The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-31 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Imperial screw transport, No. 188, arrived at
Spithead from the East yesterday. The Joseph Shep-
herd and Coronella transports went into Portsmouth
harbour yesterday. The Wye steam-vessel, fitted under
the directions of Mr. Grant, the Controller of Victual!.
ing, as a condensing vessel for the supply of the troops,
&c., at Balaklava with fresh water, left the steam frro-
tory basin yesterday for Spitheft,4ready to proceed to
her destination. The Perseverance screw steam-trans-
port, Captain Harris, hauled out of the steam basin
ready for service again yesterday. The Rosamond, 6,
paddie-sloop, Commander Crofton, having disembarked
her Majesty's equipages at Cowes, returned to Spithead
yesterday.

The Hamburg screw steam-transport, nearly ready to
sail from Woolwich for the Baltic, has had her orders
cancelled for that destination. The greater portion of
her cargo is to be unshipped, and it is supposed her di-
rection will be changed for the Black Sea.
Yesterday Lord Panmure, accompanied by Mr. F.
Peel and Mr. Monsell, of the Ordnance, went down to
Woolwich to inspect the departments of the Royal
Arsenal, and after a short stay they were conducted by
Captain Boxer to the marshes adjoining to witness a
trial of his parachutes. The public, as on other similar
occasions, were excluded.
On Tuesday last about 200 bricklayers employed in
the Royal Artillery Barracks at Woolwich, and receiv
ing 30s. per week, demanded an increase of 6d. per day
wages, which not being complied with they all struck.
The contractors, Kirk and Parry, not haying succeeded
in arranging matters, have suspended the works for the
present.
A banquet, with a very superb testimonial of plate,
was given last night to Majur•General Sir J. M. Fre-
deric Smith, R.E., at the George Hotel, Portsmouth, as
a parting souvenir on his quitting that borough for the
camp at Aidershott. The plate bore the following in- ,
scription :—" A testimonial of respect and esteem from
the inhabitants of the borough of Portsmouth to Major-
General Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, R.E., K.H.
F.R.S., presented at a public banquet given at the
George Hotel, August 30, 1855.—Andrew Nance,
Mayor, Chairman."
S•nme time since notice was given in our columns to
the relatives and friends of men belonging to the 3d bat-
talion of the Grenadier Guards that all applications re-
specting effects and medals should be addressed to the
" Regimental Adjutant of the Grenadier Guards, Or-
derlyTroom, Horse-Guards." In consequence of this
notice numerous applications have been made to Capt.
Cust, the Regimental Adjutant of the Grenadier Guards,
from the friends of men in every regiment in the ser-
vice ; and we are requested, therefore, to state that all
such applications referring to men belonging to the bri-
gade of Guards must be made to the Regimental Orderly-
room of their respective regiments at the Horse Guards ;
but when referring to men belonging to any other regi-
ment in the service, they must be addressed to the War-
office.

A newly-invented canteen, by Lieutenant and Quer-
ter-rna.ter Harris, of the Royal Marines, has been ap-
proved by the Admiralty, and they have ordered that
officer to get 1,000 made immediately, to be sent out to
the Naval Brigade and the Marines now in the Crimea.
Instead of the old water-bottle, which is of wood, tin is
substituted, and, with the mess•can and straps only
weighs 2113. 51oz. The old water-bottle, straps, and
mess•can weigh 21b. 121 oz. This new canteen will cost
one-fourth less money.
This morning the following troops will embark at
Gravesend on board two ships for India. The Earl of
Balcarres, Captain Henry 'Morris, 1,488 tons burden,
receives 325 men, 18 women, and 11 children, and 7
officers, for conveyance to Bombay ; they consist of the
64th, 42 men with Ensign Henry John Haldane ; and
Ensign Colin Hugh Thompson, 74th, and 58 men ; En-
sign M. A. Kirby, 78th Highlanders, with 74 privates,
7 women, and 7 children ;Major Edward Steele, Lieut.
H. S C,ioper, 831, 42 privates, 4 women, and 1 child ;
Lieutenant H. S. Cochrane, Ensign James Creagh, 86th,
and 109 privates, with 7 women and 3 children. The
undernamed detachments will embark at the same time
on board the Trafalgar, 1,250 tons burden, Captain J.
H. Taylor :-43d Foot, Ensign Harry Gorton, Ensign
Thomas Elmes, with 8 men ; and Captain William
M'Leod, 74th ; and Ensign Maileman, 84th, with 113
men, 4 women, and 5 children for conveyance to Madras.
Or, Wednesday afternoon Colonel Eden, the com-
mandant of Chatham garrisor, made a distribution of
Crimean medals to the invalids at Fort Pitt Hospital,
Chatham. The whole of the recipients were drawn up
under the large corridor, and each man's name being
called by Mr. G. R. Dartnell, Deputy-Inspector-General
of Hospitals, his particular wounds were mentioned, and
the medal was then presented to him by Col. Eden.
Through the kindness and sympathy of Mr. Dartnell,
the principal medical officer at Fort Pitt, the museum
belongirg to that establishment has been opened twice
a-week for the amusement of the invalids. Two easy
wheeled chairs have also been provided for the use of
those unable to walk about the hospital and gardens,
arid the invalids are wheeled about by two of the hospital
orderlies.

