The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-20 00:00:00

NAVAL AND. MILITARY INTBLIJOBNOB.

A letter from .Balaklava, dated the 7th inst., gives the fol
lowing intelligence from the fleet :
"Iu harbour the Leander, 50, Diamond, 28, Was 14
and Triton, 4. Commander Lloyd, of the Wasp, and Second-
Master Wilshire, of the Triton, left by the Trent steam-
transport, en route for Athens, to give evidence is a case of
piracy. Surgeons Whipple and Forbes, R.N., arrived yester-
day by the City of Aberdeen from England. Lady Paget,
after a two mouths' stay on board the Leander frigate, has
left in the linperador for Constantinople. Surgeon Elliott;
dismissed the service by sentence of court-martial (as fully
detailed'in former letters), takes passage to England in the
steam sloop Inflexible. No cases of cholera have appeared
afloat lately, so that we may hope the visitation has passed
away. It is supposed Captain Peel will go to Therapia Hos-
pital to promote his convalescence, as the close harbour of
Balaklava is not favourable for wounds. Lieut. Dalyell,
whose arm was amputated, goes home in the Inflexible."
Our correspondent at Plymouth has received a communi-
cation, dated Samiesh Bay, July 7, which states that the
Europe, one of the Cunard steamers, has been lying there
a month doing nothing; that the Canadian and the Simla,
one of the largest steamers afloat,, have been unoccupied
nearly three weeks, and that the only present use for a large
Brazilian steamer, the Bahiaua, No. 160, is to afford accom-
modation to the Government transport agent. The cost of
this vessel alone is about 4,0001. per month.
The speed of the Queen's new yacht was tried against that
of the Fairy on Wednesday, in a run from Cowes to the Knab
light-vessel, a distance of 12 miles. Her Majesty and Prince
Albert and the King of the Belgians were on board the Fairy,
and witnessed the trial. The latter started from Cowes with
the Royal standards flying from her mainmast head, and, hav-
ing got some considerable way a-head, signalled the Victoria
and Albert to follow in chase, when she was swiftly over-
taken and left astern, the Victoria and Albert dipping her
ensign in passing, and on reaching the Knab the Fairy was
left nearly two miles astern. The "recall" was then made,
and before reaching Osborne, on the return, the larger yacht
was again considerably ahead. A Royal salute was fired as
the Fairy passed and repassed through Spithead. The Vic-
toria and Albert was again under way yesterday morning in
very trying weather, a stiff gale and sea, with heavy rain,
prevailing during her cruise.
The Virago, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Edward Marshall,
arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from the-Pacific sta-
tion, last from Rio, whence she sailed ou the sth of June. She
brought no news, having been forestalled by the West India
mail packet last in. She has nearly 70 invalids on board from
the various ships of the Pacific and Brazil squadrons, and
300,000 dols. in specie on merchants' account. On the 25th
ult„ in lat. 858 N., long. 23 9 W., she spoke the French
ship Young Albert, 25 (lays from Bordeaux for. Valparaiso ;
on the 26th, in lat. 11 22 N.. long. 22 55 W., the ship Emeu,
75 (lays from Colombo, for Valparaiso ; ou the 27th, in lat.
13 30 N. long. 24 29 W.,.exchanged colours with an English
ship, first pendant, No. 9,207, and a barque, second pendant,
No. 4,306; on the Bth inst., in lat. 36 6 N., long. 29 30 W.,
the English brig Chieftain, of St. John's, New Brunswick,
The Jackal, 4, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieute-
nant-Commander William T. F. Jackson, arrived at Sheer-
ness from-her cruising ground of coast of Scotland, at 730
p.m yesterday, her assistant-pay-master in charge, •Mr. John
Maraford, being in a dangerous state of illness, having had
four epilePtic fits, the assistance of the surgeon of the flagship
was sent for immediately on her arrival.
