The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-23 00:00:00

Acceptanoo4 for the Clevet

land Handicap. One mile.

Aue Rt II
0 ritiner) ...... 5 9 2
King of Trump, 6 8 12
Dervi,-h

Age st lb
thi,,,l ~f re Liu V Ll-
ley
Welharn
Little Turn 4 7 2
Sicily
Culcavy
Fanny Gray
Laura Selina
Mary 3 6 0
The Cropper

Hospodar
Ivan
Calamus 4 7 10
Herald
Saraband
Orson 4 7 6
Rylstone 8 7 5

Naval and Milit

,3,ry Intelligence.

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The Wye &team-vessel, fitting as a condensing vessel
for the supply of fre-h water to Vie ,ir uy in the C imea,
to be stati.nied at Bat ,kla...a, ‘A,I3Pe pricted ng r and
from the north dock to tin srevii basin yesterday, at
Portsmouth, ran foul of the Caniprrdo•.n. 104, carried
away her upper-works, on the starboard quart r, and
her mizenniast. Silo was taken into the it-aiii basin in
the afternoon to expedite her fittings. The Clyde steam-
transp irt went into P ►res now h harbour yesterday to
to land her sick and wounded soldiers at the dockyard.
The Calliope, Palmerston, an I Parainatta transports
went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to discharLfe
their returned stores and be paid off. The Marlborough,
131, new screw three-decker, was to be uudocked last
night at high water at Portsmouth.

The Great Britain ,t am r and the Europa steamer
are under orders to sail from Liverpool on the sth or
6,11 of September, but it is not yet known what troops
they will take out. In additi n to troops and stores
ttiey have been fitted to carry ammunition. The Hanwa
steamer will sof from Liverpo,il with aurnunition and
infantry shout the 28th inst.

The Sanspareil, 70 guns, screw steamship, Captain
Woodford J. Wilhatm.,, arrived at Sheerness at 7 15 a. m.
yesterday for the purpose of taking board a number
of ovular,' and guns of large calibre, also ammun t;on,
shell, &c. She is to be despatched as soon as pos4ble
to the Black Sea.

The floating batteries Thunderer and Tri.sty are ordered
to be placed in the steam reserve squadron at Sheerness ;
each of teLeir fittings is to be complete in every rsspect
to make them effic,ent for active service, when required.
The Urgent, iron screw steam store-ship, Commander
Phillips. is progressing rapidly with her rigging and in-
ternal fittings.

The Siren., 16-gun sloop, at Sheerne3s, is all ataunt ;
her rigging is being ratlined down.
In the list of off cers engaged in the attack on Sw, a-
borg, mentioned in the de-patch of Admiral Dundas,
given in the papers of Tuesday, the name of Lieuten
Wind .rd, of the Royal M,r ne should ha,e
been Lieutenant G. H. Wilford. The riaine printed
as Brownlow, of the Pembroke, should have been Bro-
milow.

F. R. H. Yorke, naval nadet, has been appointed to
the Duke of Wellington for disposal.
The depot of the 25th Regitnent, which has been at-
tached to the Provisional Battalion at Chatham garr:son
for the last 15 years, will proceed this morning to M w,-
chester. It consists of 1 officer, 6 sergeants, and 223
rank and file, under command of Caotait. H. T. Walker;
they join the first division of the regiment which has ar-
rived from India.

The 2d Dragoon Guards, under command of Colonel
Campbell, are under orders t.i move from Burnielk to
Dublin at the end of this month.
Th half-troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards vartered
in Kilkenny fur the p- et half-year, under tale co;o-
-wand of Lieut. Dettmar, marched on Monday to join
the head-quarters in Dublin. They are not to he re-
placed in Kilkenny by any
A large draught cf naval voiui teers will be forwarded
from Liverpool to London this evening.
In reference to the retirement of Colonel Weymss
from the command of the Kilkenny Fusil.ers, as an-
nounced in Tice Sun of Monday, the gallant officer has
aodressed a letter to a local paper, in which he states
that. tieing willing and anxious to serve her Majesty, he
steadily refused all applications tram Colonel Tighe to
resign, "but had to give up the command, in compli-
ance with a letter from his Exee lency the Lord-Lieu-
tenant."

Thomas Evsr-tt, a native of Brook srreq, South
Weald, a serjeant in the 7th Fu a,ol 22 years io
the service, has just r turned to his native viliage, Brent
wood, with five wounds and the loss of an eye. His
nr,rudest boast is that tie had the distinguished honour of
-baking hand--a hearty E zlish shake, t '6—with her
Mje-ty at Portsmouth, who, io presenting hun with a
silk handkerchief, hernoied by herself. sail, "I am proud
of you, soy brave serj -ant;" that Miss Nightingale also
male num a similar present. ; that Miss Taylor honoured
him by walking arm-in-arm with him aboard ship ; and
that Miss Stanley sent out his pay, &c., for him to Hali-
fax. He received' a shot through the ear at the Alma,
a bayonet wound through the arm in a sortie, a bail
through the hip the same night, and had the hole of his
shoe torn off by a carmen tall" as he was lifting his leg
in walking. He considers that he " bagged" about MI
Russians by his own hand, ! He also states that he was
compelled to feign dead 16 hours as he lay nn the field
of battle surrounded by Russians, in order that he might
be enabled to release two cornraces who were taken into
Sebastopol prisoners. He got into Sebastopol, shot the
sentry who was guarding the house where they were
confined, relealea them, and then brought them safely
out.