The Ist division of the 123 d, County of Limerick Re-
glment, arrived at the encampment at the Curragh on
the 27th inst., and the 2d division (head-quarters) on
Tuesday last, at 4 o'clock p.m., under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson. Total strength, 32 officers
and 850 rank and file. On the appearance of this fine
corps advancing from Kildare, the whole of the bands
in camp, viz. :—the 60th Rifles, North Cork, Longford,
We,tmeath, County of Down, and Dublin, proceeded to
meet, and escorted them, playing national airs, amid a
large number of spectators, to their quarters in E Square.
Captain Baynes, of the Connaught Rangers, one of
the heroes of Inkerman, arrived in Athlone on Monday
for the purpose of receiving volunteers from the Ros-
common Regiment for the 88th. On the regiment being
assembled, the officer commanding the regiment, Lieut.-
Coionel Caulfeild, addressed the men, and pointed out
to them the advantages to be gained by their joining the
line. Captain Baynes, assisted by the Quartermaster of
the Roscommon, an old Ranger, whom the colonel per-
mitted to do all he could for the old corps, proceeded
through the ranks, and very quickly obtained upwards
of GO smart young fellowt. On the Rangers being named
a general shout was given by the regiment. Up to this
hour-6 p.m.-70 have passed. Captain Baynes has
been very successful in obtaining volunteers from several
militia regiments.
An Irish journal states that Colonel John Rowland
Smyth, C. 8., 16th Lancers, is abcut to leave the regi-
ment, and that he is to be succeeded by Major Pattie.
Colonel Smyth will shortly be made a Major-General.
It is understood that the head-quarters of the 12th
Lancers at Cahir, under orders for Dublin, are counter-
manded for the present.
By an order from the Horse Guards Clonmel is dis-
continued as a station for cavalry for the present.
Major-General Sir J. C. Chatterton, K.H., accom-
panied by the Assistant Adjutant-General, left Dublin at
an early hour on Monday morning, and proceeded to
Birr, where he inspected the Depot Battalion under the
command of Colonel Crutchley, consisting of the 21st,
57th, and 63d Regiments, who were found in a very
effective and excellent state, about 1,000 strong.
On \Vednesday evening, between 4 and 5 o'clock, 5
officers and 270 men, volunteers from the Dragoon
Regiments, marched to the North Wall, Dublin, cheered
by great numbers of spectators. The draughts were
from the 2d Dragoon Guards, the 4th Dragoon Guards,
the sth Dragoon Guards, the 6th Dragoons, the Bth
Hussars, 11th Hussars, and 17th Lancers. The draughts
consisted of from 30 to 50 men from each regiment. As
the steamer left the quay the soldiers were loudly
cheered by the crowds of persons present.

An order was received On Saturday last, by Colonel
Crutchley, Commandant of the Depot Battalion at Par-
sonstown, to send officers to join their regiments in the
Crimea ; and on Monday the following officers, ♦ia.,
Lieutenant Henderson, 21st Fusileers, Captain Wood-
all, with Ensigns Mills, Hasted, and Powell, 67th
Regiment, left the garrison en route for Liverpool, where
they expect to embark on board the Europa for the seat
of war.