The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-20 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The steam-transport Hope, No. 64, Captain Corbett,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the East
with invalids. She left Balaklava on the 18th of August,
Constantinople on the 25th, Malta on the 31st, and
Gibraltar on the 9th inst. She has brought home Capt.
Ennis, of the 11th Hussars ; Deputy-Assistant Commis.
sary-Generals Hemsworth and Hawkins ; Captains
Wylde, Browne, and Langnon, of the Turkish Contin-
gent ; Staff-Surgeon Moore ; Assistant-Surgeon Hyde,
of the 14th Regiment ; Mr. E. Burnley, of her Majesty's
ship Wasp ; and 29 second-class passengers. She landed
five invalided officers at Malta, who were too ill to pro•
ceed further. Two nurses, discharged, have also come
home in the Hope, which passed, on the 28th ult., tb•
steam - transportTynemou tb, bound east ward, with troops,
Cape Matapan, N.E. by E. At Malta she found her
Majesty's ship Terrible,. with heavy mortars, from
Gibraltar for Sebastopol ; also the new steam-transport
Oneida, bound for the Crimea ; and the Walmer Castle,
hound home. A number of French steamers full of
French troops bad passed eastwards within a few days.
On the Bth inst. she passed the screw steam-ship Aus-
tralia, bound eastward, in lat. 34.15 N., long. 4.1 W.
At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ships Rhadamanthus,
Meteor (floating battery), and Prometheus, the former
bound for Malta and the latter bound homewards; also
the steam transport Perseverance for Portsmouth, since
arrived ; and the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-ship Euxine, with the India mail. On the 12th
inst. the Hope passed the Courier, standing southward,
in lat. 39 N., long. 9.53 W. ; on the 15th inst. spoke
the following :—The French ship Volney, of Nantes,
standing to the south-west, in lat. 44 N., long. 9.30
W. ' • the bark Sagittarius, standing to the south-west, in
lat. 44.45 N., long. 9.8 W., and the African mail.
steamer Ethiope (since arrived), in lat. 45 N., long. 9
W. The Hope experienced strong headwinds for the
greater part of the voyage.
The steam-transport Black Boy, No. 173, arrived at
Spithead lastveveningn eft fromon Bh
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Her Majesty's steam transport Perseverance, Captain
Harris, arrived at Spithead from the East yesterday
morning,
Blacket, of the 2d Battalion, Rifle Brigade ; Lieutenant
Knox, of ditto ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Rickets ; Dr.
H. R. Ley, of the Turkish Contingent ,• E • Oliver,
Ensign i
of the 66th Regiment ; and 83 men, 91 women, and 138
children.

Her Majesty's steam-transport Dee, Master-Com-
mander Pullen, R.N., arrived at Portsmouth yesterday,
from Woolwich, with new boilers for her Majesty's
steamer Simoom, 18, Captain Sulivan, refitting at Ports-
mouth.

The steam-transport Black Sea, No. 196, left Spit-
head yesterday for the Thames.
The steam-vessel Alecto, 5, Commander Phillips, is
preparing to leave Plymouth for the West Coast of
Africa. The Bloodhound, 3, Lieutenant Williams, sailed
for that destination on Sunday.
The screw steam-transport Hydaspes, Commander
Baker, from Southampton, which arrived at Plymouth
on Tuesday, is appointed to embark 250 men of the
Land Transport Corps and sail for the Crimea to-day.
The Arabia, No. 95, steam-transport, came alongside
the yard yesterday. In addition to 3,000 shells she will
convey a number of huts to the Crimea, and 80 draught,
and 11 officers' horses. She also takes out a regiment
of militia for service in the Mediterranean, and all the
men cf the Rifle Brigade fit for foreign duty.
The Alster, steam-transport, has taken her cargo of
huts on board, and has shipped a considerable propor-
tion of the 1,500 shells she takes out. The number of
huts she conveys is 18.
The freight screw steam-ship Zouage, Captain Black-
more, sailed yesterday-from Woolwich with huts, shot,
shells, and ammunition for the Black Sea. The Zouave
was scarcely under weigh when Mr. Monsell, of the
Ordnance, arrived at the arsenal, and issued instructions
to suspend for the present a further supply of shells for
the East. A number of small mortars already on board
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the Jackall were ordered to be immediately returned to
the shore. There is no cessation, however, in the trans
port of every other description of war materials. Huts
and winter clothing are shipped in abundance. from
the Tuesday.—The Hibernia was taken orn
the basin yesterday into the harbour. The following
have been selected to navigate her to Malta :—Alr.
Thomas,
party
William (Lieut. Palmer in charge), 4 warrant officers,
25 boys, 1 serjeant, and 25 marines, and 100 seamen •
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The Hydaspes, transport, arrived to-day, •ll
embark 200 Land Transports fir the Crimea
Crimea.
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The women and children wrecked in the Canterbury
arrived to-day, in the Douro steamer, from Oporto, and
were brought on shore to the
dockyard and taken to the
workhouse at Devonport, where every preparation was
made for their comfort.
The Dee, steam -11"
sailed to-day, taking Witte