The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENIN'G, MAY 18, 1855.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

RAILWATU•

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this day.

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this day.

The blockehips at Spithead—the Cornwallis, 60, Cap,
tarn Wellesley; the Hawke, 60, Capt. Ommanney ; the
Hastings, 60, Capt. Caffin; the Pembroke, 60, Capt.
Seymour ; and the Russell, 60, Captain Scott—will
leave in a few days, having been ordered yesterday to
prepare for a move. It is conjectured that they
go to Marseilles to help to embark a further French
army of 50,000 men. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Coch-
rane commenced inspecting them yesterday, and they
are being fast filled up with their full complement of
crew. The Cruiser, 14, Commander the Hon. G. Doug-
las, returned to Spithead yesterday with a large number
of volunteers from Plymouth for these ships.
The Malacca, 17. Captain Farquhar, and the Gorgon, 6,
Commander R. B. Crawford, left Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon.for Constantinople, with a convoy of six gun-
boats ; they also conveyed a draught of about 200 Royal
Artillerymen, who arrived yesterday from Woolwich for
Gibraltar to join the Royal Artillery depot there. The
Olin, 16, paddle frigate,'Captain Willcox, returned to
Spithead on Tuesday night with the Flamer bomb-vesFel,
which she had taken outside the Wight to test ; the re-
sult of the trial was that the whole of the mortars will
be dismounted and sent as cargo in transports, and the
hulls will be ultimately convoyed to the East by the
Odin. The Lady Eglinton steam-transport steamed into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to disembark
her invalids, consisting of one of the 4th Dragoon
Guards, one of the Grenadier Guards, two of the
Scots Fusileer Guards, three of the Ist Royals, three
of the 4th Foot, three of the 7th, one of the 9th, one of
the 17th, one of the 18tb, four of the 20th, four of the
21st. two of the 28th, three of the 33d, one of the
34th', onetle of the
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the 50th, two of the 55th, one of the 62d, one of the 631,
six of the 77th, four of tLe 88th, three of the 89th, one
of the 93d, three of the 97th—in all 74. There were no
bai cases of helplessness ; all were removed into tempo-
rary quarters at Portsmouth, pending further arrange-
ments.
The Glutton, 16, screw floating-battery, is in No. 1
dry dock, Sheerness. Shipwrights are working at her
bottom, in which many defects in the caulking have
been discovered, which will detain her some time longer
in dock.

The Enterprise, exploring-ship, Captain Collinson,
C. 8., is in the outer basin, Sheerness; her crew are
busily employed dismantling her and getting the stores
out, &c. Tuesday or Wednesday next is the day named
for the crew to be paid off.

The Dapper, screw gun-boat, Lieutenant Grant, is
still under the hands of the shipwrights in the Camber
dry dock, Sheerness. ' Her repairs are fast proceeding
with, and no doubt by the Ist June she will be ready
for sea again.
The Brunswick, 90, screw, will be launched from
Pembroke royal dockyard, on the Ist of June.
To-morrow the brigade of Household infantry will be
inspected on the Horse Gu-srds Parade by Prince Albert
and the Duke of Cambridge. The men will all wear the
new tunic. regimentals.
The following appointments and promotions have bee'
made :
Naval Cadets.—Hon. H.-G. P. Meare, to the Bos-
cawen ; A. Bloxsome, to the Sanspareil ; J. W. Gam-
bier, to the Retribution ; F. Phillips, to the Cornwallis;
R. M,ffatt, to the James Watt ; A. Bannatyne, to the
Orion ; T. Campbell, to the Blenheim.
Commander V. A. Massingbred, Commander James
Rawstone, and Commander Thos. Miller, to be Captains.
Lieutenant John Seacombe, Lieutenant E. K. Gore,
and William Armytage, to be Commanders.
A few days since the 13th Light Dragoons, stationed
at Dorchester, were assembled to witness the presenta-
tion of a silver medal to one of the sergeants for his dis-
tinguished bravery at the battle of the Alma. The ser-
geant, who lost one of his legs in the engagement, suc-
ceeded by a desperate effort in saving the life of the
commanding officer.
The Kangaroo steamer, which left Cork with troops a
short time since, will return to that port in the course of
next week for another trip. She will take on board
horses and water.
On Monday five officers and six men from each of the
depots of the 9tb, 17th, 39th, and 89th (comprising the
provisional battalion in Limerick garrison) left for Lon-
don, to be present at the presentation t f the Crimean
medals by the Queen. The officers are, Capt. Newport,
9th : Captain Earle, 17th ; Captains Wilson and Dick-
son,. 39th ; Captain Nixon, 89th. A similar number
has left from all the depots now stationed in Ireland.
A party of 18 men of Captain Boxer's company Royal
rom Woolwich, left Limerick on Tuesday, by
the Erin-go-Bragh steamer, for the forts on the Lower
Shannon, to relieve a like number of that corns, ordered
to Woolwich. Among the party were five young fel-
lows who had returned invalided from before Sebastopol,
where they received bullet wounds which all sited their
limbs, but did not incapacitate them from doing duty at
home.

