The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

ria,val and Military Intelligence.

The screw steam-transport Northumberland, No. 51,
ai rived yesterday at Woolwich to embark military store;
arc., for the East. The Prompt, No. 68, arrived on Sa-
turday; and the Earsden, No. 17, went down from
Deptford to load for the same destination. The Pro-
gress, got ready at Deptford, has received her sailing
orders, and will leave this day for Queenstown to take
in her powder, preparatory to proceeding to Balaklava.
The Elizabeth schooner transport sailed yesterday
morning from the Arsenal-wharf, Woolwich, having
shipped 120 tons of shot and shell on Sunday afternoon.
Her cargo is for the Arabia, at Portsmouth. The Spirit
of Trade (late the Briton), J. Ledger, master, has em-
barked 1,000 tons of shot and shell, and is ready for sea.
The following appointment has taken place in the
Royal Marine corps, under date of Sept. 6 :
First Lieutenant Henry Lindsay Searle, of the Artil-
lery Companies, to be Adjutant of the Plymouth Divi-
sion, vice Domville, promoted.
On Saturday a detachment of 40 men of the Royal
'Sappers and Miners went down from Woolwich to un-
ergo a course of field instruction at Chatham. The
Driver company, consisting of 120 non-commissioned
officers and privates of this corps, with the like number
of horses, is under orders to embark at Liverpool on
ward the Assistance steamer. The officers in command
of this detachment are Captain Siborne, Captain Charles
Barry, Lieut. Malcolm, and Lieut. Marindin. Upwards
of 100 volunteers have joined the Royal Sappers' re-
cruiting party at the head-quarters at Aldershot, from
the militia there, and are principally tradesmen.
The Repulse, 90 guns, screw line-of-battle ship, is to
be launched in the course of the spring tides of this
month from Pembroke dockyard.

The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :
Commander Alexander Duff Gordon to the Hecate,
vice Commander Glynn ; the Rev. J. M. Edwards,
chaplain and naval instructor, to the Valorous ; the Rev.
J. W. Clarke, chaplain, to the Hannibal Mr. James
Stephen, naval instructor, to the Hannibal ; Mr. John
H. Bond, naval instructor, to the Rodney ; Alexander
S. Brodie, second master, to the Sharpshooter • J. S.
,Barry, confirmed as assistant-surgeon, to the Ter-
niagant.

THE MILITIA.
The garrison duty of Pembroke Dockyard is now
entirely in the hands of the militia, the whole of the
Royal Artillery having been withdrawn. The Peni
brokeshire Artillery Militia have been conveyed to the
forts on Thorn Island and the Stack Rock where the
let Company, and detachments from the others, have
been placed under the command of 'Lieut. Dunsterville.
The fortified barracks on the heights are occupied by the
Monmouthshire Light Infantry, who have to find reliefs
for the whole of the dockyard duty, which presses
heavily upon the men.
The wooden barracks at Hobb's Point are near com-
pletion, and, when finished, will be occupied by more
of the local militia, who will take turn in garrison duty.
It is said that Government will shortly very greatly
enlarge the number of huts now in course of erection.
Several volunteers have recently left the Cornwall
Miners Artillery Militia for the regular service. About
20 volunteered, but 10 only passed—of these seven en-
tered the Artillery, two the Marines, and one the 73d
Regiment.

The North York Rifles, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel
Wade, were drawn out on Thursday at Richmond for
the purpose of volunteering into the line. About 35
men fell out at the call of the commanding officer, of
whom 22 were selected by the recruiting efficers—e;ght
for the Royal Artillery, four for the Sappers and Miner.,
six for the 85th Regiment, and four for the Royal Ma-
rines.

The South Durham Militia, quartered at Barnard
Castle, is now about 400 strong.

T.HR CA M.P.

The following is an extract from the letter of an
officer :

Before Sebastopol, Aug. 23.
The brilliancy of the moon has not allowed us to make
much progress with our advance trenches during the last
three days, nor will it for some days yet to come. The
enemy have completed their bridge of rafts across the
harbour, and yesterday they took hundreds of carts, &c.,
across it from both the north side and south side of Sebas-
topol. The general opinion out here is that we shall be
attacked all round very shortly ; one thing you may rely
upon, that if the enemy do try to force our position, say
at Balaklava or any other spot, it will be a most deter-
mined attack. The French authorities, I understand, ex-
pected that something would take place on the morning of
the 26th. These constant alarms and unexpected attacks
are
very annoying, for both officers and men of the English
army are still confined to camp in consequence. The amuse.-
meats that some of the men in each camp get up, are foot-
ball, quoits, a kind of skittles, and tossing up. In the
trenches they play cards a good deal. It would be a
great boon if the Government sent out to each corps a
supply of articles for games, particularly as winter is now
coming on. The principal topic of conversation amongst
them just now is the floating bridge. The fact of this
being made convinces them that no plunder will be now
obtained on the south side of Sebastopol. Amongst
the officers slightly wounded since the 25th I have to
mention C;ptain Chas. Arbuthnot, Royal Artillery ;
Major Higginbotham, 63d Regiment ; Lieut. Evans,
88th, and Lieut. Rous, 90th Light Infantry. The last
officer will, I believe, be the future Earl of Stradbroke,
and the first-named officer has the reputation of being one
of the best artillery officers out here, besides one of the
coolest under fire that it is possible to conceive. On pro-
motion to first captain lately, he exchanged companies
so as to he able to remain out here. I hear that in each
leg he has received a flesh wound, but I trust, if only for
the sake of the Artillery, that he will not be obliged to
leave the Crimea, as this arm of the service, particularly
"the siege train," cannot afford to lose many such offi-
cers. With reference to general after orders of the 261,h,
I may inform you that the investiture took place as ar-
ranged, at 2 in the afternoon, but owing to the position
of the troops and the great number of French, Sar-
dinian, and naval officers, &c., that crowded round the
throne or dais, formed out of the portico leading from
the court-yard into General Simpson's house, very few
were enabled to see any portion of the ceremony ; but
I have little doubt that the whole effect was very
-ettv from the house itself. Brigadier-General Gar-
et, 46th Regiment, commanded the 500 men of the
4th Division, and Brigadier-General Barlow,l4th Re-
timeut, the 500 men of the 3d Division. At head-
quarters a capital breakfast and luncheon were given
to a select few, and after the latter Lord Stratford
de Redcliffe again left for Constantinople. Sir Harry
Jones was too ill to be present at the ceremony, and so
had to be invested in his hut. Before closing this letter,
I must bring under your notice the absurd manner in
which they reward out here men who distinguish them-
selves under heavy fire ; and also the sad manner in
which that scientific, and, as everybody must allow, that
deserving corps of Sappers and Miners, has been ne•
glected. One would have thought that by this time ex-
perience would have taught England better policy, and
that she would have held out every inducement to en-
courage her soldiers to perform their duties cheerfully ;
but to explain more fully what I mean by " absurd re-
wards," I furnish you with two extracts from the Bri-
gade Orders, Royal Sappers and Miners, which I have
succeeded in procuring :

ERIGADE ORDERS.
Head-quarters before Sebastopol, July 27.
The Major• General commanding, having received a
special report of the conduct of Corporal John Ross, 2d
Company Royal Sappers and Miners, while employed in
the trenches of the right attack, on the night of the 21st
inst., has had much gratification in bringing the name
of this non-commissioned officer under the notice of the
Lieutenant-General Commanding•in-Chief, who has
been pleased to award him a donation of two sovereigns.
By order, &c.