The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-16 00:00:00

Naval and Milit3xy Intelligence.

The Powerful, 84, Capt. Massie, left Spithead on Sa•
tarday for Lisbon and Jamaica, but brought up at St.
Helen's for want of wind. Yesterday she endeavoured
to proceed, but brought up again and remained at sun-
set last evening.
The Calcutta, 84, Capt. J. J. Stopford, struck, struck
lower yards and topmasts yesterday at Spithead and un-
bent sails. Her craw, it is reported, are to be appor-
tioned between the screw bloekships Hawke, Uornwailuil,
and Pembroke, to enable such of the crews of those ships
as have served in the Black Sea to have pay and leave
granted them before again going on foreign service.
The Orinoco, steam transport No. 218, wentinto Ports-
mouth harbour yesterday afternoon to land her invalid
troops at the dockyard, whence they were removed to
temporary barrack quarters in the garrison.
The Hastings, 60, Oapt. E. G. Fanshawe, was taken
into dock at Portsmouth yesterday to refit forthwith.
The Imperatrice, steam transport, left the Motherbank
yesterday morning for London.
Orders have been received at Portsmouth to pay wages
immediately to the crews of the blockships Pembroke,
Cornwallis, Ru,seli, Hawke, and Hastings. The Hawke
went back to Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon
to repair n.ore defects.

A. c ,urt-martial, consisting of Capt. G. A. Eliot, of
the St. Vincent, President ; Captains J. J. Stopford, of
the Calcutta ; G. H. Seymour, of the Pembroke ;
Wellesley, of the Cornwallis ; G. T. Gordon, of the Vic-
tory ; E. Ornmanney, of the Hawke ; T. R. Sulivan, of
the Simoom ; F. Scott, of the Russell ; R. Harris, of the
Illustrious ; W. Crispin, the junior Captain of the Vic-
toria and Albert ; Sir W. Wiseman, Bart., of the Pene-
lope ; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advo-
cate of the Fleet, assembled yesterday morning at nine
o'clock on board the flag-ship Victory, in Portsmouth
harbour, to inquire into tho cause of her Majesty's ship
Hastings getting ashore, on the 20th of September, near
Odeneholm, in the Gulf of Finland, and to try Mr. Ed-
ward Youell, master of the said ship, for his conduct
on that occasion. After hearing the testimony in sup-
port of the investigation, and what the master had to
allege in explanation, as well as receiving on his`behalf
a first-rate character for the possession of every good
quality that a naval officer of his grade can possibly poe.
sees, the Court were of opinion that no cause could be
assigned for her Majesty's ship Hastings having got
ashore on the occasion in question, unless it was owing
to the variable current in that locality ; and they fur-
ther found that no blame could be attached to Mr.
Youell for his conduct on that occasion.

The Nicholas Wood, screw-transport No. 66, and the
Sardinian, No. 244, have been draughted into the trans-
port service for the Crimea. The former has arrived at
Woolwich, and has taken up her moorings off the Royal
Arsensal. The latter has gone down to Deptford, and
has commenced loading there.
The Pearl was yesterday morning taken out of Wool-
mickv dock for the purpose of being masted, and will
forthwith receive her engines.

The contract entered into for the construction of huts
at Woolwich for the Crimea is completed, the last por-
tion having been shipped on Saturday.
It is stated that the crew of her Majesty's ship Eury-
diae.,7-stationed in the West Indies, are desirous to go to
the seat of war.

The following appeared in our late edition lagt night:—
Lieuteuant Fras. A. Hume has been appointed to the
Calcutta.

GOOD•SERVICE PENSIONS.
Good-service pensions have been conferred upon the
following officers :
Captain James Hope, C.B.
Captain Lord Clarence Paget.
Captain Thomas Henderson.
Captain Lewis T. Jones, C.B.