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

I -3, 137
The Smyrna and Abydos Hospitals are not included
this list.

The Rockliffe transport took on board 111 invalids
at Abydos for England on the 31st ult.
Mrs. Barnes, one of the nurses, died last night of
fever.

VAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE,

This evening mails for the troops in the Piraeus
(Greece), 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 t! ,e
Black Sea, will be made up and despatched via Mar-
seilles. Letters must be prepaid. Mails wili also be
made up for the above-mentioned places, Gibraltar,
Malta, and the lonian Islands, to be despa•ched this
morning via Southampton. Letters for soldiers, sailors,
marine-, and persons employed in transports, forwarded
by this conve'ance, will be liable to a postage of Id. if
paid in advance, or 2d. on delivery.
The Adelaide steam-transport, No. 138, arrived at

Spithead yesterday in,rning from Malta, last from Ply-
mouth, with military invalide,, whom she went into har-
bour to land in the aft,rimon ; these consisted of soldiers
from tha various regimen's Pngaezed in the Crimea; ac

fully repart-.:d in The San of Wednesday. The Britannia,
120, is being fitted as a floating 'hospi ai for sick and
wounded _ from the Ea-t. The Hast;ngs, 60, Captain
Catfin, is swinging for the adjustment of her compasses
in Portsmouth harbour. This ship and her si,ter 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 la,,t pinch they will have
to be filled up by compulsory draughts from sailin

ships
The steam blockehip Cornwallis, 60, Ceptain We
lesiey, went from Plymouth Sound into Hullo:in on
Wednesday. She is to be fitted with a larger fan, and
some improvementspre to be made in her machinery.
The transport Chalmers, No 63, Capta;n Smith from
Deplt,,rd, arrived in Plymeuth Sound on Wednesday
to embark troops for the Crimea.
The transport ship Kent arrived in Plymouth Sound
yesterday morning, outward bound.
Two sergeants, 190 men, and four women left the pri-
sons in Mulbay, Plymouth, yesterday moreine, and weet
on board the Royal George, 102, in Hainorize, preparatory
to saiiing for France. These pris,ners are chiefly Pules,
and were among those taken at Bematsurid.
Tho Garrison Serjeant-Mejor was despetched from
Plymouth on Wednesday to Exeter with tl,e route of
the 15th Hussare They are to march to Plymouth, via
Ashburton, to embark immediately fer the Crimea.
The ship Mangerton, Capt. Smith, from London, ar-
rived at Plymouth on Wednesday, to embark Govern-
metrt emigrants for Sydney.
The head-quarters of the 96th Regiment, numbering
2SO men, which landed at Gravesend, from Bengal, en
Thursday last, arrived at the North Wall, Dublin, from
Liverpool, at half-past 10 o'clock, a.m., on Wednesday.
The detachment was in the highest 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 serv-
in the Crimea, arrived in Dublin :—John Caldwell,
17th Regiment ; Martin Noon, •83th ; Peter Claney,
20th ; William M‘Gorman, 49th ; Patrick Leonard,
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 :mund 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. Seudamore to the Pembroke ; and Naval-
Instructors Rev. D. E. Domville, to the Pembroke, and
Rey., R. N. Jackson to the Hastings.
The Thunder, the first -Stating battery built by-Mare
and Co., Black wall, was towed to Woolwich, on Wednes-
day, by the Widgeon and another steamer, and imme-
diately brought under the sheers to he masted. The
Thunder presents a formidable appearance, the wood-
work being of massive timbers, put together in the
strongest manner, cased with plates of iron of consider.
able thickness, which are expected to he 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 striki; g her as if she had
been built on the usual construction.
The Dapper, gun-boat, left Woolwich on Thursday,
to join the ships fur 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 Guards
to various cavalry depots to hold in readiness for imme-
diate embarkation as many efficient mounted men as
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. R. Horniman, appointed Assistant-
' Clerk to the Impregnable, was erroneously printed
Hornlnan.