The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-09 00:00:00

MILITARY.

Viscount Hardinge, the Commander-in-Chief, has sig-
nified his intention of giving a commission without pur-
chase to olte of the sons of M,..j•,r Fulford, the governor
of the county gaol of Stafford, in ackno.vledgment of
his father's meritorious service during 20 years in the
Royal Artillery. His lordship has also recently con-
ferred a commission without purchase on a clever and
very promising son of a highly respectable clergyman in
this county, who is blessed with a large family, but a 1
small stipend. Sir C. Wood, also, in his capacity of
First Lord of the Admiralty, has just given a commis-
sion in the Marines to the son of a worthy clergyman in
this neighbourhood, two of whose sons have died in the
service of the navy. The rev, gentleman's claim was
instantly acknowledged by Sir Charles, and in a manner
the more flattering as it was the only commission vacant
in that branch of the service at the time.

Captain Thompson's cmnpany, Gth battalion, Small
Arm Ammunition Brigade, on Saturday embarked on
board the Candia, for the Crimea.

Twelve additional companies of the Royal Artillery
have been placed under orders to hold themselves in
readiness to embark for the seat of war.

An order has been received at Woolwich Arsenal to
send out immediately to the Crimea2o,ooo shells-10,000
13-inch shells, and 10,000 10-inch. The order was re-
ceived at Woolwich within 24 hours from leaving Se-
bastopol.

The Er.rl of Carlisle on Monday inspected in St.
Patrick's-hall, Dublin, a number of invalided soldiers
from the Crimea, who bad arrived on the previous day
from England.

- -
Capta„ n Lindsay, of the Rifle Brigade, has, in addition
to his promotion for meritorious services in the Crimea,
received a staff appointment in Dublin. Capt. Lindsay,
although a very young man, fought through the Kaffir
war and was present at the Alma and Inkerman.

ARMY HALF-PAY OFFICERS.
Return of all officers, under the rank of field officers,
now upon hall-pay, who are willing to serve, and the
number who are fit for active service :-
30 to 40. 40 to 50. 50 to 60. Above 60.
Captains
Lieutenants
Ensigns
...
... 10 ... 17
Cornets
Paymasters
Quartermasters

••• ••• --
36 ... 78 l9l •••... 267
Total 572
The above return has been prepared from returns fur.
nished in May, 1854, as accurately as the records of
this office will permit.
Officers who have applied to be placed on full pay for
active service.
Brevet Captains. Lieuts.
Majors.

Quarter-
Masters.

Under 30 years
From 30 to 40 — ... --
3 ... t 5
From 40 to 50 1 ... 4:11
Above 50 2 ... 12

- ... ____

- ... 5

6 28 1 5
* Cavalry. ;3 Cavalry. 2 Cavalry.
FREDERICK PEEL.
War Department, 26th April, 1855.

STAFF OFFICERS (CRIMEA.)
The following is a Parliamentary return of the names
of all officers serving on the staff in the Crimea, dis-
tinguishing such as have obtained certificates at the
senior department of the Royal Military College, at
Sandhurst :

Commander-in-Chief—Field-Marshal Lord Raglan.
Lieutenant Generals—Sir G. Brown, Sir R. England,
Sir C. Campbell, Fennefather, Sir J. Burgoyne.
Major-Generals—Bentinck, Hon. Y. Scarlett, Sir J.
Campbell, Eyre (Sandhurst, Dec. 12, 1829), Buller,
Torrens, Codrington, Barnard, Lord Rokeby, H. D.
Jones.

