The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

By the arrival of the steam-ship Tagus at Southampton
with the heavy portion of the India and China mails, we
receive the following items of naval and military intelli-
gence from Gibraltar :—On the 12th ult. her Majesty's
ship Bellerophon, Capt. Lord G. Paulet, with invalids
from the seat of war, and which had been lying at Gib-
raltar since the Ist of March in consequence of adverse
winds, weighed anchor and proceeded to the westward ;
but was obliged, with several other vessels, to put back.
She left for England on the evening of the 16th. Her
Majesty's steamer Malacca, 14, Capt. Hillyar, arrived at
Gibraltar, from Constantinople and Malta, on the morn-
ing,of March 11. She had on board a number of inva-
lids belonging to different regiments from the hospitals
at Scutari. After coaling and making good some trifling
defects in her machinery she left fur England on the
morning of the 14th ult. The steam-transport Baltic,
with a cargo of oats from London to the Crimea, reached
Gibraltar on the lltb, and after coaling left for her des-
tination. The steam-transport Earl of Norwich, from
Lowestoft, bound to Balaklava, also put into Gibraltar
for coal on the 11th ult. She had on board 50 navvies, 68
horses, in charge of a veterinary surgeon, and stores for
the Balaklava Railway. 12 horses died on the passage
out, owing to the bad weather. She proceeded to the
Blacx Seethe following day. The Falcon steamer, seven
days from London, with preserved meats and clothing
for the French army in the East, reached Gibraltar on
the 12th ult. en route to Constantinople. Her Ma-
jesty's ship Trafalgar, 50 days frbm Malta, put into
Gibraltar on the 11th. She had been cruising to the
eastward of .the Rock several days, endeavourng to
make the Straits, but was prevented in consequence
of strong adverse winds. The Earl of Lonsdale steam
tug, with supplies for the Trafalgar, after great difficulty
succeeded in getting them on board. Her Majesty's
steam sloop Oberon, 6i days from Portsmouth, with 60
supernumeraries for the British squadron in the Black
Sea under the command of Admiral Lyons, reached
Gibraltar on the 13th, and left on the 15th. The Eglin-
ton steam-ship, six days from Havre de Grace, with hos-
pital stores, waggons, &c., for the use of the French
army in the East, arrived at Gibraltar on the 13th. The
Salcutta steamer, with the let Royal Lancashire Militia
on board, passed Gibraltar to the eastward on the even-
ing of the 19th ult. Her Majesty's screw-steamer troop-
ship Himalaya, from Spithead and Cork, arrived at Gib-
raltar on the 13th en route to the East. She had on board
7 officers, 229 non-commissioned officers and men, and
278 horses of the artillery ; about 70 horses were shipped
at Gibraltar. The Himalaya left for her destina-1
tion on the evening of the 15th. Her Majesty's steam-
sloop Heels was fast progressing in her equipment for
sea. The British transport Mary Ann, 70 days from
Constantinople, in ballast for Plymouth, reached Gibral-
tar on the 15th ult. This vessel unfortunately lost two
men overboard on the 25th ult. Her Majesty's screw
steam-ship Sanspareil, 14 days from Malta, with a num-
ber of navy invalids fur England, arrived at Gibraltar
on the 17th. She left on the following morning. The
steam-transport Vestal, witwithpalkages, , fi.r the
British army and navy in the Eaot, left Gibraltar on
the 17th ult. The hired
withscrew-steamer Estella,
eight days from London
geneeal cargo
and medical stores for the a
hospitalsßritish7 in the
East, arrived at Gibralter on the 1 ult. ~• she
left on the evening of the same day for 3 Constan-
tinople. The sailing transport Dunbar,days from
morning Corfa, put into Gibraltar on the 3
of the
17th. She has a number of invalids on board in charge
of colonel Buchanan of the Royal Artillery, and a
great many women and children belonging to regiments
that have left the lonian islands for the seat of war.
The Dunbar was prevented from proceeding to England
by stress of weather. The sailing transport Wilson
Kennedy passed to the westward on the 19th ult., appa.
rently in ballast, bound to England. Her Majesty's ship
Vengeance arrived in the Bay from the East on the 19th
nit. The British steam-transport Indian, six days from
Liverpool, with 160 officers and men of the Royal Ar-
tillery, and 113 horses, bound for Scutari, put into Gib-
raltar on the 21st ult., being short of both coal and
water. Five horses died during the passage out, and
two while the ship was lying at Gibraltar. The British
sailing transport Panola (No. 71), 77 days from Con-
stantinople, which passed Gibraltar for Plymouth in
ballast in the afternoon of the 19th, was obliged to put
back, having sprung her rudder in a heavy seuth-west
gale on the 21st ult., in 7.40 W. 36 lat.
The Rosen Mail ompany's steam-ship Parana, lying
at Southampton, will probably be taken up for the con-
veyance of French troops to the Crimea.
s°-gAen sailing frigate, is ordered to be
lauTnhcelleSdutaleitPembroke on the 17th inst. It is under-
stood that this is the last
vessel of her class to be con-
structed in the Royal doeleyards without the auxiliary
screw power.
The battery of Royal
Capt. Gibbon, heretofore eudnadte
Norwich,
tohrewicommandch, i
s noowf
on the way to Woolwich, pr
.pounodnisciastlishof
for the seat of war. The batteryParcat"Y to embarkation
der guns, two howitzers of 4 four 9-poun-
case, with ammunition and other carriages.re, and a rocket
passed between the
The following correspondence has
War-office and the Society for the Propagation
Gospel, on the subject of appointment of of the
additional as-
eistant chaplains at the seat of war :
" War-office, March 28.
fe sir,—Referring to your letter of the 13th inst. to the
chaplain-general, offering, on the part of the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel, to nominate additional '
chaplains to the army in the East, upon the same terms as
were adopted with regard to those who have already been
appointed under its recommendation, I am directed to
convey to you Lord Panmure's high sense of the liberality
of the offer which you have made on behalf of the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel, and in acquainting you
that his lordship accepts your proposal, I am instructed
to state that the names of 12 clergymen to act in the capa-
city of assistant-chaplains to the camp and hospitals in the
East may accordingly be submitted for appointment, who
will be provided each with a free passage, and receive 1001.
a year from this department, with rations for self and ser-
vant, forage for a horse, and field allowances.
" I ale to add that these gentlemen will be subject to
the same discipline and authority as the chaplains exclu-
sively paid by the Government.--I have the honour to be,
sir, your obedient servant,

"B. HAWES.
" The Secretary, Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel."
" Society for the Propagation of the Gospel,
"79, Pall-mall March 30.
" Sir,—The society has learnt with extreme satisfaction
that its proposal of nominating 12 additional assistrat-
chapLins for the duty of the camp and hospitals in the
,Ealt has been approved by Lord Panraure.