The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-06 00:00:00

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

The troop of Royal Horse Artillery under the corn
mand of Captain Levinge received an entire new
battery, consisting of four six-pounder brass guns
and two twelve-pounder brass howitzers, made on
the most approved construction and mounted on
new gun-carriages. These field pieces of ordnance,
with their ammunition waggons, with every neces-
sary article for field service were brought up from the
grand depot on Thursday to the east orißoyal Horse Ar-
tillery square of the barracks, and are all ready packed
for immediate: embarkation. Three entire new field-
batteries, each consisting of four 9-pounder brais guns
and two 24-pounder brass howitzers, were brought up
.from the grand depot on the same day to the barracks,
and they are at present in the gun-park at the west end
of the barracks, all packed and ready for immediate em-
barkation. The other two batteries under orders for
foreign service will only take out horses with them, as
the one is to be supplied with a Turkish field-battery on
arrival in the East, and the other will be converted into
a small-arm brigade and be supplied with Minie rifles.
Captain Swinton's company, 11th battalion, recently
returned from Dover to head-quarters ; Captain J.
Turner's company, 11th battalion, recently returned
from Eastbourne to Woolwich ; Captain Wodehouse's
company, 11th battalion, at Woolwich ; and Captain
Maude's troop of Royal Horse Artillery, at present sta-
tioned.s,t DUblin, are' to be 'broiigtt'forifrard ter service
in the East on the departure of the troop and batteries
'at present under orders for foreign service.

GENERAL ORDER.
Deputy Adjutant-General's-office,
Woolwich, March 2.
His Lordship, the Master-General, has appointed the
following officers to be adjutants, provisionally, under
the regulations contained in the General Order of Feb-
ruary 5, 1826 :

Second Captain E. B. Hamley to the sth battalion,
vice Cannon, promoted.

Second Captain E. E. R. Dyneley to the 12th battalion,
vice Rogers, promoted.
In consequence of the above the undermentioned offi-
cers are posted as follows :
Second Captain P. F. Miller to the 2d battalion, vice
Hamley.

Second Captain H. T. Fitzhugh to the 12th battalion,
vice Dyneley.

HENRY PALLISER, Lieut.-Colonel,
Assistant-Adjutant-General.

The horses of two batteries are to be sent over from
Ireland for service in Captain Swinton's 3d company,
11th battalion, and Captain J. Turner's 4th company,
11th battalion.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

SHEERNESS, MARCH 4.

The Driver, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com-
mander the Hon. A. Cochrane, has this day been taken
into No. 3 dry dock, to be examined, and for the pur-
pose of cleaning her bottom, clearing feed pipes, &c.
This being done she will be ready for sea in a few days.
Orders have been received here for the Monarch, 84
guns, Captain John E. Erskine, to leave on Thursday
next for the Downs. All hands employed upon her are
working long extra hours to insure her departure on that
day. Lieutenant H. St. John Mildmay has taken up
his commission and joined this ship.
The Majestic, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, Capt.
James Hope, C. 8., is ordered to be out of the dockyard
on the 25th instant, and will be ready to sail within
seven days afterwards. Lieutenant Edwin A. Percher,
9th of November, 1846, has taken up his commission
and joined this ship. A number of very smart A.B.'s
have volunteered for her, and ordinary seamen and lands-
men are coming forward freely for entry. This ship has
what wardroom officers call a popular commander, and
what the blue-jackets call a first-rate sailor. The conse-
quence is, a great number of blue-jackets, who formerly
served under him, are again entering the same ship. She
was masted yesterday, tops sent over the mastheads, and
the standing rigging is being fitted. The greatest activity
prevails among the blue-jackets, the marine artillery,
and Royal Marines, the last being engaged conveying
the standing rigging, &c., from the stores ready, for the
use of the former. lier screw propeller was lowered into
its bearings yesterday, and on Thursday next a trial
will take place to prove the strength of her boilers, &c.
Lieutenant Charles G. G. Perceval, promoted from
the Fury paddle-wheel steam-sloop, serving in the Medi-
terranean, and Lieutenant Thomas H. Downs, of the
2d of March, 1838, from the Coast-guard station at Aln-
mouth (Alnwick) have taken up their commissions and
joined the Cressy, 80 guns, Captain Richard L. Warren.
Her compasses will be adjusted by Mr. John C. Barlow,
Master of the Waterloo, immediately after which she
will be inspected by the port officers and leave for the
Downs.

