The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-21 00:00:00

rb,vai and Military Intelligence.

Thp following letter from Malta, dated Aug. 11, gitell
the latest naval and military movements at that port :
"The screw steam-transports Imperial, No. 188, for
Gibrsiltar and England, conveying to the firstnamed port
&sick Spanish muleteers from the East, and Baron Von
Humboldt, for London, conveying 84 return navvies
from4be Crimea, left on the evening of the 10th ; and
at the same time, for Marseilles, the screw stream-trans-
pond Robert Lowe, No. 134, and the Tynemonth, No.
1 102 ; the latter having on board Cornet Utterson, of the
17th Dragoons ; Captains Neville and Lynch, of the
30th'Foot ; Lieut. Handcock, of the 48th ; and Captain
Cannon of the 97th. Both of these steamers will convey

French reinforcements to the Crimea.
• " The French store-ship Caravane sailed on the 10th,
with provisions for the Black Sea fleet, and 200 officers,
non-nommissioned officers and privates.
"The Euxine, Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steant-packet, arrived from Alexandria at an early hour
this inorning, with the India mail*, which were late in
ruching Suez by reason of the monsoon being at its
height. She brings, among other passengers, Captains
Shonldhans, Fowler, the Hon. Capt. Mills, Capt. Cus-
tard; Col. Skipwith, and Lieut. Darling, Capte. Cunliffe,
Dayoon Col. Boyd, Lieut. Ponsonby, R.N., Dr. Fox,
Major-den. Sandys, Gen. Fraser and family, Capt. Di.
vidspn, Ensign Weldon, Capts.—B.oper,— Fraser, Lie nt.
Stewart, and the Hon. Mr. Caulfield and family. The
Euxine proceeds onwards to Southampton this morning,
calling at Gibraltar.
"The Vectis, with the overland portion of the mail for.
England, was despatched at an early hour this morning
for Marseilles, whence, without loss of time, she pro-
ceeds to Gibraltar, to carry on to England the homeward
mail from the Peninsula made up on the 13th (for which
she will be some days after time, owing to the retarded
arrival of the Euxine), and while she undergoes thorough
overhaul and outfit in the Southampton Docks, the Al-

hambra will run in the mail service between Malta and

Marseilles. Rear-Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington
took passage to Marseilles in the Vectis.
"Coal cargoes continue dropping in, adding to the
already heavy stocks. Yesterday about 1,000 tons
rived."

