The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-26 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Mails for her Majesty's land forces in Greece, Turkey,
and the Crimea, the fleet and vessels engaged in the
transport service in the Black Sea, and the medical staff
and sick and wounded in the hospitals at Scutari and
Smyrna,, will bedespatched to-morrow evening via Mar-
seilles. Letters, &c., must be prepaid.
The paddlewheel steam-ship Recta, 6, Commander
H. S. Hawker, from Gibraltar, which arrived in Ply- •
mouth Sound on Tuesday morning, went into Hamoaze
in the afternoon, to have defects made good:
The steam-sloop Hecate, 6, Commander H. C. Glyn,
from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday,
bound for the coast of Africa.
The sailing transport Kent, Captain Vincent V.
Howe; embarked 24 men and 52 horses, 11th Hussars,
at Devonport on Tuesday, and sailed the same afternoon
for the Crimea.
We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth, that
the screw steamer Earl of Durham, Captain E. Thomas,
from the Crimea, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday
afternoon. She left Balaklava, March 25 ; Constanti-
no' le, 30th ; Ma,ita, 4th ; and Gibraltar, 18th ; and
spoke, on the 20th, 100 miles, east of Cape St. Vin-
cent, the transport bride, No. 27, from Malta for Lon.
don. Tho screw .steamship Victoria, bound for Ply-
mouth, was coaling at Gibraltar. The Earl of Durham
is chartered by •the'Nerth of EUrope Company for the
railway expedition, and two of her consorts are hourly
expected at Plyinolth—viz., the Hesperus, which left
Gibraltar on the 12th inst., and the Samuel Long, which
was coaling there on the 18th. The barque Meteor,
from Hull, with passengers. for Quebec, was off Ply-
mouth, all well; on Triesday.
The Russell, 60, screw block-ship, Captain F. Scott,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning and joined the
fleet. The Arthur the Great transport will embark her
troops and sail for the Cape of Good Hope this day. The
Carysfort, 26-gun frigate, which has been at Sconce
Point for some time as a berthing hulk for the artificers
employed upon the new works of defence,there, has re-
turned to Portsmouth harbour. The Malacca, 17,
Captain Farquhar, remains in No. 2 Dock; refitting.
The Sampson and Polyphemus steam:vessels are refit-:
ting in, No. 3 .and 4 Docks. The Bellerophon, 78, .
Captain Lord George Paulet, is still returning stores
alongside the dockyard. The 2Eolus shell magazine -is
all atausit in the fitting' basin and taking in ballast, &c.,
prior to being reported for service. The Lancashire
Witch transport is expected at Portsmouth . to-day to
embark cavalry for the East, consisting of two officers,
66 men, and 130 horses, of the Ist DrAgoons, and 3 men
and 6 horses of the 6th Dragoons.
The ships Onward and Lady %Emil were towed out of
Kingstown harbour on Tuesday. The w'nd, however,
not being favourable for the passage down Channel, both
vessels came to. anchor outside. The Zebra has not yet
completed her stores, nor finished taking in her cargo.
She will carry out 400 tons of peat charcoal, to be ap-
plied to sanitary purposes in the Crimean camp.
The following appointments have been made :
Commander—Walter Reid, to the Sanspareil.
Lieutenant--Herbert W.-Wilberforce, from the Tra-
falgar to the Hastings.
Assistant-Surgeons—David Courtenay bag been con-
firmed to the Driver; Benjamin Crabbe has been con-
firmed to the Miranda.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon—John Lomai,` to the Ho-
ratio.

Naval Cadets—F. D. Foster, to the Pembroke ;W.
G. R.--Gipps, to the Retribution.
Midshipman The Hon. B. Vivian, to the Duke of
Wellington flagship, as supernumerary for disposal.
The Household Brigade on actual service in the
Crimea, consisting of the 3d battalion of the Grenadiers,
the Ist battalion of the Coldstreams, and the Ist bat-
talion of the Scots Fusilier Guards, is, it is stated, to be
augmented by a battalion of ten companies of 100 men
each. The Ist battalion of the Grenadiers, quartered in
the Tower, it is believed will be that selected, the defi-
ciency in its numerical strength to be made up by volun-
teers from the 2d battalion of Grenadiers, the 2d batta-
lion of Coldstreams, the 2d battalion of Scots Fusiliers, _
and from regiments of the line and militia. The four
battalions quartered in the metropolis can muster
upwards of 1,600 disciplined men, in addition to nearly
400 recruits at drill. The 96th Regiment of Foot,
quartered at Chichester, which recently arrived from
Bengal, will, as soon as augmented, relieve the 94th
Regiment at Windsor, which corps will proceed to the
seat of war. The 96th Foot is now scarcely 300 strong,
a large number having volunteered for other regiments
serving in India previous to the regiment embarking for
Europe. The 51st King's Own Light Infantry is to be
completed to 1,200 strong, for immediate service in the
Crimea.
The 3d Regiment of Light Dragoons, which was ac-
tively engaged in the Affgbanistan campaign, and now
quartered in Manchester, the 7th Hussars, which regi•
ment returned from Canada in 1843, quartered at pre-
sent in York, andthe 16th Royal Lancers, the heroes of
Affghanistan and the Punjab, stationed in Cahir (Ire-
land), are each ordered to be increased to 10 troops of 80
men r ach, exclusiVe of farriers and trumpeters, and to be
held in readiliess to proceed on foreign service.
Captain Lord Walter Butler, who is at present in Lon-
don, has received a month's extension of his leave of ab-
sence, in consequence of ill health.
A large draught of the 2,1 Queen's Royal Regiment,
consisting of six officers and 192 men, left Waterford on
Monday for Cot k, whence they will embark to join the
service companies at the Cape of Good Hope.

Arms have now bTeieinEr2.leclellLvaldTlfAro.m
Government suf-
ficient for the. Kilkenny • Fusiliers when raised to their
full complement of 719 men, a period which must be
deemed-rather remote- if the men continue to volunteer
into the litre as fast as they have done hitherto.
The North.Down-Rifies,- whose hcad-quarters is New-
townards, now numbet 650 men, in 8 companies.
at
.-The Hampshire Artillery Militia, lately doing duty .
Woolwich under the comnia,d of Lieut.-Col. Burnaiy,
Cud proceeded
left the garrison at G,a.m. on Wednesday, an
to Portsmouth i 3 do duty at Soutbsea Castleuntil
fur-
ther orders.

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