The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-23 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following is from a letter, dated Malta, Oct. 17 :
"The Powerful, steamer, with railway plant, arrived
from London on the 15th and left for Balaklava on the
16th.
" The Victory steam-transport left on the 14th for
Balak lava.
" The Union steam transport arrived from London on
the 15th with railway plant, and left for Balaklava on
the day following.
" The Borussia steam-transport arrived on the 16th
from Deptford with hats, warm clothing and ammunition,
bringing Commander Starmer, R.N., and two sappers.
" The Mary Miller, with a cargo of shot and huts for
the Dardanelles and Constantinople, having made good
the damages sustained on her voyige to Malta from
London, proceeded eastward on the 16th.
The Robert Lowe steam-transport arrived from
Balaklava on the 14th, bringing 27 officers and 194 non-
commissioned officers and privates, 40 petty officers
and seamen, and 6 muleteers, with whom, excepting the
latter, she left for Spithead on the 15th.
"The Contrasts steam-tug arrived from Marseilles on
the 13th, having in tow an Austrian bark, laden with
ammunition for the French army. Both vessels left for
Constantinople on the 15th.

"The El 'Dorado, French steam-frigate, arrived from
Marseilles on the 14th, bringing 21 horses, 87 French
seamen for the Black Sea fleet, and 1,052 officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates. In consequence of
some disarrangement of the vessel's propelling power all
these troops have been landed in the Lazaretto's bar-
racks.
" The Sinai, French postal steamer, arrived from Mar-
seilles on the 14th, bringing, among other passengers,
Captain Hallett, R.N., and family ; Mr. Frederick
Guarracino, her Britannic Majesty's Consul for Samsoon
and Sinope, and family ; Major Nally, for Malta ;
Lieut. Pengelley and family, and 106 officers, non-com-
missioned officers, and privates of the French army.
She left f,r the Levant on the same afternoon.
"The Vittorio Emmanuele, Sardinian screw steamer
in the French service, left for Constantinople on the 14th
with ammunition, conveying 18 French officers, and
towing the Saladin, Esglish sailing transport in the
French service, ammunition laden.
The Caffarelli, French steam-frigate, left for Kamiesh
on the 14th, with 540 officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates.
" The English steamer Sea Nymph, in the French
transport service, left for Constantinople with ammuni-
tion on the 14th, conveying 30 officers and privates, and
having in tow the American ship Queen of the Clippers,
laden with ammunition, and conveying 1,047 more offi-
cers, non-commissioned officers, and privates.
"The San Pietro, English barque, from Algiers, with
hay and flour, sailed for Constantinople on the 15th.
" The French steam-transport Byzantin arrived from
Kamiesh and Constantinople on the 14th, bringing 145
military invalids, and left on the 15th for Marseilles.
"The Normanby screw steam-transport arrived from
Constantinople on the 15th, bringing 63 French military
invalids, under the charge of Dr. Bernareconi, after
landing five of whom (bad cases) she left for Marseilles
on the 16th.

"The American ship Golden Gate, in the French
transport service, left on the 14th for Marseilles.

Th© Orenoque, French steam-frigate, conveying 65
officers, non-commissi ,ned officers, and privates, left for
Marseilles on the 14th, having in tow the Coligny, dis-
abled steam-corvette, with 37 others.
"The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
packet Ava, arrived from Southampton oa the 14th,
bringing, among other passengers—for Malta, the Rev.
MrLandon ; and for Alexandria, Cols. Bellasis, David-
son, Machado, South and wife, Major Lumsden, Capte,
Lowe, Henry and wife, Lieuts. Heatheote and Stirling,
Lieut.-Col. Michell, Dr. Aeher, Assistant-Surgeon
Meares and the Rev. Messrs. Dewar and Hasel. She
left for Alexandria on the 15th.

"The Alhambra, belonging to the same compaay, ar-
rived from Marseilles on the 15th with the overland
London mails of the 9th, and brought, among other pas-
sengers, Lord Methuen, Deputy Ordnance Storekeeper
Galletly, Lieut. and Mrs. Duff ; the newly-appointed
Chief Secretary to the Malta Government, Mr. V. Houl-
ton ; the Chevalier Ross, Netherlands and Mecklenburg
Consul at Malta, and wife ; and for Alexandria, going
to Indi neral, Sir H. Wheeler and family, and the
Rev. Mr. Wilson.

