The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-01 00:00:00

Naval and. Military Intelligence,

Brevet. Col. PiE rrepont, H. Mundy, Royal Artil-
lery, of the 10th brigade, yesterday joined at Wool-
wich from le ire, and will take charge of the 4th
brigade Field Artillery, the headquarters of which,
as well as the A and B batteries in command of
Lieut.-Col. B irry, C. 8., and Lient.-Col. N. 0. S.
Turner, marched into Woolwich yesterday, from

Aldershott.
The 3d brigade Military Train, in command of
Major M'Court, from Canada, is expected to arrive
and take up its quarters at the camp on Woolwich.
common soon after the 20th inst. The whole of the

brigade horses having been disposed of by public
auction consequent on their departure from America,
Major Sherviuton, Brigade Major of the corps at
Woolwich, has purchased the necessary remounts,

which are now in readiness for its arrival.
The Salamanca, hired sailing transport, Captain
Livesay, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar and Co., of
London, arrived at Spithead yesterday, with the
following officers and troops on board, from various
corps serving in India, embarked at Bombay and
Kurrachee :—From Bombay—Lieut. Wiley, 18th
Foot ; Surg. Irwin, medical staff, in medical charge ;
18 invalids, 48 time-expired men, 5 women, and 9
children. From Kurrachee—Capt. Brigstocke, Mrs.
Brigatocke, and 3 children ; Lients. Cobb and Mid-
dleton, .51st Foot; 37 time-expired men, 125 inva•
lids (various corps), 12 women, and 16 children.
Private passengers—Lient. Rimmington, R.A., and
Mrs. Rimmington, from Bombay ; Lieut. Park,
Mrs Park, and 2 children, from Knrrachee. The
Salamanca sailed from Karrachee, May 26, end St.
Helena, July 27, crossed the Equator on the 6th
of August. Six invalided soldiers died during the
passage home from chronic complaints. Her Ma-
jesty's screw corvette Hornet, Captain the Hon. A.
Hare, sailed from St. Helena for Spithead on the
26th of July. The following vessels were spoken
by the Salamanca, since leaving St. Helena. Aug.
3, in lat. 4 39, long. 18 48, the bark Jenny Wren,
from Whampoa for London, 102 days out ; Aug. 7,
in lat. 2 N., long. 24 58 IV., the bark Geelong, of
Liverpool, standing to the S.W.; Aug, 12, in lat.
13 40, long. 26 47, the hired sailing troopship Petri•
ciao from Queenstown, bound to Calcutta, out 20
days, all well.
The Louisa, hired sailing transport, 903 tons, be-
longing to Teighe and Smith, of London, Capt. Till-
man, also arrived at Spithead yesterday morning,
with troops from Bombay and Kurrachee as fellows:
Capt. Harrison, 79th Highlanders, in military come
mend ; Capt. Davis, 19th Foot ; Lieut. Jarvis, 101st
,Regiment; Lieut. Dunlop, Rifle Brigade; Assist,.
Su: g. Thornhill, 7 Hussars ; Capt. Wright, 109th
Regiment ; 143 invalids, 90 time-expired men, 13
women, 18 children, and 4 military convicts, from
various regiments serving in India. Three births
occurred during the voyage, and Ensign M'Carthy,
unattached, and 4 invalid soldiers died. The Louisa
sailed from Bombay May 7, and from Kurrachee
May 22, arrived at St. Helena on the 26th of July,
and sailed again on the 28th. The usual weather
was experienced from Kurrachee to the south end
of Madagascar. From thence until rounding the
Cape, on the 15th of July, a continuance of westerly
winds, with three gales from the same quarter,were
experienced, Light winds were met with to the
:Equator, which was erossed on the 6th of August,
a nd from the Equator to the Western Islands the
inds were well easterly, and from Western Islands
to the Channel southerly. The following ships were
spoken by the Louisa June 3, lat. 4 N., long. 77 E.
the ship Mary Queen, from Bombay for Liverpool ;
4th, lat.l N., long. 79 E., the bark Colonist, from
Bombay for Liverpool ; July 30, lat. 12 S., long. 10
W., the ship Diadem, from Bombay for Liverpool ;
31st, lat. 11 S., long. 12 W., the patch bark Pol-
lux, from Batavia for Amsterdam ; Aug. 1, lat. 9 S.
long. 13 W., the ship Glenalva, from Bombay for
Liverpool; 7th, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W., the bark
Delaware, from Swansea for Valparaiso; Bth, lat.
5 N., long. 22 W., the Dutch bark Maria Adoifina,
from Amsterdam for Singapore ; Bth, lat. 5 N, long.
22 W, the Sardinian ship Colombo, from Genoa for
Macao; 10th, lat. 9 N, long. 24 W, the American
b elk Sierra Nevada, bound south, and the bark
Deeerslayer, from Swansea for Valparaiso; 11th,
lat. 12 N, long. 25 W, the Guernsey schooner Sa-
gitta, steering south ; 15th, lat. 20 N, long 27, the
French ship Alma, from Havre for Valparaiso. The
troops will be disembarked from the Salamanca and
the Louisa early this morning, under the superin-
tendence of Col. Shadwell, Assist. Quartermaster•
General, and the invalids forwarded by Government
steamer to the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at
Netley, and the time-expired men to the depots of
their respective regiments. Both the Salamanca
and the Louisa have made a rather extraordinary
passage home, not exactly as relates to the short-
ness of time alone, but as comparing their time with
that of other vessels, several having left port for
England some weeks before them. Immediately
the troops have been disembarked the Salamanca
and the Louisa will sail from Spithead for London,
to discharge their cargoes of tea, coffee, singer,
The War Department transport Marlborough ar-
rived at Chatham yesterday from Woolwich, having
on board the second instalment of the 100 pounder
61 tan smooth•bore guns for the ironclad frigate
Achilles, 20, 1,250 horse power, making 16 of the
nevi description which have arrived for that vessel
from the Royal Gun Factory. The Achilles not
being ready to receive her armament for some days
to come, the Marlborough was berthed alongside the
ordnance wharf, and, according to orders issued yes-
terday, will not land the guns at the gun-wharf,
owing to some defect having been discovered in the
largest crane, which would render it unsafe to at•
tempt to land guns of the weight of the 100-pounders
by its means. It should here be remarked that a
couple of what were then considered powerful steam
cranes were erected at the ordnance-wharf about
two or three years since, at great expense, but as 95
cwt. 68-pounder guns were then considered by the
authorities to be the largest and heaviest kind which
would ever be in use in the British service, the cranes
in question were only constructed to lift np to 5 tons,
so that they are practically useless for landing the
present description of ordnance, the present require.
ments of the services necessitating cranes to lift from
15 to 20 tons each.

