The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-13 00:00:00

vacancy for the promotion to an inspector of a leading
man at Chatham-yard.
Captain-Superintendent Courtenay accepted tenders at
the Royal Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport,
on Thursday, for 1,000 quartersof wheat at 765. 3d., and
1,000 quarters at 795. The contractors were Mr. Kidd
and Mr. Byrne. The latter also contracted to supply
50 quarters of peas at 60s.
From Southampton we learn that the Royal mail
steam-ship Orinoco, Captain Wilson, has again been
chartered by the Government far conveyance of troops
to the East, and will be ready fir sea on the 20th inst.,
on which day the 97th Regiment has been ordered to
arrive at Southampton, and embark by this fine steamer.
The Orinoco is to take 1,100 men and officers, 16 horses,
and a large shipment of ammunition, besides mili-
tary stores and camp equipage. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steam-ship Himalaya, Captain
A. Kellock, is to leave Southampton on the 22d in-
stant fur Cork, there to embark the sth Dragoon
Guards, consisting of 350 men, 30 officers, and 350 horses.
The Himalaya will also take out a large quantity of
camp equipage, baggage, arms, ammunition, &c. The
fittings for the horses are progressing very satisfactorily,
and the stalls are being erected on the main and spar
decks. It is anticipated that th, Himalaya will convey
the Dragoons from Cork to Constantinople in ten days.
The General Screw Company's steam-ship Hydaspes is
ordered to proceed to Portsmouth to embark troops, and
will take out nearly 1,000 men besides_ camp equipage,
ammunition, stores, &c., and will he ready for sea about
the middle or end of next week. The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Sultan is txpected at South-
ampton on Sunday from Malta andeonstantinople. The
Indus, belonging to the same company, is also daily
looked for. Her machinery is disabled, and it is thought
she will be assisted on the voyage by the Sultan. The
Indus has been employed in carrying troops from Malta
to Gallipoli.
The Sydney, steam transport-ship, came down from
Deptford on Thursday to Woolwich, and was taken into
the basin, and yesterday 200 men of the Royal Artillery
were employed from 6 o'clock a.m. till noon, in putting
on board a portion of a siege battery, consisting of 8-
inch and 24-pounder guns, on travelling carriages, with
other warlike stores. These men were relieved by a
similar number to continue the duty in the afternoon.
The remainder of the 13th Light Dragoons embarked
yesterday from Portsmouth Dockyard on board the
transports Nos. 60 and 61, which sailed with them in the
evening for Turkey. The troops to-day were Capt. Tre-
mayne's in the Monarchy, and the head-quarters, under
the command of Colonel Doherty, in the Harbinger. The
other officers of these troops were Lieutenant Smith,
Cornets King and Chamberlain, Paymaster Frith,
Adjutant Irwin, and Dr. Painter, surgeon. Deputy
Medical Inspector Chapman also embarked in the
Monarchy.
One company of Royal Artillery (Captain Riddle's)
embarked yesterday at Portsmouth Dockyard in the
Ajax steamer for Cork.
The 42411. Highlanders will embark at Portsmouth on
Thursday next, in the steam-packet Hydaspes, which is
now fitting at Southampton, to embark them.
The third troop of the th Hussars were taken on
board the transport-ship War Cloud, at Kingston, near
Dublin, on Thursday. The business of the embarkation
was conducted in the same regular and orderly manner
as on the preceding occasions, and passed off without
the slightest accident or drawback of any kind.
The depot of the 62d Regiment arrived on Thursday
afternoon at the Kingsbridge terminus of the Great
Southern and Western Railway, by the four o'clock
train, from Fermoy, under the command of Major
Mathias, and marched direct to the Royal Barracks.
This section of the 62d proceeded next day to Belfast,
to replace the remaining companies of the 12th infantry,
the head-quarters of which arrived in Dublin on Wed-
nesday afternoon, and were inspected on Thursday by
Major-General Cochrane, at the esplanade in front of
the Royal Barracks.