The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-17 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Signal was made at 8 o'clock yesterday morning to the
fleet at Spithead and in Portsmouth harbour for all offi-
cers and men entitled to receive the Crimean medal
to notify their names to the Commander-in-Chief, in
order that arrangements might be made for their coming
un to London to receive that distinction at the hands of
the Queen. All the officers and three men from each
ship who were present in any of the engagements before
Sebastopol for which these medals are granted will there-
fore muster at the Royal parade-ground to-morrow
morning. The Julia sailing-transport was towed into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to land her mi-
litary invalids, consisting of 1 of the 4th Light Dra- '
goons, 2 of the Bth Hussars, 1 of the 11th ditto, 3 of
the 13th Light Dragoons, 12 of the Grenadier Guards,
7 of the Coldstream Guards, 5 of the Scots Fusilier
Guards, 6 of the Ist Royals, 4 of the 4th Foot, 3 of the
7th, 5 of the 9th, 1 of the 17th, 4 of the 19th, 8 of the
20th, 5 of the 21st, 9 of the 23d, 5 of the 28th,
3 of the 30th, 4 of the 33d, 1 of the 34th, 2 of the 38th,
3 of the 39th, 3 of the 41st, 1 of the 42d, 3 of the 44th,
4 of the 46th, 2 of the 47th, 3 of the 49th, 6 of the 50th,
4 of the 55th, 1 of the 62d, 7 of the 63d, 2 of the 68th,
1 of the 77th, 2 of the 79th, 5 of the 88th, 1 of the 89th,
4 of the 93d, 6 of the 95th, 4 of the 97th, 2 of the Ist
Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, 10 of the 2d ditto, 5 of
the Royal Artillery, 1 of the Royal Sappers and Miners,
and lof the Mounted Staff Corps-in all 177. Many
of these gallant fellows had been present at each of
the actions of Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, and were
rejoiced to hear of the Queen being about to distribute
the medals with which to decorate the heroes of those
memorable engagements, and hoping they would reach
London in time to be present at the grand muster. Only
the Guards were for carded yesterday; these left by the 2
o'clock train (via-Brighton) for their several bead-quarters
in London ; the rest were sent into temporary quarters at
Portsmouth until arrangements can be made for their re-
ception elsewhere. The Julia spoke a ship on May 8,
showing the second distinguishing pendant 5,823, from
Plymouth, four days out, for Constantinople, in lat. 40
54 N. long. 10 2 W.
The Malacca, 17, screw corvette, Captain Farquhar,
and the Gorgon, 6, paddle-sloop, ommander Crawford,
are ordered to leave Spithead to-day for the Black Sea,
conveying 100 Royal Artillerymen each, and convoying
the flotilla of steam gun-boats from Spithead to the same
destination.
The Rhadamanthus steam-transport returned to Wool-
wich from Portsmouth yesterday.
The Falcon, 14, Commander Pullen, returned to
Spithead from Plymouth yesterday.
The Lady Eglinton steam-transport, No. 165, Cap-
tain Dunn, arrived at Spithead at midnight on Tuesday,
from Constantinople, which she left on the 24th of April ;
Malta, the sth of May ; and Gibraltar on the 9th, with
a mail from the latter station, and 75 invalids from the
East, in charge of Captain W. R. Gordon, of the Cold-
stream Guards, and Dr. Raymond, of the 23d Royal
Welsh Fusiliers : one death only occurred on the pas-
sage. Her Majesty's sloop Medusa was at Gibraltar.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
_o steam-
ship Simla, Captain G. Brooks, arrived at S uthamp-
ton from Portsmouth yesterday, where she landed her
invalids and Russian prisoners on the previous day.
The Simla will be made ready for sea with all possible
despatch, and devoted to the conveyance of troops and
horses to the Crimea.