The Bomarsund, War Department transport, went
alongside the ordnance-wharf at Chatham yesterday
with the first portion of the guns, solid and hollow
shot, stores, &c., from the Forte, 39,400-horse power,
Captain A. Mellersh, which is being dismantled at
the Nore.

The annual regatta by the officers and men of the
Royal Engineers, under the patronage of Major-
Gen. Sir R. Walpole, Col. H. D. Harness, and other
officers of d;stinction at Chatham, took place yester-
day afternoon in the Medway, a short distance from
Rochester-bridge. Five races were contested by the
officers and men of the corps, including a pair-oar
race, sculling match, four-oar race, and other
matches, all of which were well rowed, the starting
point being from the Esplanade. Owing, however,
to the heavy rain which fell the whole time, the
sports were much marred. There was a numerous
attendance of visitors, and the baud of the Royal
Engineers played a choice selection of music at in-
tervals.
The French Imperial seagoing naval cadet train-
ing corvettes Le Bougainville, Commander Nourry
(screw), and Le Chasseur, Commander Cany (sailing
corvette), arrived at Spithead yesterday morning,
from L'Orient, on a cruise of instruction, and on
coming to anchor exchanged the customary salutes
with the flagship of the fort Admiral and Naval
Commander in Chief, and with the saluting battery
of Portsmouth garrison, In running in for Spithead
anchorage La Chasseur, which was in charge at the
time of a Deal lugger's man, grounded on the Spit
bank, and remained there for about half an hour,
when she was got rtrnr.in with 1000 l aid. To-11;4
the officers- and cadeta will land from the eni.vola
and visit Portsmouth Doclryarl, Szc..

Col. Sqi,fl Bey, of the TorlziF,.h Rervirp,
who has been permitted by the WarTh:partment

thoritits to carry out a croarec of studies during the'
past eight months, under Mr. Anderson, Assistant•
Superintendent of the Itayal Gan Factories in
Woolwich Arsenal, on all matters connected with
the manufacture of ordnance, has completed the re-

quisite curse, and is about to return to Constanti•
nople, where the Turkish Government have the in.
teution of crcetiog batter !es for the production o