The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-22 00:00:00

LOND=ON.: THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1855.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following circular, numbered 1,180, has been
issued by the War-office, and is dated March the 19th:—
" Sir,--It having been represented that some regimental
officers serving in the Crimea are desirous of the oppor-
tunity of drawing from the Paymaster only the portion of
their pay sufficient to meet their immediate requirements,
so as to avoid the risk of having money unnecessarily in
their hands, I am directed by the Secretary-at-War to ac-
quaint you that, with a view to meet the wishes of officers
with the army now on service in the Crimea, the regula-
tion article 127 of the Explanatory Directions is suspended
in those cases in which an officer shall notify in writing to
the Paymaster his desire to draw only a portion of his pay.
The officer, in making such notification, will specify, as
nearly its riny be, the proportion he will probably require
per month ; and the Paymaster is so to regulate his draughts
on the military chest as to prevent the unrequired pay
froth being drawn out of the military chest.
"The Paymaster will meet the officer's requisitions for
money on account of his personal pay accordingly, and will
charge in his quarterly statement of pay to be accounted
for by the agent (A 2, Form 27 of the Pay List), only the
amount actually issued to the officer, annexing to such
statement a separate memorandum showing the amount
drawnly the officers respectively for the period of such
statement and the amount that remains to be subsequently'
claimed, and also annexing a duplicate of such memoran-
dum to the duplicate statement required by Circular No.
1,009, as a voucher for the Pay List.
" I am to add that the balance remaining undrawn is to
be carried on in the memorandum from quarter to quarter,
so as to show, until the final adjustment of the account, the
amount of pay that remains due to the officer.
" The arrangements in this letter are not applicable to
officers who draw their pay from the agent.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
" B. HAWES.
"To Officer Commanding the Regiment."
There were no movements yesterday in the fleet at
Portsmouth, and service was performed afloat as uni-
versally as it was on shore. The troo_ps wont_ta.uyipel
without side arms, no bands attended them, anitalto-
gether the port and garrison presented a more
sombre asppot, fur there was a thick fog, and rate de-
scended nearly the whole day. The Hon. Augustus
Stafford, M.P., arrived at 3 o'clock from London, and
visited the Garrison Hospital at Poi ;;seti, over which he
was conducted by Major-General Sir Frederick Smith,
R.E. There are 46 military invalids now in that estab-
lishment, all doing well. The Geyser, 6, paddle-sloop,
Commander Dew, returned to Spithead yesterday, and
joined the fleet, The Resistance and the Walter Mau-
rice troop-ships sailed from Portsmouth yesterday with
detachments of troops—the former for Malta, and the
latter for Bermuda. The Court are expected to leave
Osborne on Saturday for London.
A mail for the army in the Crimea, Greece, and
Malta, the hospital rt Scutari, the Black Sea fleet, and
ships engaged in the transport service, will be made up
to-morrow evening, and be forwarded vice Marseilles.
The postage must be paid in advance ; the rate is 3d.
the quarter ounce. All letters for wounded or invalids
should be specially addressed "The Hospital, Scutari,
Constantinople."

The line of battle ships Marlborough, 131 guns,
building at Portsmouth ; the Conqueror, 100 guns, at
Devonport ; the Edgar, at Woolwich, and the Heroand
the Renown, each 91 gun ships, building at Chatham,
are all nearly completed for launching.
Advices from Nyberg, dated March 19th, state that
the ice had broken up in the Great Belt, and, under the
influence of a strong wind, was rapidly disappearing ;
ships had arrived at Elsinore ; Kiel harbour was
partially open ; the Sound had broken up on the Swedish
side ; and at Swinemunde the fairway of the winter
harbour was open.

