The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-17 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, July 12.—0 n the evening of the Gth
inst. her Majesty's screw transport Orontes, Capt.
Hire, left Malta harbour with the 2d battalion 22d
Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel
Anderson. The battalion consisted of 30 officers,
738 non-commissioned officers and soldiers, eight
ladies and six children of officers, and 50 soldiers'
wives and 89 children. The Orontes also conveyed
Col. Romer, R.A., Capt. Risk, R.N., Commander
Harvey, R.N., Lieut. McHardy, R.N., 39 military
and naval invalids, Capt. Warnes, of the Militia;
Lieut. Davies, R.E., and the following ladies :
Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Risk, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Cleve,
land, Mrs. Waller, Mrs. Joynson, Mrs. Hillman,
Mrs. Greatham, and Mrs. Bonham and sister. The
Orontes will transfer the battalion at Gibraltar to
the sailing transports Star of India and the Devon-
shire, which will convey it to Mauritius. The re-
mainder of her passengers will then. proceed in her
to Portsmouth, and the Orontes will afterwards go
to Dublin. The Tyrian screw gunboat, Lieut. Mur-
ray, arrived on the 6th inst. from the fleet, which
she left near Cape Bon, The Racer, 11, screw cor-
vette, left on Saturday noon, the Bth inst., for Bar-
celona, with mails for the fleet. The Wanderer, 4,
screw gunvessel, Commander M. C. Seymour,
arrived on Sunday night, the 9th inst., from the
Piraeus. She is ordered home, and will leave in a
few days for England. Commander R. Sterne,
recently promoted, handed over his command
of the Psyche on the 7th instant to Lieutenant
Blane. The late commander was much respected
by all hands, and was rowed on shore with
every honour that could be shown him. He proceeds
by the next mail to England. In consequence of
the occurrence of several cases of cholera in the
garrison clean bills of health have ceased to be
issued. The Psyche, Lieut. Blanc, left port on the
morning of the 10th inst. to cruise outside, so as to
be able to leave with the next mail for the fleet, with
a clean bill of health. The English screw steamer
Luxor arrived at Malta on Friday evening from
Alexandria, having on board 239 passengers, but she
was compelled to remain outside until Sunday morn-
ing, owing to the Lazaretto being full of persons
performing quarantine. On Sunday a large number
received pratique, and accommodation was afforded
for those who had recently arrived. The Peninsular
and Oriental Company's steamers Poonah and
Nyanza came in this morning from Alexandria.
There had been one fatal case of cholera on board—
that of a first class passenger, who died the day after
leaving Alexandria.

Earl de Grey and Ripon, Secretary for War,
arrived at Portsmouth dockyard on Saturday after-
noon, and embarked on board the Admiralty steam
yacht Enchantress, to join the Lords of the Admi-
ralty. The yacht left Portsmouth on Saturday even-
ing for Plymouth, whence it is expected their Lord-
ships will proceed to Cherbourg.
The Octavia, screw steam frigate, Capt. Charles
Hillyar, C. 8., steamed out of Portsmouth harbour
to Spithead on Saturday, exchanging salutes with
the Victory, flagship
of the Commander-in-Chief,
Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B. Sho received her
shot and shell, and will leave Spithead shortly for
the West Indies, where Capt. Hillyar will hoist his
broad pendant as Commodore on that station.
The Royal Sovereign turret ship, Capt. Herbert,
sailed from Portsmouth on Saturday for Plymouth
to join the Channel squadron.
The Irresistible, screw steam frigate, Captain J.
Dickson, came up to Spithead on Saturday from
Southampton Water.

The Helicon, steam despatch vessel, was taken
into dock at Portsmouth on Saturday for surveying.
The Dromedary, steam storeship, Master-Com-
mander J. 11. Allard, arrived at Spithead on Satur-
day from Malta and Gibraltar, with 47 supernu-
meraries, invalids,:and condemned stores, and a few
passengers, among whom was Mr. William Roche,
assist.-surd., late of H.M.S. Orlando. The Drome-
dary left Malta on the 30th of June, and Gibraltar
on the 7th inst. Since leaving the latter place she
has experienced very strong northerly winds and
heavy head seas up to the entrance of the Bay of
Biscay.
edarypassed, in lat. 44.18 and
long. g• 45, th
bark red pendant over 4,657.
After disembarking her supernumeraries and inva-
lids,were conveyed to the Victory flagship,
the
Do proceeded on for Woolwich, to dis-
charge her stores, &c.
Tho hired sailing transport Dunbar Castle arrived
at Spithead on Saturday afternoon from India, with
military invalids and time-expired men, who will be
r who
Dromedary
disembarked to-day.

Reference was made in The Sun of Saturday to
ships chartered to convey troops and stores to India.
The following are the paraculars :—For the convey-
ance of the 26th Regiment from Portsmouth to
Regiment from Dublin to
1,200 tons register, J. A.
'Delawar, 1,300 tons, new
ship,BßEolo and ay
commander;
at Itl ilhedesoCcfr°etswlPieast4tret9llacti klienk steamer ;Melbourne, 1,686 tons,
have been chartered by Messrs. Gellatly, llankey,
and Sewell. The same firm have also engaged to
convey out in their Calcutta packet the Cossipore,
leeaavri,ng
onand the
a quantity of mooring,
g The Government
have also engaged Messrs. Green's ships the Windsor
Castle and Renown to take troops from Dublin to
buoys, the 20tho inst.,r
stores.
Port Elizabeth,
and Bombay.
Gibraltar,thence
In addition to the above ships the
St. Lawrence and Conflict will convey about GO9
to Cape Town,
adults from Gravesend to Calcutta; the Roslin
Castle, 472 troops, from Cork to Calcutta; the
114 t Regiment
Winchester and Albert 'Victor, the