The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-14 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Conqueror line-of-battle ship, pierced for 120 guns,
building at Devonport, and the Edgar, at Woolwich, are
both so far advanced that they will be ready for launch•
ing early iu the spring.
H. M. S. Algiers, 91, Captain Talbot, from Sheerness,
for Devonport, arrived and anchored in the Downs, at
six a.m. yesterday.

The 6uracoa, 31, new screw frigate, got steam tap
yesterday in Portsmouth steam-basin, and worked her
propeller for some time, all appearing sound.
The Dauntless, 24, screw frigate, Captain Ryder, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from the Nore,
and the Stromboli, 6, paddle sloop, yesterday also, from
the westward.

The Horatio steam-frigate is ordered to be taken into
the fitting•basin at Sheerness to make good some slight
derangement in the gear of her screw-propeller.
The Rhadamanthus, steam store-ship, will leave on
Friday for the eastern yards, with ropes, sails, &o.
The Fire Queen, tender, Master Commander F. W.
Paul, will go into dock as soon as the Vifredo comes
out.

The Black Prince passed Sheerness yesterday in tow
of the Adder and African for Portsmouth.

The following ships are now being manned, and have
entered either the number of men required or have nearly
filled up their complement :—The Royal Albert, 121,
Capt. Alexander Little, fitting at Sheerness ; the Curacoa,
30, Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hastings, fitting at Portsmouth;
the Cossack, 20. Captain Fanshawe, fitting at Chatham ;
the Harrier, 16, Captain Story, fitting at Portsmouth;
as also the Swallow, 9, Captain Crauford, and the Cur-
lew, Captain Lambert, fitting at Chatham.

The following officers have taken up their commissions
at Sheerness, and await passages to their respective
.hips (as supernumeraries) on board the Waterloo flag-
ship :—Mr. D. M. Shaw, for the Spiteful, and Mr. P.
W. Wallace, for the Britannia, both assistant-surgeons ;
Dr. Newman, for the Trafalgar.
A court-martial is ordered to assemble on board the
Waterloo, at Sheerness, to-morrow, at 9 a.m. All cap-
tains and commanders are ordered by the Commander-
in-Chief to be in attendance.

DEVONPORT, TUESDAY.
The flag of Rear-Admiral Superintendent Eden was
struck on board the Plymouth yacht, and hoisted on
board the Royal William yesterday morning, when it
was saluted for the first time by the Royal William and
Impregnable.

The—officers and men lent from the Calcutta, 84, to
the Royal William, returned to their own ship yesterday
morning.

APPOINTMENTS.
Commanders—Herbert G. Austen (1846), to the
Coastguard ; Charles Codrington Forsyth (1849), from
the Coastguard, to command the Hornet, 17, screw
steam-sloop, at Portsmouth, vice Commander Frederick
A. Campbell, promoted to be captain.
Lieutenants—George M. Smith (1846), from the
Coastguard, to the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness;
Henry Bacon (1841), from the Powerful, 84, at Ports-
mouth, to the Termagant, 24, screw steam-frigate, at
Portsmouth.

Assistant-Surgeon James S. Ayrest (1847), from the
Algiers, 91, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness, to the
Royal Hospital, Plymouth.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon John G. Smith to the Al-
giers. vice Ayrest.
Midshipman—Charles Hastie to the Curacoa, 30,
screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth.

PRO MOTINS.
Commander Frederick A. CamOpbell (1846), who fitted
out at Woolwich the Hornet, 17, screw steam-corvette,
and is at present in command of that vessel at Ports-
mouth, to be captain.
Mates—Charles D. Robinson (1851), serving in the
Pluto paddle-wheel steam vessel, on the west coast of
Africa station, and 11. H. M. Magrath, to be lieutenants.
Assistant-Surgeons—William Duirs, M.D. (1843),
serving in the Rodney, 90, on the Mediterranean and
Black Sea station ; John Watt Reid (1845), acting sur-
geon of the Inflexible paddle-wheel steam-sloop, on the
Mediterranean and Black Sea station ; and Stephen
Bowden (1845), acting surgeon of the Valorous, paddle-
wheel steam frigate on the Baltic station, have been pro-
moted to be surgeons.