A letter dated " Camp before Sebastopol, March 1,"
says, respecting the Raman Cathelic chaplains :

" Tho Rev. Mr. Sheahan is very ill, and I scarcely can
say that the Rev. Mr. Butt is any better. The Rev. Mr.
Butt has been very severely attacked by typhus, and yes-
terday I confess, when I saw him for a moment, I almost
despaired of his recovery. To-day he seems a trifle less
unwell. Major Herbert does everything he can for both
these good suffering men. He has just been sending the
Rev. Mr. Butt some orangeade, almost the only thing he
can take, and I have been helping him to pin some extra
blankets round the Rev. Mr. Sheahan's tent to prevent the
snow and freezing air from driving into it. Mr. Sheahan's
illness seems to have been brought on principally by over-
exertion and exhaustion. He has a sort of abscess in the
throat, which renders him almost speechless, and he ap-
pears to be extremely weak and suffering. The thousands
of poor, thoughtless Catholic soldiers badly want his affee-
tionato words of reproach and exhortation. Ido not be-
lieve that Mr. Sheahan is in imminent danger, but I fear
you roust doing not count upon his much work for a very
considerable time—not such work, at all events, as he has
gone through for many months. I trust you may be able
to send out four or five priests. They are much wanted.
Here, at least, they would be sure of welcome, for every
one sympathizes with the suffering and dying soldiers."
The following appointments and promotions have
taken place :
Conitnandt r Arthur Coming, recently serving as com-
mander of the Confl,ct, has been appointed to one of the
floating batteries preparing for service in the Ba!tie.
Lieutenants.— William B. Pauli, from the Harier, to
the Dragon ; George T. Gordon, to the Harier ; Earnest
41. T. Stubbs, to the Royal George.
Chap,ain E. W. Fox, from the Britannia, to the Aga-
mem non,

-.ge—A. T. M. from th_F_.).VFl-

in Char,
eslev, to tuer----

,he Locust.

Masters' Assistants—C. S. C. Watkins, to the
Hecate ; F. G. Liddoll, to the Alban ; G. E. Broughton,
to the Horatio; E. C. Bryan, to the Medusa; A. R.
Brown, to the St:George ; H. G. Garlick, to the Pem-
broke ; E. R. D. Mayne, to the Magicienne ; W. W.
Vine, to the Driver.
Clerks—Thomas J. Woodward, to the Hogue ; R.
Deveson, to the Colossus ; EdwarJ 0. Hayes, from the
Royal George, to the Pembroke ; James Campbell, to
the Retribution.

Temporary Clerks—Thomas D. Smith, to the Cressy;
H. Mews, to the St. Vincent guard-ship.
Acting Clerks—John E. Skinner, to the Orion ; E.
S. M. Power, to the Neptune ; Ebenezer Waymouth, to
the James Watt ; Silus Waymouth, to the Ajax ; B.
Mitford, to the Prometheus ; B. B. French, to the Co-
lossus ; C. G. Nash, to the Impregnable flag-ship.
Clerks' Assistants—Frank Pit man, to the St. George ;
G. R. Rybott, to the James Wet ; S. B. Applin, to the
Vulture ; A. W. Brett, to the Edinburgh ; James L.
Croker, to the Royal George ; H. S. Noweil, to the
Nile ; F. 'E. Elsworthy, to the Victory ; G. C. Gahan,
to the Formidable guard-ship.

Second Masters Wm. D. Strong, recently serving in
the Simooin ; R. G. Arquimbau, recently serving in the
Triton ; D. Hall, recently serving in the Fisgard flag
ship ; C. Parkinson, recently serving in the Sansplreil ;
E. W. Brooker, recently serving in the Spitfire ; J. 0.
Jone', recently serving in the Triton ; J. M. Hockley, re-
cently serving as Acting-Master of the Fury ; and W.
G. Aldrich, recently serving as Acting Master of the
Swallow, have been promoted to be Masters.

The following promotion has taken place in the
Ordnance Medical Department :—Temporary Assistant-
Surgeon W. G. N. Manley, to be an Assistant-Surgeon.
A battery of Royal Artillery is hourly expected at
Hilsea, stabling having been built there many months
since for the accommodation of horses. A new gun and
carriage shed is in the course of erection at Hilsea for a
field battery.
A new general military hospital is ordered to be built
at Chatham on the vacant piece of ground at the rear of
Fort Pitt, and the erection is to be commenced imme-
diately ; 500 of the sick and wounded in the Casemate
Barracks have been removed to Bronipton Barracks.
A sum of 1,3111. 13s. has been forwarded from Gee-
long, Australia, to the Lord Mayor of London, to be
handed over to the wives and children of soldiers and
sailors serving in the war against Russia. •

Ship Hotel. The depot companies, under the oommand
of Major Tennant, with Captains Dyott, Willett, Meus-
ley, and Bridgman, will leave Dover for Lichfield.
The first detachment of the Royal South Glocester
Militia left Glocester for Portsmouth on Monday morn-
ing. The College green or Cathedral yard 'presented a
scene of great excitement. Nearly the whole city turned
out to wish the men " God speed." " Cheer, boys,
cheer," were sung, and they marched away in fine mili-
tary order. In the streets the scene was most exciting.
Crowds of persons of all classes, nine-tenths of whom
were women,' had turne I out at an unusual hour, and
were hurrying towards the station.

