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

Nava 1 ant 1 Military Intelligence,

Brevet•C( ►l. P ierrepont, H. Mundy, Royal Artil-
lery, of the 1 Ott brigade, yesterday joined at Wool-
wich from L n, and will take charge of the 4th
brigade Field 4 krtillery, the headquarters of which,
as well as the A and B batteries in command of
Lieut.-Col. BR rry, C. 8., and Lient.-Col. N. 0. S.
Turner, marcl ied into Woolwich yesterday, from
Aldershott. _ _

The 3d br'i; lade Military Train, in command of
Major M'Cou z t, from Canada. is expected to arrive
and take up i .:ts quarters at the camp on Woolwich.
common soon after the 20th inst. The whole of the
brigade lion es having been disposed of by public
anotion coast ,quent on their departure from America,
Major Shen inton, Brigade Major of the corps at
Woolwich, ILas purchased the necessary remounts,
which are n ow in readiness for its arrival.
The Salamanca, hired sailing transport, Captain
Livesay, belonging to Messrs. Danbar and Co., of
;London, arrived at Spithead yesterday, with the
following officers and troops on board, from various
co.-ps serving in India, embarked at Bombay and
Kurrat.shee :—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.
Brigs tocke, and 3 children ; Lients. Cobb and Mid-
dleton, 61st Foot; 37 time-expired men, 125 inva.
lids (various corps), 12 women, and 16 children.
Private passengers—Lieut. Rimmington, R.A., and
Mrs. Rimmington, from Bombay ; Lieut. Park,
Mrs Park, and 2 children, from Karrachee. The
ISalamanca sailed from Kurrachee, May 26, and St.
Eeiena, July 27, crossed the Equator on the 6th
of August. Six invalided soldiers died during the
pask.age 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 a July. The following vessels were spoken
by the Salamanca, since leaving St. Helena. Aug.
3, in let. 4 39, long. 18 48, the bark Jenny Wren,
from Whampoa for London, 102 days out ; Aug. 7,
in let. 2 N., long. 24 58 W., the bark Geelong, of
Liverpool, standing to the S.W. ; Aug. 12, in let.
1340, long. 26 47, the hired sailing troopship Petri.
clan from Queenstown, bound to Calcutta, out 20
days, all well.
The Louisa, hired sailing transport, 903 tons, be-
lc, aging to Teighe and Smith, of London, Capt. Till-
awn, also arrived at Spithead yesterday morning,
with troops from Bombay and Kurrachee as follows:
Cap‘'. Harrison, 79th Highlanders, in military com-
mand ; Capt. Davis, 19th Foot; Lieut. Jarvis, 101st
Regintent ; Lieut. Dunlop, Rifle Brigade;
Surg. 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
xperienced. Light winds were met with to the
Equator, which was grossed on the 6th of August,
and from the Equator to the Western Islands the
w-,lnds were well easterly, and from Western Islands
to the Channel southerly. The following ships were
spoßen by the Louisa : Jane 3, lat. 4 N., long. 77 E.
the' ship Mary Queen, from Bombay for Liverpool ;
4th, lat. 4 N., long. 79 E., the bark Colonist, from
Bo.nbay for Liverpool ; July 30, lat. 12 S., long. 10
VT., the ship Diadem, from Bombay for Liverpool;
31st, let. 11 S., long. 12 W., the Dutch 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, let.
.5 N., long. 22 W., the Dutch bark Maria Adoifina,

from Amsterdam for Singapore ; Bth, lat. 5 N, long.
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22 W, the Sardinian ship Colombo, from Genoa for
Macao ; 10th, lat. 9 N, long. 21 W, the American

ba_rk Sierra Nevada, bound south, and the bark
Doerslayer, from Swansea for Valparaiso; 11th,
lat., 12 N, long. 25 W, the Guernsey schooner Sa-
gitte, 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-
netts 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, einger, &e.
The War Department transport Marlborough ar•
rived at Chatham yesterday from Woolwich, having
on board the second instalment of the 100 pounder
6,-F, ton smooth-bore guns for the ironclad frigate
Achilles, 20, 1,250 horse power, making 16 of the
new 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 gunsof 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 up 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. . Harness, and other
officers of distinction 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 band 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 Port Admiral and Naval
Commander in Chief, and with the saluting battery
of Portsmouth garrison. In running in for Spithead
anchorage Le Chasseur, which was in charge at the
time of a Deal logger's man, grounded on the S 't
oank, and remained there for about half an heepri
when she was got off again with local aid. Tcrdp;
the officers and cadets wili land from the corvettes
and visit Portsmouth Dockyard,
Col. Said Bey, of the Turkish Imperial service,
who has been permitted by the War Department an•
thorities to carry out a course of studies during the
pest eight months, under Mr. Anderson, Aesistant.
Superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories in
Woolwich Arsenal, on all matters connected with
the manufacture of ordnance, has completed the re-
quisite (nurse, and is about to return to Constanfi•
nople, where the Turkish Goverrancnt have the in-
tention of erecting batteries for the production of