The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-27 00:00:00

AUGMENTATION OF THE ROYAL MARINE CORPS.

An order has been received at each of the divisions to
form eight new divisional companies and two artillery
companies, two companies to be attached to the Chatham
or first division, two companies to the Portsmouth or
second division, two companies to the. Plymouth. r third.
division, two companies to the Woolwich or fourth divi-
sion, and two companies to the Royal Marine Artillery
at Portsmouth—making a total number of 10 companies
as originally stated. It is fully expected there will be one
field officer, with two colonels commandant, two second
colonels commandant, and four pay captains, appointed
to each division as permanent staff, instead of one colo-
nel commandant, one second colonel commandant, and
one paymaster, the number at present attached to each
division. Colonel, second commandant, Stephen Giles,
of the Plymouth division, and Lieut.-Colonel William
Lewis Dawes have retired on full-pay, but their succes-
sors have not been appointed, and will probably be de-
ferred until the new arrangements are completed.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 25.

The whole of the field batteries, five in number, under
orders to form the first division proceeding on foreign
service, were out again this morning on the Common, in
route order the same as yesterday, with the additional
feature that, each of the packhorses attached to the bat-
teries had on a packsaddle for conveying the medicine
chests and the portable baggage of the officers. The
packsaddles are made of very strong canvas padded with
tow, and the medicine chests have two broad straps to
go over the backs of the horses, with one in the centre
under the bottom, to fasten under the horses' belly.
Sailing vessels have been taken up for the conveyance of
1,600 horses to the Mediterranean.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 25.

Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, G.C.8., arrived here on
Friday by railway, and was received at the station by
Admiral Sir John Ommanney, whom he succeeds in the
important office of Commander-in-Chief at this port.
The crew of her Majesty's screw steam-ship Royal
George, 121, Captain Codrington, bent sails yesterday.
She will go out of harbour in the course of a few days.
The defects of the paddle-wheel steam-frigate Magi-
cienne, 16, Capt. T. Fisher, have been made good. Her
Master, Mr. L. C. Bailey, was yesterday tried by court-
martial, Commodore Seymour, president, on board the
flag-ship Impregnable. The court declared the charge of
drunkenness proved, but in consideration of the pri-
soner's high testimonials and of the surgeon's certificate,
sentenced him only to be dismissed from the ship.
f;„,The screw steam block-ship Hogue, 60, Capt. Ramsay,
sailed from the Sound to-day at noon for the eastward.
The African Steam Navigation Company's mail packet
' Forerunner, Capt. Barnwell, sailed on Friday with let-
ters for the west coast of Africa. The next homeward
ship, the Faith, Capt. Parsons, is due here on the Bth
,of March.

The Norwegian .barque Sylphile, Capt. Sunrise, was
off the Sound on the 221, and the Bremen ship Hudson,
for Ha►nburg, was off the Start on the .23d inst.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 25.
Vice:Admiral Sir Charles Napier, 1C.C.8., notwit

standing the repeated assertions of a contemporary to
the contrary, • has - been appointed to the 'command of
the fleet intended for operations in the Baltic in the
event of the Emperor of Russia persisting in the aggres-
sive course he has recently pursued in respect to the
affairs of the East. The gallant admiral received his
appointment to-day, and immediately after proceeded
to Woolwich, where he arrived at four o'clock p.m., and
hoisted his flag on board the Fisgard, flag-ship, where
it remained until sunset.