THE MILITIA.
Returns obtained by Colonel Gilpin, M.P., and just
published, inform the public that in England during the
year 1854 1,483 militiamen entered the regular forces
without permission, and 10,326 with permission, mak-
ing a total of 11,809 -ut of an establishment of 80,000.
In Scotland 196 militiamen entered the regular forces
with perinissi-n nut of an enlistment of 10.000, and in
Ireland 260 militiamen entered the regular fn rces with
permission, out of an establishment of 30,000. This
makes a grand total of 12 265 militiamen who entered
the line in the year 1854 out of a total establish ment
amounting to 120,000.

M 4 BK.la NNWN-IT HIS DAY,

C;OILN. EXcil A NO.E.

„..._
The present week's arrivals of English wheat, coastwise
and by land carriage, have been tolerably good; but the
show of samples in to-day's market was very moderate.
On the whole, the demand ruled steady, at Monday's
prices ; but the amount of business done was far from ex-
tensive.
There was a fair inquiry for foreign wheat—the imports
of which are over 10,000 quarters—and the quotations
were well supported.
We had a steady inquiry for barley and malt, at full
currencies.
The supply of oats was good. The oat trade was inac-
tive, at late rates. Beans, peas, and flour sold steadily
at Monday's quotations. The imports of the latter article
aro over 12,000 sacks,- chiefly from Spain.

Wheat.
3,270

•RRIVALIS TIIIII WISES.
Barley. 1 Walt.
2,940 , 7,330
-- )

Oats.
441
1,900 j
19,210 j 123605 ks
50 brls.

Flour
1,860

English ..
Irish •... I
Foreign .. I 10,780

SMITHFIELD.
To-day's market was well supplied with aped all kinds
met a dull sale, at a decline in the prices obt on Mon-
day of 2d. per Blbs. There was less activity in the sale for
sheep thau on Monday, yet that day's advance in the quo-
tations was supported. Lambs were in good supply, and
active request, at very full prices. Some small calves
moved off freely at active rates, but inferipr veal met a
dull inquiry. In pigs, scarcely any business was doing.
Milch cows were steady, at from 141. to 191. lower, includ-
ing their small calf.
Per 81bs to sink the offals.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s d.
I
Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0
Second quality.... 3 6 3 81La.rge crse. calves 4 0 4
Prime large oxen 310 4 2 Prime small d 0... 410 5 4
Prime Scots, dic. 4 4 4 6iLarge hogs 3O 4 0
Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 iSmall porkers 4 2 4 4
Second quality ...3 10 4 0 Suckling calves.. 22 0 29 0
Prime crse.-wlled.4 2 4 4;Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0
Lamb ss 2d to 6s 19d,
TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts ..•••••••••••••••• 1,135 Beasts••••••••• ••••••.• • 180
Sheep .•• •• •• •••••• .• •• .. 8, 00 Sheep .••• •• •••• •• •• 90
Calves ..................300 Calves.••••• •••••••••••••• 210

NEWGATE AND
The general demand rulec
supported.