The Perseverance, iron screw steam storeship, was
taken into the fitting.basin at Sheerness yesterday. Her
present heavy masts are to be taken out of her, in lieu
of which she is to receive lower masts of the sth class,
with yards, topmasts, &c., adapted for vessels of the 6th,
7th, and Bth classes. By this arrangement her masts,
spars, yards, &c., aloft will be considerably under one-
half the weight of her former mists, &c. Her rate of
speed on her passage from Woolwich, after rounding
the Nore, was nothing under 17 knots into Barbour.
When this ship is rigged, officered, and manned, she is
to be placed at the disposal of the Oriental Screw Steam-
ship Company for immediate service as a transport.
The Volage, floating magazine, and the Cornwall (late
50) have been put out of the fitting-basin at Sheerness.
The only ships remaining in the basin at present ere the
Trafalgar, 120, Horatio, Trusty, floating-battery, and
the Perseverance.
The Russian prisoners who were brought from the
East by the steamer Simla, and transshipped to the
Cruiser and Falcon, were landed on Tuesday at Ply-
mouth, where they were received by Lieut. Veitch,
R.N., the Governor of the Millbay Prisons. They
stated that their removal from Constantinople, and their
treatment on board the Simla, were highly satisfactory.
Several of the Russian officers taken at Bomarsund at-
tended the disembarkation. Of the 12 officers from the
Simla seven were Greeks, and there are 62 of that nation
among the 250 rank and file. There are now 767 pri-
soners at Millbay—namely, from Bomarsund, 11 officers
and 494 men ; from the East, 12 officers and 250 men.
The Greeks have a portion of the prison appropriated to
their exclusive occupation.

Her Majesty's fillip Monarch arrived safely at Rio
Janeiro on the 18th of February ; she was to sail for
Valparaiso on the 22d of that month. The Madagascar,
Spy, and Trident were at Rio on the 18th of February.
Yesterday afternoon her Majesty's ship Crocodile, the
receiving-ship, which broke adrift from her moorings
abreast of the Tower some months ago, and has since
lain alongside the Tower wharf, was towed down the
river to Deptford Dockyard, where she will undergo an
extensive overhaul, having sustained much damage
when she parted from her moorings. A steam-tendEr
from Woolwich will be placed under the orders of Com-
mander Greet for the service of the Naval Rendezvous,
Tower-hill.

Yesterday 8,500 stand of Minis rifles and bayonets,
in cases containing 20 stand each, a large number of the
new Victoria carbines, ordinary rifles, sword bayonets,
and sabres, were shipped on board the James and Ann,
sailing-lighter, from the Tower wharf, fur convey-
ance to the Crimea. The new Victoria carbine,
intended for the use Of the Land Transport and
Royal Ambulance Corps, and the small arm men of
the Royal Artillery drivers, are a light descrip-
tion of musket, having a smaller bore ; the stock
,is
much lighter than that of the ordinary musket, and
the barrel, instead of being fastened in the usual
manner, is fixed to the stock with iron clamps ; the car-
bine, with the bayonet fixed, is the same length as the.
Minis r:fle with a similar weapon attached.
On Tuesday evening three companies of the 80th Re-
giment of Foot, accompanied by a small detachment of
the 42d Highlanders, arrived by special train at the sta,
tion of the London and North-Western Railway, Bir-
mingham, en route from Scotland to the Crimea. After
being formed upon the platform they marched, preceded
by their band, along Great Queen-street, New-street,
and Upper Temple-street, to Temple-row, where they
were dismissed for the night to their several 'billets in
the town. The band along the line of march played the•
air of "Cheer, boys, cheer," and the men, who were in
excellent spirits, were heartily welcomed by the popu-
lace. Yesterday morning they proceeded by the Great
Western Railway to join their comrades at Portsmouth.
A committee of influential gentlemen has been formed
at Southampton for the purpose of establishing a fund
for the relief and assistance of the widows and orphans
of the large body of men serving in the transport ser-
vice. Thelormation of so necessary a fund is due to
Captain Engledue, superintendent of the Peninsular
and Oriental Company, who, seeing that no provision is
made in the rules of the Patriotic—Fund for affording
relief to the widows of sailors who have died in the
transport service at the seat of war, and knowing that
not only does tkis branch of the war service include a'
numerous class of useful men, but also that, in copse.
pence of the total absence of all provision being made,
in case of death for those left behind, great difficulty is
frequently experienced in inducing men to enter the ser-
vice, have found that the establishment Of such a fund is
a matter of both justice and expediency. Some very
handsome subscriptions have already been received, and
this praiseworthy society is gaining the attention of a
large number of gentlemen from many and distant
places. The following have consented to act at South-
ampton for the purpose of carrying out the objects of the
fund :—Messrs. J. R. Engledue, superintendent of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company ; William Vincents.
R.N., superintendent of the Royal Mail Company ;
A. Lamb, superintendent engineer of the Penineula,ir
and Oriental Company ; Captain J. Hendermin, R.N
,"
superintendent of the Australian Steam Navigation
Company ; and Wm. A. Summers, of the firm of Sum-
mers, Day, and Co., engineers. The fund has been named