The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-29 00:00:00

THE NY3.4.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The latest movements in the Black Sea fleet are con-
tained in a letter of the 15th inst., which state: that the
Fury, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Tatham, returned to
Constantinople on the afternoon of the 1-4th from Balt-
schik, where the combined fleets were then lying. Mrs.
Giffard, widow of Captain Giffard, of the Tiger, arrived
by her, aftervisititg.tbe grave of her husband at Odessa.
The First-Lieutenant of the Tiger had been sent to St.
Petersburg, four of the midshipmen to Moscow, and the
rest of the officers and crew had been forwarded to other
destinations. The sick, and some consumptive patients,
had been detained at Odessa on account of the salubrity
of the climate.
The Vesuvius, G, Commander Powell, got on shore off
the Sulina mouth of the Danube, while chasing a coaster
that she mistook for a gunboat. She was on shore 26
hours, but, as the bottom was muddy, she received no
dam age.
The Furious, Firebrand, and Inflexible were blockad-
ing the Danube. The Fury had towed into Constanti-
nopie two prizes which she took off the mouth of the
Danube. The Bellerophon, London, Sidon, and another
ataiamer were at Varna assisting in the disembarkation
ct the troops. The Canshee sailed on the 14th with the
mail for the squadron.
The Fury, Caradoc, Cyclops, Simoorn, and Alewa
were lying at Constantinople on the 15th.
The Sanspareil, 70, screw, Captain Dacres, had
broken down again in her machinery.
The new postal convention entered into with France
was hailed by airthe fleet as a great boon. Our great
want at present (says our correspondent) is the esta-
blishment of an English Post-cffice forth, reception and
distribution of our letters. ' -
Lord Raglan and staff embarked in the Caradoc on
the 15th fur Varna, and the remaining troops were to
leave Constantinople for' the-same place in a day or two
after.
The Spitfire steam-sloop was at Bonrgas, which
anchorage is reported by Commander Spratt as a good
one, and. will be frequented often by the squadron during
the ensuing winter.
The steam-vessels Fire Queen, Sprightly, and Lucifer,
and the cutter Portsmouth have been despatched from
Portsmouth to look after a silk and tea-laden Russian
merchantman reported to be in the Channel.
Advices were received yesterday, under date Smyrna,
June the 17th, that her Majesty's steamer Wasp had
surprised and destroyed two piratical Greek vessels at
Samos.

Yesterday the twenty days' notice required to be given
by the Court of Admiralty previous to condemnation
expired with reference to the following Russian ships :
—The Corolina, Louis Ehlers, late master, and the
brie Gebroeders, Lindholm late master, prizes to, her
Majesty's steamer Cruiser, and the Najaden, Nils Gus-
taf, late master, prize to her Majesty's steamer Odin ;
those vessels will, therefore, together with their cargoes
and tackle, be forthwith condemned and sold for the
benefit of their captors.
- Yesterday another Russian prize, called the Otsee,
Iluxhatn master arrived off Gravesend from the Baltic ;
she is to be taken into the West India Docks for con-
. demnation.
A contract has been concluded by the Government
with Mr. Pitcher, of Northtleet, for the construction of
four steam gun-boats, for service in the Baltic. They
will be 460 tons burden, and 150 feet long, and draw
'only 11 feet water. They will be fitted with engines of
100 horse-power.
The Board of Ordnance yesterday gave notice to the
shipbuilders that they required a coasting vessel to be
. built for their service.
Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty gave notice at
Lloyd's that a ship was required to carry 500 tons of
provisions and stores to be.delivered on board Sir Chas.
Napier's fleet in the Gulf of Finland. •
. The Vulcan screw troop-transport,. Commander Von
Dunlop, left. Portsmouth yesterday morning for Varna.
Her Majesty's steam-yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt.
the Hon. Joseph Denman, went out for a cruise yester-
day to try her engines, &c., after a thorough refit.
During the whole voyage from Queenstown to Varna,
only two of the horses on board the Himalaya were lost.
One was shot, owing to its having a very suspicious-
looking discharge from the nose, and one with diseased
lungs died. It appears that Mrs. Giffard, whom the
Himalaya brought back, went to Varna, not aware of
her husband's death, intending to give herself up as a
prisoner, that she might nurse him. the was allowed
to visit his grave, with Captain Powell, of the Vesu-
vius, who went ashore with her. -He saw the men who
are prisoners, and who are all well treated.
• Alr. J. Dinnen, the Superintendent of Steam Machi-
nu-y Afloat, returned to Sheerness on the 27th inst., at
4.30 p.m., and after a short interview with the profes-
sional officers it was decided that the Dauntless could
have her defects in machinery, &c., made good there in
a few days. Orders have been given for her to return
• old stores, and she is to have all assistance from the port
• to store and victual again with all possible despatch, and
then proceed to the Baltic. It is the same time currently
reported that Capt. the Hon. Frederick W. Grey, in
command of the Hannibal, 90 guns, has made an official
application for a heavy draught of the Dauntless's crew,
iu order to complete bis complement of seamen, by which
he will be able to proceed to sea immediately, instead of
.going to Scotland to complete. The newly-raised men,
though good seamen, will have to be taught their gunnery
. exercise on their passage out, and the most particular
reason in favour of this being done is that the Dauntless
~.is at present SO men short, including officers, most of
whom are away in charge of prizes taken by other ships.
It is anticipated that the Dauntless will undergo some
. • alterations in the construction of her engines aneboilers,
• and that by the time these -are completed her commander
and:oft-leers will find no difficulty in raising 200 or 300
. men to complete her complement.
The Wolverine, 12, gun sloop, Commander John C.
Corbett, had her compasses adjusted yesterday by Mr.
John C. Barlow, master of the Formidable, 84.
The crew of the Star desire it to be generally known
-that they are now perfectly satisfied ; they have a com-
mander who, when leaving the Boscawen, took with him
the hearty good wishes of every blueejacket on board,
and,they are .ready to go forth to fight the battles of their
• cannery heart and hand with him.
The Reeyal Portuguese paddlewheel steam-yacht made
e her number on demand yesterday, passing up Sea Reach
. for Woolwich.
- The Russian prize to the Arrogant and Heels, the
Augusta, was taken from Sheerness last evening by a
- steam-tug for the West India Docks.
Orders were received yesterday at the infantry bar-
.racks, Windsor, for the 46th Regiment, now Anartered
there, under the command of Colonel Garrett, to be pre-
, pared for embarcation to the seat of war in the East
• early in next month. The regiment, including the guard
supplied to Kensington Palace, is now more than 1,000
strong, and, should the recruits continue to arrive in the
same numbers as has been the case for the last fortnight
it will soon attain the full complement of 1,200.
100 rank and file of the 33d Regiment (the Duke of
Wellington's Own) arrived in Cork on Monday from
Fermoy, to await a transport for conveyance to join the
. service companies in the East.
The Soubandar transport, with the let division of the
27th Regiment )Enniskillens) sailed from Queenstown
on Sunday for her destination—Calcutta. On Friday
the Charlotte transport, Captain Affleck, arrived for the
• conveyance of the 2d division, which were put on board
on Monday, and sailed on Tuesday morning for India.
A considerable body of troops from the depot batta-
lions in Ireland will arrive in Cork in the course of the
week, to await transports for conveyance to join their
• respective service companies in the East.
One sergeant and 50 privates of 'the 41st Regiment
and 1 sergeant arid N privates-of the 47th Regiment left
Templemore on Monday, and have arrived at Cork t ,
await the Kangaroo transport for conveyance to join
the service companies in the East.
• The depot of the 68th Light Infantry, stationed in
• . Belfast, has been called on to complete the service coin-
'. panies at Malta forthwith, "or sooner, if possible," to
800 rank and file, which will take every man fit to
carry a musket from the depot. The service companies
are only 600 strong at present.. They embarked for
- Malta on the 28th of February, 1851.