" The . Valetta, Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-packet, kit for Marseilles on the 14th, with the
overland India mail for England.
"The Nubia arrived from Alexandria on the 14th,
bringing, among other passengers—for Malta, Col. Tu-
dor ; for Marseilles, Lieut. Kindersley ; and for South-
ampton, Lieuts. Allardyca, Cox, Cromartie, Fraser, and
31ylne ; Captains Ross and Roberts ; Major Owen, and
the Rev. a Copland. She left for Gibraltar and South-
ampton on the 15th. _ _ _

‘1 Her Majesty's steam-sloop Shearwater left for Corfu
on the 15th with the mails.

"The Waim, French steam, despatch vessel, left on
the 26th for Tripoli, in Barbary.
"The Norman steam•transport left for _Messina, to
land 34 Sicilian muleteers from the Crimea, and after-
wards proceeded onwards to Genoa.

"The steamer Briten's Ferry arrived from London
on the 13th, and left for Constantinople on the 15th.
" The Egyptian steamer from Liverpool, with a gene-
ral cargo, left for Constantinople on the 13th, and on the
same day the Star steamer for the same destination.
"The Thessalia acrew•transport, with a general cargo
from Constantinople and Smyrna, arrived on the 16th,
and left for Liverpool on the same day.
" The Sicilian pinco St. Agata arrived on the 15th
from Catania, and on the 16th the Neapolitan brig An-
toinette, from Aci Castello, both with hay."
The Orinoco and Simoom steam ships are preps/ ing at
Portsmouth to embark another muiety of the British
German Legion for the Crimea. They will leave about
the 29th inst.

The Transit, steam troop-ship, is to go into dock al
Portsmouth to refit prior to proceeding on further ser-
vice.

The Perseverance, steam troop-ship, Captain Harris,
went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning to
prepare for the embarkation of the 4th Middlesex Mi-
litia, now quartered at Portsmouth, and convey them to
Ireland, bringing back the Armagh Regiment of Mi-
litia to Portsmouth.

The Royal Charlie, sailing-transport, will embark at
Portsmouth for the Black Sea in a day or two 4 officers
and 173 men of the 31st Regiment, 2 officers and G 5 men
of the 3Sth, 1 officer and 21 men of the 44th, 1 medical
officer, and other troops and stores.
The Lady Eglinton, steam-transport Ns. 165, went
into Portsmouth harbour on Sunday evening from
Southampton, to ship a cargo of the huts built by Mr.
Unwell for the army in the Crimea.
Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Vulcan, Captain Von
Donop, hourly expected at Portsmouth from the Cri•
mea, is to be docked and repaired immediately. She is
to have new boilers.

The crew of the Hawke, 60, Captain Orninanney, was
turned over to the Belvidere hulk, in Portsmouth har-
bour, yesterday, and the ship Wien alongside the dock-
yard for a refit.