The late 120 gun-ship Howe, which was taken into
dry dock here in October, 1850, was being taken to
pieces (by Admiralty order) last week, by which another
spacious dry dock, capable of receiving a first-rate man-
of-war, armed, manned, and victualled, with six months'
stores of every description on board, is available for any
emergency.
A number of schooners, varying from 100 to 150 tons
loading burden, have been hired as transports, for the
conveyance of provisions, stores, ammunition, &c., for
the use of the Baltic fleet, part of which are now engaged
bringing provisions from Deptford to the victualling
stores at this yard. The Retorm, of London, Robert,
Rex, master, and the Wharfinger, of London, J. Harris,
master, have arrived here, completed their discharge,
and sailed again for Deptford. Each vessel has been
supplied by the dockyard authorities with sufficient pig
iron ballast to enable them to discharge their cargoes of
provisions, &c., and return from the fleet in fair ballast
trim, when occasion may require them to proceed after
the fleet, on their departure from the Downs.
The schooner Boyne, of London, William Stone, mas-
ter, is now discharging victualling stores here for the
same purpose.
The Hart, sailing tender to the Waterloo, under charge
of Eugene C. Batty, returned from Dover this day with
volunteers from general service, among whom are several
mechanics for armourers and carpenters' crews. All the
volunteers are drilled daily on board the Waterloo, in
bending, reefing, furling, and unbending sails ; also at
the gun, small arm, and cutlass exercise, while the boys
are engaged knotting, splicing, &c.
Arrangements have been entered into with the Ad-
miralty for the electric telegraph being laid down from
this yard to Deptford and Woolwich, by which, on the'
shortest notice, ammunition from the latter, and provi-
sions from the former, can be immediately shipped, and
proceed, wherever directed by telegraph, front the
Thames, In addition to this, it will be rendered available
for commuMcations from the Admiralty, Horse Ciu344,e,

[PRICE SD.

&c., to the port and fort officers in command here. The
submarine part of the line will cross at King's Ferry.
An increased number of workmen are set on to for-
ward the completion of the new artillery barracks being
built in this garrison, in order, if required, to give bar-
rack accommodation to from four to five companies of
Marine artillery, who will then be in readiness for
draughting into any of our screw steam-ships of war re-
quiring their services afloat.
In consequence of the increase of business now being
tr Ln sacted in the different offices in the dockyard, a
number of extra clerks are to be entered, to be employed
as writers and copying clerks. The present clerks,
writers, measurers, &c., are frequently engaged day and
night in ,order to prevent delay in the routine of the
service.

WOOLWICH, MARCH 4.
APPOINTMENTS.
Commander Frederick A. Egerton (1852) to the Bag
caw en, 70, at Portsmouth, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Arthur Fanshawe, Commander-in-Chief of the North
American and West India station.
Lieutenant Robert M. Sandon (1843) to be agent in
charge of mails in a contract steam-vessel.
Surgeon Daniel Ritchie (1546) to be surgeon-superin-
tendent of the Ramilies, hired convict ship.
Clerk William H. Chapman (1848), from the Hogue.
60, screw steam-ship, to the Conflict, 8, screw steam-
sloop, at Portsmouth.
Acting clerk James Inglis, to the Caesar, 91, screw
steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
Clerk's-Assistants—F. L. R. Bedwell, to the St.
George, 121, at Devonport ; W. H. Allen, to the Royal
William, 120, at Devonport.
Assistant-engineer George Wynhall, of the third class,
to the Archer, 14, screw-corvette, at Woolwich.

THE BALTIC FLEETS.
We shall doubtless before many days have the French
fleet to join the English at Spithead. We only wish the
Emperor Napoleon may pay a visit on such an occasion,
there is not an Englishman but would give him a
welcome, and show to him how much they appreciate
his high-minded and dignified conduct throughout a
treacherous attempt on the part of Russia to sow feel-
ings of distrust between us. We say there is not a
right-thinking man but would hail his Majesty as a
sincere friend—his actions have proved that he is so,
for the peace of the world has been secured by his mag-
nanimous bearing—even at a time when insult and
abuse were unsparingly heaped upon him by a rancorous
and bitterly hostile portion of the English press.—
Morning Herald.