The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-08 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's steam frigate Penelope, IS, Capt. Sit
W. Wiseman, returned to Spitbead on Saturday morn-
ing from the East, and went into Portsmouth harbour
in the afternoon to refit for further service.

Her Majesty's screw blockehip Pembroke, 60, Capt.
Seymour, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from
the Baltic ; and the Russell, 60, Captain Francis Scott,
made the same anchorage in the afternoon.

The Lady WNaghton, transport No. 86, arrived at
Portsmouth on Saturday from the East with invalids ;
and the St. Vincent, No. 18, arrived yesterday also with
invalids.

The Hawke, 60, screw blockship, Captain Ornmanney,
havingPreplenished her stock of coal, left Portsmouth-
harbour for Spithead, going to the eastward, on Saturday
evening.

The Havannah, 19, was towed from Hamoaze into
the Sound, on Friday, by the Confiance and Zephyr
steam vessels, and took her powder on board the same
day.

Three leading men of shipwrights are appointed from
the dockyard at Devonport to inspect gunboats building
for Government at different merchants' yards.
The screw steamer Pasha, Captain Willen, from Lowe-
stoft, with stores for Balaklava, put into Plymouth on
Friday, for coal.
Mr. Arthur Stewart, Controller, and Mr. Rae, Tide
Surveyor of Customs, Plymouth, placed under detention
in the Sound on Saturday the schooner Herrnena, Capt.
G. E. Ersenbard, which is sailing under Hanoverian
colours. She was built at Papenlierg, in Havannah, in
1847, but is supposed to be the property of Messrs. Rutz
and Co., of Riga, in which case she will be condemned
as a Russian prize. Two officers of customs are in pos-
session. The Hermena is from London, where she em-
barked a valuable cargo of general merchandise, and is
bound to Constantinople.
The General Screw Company's steamship Queen of the
South sailed from Southampton for Plymouth yesterday,
where she will embark a number of men belonging to
the Land Transport Corps, and proceed thence to the
Crimea.

The following appointments have been made :
Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.B. and K.C.H., is to
have the "good service " pension, vacant by the death
of Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.B.
Lieutenant C. A. C. De Crespigny, to the James
Watt (additional for service in the Snap tender) ; Lieu-
tenant Lord Edmund H. Cecil, to the Colossus (addi-
tional for service in the Dapper tender) ; Lieutenants
A. Talmteau, A. Salway, H. K. Leet, and J. B. Creagh,
to the Royal Albert (for disposal) ; William Evans (B),
to be additional surgeon of the Royal Albert, for service
in the Crimea.

The subjoined General Orders have just been issued
from the Adjutant• General's office :
Royal Artillery, Woolwich, Oct. 4.

" GENERAL ORDERS.
" Brevet-Colonel H. G. Teesdale to be Inspector and
Purchaser of Horses, vice Wingfield.
" Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Warde is appointed to the
Royal Horse Artillery, vice Teesdale.
" Captain R. K. Freeth is appointed Deputy Assistant
Quartermaster-General at Woolwich, vice Riddell, pro-
moted.

" In consequence of the foregoing, Brevet• Colonel Tees
dale is posted to the 9th Battalion, vice Ward.
"By 2ommand,
"H. PLUMB, Assistant Adjutant-General."

" Oot. 3.
" Her Majesty has boon graciously pleased to approve
the following promotions in the army, viz. :—General
Henry Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., to be Field-Marshal.
—Dated Oct. 2.
"2. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the fol-
lowing promotions in the Royal Artillery, viz, :—Second
Captains to be Adjutants—Richard Paget Campbell Jones,
vice Baideley, who resigns the adj atantcy only. Dated
August 26, 1854.
" Henry Townsend Boultbee, vice Telfer, retired on
half pay. Dated October 7, 1854.
" Robert John Hay, vice Adye, promoted. Dated De-
cember 9, 1854.

" George Harrison Ann Forbes, vice Henry, promoted.
Dated January 18, 1855.
" Gentleman Cadet William Henry Izod to be Lieute-
nant, and to take rank in the list of Lieutenants next after
Lieutenant Frederick John George Hill. Dated April 20,
1855.

"Lieutenant Frederick Litard to be Second Captain,
vice Snow, killed in action. Dated September 16, 1855.
" The date of promotion of Second Captain W. G. An-
drews is altered from the 16th to the 7th of September,
1855.

" Brevet Colonel Charles William Wingfield to be
Colonel, vice Wilford, ordered to be borne supernumerary.
" Captain John Henry Lefroy (on seconded list), to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.

"Captain Charles James Buchanan Riddell, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice Witgfield.
" Brevet-Major John George Boothby, to be Captain,
vice Riddell.

