The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-20 00:00:00

rAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENTE.

This evening mails for the troops in the Piraeus
(Greeci), Turkey, and the Crimea, the medical staff, and
sick and wounded in the hospitals at Scutari and Smyrna,
and the fleet and transport service employed in the
Black Sea, will be' made up and despatched via Mar-
seilles. Letters must be prepaid. Mails will also be
ms.de np for the above-mentioned places, Gibraltar,
Malta, and the lonian Islands, to be despatched this
morning via Southampton. Letters for soldiers, sailors,
marines, and persons employed in transports, forwarded
by this conveyance, will be liable to a postage of ld. if
paid in advance, or 2d. on delivery.
The Adelaide steam-transport, No. 138, arrived at
Spithead yesterday morning from Malta, last from Ply-
mouth, with military invalids, whom she went into har-
bour to land in the afternoon ; these consisted of soldiers
from the various regiments engaged in the Crimea, as
fully reported in The Sun of Wednesday. The Britannia,
120, is being fitted as a floating hospital for sick and
wounded from the East. The Hastings, 60, Captain
Caffin, is swinging for the adjustment of her compasses
in Portsmouth harbour. This ship and her sister the
Pembroke, 60, Captain Seymour, have not above 300
men each, out of 600 each, as men are not allowed to
volunteer for them. At the last pinch they will have
r to be filled up by compulsory draughts from sailing
ships.
The steam blockship Cornwallis, 60, Captain Wel-
lesley, went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on
Wednesday. She is to be fitted with a larger fan, and
some improvements are to be made in her machinery.
The transport Chalmers, No. 63, Captain Smith, from
Depftord, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday
to embark troops for the Crimea.
The transport ship Kent arrived in Plymouth Sound
yesterday morning, outward bound.
Two sergeant, 190 men, and four women left the pri-
sons in Milbay, Plymouth, yesterday morning, and went
on board the Royal George, 102,in Hamoaze, preparatory
to sailing for France. These prisoners are chiefly Poles,
and were among those taken at Bomarsund.
The Garrison Serjeant-M.ijor was despatched from
Plymouth on Wednesday to Exeter with the route of
the 15th Hussars. They are to march to Plymouth, via
Ashburton, to embark immediately for the Crimea.
The ship Mangerton, Capt Smith, from London, ar-
rived at Plymouth on Wednesday, to embark Govern-
ment emigrants for Sydney.
The head-quarters of the 96th Regiment, numbering
280 men, which landed at Gravesend, from Bengal, on
Thursday last, arrived at the North Wall, Dublin, from
Liverpool, at half-dast 10 o'clock, a.m., on Wednesday.
The detachment was in the higheht state of discipline,
and their appearance evidently gratified the command-
ing officer. Seven women accompanied the detachment.
On Tuesday evening the following soldiers, who have
been invalided from their respective corps, at present eery-
in the Crimea, arrived in Dublin :—John Caldwell,
17th Regiment ; Martin Noon, 88:11 ; Peter Claim,
20th ; William M'Gorman, 49:11 ; Patrick Leonar
88th ; John Whitfield, 88th ; William Barley, 3d ; John
Quinlan, 33d ; Luke Connell, 41st ; and John O'Connor,
41st. The Duke of Cornwall having been obliged to
put into Kingstown, owing to a scarcity of water, seve-
ral of their companions went on shore at that place.
Commander Edmund F. N. V. Wasey, and Comman-
der E imund A. Glynn, have been appointed Inspector-
Commanders in the Coast Guard.
Lieutenant Weble E. Stone has been appointed to the
Childers; Master George Aldricks to the Hecate; Second
Master J. E. Scudamore to the Pembroke ; and Naval-
Instructors Rev. D. E. Domville, to the Pembroke, and
Rev. R. N. JaCkson to the Hastings.
The Thunder, the first floating battery built by Mare
and Co., Blackwall, was towed to Woolwich, on Wednes-
day, by the Widgeon and another steamer, and imme-
diately brought under the sheers to be masted. The
Thunder presents a formidable appearance, the woos-
work being of massive timbers, put together in the
strongest manner, cased with plates of iron of consider-
able thickness, which are expected to be ball proof. The
Thunder will carry 16 guns of large calibre, and her
stern and bow being both round she will not be liable
to be so much injured by shot striking her as if she had
been built on the usual construction.

The Dapper, gun-boat, left Woolwich on Thursday,
to join the ships for the Baltic.
Several companies of the Royal Artillery have orders
to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarka-
tion for the Crimea.
Orders have been forwarded from the Horse Guard 3
to various cavalry depots to hold in readiness for imme-
diate embarkation as many efficient mounted men aq
may be available, to reinforce the regiments serving in
the Crimea.

In the list of appointments in The Sun of Tuesday,
the name of Mr. J. It. Horniman, appointed Assistant-
Clerk to the Impregnable, wag erroneously printed
Romans