The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-07 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. f pany's steamship Medway, for the Crimea. There 1
troops will be replaced by the 82d Regiment and a regi-
ment
The Britannia, 120, Captain Carter, is hourly expected meTnhteorf mecriuliittiia,
recruiting for the cavalry in general is going for-
at
ward most actively, and by March next it is expected
Spithead from the Black Sea. She comes home with
two-thirds of her ship's company and minus a great many that upwards of 1,300 men will be added to the cavalry
of her guns, landed at Balaklava. l force of the service. It is stated that two new cavalry
The Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville, is expected at regiments will be added to the light division, to be de-
Sheerness
to pay off, or rather pay down ; she has been !nominated the 18th and 19th Light Dragoons.
i four years in the Mediterranean and has a fine able crew. The following is the cavalry standard now acted upon:—
The Royal George, Captain Codrington, C. 8., is in HEAVY CAVALRY.—Men and lads not below 5 ft. 51 in.
the basin, Sheerness. Her alterations are fast progress- nor above 5 ft. 9 in. in height, and not exceeding 25
' ing. Most of her crew have returned from their leave, years of age.
time having expired on Monday. LIGHT CAVALRY.—Men and lads not below 5 ft. 5i in.,
The Cressy, 81, screw, Captain Warren, is moored in . nor above 5 ft. 9 in. in height, and not exceeding 25
the stream at Sheerness. She has nearly completed
;yeas of age.
taking in all stores, &c., and may be reported as fit for ei
CAVALRY IN INDIA.—Men not below 5 ft. 51 in., nor
immediate service.
The Majestic, 81, screw, Captain Hope, C. 8., is still above 5 tt. Bin height, and not under 18 years of ago nor
exceeding 25.
in No. 3 dry dock, Sheerness, detained by her machinery
being under repair.
The Blenheim, 61, screw, Captain (Nemesis) Hall, enlistment into cavalry up to 38 years of age, with goad
will haul into the fitting basin at Portsmouth on Thurs-
The 10th Hussars, now en route from India to the
da
The Rusrell, 61, screw, Captain Scott, heisted the Crimea, will be reinforced by recruits from England
pendant at Sheerness, on Thursday. She has got in her
lower masts, which will be rigged forthwith. She is to
go into No. 1 dry dock in a clay or two, which is being
got ready for her. Men who have previously served are eligible far re-
characters. Bounty 10/.
y.

ARRIVAL OF TILE SICK AND WOUNDED.

The Pembroke, 61, screw, Captain Seymour, will haul
into the steam basin at Portsmouth, to-day, to receive
her boilers and machinery.
The Nankin, 50, Captain Keith, is lying up at the
Black Stakes, River Medway. On Monday she swung
ship and adjusted her compasses, under the superintend-
ence of Mr. Barlow, master of the Formidable. She is
taking in some trifling store', when she will proceed to
Plymouth. Her future destination will be either India
or China. She has a fine crew, we hear.
The Amphion, 34, screw, Captain Key, is'in No. 2
dry dock, Sheerness. Her false keel is broken off in
several places ; the keel will have to be wholly replaced
by a now one. She was rubbed a little with the ice in
the Baltic, where she was on shore more than once, as
long as 20 hours at a time. The mechanics are busily
employed bedding her new boilers below, &c.
The Pylades, 21, screw, Captain D'Eynconrt, hauled
out of No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, yesterday afternoon,
and has gone under the sheers to take a portion of her
heavy machinery in ; her topmasts are on end, and every
facility is given to get her forward as soon as possible.
The Tartar, 21, screw, Captain Dunlop, is moored on
the west shore, Sheerness ; preparations were made to
swing her to adjust her compasses, but the thick hazy
weather prevented it. She is an exceedingly smart-
looking vessel, and rumour sends her to the Black Sea.
The Desperate, 8, screw, Captain White, is in the
basin, Sheerness, refitting, &c.
The Melampus, store frigate, Commander Borlase,
has hauled out of the basin at Sheerness, at last, and is
moored over on the other shore ; she progresses fast in
all respects.
The Geyser, 6, paddle, Commander Roderick Dew,
received advanced wages, yesterday, at Spithead.
The Cuckoo, 3, paddle, Lieut.-Commander Augustus
Murray, has steamed out of the camber at Sheerness,
and is lying up the harbour.
The Lizard, 3, paddle, Lieut.-Commander Christopher,
arrived in the harbour, Sheerness, yesterday afternoon,
from picking up the wreck of the Fanny, on the coast.
The Avon, tender, Master Commander Veitcb, sailed
from Portsmouth, for Plymouth, yesterday, with super-
numeraries and men returning from leave of absence.
Captain Gordon, of the Duke of Wellington, will
relieve Captain Hay in the Victory this morning at
Portsmouth. The latter officer will be flag-captain to
Rear-Admiral Houston Stewart, C. 8., second in com-
mand in the Black Sea fleet.
We are very sorry to hear that Commander Booth, of
her Majesty's steamer Nile, has applied to be super-
seded. The fatigue he has undergone in fitting out the
Nile and the hard work of the Baltic campaign have
wrought upon his health, and reluctantly forced upon
him the step which sheer necessity alone induced him to
take.

