The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-13 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

'. letter fran Ba!als:s.,:„Ths:eit its `2P- it mete
tious the febowieg tuuvCOitnLi at that station :—" pie
Hi,stiflyer, Capt. Moore, arrived off the port on the
25th to embark the Duke of Newcastle, and she sailed
on the 26th for Kertch, whence she proceeds to the coast
of Circassia,. The Spitfire surveying steam-vessel left the
hay on the 27th to rejoin the fleet. The Niger, screw"
corvette, arrived at Kazatch, from Kerte!), on the 28th;
she sails for England in a few days. Surgeon Duigaut
recently attached to the Naval Brigade, has been up'
pointed to do duty with the Marine Brigade. Assistant'
Surgeon Hopkins, of the Royal Albert, has been aP'
pointed to do duty in the Marine Brigade Hospital. Mr.
Creak, Second Master of the London, has been appointed
to the Triton, vice Wilishire, invalided. An expedition
has been sent from Yenikale to a town on the opposite
side of the Straits of Kertch, called Tinian, for the pur'
pose of getting firewood ; they took away the flooring
and rafters of the better class of houses. A force of
some 1,200 or 1,500 Cossacks were hovering about in
the distance, as they feared approaching within range
of our guru-boats."
The screw-steam transport Imperatriz, Capt. Cox, left
Portsmouth harbour a little before 11 o'clock yesterday
morning for the Crimea, with the Jager Corps of the
British German Legion, comprising 3 field officers, 10
captains,. 18 subalterns, 5 of the staff, 66 sergeants, 24
drummers, and 826 rank and file. The officers were
Lieut.-Col. Schrcer,
*Majors Lettgan and Roney; CRPte'
Koniger, Lent, Knoha, Misclike, Grabanwskg,
itscher, Gaspar, Dinninesg, Hacks, and Husornzowskr;
Lieuts. Bewcharda, Risslor, Weiszelman, Langer], Her'
bin};, Hesse, Bruggrnan, Slecha, and Leir; Ensigns Kau'
her, Nuylor, Lousada, Blucher, Braun, Zischka,
Paymaster Warren, Quartermaster Burden, Surgeon
Kertch, Assistant-Surgeons Krause and Brink. As the
vessel left the harbour the Legion was loudly cheered by
the populace ashore, whom the Jugers as warmly greeted
in return. The Imperatriz remained at Spithead, from
stress of weather, at dark last evening.
The weather was so bad at Portsmouth yesterday that
the ships, which had made the anchorage of Spishead on
the previous evening, remained safely moored last night,
and the line-of-battle ships Powerful, Pembroke, and
Cornwallis, and the steam-sloop Rosamond, which Are
under orders to proceed to the West India station, re'
mained at anchor from the same cause. The Powerful
goes first to Lisbon before steering for Jamaica. The
Powerful takes supernumeraries for the Neptune And
St. George, three-deckers, at Lisbon, and also for the
squadron on the West India station.
The Cape of Good Hope steam-transport went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday to land her invalids from
the East.

His Swedish Majesty's corvette Lagerbjelke, from
Carlscrona for the Mediterranean, and the screw steam'
transport Imperatriz, No. 220, from London for the
Crimea, and the following merchant ships, all put in off
Portsmouth and Ryde yesterday from stress of weather,
with several others, wind blowing hard from S.W. to
W.N.W. :—The Claremont, from Leith for Calcutta;
the Balaklava, from Sunderland for Calcutta ; the Bel-
lona, from Sunderland for Calcutta ; the Ida Ziegler!
from London for Calcutta ; the Times, from London for
Punta Arenas ; and theJoshna, from London for SydneY.
The Belbec has sailed from Greenhitbe for the Crimes.
Her Majesty's troop-ship Simoom, 18, Captain T. R•
Sulivan, was taken out of the steam-basin at Portsmouth,
a ter, receivin,„ new boilers and machinery, yesterday, and
will be tried to-day at Stokes' Bay, weather permitting.
The Lord Da!housie sailing-transport, No. 116, ig
taken up to carry troops to the Mediterranean from Ire'
.and. She went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday
afternoon, but brought up at Sp'thead until the weather
moderates.

