The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following naval and military movements at Malba

are mentioned in a letter dated the 12th inst. :

"The Culloden, sailing transport, arrived from Cork
on the 6th, bringing Lieutenant Franklin, Ensigns
Nablet and Wyly, 18th ; Captain Burnside, Ensigns
Kerr and Read, 21st ; Captain Bale, Lieutenant Dash-
wood, Ensigns St. Croix, Applegate, and Green, 34th ;
Ensigns Thompson and Traggett, 57th ; Qaptains Ar-
buthnot, Buron, and Greves, and Lieutenant Clutterbuek,
631 ; Captain Orde, Lieutenants Cockburn and Bat-
wotth, 42d ; the Hon. Captain Fitztnaurice, Ensigns
Murray, Pennefather, and Kilhol, 721 ; Ensigns Mack-
enzie and Robertson, 79th ; Lieutenant Mackenzie,
93d ; Lieutenant Dawea, Lieutenant Proctor, and En-
sign Shaw, 97th • Surgeon Crawford, 18th ; and 672
non-commissioned officers and privates of various regi-

ments for the Malta reserve.
" The hired transport ship Standard, with masts, an-
chors, and shot for Government, arrived from London

on the Bth.
" Her Majesty's steam-transport Assistance arrived
from Gibraltar on the Bth with 14 horses and 200 mules,

bringing, for Malta Mr. Smith, and for Balaklava Cap-
tain Smitb, Lieutenant D'Aroy, Mr.- Berretta, and 84
SpaT,ish niuleteers. She left for Balaklava on the 9th,
after embarking at Malta Major Maunson and two more
military officers, 25 privates, '22 seamen, and 40 Maltese
carters and boatmen. _ _ -

"The Orinoco steam-transport arrived from Ports-
mouth on the 9th, bringing for the Malta reserve Lieu-
tenants Borne and Dotlin, 28th ; Macnea and Pearson,
95th ; and for Scutari, Staff-Surgeons Jackson and
Langley, and hospital dr( Briars M'Carthy, Sailer, Str.ck,
land, and Wallis ; for Balaklava, Colonel Lawrence,
Rifle Brigade; Lieutenant-Colonel Seagram, 17th; Major
Warren, Rifle Brigade; Captains Floyde, Hunter,
Kirke, Briddle, and Sassmlerson ; Cornets Brooke and
Haines ; Lieutenants the Hon. J. C. Dormer, Butts,
Traherne, Poore, and Saw!,ridge ; Ensigns Adams,
O'Brien, and Pre grave ; Act•ng Ass:stant-Surgeon
Perkins, 846 non-commissioned officers and privates of
the Land Transport Corps, temporary Commissariat-
Clerks Snow and O'Meara, 10 officers' servants, and
❑ine horses. This steamer left for Constantinople and
Balaklava, on the 11th. _

