The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PAL ACE.-HORTICIJLTUR AL
FETES.—It is intended to hold two Horticultural Fetes in
1856, the first on Saturday, the 21th May, and the second on Wed-
nesday, the 10th September.
Due notice of the conditions of the exhibition and of the prizes will
be given. By order.
Crystal Palace, Nev. 10, 1855. G. GROVE, Secretary.

Naval and Military Intelligence,

The following general erder has been issued to the
Crimean army :
. .

" The Commander of the Forces has been much sur-
prised at the numerous applications for leave of absence
which have lately reached him from officers of all ranks
in the army.

"He has to remind them that they are still in the
Presence of a powerful enemy ; moreover, that they
have duties to 'perforM in camp not less important than
those in the field ; and that the instruction, discipline,
and well-being of the troops are subjects which require
the earnest attention of all good soldiers."

MALTA, Nov. 7..---Tbe English steam-transport Jackal]
arrived on the 29th of October, from London, with Go.
vernment stores, and left for Balaklava, on the 31st.
The Imperatrice, steam-transport, with hospital stores,
arrived from London on the 30th, and left on the fol-
lowing day for Balaklava.
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The-Le;ant,'steam transport, arrived from Lowestoft
on the 30th of October, with railway plant; and left for
Balaklava on the Ist of November. -
The Amity, steam-transport, arrived on the Ist of No-
vember, from Woolwicb, with stores, and left for Bala-
klava on the 2d.

The Azoff, steam-transport, Capt. Robert Thornhill,
arrived from London on the 2d of November, with hut,
last from Tunis havin - that port owilg_te_her
c,ober, Turing a heavy gale of
wind from the southward and eastward, at 5 a.m., when
about 27 miles to the eastward of the Skerki rocks,
struck thrice heavily against what was then conjectured
to be, and now seems beyond a doubt to have been, a
wreck, occasioning her damage in the compartment be-
tween the forecastle and the foremost one, when, in order
to lighten the vessel by the head, in consequence of her
great immersion from the water made in the damaged
part, some of the stores were cast overboard. At the
moment of the disaster much confusion was caused by a
rush to lower the boats, notwithstanding the inutility of
lowering them in such a sea, by a number of the Army
Working Corps, of which, besides their officers, Messrs.
Brown, Burn, Morris, Sherwood, and Warren, and Dr.
Yolpy, she had as many as 318 men on board ; far too
great a number for a vessel of this class. On their arri-
val at Tunis three men came off in a body, and made
known their determination not to proceed further on the
voyage in the Azoff, under the pretext that she was not
seaworthy, and 163 of them persisted in this determina-
tion, notwithstanding the assurances of their own offi-
cers, those of the ship, and the consul. The commander
had no other remedy than to coma.to an arrangement
with the Maltese schooner Redschid to receive them on
board for conveyance to Malta,- where, under charge of
Mr. Superintendent Brown and two ether officers, this
unruly set arrived 24 hours after the Azoff. The offi-
cers speak in the highest terms of Captain Thornhill's
coolness, judgment, skill, and discretion under the try-
ing circumstances of the disaster and subsequent de-
meanour of these turbulent characters, and we under-
stand he has officially made application to have the
matter investigated by the Port Admiral, for the satis-
faction of the parties concerned and Government, in
whose service the vessel is engaged.
The following is the captain's official report to the
secretary of Admiral Stopford :
" Sir,--I have the honour to acquaint you, for the in-
formation of Admiral Stopford, that the steamship Azoff,
under my commaud, struck on a wreck, or an unknown
shoal, at 5 a.m. on the 27th of October, during a fresh
gale from E.S.E. to S.E., with a high sea running. The
engine was never stopped, and after striking thrice,
without hanging for more than a minute, passed over
the wreck or reef. The pumps were immediately sounded,
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knowing the extent of the damage, I deemed it advisable
to 'shape a course from the Bay of Tunis,- where we an-
chored at 11 pm. on the 27th of October. By good ob-
servations on Friday, 0ct.26, the ship's position at noon
on that day was lat. 38.10 N., and long., by chronome-
ter, 8.48 E., which was further confirmed by Galita
bearing by compass S.W. by W., distant about 12 leag. -
at 2 p.m. Our. run from noon on the 26th to .the time
we struck (viz., 5 a.m. on the 27th) was SE. S. 53
miles, and S.E. 28 miles, which would place us in lat.
37.30 N., and long. 10.16 E.
"I beg to aid that, from observations taken on three
successive days in the Bay of Tunis, our chronometer was
found to be within a quarter of a mile of the truth.—l
have the honour to be your most obedient servant,

