The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-28 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Himalaya screw troopship, Captan E. Lacy,
sailed from Portsmouth yesterday morning for
Dover, Kingstown, Malta, and Canada, on the
round of troop service mentioned in detail in The
Sun of yesterday.
The Edgar, screw wooden line-of-battle-ship,
Capt. G. P. Hornby, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir
Sidney Colpoys Dacres, K.C.8., went out of Ports-
mouth harbour yesterday to Spithead anchorage,
under sail. She anchored there to complete her
preparations for her forthcoming voyage to Lisbon
with the Earl of Sefton and suite.

The French steam aviso Averne, Captain Forget,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Calais. Soon
after the Averne's arrival Capt. Forget was intro-
duced to the naval and military authorities by the
French Consul at Portsmouth, the Chevalier Vau-
denbergh. The Averne is expected to sail from
Portsmouth this morning for Weymouth and Dart-
mouth.

Her Majesty's old gun, sailing ship Daring was
yesterday towed up to Woolwich, from Chatham,
to be broken up.

The paddlewheel steamvessels Fearless, Locust,
and Adder, tenders to the Cumberland, Wellesley,
and Pembroke, at Sheerness, Chatham, and Har-
wich, yesterday arrived at Woolwich in charge of
Commander G. J. Hodges, assistant-master atten-
dant at Sheerness, and accompanied by the Monkey,
Bustler, and Widgeon, tenders to the Fisgard at
Woolwich. They proceeded to the Victoria Docks,
to remove the iron ship Minotaur, 6,621 tons, into
the tidal basin, in preparation for her being taken
down to Sheerness to-morrow to be completed for
sea.

Her Majesty's troopship Megaira, Capt. M. B.
Dunn, is under orders to sail from Woolwich this
morning with victalling and dockyard stores for Rio
de Janeiro and Ascension. One sergeant and four
artificers belonging to the Woolwich division Royal
Marine Light Infantry, having volunteered for ser-
vice in Ascension, have been provided with a pas-
sage on board.
Various detachments of Royal Marines left Wool-
wich yesterday for the following named district
ships, for Coastguard and Royal Naval Coast Vo-
lunteer duties, viz., 1 corporal and 29 privates for
her Majesty's ship Lion, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, at
Greenock ; 29 privates for her Majesty's ship Done-
gal, Capt. James A. Paynter, at Liverpool; and 29
privates for her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, Captain
John Borlase, C. 8., at Leith.

Private letters from Lucknow received at Ports-
mouth yesterday via Marseilles state that her Ma-
jesty's
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Hume,
Calcutta, a few weeks previous to the date of the
letters, had received orders by telegram to start the
next morning on its return to Calcutta, in order to
join with all despatch the Bhootan field force. The
letters mention the rumours of a serious check to our
arms at the hands of the Bhooteas as the reason of
this sudden recall of the regiment. Previous to the
departure of the 55th for India the regiment was
stationed in Portsmouth garrison, under the com-
mand of Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., and
was remarkable for its excellent discipline.

The following appointments were made yesterdry
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. IL C. Wogan, Lieut. C.
R. Forrest, Lieut. F. J. Easther, and Lieut. E.
liotham to the Rattlesnake.