Barracks, Brompton. During
the passage two soldiers died—viz , Privates Weston,
Rifle Brigade,'and George Spurgings, 97th Regiment.
Colour-Sergeant N. Conlin, of the 25th Regiment, who
was attached to the depot at Chatham. has received 'a
pension of 2s. 6d. a-day after a service of nearly 25 years;
he has els-) received the good-conduct medal. Since the
25th came from India he has received the staff appoint-
ment as Sergeant-Major, pf the Garrison.
Capt. Lawrence and Lieut. Horsey, of the Royal
Marine Artipery, arrived at 'Sheerness on Saturday to
take charge of and condutt to head-quarters at Ports-
mouth the Royal Marine Artillery detachments serving
in the nine mortar-vessels lately returned from the Baltic.
The steam-vessel Fearless, Master-Commander Bourchier,
collected from their respective vessels and proceeded
with them for Chatham Marine Barracks. They will
leave Chatham this morning for Portman b.
An early inquiry is ordered to take place at Sheerness
by a committee of officers appointed by the Admiralty
and Ordnance Departments, to ascertain the cause of the
bursting of the mortars. We understand that all the
principal and non-commissioned officers of the Marine
Artillery, under whose charge the mortars were when in
action, are to be present to give such evideuce as may be
required of them as to the number of rounds fired from
each mortar, with the period occupied and the weight of
charges of powder used on the several ocoasiclis-
Sergeant-Major James Phelps, 22d Regiment, died
suddenly in Plymouth Citadel on Friday afternoon. The
deceased gave orders to the bugler to sound the call for
non-commissioned officere, and tben retired to the
orderly room, where, he was found alone five minutes
afterwards extended on his back in a fit of apoplexy.
He was a native of Glacestershire, about 30 years of age,
and had been upwards of 11 years on service in the East
Indies, whence the regiment returned in July. His com-
mission as an ensign was being prepared at the Horse
Guards, and would have been in his possession to-mor-
row.

MILITIA.
The Hampshire Regiment of Infantry Militia, now
stationed at Winchester, has for some time been gra-
dually increasing in numbers, and it ie expected tha4
after harvest operations arc over a considerable number
of recruits will he obtained, as well as many t f the old
soldiers who claimed their discharge last spring. In oar,-
sequence of the recent letter from the Horse Guards, de.
siring colonels of militia regiments in billets to allow a
certain proportion of neir men to go home during the
harvest, about 100 men of this regiment have had a fur-
lough granted them for five weeks. On their return they
will probably bring a considerable number of recruits.
The men of the West Essex Militia, 300 of whom were
allowed a furlough to assist in the harvest-field, are re-
turning with the greatest regularity. At present there
has not been a defaulter.
The Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry
is now on permanent duty at Worcester, under the com-
mand of Colonel Lord War], who has just returned from
the Crimea, and whose re-appearance in Worcestershire
was celebrated by bell inging, &c. The regiment is 800
strong. The c:lenel has provided each trooper with a
new saddle and bridle, and a small portmanteau, to be
strapped behind the saddle, in lieu of the havresack, to
which the men objected. The regiment will be reviewed 1
on Wednesday next.

SLEEPY SEMION.—A country clergyman, by his dull
monotonous discourse set all the congrazation asleep,
except an idiot, who sat with open mouth listening. The
1-mrson, Pr raZ,O and thlntn;nrr 0,6 PXClarredt
a I asleep but tliis poor idiot'" "Aye, quoth
the natural, " and if I had not been a poor idiot, I
Would have been asleep too.",

The Bloodhound, 3, from paddle-wheel steam-vessel,
Commander Lieutenant Ethelred W. Bridge, arrived rst
Sheerness on Saturday. Sec:md Lieutenant George M.
Smith, of the Waterloo, was ordere.i to proceed with
her in charge pro tem. to Pcrrtstnnuth, in consequenu of
her commander being under arrest, awaiting a court-
martial on a serious charge, for which he will be tried
at Portsmouth. She left on Saturday afternoon for that
port.

