The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-13 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
Her Majesty and the Court are expected to embark at
Gosport to-morrow for Osborne. There is a rumour that
the Royal yacht will convey them to witness the embar-
kation of the French troops in the English squadron,
but we cannot trace it to an authoritative source.
A mail for the British army in Turkey and the fleet
in the Black sea will be made up and forwarded via
Marseilles from the General Post-office this evening. A
mail for the White Sea squadron, via Hull and Chris-
tiansand, will be despatched to-morrow.
The followiug notice has been put up at the gates of
Woolwich dockyard.
"Letters for the Baltic fleet will be despatched by the
Kangaroo steamer from Deptford on the morning of the
14th inst.
" Letters for seamen, marines, and boys serving in the
Baltic fleet will be forwarded by this opportunity, if
posted in time, and marked 'By the Kangaroo steamer.'
" The postage of ld. must be paid on the letter at the
time of posting it."
By letters received on the- arrival of the Vulture,
paddle-wheel steam-frigate from the Baltic, it has been
ascertained that the Boscawen, 70, is on her way home
from the Baltic to England, for the purpose of proceed-
ing to the West Indies, to become flagship of Rear-
Admiral Fanshawe, C. 13., of that station.
Her Majesty's screw steamship Exmouth, 91, was
successfully launched from the Devonport dockyard at
5.50 p.m. on Wednesday (yesterday).
The Resistance troopship, Master-Commander Brad-
shaw, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from the Baltic.
The Resistance, when in 58.8 north and 20.5 east, fell
in with the French line of battle screw steam-ship Bres-
lau, Captain Quilhermy. The Breslau's boat was lowered
and making for the Resistance, when the resistance hove
ship to ; her rigging was fully manned. and on passing
under the Breslau's stern, she gave her crew three hearty
English cheers, which were immediately responded to by
the Breslau hoisting the English ensign at her main.
Her rigging was thronged with seamen aloft and below,
and they returned the cheers of the Resistance with
three times three real jolly cheers, and well timed.
Captain Bradshaw offered to wait a short time for letters
lor despatches from her ; Captain Quilhermy stated he
had nothing to send ; compliments were exchanged, and
they parted company.
The Waterloo, 120 guns, flag-ship, Captain Lord
Frederick Kerr.—Lieutenant John K. E. Baird, late of
the Phaeton, promoted on the 16th of February, 1854,
whilst serving in the Sybille, 40 guns, on the East In-
dian station, which promotion was confirmed on the 28th
of the same month by the Admiralty, is shortly
expected here to take up his commission (waiting his
arrival) as flag-lieutenant to Vice-Admiral the Hon.
William Gordon, Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. The
let and 2d class boys and ordinary seamen have been at
daily target practice with the ship-gun stationed on the
beach. The boys Welch and Arnold, two 2d class boys
of the Waterloo, did duty to the gun as captains, and
every shot fired (the gun being elevated and laid by
them) would most certainly have sunk a jolly-boat had
she being moored abreast the target at a distance of
800 yards. It has been proposed by an experienced of-
fficer here (who has particularly watched the progress
made by boys who have entered the navy for some five
to six years past) that a ship of the line should be fitted
as a school ship, and any number of active smart boys
should be entered and trained for the navy, by which a
continual supply of fine lads perfect in gunnery exercise
could at all times be drafted away as they were required
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officers serving in the Baltic fl
every shot told on the hull
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Their firing was very
: rience of our gallant admiral, eet that, with the expe-
Sir Charles Napier, as-
sisted by the senior French
and French admirals will renderatairal, the junior English
e most essential service
ions take place. The
to the cause when full o
French rear-admiral is an ol;ficTrin the full vigour of his
middle age, equal to our junior admirals and commodores.
The French rear-admiral appears quite the life and soul
of the French Baltic fleet.
A proposition has been sent to the Admiralty by an
officer of the Navy of high standing, for the perfect
sealing up the entrance to Cronstadt, by doing which
the Russian fleet could be kept there for years, and if
necessary for ever. The plan is now under the conside-
-1 ration of the Admiralty, and we are credibly informed
the gallant Anglo-French admirals are being consulted
on the practicability of the same. To give further ex-
planations at present would be most injudicious. If car-
ried out, it will release nine-tenths of our fleet from that
part of the Baltic ; after which Sveaborg and Helsing-
fors may have similar cards played at a cost of a few shot
or shell, and most certainly without loss of lives, com-
pared with Gamla Carleby.
The Wildfire, steam-tender to the Waterloo flag-ship,
Master Commander George Brockman, left Sheerness
yesterday with stores brought down from Deptford for

The mail steamship Simla will embark at Southamp-
ton to-morrow one officer, 12 men, and 40 re-mount
horses of the 6th Dragoon Guards, 13th Light Dragoons,
and 17th Lancers, to join their regiments at the seat of
war. She then proceeds to Liverpool, to embark the
2d regiment (Scots Greys) for the same destination.
The Orinoco steamship embarked at Portsmouth har-
bour yesterday afternoon the baggage, horses of the
officers, and camp equipage of the Ist battalion of the
Rifle Brigade. The regiment, upwards of 1,000 strong,
commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Beckwith, with a
detwhment of the 68th Foot (who are on their way
from Belfast), will go board this morning and they will
put to sea to-morrow.
The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master-Com-
mander Belam, left Portsmouth yesterday on her return
to Woolwich, after unloading the machinery she took
round for the new screw sloops Harrier and Swallow.
The bark Peltoma, Captain Knaggs, arrived on Tues-
day to embark Government stores from the Royal
William Victualling-yard for the Black Sea.
The mail steam-ship Colombo will embark the 34th
Foot at Portsmouth on ➢Monday next for Varna.
The whole of the men of the 12th Lancers, recently
returned from Italia (with the exception of one serjeant
and one farrier, who have completed their time), have
joined the depot of the corps at Maidstone.
Two companies (the first division) of the 35th Regi-
ment of Foot will leave Chatham for India on Saturday
next, and the second division on the 19th inst.

The men of the 10th Hussars fit for duty, who arrived
in the Balcarres freight-ship from India, left Chatham on
Monday for Maidstone.

On the departure of the 35th Regiment from Chatham,
for India, the 94th Regiment will occupy Brompton
barracks.

Yesterday a company of the 68th Regiment, under
the command of Captain Somerville, arrived at Liver-
pool, from Belfast, en route for Portsmouth. They were
billeted in the town for the night, and wore this morning
to proceed by rail to Portsmouth, where they will be
embarked on board the Orinoco for the East.