The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-21 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Boscawen, 70, Captain Glanville, sailed on Friday
for the West Indies. Prior to sailing, her crew were
mustered by Port-Admiral Sir William Parker, and the
newly-raisedlmen paid wages in advance by Mr. Mills,
master-attendant of the dockyard. She is said to be
only about 40 short of her complement.
The Phaeton, 50-gun frigate, ha.l.been put out of dry
dock and moored alongside the' Minotaur, hulk to the
Royal Albert. In consequence of some derangement of the
moorings to which the Minotaur was riding, she has with
the Phaeton been shifted to another pair of moorings in
order to enable the riggers' to lift the moorings to make
good defects.
The- Cossack, 21, screw,Capt. It G. Fanshawe, or-
dered to be fitted for sea at Chatham, is to have a com-
plement of 236 men.

- The Esk, 20, screw steam-corvette, is now in an ad-
vanced state, and will soon -be ready for commission.
The Malacca is receiving from the Sheerness yard 200
tons of iron ballast to bring her down in the water to
counteract her top hamper. She is considered by all
practical men to be overmasted; this great leverage upon
a heavy careen she cannot, at her present draught of
water, counteract. It will require until Thursday next
to get thi ballast properly stowed, and to complete her
machinery, &c. She is being fitted with Mr. W. Bon-
ney's patent gutta perch, speaking tubes for communi-
cating with the engine-room, :&c. from the quarter-deck.
The Malacca's destination is unknown.
The Curlew,. 8, screw, Cominander Rowley *Lambert,
is ordered to Chatham, to be fitted for sea immediately.
The Spy; 3, 'brigantine, Lietit. the' Hon. Robert F.
Boyle, arrived at sheerness on Saturday from Chatham,
where she will have her compasses adjusted. Her crew
will be paid their advance (they are only 2 hands short
of her complement), after which she will be inspected
by the Admiral previous to her proceeding to sea. Her
destination is not yet known.
The Diligence, Arctic storeship, was paid off at' Wool-
wich on Friday.
The Rhadamanthus, paddle-wheel steam store-vessel,
Master-Commander Belem, left Pembroke on Friday,
direct for Woolwich, and may be expected there on Tues-
day.

The Chatham, pay-yacht, J. Granay, master, arrived
at Sheerness on Saturday. The crew of the Malacca
were paid their advance in the presence of the captain-
superintendent, after which Mr. John C. Barlow, master
of the Formidable, proceeded on board, and commenced
swinging the ship for the adjustment of her compasses.
The Walmer Castle, transport, Commander Price,
with Commander John Steane, as transport agent, was
at Copenhagen on the 15th instant, waiting there for
confirmation of orders to proceed to Farosund, there to
take in troops.

The Supply, screw steam store•ship, Master-Comman-
der John Penn, has moved from the dockyard to the
Royal Arsenal, to take on board a large quantity of
stores for the fleet in the Black Sea and the army in the
East. There are now ready for embarkation two large
waggons, at present in the carriage department of the
Royal Arsenal, fitted with large reels of telegraphic wire
covered with gutty percha, and intended as a means of
communication between the camps of the army in Tur-
key. There is a small two-wheeled carriage for each
waggon, and a small hand plough for opening the ground
in which the telegraphic wire is inserted as it is rolled
off one of the large reels, which revolves horizontally,
and contains about a mile in length of the wire. The
plough is so constructed that on the wire being depo-
sited on the ground it is immediately covered over and
requires no other labour. On the camps changing their
positions, the wire can be rolled on the reels again, and
be made available on the new ground.