The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-03 00:00:00

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he following general order aa been issued :
" Horse Gliactis, Oct. 31, 1855.
" The Queen having been pleased to command that a
rtUsptearing the insci iption 4 Setsiastaral ' shall be- added
to the Crimean medal, in order to mark the high sense
which her Majesty entertains of the services of the army
during the late arduous operation before Sebastopol, the
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief desires that this
mark of her Majesty's gracious approbation shall be
communicated to the army by general order.
" The clasp for Sebastopol is to be granted to all pre-
sent with the army from the Ist of October, 1854, the
day on which the army sat down before the town, to
the 9th of September, 1855, the day on which the town
was taken ; and General Sir Janes Simpson has been
desired to forward Has of the officers and men entitled
to receive it, in order that the same may be affixed to
the medal for the Crimea.
" By command of the Rillt lion. Field-Marshal
Viscount Ilardinge, oommanding-in-Chief,
" G. A.WETLIERALL, A d jutant-General."

The Fail of Aberdeen, steam-transport, embarkedat
Portsmouth on Thursday and yesterday the following
officers, men, and horses for the army in the Crimea •
Paymaster Lukin, one man, and two horses of the 2d
(the Queen':) Dragoon Guards; one man of the Bth
Hussars ; Major Hoiden (commanding), 30 men, and •
four horses of the 13th Light Dragoons ; 15 men and
three horses of the 17th Lancers ; 50 horses for the rail-
way at Balaklava ; Ensigns Hodges and Morgan, of
the 19th- Foot ; Lieutenant Thwaythes and Ensigns
il.ll.‘ltityre and Taite, of the 31st ; Ensigns Safford, Shep-
pard, 11PIiay, and Hardly, of the 97th ; one medical
etficer and Paymaster's Clerk of the British German •
Legion ; and Captain Edison (Brevet-Major) of the Gre-
naoier Guard,, Brigade-Major to Brigadier-General J.
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R. Craufurd, of the Firet Division of the army in Tur-
key. Toe Earl of Aberee_n sailed yesterday. •
The Weasel steam gua-boat arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday from the Baltic, and went into the harbour ;
and the Redwing lett Spithead fur Plymouth.
The following gun-boats have arrived at Sheernes from
the Baltic : —viz., the Lark, Lieut.•Cosamander M. R.
Pechell ; the Biter, Lieut.-Commander W. H. Ander- .
'son ; the Pelter, Lieut.-Commander Wm. F. Lee ; the
Ruby, Lieut.-Commander H. G. Hall • and the Thistle,
Lieut.-Commander D. Spain.. .The Lark is ordered to
flyraouth, and the Biter 1. ' -. 0 pgi Ikitth%left yes-
-Ter dsr.irt-iiisorr;fOr-their r .• e ve.portsa:- 2-,":"-4-!*e•-•-..::;-,:-Z7;
The Lizard steam-vessel (tender to the Waterloo),
Lieut.-Cornrrander T. B. Christopher, left Sheerness on
Thursday, for Orfordness, to take on board Vie crew and
officers of the lately wrecked gun boat Hind, Lieut.-
Commander J. Ward, on her return from the Baltic.
The Belleisle, 6, hospital-ship, arrived at Sheerness
yesterday evening. She left Faro Sound on the 17th
of October, and reached E sinere on the 24th ; rode uut
a heavy gale while there from the N. W , and parted one
of her cables. She sailed again on the 27th, and has had
heavy weather during her passage across the North Sea ;
wind east. She has on board 105 patients, under the care
of Dr. R. Beith, Staff-Surgeon. She brings home as pas-
sengers Dr. M`Kechilie, Medical Inspector of the Baltic
fl.?et, Mr. Sta ,way, late pat master of bee Majesty's ship
Cressy, and a number of hospital dressers whose period of
service had expired in the different vessels of the fleet to
whits they respectively belonged. When the Belleisle left
the B iltic the fleet was remarkably healthy. The Ilogr e
was the only English vessel of war left at Faro Sound.
The Sanspareil, 70, screw steam-ship, Captain W. J.
Williams, from the Mediterranean, last from Portsmouth,
arrived at Sheerness yesterday evening, to take on
beard her lower deck guns and prepare for immediate
foreign service.
The Agincourt, 72, is ordered to be fitted as a receiv-
ing hulk at Devonport. Trie brig Arachne, 18, has had
her copper stripped, preparatory to being caulked.
The masts of the brig Briton art, S, having been taken
out, her crew were appointed to be paid off yesterday.
The Waterwitcli, 8 gun sloop, with two of the new
boilers on deck ready for the new screw steam frigate
Mars, sunk in the fitting basin at Sheerness on Thurs-
day afternoon. The occurrence is supposed to have been
caused by rats gnawing through her below her floating
line.
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The Chatham sheer hulk was towed down to Sheer-
ness yesterday from Chatham and taken into the basin,
for the purpose of taking the Mars' boilers out of the
Waterwich, and, with the assistance of two mooring
lighter 4, to raise that vessel.
A court-martial assembled on board the guard-ship
Impregnable, in Hamoaze, on Thursday, for the trial
of Lieut. H. T. Ryves, late in command of the Minx
steam-tender on the coast of Africa, for being drunk on
shorn at Lagos, on the 20th of Oot., 1854, and for be-
having in an unofficer-like manner towards Mr. Switzer,
second master of the Minx. The Court sentenced the
prisoner to be severely reprimanded, dismissed the ship,
and to lose two years' rank.
Private parcels for officers in the Crimea, going by
Goveriment vessels, should not exceed three cubic feet,
and are subject to a charge of se. far shipping expenses.
Free gifts for the use of the troops, such as books, &c.,
are not so limited, and no charge is iu any case made to
the sende-.
The merchant-ship Albura, built at Burmah, and be-
longing to Messrs. Dunbar and Co,, of London, was off
Plymouth on Thursday. She sailed from Gravesend on
the 4th of Feb. last, wth troops for the East Indies,
and left Bombay on the 24th cf July, with a cargo of
•;;iltpetr; wool, &c., for London, bringing a small mail
from St. Helena, where she touched on the 21st of Sep-
tember. Her late commander, Mr. Freeman, died within
One' day's-sail of Ascension, and she is now in charge of
the chief officer, Mr. Bilh. The Album has passengers
—Col. Leeson, H.E.1.C.5., Dr. Barrington and family,
Bombay Army, and Captain Proctor and family, East
India Maritime Service.
The schooner Chri,topher, of Geelong, 16 days from
St. John's, Newfoundland, with seal oil for London,
was off Plymouth on Thursday.
Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, the Bth company of
the Bth battalion Royal Artillery were paraded in front
of the barracks, at Woolwich, before Brigade:Major
Maude and a staff of general officers. The men were
put through various manoeuvres, which lasted until 2
o'clock, when, preceded by the band, playing some of
the moat lively airs, they were marched down to the
Royal Arsenal quay and embarked on board the hired
r transport Emma Eugenie, for the West Indies. The
company consisted of 102 non-commissioned officers and
men, for Jamaica, under the command of Capt. Hunter.
They e were likewise e nbarked on board the Emma Eu-
genie 63 rank and file for Barbadoes, under the command
of Lieut. Holmes, accompanied by Lieut. Richardson,
and medically attended by Staff-Surgeon Robinson. In
addition ths above.aamed officers and men there ware
7 women and 8 children for Jamaica, and 3 women and
3 children for Barbadoes.
Another battery of artillery horses (48 in number),
with drivers, arrived at Sheerness on Thursday, from
Woolwich, for drill practice in the exercise ground in

