The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-30 00:00:00

Naval and Military -Intelligence.

Advices received by our Southampton correspon-
dent, by the mail steamer Atrato, report the follow-
ing movements of her Majesty's ships of war on the
West India and PaCific stations :—The Aboukir,
80, Commander Cracroft, C.B. ; the Fawn, 17,
Commander Wrey ; and the Nimble, 5, Lieut.
Hallowes, were at Port Royal, Jainaica, on the 9th
inst. The Rosario, 11, Commander Palmer, left
Kingston for Honduras on the 7th, with and for the
mails. The Styx, 6, left Antigua for Barbadoes on
the 11th. The Cordelia, 11, Commander J. B.
Scott, was at Dominica on the 10th. Admiral Sir
James Hope, K.C.8., in the Duncan, 81, Capt. R.
Gibson, was expected at Barbadoes on the 20th. The
Shannon, 35, Capt. 0. J. Jones, arrived at Aspin-
wall on the Ist from Greytown, and she reported the
safe arrival of the steamship Golden Rule at San
Juan del Norte. The Phaeton, 39, Capt. G. L
Bowyer, was at Matamoras on the 28th December.
The Petrel, 11, Commander E. Madden, left Vera
Cruz on the 30th December for Mata,moras. The
Wolverine, 21, Capt. A. F. R. de Horsey, left Ha-
vannah for Matamoras on the Bth January. The
Leander, Commander Harvey, was at Callao on the
28th December, and the Shearwater at Islay on the
23d ; the latter vessel was to rejoin the Commodore
in a day or two. The Alert was at Valparaiso on
the 17th December. The Sutlej, flagship, with the
Admiral, was expected at Valparaiso, from Vancou-
ver's Island, about the end of December. An Ame-
rican paddle steam ram had arrived at Havannah,
and left the same day for Wilmington, to join the
squadron there. A Federal steam corvette and two
gunboats were off Brazos. The French frigate Bel-
lone, Rear-Admiral Hoy, was at Martinique on the
6th of January. The French transports Entrepre-
nante, Eure, and Rhine, and the Austrian frigate
Navarre, were at Vera Cruz.

The Rinaldo, 17 gun screw corvette, 951 tons and
200 horse-power, Commander Hon. Maurice H.
Nelson, arrived at Spithead early yesterday morn-
ing from Jamaica, last from Falmouth, having put
into the latter port on Wednesday, the 25th inst.
At flag-hoist time yesterday morning the Rinaldo
exchanged salutes with the Victory, Captain F.
Scott, C. 8., A.D.C., flagship of the Port Admiral,
Sir M. Seymour, G.C.B. The Rinaldo awaits orders
at Spithead.
The death of Major-Gen. R. S. Armstrong, ILA.,
has been reported at the Horse Guards. It took
place on the 18th inst. at Lucerne, Switzerland. He
was in his 75th year. He served at Walcheren in
1809, and in Canada from May, 1811,
to July, 1815.
He obtained his commission as second lieut. Dec. 17,
1807 ; first lieut., March 22, 1809 ; capt., Nov. 6,
1827 ; brevet major, Nov. 23, 1841 ; lieut.-col.,
Nov. 9, 1846; col., June 29,1854; major-gen., ,Tan.
15, 1859. A general officer's "distinguished service',
pen
annum is vacant.h
byasbeen his death.
Thsioencaopftiailno per
,s 0
"good service" pension placed at
the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by
the death of Capt. B. Harris, it.N
con-
ferred on Capt. M. De Courcy.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—On Saturday
there was a very good display of tulips and mignonnette at
these gardens, when the great conservatory in which the
plants were arranged was visited by many visitors and fel-
lows of the society, who were enabled to enjoy a pleasant
promenade in an atmosphere far more agreeable than that
which wins to be met with out of doom