The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-20 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Black Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht, Master Com-
mander Petley, after accompanying the Queen's squad-
ron from Osborne towards Boulogne, returned to Ports-
mouth harbour on Saturday afternoon to replenish coal.
The Lords of the Admiralty are expected at Portsmouth
this evening to make their annual inspection. The new
screw three-decker Marlborough, 131, was taken out of
dock at Portsmouth on Friday night, and placed in the
steam basin to get in her maokinery. Mr. Bean, master
of her Majesty's ship St. Vincent, at Portsmouth, em-
barked in the steam-tug Pigmy on Saturday to lay down
moorings at Alderney. She sailed in the evening, tow-
ing the Lively and Duck lighters and the buoy-boat.
The Gibraltar steam-transport, No. 183, left Spithead on
Friday evening for Woolwich, to discharge condemned
stores from the Crimea. The frigate-built Indianian
Blenheim, Captain John Atkinson, arrived at Spithead
from the Thames on her way to Calcutta on Saturday
morning with detachments of the Bth, 35th, and 81st
Regiments. This was the only ship in possession of
Spithead on Saturday and yesterday. She is to sail on
Wednesday.

Lieut.-Colonel Mills, of the 7th Royal Fusiliers, died
at Portsmouth on Saturday evening. The deceased offi-
cer returned from the Crimea only a few days ago, and
landed at Portsmouth from one of the transports.
The Earl of Durham steam-transport, No. 230, arrived
at Spithead from the East yesterday afternoon at five
o'clock. She left Balaklava on the 18th of July, and
Constantinople the 24th. On Thursday, the 26th, she
received orders from the commander of her Majesty's
ship Vulcan to render assistance to the bark Hirundo,
transport No. 3, with French troops on hoard, having
been ashore, and still in a dangerous position, on the
north-west of the island of Zea. She towed her off into
safety, and at 4 p.m. again received orders from the
Vulcan to tow the brig Malo, " with mules on board
and short of water," up the Dardanelles (being bound
for Balaklava) as far as Cape Abydos, to a place called
Chanalla, where she arrived on Tuesday, the 28th, left
on the 29th, Malta on the 13th inst., and Gibraltar on
the 11th, bringing a mail from that station. The Saxon
steam transport arrived at the Rock at 6.30 p.m. on the
12th ; on the same day, 80 miles east of Cape St. Vin-
cent, the Earl of Durham exchanged numbers with the
screw steamer Sheldrake and an English barque showing
the second distinguishing pendant 8,563, from Cardiff
for Constantinople ; on the 14th, off the Rock of Lis-
bon, the English brig Ayrshire Lass, steering south-
ward ; the steamer Leipsic, Colburn, master, 9 days
from London, with railway trucks, &c., for Balaklava ;
and the steam transport Holyrood, Fudge, master, 8
days from London, with shot and shell for Balaklava.
She arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th inst.
Just before the invalids who came home in the Great
Britain from the Crimea were landed on Saturday at
Portsmouth, Major Anderson, R.A., the officer in charge,
presented Dr. Gilmour, the medical officer of the Great
Britain, who had medical charge of the invalids from
Scutari, with a letter thanking him for his constant at-
tention to and skilful treatment of the invalids who had
been under his care since the vessel left Scutaria. Only
one man died out of nearly 200. Dr. Gilmour also re-
ceived a similar testimonial from the officers of the French
troops (1,644 men) conveyed from Marseilles to Karol-
esh in the Great Britain, who were under his medical
charge.