The steam floating battery Glatton, Captain Cum -
ming, in company with the screw-frigate Horatio, Hon.
Captain Cochrane, C. 8., arrived at Falmouth, on Satur-
day morning at 8 o'clock from Portsmouth, to coal,
prior to sailing for the Mediterranean.
The erection of the large range of wooden huts at
Pembroke dockyard is now rapidly proceeding, a num-
ber being finished. These barracks are to be capable of
accommodating 1,000 men, with their officers and staff. The contract with the Board of Ordnance specified that
they were to be finished in six weeks. -
The launch of the Repulse, 90 guns, is to take place
earingthe spring tides of next month and, in order to
hasten her comvetion, the shipwrights, wrs
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are working from sin the morning till 9 p.m. She is a
very fine vessel, and will take her station with credit
alongside the splendid two-deckers which have lately
been built in Pembroke and other yards.
The new despatch boat, also building at-Pembroke, is
to be completed with all possible speed, as this descrip-
tion of vessel is very much needed.
Intelligence from Gibraltar to the 9th inst. inclusive,
received at Southampton, reports the departure of the
British steam-transport Hesperus, laden with waggons,
shot, shell, &c., for the Crimea. Her Majesty's steamer
Medusa left the bay at 6 o'clock on the morning of the
9th for Apes Hill, to render assistance to the American
barque Jurnalia, 56 days from Bahia, which vessel the
Medusa succeeded in towing into the bay during the
day. The Jumalia had gone ashore in a fog. The Great
Tasmania, British hospital ship, had arrived at Gibral-
tar, on her way to England, from Constantinople and
Captain Herbert. The following °Blanes were also pas-
sengers Malta,
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Stewart,p t ains
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andL ea,o ns7btohar d
Foot;th this
Lieutenants
Image, and the Hon. R. R. Best, 21st Fusiliers, Boileau,
Ist Battalion, Rifle Brigade, and the Hon. J. C. Stan-
ley, Grenadier Guards ; Doctors Hynard, Innis, Evans,
Jardine, and Hughes. The remains of the late Colonel
Horatio Shirley, of the 83th (Connaught Rangers), who
was killed in the attack on the Redan on the 18th of
June, were on board the steam-transport Samuel Laing,
for conveyance to England. The sailing transport-ship
in Prompt,ballast,
the
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Gibraltar
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from Constantinople and eight from England, arrived
9th in.st. The Imperatriz de Brazil, seven days from
England for the Crimea, with the 56th Regiment on
hoard, arrived at Gibraltar in the afternoon of the 7th
instant. . . womasyteetaaomstE-ttngroanlwasnpodsot:ton the morning of
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Colombo, transport No. 61, Captain Methuen,received
her complement of shot and shell for, the Crimea at
Southampton yesterday. It was the intention to have
despatched this vessel with. troop* from Southampton
to-day, and stores were, upon the receipt of the orders
by the company's officials, placed on board. These were
subsequently removed, and the Colornbo is now detained
for huts, which it is ordered she shall convey in lien of
men. Besides the shot and shell she will be able to stow
about 130 of these wooden habitations. There is no cer-
tainty when the Colombo will sail, as no instruction,
had been received at Southampton yesterday as to when
the wooden barracks would be ready for shipment.
There is no scarcity of small Craft to convey the illi-
manse cargoes of shot and shell which are oonstanit
neriving at Woolwich from the various foundries., .
from the ports of Padstow, Newcastle, rerirTzn
less than 11 schooners of 120 to 150 tonssub"Pate.
hood-
Hull, and London, have reached the arsenal /ram'
• • fo be
forst:
since Saturday, laden with ammunal_o44...h arrivals of
transports. The Derwent
however, a heavy cargo on bwiru,rtides,
ing took in a qaueranbtarti .
spikes, mallets, Ste. .•
tyGoafusiPighiont were
t Ly.ilis‘u'ertYs4.llaayntinaoolfrata::
the Admiralty : . •
Lieutenant
Vesuvius, to be Lieutenant
dent, vice Horton, promoted.
Linden= ,
t G.T. C. Smith to the Bloodkpand, ooze
nissioned. p .
The
Rev. Richard rice to be Chaplain of the 'W-
are. • ,
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ironed Hunter, Acting-Amiat t S - ' M
an • urgeon,le the e..
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ASSititallt•Sargeon Jackson,
13th Regiment, has left
Chatham for the
corps9th in
liigtkhlean Cdrierilise, ah ;as and
p rot
Adjutant-General's office, for instrue.
tions to embark on board the ship Indian, to join his
seseidstedantt-oSuwrgoeo3inwiDarytosdeantle:
bark in the ship Sovereign, to • • h. regiment ill
the
East. iota la re
In the obituary of The Sun yesterday vsanaonnoed.
the death of General Conyers, Colonel of the 96th Regi.
meat, as having taken place a few days since at Brighton:
The gallant deceased entered the army in 1794, and saw
muck service soon after he had adopted the profession.
Pie was with his regiment in Egypt, and in the opera.
tions of the British forces of the Mediterranean, and
tken proceeded to take part in the active warfare car.
rind on in the Peninsula urder Wellington, and distin-
guished himself at the battle of Orthes with the 82d Re.
giment, and for which he received a medal. He retired
on half.pay in January, 1833. In 1838 he was made a
Companion of the Order of the Bath, and in February,
1852, he was made Colonel-in. Chief of the 98th Resift
vent. His commission bore late as follows :--Ensign.
Sept. 10, 1794 ; Lieutenant, Sept: 2, 1795 ; Captain,
Jule 25, 1802 ; Major, Feb. 16, 1809 ; Lieut.-Colonel,
March, 3, 1814; Colonel, Jan. 10, 1837; Major•Generel.
Nov, to, 1,
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