The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-25 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Tagus,
which left on the 9th inst. She has had baffling winds
the whole passage. It is expected that her captain and
crew will be turned over to the screw three-decker Marl-
borough. She is ordered into Portsmouth harbour, and
will go in to-morrow or Thursday. She left the St.
George, 120, Captain Eyres, C. 8., at anchor in the
Tagus.

Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Captain Trollope,
also arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. She fitted
out in February, 1853, for Behring Straits, to carry
relief to the searching expeditions for Franklin which
took that route ; she was frozen in those straits during
the winter of 1853 ; victualled her Majesty's ship Ila-
terprise in August, 1854, and proceeded to Valparaiso,
where she arrived on the 27th of November. She was
there detained by the admiral commanding the British
squadron on the Pacifig station, and sent to the Sand-
wich Islands with provisions for the squadron organised
to proceed against Petropa,ulovski ; after having filled up
the ships of the squadron, she left for Valparaiso on the
9th of June, and arrived there on the 13th of August,
whence she sailed for Rio and England on the '''sth ;
arrived at Rio on the 7th of Oct., having had fine weather
the whole passage ; sailed from Rio, for England, on
the 13th of October, and anchored in Portland-roads on
the 17th inst., where she took shelter from strong
Her Majesty's ship Albion, 60, Captain the Hon.
James R. Drummond, which arrived at Plymouth on
easterly winds in the Channel. She has experienced
head winds the whole voyage home from Rio. She re-
ceived orders at Portland to proceed to Devonport, but
the south-east gale was too strong to allow of her get-
ting her anchor.. _ _

The Retribution, 28 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral of the Blue Robert
Lambert Baynes, C. 8., &c., commanded by Captain
Thomas Fisher, arrived at Sheerness from the Baltic,
yesterday, at 9.15 a.m., and saluted the flag of the COM-
mander-in•Chief. The gallant Admiral's salute was re-
turned by the flag-ship Waterloo.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander R.
B. Crat.vford, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the
Baltic. Her Majesty's screw-sloop Ariel, 9, Commander
Maxse, returned to Svitheed on Sunday afternoon. The
transport St. Inda, No. 11, from the Easf, in ballast
only, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon. Her
Majesty's steam-vessel Vivid, 3laster-Commanding W.
H. Allen, returned to Portsmouth yesterday from the
Channel Islands. The Lady Anne sailing-transport No.
130, arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening, and sailed
yesterday for the Thames. The steam-transport Imps-
radar, No. 178, embarked alongside Portsmouth dock-
yard yesterday the 3d Light Infantry Regiment of the
British German Legion, and will leave with them this
morning for Scutari. The steam-transport Earl of
Aberdeen, No. 30, arrived at Spithead yesterday even-
ing from the East with 'nvalid,, &c. The London clip-
per-built ship 'Wynauc, with cargo of tea, put in at
Spithead for orders yesterday. She sailed from Foochoo
on the 7th September. On the Ist of October, in lat.
13 N.,. long. 108 E., spoke the Chebucto, from Canton
for Liverpool, 27 days out ; on the 6th of December, in
Ist. 29 N., long. 26 W., spoke the Crystal Palace, from
China for London ; on the Bth, in lat. 32 N., long. 23
W., the Ellen Wallis, from Calcutta for Liverpool.
Saturday afternoon, left Gibraltar on the 20th of Nov.
She encountered strong easterly winds all the passage,
and was within a short distance of the port for five days
previous to entering. All the supernumerary officers
and men who assisted to navigate the Hihez nia from
Plymouth to Malta have returned by her. The Albion
has a full complement of seamen, but no marines, they
having landed on the Crimea and formed part of the
marine battalion against Sebastopol. She is in a tolerably
effective state, and after discharging her ammunition will
go into Hamoazs. The Albion was put in commission
la May, 1850. Her present captain has been five months
in cornman,!.

Admirals H. S. Dundas, Michael Seymour, and
Baynes will strike their flagl until spring, when it is
more than probable that all these valuable flag-officers
will again proceed to the Baltic at the head of the im-
mense armament now being prepared for that service.
The Tartar, 20, screw steam-corvette, Captain Hugh
Dunlop, arrived at Sheerness on Saturday last from the
Baltic, at 10.45 a.m., and sa'uted the flag of the Com-
mander-in-Chief.

The Royal George remains in No. 1 dry dock, Sheer-
nese ; and the Amphion has been taken into No. 3 dry
dock to have her defects repaired.
The corvette Aracne, 18, Commander V. Inglefield,
sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday last for the West
Indies. The steam•elosp Salamander, 6, Commander
Geo. Mecham, sailed ou Thursday for the West Coast
of Africa, and the steam-sloop Hecla, 6, Commander E.
Aplin, tailed the same day to relieve homeward-bound
vessels detained in the chops of the Channel.
The steam-frigate Vulture, Captain Frederick Glasse,
went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze tl refit on
Wednesday. The screw steam-frigate Euryalus, 51,
Captain Geo. Ramsay, and the screw steam-sloop Con-
flict, 8, Commander F. T. Brown, went into Haa►oaze
on Thursday.

