The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-31 00:00:00

THE WAR,

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Hornet, 17, screw, Commander Campbell, received
her coals yesterlay afternoon from the portable coal-vessel
Orestes, towed out by Echo, steam-tug.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, Master Commander
E. A. Petley, has completed coaling, and has had a coat of
paint.

The Rhadamanthus paddle-wheel steam store vessel,
Master Commander John Belam, left Woolwich yesterday
morning, having received orders not to wait for the load-
ing of the Diligence store-ship, but proceed direct to Devon-
port with the machinery of the Exmouth, PO, screw steam-
ship.

The usual-monthly muster of the " ordinary" at Ports-
mouth was made yesterday by Rear-Admiral Martin.

PROMOTIONS.
Liegtenant Archibald D. Jolly (1842), serving as Lien-
tenant-Commander of the Bermuda schooner on the North
America and \Vest India station, to be Commander.
Second Master James Riddle (1847), to be Master.

THE GUN-BOATS.
The Wrangler,,screw steam despatch gun-boat, Lieut.-
Commander Risk, is reported to be ready for sea this day ;
and the Beagle, screw steam despatch gun-boat, Lieut.-
Commander Horn, is ordered to be ready for sea on Satur-
day. Both gun-boats will proceed to Portsmouth in the
first instance, and then to the Black Sea, as there is now
no doubt of their being sent to the East instead of to the
Baltic. Boxes and packages addressed to officers of the
British army serving in Turkey have been put on board the
gun-boats, now nearly ready at Woolwich, for con veyanee-
to Constantinople.

PROTECTION FOR GUNNERS. •
Lieutenant Armit, R.E , has invented a protection for
gunners at embrasures from atinie rides, which has been
approved by the Board of Ordnance, and the Lieutenant is
ordered to join the expeditionary army in Turkey to give
it the b,,nefit or his invention. The cost of the apparatus
will not eXcee.l 51. an embrasure.

Yesterday the Court of Admiralty postponed tho con-
demnation of the Vrow Ali la, Steen Bille, and Jenne
taken by her MajJaty's cruisers for breaking the
blockade of the Gulf of Finland, fur further proof; as also
the condemnation of tht Russian ship Ernst Merk, seized
in the yirt of Hail, and the Soglasse, seized in the port of
Leith, also for further proof.

THE TRIAL TRIP OF THE NUBIA.
SOUTHAMPTON, . Wed nesday.—To-day the usual official
trial-trip of this ship took place in Stokes Bay, and an ave•
rage speed of 11.8 knots per hour was gained.

VOLUNTEERING FOR THE NAVY.
Volunteering for the navy goes on briskly, especially for
sloops and the despatch gun-boats, as the " blue jackets"
consider that more prize money may come to their share
in such craft than in vessels of larger rates. There is still
some difficulty in obtaining experienced stokers, as the
Admiialty order, requiring this class of men to have had
one year's service as such adoat, hay not been rescinded.
Large \numbers of volunteers are drafted daily from the
Crocodile to the flag-ship at Sheerness for service in the
Baltic. Landsmen are entered for general service. but few
pffiir thenmieldes, preferring to have the choice of their own
ship.

DEVONPORT, AUG. 30.—During the recent visit of the
Lords of the Admiralty here, Sir James Graham and Cap-
tain Peter Richards visited the Sailors' Home, in company
with Admiral Sir W. Parker, and inspected the institu-
tion, and were pleased to express their satisfaction with
the arrangements made for the comfort and advantage
of the inmates. Since its opening 7,030 sailors have used
the institution. On the return of the fleet from the Baltic
it is expected that a large number of seamen will take up
their temporary residence at this house.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.
Letters have been received in the garrison at Woolwich
from the Royal Artillery, who left Woolwich about three
weeks ago for the East, in the transport-steamer Medway,
in which it is stated about 20 deaths from cholera had
taken place on board previous to her arrival at Malta.
Letters were received at the same time from the artillery
board the 'Australia transport-stewrner, which left
Woolwich on the 9th instant, and arrived at Malta with-
out the slightest casualty occurring on board. The Au-
tAtialia is a fine spacious vessel, well ventilated, and was
not so crowded with troops as the Medway.
Captain Marriott's company, 3d battalion Royal Artil-
lery, marched from the camp on Woolwich-common at six
o'clock a.m. yesterday to the Paddington station of the
Great Western Railway, and proceeded by railway to
Bristol, where the company is to be stationed. Previous
to marching from Woolwich the men were supplied with
new rifle cai bines, and took 70 horses with them. •
Captain Cleveland's, comp Lny, 12th battalion, Royal
artillery, with 120 non-commissioned officers and gunners
of the 2d. 3d, 4th, sth, 7th, and 10th battalions, assembled
at 11 o'clock a.m. yesterday on the guard mounting parade
for the commandant'a inspection. They are 'expected to
embark in the course of the present week in the City of
London transpo► t-steamer for a passage to the East, the
company to be stationed as a reserve company at Malta,
and the detachments to fill up the companies eerviug at
Gibraltar, Malta, and Cerro.

RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY.
Yesterday morning seventy-three athletic young men,
who had arrived on the preceding day by railway from
the Northern, Midland, and Eastern Counties, underwent
a surgical and military inspection, at the principal re-
cruiting office, Duke-street, Westminster. Tho greater
portion of the above recruits, and the remainder volun-
J.eers from militia regiments, . who, having been drilled,
will in a short dine be available for service. The Royal
Marines and A rtilkry have been very successful in obtain-
ing large numbers of young men, who, for the most part,
are above the minimum standard. Recruiting for the
household troops progresses rapidly, particularly for the
Coldstream anti Scots Fusilier Guards, which regiments
have each raised nearly 250 men since the departure of the
service companies fur the seat of war ; and the young sol-
diers aro so far advanced that they join in the field evolu-
tions that are.practised daily in Hyde-park. Groat diffi-
culty is, however, experienced in obtaining recruits for the
cavalry.

" THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND."—A letter from a private sol.
'tier in the Duke of Cambridge's division, says:—" But in
justice I must say that our officers in command here
are doing their utmost to ameliorate onr condition,
and our commander, the Duke of Cambridge, espe.
daily, is never at rest, visiting the hospitals, and
cheering the drooping spirits of the soldiers. He has sur-
prised the whole of us, for when he was in Chobham, in
command of the cavalry, he was rather supposed to be
overbearing ; but since he has came out here he has gained
the heartfelt devotion of every soldier in his division, and
if ever he has an opportunity of leading us to battle most
nobly will we stand by him, for he has proved himself our
friend, and from his high rank has got us many comforts
that no other commander would have dared to ask for.'