TOY AL A LTILLERY.

GENERAL ORDER.

Deputy Adjutant General's Office,
Woolwich, March, 1355.
The undermentioned non-commissioned officers and
men of the Royal Artillery having been recommended
for medals and gratuities, agreeable to the Ordnance re-
gulations founded on her Majesty's warrant for the army,
dated May 24, 1847, the Lieutenant-General and Board
have directed it to be announced in general orders that
it is alivays gratifying to them to reward old and meri-
torious soldiers for good and faithful services, and they
have approved of medals being given to each of the indi-
viduals hereinafter named, to be worn by them during
the remainder of their service, and they will receive
the gratuity on discharge, in conformity with the regu-
lations :
Staff-Serjeant Wm. Brown, Royal Horse Artillery
Staff-Serjeant R. Howard, Royal Horse Artillery
Staff-Serjeant G. Carthew, Royal Helios Artillery
Serjeant Samuel Collins, lst Battalion
Serjeant James Mut!o, Ist Battalion
Serjeant James Murphy, 2d Battalion
Serjeant James Doig, 2d Battalion *. •
Serjeantt James Wells; 2atotawk„...,",
Serjettu ..$
Serjeant John Radcliffe. arl Ttattalioe- '
Tuutuns Thompson, 3d Battalion
Serjeant John Sweeny, 3d Battalion
Serjeant Thomas Lennan, 3d Battalion
Serjeant William M'Connell, 4th Battalion
Serjeant George Parker, 4th Battalion
Serjeant John Baker, sth Battalion
Serjeant James Hopkirk, sth Battalion
Serjeant Andrew Main, sth Battalion
Serjeant James O'Connor, sth Battalion
Serjeant Alexander Fraser, 6th Battalion
Serjeant Edward O'Flagharty, 6th Battalion
Serjeant Alexander Ewing, 7th Battalion
Serjeant William Lee, 7th Battalion
Serjeant John Graham, 7th Battalion
Serjeant Abraham Malster, Bth Battalion
Serjeant Charles Organ, Bth Battalion
Serjeant Christopher Neary, Bth Battalion
Serjeant Thomas Barfett, 11th Battalion
Serjeant James Duff, 11th Battalion
Serjeant Thomas Seath, 11th Battalion
Serjeant James Freud, 12th Battalion
Serjeant Alexander Wilson, 12th Battalion
Serjeant Charles Higgins, 13th Battalion
Serjeant William Cline, invalid
Corporal Edward Whiting, 3d Battalion
Gunner William Dixon, Royal Horse Artillery
Gunner and Driver William Holmes, Ist Battalion
Gunner and Driver James Tryatt, Ist Battalion
Gunner and Driver James Mather, Ist Battalion
Gunner and Driver William Randalls, 2d Battalion
Gunner and Driver L. Pedean, 2d Battalion
Gunner and Driver Thomas Bradford, 2d Battalion
Gunner and Driver William Kemp, 3d Battalion
Gunner and Driver James Mather, 3d Battalion
Gunner and Driver James Knight, 3d Battalion
Gunner and Driver James Al‘Killeruk, 4th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Michael Johnston, 4th Battalion
Gunner and Driver David Bruce, sth Battalion
Gunner and Driver Wm. Bone, sth Battalion
Gunner and Driver Patrick Barlow, 6th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Patrick Hefferan, 7th Battalion
Gunner and Driver James Molloy, 7th Battalion
Gunner and Driver John Shagnell, 7th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Wm. Parker, 9th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Alex. Watson, 9th Battalion
7.4unrier and Driver John Lainbert, 10th Battalion
Gunner and Driver John Orr, 10th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Thomas Hardy, 10th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Alexander Ritchie, 11th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Wm. Markham, 11th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Richard Brockless, 13th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Henry White, 13th Battalion
Gunner and Driver Dukson Beaton, 13th Battalion
Gunnar and Driver Samuel Wilcox, invalid
Gunner and Driver David Clarke, invalid
Gunner and Driver Henry Walton, invalid
Gunner and Driver John G.nninell, invalid
Trumpeter Robert Mace
Trumpeter David Renton.
On Friday last the whole of the Royal Artillery in
the garrison, with the exception of them; on duty, assem-
bled in review order, at eleven o'clock a.m., and were
formed into hollow equare on the guard mounting parade,
under the command of Col. Andrson, to witness the
presentation of the good-conduct moda's to the 21 reci-
pients at present at Woolwich, out of the 56 awarded.
'Many of the rem-commissioned officers and men to whom
medals and gratuities have been awarded aro at present
serving in the Crimea, and ' • "