Brigadier-General—Lockyer-97th Foot.
Colonel—Cameron, 42d Foot (Sandhurst, Dec. 10,
1831.)
Lieutenant-Colonels—Dacres, Royal Artillery, and
Irving.
HaCrodmizan2d2adnEtooatt. Balaklava—Brevet Lieut.
General
—Brigadier-
Commandant in the Bosphorus
Commandant at Smyrna--Colonel Storks,
unattached.
-Colonel
Lord W. Paulet.
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Assistant Adjutant Generals--
W-Colonel Wilbraham, Brevet
Lieut.-Colonel Bane, Lieut.-Colonel ;
"L
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-couSlrotinnePl"Hon.
Pakenbatn, unattached ; ColonelßrevSetuLlliiveaunt.,-CBolroenveetl
Lieut.-Colonel Wood, 13th
Ayde, RoyalGuar Guards
Artillery i lLleTeyult;
.3.16 Lieut.-Colonel ue tn.
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unattached
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nadierehedlB32) ; Major Sillery, 30th Foot ;
19, 1832)
; Brevet Major Smith, 3d
(Sandhurst,shut
e3,l6ayth
Major
Foot.
Quartermaster General—GMajora-General
onAeilreny
o(n-Sa. (Sand-
burst,
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burst, Dec. 14, 1826).
H. P. Herbert, unattachende;
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LhGaioelAfru-dsitos.ai-nysC"oaG;lnortLeniQelealuudati Airey Coldstream Guards • Brevet Lieut.-
Colonel Colborne, 15th Foot ; Colonel Windham, unat-
taebed ; Brevet Major Shadwell, 19th foot, acting •
Lieut.-Colonel Mayow, unattached ; Brevet Lieut.-Col.'
Nappeiepru,t2ys.Aths,Fiaotaotn.t.Adi
ntanAt or Quartermaster-Gene-
rals—Lieut.-Colonel
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Foot;
Major Woodford,y
Hallowell, 28th Foot ; Brevet 4
Hardinge, Coldstream
Major Weare, 50th
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Foot (Sandhurst, Noy. 7, 1851) ; Brevet Major-Stuart
Wortley, Ist Dragoon Guards: Brevet Major Wetherall,
Scots Fusilier Guards (Sandhurst, May 18, 1849) ;
Brevet Major Hamilton, 47th Foot; Lieutenant-Colones
Maitland, Grenadier Guards ; Brevet Major FelloweF,
11th Hussars ; Brevet Major Thompson, 10th Hussars; -
Brevet Major Kirkland, 21st Foot; Major Campbell,
23d Foot ; Captain Sir C. Russell, Grenadier Guards ;
Brevet Major M'Kenzie, 92d Foot; Brevet Major Hon
G. Elliot, Rifle Brigade ; Brevet Major Hon. A. M
Cathcart, 93d Foot ; Captain Bellairs, 49th Foot ;
Captain Ross, 93d Foot ; Captain Barnston, 90th Foot ;
(Sandhurst, May 19, 1853); Captain Lowry, 47th
Foot ; Captain Field, Royal Artillery ; Captain Ire-
land, 3d West India ; Captain Mundell, 96th Foot ;
Captain Eager, 40th Foot ; Captain Hutton, 31st Foot;
Lieutenant Dick, 78th Foot ; Lieutenant Macdonald,
