The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-27 00:00:00

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following general order was issued yesterday :
Horse Guards, October 16.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to command
that, in commemoration of the gallant conduct of the
troops concerned, the words "Alma," " Dalaklava,"
and " lukerman," be borne on the regimental colour of
the regiments specified in the accompanying list.
Also, that the several corns composing her Majesty's
army in the Crinaea on the sth of September, 1855, shall
bear the inscription "Sebastopol " on the regimental
standard or colour, as a memorial of the arduous and
successful operations which have led to the reduction of
that fortress. •

Regiments which have no standards or colours will
bear these distinctions on their cap or helmet plash
Rifle regiments will wear them on their breast plates
and cap plates.
By command of the Right Hon. Field-Marshal,
Viscount HABDINGE, Commanding-in-Chief.
G. A. WIITHERALL, Adjutant-General.

REGIMENTS AUTHORISED TO BEAR THE WORDS " ALMA," SEPTEM.
BER 20, 1854 ; BALAKLAVA," OCTOBER 25, 1854 ; " 'ERSE,
MAN," NOVEMBER 5, 1854, AND " SEBASTOPOL."

Ist Dragoon Guards—Sebastopol,
4th Dragoon Guards—Balaklava and Sebastopol.
sth Dragoon Guards—Balaklava and Sebastopol.
6th Dragoon Guards—Sebastopol.
Ist Dragoons—Balaklava and Sebastopol.
2d Dragoons—BalaklaVa and Sebastopol.
4th Light Dragoons—Alma, Balaklava,, Inkerman, and Se-
bastopol.
6th Dragoons—Balaklava and Sebastopol.
Bth Hussars—Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sebas-
topol.
10th Hussars--Sebastopol. - - •
11th Hussars—Alma, Balaklava, Inkernian, aiad
topol.
12th Lancers—Sebastopol.
13th Light Dragoons—Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and
Sebastopol.
17th Lancers—Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Sebas-
topol.

-Grenadier Guards, 3d Battalion—Alma, Inkerman, and
.Sebastopol.
Coldstream Guards, Ist Battalion—Alma, Inkerman, and
Sebastopol.
Scots Fusilier Guards, Ist Battalion—Alma, Inkerman, and
Sebastopol.
Ist Foot, Ist Battalion—Alma, lukerman, and Sebastopol.
„ 2d. Battalion—Sebastopol.
3d Foot—Sebastopol.
4th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
7th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
9th Foot—Sebastopol.
13th Foot—Sebastopol,
14th Foot—Sebastopol.
17th Foot—Sebastopol.
18th Foot—Sebastopol.
19th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
20th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
21st Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
23d Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
28th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
30th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
31st Foot- Sebastopol.
33d Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
34th Foot—Sebastopol.
38th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
39th Foot—Sebastopol.
41st Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
424 Foot Alma and Sebastopol.
44th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
46th Foot—Sebastopol.
47th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
48th Foot—Sebastopol.
49th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
50th Fool—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
55th Foot Alma, Inkermau, and Sebastopol.
56th I- oot- Sebastopol.
57th Foot—lnkerman and Sebastopol.
62d Foot—Sebastopol
63d Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
68th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
71st Foot—Sebastopol.
72d Foot—Sebastopol.
73d Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
79th Foot—Alma and Sebastopol.
82.1 Foot—Sebastopol.
88th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
89th Foot—Sebastopol.
90th Foot—Sebastopol.
934 Foot—Alma, Balaklava, and Sebastopol.
95th Foot—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol;
97th Foot—Sebastopol.
Rifle Brigade, Ist Rat.—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
241 Bat.—Alma, Inkerman, and Sebastopol.
By Command.
G. A. WETUERALL, Adjutant-General.

Her Majody's steam-corvette Malacca, 17, Captain
Farquhar, was undocked yesterday at Portsmouth, and
the Transit steam troop-ship, Captain C. R. Johnson,
taken in to repair defects.
Her Majesty's screw block-ship Russell, 60, Captain
Francis Scott, was to be taken out of the steam basin at
Portsmoath yesterday. This vessel, the Hawke, 60,
Captain E. Ommanney, and the Hastings, 60, Captain
E. G. Faasbawe, are reported to be refitting with all
despatch to follow their sister ships, the Cornwallis and
the Pembroke, to the West India and North American
stations.

The Lady Eglinton steam-transport, No. 165,. left
Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, for the Crimea, with
huts for the army.

Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Simoom, 18, Captain
T. R. Snlivan, embarked at Portsmouth dockyard, yes-
terday afternoon, a regiment of the British G-erman
Legion, with whom she will leave this morning for the
Crimea. The troops arrived from Shorncliffe by the
South Coast Railway, and marched to the place c.f em-
barkation preceded by the band of the Middlesex Mi•
litia, and were in the finest order and best spirits.
Major-General Breton and Staff superintended their
embarkati on, and seemed thoroughly satisfied witlst their
orderly and soldierlike behaviour.

•
The following are the names of the officers and the
numbers o f non-commissioned officers and men who em-
barked :—‘Lieutenant-Colonel Hake, Majors Winrwbergn
and Kes der, Captains Crompton, Maunsfeld, Noodt,
Valentine, Newiadomiski, Waakel, Rosencrantz, Defin,
and Genertons; Lieutenants Scopnik, Bliesner, Scl
Wimsten, Misani, Grabowski, Scheller, and Pi tersin ;
Ensigns 13eamis, Weir, Brombsen, Jones, Bunde, Valen-
tine, Ber tram, Holliben, and Power ; Adjutant Tobias,
Paymastea- Hunt, Quartermaster Elliot; Drs. Simojo
Kest, Pliillipp, and Steteck ; Captain Mills, Brigade
Major ; -Rev. Appemen, Chaplain ;44 sergeants, 24
drumnae/..5, 50 corporals, and 820 rank and file.
The 13raailian ship Theodora, which broke from her
moorings and went ashore in Balten-Bay yesterday morn-
ing, unshEpped her rudder, and when the tide roceded
fell to eta rboard, bilged, and broke her keel ; alt hough
relieved L-om a portion of her ballast she did not Coat on
the rise oAr the tide in the evening.
The Inilexible has arrived at Woolwich freen Ply-
mouth, an .d has been received into basin to be lad en with
machinery: The Dee is about to sail, with boilers and
machinery, for Portsmouth and Plymouth. By the de-
parture of the Nicolas Wood, which sailed on 'f'hursday
evening fi tom Woolwich Arsenal for Portsmouth, there
are at pre went only the Collingwood transport. sailing
ship and the Euphrates freight vessel lying the re. Col.
Wilmot, Ivith Captain Boxer and other office r s of the
Royal Ar penal departments, who started somelirne since
on a tour of inspection to the continental fomidries, as
stated in The Sun, have been joined by Mr., Monsell,
of the Ordnance, and are expected to return al rout Mon-
day next.. The accident which occurred in the fuse-
drying department of the laboratory in the : Royal Ar-
senal is d iscovered to have arisen from the fin as having
been eve, rheated, the fireman having imprnden tly heaped
ou a qua ntity of coals to feed the fire until his return
from dinner. The carriage branch departmeu IA of that
establis'aaieut has augmented its number of ' labourers
by the addition of 150 wheelers and 20 smiths. Two fatal
occurrences have taken place in the above-nam led depart-
ment during the present week—namely, Vle sudden
deaths by- apoplexy of two of the carpenters employed
therein.

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Plymouth.
Sixty-four volunteers from the sth Lanca shire Mi-
litia passed through Windsor yesterday atterno on, under
the charge of a sergeant, to join the 3d Light Dragoons
A part of the 22d Regiment,
about 300
strong, a
at Hounsrrioiwve.d
from Plymouth ; the remainder of the
regiment will arrive at Windsor next week.Lieut.-Colonel Fordyce, half-pay
unattach( td, is ap-
pointed to succeed Colonel de Rottenburg as kesistant-
Quartehmaraster-General in Canada, the lattt 'T gallant
officer vin
g resigned his appointment on the Staff.
Lieut. W. Vcary
has been appointed to t he Pene-
lope, and Lieut. J. has
to the Victor addi tonali for
disposal. y
A Limerick paper states that Major-General t he Earl
of Cardigan has issued strict injunctions to caved ry com-
manding officers that the dress of the cavalry I 8 to be
strictly regulation. The jackets, ala Franca ti se, over-
Cossack, and sleeves a la Moine are pi !ohibited.
Lord Cardigan complimented the Queen's Bays ,and 16th
Lancers on their high state of efficiency. -
On Tuesday morning the first draught from • 51.3 depot
battalion in Limerick garrison left for Cork, ti a embark
on board the Hanover, at Queenstown.
1,600 well-trained, drilled, and effective sold i'Ts have
been sent from Limerick to the scat of war w ",thin the
last eight months.
When the Kerry Militia were assembled for j it ;rade for
the purpose of Toluntecring on Monday in B i)horbuoy