The screw steam-corvette Cossack, 21, Capt. J. Cock.
burn, from the Baltic., was place'l in the basin dock at
Devonport on Thursday ; when the water left it was
found that she had carried away a portion of her false
keel.

The steamslood Desperate, 8, Commander R. White,
was warped to the sheer hulk on Saturday, and had her
inizenmast taken out, it having been found defective.
The crew of the screw steamship Orion, 90, were paid
wages at Plymouth on Friday, and granted three weeks
leave of absence.

The screw steam blockship Hogue, 60, Captain W.
Ramsay, will be ready to leave Keyhant dock shortly.
A portion of her crew having bad 25 days' leave of ab-
sence returned on Friday, and on Saturday the remain-
der left for a similar period.
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mouth Sound, where she will remain until the second
week in January, and then proceed to Leith, and wait
until the departure of the Baltic fleet in the spring.
The new screw steamship Brunswick, 81, is to be com-
missioned at Plymouth by Captain Yelverton, at present
in command of the Arrogant, 46. The bleckship Sea
Horse is also ordered to be put in commission at that
port.
The screw steamship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt.
Henry Caldwell, is, on arrival from Spithead, to be
placed in dock al; Keyhana, Plymouth, for inspection and
repair.
Captain Sherard Osborne, who so gallantly distin-
guished himself during the operations in the Sea of
Awl', and Captain R. Lambert, also distinguished for
his services in that sea, haue just arrived in London from
the East. _ _

The gunboat Seagull, Lieut. Montagu O'Reilly com:
manding, left Woolwich dockyard basin yesterday morn:
ing and steamed down to the Arsenal !wharf, where
she has been provided with her complement of shot,
shell, and ammunition. The Seagull is armed with four
(38 and 32-pounder guns and rwo 121 b. howitzers. She
has embarked 30 empty shells, 3 crests of small arms,
powder, tubes, fuses, small stores, &c., besides as much
live shell as could be stowed on board with convenience.
She will be ready to proceed to Sheerness forthwith.
Another gun-boat of the same species arrived yesterday
morning at Woolwich from the contractor's yard, and
will be coppered and fitted out without delay. The Bull-
frog and Carnation gun-boats at Deptford are taking in
guns and stores from Woolwich Arsenal, and will be
completed about Friday, so as to join the rendezvous at
Sheerness. The Rhadamanthus, Master-Commander
Petley, has arrived at Woolwich from Plymouth and
Portsmouth ; and also the Vixen, Master-Commander
Pyir, from the same ports. The Vixen fell in near
Portsmouth with a barge heavily laden with cooking
stoves, and being unable to proceed from stress of wea-
ther, the Vixen towed her into the Downs. She like-
wise put into Sheerness and lauded 20 supernumeraries
for the dockyard service.
Seventy-four invalids arrived yesterday from Ports-
mouth at Chatham, in medical charge of -Civil Surgeon
Dr. Gibbon. Second-class Surgeon John Groves, as-
sisted by Francis Hide Forshall, inspected the men. The
sick were taken into Brompton Hospital, the remainder
to St Mary's Barracks. no above came home in the
ship Canadian from Malta.

The Medical Staff Corps, under Staff-Surgeon S. G.
Byribury, to be raised to 1,000, is abuut 700 strong. An
alteration has been made in the rate of pay ; the forcetis
divided into two classes—the former comprising 300,
termed first-class orderlies, with 2s. a-day and rations ;
the second-class, 700, at ls. 3d. a-day, meritorious conduct
alone entitles the inferior to pass into the superior class.
The drauc7.hts from the provisional battalion depots at
Limerick, Templemore, Fermoy, Birr, and Mullingar
will embark at Cork in the course of th present week, to
to join the service companies of their regiments at the
seat of war. The total number consists of of S captains,
7S subalterns, 31 sergeants, 24 drummers, and 1,279
rank and fire.

Intelligence has been received of the death in the
Crimcia of Lieut. E. P. Marshail, of the Royal Artillery,
son of Lieut.-Colonel Marshall, for many years Military
Secretary at Gibraltar. He was only in his 18th year.
The immediate cause of his death vas bilious fever. _

A recruiting serjeant from the 47th Regiment arrived
in Waterford last week from Templemore, and obtained
33 volunteers from the County of Dublin Militia for the
60th Rifles, now at the Curragh.
The following appointments, made at the Admiralty
yesterday,appeared in our late edition last right :
LIEUTENANTS AND COMMANDERS.

Edward Ilardinge, to the Banterer.
Ticcount Gifford, to the Bastard.
P. Saurnarez, to the Carnatic.
C. W. Martin, to the Bull Frog.
PAYMASTER.
G. F. Bateman, to the Brunswick.
THE MILITIA.

Volunteering into the Lino from the 4th West York
Militia was going on last week at the head-quarters,
Citadel Hull. About 80 men were attested during the
week. Most of the volunteers hgve gone into the Royal
Artillery, the Scots Fusilier Guards, and the Marines.
The 4th West York has now furnished 480 volunteers
to the Line since embodiment in January last, exclusive
of the large number who left the regiment fur the Line
after the first training in Leeds.
The Clare Militia arrived in Dublin on Saturday,
and embarked at Kingstown the same evening for
En -*land.

The Eost Devon landed in Dublin on SAturday, and
arrived in Limerick the same evening,