The Harbinger, screw steam transport, one of the
squadron of the. General Screw Steam Navigation Com-
pany, Commander Sharp, arrived at Portsmouth and
went into harbour yesterday afternoon at 1 to land
wounded officers and men from the seat of war, but the

latter were (Tiered by
_Government telegraph to be
taken to Chatham in the Flip. She sailed from Seatari
on the 12th ult , at 5 p.m. ; arrived at Malta on the
18th, at 12 p.m. ; left on the 19th, at 8 p.m. ; arrived
at Gibta!tar on the 26th, nt 5 p.m. ; left on the 28th, at

4.m. ; and arrived at Soutbampton on Monday, the sth
inst., at 4 p.m., where she remained all night, and left
yesterday, about 11 a.m., for Portsmouth Harbour. The
Harbinger brought home the following officers and
men :—Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge, of
the 7th Fusiliers, with loss of both feet at Inkerman ;

Major Gobbles, of the 85th, wounded in the elbow at
Inkerman ; Captain Macdonald, of the 95th, wounded
in 17 places by the bayonet and one gunshot wound,
which brought him down ; Captain Marsh, of the 550 ;
Captain Bush, elbow joint shot away at Inkerman ;
Captain Fitzroy, wounded in the knee at Inkerman ;
Lieutenant Arquimbau, R.N. ; Lieutenant P. Cahill, of
the 49th, wounded in the foot at Inkerman ; Lieutenant
Twysden, of the 55th ; Mr. George Dundee, M.P. ;
Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Thornhill ; Dr.
Menzies, Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals at Scutari ;
Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Bayfield ; Assistant-Surgeon
Flower, of the 63d ; Bandmaster Koesil, of the 4th ;
Bandmaster Thomas, of the 77th ; Captain Curtis, R.A.
from Gibraltar ; Quartermaster M`Queen, of the 92d
Highlanders ; and 81 military invalids, 4 soldier ser-
vants, 4 civilians, and 5 distressed British subjects.
The invalids and wounded men were from the follow-
ing regiments :—Royal Artillery. 2 ; 2d Dragoon
Guards, 2 ; Bth Hussars, 1 • Enniskillen Dragoons,
2 ; 11th ussars, 1 ; 13th Light Dragoons, 1 ; 17th
Lancers, 3; Grenadier Guards, 7; Scots Fusilier Guards,
1 ; 7th Fusiliers, 1 ; 19th Foot, 3 ; 20th, 2 ; 21st, 1 ;
23d, 3 ; 30th, 5 ; 33d, 7 ; 41st, 1 ;44th, 1 ;47th, 6 ; 490,2 ;
50th, 1 ; 55th, 1 ; 57th, 6 ; 63d, 1 ; 68th, 4 ; 77th, 2 ;
79, 1 ; 88th, 2 ; 93d, 2 ; 95th, 1 ; Ist Battalion Rifle
Brigade, 3 ; 2cl ditto, 2. These cases were all doing
well, under the care of Staff Assistant-Surgeon Bayfield,
in charge, and Lieutenant Cahill in command, and will
leave for Chatham this morning without being disturbed.
But why could not the ship have been despatched from
Malta to Chatham direct, instead of first going to
Southampton on Monday, waiting there all night, then
going to Portsmouth yesterday, and staying there all
night, finally leaving for Chatham this the third day after
their arrival in Engesnd ! Major-General Sir Frederick
Smith, R.E., and Staff, and the usual officials superin-
tended the disembareation of those officers and others
lauded at Portsmouth. Captain Fitzroy, Lieutenant
Twysden, Mr. Dundas, Dr. Menzies, A. S Flower, Mr,
Koesll, Mr. Thomas, and Captain Curtis landed at
Southampton, and the other wounded and invalid offi-
cers at Portsmouth dockyard. Major Gubbins, Captain
Bush, and Captain Macdonald were earned to the
George Hotel, sod Sir Thomas Troubridge, who is the