Captain Eir Baldwin Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, is daily
expected at Sheerness, to proceed out in the Glatton floating-
battery on a trial trip, to prove her sea-going qualities. She
has now every part of her equipment on board, except 12
guns, which will be about Si) tons more dead weight for her
to carry. •
The Transit iron screw steam storeship, Commander John-
stone, could not be put out of the basin at Sheerness yester-
day, in consequence of the strong wind blowing from the south-
west. She is ordered to proceed to Deptford to have her horse-
boxes fitted and secured on her upper dock, ready to receive
the cavalry portion of the troops she is to take out. They will
proceed from Maidstone Cavalry Barracks immediately she is
ready to receive them. She will then return to Sheerness to
take in artillery for the Crimea.
The Dee, 4, paddle-wheel steam troop-ship, Master-Com-
mander Thomas E. Pulleu, made her number on demand yes-
terday, at 11.15 a.m., passing up the Thames from sea. •
Tue Iris, from Deptford, passed up the Medway at 11.30
a.m., yesterday, from Deptford, with stores for the Castor
frigate, fitting at Chatham.
The Alban, 4, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander W. E. Fisher, arrived at Sheerness yesterday, at
3.15 a.m., from sea, on particular service.
The following ships are now in Sheerness harbour under the
pendant : —The Waterloo, the Formidable, the Transit, the
Glatton, the Meteor, the Cruiser, the Jackal, the Wildfire,
the African, the Myrtle, the Lizard, the Fearless, the Alban,
and the Adder. •
The Thunder floating battery is still off the dockyard,
Woolwich. Yesterday she got up steam at the buoy and
tried her machinery, which has been found defective ; conse-
quently her sailing was deferred.
The steam-transport Jupiter, at anchor off Woolwich, is to
complete her cargo of powder this day, and will sail to-
morrow.
The Rhadamanthus has completed her freight of boilers
and machinery for Portsmouth dockyard, and is to sail next
•tide. Her crew is deficient..
The Hesperus, screw transport, left Woolvrich.basin on
Wednesday, and is moored off the Arsenal, taking in her
cargo of guns, &c., fer the,Crimea.
The Australian Royal Mail Company's screw steam-ship
Adelaide, transport No. 138, Captain A. W. Young, will sail
from Southampton this morning for Woolwich, to embark
troops for the Crimea.
The Royal Mal Company's steam-ship Orinoco, transport
No. 218, Captain Wilson, is ready for sea, and it is expected
will embark the 6th Dragoons at Southampton to-morrow.
A large quantity of hay was shipped onboard yesterday, and
steam was got up, and the state of the machinery tested.
The General Screw steam-ship Jason, Captain Lane, trans-
port No. 84, will shortly be ready for se'. It is expected
that she will be employed by the Government for the con-
veyance of artillery.
There were lying in the Southampton Docks at one time
on Wednesday last nearly 34,000 tons of steam shipping, the
principal portion of which consisted of vessels belonging
to the port which are and have been employed by novern-
went in the conveyance of horses and troops to the East, viz.
—Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Himalaya, 3,438 tons ;
Royal Mail' Cempany--Magdalena, paddle, 2,944 ; -Orinoco,
paddle, 2,901: Dee, paddle, 1,874: Derwent, _ paddle, 794 ;
Solent, paddle, 1,805 ; Tamar, paddle, 1,964. Peninsular and
Oriental Company—Colombo, screw, 1,864 ; Euxine, paddle,
1,165 ; Tagus, paddle, 782 ; M ,drid, paddle, 479. Australian
Royal Mail Company—Victoria, screw, 1,878; Adelaide,
screw, 1,860 ; Australian, screw, 1,392 ; Sydney, 1,392 ;
General Screw Company's steam-ship Jason, 2,668 ; United
States' Company's steam-ship Washington, paddle, 2,000 ;
the screw steam-ship Union, 524 ; the paddle-wheel steam-
ships Queen, 460, and Nocird, 240 ; and the South-Western
Company's paddle steamers Courier, Transit, Atalanta, Won-
der, and South-Western, of about 300 tons burden each.
Her Majesty's screw-transport Himalaya, Captain Priest,
came out of the large graving dock at Southampton last
evening;

A GOOD EXAMPLE.—At the half-yearly meeting of
the members of the Frome Mechanics' Institution, a vote
of thanks was given to Donald Nicoll, Esq., late sheriff
of London, &c., for the valuable collection of books he
had deposited in that institution for the use of its mem-
RESOURCES OF ENGLAND. hers. It consisted of more than one thousand of the
(Prom the Times of this day.) best works of ancient and modern writers.