"Her Majesty's steam-transport Hesper, with warm
clothing and provisions, left on the 4th for Balaklava.
" Majesty's steam-vessel Wye, fitted as a water
filterer and condenser, left for the same destination on
the 6th, under command of Lieutenant Ballard, R.N.,
of her Majesty's ship Hibernia, Mr. Dean, who brought
her out from England, having been superseded. She
conveyed to the Crimea Major Lendsell, 28th • Captain
Maclean, Rifle Brigade ; Captain Dallas, 11th H 'sears ;
Lieutenant James, Royal Engineers; Lieut. Gatty, 39,h;
Lieut. Furze, 421; Lord W. Clinton, Lieut. Dashwood,
Lieut.Vandeleur, Lieut. Roll, and Lieut. Thomas, Rifle
Brigade; Lieut. Malan, 7th;'Ensign Cope and Paymaster
Lys, 55th ; 14 seamen and S men of the Army Works
Corps.
" The Canadian steam transport left for Spithead on
the 4th, conveying Dr. G.bson, Mr.Trotman, Mrs.Win-
de on and two children ; Misses S nythe, Osborne, Gib-
son' and Bramwelt; Capt. Young, 51st ; 89 military in-
valids, 26 non-commissioned officers and privates,l2 hos-
pital attendants, 2 of the hospital corps, 4 orderlies, 2
women, and 2 naval officers.
"The Dunbar, sailing transport, left for Gibraltar on
the 7th.
" The Northumberland steam transport left on the 7th
for Spithead.
" Her Majesty's steam corvette Wasp took her de-
parture for England on the Bth, followed on the 9th by
the Linden and Rodney, ships of the line, towed out to
sea by the Shearwater.
" The Edendale sailing transport left fur Gibraltar and
England on the 11th.
"The Indian steam transport, with gunpowd. r, shot,
and shells, and two horses, arrived on the 4th from Con-
stantineple, bringing Majer Collongb, Horse Artillery,
and Mr. Granfield, and lett for Gibraltar and Spithead
on the 6th.
" The Baros,a and Holyrood steam-transports arrived
on the Bth from Constantinople ; the fermsr with re-
turned and unserviceable stores for Deptford, and bring-
ing Major Barry, Captains Smith and Wilkinson.
Messrs. Barclay, Twedale, Tagder and wife, and 25
Maltese carters, for Malta ; and for England, Captain
Hastie, Lieut. Stales, Messrs. Atwell, Halcott, Ham-
merston, Oxelby, Rush, Stayers, and Junk ; the last
named vessel bringing for Malta Mr. Bian\sardl, of the
Commissariat, and Captain Buckingham, and for Eng-
land, Messrs. White, Francis, and Dumtning. The Ba.-
rossa left for Deptford on the 9th.
"The Algiers screw steam-ship of the line arrived
from Constantinople and the Bay of Salamis on the 9th.
"The Bueephalus, with military and naval trophies,
and bringing Major Lukin and 25 artillerymen, arrived
from Balaklava and Constantinople on the Bth.
" Her Majesty's steam-sloop Vesuvius arrived from
Kain!e h, Constantinople, and Syra on the 10th, bring-
ing Commander Bickford and Mr. Maynard. It is
doubtful whether this vessel's defects may not be such
as to require her being sent to England.
"The Shad, French postal steamer, arrived from Con-
stantinople and Smyrna on the sth, bringing among
other passengers for Malta, Mr. Francis Iliff Stevens.
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Trebizond (and son),
on sick leave, and Sir S. Graham, Bart.; and for Mar-
seilles, Colonel Steel, of the Guards, Count Deshasse,
Lieutenant-General Niel, and 121 other officers, non-
commissioned officers, and privates of the French army.
She left for Marseilles on the sth, conveying likewise
Colonel Sterling.
Her Majesty's steam-corvette Niger returned from
Tripoli on the 7th, after landing there the British Con-
sul-General, Colonel Herman, and, having hurriedly
sealed, were despatched at the request of the Malta
Chamber of Commerce, on the same atternoon to Tunis,
to assist in the raising of the Cavalmarino and Angio-
line, Maltese vessels, sunk in the roadstead with valu-
able cargoes on board, by a waterspout on the Bth of
November. One Sardinian and two French vessels met
the same fate, but happily only three lives were lost, viz.
—the mate of, and two passengers by, the Angioliria.
The merchants at Malta, chiefly natives, are said to be
sufferers by this calamity to the extent of 25,0001.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Caradoc arrived from Mar-
seilles on the 7th, bringing his Excellency, the Gover-
nor-General of India, Lord Canning, with Lady Can-
ning, Lord Da Burgh, Captain Bouverie, and Dr.
Leckie, and left for Alexandria on the Bth.
Her Majesty's steam-tug Shearwater arrived from
Corfu on the Bth, with the mails. In future the Triton
will take up this service, and, at the request of the Malta
Chamber of Commerce, will call likewise at Zante both
on her way to return from Corfu.
The Dragon, steam-tug, intended for service at Malta,
