The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-08 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Great Britain screw steam-ship arrived at Ports-
mouth yesterday morning, with invalids and passengers
from the' Climea. She left Constantinople on the ISth
of October, at 6 p.m. The following is an extract from
her log :—" On the 19th of October signalled the steam-
ship Himalaya, passing through the Dardanelles ; Oct
20, Lieut. Longfield 89th Regt., died ; Oct. 22, 7 a.m.,
arrived at Malta ; Oct. 22 to 26, discharged shell ; Oct.
26, 8 p.m., left Malta ; Oct. 27 signalled the screw-
steamer Arabian, hound to Algiers; Nov. 1, 8 a.m.,
passed Gibraltar ; Nov. 2, signalled the ship Lord Dal-
housie, the bark Rookery, and the screw-steamer
Toronto ; Nov. 3, signalled the screw-steamer Taurus
and the schooner Maria Burris ; Nov. 5, signalled the
screw-steamer Metropolitan, standing to the eastward,
and the schooner Quiver ; Nov. 6, passed the bark Isle
of Annandale ; Nov. 7, arrived at Spithead, 8 a.m."
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On board the Great Britain wire—Lieut. Burgess
72d Highlanderr, commandinglofficer ; the Rev. G. Law
less, chaplain; Mr. Doig, Army Works Corps ; Lieut
Strover, ,Royal Artillery ; Paymaster Webster, 72d
Highlanders ; Lieut. Hunter, R.N. ; Capt. Connell,
Turkish Contingent ; Mr. Taylor, Commissariat ; and
Surgeon Pearce, R.N. ; 80 invalids, one prisoner, two
escorts, and four servants. The above embarked at
Scutari. Mr. J. Gillies, Mr. H. Rundle, Mr. M. Bur-
ris, and Mr.. Wanless, Assistant-Engineers, R.N. ;
Lieut. Barnett, R.N. ; Mr. O'Reilly, Land Transport
Corps ; Mr. W. J. Wilson, Ottoman Army ; Mr.
Menzies, Purveyor's Clerk ' • Lieut. Hunt, 63d Regt. ;
Lieut. Evans, 19th Regt. ; Mr. Clayton, 'Dispenser of
Medicines ; Capt. Lowe and Lieut. Jackson, Turkishr
Contingent; Mr. Wcolley, Field Telegraph; ore
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Ofsten; Assistant-Engineer, R.N. ; Lieut. Cr r.
77th Regt ; Quarterino.ster Frazer, 6th .:Drt.ge°_°_nny.
Ensign Withers, 55th Regt. ; Mr. Wiltshire, b cu
4 men, .Rifle Brigade escort ; 5 0.??,
vichitaerenn-' The in-
Master, R.N. ; 28 naval invalids ; 1 bands;aabeiri..;
dren, 1 officer's wife, and 2 officer's children-
express the
valids and passengers of the Great 13
is wan
greatest satisfaction at the admire
received a letter from
their comfort, and Captain Gray
thanks of all on board
one of the officers, expressing the
aid to them during the
plhacaevhlin'nftry and be brought forward for
for the kindness and attention p
passage home.
r to complete for service.
Portsmouth, to the harbour,
, been dismantled of her jury rig-
ging, for
The Repairs,taken from the fiting-basin,
nthe Factory basin, Portsmouth,
commission. . bag sailed from Woolwich for Ports-
The Inflexible
of oil and tar for
with & cargo the yard, and ma-
mouth .
~., boilers for the Repulse and Shannon. The
chino"' a' has taken the place of the * Inflexible in
general stores for the Turkish Contingent
Woolwich
ging, has been
The Vixen '
basin. is also being laden with
• ry for Portsmouth.
Itagsewboall-cartridges, and be ready for sea
The Sardinia screw freight-ship has arrived at Wool-
wich from Borsleydown with an incomplete cargo of
Royal Arsenal with about 140 tons of
yiblleefill up he remainder of her stor-
ageltinie aaoumisrt i amehhhdb:eulaeegirmiEeelivti shatea
iansaoatnhihdkeutrae.llinemhd She
forthwith. The Rev. E. Sabine, attached to the Turk-
ish contingent, is to take passage out in the Sardinia,
accompanied by his wife and family.
The Cleopatra, a fine three masted schooner, is along-
side the Arsenal wharf at Woolwich, discharging
her
cargo of 400 tons of shell. The Christopher and several
other vessels of nearly equal register are likewise. un-
loading shot and shell from the provincial foundries.
There is consequently at the present moment enor-
mousthetor
amount of 200,000 shells being filled, P"Para Y
to their reshipnient for the, seat of war. . _. ~•
s swam-B.lp
Ripon, CaptMh Cooper, tranilpoo 14-9! ay '''`
The Peninsular and Oriental Compau9,;,,
..411 leave