garrison.
A Royal warrant has been issued regulating the future
half-pay of regimental quartermasters, which directs ti at
quartermasters who shall have served for an aggregate
period
I of 30 years, of which 10 at least shall have been
as quartermaster, are to have a claim to retire with the
honorary rank of captain upon half-pay of lek. per day,
if the retirement be recommended by the Secretary-at-
War. This warrant is to ha ve a retrospective operation,
so as to cinfer the privilege upon all quartermasters
who, after the completion of the said service, have re-
tired since the present war with R issia.
A circular memorandum has been issued from the War-
office, dated Oct. 22, giving various directions to offi-
cers in charge of invalids arriving from the East, in ad-
dition to those recently published. Officers are requested
to pay particular attention to the instructions given to
them upon the sulject.
The head-quarters of the 22d Regiment, amounting
to 450 men, under the command of Capt. Anderson,ea ler".
Plymouth on Thursday, and arrived at Windsory t
since the
day morning. It is scarcely three months agoo
distin•
landed from India, wherry it bad
greatlyw-hich service
guished itself in the Scinde campaign, for
with medals.
most of the officers and men are decorated
.ecellent. Its total
The condition of this reiment.
strengthlt fuli e
complement
aboutplomo men,nBtoaos speedily b t
aistispwoisislibblee.augmented to
p.ointtnents, made at the Admiralty
The following
tntigehrtOt —th e
yesterday, appear, d 1r13,,30nth11, tfieremdei tdi3Ont.olOitfeEhelll;etlasi.oxt
rbolle, to the
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THE MILITIA.
The Armagh Militia, including nearly 800 men, ar-
rivTedinCork on Thursday from the Cuiragh, on the
way to Plymouth, for which they will embark in a few
days.
The Middlesex Militia are expected to arrive in Cork
for Buttevant, there to be stationed.
The [loyal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia has con-
tributed volunteers to the Line to the amount of 113
since the let of August last. Renruits are coming in
very satisfactorily. The regiment remains at Cardiff.