The Castor, 36-gun frigate, left Sheerness on Saturday
last at 7.30 a.m., assisted by the stearn•vessel Lizard,
Lieut. Thomas B. Chrietepher in charge pro tent. from
the flagship Waterloo. The Lizard was under orders to
attend her to Portsmouth if the wind proved unfavour-
able. She will there receive her final orders for the
Cape of Good Hope.
The Neptune, 120, Capt. Hutton, St. George, 120,
Capt. Eyres, C. 8., the Malacca, 17, Capt. Ferquhar,
and the Rosamond, 6, Commander Crofton, are ordered
immediately to Lisbon, the two latter steam-vessels in
attendance upon the minty, three-deckers. The Neptune
and Rosamond left Spithead' yesterday afternoon, and
tbo St. George nod Malacca will leave this day. The
squadron goes to pay homage to the King of Portugal
on his coming to the throne on the 16th inst. (Sunday
next), and to assist in inaugurating that event. The
Sanspateil, 71, steam-ship, Ca,pt. Williams, which is to
proceed to the Black Sea tc-day with mortars and muni-
tions of war, is also ordered to put in at Lisbon with the
same object. Theste orders were communicated to the
several captains and Commanders at Portsmouth ,in
Saturday by Rear Admiral the Right Hen. Sir M. F.
F. Berkeley, K.C.8., M.P., who arrived from the Ad-
miralty that afternoon. The Neptune has about 900
men and boys on her books, but the St. George has not
above 600, and these, for the most part, novices. The
Sanspareil embarked upwards at 200 well-trained boys
yesterday afternoon from the various training ships at
Portsmouth, fn. service in the Black Sea fleet.
The Hollander steam transport, No. 223, arrived at
Spithead yesterday from the East, but without any
invalids.
The Rosamond went to Spithead on Saturday evening
to be in attendance upon the Neptune.
The Fox, 42, was docked at Portsmouth on Saturday,
to be converted to a screw storesbip.
The Arabia steam-transport, No. 95, Captain Stone,
went into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday morning to
land the following officers and invalided troops :—Lieu-
tenant-Colonel the Hon. Robert Rollo, of the 42d High-
landers ; Captain Elgee, of the 47th Regiment, in mili-
tary charge; Captain Macquarie, of •the 63] ; Captain
Dawoc, of the 97th ; Captain the Hon. S. Most; n, o:
the 23] ; Captain Pedder, of the 39th ; Lieutenant
White, of the Ist Royals ; the Rev. Messrs. Ferguson,
Taylor, and Fraser t Mr. Isaacs, and a number of non-
cornmiQsionecl officers and privates. The. Arabia left
Balaklava on the 16th ult., Constantinople on the 24th,
and Malta on the 30th.
The Fairy Royal yacht, Master-Commander Welch,
was unlocked at Portsmouth on Saturday.
The Duck lighter sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday
evenin! with the tops, cap,, crosstrees, and other stores,
beleeging to the Grampus 50-gun frigate in ordinary to
no ist in rigging the new steam two-decker Repulse at
Pernb-4Ae, which is to be navigated to Portsmouth to be
fitter: out.
The Admiralty steamer Adder came up on Saturday
morning to Woolwich from the Downs to forward a de-
tachment of 50 gunners and drivers of the Royal Artil-
lery corps from Quebec. They arrived at Chatham in the
transport-shin R. L. Gillchrest, Captain Gillchrest, un-
der the command of Lieut. Adams. R.A., and were
medically attended by Staff-Surgeon Platherwick. The
R. L. Gillchrest was 29 days out, and had no sick cases
during the voyage, with the exception of some unimpor-
tant attacks of dysentery.
Her Majesty's steamer Alecto, 800 tons' burden, Com-
mander Phillips, left Woolwich on Saturday morning to
proceed to the coast of Africa, where she is appointed to
take up her station. The Vixen, 1,000 tons' register,
was taken out of the Woolwich basin and placed in clock
for repairs ; and the Tartarus steamer, of 600 tons bur-
den, was undocked also, having been overha.uldd and
completely repaired.
The William Hutt, transport, 558 tons' burden, Da-
vid Todd, master, sailed yesterday from Vv'oolwich for
Queenstown, to fill up her powder. She is laden with
hat saddles, carts, and military stores from London and
Deptford.
Two ships of small tonnage were brought to Wool-
wich Arsenal wharf, on Saturday morning at 9 o'clock,
to load. At 12 their full cargoes of shot and shell were
shipped, and both were ready for sea in the short space
of three hours.
The Australian Company's steam-ship Victoria, Cap-
tain Thornhill, transport No. 72, sailed from South-
ampton yesterday morning, with a large quantity of
shells, huts, and some officers, for the Crimea.
The screw steam-ship Brunswick, 80, was placed in
dock at Keyham on Wednesday to receive her machi-
nery.