The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-20 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Gordon, is
ordered from Spithead into Portsmouth harbour to com-
plete her refit as soon as the tides will admit. A. large
party visited her yesterday, who went out is her Ma-
jesty s steam-vessel Fire Queen, Master-Commander
Paul, under the conduct of the Flag-Lieutenant to the
Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Hankey.
Orion, 91, screw, was commissioned at Chatham, on
Thursday afternoon. Captain Erskine, with the captain
superintendent, has paid a visit to the ship. She is ex-
pected to be completed by the end of March.
The Blenheim, 60, screw, Captain (Nemesis) Hall, has
the artisans of Portsmouth Dockyard busily engaged in
refitting her for active serviee. An order came down on
Thursday afternoon to strip off the old copper, and to
caulk and re-copper as expeditiously as possible. About
100 hands were instantly set to work, and continued on
her up to nine o'clock. Early yesterday morning she
was completely stripped, spiled, and half of her bOdy
caulked and payed over. We feel a pleasure in noticing
such energy.
The Nankin, 50, Captain Hon. Keith Stewart, leaves
her moorings on Tuesday next. She will be towed to
Folly Point, Gillingham Reach, there to take in her
powder, stores, and guns. She will then proceed to
Greenhithe to adjust her compasses. She is for the
Pacific, to relieve the Winchester, at that station.
The Talbot, 22, is ordered to be sent to Woolwich, to
serve as a temporary powder-ship.
The Tartar, 20, screw, Captain Dunlop, is expected to
leave Chatham about Thursday next.
The Cossack, 20, screw, Captain Faashawe sailed en
Thursday, for Leith, and the Calcutta, 84, dapt. Stop-
ford, will sail in a day or two for the same destination,
having drawn charts for the Channel and North Sea.
The steam-sloop Geyser, 6, Commander Dew, left
Spithead last evening for Pembroke, to, assist in navi-
gating to Portsmouth her Majesty's new steam-yacht.

APPOINTMENTS.
Commanders—Edward H. G. Lambert (1854) to
command the Espiegle, 12, sloop, on the North Ame-
rican and West India station, vice Commander George
Hancock, promoted to be captain ; Francis H. Shortt
(1854) to command the Spiteful, paddle-wheet steam-
sloop, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea station, vice
Commander Augustus F. Kynaston, promoted to be
Captain.
Master's Assistant Edward P. Hutcheson, to the
Himalaya, acre w steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
Master David Craigie (1838), at present serving in the
Rodney, 90, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea sta-
tion, is appointed Master-Attendant atMalta dockyard.
Commander George Hancock (1850), command of
the Espiegle, 12, sloop, on tho West Indies station, is
promoted to be Captain.

COMFORTS FOR THE CRIMEA.
Yesterday a considerable number of bedsteads were
shipped at the Tower for conveyance to the hospital at
Scutari, Constantinople. These bedsteads are reported
to be on an improved construction, and adapted to the
requirements of those wounded or suffering from ampu-
tation.
-The ladies' committee formed at Leeds have within
about a fortnight only despatched to the Crimea the
following useful articles for the army :-1,254 linen and
cotton shirts, 300 pairs of woollen drawers, 2,028 pairs
of stockings and socks, 350 pairs of gloves, 276 linen
sheets, 403 towels, 504 flannel vests, half a ton of old
linen, 136 down pillows, 552 pocket handkerchiefs, 14
blankets, 2 bundles of newspapers, 30,000 books and
tracts, 9 bundles of lint, 3 sacks of bandages, 9i dozen
of Amontillado sherry, contributed by Mr. Hamilton
Richardson, 10,000 needles, 6lb of thread, an innume-
rable collection of mitt', 1 box of arrowroot, 1 large box
of lanterns, 1 large bale of tow, 36 cotton caps, buttons,
pins, thread, &c., 5 dreadnoughts, 37 woollen coats, 2
hair mattresses, 12 prepared hareskins, 1 bundle of slip-
pers, 1 sack of slings, a large number of muffatees and
gauntlets, and a number of railway wrappers. The weight
of the goods sent amount to 2 tons 14 cwt. 3 qrs. 13 lb.,
and their value, at the most moderate estimate, is 830/.
Yesterday notice was given on the Royal Exchange
that within 20 days from that date the Russian vessel
Odessa, seized under simulated papers in the port of
Hull, would be condemned and sold as a lawful prize to
her captors.
The hospital at Fort*Pitt, Chatham, is now so full of
patients that there is hardly room for the invalids as
they arrive. There are upwards of 300 men now in the
sick wards.