If misgivings should be entertained in any quarters as to SOUTHAMPTON, July 19.—His Majesty the King of the
the real capacity of this country to maintain on foot a force Belgians, attended by Princess Charlotte of Belgium and
proportioned to its own position as a State and the demands suite, will leave her Majesty's residence at Osborne early
of the war in which it is engaged, a simple reference to facts on Saturday for this port, en route to Claremont. The
perfectly well authenticated ought to be absolutely conclusive. Royal carriages will await their arrival, and will convey
In the year 1813 we had been at war 20 years, with little or
th,e. Roy Royal party from the docks direct
.. to. Kingston.
no interval of peace, and had been exposed to all the ex-
nis
.Majesty will return by special train in the evening,
haustion contingent on such a struggle. The population of
and will embark from the Southampton Docks for Os!
Great Britain in the year 1811 had been 12,596,803. Out of
this population we raised for the said year of 1813 140,000 borne. The Duchess of Kent leaves Osborne, on her
y on
sailors and marines, and 237.000 regular soldiers, besides return from visiting her Majesty the Queen, earl
which we kept in arms 83,000 regular militia, and could Tuesday next.
wagw
further rely upon the services of 288,000 local militia and THE NEW FEENCH LOAN,—The quotation oft 211
C 5,000 yeomaury cavalry. The total sum of these numbers French Loan on the Stock-Exchange yesterday-
ld for on
is 813,000. Now, in the year 1851, when the last census was to 3 premium. . The amount likely to
be aPPfrom Paris
taken, the population of Great Britain was 21,121,967, so English account is very large, but advioes onion will be
that, allowing for increase since that time, we have probably
convey an impression that only a small portion
_.
a population
at the present moment not much less than - , , the fact that the applicants
double that of 1813. The rest of the problem we may safely obtained. Notwithstanding
redaction
are limited to a
leave our readers to work out for themselves. who are to be exempt from instead of being
• -50 f. per annum,. . . .
In the last war we were under the necessity of keeping a sum of stock yielding
ous occasion, it is believed
large force at home for the protection of our own territory— allowed 500 f. as on the previ
beast a very heavy share. For
an obligation from which we are now so free that we can that these parties will ex .
.0
way
it would require nearly
even spare some of the militia for foreign garrison service, the whole to be taken in thi
as that number a -
PPears, the
In those times, too, we had formidable enemies to deal with 600,000 persona, but,
largeh to it - h is per aps,
in India, whereas that empire occasions us neither distraction sibility of some appr.oac . not alto-
pos
nor alarm. Moreover, great as has been our advance in m - ether out of the question, since the agents of Parisian
terial wealth and strength, this progress has been practicably k • 11 '
houses are said to be at Work in a. directions supplying
doubled by our proficiency in mechanical and natural science.
the necessary Lunde to each individual, upon condition
Of that knowledge which is truly power we have amassed by
that for a few francs he shall make over his allotment.
our energies and perseverance a very large store. Steam is
Even if the aggregate taken by this class fapplicants
now the mighty instrument of success, and steam is peen-
should prove comparativelymnam-tt_. o
liarly under the command of Englishmen. We have coal, e ere can. lye no doubt
d'nary reducti
xtraor i On will have to be made in the
iron, manufactories, and artificers of a quality which cannot an
•erata division to the others
be surpassed, and we have unbounded means of bringing all pro hea italiste and t . Binee not only are all the
these resources into play. Above all, we have France for an re'renct, p , , raders desirous of obtainingscop:s.
ally. • France. with its poptilation of soldiers, tot= -Ader:s I!`"Ostnr, but,they are in each ease endeavouring,
skill, audits physical science, now.-stands by our I. _
r re Oleihle -to anticipate the diminution to *llia they must be Sub-
din our front, and itiviir air advantage it is itimls 1 p jected by asking for three or four times the amount they
to over-rate. tisaAtos 94 such , really require,
Lastly, it is adyisable to recollect that All IN