son of Nelson's Captain Troubridge, and nephew of Vice-
Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Commander-in-
Chief at Portsmouth, was carried in an invalid chair by
a fatigue party to the Admiralty-house. As soon as the
Harbinger was rsportect in sight Sir Thomas Cochrane
went out to meet her in the Fire Queen steam tender.
Rear Admiral Chad 4 and numerous other officers were
quickly on board as soon as she came into harbour. She
spoke the following ships on her passage home --Jan.
15, off Cape St. Angelo, the steara transport Imperatrice
(Nu. 150), with troops for the Crimea, all well ; Jan.
21, exchanged numbers with the Inverary Castle ; 25th,
passed, off Cape de Gatte, the schooner Isabella and the
brig Odessa, bound for the eastward ; 27th, passed the
Sultana (No. 32 sailing transport), with invalids, home-
ward-bound ; the Clyde and the Lady Egliut MI trans-
ports were at Malta, outward bound. Assistant Quar-
termaster-General Delgetty personalty attended Captain
-Macdonald to the Gscrge Hotel, by his litter.
The sick and wounded landed from various ships lately
at Portsmouth, and quartered in the. new garrison hos-
pital, are all doing well under the skilful and unremitting
attention of Dr. Lawson, Ordnance Medical Officer, and
Assistant-Surgeon Henry Bishop, of the Royal Wilts
Militia (a voluntter, who considers himself amply re-
warded by the thanks and smiles of the gallant patients
for anything he does for them). It will be pleasing to
their friends and the service to know that the wounded
Ara most assiduously and tenderly cared for. There are
many badly wounded from Alma and Inkerman, as well
as Balaklava, and these are going on very favourably
towards convalescence. Thu dysenteric and fever in valida
are much the worst looking of the whole, but all are
moat grateful for their treatment at. the hands of their
medical attendants, and especially for the kindness of
Lady Smith and Major-General Sir Frederick Smith,
R.E., Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth,
who go repeatedly, and with their own hands dispense
liberally such delicate luxuries as jellies, custards, blanc-
manges, rusks, biscaits, buns, sponge cakes, and such
like relishing confecturee. Lady Smith also gives those
who can write memorandum-books, pencils, postage-
stamps, and paper to write to their friends.
The transport-ship Talavera, Captain Scott, which
left'Constantinople on the Bth of December, and Malta
the 4th of January, arrived in Plymouth Sound yester-
day afternoon, having on board 19S non-commissioned
officers and men from various regiments, under the com-
mand of Captain O'Brien and Lieut. Harcourt, 300
Regiment, invalided, sick, and in medical charge of As-
sistant-Surgeon A. T. Sylvester, of the 23d Welsh Fusi-
liers. Only two deaths have occurred on the passage—
viz., Private Carter and Private Ross, both of the Scots
Fusilier Guards ; but the wounded have suffered much
from the severe weather during the passage from Malta.
A succession of heavy gales was experienced in the
• Mediterranean from the westward and after leaving
Gibraltar from the eastward. The Talavera landed at
Malta Commander leloyei, Midshipmen Bailie and Gooch,
and 59 seamen, invalids, in charge of Dr. Evans, R.M.;
and outside Malta spoke the transport Sultana, No. 32,
going in with invalids—all well.