3d West India.
Military Secretary—Lient. Colonel Steele, Coldstream
Guards.
Assistant Military Secretary—Captain Hon. L. Cur-
son Rifle Brigade.
Cur-
son,
Officers—Captain M'Crea, 45th Foot ; Captain
Blacklin, unattached ; Captain Gordon, East India Com-
pany ; Captain Weil, East India Company ; Captain
Henderson, Eat India Company ; Captain Ryan, East
India Company ; Lieutenant Ayton, 84th Foot ; Lieu-
tenant Moreland, Ea-t India Company; Lieutenant -
Davidson, East India Company ; En,ign Pennefather,
55th Foot ; Erevet Major Laye, 58th Foot; Brevet
Major Heaton, 37th Foot.
Aides-de-Camp—Captain Whitmore, 62d Foot ; Cap-
tain Pearson ; 7th Foot, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Burghersh;
Lieut.-Colonel P. Somerset, Coldstream Guards ; Brevet
Major
Kingscote, Scots Fusilier Guards • Lieutenant
Hon. S. Calthorpe, Bth Hussars ; Brevet Major /lI'Do.
nald, 92d Foot ; Brevet Major Graham, 41st Foot; Cap-
tain the Hon. W. Wellesley, Coldstream Guards (extra);
Brevet Major Neville, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Captain
Snodgrass, 38th Foot ; Captain England, 55th Foot ;
Captain th Hon.
H. Clifford, Rifle Brigade ; Brevet
Major De Morel, 67th Foot ; Captain Elliot, sth Dra-
goon Guards ; Lieutenant the Hon. H. Campbell, Rifle
Brigade ; Captain Torrens, 23d Foot ; Lieutenant the
Hon. C. Keith, 4th Dragoons ; Lieutenant Stopford, Royal Engineers ; Lieutenant Jervoise, 42d Foot; Bre-
vet Major Burke, 88th Foot ; Captain Viscount Bat-
gonie, Grenadier Guards ; Brevet Major the Hon. W.
Scarlett, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Captain Montgomery,
42d Foot ; Captain the Hon. J. Bourke, 88th Foot;
Captain Hume, 38th Foot (extra temporary); Captain
Darner, Scots Fusilier Guards; Lieutenant Jameson, 2d
Life Guards • Captain Legh, 97th Foot.
Brigade Majors—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel the Ron. A.
Hope, 60th Foot ; Brevet Major Thackwell, 22c1 Foot;
Brevet-Major Conolly, unattached ; Major Armstrong,
49th Foot ; Brevet-Major Ellison, Grenadier Guards ;
Brevet-Major C. F. T. Daniel, 38th Foot ; Brevet-
Major Glyn, Rifle Brigade ; Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel the
Eon. R. Rollo, 42d Foot ; Captain the Hon. R. Gage,
Royal Artillery ; Brevet-Major Lovell, Royal Engineers;
Captain Bourchier, Royal Engineers (acting) ; Major
Elrington, Rifle Brigade; Captain Tomkinson, Bth
Hussars ; Captain Earl, 57th Foot.
Provost-Marshal—Captain W. Johnston, 41st Foot.
Quartermaster—Ensign Deacon, lst Foot.
Town Adjutant--Lieutenant Webber, 42d Foot.

