The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-07 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The steam-transports Adelaide, Captain Young • Har-
binger, Captain Benson ; and the Calcutta, Captain
Blackmore, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East,
with invalids and passengers. The Adelaide brought
Commander Cave, R.N. ; Lieutenant Odevaine, R.N. ;
Lieutenant Goren, of the 19th Regiment ; Staff Assist-
ant-Surgeon Stewart ; Mr. Churcher, naval medical
store-keeper ; Lieutenant Sykes, H.E.I.C.S. ; the Rev.
L. M. Hogg; 9 invalided seamen and marines, 7,000
32 pound shot, and other stores. She spoke on the
18th ult. the barque Eemore, in the Cervi Channel ;
also, in the same watftrs, the steam-ship Madagascar ;
on the 20th, in lat. 36 N., long. 13.55 E., the screw-
steamer Azoff ; on the 26th, in lat. 37.27 N., long. 2.38
E., the Herefordshire ; on the 27th, in lat. 37.23, long.
0.35 W., the Islay, of Dundee • and, at the same time,
the ship Delaware ; on the 24, off Cape de Gatt, the
,
steam-tua Dragon • on the 29th, in the Straits of ,
Gib-
raltar, the Phcebus, of Newport ; and on the same day,
in the same waters, the barque Jura, of Bristol. The
Adelaide sailed in August last, on her second voyage on
the transport service in the East, and since that date
has been eight voyages across the Black Sea, carrying
3,500 officers and men of the Turkish Contingent, 800
of the Land Transport Corps, towing three ships to
Kertch, besides conveying horses and troops from
England on outward passage. The Harbinger brought
Captain Fisher, Royal Artillery ; Captain Champion,
ditto; Capt. Gillum, of the Ist Royal Regiment ; Pay-
master M'Mullens, of the 48th Regiment ; Assistant-
Surgeon Erskine, of the 4th Regiment; Assistant-Sur-
goon Sinclair, of the 93d Regiment ; Mrs. Wheatstone,
nurse, 13 soldiers (servant,), and 3 sailors. The Harbin-
ger left Balaklava on the 10th of November with 55
muleteers and drivers for Malta and Gibraltar, 15 ser-
vants and 10 officers for England, calling at Kazatch
Bay and bringing from there 10 invalids (JZarines), and
2 officers for Therapia Hospital. His Grace the Duke of
Newcastle for Constantinople, arrived on the 13th and
left again on the 14th, arriving at Malta on the 18th and
leaving on the 19th, and arriving at Gibraltar on the
27th, leaving on the same day. The Harbinger met with
extremely heavy gales between Malta and England from
the S.E. and N.E. The General Screw Steam-Shipping
Company's ship Calcutta was at Gibraltar, to leave on
the 27th ; and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
ship Manilla was to leave on the same day. The Cal-
cutta brought Major Singleton, Royal Artillery, in
charge of invalids ; Capt. the Hon. W. L. Talbot, of the
9th Regiment ; Capt. Wilkinson, of the 9th ; Lieut. the
Hon. T. 0. W. Plunkett, of the Ist Royals ; Lieut.
Gawne, of the 79th ; Lieut. Cross, of the 46th ; Lieut.
Clark, of the 15th Hussars ; Purveyor Robb, Ensign
Merely, of the 3d ; Lieut. Jsrvois, of the 7th ; Assist-
ant-Surgeon Mills, in medical charge; Mr. Hogg, R.N.;
Mrs. Diekenson, 2 children and nurse ; 67 military in-
valids, 2 women, 1 child, 3 naval prisoners for trial, 2
witnesses, and 3 seamen.

The Hawke, 60, Capt. Ommanney, is ordered from
Portsmouth to Falmouth to winter; and the Hastings,
CO, Capt. Fansbawe, is ordered to Queenstown.
The Meander, 44, Capt. Eaillie, left lipithead yester-
day afternoon for Plymouth.
The Urgent, naval steam-transport, Commander
Phillips, R.N., left Portsmouth yesterday evening, with
a small draught of the 17th Lancers for the East.
The Calcutta, 84, Capt. J. J. Stopford, was towed
into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday morn-
ing, _

The Hecla, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Aplin, left
Spithead yesterday morning for Plymouth.
The Gleaner, gun-boat, was taken into dock at Ports-
mouth yesterday, and also the Pincher and Jackdaw.
The steam block-ship Brunswick, 90, at Devouport, is
ordered to be masted and fitted for commission.

The gunboats now being built on slips Nos. 2 and 4
at Davenport are ordered to be ready for launching in
the first week in March.

Tile bark Laiy Wharneliffe, with provisions from the
Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, sailed for
Balaklava on Wednesday.
The schooner Jane and Mary Anne is being laden with
bread in the Royal William Victualling•yard fur Ber-
muda.

tfer Majesty's screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, Capt.
W. K. Hall, from Spithead, arrived in Plymouth Soufid
on Wednesday evening.
Her Majesty's screw ship Nile, 90, Captain George
Mundy, which left Kiel in company with the Colossus
and the Royal George, arrived in Plymouth Sound yes-
terday morning, and is appointed to go up the Hamosze
to-day.
Some experiments have been going on for the last
three days in the Arsenal-marshes, at Woolwich, in order
to ascertain what kind of metal is best calculated for the
general purposes for which guns of large calibre are
commonly required. The whole of the guns Lave stood
heavy proofs, with the exception of one, which burst
under the experiment. The trials are to be continued
for some days longer. A further supply of the Wahren-
dorf projectiles has been received at the Arsenal, and
are being forwarded to Shoeburyness for a continuation
of experiments.