"R._ THORNHILL

" Azoff, Malta, "
Nov.• •
The Emperor, steam-transport, arrived from Constan-
tinople on the 6th, bringing Lieut.-Col. Gainsford, Ma-
jor Boys, Capt. Cox, Lieut. James, Major Stanton,
Royal Engineers ; Lieut. Castle, Capt.
.Darke. Dr.
Watson, Lieut. Elphinstone, Royal Engineers ; Briga-
dier-General Shirley, 88th ; Capt. Morgan, Aide de-
camp ; Major Hamley, Royal Artillery ; Dr. Irvine,
Lieut. Cobham, 44th ; Capt. Ledley, Lieut. Boynton,
17th• Lancers ; Capt. Rooke, 34th ; Dr. Stewart, Lieut.
Taylor, 9th ; Capt. M'Naughten, Bth Hussars ; and
Messrs. Armstrong, Pillon, and M'Elroy.
The Bahiana steam-transport left 'for Spithead on the
27th, conveying Lieut.-Co!ouel Barker, Major Henry,
acd Captain Lennox, Royal Artillery; Major Maude,
3d Buffs ; Captain Tupper, 50th ; Captain Hume, 55th ;
Capts. Grove and Halkett, 42d; Lieut. Ewen, 38th; Lieut.
Phillips, 56th ; Captains Godber and Larkins and Dr.
Bennett, Land Transport Corps ; Lieut. Dearden, 13th
Light Dragoons ; Lieut. Thompson, 17th ; Cornet Bar-
ker, Bth Hussars ; Dr. Buchanan, Dr. Cowan, Com-
mander White, Royal Navy ; Paymaster Morgan, Mrs.
Glody, 15 privates, 5 soldiers' wives, and 2 children.
Her Majesty's ship of the line Albion, Capt. the Hon.
J. R. Drummond, who has been actively
employed in
the Black Sea ever since the c immencement of the pre-
sent war, and when serving in the Retribution, took two
of the enemy's transports, with troops bound for Kertch,
sailed on the 4th, conveying as passengers the Hon. Mr.
Drummond, his brother, an invalid, who arrived from
England on the day preceding.
The Illustrious, 72, Capt. Robert Harris, is the train-
ing-sl4 selected for the pupils at Portsmouth.
The Hastings, 60, screw blockship, Capt. E. G. Fan-
shawe, having refitted at Portsmouth, left that harbour
for Spithead yesterday morning, and await) orders for
further movements.

A court-martial, comprising Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland,
C. 8., President ; Captains G. A. Eliott, C 8., of the
St. Vincent ; J. J. Stopford, of the Calcutta ; G. T.
Gordon, of the Victory ; Francis Scott, of the Russell ;
K. Harris, of the Illustrious ; G. S. Hand, of the Samp-
son ; W. Crispin, additional, of the Victoria and Al-
bert; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advc-
cate of the Fleet, assembled yesterday morning on board
the flag-ship Victory, in Portsmouth-harbour, to try
John West, locomotive engine driver, temporarily em-
ployed on board her Majesty's screw block-ship Hawke,
60, Capt Ommanney, for having gone on shore without
leave on the 231 October last, from the ship, in the fit-
ting basin in Portsmouth-harbour, and not returning to
the ship until the evening of the 27th, which breach of the
regulations of the fleet and the ship was further aggra-
vated by his leave having been previously stopped by
Capt. Ommanney, who prosecuted on this occasion for
the Admiralty. The charge was substantiated against
the prisoner, -who, in defence, admitted his cul-
pability. The Court adjudged him to be onlyseverely
reprimanded, owing to the short time of his serving in
the fleet (eight months), and to be mulcted in six weeks'
wages. The same Court then proceeded to try George
Stevens, a private in the Royal Marine corps, belonging
to her Majesty's ship Hawke, but serving on board her
gunboat tender the Biter, charged with deserting his post
on deck when on sentry, going down into the cabin of
the Lieutenant (Warren H. Henderson) in command,
and breaking oßen the locker and stealing therefrcm two
bottles " of spirits of wine," with which he got drunk.
He was also charged with breaking and destroying some
articles in the said lieutenant's cabin, and going to sleep
on the said lieutenant's bed. The prisoner was further
charged with stealing sundry effects, the property of the
gunner of the Biter, and with intent to desert from the
said vessel. The first charge was declared fully proved,
as was the second with the exception of the intention to
desert, and the prisoner was sentenced to receive 50
lashes on board such one of her Majesty's ships as the
Lords of the Admiralty may direct, and to forfeit all pay
and allowances due to him.
The Wye steam-vessel, fitted as a water-tank to supply
distilled fresh from salt water to the troops in the Cri-
mea, has at length left Portsmouth for her destination.
The Bahiana steam-transport left Portsmouth yesterday
fur Deptford to discharge stores. '7
The Robert Lowe steam transport disembarked the
invalided troops enumerated yesterday at the Dockyard,
whence they were removed to barrack and hospital
quarters.
Fifty-nine invalids who disembarked from the Great
Britain, at Portsmouth, reached the Strood terminus on
Monday afternoon, in the medical charge of Acting As-
sistant-Surgeon Fuller. John C. Graves, second-class
surgeon, from Fort Pitt, inspected the men, when 19
were ordered into Brompton Hospital ; the remainder
to the Invaliding Barracks, St. Mary's.
The Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steam-ship Ripon,
Capt. Cooper, transport No. 25, will sail from Southamp-
ton.
this day for Plymouth, to embark troops, &c
conveyance to the Crimea. The Ripon will take on for
board
at Southampton for Malta 110 non-commissioned officers
and privates of the army medical corps, 1 servant and 1
horse, of Major Morrells, and Ensigns Todd, Martin,
Dickinson, and Daly ; for Constantinople—Rev. B.
Harris and W. G. P. Smith, army chaplains ; 1 horse
and 1 servant ; 1 horse of Dr. Paton's, Turkish Contin-
gent ; J. D. Hume, deputy-inspector of hdspitals, 1 ser-
vant and 2 horses ; 1 servant and 1 horse of Major-
General Sir W. Eyre ; for the Crimea—Lieutenant
Bond, 12th Lancers, 1 servant and 2 horses ; Lieutenant
and Adjutant Cuthbert, 10th Hussars, 1 servant and 2
horses ; B. Robinson, storekeeper of stationery. Gustaf
Wild, and Frederick Kroonden, Finlanders and Russian
prisoners, and Mrs. Huffer and 1 male and female ser-
um, purveyor'l clerk, and 1 ser.
Pant; for Scutari—F.
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