The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-05 00:00:00

DUDLEY,

A meeting. of about 500 inhabitants, on Thor=dhy
night, determined upon a reqw.sitimi to Mr. BAldwin,
the late Mayor of iltrminsrl!am, from whom, on his in-
tention to offer himself as a candieate, a favourable reply
has been received. On Saturday it was stated that Mr.
Reuben Plat:t is about to come forward on the Liberal
interest.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

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The fleet now assembling at Portsmouth is daily be-
coming of more interest and importance. There appears
likely to be a Channel squadron as well as a Baltic fleet,
if report may be trusted. Sundry ships have been ordered
to refit " for Channel service." Two more arrivals (the
Nile, 91, and Euryalus, 51, from Plymouth) have aug-
mented the force at Spithead, which will now be hourly
swelling towards its fully-intended proportions of " 100
pennant'." The Imperieuse, 51, also joined the gather.
ing on Saturday. Numerous desertions have taken place
from the Calcutta, 84, Captain J. J. Stopford. The Fal-
con, 17, screw corvette, Commander Pullen, completed
her outfit on Saturday, and bent sails ready for going to
Spithead ; she will go out to-day or to-morrow. The
Oberon, 3, paddle vessel, Lieutenant Freeland, left
Portsmouth harbour yesterday forenoon for Spit-
head. The Resistance, troop-ship, was towed into
harbour to prepare for docking before she embarks
the Royal Wiltshire Militia for foreign service.
The John, freight-ship, sailed on Saturday for
:salaklavr., with victualling stores and bale goods. The
Pee, steam transport, arrived at Portsmouth on Satur-
day, with machinery for the ships refitting in the dock-
yard and her Majesty's new yacht. The utmost activity
pervades every department of the dockyard. The ships
still in hand are the James Watt, 91, Captain Elii.,t ;
the Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall, which will leave the
basin to-day ; the Hogue, 60, Captain Ramsay ; the
Pembroke, 60, Captain G. H. Seymour ; the Hastings,
60, Captai❑ Caffin ; the Edinburgh, 60, Captain Hew-
lett ; the Retribution, 28, Captain Fisher; the Pene-
lope, 18, Captain Sir W. Wiseman ; the Centaur, 6,
Captain Clifford ; and the Basilisk, 6, Commander the
Hon. F. Egerton. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelver-
ton, is ready for Spithead. Two lieutenant-colonels of
Royal Marines will, it is expected, be embarked this
year for service in the Baltic fleet, one from the Artillery
and one from the " Light Infantry" branch, with two
captains to attend to the duties of the first-named
branch when disembarked for shore operations. An
exchange of ships has taken place between Captain J.
0. Travers, of the Neptune, 120, and Captain and
Brevet-Major Elliott, of the flagship Duke of Wel-
lington.
Captain Drury relieved Lieut.-Colonel Hunt in com-
mand of the detachment on board the bluckship Pem-
broke on Wednesday last.
The Himalaya, steam-transport, Commander Priest,
went to Spithead on Saturday, and left last evening at
four o'clock with the troops, &c., for Cork, en route to
1 the seat of war.

The Calcutta, No. 195 screw-transport (General
Screw Company), Captain Thacknaore, left Port-mouth
harbour yeiterday morning for Corfu, with the Ist Royal
Lancashire Militia—the first militia regiment ever sent
on foreign service. _ _

The Gorgon, 6, paddle-frigate, Commander R. B.
Crawford, left Portsmouth on Saturday night for the
eastward, with men whose leave had expired from the
ships fitting out there, and also supernumeraries.
The Ai lel, 9, Commander Luce, is ordered into har-
bour to repair some defects.

The Arabia, hired steam-transport (one of the Cunard
line of Transatlantic packets), Capt.,Judkins, arrived at
Portsmouth on Saturday last Bona the Black Sea, w►th
sick and wounded, as we announced on Saturday.
She lift Constantinople on the 16th of February,
for Malta, with Lieutenant-Colonel Blake, of the 33d
Regiment, wife, and two servants ; Commander Hoare,
R.N., and servant ; Paymaster Hadley, of the 68th
Regiment ; Captain Muir, of the 79th Highlanders ; and
Lieutenant Martin, R.A., and servant. From Constan-
tinople fur England she brought Lieutenant-Colonel
Haines, of the. 21st Regiment ; Lieutenant-Colonel Jef-