The Walmer Cast'e, Indiarnan, sailed from Spithead
yesterday morning fur the Ti amen.
The Russell, 60, screw block ship, Captain Franeig
Scott, was taken into dock at Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon, to have a few defects repaired.
The Wye, steam-vessel, fitted up as a distilling vessel
for Balakfava, is being laden with victualling store,
from the Clarence-yard for the Crimea.
The Fury, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Chamber'',
went into Portsmouth harbour on Thursday night, end
is being dismantle.l, to be put out of comtnissitin.
Her Majesty's sloop, Siren, 16, Commander OtweYl
which left Plymouth with a mail for the Brazils on the
25th ult., experienced very severe weather immediately
after departure. On the 3d inst, her mainmast was die•
covered to be badly sprung, and she bore up for Vigni
where it was fished. She left Vigo on the Bth, and
arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon. Her repair'
wilt occipy a fortnight.
Advice has been received at the Rcyal Marines' guar•
ters at Woolwicb, to the effect that recruits who be"
passed the infantry drills are to be subjected to a course
of instruction in great gun exercises. Assistant-Surgeon
W. Crawford, of the same corps, has obtained leave Of
absence for six weeks.

First Lieutenant W. J. Christy, of the Woolwich divi'
sion of Royal Marines, and First Lieutenant H. IV'
Sharpe, of the Portsmouth division, having applied for
permission to exchange divisions, have obtained the sans'
tion of the Lords of the Admiralty for that purpose.
Lieutenant C. D. Lucas bas been appointed to the,
Powerful ; Lieutenant C. R. F. Boxer, to the Calcutta P
J. H. Blachford, Second Master, to the Wye, store'
ship ; William Haydon, Masters' Assistant, to the Dee;
A. G. Thomas, Paymaster, to the Crocodile.

ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF
CAMPERDO WN.
In 1797, Sir John Hamilton (now in his 91st year)'
being in command of his Majesty's armed cutter Active,
Admiral Duncan sent him to the coast of Holland, where
he received information that the Dutch fleet intended to
put to sea, in consequence of the English fleet having
been in a state of mutiny.
Observing the Dutch fleet come out of the Tem)), the
commander of the Active sailed along their. line, and
after ascertaining their force made the best of his will
off Yarmouth, and communicated the intelligence t°
Admiral Duncan.

The admiral immediately directed him to lead the fleet,
which he skilfully did until within sight of the enen3P
which led to the glorious victory of Camperdown on the
11th of October, 1797.

After the battle, the gallant admiral was so satisfied
with the commander of the Active that he took hill to
Walmer Castle, where his important services were
acknowledged by Mr Pitt, and during the remainder of
the admiral's life he al ays took the greatest interest in
all that concerned the welfare of Sir John and
family.

Captain Luke Smithett is the nephew and son-in-10
of the gallant veteran ; and Lieutenant Smithett,
who
bas been in most of the naval engagements in the Crimes'
and was dangerously wounded, is Sir John's grandson.

COURT-MARTIAL—At a general court-martial held ati
camp before Sebastopol on the 27th September, Private
Simon M'Anally, 4th Regiment, was tried upon the
following charges .—" 1. For having been drunk whet!.
n coup before Sebastopol, when a defaulter, on or about
the 21st of September, 1855." "2. For having, on °r
about the time and at the place mentioned in the firs,,'
charge, thrown a stone at Corporal Mann, 4th Reg',
merit, and struck him therewith a violent blow on the
bead, he, the said Corporal Mann, being then and there
his superior officer and iu the execution of his duty; and
for having, at the same time and place, made use, 0
threatening laruage to the said Corporal Mann, saY
Y6u recruit, kill your or words to that /Alec',
of which charges the court found the prisoner guiltft
and :laving received evidence of his previous bad ohst
adjudged him to undergo a corporal punishme°
of cst
oer lashes,,
and to be imprisoned, with bard labour, far
one year. The judgment was approved and confirmed. James Simpson, General Commanding.
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