The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-07 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENC

The Royal yachts are preparing for the reception of the
Queen and Court and the King of the Belgians at Ports-
mouth on Monday next to convey them to Osborne.
The Eurotas, late 44-gun frigate, was towed from Chatham
to Sheerness on Thursday, and yesterday was docked in No.
2 dry dock. She is to be fitted with all possible despatch
for an armament of sea service mortars, ou the principle in-
troduced into the service by Captain Julius Roberts of the
Marine Artillery.
The order fir the Horatio to leave for Heligoland was
countermanded by telexaph just as she was taking her de-
, parture from Sheerness, with the Sinbad mortar-vessel, on
Thursday. She remains in harbour. As there is no pro-
bability of her monster guns being manufactured in time for
service this season, she will be appropriated for particular
service. Her average speed, under steam power alone, is
eight and a half knots per hour.
The Kite, 3; paddle-wheel steam-vessel, 170-horse power,
arrived at Woolwich on Thursday night from Bermuda. She
was taken into basin yesterday afternoon.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty ::—Thos. Osmer, chief officer of the Coast Guard •,
James A. N. Nicholls, assistant-paymaster, to the Duke of
Wellington ; James M. Delevaine, assistant-clerk, to the
Royal Albert.
Another batch of naval volunteers, of the first class, will
leave Liverpool for London this evening, making the second,
of about 40 men, each this week.

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.
The Calphurnia and Harkaway, sailing transports, went
into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon from Spithead
to land the invalids and stores which they brought from the

East.
The Emerald Isle transport arrived at Portsmouth yester-
day evening from the Thames to embark troops for the East.
The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Commander
Belam, R.N., went into the steam basin in Portsmouth dock-
yard yesterday to land machinery for the steam-ships fitting
out there, after which she is to go on to Plymouth with others.
Orders have been received by the superintendent, of the
Peninsular and Oriental Company at Southampton to prepare
the screw steam-ship Candia, transport 213, for the reception
of 190 horses and a corresponding number of men on Monday
next.
Her Majesty's screw steam transport Himalaya, Captain
Priest, arrived at Southampton from Spithead on 'hursday,
and was immediately placed in the new large graving-dock,
where her hull is being thoroughly cleansed. The Australa-
sian Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Sydney, chartered by
the Government for the transport service, will shortly be
ready for sea. The Victoria, Adelaide, and Australian, also
belonging to the same company and latterly engaged on the
transport service, are at Southampton undergoing repairs.

MILITARY.
Between 20 and 30 invalids of the Horse and Foot Artillery
arrived at Woolwich yesterday from the Crimea for medical
treatment at the Ordnance hospital.
The officers of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines
(Light Infantry) have orders to prepare one-third of each
parade company for embarkation. So great and so sudden
are the requirements of the service that they have been or-
dered to be prepared to embark at one hour's notice for either
the Baltic or Black Sea fleets, or for service on shore if re-
quired.
Captain F. H. Chancellor's Comany, No. 1, of the 14th
Battalion of Royal Artillery, is under orders to proceed to
Sh oeburyness.
On Thursday afternoon a party of invalids from the Crimea
arrived at Chatham, from Portsmouth, to the number of 100
men, with one woman. They are from nearly every regiment
in the service.
The detachment of the 98th, which arrived at Chatham on
Wednesday from India, are to march this morning for Weedon
barracks.
40 invalids from the Crimea, and who are now convales
cent, left the invalid depot, Chatham, yesterday morning for
London, to join the depots of their respective regiments, for
service again.