The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-19 00:00:00

NATAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE,

The Neptune, 120, ifeto take the Wiltshire Militia to
Corfu. They will be 600 strong ; and it is probable the
Neptune will take out another regiment with therm, to
relieve the regiments of the liiae in the Mediterranean
ordered to the Crimea.
The Royal George, 102, screw, Captain Codrington,
C. 13., hauled out of the No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, on
Saturday afternoon, into the basin, where her lower-
decks are ringed ready to be hoisted on board, She goes
into the stream on Tuesday or Wednesday next, being
now rigged and all ataunt. From a 120 gun-ship she
has been reduced to 102 guns by the poop being taken
off. Two Lancaster guns will be mounted fore and aft.
No doubt she will be stiffer under canvas than she for-
merly was. In addition to this weight aloft being re-
duced, she has had a quantity of pig-iron ballast stored
in every possible hole in her bottom, which will tend
very materially to take off and compensate for the
weight aloft. Next week all her lower deck guns and
provisions will be on board.
The Exmouth, 91, screw, to be flag-ship of Rear-Ad-
miral Seymour, has been paid wages, at Devonport.
The Majestic, 81, screw, Captain Hope, C.D., is still
in No. 3 dry dock, Sheerness ; her main shaft is got in
in the hold, and the engineers are stowing and fixing
same way, &c. She is out of thel hands of the ship
wrights, and will soon he ready to haul out into the
basin.
The Cressy, 81, screw, Captain Warren, is moored in
the stream at Sheerness, manned, provisioned, and
ready, at a moment's notice, for sea.
The Russell, 62, screw guard-ship, Captain Scott, is
still under the sheers in the Sheerness basin. Her top-
masts are rigged, and she progresses fast in spite of the
very inclement state of the weather. She is frigate-
masted, and is painted, and looks exceedingly well.
The Edinburgh, 58, screw block-ship, Captain Hew-
lett, hauled into the fitting basin at Portsmouth on Sa-
turday, preparatory to docking, to be refitted.
The Nankin, 50, Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart,
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Captain Key, is in No. 2
dry dock, Sheerness, where she will be detained some
little time longer fixing the condensing apparatus for
converting salt water into fresh, &c. Thirty more boiler-
makers and smiths have arrived from Woolwich to bring
her forward with all possible despatch ; they are working
at her we way say night and day, to get her finished by
the first week in March, but considering she has no
masts in, and machinery only partly commenced putting
together, we fear she will be rather behind her time.
The Falcon, 17, screw-corvette, Commander Pullen,
got steam up in the basin at Portsmouth en Saturday,
and went into the harbour to have her compasses ad
justed.

The screw steam-vessel Harrier, 17, Commander
Storey, 60 days from St. Thomas's, rest Indies, arrived
on Friday at Plymouth, and having discharged her am-
munition went into Hamoaae on Saturday to have de-
fects made good.

The steam-vessel Archer, 14, Captain G. Heathcote,
from Leith, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday.
Ariel, 9, screw, Commander Luce, has gone out of
Portsmouth Harbour to Spithead, where she takes in
her powder and shell, and awaits orders.
The paddle steam-vessel Bulldog, 6, Captain W. K.
Hall, frock Shields, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday.
The Basilisk, 6, paddle steam-sloop, Commander
Jenner, arrived at Spithead from the eastward yester-
day.

The Cuckoo, 3, paddle, Lieut. Commander Murray,
is in Sheerness Harbour, haying returned on Friday
night last from towing the Melampus to Woolwich.
The Lizard, 3, paddle, Lieutenant Commander Chris-
topher, is in Sheerness Harbour, refitting after the bad
weather she experienced on the Goodwin Sands, &c. ;
her paddle-boxes are being repaired, which were broken
coming into contact with a collier accidentally in the
dark.

The Pelter, 2, screw gun-boat, tender to Excellent,
was docked at Portsmouth on Saturday morning, to
have her copper cleaned.

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.
The Himalaya, sorw troop steam-ship, Commander B.
Priest, is fitting up mess-tables on the lower decks for
troops, at Portsmouth. She has already accommoda-
tion for 400 horses, the stalls being well arranged on
each side of the main deck, and others amidships,
besides about 150 on the spar deck. She has orders for
three months' provisions for 500 men.
The steamer Hesperus, with a railway plant and a
detachment of 50 navvies, arrived at Balaklava from
London, all well, on the 30th of January.
On Saturday the Commissioners for the Control of the
Transport Service took up vessels for the conveyance of
1,000 tons of provisions to the Crimea ; as also camp
equipages weighing 250 tons, 88 tons of waggons and
tools, and 250 tons of clothing for the troops in the
Crimea.