The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligente.

The screw steam-transport Northumberland, No. 51,
arrived yesterday at Woolwich to embark military stores,
&c., for the East. The Prompt, No. 68, arrived on Sa-
turday; and the Earsden, No. 17, went down from
Deptford to load for the same destination. The Pro-
gress, got ready at Deptford, has received her sailing
orders, and will leave this day for Queenstown to take
in her powder, preparatory to proceeding to Balaklava.
The Elizabeth schooner transport sailed yesterday
morning from the Arsenal-wharf, Woolwicb, having
shipped 120 tons of shot and shell on Sunday afternoon.
Her cargo is for the Arabia, at Portsmouth. The Spirit
of Trade (late the Briton), J. Ledger, master, has em-
barked 1,000 tons of shot and shell, and is ready for sea.
The following appointment has taken place in the
Royal Marine corps, under date of Sept. 6 :
First Lieutenant Henry Lindsay Searle, of the Artil-
lery Companies, to be Adjutant of the Plymouth Divi-
sion, vice Domville, promoted.
On Saturday a detachment of 40 men of the Royal
Tappers and Miners went down from Woolwich to un-
ergo a course of field instruction at Chatham. The
Driver company, consisting of 120 non-commissioned
officers and privates of this corps, with the like number
if horses, is under orders to embark at Liverpool on
ooard the Assistance steamer, The officers in command
of this detachment are Captain Siborne, Captain Charles
Barry, Lieut. Malcolm, and Lieut. Marindin. Upwards
of 100 volunteers have joined the Royal Sappers' re-
cruiting party at the head-qua,rters at Aldershot, from
the militia there, and are principally tradesmen.
The Repulse, 90 guns, screw line-of-battle ship, is to
be launched in the course of the spring tides of this
month from Pembroke dockyard.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :
Commander Alexander Duff Gordon to the Hecate,
vice Commander Glynn ; the Rev. J. M. Edwards,
chaplain and naval instructor, to the Valorous; the Rev.
J. W. Clarke, chaplain, to the Hannibal; Mr. James
Stephen, naval instructor, to the Hannibal ; Mr. John
H. Bond, naval instructor, to the Rodney ; Alexander
S. Brodie, second master, to the Sharpshooter ; J. S.
Barry, confirmed as assistant-surgeon, to the Ter-
magant.

THE MILITIA.
The garrison duty of Pembroke Dockyard is now
entirely in the hands of the militia, the whole of tine
Royal Artillery having been withdrawn. The Pent.
brokeshire Artillery Militia have been conveyed to the
forts on Thorn Island and the Stack Rock, where the
Ist Company, and detachments from the others, have,
been placed under the command of Lieut. Dunsterville.
The fortified barracks on the heights are occupied by the
Monmouthshire Light Infantry, who have to find reliefs
for the whole of the dockyard duty, which preAse.;
heavily upon the men.
The wooden barracks at Hobb7s Point are near com-
pletion, and, when finished, will be occupied by more
of the local militia, who will take turn in garrison duty.
It is said that Government will shortly very greatly
enlarge the number of hutz now in course of erection.
Several volunteers have recently left the Cornwall
Miners Artillery Militia for the regular service. About
20 volunteered, but 10 only passed—of these seven en-
tered the Artillery, two the Marines, arid one the 73
Regiment.

The North York Rifles, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel
Wade, were drawn nut on Thursday at Richmond for
the purpose of volunteering into the line. About 35
men fell out at the call of the comm inding officer, of
whom 22 were selected by the recruiting officers-o'oa
for theßoyalArtillery, four for the Sappers and Miner.,
six for the 85th Regiment, and four for the Royal Ma-
rines.

The South Durham Militia, quartered at Barnard
Castle, is now about 400 strong.

THB CA .I.IIT.

The following is an extract from the letter of an
officer :

Before Sebastopol, Aug. 28.
The brilliancy of the moon has not allowed us to make
much progress with our advance trenches during the last
three days, nor will it for some days yet to come. The
enemy have completed their bridge of rafts across the
harbour, and yesterday they took hundreds of carts, &0.,
across it from both the north side and south side of Sebas-
topol. The general opinion out here is that we shall be
attacked all round very shortly ; one thing you may rely
upon, that if the enemy do try to force our position, say
at Ba!aklava or any other spot, it will be a most deter-
mined attack. The French authorities:, I understand, ex-
pected that something would take place on the morning of
the 26th. These constant alarms and unexpected attacks are
very annoying, for both officers and men of the English
army are still confined to camp inconsequence. The amuse-
silents that some of the men in each camp get up, are foete
ball, quuits, a kind of &Kitties, and tossing up. In the
trenches they play cards a good deal. It would be a
great boon if the Government sent cut to each corps a
supply of articles for games, particularly as winter is no e•
coming on. The priric;pal topic of conversation amongst
them just now is the floating bridge. Tile fact of this
being oracle convin-es them that no plunder will be nee
obtained on the south side of Sehastnpel. Among -t
the officers slightly wounded since the 25th I have to
mention Captain Chas, Arbuthnot, Royal Artillery
Major Hicrginbotharn, 63.1 Regiment ; Lieut. Evans,
88th, and: Lieut. Rolls, 90th Light L.lantry. The last
officer will, I believe, be the future Earl of Stradhroke,
and the first-named officer has the reputation of being one
of the best artillery officers out here, besides one of th
coolest under fire that it is p,:ssij le to conceive. On pre-
motion to first captain lately, he exchanged companie,:
so as to be µhie to remain out here. I hear that in each
leg he has received a flesh wound, but I trust, if only for
the sake of the Artillery, that he will not be obliged t
leave the Crimea, as this arm of the service, particularly
"the siege train," cannot afford to lose many such ()Eli
cers. With reference to general after orders of the 26id
I may inform you that the investiture took place as or
ranged, at 2 in the afternoon, but owing to the positie,
ef the troops and the great number of French, Sar
dinian, and naval officer,, &e., that crowded round tie
throne or dais, formed out of the portico leading from
the court- -d into General Simpson's house, very fey.
were enabled to see any portion of the ceremony ;
I have little doubt that the whole effect wets vere
eetty from the house itself. Brigadier-General GA.
et, 16th Regiment, commanded the 500 men of t'i•
4th Division, and Brigadier-General Barlow, 14th li.-
.(-4itnent, the 500 men of the :3.1 Division. At head-
quarters a capital breakfast and luncheon were given
to a select few, and after the latter Lord Stratford
de Redcliffe again left for Constantinople. Sir Harry
Jones was too ill to be present at the ceremony, and so
had to be invested in hie hut. Before closing this letter,
I must bring under your notice the absurd manner in
which they reward out here men who distinguish them-
selves under heavy fire ; and also the sad manner in
which that scientific, and, as everybody must allow, that
deserving corps of Sappers and Miners, has been of •
glected. One would have thought that by this time ex-
perience would have taught England better policy, mil
that she would have held out every inducement to en-
courage her soldiers to perform their duties cheerfully ;
but to explain more fully what I mean by " absurd re-
wards," I furnish you with two extracts from the Bri-
gade Orders, Royal Sappers and Miners, which I have
succeeded iu procuring :

BRIGADE ORDERS.
Head-quarters before Sebastopol, July 27.
The Major-General commanding, having received .a
special report of the conduct of Corporal John Ross, 2d
Company Royal Sappers and Aliners, while employed in
the trenches of the right attack,
i, on the night of the 21. t
inst., has had much gratification n bringing the name
of this non-commissioned officer un.der the notice of the
Lieutenant-General Commanding-m-Chief, who has
been pleased to award him a donation of two sovereigns.
By order, &c.