The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-09 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness for the
Calcutta, 84, Captain James J. Stopford, to take on
board the armaments of the floating batteries Glatton
and Meteor ; and the Powerful, 84, Captain Thomas L.
Massie, is ordered to remain at Sheerness (having landed
a portion of her guns) to wait for Admiralty orders to
proceed on particular service.
The Tartar, 20, screw steam corvette, Captain H.
Dunlop, has had her mainmast stepped, and is now
riding at harbour moorings at Sheerness, and is being
refitted with all possible despatch. Lieutenant James
E. Bickford, of this ship, has left, having been, on his
own application for service in a floating battery, ap-
pointed to the Meteor, fitting at Woolwich.
The Childers, 12, now lyiag at Blackstakes, is ordered
to proceed round to Devonport. Her crew were paid
their advance yesterday afternoon, and she is to leave
Sheerness to-day for Devonport, en route for the west
coast of Africa, her future station.
The Perseverance, screw steam-storeship, Capt. Henry
Harris, is ordered to proceed on a trial trip of her ma-
chinery on Monday next, preparatory to her being de-
livered over to the Oriental Steampacket Company. She
is now receiving her stores at Sheerness, having taken
in her complement of coals. She is to be put out of the
fitting basin this day's tide.
The mortar-vessels Surly, Blazer, and Manly, and the
gunboat Hinde have arrived at Sheerness and are wait-
ing for orders.
The Geyser, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander
B. Drew, will be ready to leave Sheerness in a day or
two, and will shortly again be ready for sea, her defects
having all been made good.
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The Rosamond, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton,
will leave Spithead this morning with three new bomb.
vessels for the Black Sea fleet.

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Com-
mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, entertained naval officers
at the Admiralty House last evening. Among the guests

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The Avon, 3, paddlewheel steam-vessel, tender to the
flag-ship at Devonport, arrived at Sheerness on Thursday,
at 8 45 p.m., with 34 Russian prisoners from Milbay
Prison, to be put on board the Devonshire. The poi-
soners are all convicted men under the Russian civil
code of law, and were sent into the forts at Bomarsund
to work the guns at the time it was bombarded and
taken by the allied forces. Most of these men bare
been convicted of heinous crimes. They all appear to
have sank into a state of sullen apathy, scarcely convers-
ing with each other at any time, except at their meals.

The East Anglian (No. 162) steam-transport arrived
at Spitbead yesterday morning. Mr. George Glasson
of the Gladiator steam-frigate, naval engineer of the
third-class, has been promoted to the second-class. 111 r.
Crichton, of the Arrogant steam-frigate, chief engineer
of the third-class, has been promoted to the second•class.
Mr. Allan has been appointed third-class chief engineer,
R.N., iv the steam-frigate Imperieuse, vice Dinnen.