The screw steam-transport Von Humboldt arrived at
Sheerness, from Greenhithe, at 9 a.m., on Sunday, re-
ceived her mails, despatches, &c., and left at 3 p.m. on
the same day for the Baltic.
The Otter, 8, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com-
mander John H. Glover, recently reported to have ar-
rived at Sheerness, last from Portsmouth, has made 81
passages from the Elbe and the Weser to Heligoland.
During the said trips she has conveyed more than 1,200
men, most of whom, after getting a free passage to He-
ligoland, for the benefit of sea-bathing, have joined the
Foreign Legion there, under the command of Colonel
Baron Von Steinbach. Most of these volunteers have
been conveyed to England by the steam-frigate Horatio,
steam-vessel Alban, and private steam-transports hired
for that purpose. A large portion of the volunteers re-
ferred to were educated at Heidelberg, men of good
families, many of them of noble birth, and bearing
medals from their respective Governments, and honeur-
able decorations for their services in their country. The
Otter is under the survey of the yard authorities, in con-
sequence of damage, and being in a very leaky state.
A detachment of the Royal Artillery from Sheerness
garrison, under charge of Sergeant Winton, are en;:aged
mounting the battery at Coalhouse Point, coeareauthng
Sea Reach, in the River Thames. The battery consists
of 17 long 32-pounder guns, and will be completed in
about 10 days. Wi
this the fort there is barrack accom-
modation for 3 officers, 90 men, and a master gunner.
Capt. Anketell's company
of Royal Artillery, 7th
compau
y, let battalion ;
Lieut. Carey, s
company,
3d
company, 7th battalion ; and Lieut. Coorne,Bcompany,
Ist company, 2d battalion, are ordered
prepare to proceed to Gibraltar. immediately to
Capt. Inglefield's 3d company, 13th battalion, are
under immediate orders to proceed to Ceylon.
Two 10-inch mortar-platforms are now being erected
on No. 1 bastion, Seaward Battery, Sheerness, for the
purpose of mortar practice for the Artillery now train-
ing, in addition to which there is an order to complete
two field batteries in every respect, with material and
camp equipage, for fully training gunners and drivers at
this garrison.
The General Screw Company's steam-ship Indiana,
Capt. Lambert, transport No. 147, lying at Southamp-
ton, is under orders to convey to he Crimea the follow-
ing officers, troops, and horses to the East :—For Scu-
tari—Lieut. Stapylton. 2 horses and 2 servants, of the
2d Dragoons ; Capt. Barrow and Lieut. Neave, 5 horses
and 4 servants, of the 3d Dragoons ; 3 servants and 5
horses of Capt. Smith and Lieut. Dettmar, 7th Dragoon
Guards ; 2 servants and 4 horses of Capt. Monckton and
Lieut. Preston, 3d Light Dragoons ; Cept. Sir W. Rus-
sell, 3 servants and 3 horses, of the 7th Hussars ; Lieut.
Coates, 2 servants and 2 horses, 7th Hussars; Capt.
Brett and Lieut. Maude, 5 servants and 5 horses, of the
15th Hussars ; Capt. Grant and a Lieutenant not
named, 5 servants and 5 horses, 16th Lancers ; 46 men
of the 4th Dragoon Guards ; 3 men of the sth ditto ; 30
•
men of the 2d Dragoons ;
45 menn
aAolaf the Bth Hussars
55 men of the 11th Hussars ; d
vent, 2 horses, and 35 men of the 17th Lancers. For
the Crimea--2 field officers, 1 captain, 1 lieutenant,l
Guards assistant-surgeon, and 310 men of the Grenadier ;
6 officers, 204 men, and 5 horses of the Land Transport
Corps ; Lieut.-Colonel the Eton. U. Charteris, 1 servant,
and 1 horse, and Lieut. Knox and 1 servant, of the Scots
Fneilier Guards ; Major Bell, 1 servant, and 1 horse,
of the 23d Foot ; Capt. Hurt, 2 servants, and 2 horses,
of the Grenadier Guards ; 2 servants and 2 horses of
Brigadier-General Crawfurd ; 1 artificer, Serjeant Jones,
Private O'Connor, 46th Foot ; 1 servant
of Sta ff-Surgeon
G. Anderson of the First Class ; 1 servant of Capt.Mo-
rant, of the Grenadier Guards ; and 1 servant and 1 horse
of Lieut.-Col. Lord F. Fitzroy, Grenadier Guar eIA. For
the Dardanelles or Constantinople.—Capts. W. R, Spal-
ding, C. B. Steveneon, and C. Vivian ; 3 servants, and
8 horses of Beatson's Irregular Cavalry. For Constan-
-1 servant, and 2 borsch',
tin ople—Capt. Williams,
1 ser-

vant of Capt. A. H. Campbell, ditto of Major erne],
and 1 horse of Capt. Evans, of the Turkish Contingent.
Total-28 officers, 43 servants, 204 men of the Lard
Transport Corps, 1 artificer, 525 troops, and 50 horses.
It was the intention of the Land Transport Corps to
embark at Plymouth, but subsequent orders render it
probable that the whole of the troops, &c., enumerated
above will ship on board the Indiana at Southampton
this day.
The Thames will also receive to-day about 12 officers
and 400 men of the Land Transport Corps for the
Crimea.

