The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1855.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Company

Pricer
yesterlay.

fln ess
this day.

The blockships at Spithead-the Cornwallis, 60, Cap.
tain Wellesley; the Hawke, 60, Capt. Ommanney ; the
Hastings, 60, Capt. Caffin ; the Pembroke, 60, Capt.
Seymour ; and the Russell, 60, Captain Scott-will
leave in a few days, having been ordered yesterday to
prepare for a move. It is conjectured that they
go to Marseilles to help to embark a further French
army of 50.000 men. Vice-Adtniral Sir Thomas Coch-
rane commenced inspecting them yesterday, and they
are being fast filled up with their full complement of
crew. The Cruiser, 14, Commander the Hon. G. Doug-
las, returned to Spithead yesterday with a large number
of volunteers from Plymouth for these ships.
The Malacca, 17, Captain Farquhar, and the Gorgon, 6,
Commander R. B. Crawford, left Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon for Constantinople, with a convoy of six gun-
boats ; they also conveyed a draught of about 200 Royal
Artillerymen, who arrived yesterday from Woolwich for
Gibraltar to join the Royal Artillery depot there. The
Odin, 16, paddle frigate,iCaptaiu Willcox, returned to
Spithead on Tuesday night with the Flamer bomb-vessel,
which she had taken outside the Wight to test ; the re-
sult of the trial was that the whole of the mortars will
be dismounted and sent as cargo in transports, and the
bulls will be ultimately convoyed to the East by the
Odin. The Lady Eglinton steam-transport steamed into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to disembark
her invalids, consisting of one of the 4th Dragoon
Guards, one of the Grenadier Guards, two of the
Scots Fusileer Guards, three of the Ist Royals, three
of the 4th Foot, three of the 7th, one of the 9th, one of
the 17th, one of the 18th, four of the 20th, four of the
21st, two of the 28th, three of the 33d, one of the
34th, one of the 38th, one of the 41st, two of the 44th,
two of the 46th, one of the 47th, two of the 49th, two of
the 50th, two of the 55th, one of the 62d, one of the 63d,
six of the 77th, four of the 88th, three of the 89th, one
of the 93d, three of the 97th-in all 74. There were no
bad cases of helplessness ; all were removed into tempo-
rary quarters at Portsmouth, pending further arrange-
ments.

The Glutton, 16, screw floating-battery, is in No. 1
dry dock, Sheerness. Shipwrights are working at her
bottom, in which many defects in the caulking have
been discovered, which will detain her some time longer
in dock.

The Enterprise, exploring-ship, Captain Collinson,
C. 8., is in the outer basin, Sheerness; her crew are
busily employed dismantling her and getting the store,
out, &c. Tuesday or Wednesday next is the day named
for the crew to be paid off.

The Dapper, screw gun-boat, Lieutenant Grant, is
still under the bands of the shipwrights in the Camber
dry dock, Sheerness. Tier repairs are fast proceeding
with, and no doubt by the Ist June she will be ready
for sea again,

The Brunswick, 90, screw, will be launched from
Pembroke royal dockyard, on the Ist of June.
To-morrow the brigade of Household infantry will be
inspected on the Horse Guards Parade by Prince Albert
and the Duke of Cambridge. The men will all wear the
new tunic, regimentals.
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The following appointments and promotions have bees
made :

Naval Cadets.—Hon. H. G. P. Meare, to the Bos-
cawen ; A. Bloxsome, to the Sanspareil ; J. W. Gam-
bier, to the Retribution ; F. Phillips, to the Cornwallis;
R. Moffatt, to the James Watt • A. Bannatyne, to the
Orion ; T. Campbell, to the Blenheim.
Commander V. A. Massingbred, Commander James
Rawstone, and Commander Thos. Miller, to be Captains.
Lieutenant John Seacombe, Lieutenant E. K. Gore,
and William Armytage, to be Commanders.
A few days since the 13th Light Dragoons, stationed
at Dorchester, were assembled to witness the presenta-
tion of a silver medal to one of the sergeants for his dis-
tinguished bravery at the battle of the Alma. The ser-
geant, who lost one of his legs is the engagement, suc-
ceeded by a desperate effort in saving the life of the
commanding officer.
The Kangaroo steamer, which left Cork with troops a
short time since, will return to that port in the course of
next week for another trip. She will take on board
horses and water.

On Monday five officers and six men from each of the
depots of the 9th, 17th, 39th, and 89th (comprising the
provisional battalion in Limerick garrison) left for Lon-
don, to be present at the presentation ( f the Crimean
meda2s by the Queen. The officers are, Capt. Newport,
9th ; Captain Earle, 17th ; Captains Wilson and Dick-
son, 39th ; Captain Nixon, 89th. A similar number
has left from all the depots now stationed in Ireland.

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A party of 18 men of Captain. Boxer's company Royal
Artillery,F rom Woolwich, left Limerick on Tuesday, by
the Erin-go-Bragh steamer, for the forts on the Lower
Shannon, to relieve a like number of that corps, ordered
to Woolwich. Amon, the party were five young fel-
lows who had returned invalided from before Sebastopol,
where they received bullet wounds which affected their
limbs, but did not incapacitate them from doing duty at
home.