ffitte—giitilifie-siviii
great sati,faction to them. Major-General E. C. Whin-
yates, C B , commandant of the garrison, in a neat and
appropriate speech, presented each man with his medal.
The men on foreign stations will have their medals sent
out to them. Ti • interesting ceremony was concluded
by the band playing "God save the Queen."

I ' security against the very contingency of war ; the di-
, visionsj of Christians. Such are a few of the national
sins for which we should humble ourselves. But na-
tional humiliation, to be anything better than the pro-
'
fession of the Pharisee, must be based on personal humi-
liation—on a deep sense of those sins which mark
our characters as individuals. And we must add to these
confessions--to this acknowledgment of sin—hearty resolu-
tions and vows of amendment, to do our utmost to lessen
the evil that has happened, and to compass all those great
objects which are yet unattained. And here I admit that
the most sincere resolutions will meet with difficulties.
When benevolent feelings are awakened, they will often
find that principles of truth claim to regulate and guide
them. The case ofeducation illustrates this. No one has
been able to mark out the standing ground between secu-
lar and denominaticinal education. Sill, whatever may be
those difficulties, every man all find plenty of work to do
and a sound faith, a hearty charity, and a strong will mai
work wonders, and open a pathway through all obstacles.
In saying such things I am not throwing blame on any
persons. If I am to proportion and distribute blame, I
confess that we, the clergy, must receive the greater share,
and that the burden of past neglect and present duty presses
with more fearful responsibility on the bishops of the
Church than on any other men in this kingdom ; but, hav-
ing owned this, I would give a caution against harsh and
rough judgments about the Church and its ministers, and
I would plead in their behalf that they are but men. But
again : let us not attempt to stay to-day at confessions and
resolutions, but give proof of their sincerity by offering
alms, and consecrating to the building of a House of God
at Constantinople some of our abundance. Alms aid good
works are, like prayers, very powerful instruments in pros
curing blessings in this world and the next ; and the reason
of this is, that Christ takes them up into his all-powerful
intercession, incenses them with his merits, and prevails
with our heavenly Father to accept them. And now, in con-
clusion, I would hope that, besides any direct blessings
which God may grant to us in answer to our prayers and
other sacrifices, the moral influence of this day may be
good, in steadying, calming, and giving decision
to the national mind—in helping to keep it
clear of wrath and bitterness, and in fixing it
on the one legitimate object—a right and lasting
peace: --War mar-thiut wbe,not an unmixed evil. Indeed
it has -already been profitable to us in many, ways : our
army and navy have given proofs of the noblest devotion
to their country's cause ; the self-denial and gentleness,
and patience and perseverance of those Christian women
who have ministered to the wants of the sick and wounded
has set us at home a noble example, and I trust that we
shall so learn that lesson, that, whenever God in his mercy
restores to us the blessing of peace, we shall find that the
storm of war has cleared away many clouds which were
darkening our horizon. Let us hope that those hearts
which are being practised in expressions of strong yet ten-
der sympathy, will not, when the present demand upon
them ceases, draw in those sympathies from daily exercise
—bat that the poor, the ignorant, the publican, and the
harlot—the prisoner, the orphan and the widow, and the
rich and the feeble, will all experience the fruits both of
that unselfish charity which the perils of war have so fos-
tered and invigorated, and of this humiliation of ourselves
before God—this confession of our sins—these resolutions
to amend our ways, which have been prompted by our
earnest desires for a successful issue of the calamities of
the present war, and for the restoration of peace.