The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-25 00:00:00

GENERAIMEGIBIF,NTAL ORDER.

"Royal Regiment of Artillery. •
• " Lientenant Charles Carpenter, to be Second Captain,
vice Pasley 'seconded,' being attached to the Turkish Con-
tingent.—Dated Sept. 7.
"Second Captain and Brevet-Major Samuel Enderby
Gordon, to be Captain, vice Grey, deceased.
' "Lieutenant William Gilly Andrews, to he Second Cap-
tail); vice Gordon.—Dated Sept. 16.
" Frederick Spratt, gentleman, to be veterinary surgeon,
( by augmentation.
"Jonathan Briggs, gentleman, to be veterinary sur-
14"anementetion.—Dated Sept. 10.
`Major Thomas Atchison, of the Royal Lancashire
Militia Artillery, formerly captain in the Royal Artillery,
who ;was dismissed from the service in the year 1824 by
sentence of a general court-martial, has been restored to
his former rank in the Royal Artillery, and permitted to
retire upon the full pay of that rank from tho 16th of
June, 185 e, but without any claim for arrears of pay, or
to be restored in his orieinal place in the Royal Artillery.
" Hospital Staff.
" Surgeon Jose h.,
Ambrose Lawson, M.D., from the
Ordnance :Medical Department, to be Staff Surgeon of the
second, class, vice Protheroe, who exchanges.—Dated
Septe2l.
"Ordnance Medical Department.
"Staff Surgeon of the second class Edward Schaw
Protheroe, to be Surgeon, vice Lawson, who exchanges.—
Dated Sept. 21.. _
"By command,.
"H. PALLISER, Aseistant Adjetant-General."
One officer, two sergeants, tern corporals, and 46. men
of the 10th Hussars (the men 1)614; volunteers from
etlic.ir cavalry regiments) arrived at Portsmouth dock.
yard at half-pest 2 o'clock yesterday from Maidstone,
and embarked in the steam transport Arabia, for passage
to join the bead-quartere in the Crimea. The horses, ter
these draughts will be shipped this day, and the Arabia
Will leave to-morrow. Mr. -Battery, gunner, n.N.,
doing duty in the Fox frigate, in dock under repairs at
Portsmouth, fell down dead on Sunday morning in the
dockyard. The 3-gun steam-vessel Otter, Lieutenant
Glover in command, arrived at Spithead ye.sterdayfreue
Ole Baltic. The recruits for the British German Legion
brought to Portsmouth from Halifax, by -the Emele
Eugenia, 'freight ship. were landed at the Roya,l, Cla-
rence-yard, Gosport, yesterday afternoon, and marched
to` quarters -in the vicinity pro tent. The Powerful, 84,.
Captain T. L. Massey, is refitting at Spi'head. The-
Rosamond, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Crofton, is or-
derea'i.o replenish her stock of coal, and bolt] herself in f
rendiness for itemediate:service. It has 'oeen notified at.
Portsiiiiiuth -that len the withdrawal of the fle.et.Trom the
Baltic they will winter, as last year, in squadrons at tias

various outports, 12 sail of the line rendezvousing at
Portsmouth.
A party of volunteers from the British Foreign Legion
will join the Proiisional Battalion at Chatham to-mor-
row, to the number of 17 men, for the 83d Regiment,
to be draughted out to India, they being British subjects.
Ensign J. Iflagz, 91st, proceeded from Chatham on
Sunday to Woolwich, to embark on board the ship Gib-
raltar for passage to the Pinang ; and Assistant Surgeon
Day, 3d Foot, will leave Chatham to-day for Winches-
ter, for duty there.
A Chelsea Board assembled yesterday morning at the
Supplemental Hospital, Brompton Barracks, which was
composed of two officers from the Royal Hospital, Chel-
sea ; Mr. A. J. Moorhead, Secretary, and Deputy-
Inspector-General, Dr. Maclachlan. 105 invalids passed
the board for pensions, the whole being wounded men,
and also the medical board for discharge, they being un-
fit for any further military duty. The board was as-
sisted by First-class Staff Surgeon Battersby from Fort
Pitt, Dr. Dartnell, the principal medical officer, being
on temporary leave of absence. •

LOSS OP THE WOLVERINE.

The following is an extract from a letter written by an
officer of this ship :
"Officers' Tent, Courtown Bank, Aug. 18.

" The cruise of the Wolverine has been brought to a
sudden termination. She struck on a reef of rocks called
the Courtown Bank, about 160 miles east by north of
Greytown, at 10.20 p.m., on the 11th inst., and is a
total wreck. Thank God, all hands were savd without
a single accident, although for eight hours it looked very
unpromising. From, the time we struck until 6 o'clock
the next morning we were anxiously waiting for daylight,
the ship nearly on her beam-ends striking heavily at in-
tervals, the sea making a clear breach over her and wet-
ting every one through and through. Even at daylight
it did not look very cheerful. There was a small
island, not half a mile in length, about half a mile on
our lee beam, covered with sea birds, and a dark mass
of coral rocks on all sides. However, sailors very soon
get aver -diffioulties. We first got our largest boat
safely landed with the sick men and some water and
pork, so that we should have some means of sending to
Greytown, and then landed the whole crew by degrees,
with materials for tent., which we soon erected. We
are now living in comparative luxury, having saved most
of our provisions, stock, wine, &c. The greatest losers
by this affair are those whose cabins were on the side
the vessel struck, as they immediately filled with water,
and everything was spoiled or immersed. The large boat
having been sent off as soon as possible, fell in with the
Buzzard steam-vessel, which we were going to relieve,
at Greytown, on the point of starting for Port Royal,
being short of provisions. She started immediately cn
receipt ot the intelligence, and arrived here this morning.
She leaves immediately for Port Royal to get provisions,
and our crew remain here to save the stores, &c., out ot
the wreck, a large portion of which we have already
rescued. We are well off for provisions and water... .
As soon as the Buzzard returns we shall have saved all
the valuable stores, &c., and shall then return in her to
Port Royal for the court-martial. . . . We are all in
excellent health and spirits.
" P.S. Please publish the account of the loss of the
Wolverine, and add that all were saved, as some of the
crew have not been.able to write, and their friends will
naturally be very anxious on their account."