A correspondent at Southampton, in a letter from
Gibraltar dated the Bth of August, has received intelli-
gence of the arrival at that port of the General Screw
Company's steam-transport Jason, Capt. N. Stewart.
The Jason left Southampton for the East on the 2d inst.
with 290 men and 219 horses of the Royal Artillery, ord-
nance stores, &c., and experienced during the voyage mode-
rate weather with head winds. On the sth inst. a gunner
of the Royal Artillery fell overboard, but by the speedy
lowering of a boat his life was saved. One horse died
on the passage, but all the others remained healthy.
The Australian steam-transport Adelaide, Captain
Young, which left Southampton for Woolwich on the
19th ult., passed the Isle of Wight ca route to the Cri-
mea on Friday. The Adelaide has on board 13 officers,
63 men, and 30 horses of the Turkish Horse Artillery ;
Mr. Dickson (surgeon), and servant ; Dr. Cockburn,
servant, 1 horse, and Assistant-Surgeon Wells ; a de-
tachment of Sappers and Miners, consisting of 1 officer
and 51 men, fer the Crimea ; 24 wardmasters and 1
schoolmaster, for Malta ; 14 wardmasters and orderlies,
for Gozo ; 50 clerks and 1 servant of the Turkish Con-
tingent ; Major Brett and 12 pitmen, for Constantino-
ple ' • 5 officers and 115 men of the Royal Artillery, for
the Crimea ; about 600 tons of artillery stores, &c., be-
sides about 1,100 tons of coals. The Adelaide also
takes out 4.000 Crimean medal-t.
General Sir Robert W. Gardiner. K.C.8., late Gover-
nor and Commander-in-Chief at Gibraltar, accompanied
by Lady Gardiner, is daily expected in London from
Gibraltar, where the gallant General has been stationed
six years, having succeeded the late General Sir Robert
Wilson as governor. He was to leave Gibraltar on
Tuesday last.

The Rev. B. Hodgens (late curate of Deane) has been
appointed a chaplain to the forces in the East, to serve
at the Pirzus, and will sail for Malta this day.
Several newly constructed mills, on wheels, with
shafts, for the purpose of grinding corn for the army in
the Crimea have just been forwarded them.

A working party of artillerymen is employed on board
the screw-transport Derwent, No. 241, embarking a
cargo of Lancaster gun,,, ambulance waggons, deal
planks, &c. She is nearly ready for sea, and will
most probably leave Woolwich to-day and go down to
Greenhithe, preparatory to her departure for the Black
Sea.

The East Anglian screw collier is taken into the trans-
port service, and has cast anchor off Woolwich. She
will forthwith embark her cargo for the Bllck Sea. The
Hamburg steamer, Capt. Wm. King, from Grimsby, has
likewise been draughted for the same service and desti-
nation. The latter vessel arrived at Woolwich on Sa-
turday. The Alecto and Bloodhound, docked about a
fortnight back, are being fitted with all despatch, and
are expected to be ready in a day or two for sea. The
Dee will probably sail for Plymouth to-morrow with
boilers and machinery.

On Saturday about 120 men belonging to the newly-
raised Land Transport Corps left Brompton Barracks
and proceeded to Lc ndon on their way to Horfield Bar-
racks, Bristol, where the corps is stationed. The whole
of these men were volunteers from the Royal Medical
Corps, which has completed its numbers. Major Boys
attended at Brompton Barracks on Friday, where the
whole of the volunteers were attested. They will pro-
ceed to the Crimea directly.
The advanced guard of the depot of the 40th Regiment
arrived on Friday morning from Naas, and took up their
Quarters at Aldborough Barracks, Dublin. The depot
consists of 200 men, with ten officers, under the com-
mand of Capt. Smith ; the service companies of the Regi-
ment are in Australia.

The detachment of the 7th Dragoon Guards in Kil-
kenny, under the command of Lieut. Dettmar, have re-
ceived orders to join bead-quarters in Dublin this week,
thence to proceed to England.
Government has decided upon erecting barracks on
an extensive scale at the foot of the new bridge at Race-
lagh, and the troops will be able to drill in the new park
at Battersea.

150 recruits from the central depot of the British Swiss
Legion at Schliestadt landed at Dover en Monday morn-
ing last, and marched into the Castle to be quartered.
They are thoroughly drilled soldiers, many having
served in the French Foreign Legion in Africa, and in
the Neapolitan and Roman army.