The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-18 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Fairy Royal yacht, Captain Crispin, embarked
such of the Royal children yesterday morning as were
left at Osborne during the Queen's sojourn at Balmoral,
and conveyed them to Gosport (where every attention
was paid to them by the authorities), on the way to
London. _

The Calcutta, 84, Captain J. J. Stopford, went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon.
The Pembroke, 60, Captain G. H. Seymour ; the
Cornwallis, 60, Captain G. G. Wellesley ; and the Rosa-
mond, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton, left Spit-
head early yesterday morning for Bermuda.
The Lizard steam-tender left Portsmouth for Sheer-
ness yesterday with supenumeraries for the ships there.
The Cape of Good Hope, No. 229, steam•transport,
sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning for the
Thames.

The Otter, 3, steam-vessel, sailed yesterday afternoon
from Spithead for the eastward.
The Havoc, No. 14, mortar-veesel, hauled into the
Gun-wharf Camber at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon
to dismount and land her mortar.

The sailing ship Herefordshire, which has been taken
up by the Government for the conveyance of trocps to
the Crimea, left the docks at Southampton yesterday,
and hauled out into the river. • She is detained in con-
sequence of the difficulty of procuring her necessary
number of hands. When the complement is made up
the Herefordshire will sail to Cork to take on board the
Cork Militia.

The Amity transport, No. 177, sailed yesterday from
Greenhithe for the Crimea.

The convict receiving hulk Justitia was yesterday
removed from alongside the wharf in Woolwich arseual.
Toe Justitia has been in that spot upwards of 20 years,
and was an eyesore to the entire locality, from the im-
mense hulk and height, which completely obstructed
the view on that part of the river. She has at length
been sold, and was yesterday towed to Deptford to be
broken up. The Justitia's progress attracted the atten-
tion of great numbers of persons on both sides of the
Thames.

Mr. William John 111teler, naval cadet, has been ap-
pointed to the Havancali corvette, now on her way to
the Pacific station.

Captain H. P. Leonard, of the Woolwich Division of
Royal Marines, at present on recruiting service at Lich-
field, has received orders to rejoin head-quarters, leaving
a non-commissioned officer there, to be attached to the
Birmingham party. A captain of the same corps has
received instructions to proceed to Derby, Ipswich, and
Worcester, to raise recruits for the division under his
command.

The steam-ship Pacific, of 1,500 tons, Mr. W. C.
Thompson commander, chartered by Sir Joseph Paxton
for conveyance of a portion of the Army Works Corps
to the Crimea, embarked 504 men at Greenhithe on
Tuesday afternoon, and started yesterday morning at
10 o'clock. The men were in high spirits, and were
frequently cheered on proceeding down the river. The
vessel passed through the Downs at 4 o'clock.
The steam-sloop Siren, 16, Commander J. Otway,
which experienced heavy weather off Madeira, and re-
turned with mainmast damaged to Plymouth Sound on
Friday, was towed up Hamoaze on Saturday. Notwith-
standing severe weather and frequent heavy showers of
rain she was relieved of the mast on Monday. A new
' one was supplied on Tuesday, when her lower rigging
was fitted, and topmast got on end by the crew, and
yesterday she was towed from Hamoaze into the Sound,
where she is again ready for sea.
The steam-vessel Avon was taken into ;the dock at
Keybatn on Monday to be fitted with new boilers.
The troop-ships Herefordshire, Hanover, and Dal-
housie are daily expected in Queenstown to take out
draughts from Fermoy, Limerick, Templemore, and
Muliingar, for Malta and the Crimea, belongirg to the
following regiments 9tb, 13th, 14th, 30tb, 33d,
39th, 41st, 47th, 49th, 50th, 55tb, 56,b, 68th, 72d, and
89th. The total force by the above ships comprises 2
field offiere, 11 captains, 59 subalterns, 29 serjeants, 48
drummers, and 1,561 rank and file.
A grand field-day took place in the Thcenix-park,
Dublin, on Tuesday. The manoeuvres 'were executed
with the greatest precision and rapidity. The steadiness
of the infantry, composed, as they principally are, of
militia, regiments, elicited the frequent approbation of
the assembled thron,, and the General in command has
seldom bad a more favourable opportunity of testing the
soldier-like qualities of the troops at his disposal. The
15th Regunet.t, which headed the infantry, was the
only regiment of the line on the ground.