STATISTICS OF SHIPPING.

Some further returns relating to the building of ships
and the number employed in the trade of the United
Kingdom, have been printed by order of Parliament, on
the motion of Mr. Ingham, M.P. They show, among
other particulars, that the number of vessels registered
at the ports of the United Kingdom, on the 31st Dec.,
1854, was as follows :--viz., sailing vessels of and under
50 tons, 9,450 ; tonnage, 282,865 ; and above 50 tons,
15,885, tonnage 3,658,628 ; steam vessels of and under
50 tons, 578 ; tonnage, 14,459 ; and above 50 tons, 946 ;
tonnage, 291,778. The number of sailing vessels that
entered inwards, coastwise, at the ports of England in
the year 1854, was as follows :-British, 94,545 ; ton-
nage, 7,554,934; and foreign, 297; tonnage, 43,778.
The number cleared outwards was-British, 108,630 ;
tonnage, 8,653,953; and foreign, 248; tonnage, 34,628.
The number of British steamers that entered inwards was
12,787 ; tonnage, 3,106,396 ; and the number that
cleared outwards, 12,584; tonnage, 2,950,775. In Scot-
land, the proportion of British and foreign sailing ves-
sels entered inwards, coastwise, was 13,739 to 52, and
the number cleared outwards as 16,146 to 58. The num-
ber of British steamers entered inwards was 4,879 ; ton-
nage, 1,075,388 ; and the' number cleared outwards
5,080; tonnage, 1,132,897. In Ireland 17,414 British
sailing vessels entered inwards against 1 foreign, and
8,070 cleared outwards against 70 foreign. The number
of British steamers that entered inwards was 4,751 ;
tonnage, 1,428,435 ; and the numberlcleared outwards
4,797 ; tonnage, 1,493,609. The number of sailing
vessels that entered for the colonies at the various
ports of England, in 1854, was 4,967 British to 567
foreign ; and the number that cleared outward, 4,552
British to 559 foreign. The tonnage of the British ships
was respectively 1,552,071 and 1,501,605 ; and that of
the foreign ships, 290,447 and 223,370. In Scotland
595 British vessels entered inwards from the colonies ;
tonnage, 280.765 ; and 650 cleared outwards ; tonnage,
238 485. The numb( rof foreign ships that entered and
cleared was respectively S. and 15. In Ireland 383 Bri-
tish vessels entered from the colonies, tonnage 117,605,
and 242 cleared out, tonnage, 77,143. The number
of foreign ships entered rind cleared was respectively
41 and 39. The number of British Failing-Fessels
that entered inwards from foreign ports, in 1854,
was-in England 9,393 ; tonnage, 1,857,247. In Scot-
land, 1,008 ; tonnage, 166,177, and in Ireland, 494 ; ton-
nage, 92,102. The number of British ships that cleared
out for foreign ports was-in England, 9,594 ; tonnage,
1,975,772 ; in Scotiand, 1,117 ; tonnage, 232,659; and
in Ireland, 136; tonnage, 40,967. The number of foreign
sailing vessel, that entered inwards Irons foreign posts
was-in England, 16,151 ; tonnage, 2,934,902; in Scot-
land, 2,307 ; tonnage, 264,664 ; and in Ireland, 580 ;
tonnage, 103,201. The number of foreign ships that
cleared out for foreign ports was-in England, 18,565 ;
tonnage, 3,360,166 ; in Scotland, 2,446 ; tonnage,
281,674 ; and in Ireland, 401 ; tonnage, 76,759. But
these figures are exclusive of steamers. Of those steam-
ers engaged in the foreign trade, 4,072 that entered in-
wards (tonnage 1,251,458) were British, and only 597
(tonnage 176,309) foreign ; while 3,319 (tonnage
1,191,626) that cleared outwards were British, and,
592 (tonnage 181,242) foreign. The number of
sailing vessels above 50 tons registered at the various
colonies of the United Kingdom on the 31st of Decem-
ber, 1854, amounted to 3,518, and the number of steamers
above 50 tons to 118 ; tonnage, 43,600 ; while the
number of timber ships built and registered in the
United Kingdom in 1854 amounted to 592 ; tonnage,
115,807 ; the number of steamers amounted to 22 ; ton-
nage, 2,090 ; the number of iron sailing vessels to 3i ;
tonnage, 16,880 ; and the number of iron vessels to 152 ;
, tonnage, 62,165. The number of sailing vessels sold
and transferred in the United Kingdom in 1854 amounted
to 3,078 ; tonnage, 625,121 ; and the number of steamers
to 173 ; tonnage, 22,488. 721 sailing vessels and 17
steamers, in all 738 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage
of 168,843, and all belonging to the United Kingdom,
were wrecked in the year 1854 ; 74 vessels were broken
up, tonnage 9,975, of which 59 were sailing vessels and
15 steamers. The number of colonial-built vessels rekis.
tered at the ports of the united kingdom in 1854 amounted
ito 61, tonnage 43,003. The number of foreign-built
I vessels so registered in 1854 amounted to 267, tonnage
c 97.641. The total number of British vessels employed
in the trade of the united kingdom in 1854 was 21,340,
entered inwards, tonnage 5,374,551, and 20,876 clears
outwards, tonnage 5,370,298. The number of foreign
ships so employed was 20,251 entered inwards, tonnage
3,786,815, and 22,618 cleared outwards, tonnage
4,137,423.