"Lieutenant Alexander Henry Murray (on seconded
list), to be Second Captain.
" Lieutenant John Alexander Phillips Adams, to be
Second Captain, vice Boothby.
" Lieutenant Roderick Mackenzie to be Second Captain,
vice Simpson, ordered to be borne supernumerary. Dated
24th September.
" 3. Her Majesty has been pleased 'to sign the following
commissions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery:—viz., to
be Lieutenants with temporary rank, Francis Duncan,
Alexander Doull, John Ryder Oliver, Edward Egan, James
Corray Jones Lowry, James Peatty Morgan, George Grog*
Hanner, Philip McLourin Guille, Arthur Ford, Francis
Montague Smith, Francis Arthur Smart, Frederick How-
lett, Richard Handcock, Charles Mills Molony, George
Arbuthnot, Richard Sadlier, William Buxton Barlow,
and Robert Callwell Smith.

"5. The whole of the officers named in the third para-
graph will join at Woolwich on the Bth of October.
"By command,
" IT. PALLISBR, Assistant-Adjutant-General.”
An immense quantity of timber has lately been dis-
charged at Pembroke dockyard, in order to meet the
demands caused by an increased establishment and the
rapid building of so many vessels. As many as half-a•
dozen ships have been unloading at the same time.
Twenty additional sawyers have been entered on the
books, the former number being inadequate to the pre-
paration of the converted timber required for new ves-
sels. New sawmills are also to be erected at Pembroke
dockyard, the contract for which is to be taken by the
contractor who is now enlarging the dry dock. This is
rapidly progre-sing in its enlargement, a considerable
number of hands being kept constantly at work, and
slip No. 14 is also being advanced in its alteration.
The following account of the death of Capt. Steven.
son, of the 30th Regiment, in the attack on the Redan,
has been sent home by a brother officer .—He states,
that on the morning cf the Bth of September the emu-
' panies of the 30th intended to take part in the storming
of the Redan were told off in the advanced trenches. At
about 12 o'clock at noon they bad orders to attack ; they
immediately rushed out of the trenches, and bad a space
of about 270 yards to cross before they reached the fort.
In crossing this space they were exposed to a most ter-
rific fire of grape, canister, and rifle, but strange to say
n ,t one officer fell. When they bad been in action about
10 minutes 'a rifle bullet carried off the third finger of
Captain Stevenson's left hand, and lodged in his right
knee, causing .him to fall. He instantly rose again, but,
being unable to stand without help, a soldier assisted
him back to the trenches, upon climbing the parapet of
which a grape shot struck him in the hip and knocked
him into the trench, when he was carried on a litter to
the hospital, where he lingered until the morning of
Monday, the 10th, when about 5 a.m. he expired.
The Long Melford troop of Yeomanry Cavairy were
inspected on Tuesday last in Rentwell-park, Suffolk,
undtr Lieutenant Ord, commanding, by Lieutenant.
Colonel Unett, 3d Light Dragoons, who expressed him-
self perfectly satisfied with the general appearance and
efficiency of the troop.
An officer of the Land Transport Corps has recently
been to Ashton-un ier-Lyne for the purpose of obtaining
volunteers from the 6th Royal Lancashire Militia. There
were on parade at the time not more than 300 men, and
on being asked to volunteer upwards of 200 stepped out
of the ranks. Five corporals and 192 privates were ap-
proved for the service required. This regiment has also
given volunteers both to the cavalry and the line.
Every Tuesday and Saturday (weather fine) Lord Sea-
ton reviews the troops at the Curragh.

WIND AND TVEATELE.I? REPORT.

SATURDAY, October 6.
Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather.
Greenwich S.W. Fine.
Lothbury.
Boston E.S.E Fine.
Great Grimsby... S.S.W Fine.
Gainsborough .... S.E.
Leicester S.E.
Derby S.W Fine.
Nottingham
Shrewsbury
Leamington S. W Fino.
Ipsw:ch S.W Cloudy.
Harwich N.E. Cloudy.
Southampton S.
Cowes S.
Portsmouth S.W Unsettled.
P001e.... ............ S. W Cloudy.
Leeds... ............. S.S.W.Fine.
Amsterdam ....... S.W Cloudy.
Manchester ....•• ... S.S.W Fine.
Stoke.on-Trent.... N
Lancaster ........... S.E.
Whitehayen .... S.
Ma.ryport..... ...... N.W
Sheffi
sl eld . ..... .. .... S.W
Carlie .............. 5...........•.• Fine.
Brighton .......... S. .. ..
........ Cloudy.
Cambridge ~• S.E.
Yarmouth. ......... S.S.W. Rain.
Lowestoft
......... W.
Bristol .............. S.E.. ......... Fine.
Plymouth ......... N.W
Exeter.... ........ ... N.W ......... Fine.
Gloucester ......... S.W. ......... Fine.
Cardiff S.Vir .......... Very fine.
Haverfordwest
Swansea N.E.......... Fine.
Holyhead ......
Dublin .. S
...... Cloudy.
S.S. W ....... Fine.
Liverpool
York
Newcastle
S.
CVleorid fine.y.
Darlington
Dundee
Sunderland
5.....
Glasgow
Aberdeen . N. W Very fine.
Perth
Edinburgh N.E Fine.
Fine.
S.W
Berwick.
Scarborough
Hull._
Fine.
Whitby ............ S.S.E.
Partially cloudy.
Tonbridge
......... S. •
Partially cloudy.
Strood ........... S.W