- ROYAL ARTILLERY.
In consequence of the brevet promotions, and subse-
quent promotions already made public, the following 1
• ' changes have taken place in the Royal Regiment, of
Artillery :
. Colonel William Brereton, C. 8., K.H., to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Whinyates, promoted to be Major-
• General.
Colonel Thomas Fox
y, Vice Fox Strangways, y
Li to the Roal Horse
Artillery, vice y, Dynele promoted to be Major-General.
Horse Art
eutenanillert-Colonel Noel Thomas Lake, to the Royal
Colonel. Strangways, promoted to be
Captain Edward Price, to the Royal Horse Artille
•tr ry,
co Brert-Major
Colonel. W°o4-1, promoted to be Lieutenant-
second Captain Hon. David M'Dowall Fraser, to the
Royal Hors© Artill •
Artillery, 'flee Willett, promoted to be
Captain.
; Horace Part-.•......x Newton, to the Royaj
Second Capta'n
raryataWit°lmtot
Horse Artillery, vice Duplat, pro
ue Captain.
Williams,me to
First Lieutenant Albert Hen
the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Bonitbee, promoted to be
rnornottis to the
the
Second Captain.
,trpa
First Lieutenant WaltreirceAarsh
be
. Royal Horse Artillery, itchliel7
Second Captain.
Captain Richard Blackwood Price, to be Captain of the
Riding-house Establishment, vice Sandham, promoted to
- be Lieutenant-Colonel.
Colonel William Bolden Dundas, C. 8., to command the
• Royal Artillery in Ireland, vice Dyneley, Proluoted to be
Major-General.
Captain-George Buckual Shakespear, to be Captain of
the Cadets Company, vice Eardley Wilmot promoted to be
Lieuteuant-Colonel. 1 ,
trovet-:Major St. John. Thomas Browne to be Assistant
Fire Itlaster ut PortstnoUth, vice Cockburn, promoted to
be Lieutenant-Colonel.
In consequence of theme oregoing promotions and appoint-
. tues,Ls V t.;tin ierneentioned ()dicers are p)sted to battalions
,- - as foil-) eis :
' ' Colencl Richard Hardinge, K. 11., to the 5;11 battalion,
vice Ilrereton, to the Royal Horse Artillery.
. . Colonel William Cool:vane Andereoe to the 4th ba'talion
• ' ‘ic-s Fo., Stran,,way3 promote:l, vice Bastard, aid posted
to the Horse Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry George Teesdale, Royal Horse
Artillery, is raised to Lieutenant-Colonel's pay therein,
vice Strangwaya, promoted. Lieutenant-Colonel Lake, ap-
pointed to the Royal Horse Artillery, will receive Major's
.'. pay, vice Teesdale.
.'. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Joseph Morris to the 7th
• ' battalion, on Lieutonant-Colonel's pay, vice Rnwnsley,
promoted.
Lieutenant-Colonel John M'Coy to the 2nd battalion,
...* on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay,. vice timeline, promoted.
-. Lieutenant-. Colonel Edward Fitzlierbert Grant to the
Bth battalion, on Lieutenant-Colonel's pay', vim Andrews; -
Promoted,
Lieutenant-Colonel John Wray Mitchell, to the 6th