fret' a, of the 88th ; Major Tyler, of the 62d ; Major
Taylor, of the 79th ; Major Elrington, of the Rifle Bri-
gade ; Major Elliott, ditto ; Major Bourke, of the 17th
Regiment ; Major Baumgartner, of the 28th ; Major
Lardner, of the 47th ; 111,jor Leith Hay, of the 93d
Highlanders ; and Major Call, of the 18th Royal Irish.
From Scutari, Captain South and wife (Brigade of
Guards) ; Captain Oxlehar, of the 93d Highlanders ;
Captains Balfour, Nixon, Lindsay, Ross, Warren,
and Drummond, of the Rifle Bri',.,faie ; Captain
Acton, of the 77th ; Captain Barrett, of the 19th ;
Captain Scott, ditto ; Captain Johns, of the 23d ;
Captain Morgan, of the 95th ; Captain Astiey, of the
49th ; Captain Rocks, ditto ; Captain Maitland, of the
97th ; Captain Dawson, of the 93.1; Captain Swin-
t‘ourne of the 18th Royal Irish ; Captain Earle, of the
17th ; Captain Cunningham, of the 79th ; Capt. Frame,
ditto ; Mr. George Chew, Commissary's clerk ; Mr.
Jex, veterinary surgeon ; Mrs. Wilson, nurse. The
whole of the before-mentioned officers have not come
home invalided from sickness or wounds, but on pro-
motion. From 11.1ata for England the Arabia brought
Lieut. Daly, R.M.; Lieut. Lodder, R.N.; and Mrs.
Baker and family; from Gibraltar for England, Mr. and
Mrs. 111'1-therm'. From Constantinople for England,
the Arabia brought 194 sick and wounded soldiers and
9 women ; from Malta for Gibraltar, 2 ; from Malta
for England, 10 ; from Constantinople far Gibraltar,
1 • from Gibraltar for England, 2 men, 2 women, and 2
children. She reports a great and manifest improve-
ment in the management of the transport service atCon-
stantinople. The hospital at Scutari is becoming more
healthy and less crowded. The Arabia towed the sail-
ing transport Burmah (No 85) through the Straits of
Gibraltar on her way to England, with sick and wounded,
on Sunday, the 25th ult. Her Majesty's ship Belle-
rophon, 78, Captain Lord G. Paulet, also with sick and
wounded es board, was telegraphed from the hill on the
24th, but was not in sight on the 25th. The Arabia
passed her Majesty's ship Vengeance, also homeward-
bound, off C tpe Bonn, on the 21.,.t. Tice Cresus, steam-
transpurt, was to leave Malta the day alter the Arabia,
fur England ; she may now be hourly expected. The
same rsiisinanagement and want of pre-organisation was
exhibited by the military authorities as has been so
painfully apparent on nearly every arrival of sick and
wounded at Portsmouth as yet. No medical officer or
other official was sent off t..) the Arabia while she lay
at Spithead to see what was the nature of the cases

and which the most urgent to be got to hospital. Two
of the sick have lost their legs, several are wounded in
the arms and shoulders, and many wounded in the legs,
mostly by gunshots. Tno dysentery and diarrhoea
patients are, as usual, the worst cases. Three men
have died on the passage. All the invaade have
benefitted much from the attention bestowed on them
during the passage. The number of invalids (non-com-
missioned officers wed privates) brought home are-
from the Ist Royal Dragoons, 1 ; 4th Dragoon Guards,
3 ; sth Dragoon Guards, 5 ' • 6th Dragoon Guards, 1 ;
4th Light Dragoons, 1 ; Bth Hussars, 1 ; 13th Light
Dragoons, 1 ; 17th Lancers, 2 ; Grenadier Guards, 5 ;
Coldstreams, 2 ; Scots Fusiliers, 3 ; Ist Foot, 3 ; 7th,
1 ; 17th, 3; 19th, 3 ; 20th, 7 ; 21st, 1 ; 23d, 6 ; 28th,
3 ; 30th, 6 ; 33d, 5 ; 34th, 1 ; 38th, 2 ; 41st, 7 ; 42d,
1 ; 44th, 6 ; 46th, 4 ; 47th, 2 ; 49th, 1 officer and 1
private ; 50th, 5 ; 55th, 2 ; 57th, 7 ; 62d, 1 ; 63,1, 8;
68th, 3 ; 77th, 4 ; 79th, 1 ; 88th, 10 ; 90th, 1 ; 93d, 2 ;
95th, 16 ; Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, 10 ; 2d ditto, 3 ;
Ambulance corps, 6; Royal Artillery, 22 ; Royal Sap-
pers and Miners, 1. Tease were under the military
charge of Captain H. Rocks, of the 49th.
Major-General Str F. Smith, R.E., has received large
contributions of valuable comforts and necessaries for
the sick and wounded in hospital in Portsmouth garri-
son. These were distributed last Tuesday and Satur-
day by himself and Lady Smith. Each man received
one flannel and one linen shirt, a wrapper for the neck,
and a supply of nutritious confections.
Royal Artillerymen are employed in mounting the
heavy guns at Fort Victoria, Sconce Point, Isle of
Wight.
Tee Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain H. Caldwell,
was taken out of the basin dock at Plymouth on Friday,
and continued in Hamoaze on Saturday.
The steam gun-vessel Recruit, 4, was commissioned
at Plymouth on Thursday by Lieutenant G. F. Day.
The hired screw steam-transport Imperial, No. 188,
Captaie Inman, which left London on Saturday, the
24th of February, with medical stores for Constanti-
nople, broke down her machinery on Thursday, the Ist
of March at 2 p.m., in lat. 46.21 N., and long. 8.42
W., and put back to Plymouth Sound on Saturday
evening.
The transport Vacona arrived at Plymouth on Satur-
day, and went to the Royal William Victualling-yard to
load stores. Tire Deva, Captain Gitfard, is ordered
from Plymouth to Portsmouth. The War Cloud, No.
55, Captain Fox, has been discharged froth the public
service.
The bark Henry Bewis, Captain Leing, with coal
from Hartlepool for Haratinah, after being 300 miles to
the westward, put back to Plyrnou,h on Saturday with
loss of three topmasts, and the same day the Spanish
barque Maria and Juana, Captain Ugerte, from Mexico
with mahogany for London, put in leaky and damaged,
with loss of sails, &c.
There are now on drill in Sheerness garrison nearly
1,000 newly raised fine young men for the Royal Artil-
lery corps, many of whom are ready to be draughted
when their services may be required.
The Royal George, 102 guns, screw steam-ship was
under saiting orders to leave Sheerness yesterday for
Spithead, but in consequence of the waste-pipe in the
starboard side bursting, she is to leave to-day. In every
other respect she is ready for immediate service, having
shells, ammunition, &c., on board.
The new screw steam-corvette Pylades, 21 guns, will
w.t up steam to-day to try ter eogims an 3 machinery.
ay will shortly be rearlyler soa,!