The freight-ship Euphrates, 340 tons' burden, has ar-
rived at Woolwich from Deptford, and is moored off the
arsenal, to be laden with powder for the Crimea. The
Sir Robert Sale transport sailing ship has left Woolwich
for the East with a full cargo, composed principally of
waggons, carts, wheelbarrows, handspikes, and mallets.
The Janus has been taken out of the dockyard basin and
received into one of the docks, to be overhauled prepara-
tory to her being despatched on foreign service. The
paddle-wheel steamer Dee, Master-Commander Pullen,
has returned to Woolwich from Portsmouth and Ply-
mouth, and has commenced receiving her usual freight
of machinery and boilers for the above-named yards.
The transport Hesper steamed out of basin yesterday
morning and went into dock for the purpose of being
examined, the lower extremities of her hull being de-
fective. _ _

Instructions have been issued to the various provin-
cial recruiting stations of the Royal Engineers t o for-
ward the recruits who have been enrolled and passed
medical examination to head-quarters at Wo3lwich. 51
have been accepted and have joined that corps during
the past week—namely, 28 from Devonport and 23 from
Scotland.

A small detachment of disabled men belonging to the ,
Royal Sappers and Miners arrived at the Woolwich Bar-
racks on Saturday last from the Crimea, some of whom
received their wounds in the attack on the Redan on the
Bth ult. Lance Corporal Macginn, one of their number,
was landed at Gibraltar, and, at his own request, placed
under the care of his father, who is Barrack Sergeant
there. Some of the wounds of these gallant soldiers are
of the very worst description. One poor fellow was dis-
abled by the disjointed fragment of a rock striking him
immediately above the left eye, shattering part of the
craniam and penetrating to the brain. A second was
very dangerously struck on the left aide of the throat
by the splinter of a gun-carriage, nearly severing his
bead from his shoulders. All have sustained more or
less severe injuries, such as contusions in the knees,
compound fractures of the arms and legs, or have shat-
tered bands. One of them received his wound in the
left arm, which was shattered at the taking of Sebasto-
pol. The whole of these brave fellows are now in tole-
rable health.

A military correspondent, referring to an order re.
cently issued from the Horse Guards, gives his opinion
that it will check the militia from volunteering into the
line. Our correspondent adds :
"On the let of November all regiments of militia that
have less than 50 privates per company are to have a pro-
portionate number of their officers reduced and sent to
their respective homes. Hitherce, every effort bas been
made by the officers of militia regiments to induce their
men to volunteer into the line, and their reward is to be
their being struck off the strength of their regiments.
For instance, a regiment a few weeks since consisted of
500 men-10 companies of 50 rank and file each. By
the exertions of its officers, 10$ men have volunteered
into the regular army,' leaving the regiment 400 strong.
In return for this, 2 captains and 4 subalterns, by this
new order, are to be struck off the pay list and sent to
the right-abott. Of course, volunteering will be no
longer encouraged ; self-preservation is the first law
of nature,' and no man can be expected to persuade
others to volunteer when, by so doing, he will throw
himself out of employment. The order is, that on
the Ist of November all captains and subalterns
beyond the _ proportion of one captain and two
subalterns to every ,50 rank and file are to be
struck off the embodied list. These are the thanks the
Government return to the Militia officers for the thou-
sands of men they have induced to volunteer from their
ranks into the regular army during this very critical
period."

The following appointments, made at the Admiralty
yesterday, appeared in our late edition last night :
Captain George J. Hand to the Sampson.
Commander V. O. Inglefield to the Arachne.
Commander F. Warren to the Polyphemus.
Commander E. D'A. D'O. Aplin to the Heels.
Master Henry P. Ward to the Sampson.
Master Henry B. Gawler to the Arachne.
Master Nathaniel B. Herbert to the Polyphemus.
Master John Thomson to the Hecla.
Midshipman Charles H. Murphy to the Sampson.
Midshipman Charles W. Tucker to the Arachne.
Assistant-Paymaster in Charge Alfred H. Martin to
the Crocodile.