The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-16 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY IIITELLTGENCE,

Her Majesty's new steam-yacht Victoria and Albert,
Captain the Hon. J. Denman. made another trial of her
steaming qualities round the Isle of Wight on Saturday,
and made the circuit in three hours and ten minutes.
The Lord Raglan transport left Spithead on Saturday
for the Thames. The Salamander, 6, paddle-sloop, was
taken into dock at Portsmouth yesterday, to be refitted
for commission.

The Powerful, 84, Capta'n T. L. Massie, having em-
barked seamen and Marines at Plymouth on Friday,
sailed on the same day for Malta.
A party of caulkers are ordered from Plymouth to
Pembroke to caulk the screw steam-ship Repulse, 20.
The Glatton is to proceed to sea to-morrow on another
trial trip.
The ,Ilolus store-ship, Master-Commander William L.
Browne, completed the adjustment of her compasses at
9 p.m. on Saturday, and sailed at 12.45 p.m. yesterday
for the Baltic.

The Horatio, 8, screw steam-frigate, Captain the
Hon. A. A. Cochrane, C. 8., is under sailing orders to
proceed to Jersey.

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.

The transport No. 121, Cottingharn, iron screw bark,
of 919 tons, Commander J. Brown, arrived at Sheerness
yesterday ; she takes the Baltic mails, and it is reported
is also to embark troops or marines, with supernumerary
seamen, for the fleet serving in the Baltic.
No. 22 transport, Edmondsbury, Captain Barlow, ar-
rived at Woolwich on Friday, from Gibraltar, with 38
non-commissioned officers of the Royal Artillery, 20
women, and 43 children, all of whom landed in good
health. The John Masterman passed her in the Downs,
towed by No. 77 steam transport, and passed up the
river.
The screw steam-transport Andes, No. 100, Captain
M'Arthur, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning
from the East. She left Malta on the 3d inst., and
brought home Dr. Tuson, of the 12th Lancers ; Major
Laye, of the Staff ; Capt. Colthurst, of the 48th Regi-
ment ; Dr. Maxwell, of the 34th ; Deputy-Assistant.
Commissary-General Stoddart, Mr. Alexander Moncrief,
Captain Newdigate, of the Rifle Brigade, and his
brother, the Rev. Mr. Newdigate, Mrs. and the Misses
Mostyn. On the 4th of July, in lat. 36 51 N., long.
12 4 E., she passed two steamers with transports in
tow (Nos. 144 and 21) ; on the same day the screw
transport Taurus, steering east ; on the 6th, in lat.
37 5 N., long. 2 58 E., signalled the ship Deerhaven ;
on the 7th, in lat. 36 30 N.,.10ng. 1 39 W., the barque
Ivy Green, and the screw steam-transport Harbinger ;
on the Bth, in lat. 36 50 N., long. 5 17 W., the City of
London steam-transport, and the screw-steamer Indian
with a Danish barque in tow, with her foretopmast and
foremast head gone ; on the same day the barque Com-
merce ; on the 9th, in lat. 36 54 N., long. 8 30 W.,the
ship Old England ; on the 12th, in lat. 46 35 N., ong.
7 47 W., the steam-transport Candia. The sailing
transport Morayshire, No. 13, arrived at Spithead on
Saturday morning for the East. She left Malta on the
15th ult., with 11 passengers from transports, about five
tons of old canvas and rope, and five tons of old copper.
On the 11th inst., in lat. 48 58 N., and long. 8 5 W.,
spoke the ship Simoom, of New York, for Ba,laklava, all
well ; on the same date, in lat. 49 6 N., long. 7 47 W.,
exchanged signals with the ship Cludee, from London
for Hong-Kong, all well ; in the Channel, the ship Mary
Whitney, of Baltimore, bound up ; also, the ship Ben
Lomond, of Greenock. The steam-transport Ripon,
No. 25, Captain Cooper, arrived at Spithead on Satur-
day, from the East. She left Malta on the 3d instant,
bringing Lieutenant Dunne, of the 21st Regiment; no
other passengers or invalids.