Tae Bahiana, screw transport, sailed from Queenhithe
yesterday morning, with military stores and horses for
the East.

The following gun-boats have been turned out of Wool-
wich dockyard ready for service, and are put in commis-
sion a.% folio we :- Skip-Jack, Lieut. the Hon. H.V. Chet-
wynd ; Sheldrake Lieut. Courtland Simpson ; Tickler,
Lieut. Balfour ; dheerful, Lieut. Rason ; Seagull, Lieut.
Montagu O'Reilly.
A number of fine young fellows bate been received at
the Royal Marine Barracks at Woolwich, to join that
corps, from Batb, Cheltenham, and Derby. The whole
of them have been attested according to the newly issued
standard, by which recruits are in future to be admitted
to the Royal Marine battalions—namely, from 18 to 20
years of age, oft. Gin ; and frora 20 to 26, sft.
thereby augmenting the prescribed height half-an-inch on
the juniors, and a quarter of an inch on those above 20
years of age.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Commander G. 0. Popplewell is ap-
pointed Inspecting Commander of the Coastguard ;
Commander W. 'Wood, to the Intrepid .; the Rev. E.
Ring, to be Chaplain of the Sampson ; J. Burke, assist-
ant paymaster in charge, to the Wanderer ; W. H. Batt,
acting clerk, to the Arrogant.
On Thursday 98 invalids, with 10 orderlies, arrived at
Chatham, having landed at Portsmouth from the ship
Blau& n, which sailed from Balaklava on the tat of No-
venibtr in charge of Quartermaster Carney, 18th Regi-
ment, who was in the Burmese, China, and Crimean
wars. Second-class Staff-surgeons G. Williams and W.
Barrett, Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Grant, and Hos-
pital-dresser Swan accompanied the men. Second-class
St 41-Surgeon W. Braybrooke, assisted by Mr. Forshall,
inspected the invalids at the station, when the whole,
with the exceptipn of 23, were considered sufficiently
convalescent to be sent to St. Mary's Barracks. Lieute-
nants R. A. Rowe, 12th Laucers ; T. L. Still, Royal
Artillery ; and R. G. H. Burgoyne came home in the
Brandon on sick leave.

Sixty-five of the Medical Staff Corps, Chatham depot,
aro ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark
at Portsmouth in the Steamer Europa.
The shipwrights employed in the construction of gin-
boats on the Wear have received anuniolicited addition of
ls. per day to their pay, which is now two guineas a
week. The increase hai been given in order to secure
the services of good and steady workmen to complete
the boats early In the ensuing spring.
The Rev. A'exander Henderson has resigned the c.-m-
-grega.ion of Lisburn, having received from the Govern-
ment the important appointment of Presbyterian Chap-
lain to the forces on the Curragh.
DEATH OF ADMIRAL CARTHEW.

Admiral James Carthew (on the reserved half-pay
list, in receipt of service pension), died at Tredudweli,
near Fowey, Cornwall, on the 27th ult., aged 85 years.
Admiral Carthew entered the navy Dec. 8, 1780, as cap-
tain's servant, on board the Dunkirk, Capt. Chapman,
lying at Plymouth ; served, from 1782 to 1786, as mid-
shipman in the Syren, 32, Capt. Wm. Carlyon, and Ada-
mant, 50, flag-ship of Sir R. Hughes, in the Welt
; and, after a further attachment to the Carnatic,
74, Captain Peregrine Bertie, and Salisbury, 50, bearing
the flag of Vice-Admiral Millbank, on the home and
Newfoundland stations, was promoted to the rank ef
lieutenant Nev. 4, 1790. He was next appointed, April
18, 1793, to the Solebay, 32, Captains William Han-
cock Kelly and Henry William I3ayntun, in the West
Indies, where he served on shore at the ,capture
of Martinique, in March, 1794 ; Nov. 3, 1795, to
the Mercury, 28, Captain Hon. George Byng, on the
Newfoundland station ; and Dec. 6, 1797, to t'ae Irre-
sistible, 74, Capt. George Martin, employed off Lisbon.
On June 4, 1798, Mr. Carthew was promoted to the
command of the Rosario, mhich sloop, after attending,
in 1799, the expedition to the Helder, and assisting at
the destruction of two Dutch frigates and of the dock-
yard at Medemblik, was burnt, as a fire-vessel, in en-
deavouring to destroy a French squadron in Dunkirk
Roads, July 7, 1800. Captain Carthew, who obtained
post rank from the Shark, sloop, at Jamaica, July 11,
1801, there commanded the Garland, 22, and the Cres-
cent, 36, until the peace. He was afterwards appointed,
April 8, 1805, to the Astrea, $2, in the North Sea, Jan.
23, 1806, to the Cressnt again, on the same station ;
and March 19, 1808, to the Gloire, frigate, part of the
force employed, in February, 1809, at the reduction of
Martinique, where he had charge for some time of the
British squadron. Since 1812 this officer had not been
afloat. He became a rear-admiral July 22, 1830 ; vice-
admiral, Nov. 23, 1841 ; and admiral, Jan. 14, 1850. In
Jan., 1854, Le accepted the service pension, and was
placed on the reserved half pay list.
By the death of Admiral Carthew, Captain Charles
Graham, brother of Sir Jas. Graham, will be promoted
to the rank of rear-admiral. The other promotions de-
pend upon the gallant officer who may choose to accept
of the pension with retirement.