The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-04 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The departure of the Racoon from Leith has been delayed
owing to sickness on board, and the time of her leaving is
now uncertain. On Saturday Prince Alfred disembarked,
and took apartments in Douglas's Hotel, Edinburgh. He
visited Holyrood, and saw part of the volunteer review in
the park.
A letter dated Malta, June 26, says :—" Her Majesty's
despatch steamer Psyche arrived at Matta on June 15, from
Marseilles, looking in at Tunis on route, but bringing no-
thing of importance thence. Her Majesty's screw steam
transport ship Orontes left on the 18th for Gibraltar with
867 rank and file, 189 women and children of the Ist batta-
lion 9th Regiment. She will thereat embark the 2d Regi-
ment for Bermuda, and from this lastnamed port convey to
Spithead the 39th. Her Majesty's screw steam line-of-
battle ship Marlborough, bearing the flag of the Comman-
der-in-Chief Vice-Admiral Robert Smart, K.H., accom-
panied by the Meeanee screw steam line-of-battle ship and
the Liffey and Magicienne steam frigates, left Malta to
exercise great guns on the 22d. The first two returned to
port on the 25th, and the Liffey has orders to sight the
Palace signal station at noon on the 26th, to attend to any
signal that may be made to her. The Magicienne has been
sent on, it is said, to Susa, whence the Firefly surveying
vessel arrived on the 24th, to replenish fuel, and then to
return to her hydrographical labours is that vicinity. Her
Majesty's screw steam gunboat the Foxhound left port on
the 22d, and after communicating with the Admiral in the
offing is said to have been despatched to Tunis, for which
port the Orlando steam frigate left on June 24."
The Frederick William screw line-ot-battle ship was on
Friday officially inspected at Portsmouth by Rear-Admiral
Superintendent G. Elliot, and commissioned for coastguard
service at Portland, to take the place of the Colossus screw
line-of-battle ship, Capt. Codd with the remaining officers
and crow of the Colossus having been turned over to the
Frederick William. The Colossus, which has lately been
fitted at great expense with new wire rigging, has been, by
the commission of the Frederick William, placed on the
invalid list of the Portsmouth Steam Reserve. _

The Urgent screw troopship got up steam on Friday to
test her machinery preparatory to commission by Capt. S.
H. Henderson, who has been employed in superintending
her repair and outfit. She is rigged, and is now taking on
board the remainder of her tanks. stores, kc.

The Royal yacht Alberta, in dock at Portsmouth, is
having her deck saloons and general fittings entirely recon-
structed, and in a much lighter manner than was the case
when she first arrived at Portsmouth from ➢lilford. Under

these alterated conditions, she will not only be much more
sightly in appearance, but she will also afford considerably
more space about the decks for the accommodation of her
Majesty and suite when on board.
Her Majesty's 11-gun sloop Racer, Commander:Saulez,
was on Friday furnished with directions to leave her moor-
ings in the ordinary at Woolwich, and go down to the Royal
Arsenal on Monday to ship her ammunition in preparation
for sea. Her present orders are to adjust compasses at
Greenhithe on Tuesday, to sail on Thursday, calling at
Plymouth, proceed to the Mediterranean, cruise along the
Spanish and Italian coasts, and probably winter at Malta.
Her complement of men and officers has been well selected
for that service. The Racer is a newly built vessel, and
has only served one commission—viz., on the North Ame-
rican and West India station, in command of Commander
Algernon M'Lennon Lyons, by whom she was paid off at
Woolwich.
The Immortalite, 35 gun screw frigate, Capt, Geo. Han-
cock, arrived at Spithead on Saturday from Bermuda, which
place she left on the 15th ult. She brought home Lieut.-
Col. Ord, R.E. (Governor of Bermuda) and Mrs Ord and
family, accompanied by Mr Plow, private secretary to
Lieut.-Col. Ord, who disembarked from the frigate soon
after her arrival, and, landing at the dockyard from the
steam yacht Fire Queen, Staff Commander F. W. Paul, pro-
ceeded by train to London. The Immortalite also brought
home trom the different ships in Rear-Admiral Sir James
Hope's fleet 18 seamen and marine invalids, 20 supernu-
meraries, and two prisoners under sentence of transporta-
tion, all of whom were transferred to the flagship Victory
by the Sprightly steam tender, Master Commander Allen.
The Immortalite was commissioned by Capt, Hancock at
Portsmouth on the 16th November, 1860, and it is expected
will go into the same harbour to pay out of commission.
The ship appears to be in excellent order.
The Dromedary, screw storeship, Master Commander
Brown, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from the Mediterra-
nean, with naval invalids and ordnance and naval stores.
The invalids were transferred by the Sprightly steam tender
to the Victory, flagship in Portsmouth harbour, and the
Dromedary afterwards sailed for Woolwich to discharge her
stores. She sailed from Gibraltar on the 12th June, and has
since that time experienced a continuation of heavy gales
from N. to N.E.

The Speedy screw gunvessel, 60 horse power,Master Com-
mander Burner, sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday for
the Channel Islands, to resume her duties as tender to the
Dasher, 2, paddle vessel, Commander P. D. Saumerez, em-
ployed on that station for the protection of the fisheries.
The following officers and rank and file of the Royal Ar-
tillery belonging to Woolwich garrison are under orders to
sail from Gravesend for India during the present month,
viz.—For Calcutta, in the chartered transport Sydenham,
probably on the 7th inst., Capts. Jackson and Tottenham,
92 men, 11 women, and 9 children, On the Bth inst., for Cal-
cutta, in the Conflict, Capt. Brown, Lieuts. Waoe, Stone,
Pearson, andlßuckle,Ridingmaster Johnstone, Assist. -Surg.
Hinge, 69 men, 3 offioers' servants, 1 child, 8 women, and
10 children. For Bombay, probably on the same day, in the

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