arrived from Newcastle, Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Cartha-
gene on the 7th, and immediately set about her useful
avocation, with every prospect of reaping from her enter-
prising proprietors a good return for the capital they
have iuveste I, much to the annoyance of the native toiv
boats, to whose mercy ships of all nations have been too
long subject.
The steam transports Thames, No. 92, Capt. Strutt ;
the Zebra, No. 211, Capt. Betts ; and the Hydaspes,
No. 87, Capt. Baker, all arrived at Spithead yesterday
from the East. The Thames brought Colonel C. 14.
Egerton, of the 89th Regiment; Col. A. G. Burrows,
Royal Artillery ; Capt. Henry Lleberden, Royal Artil-
lery ; Dr. J. B. St. Croix Crosse, of the 11th Hussars ;
Capt. J. A. Chrystie, of the Ist Foot ; Lieut. H. S. B.
Watson, Ist Foot ; Lieut. G. 11. Sanders, 30th Foot ;
Lieut. Roger Swire, of the 17th Foot; Assistant-Sur-
geon B. L. Hawkins ; Mr. James Beattie, civil engi-
neer ; Mr. A. E. M. Uniacke, Commissariat ; Mr. Jas.
Hughes, assistant-engineer (3d class), R.N. ; one stew-
ard of the Medical Staff Corps ; six non-commissioned
officers of the Royal Artillery; 20 orderlies, 61 military
invalids from various regiments, one woman and child,
three naval invalids, two stokers, 13 servants, &c. Ad-
miralty Agent, Commander L. B. Woodrof. The Hy-
daspes brought Mesdames Hutton, Winthropp, Halford,
Taylor, and F. Taylor, lady nurses from Constantinople,
Mr. and Mrs. Saunderson, Messrs. S. Till, W. Clinch,
and three third-class passengers. From Malta to Gibral-
tar she conveyed Captains Christie and Govan, R.A.,
and Lieutenant Sandham, R.A., and 96 Artillerymen.
Mrs. Carey and infant, R. Arthur, second-class, and
one sergeant's wife and child ; also Captains Hen-
gill and Meade, of the Turkish Contingent ; Cap-
tain Brett, of the 54th ; Captain Evans, R.A. ; Mr.
Hustler, purveyor ; one sergeant of the 51th Regi-
ment, and two convict warders came to Portsmouth.
On the 2d inst., in lat. 36 37, long. 12 3, she spoke the
steamer Trent ; on the 3d inst., in lat. 37 47 N., long
9 55 E., spoke the steam transports Northfleet and the
Eveline • on the 4th, in lat 37 44 N., long. 6 24 E., the
steam-ship Queen.
The Geyser, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Dew, arrived
at Spithead yesterday from the Baltic.
The steam-sloop Salamander, which left Portsmouth
on Sunday with mails for Sierra Leone and the West
Coast of Africa, sprung a leak near her paddle-wheel,
and put into Plymouth yesterday afternoon, making a
foot of water an hour.
The hired Government transport Indiana, No. 147,
from Balaklava for Southampton, was spoken off Ply-
mouth yesterday afternoon.
The General Screw CoMpany's steam-transport No.
195 will probably eail from 'Southampton this day for
Heligoland, to embark 5 officers and 350 men of the
German Legion for conveyance to Folkestone. A few
officers will embark ; and some light Ordnance stores,
consisting principally of Sappers clothing, will be taken
on board at Southampton.
The Harrier, screw sloop, is not commanded by Com-
mander Story, as reported yesterday, but by Commander
Derriman, late of the Caradoc, and the Naval Brigade,
who distinguished himself so repeatedly in the Crimea
while aide-de-camp to the late Lord Raglan.
The Conflict, 8, screw-sloop, Commander Browne, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday, from the Baltic.
The William Hammond, convict ship, arrived at Spit-
head yesterday, from the Thames, bound for Swan River.
The brig James, of London, 34 days from Bermuda,
having experienced strong easterly winds all the passage,
arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday. She brings 111
Sappers and Miners, with 59 women and children, under
command of Capt. White, Royal Engineers, and Lieut.
Goodall, and in medical charge of Dr. Grogan.
Mr. J. Neil, chief engineer of the first class, has taken
up his appointment to the new screw steam-ship, Mars,
80, and has brought in charge the steam machieery of
that ship, now being brought forward in the fitting basin
at Sheerness.
The Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, Captain A. 01
Key, C. 8., which vessel arrived at Sheerness on Sunday
last (as reported), loft the Island of Wormso on Thurs-
day, the 29th of November last, arrived at Faro Sound
on the following morning, and after coaling proceeded for
Elsinore, She was detained at Faro by contrary winds
and heavy weather for six days, and arrived at _Elsinore
on the 9th inst. At 2 a.m., having coaled there, she
rounded the Scaw, on the same evening, and arrived
off Lowestoft on the morning of the 14th inst. On the
evening of the 15th, at dusk, she Anchored at the Great