The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-26 00:00:00

THE WAR

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Royal steam yacht Fairy, Captain the Hon.
Joseph Denman, embarked their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred from Cowes yester-
day afternoon, with a small suite, and brought them to
the Portsmouth dockyard on a visit of inspection. The
Princes were received by Rear-Admiral Martin and staff
at the chief stairs of the dockyard, and were escorted by
them over the establishment, which occupied about an
hour. They left on their return to Osborne about half-
past 6 o'clock.
Yesterday being the anniversary of the birthday of
her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, and the Court
being at Osborne, Royal salutes were fired by the
Victory, Illustrious, and Tribune, in harbour and at
Spithead.
The Powerful, 84, Captain Manse], has now about
290 men on her books and is manning quickly: She
entered 23 yesterday. If she were sent to the northern
ports, Leith, for instance, she would soon pick up her
full complement. a _

The Scourge, 6, paddle-sloop, Commodore Adams,
bent sails yesterday morning, received her crew, and
hauled off to the stream to have her compasses adjusted.
The Rhadarnanthus paddle-wheel steam-transport,
Master-Commander John Belain, arrived at Sheerness
on Wednesday at 4.30 p.m. from Woolwich, having on
board two of the boilers and parts of machinery for the
Royal Albert, 131 guns, new screw steam-ship. The
Rhadamanthus towed the lighter Beaver down from
Woolwich with machinery for the Malacca, 14 guns,
steam-sloop, now fitting at Chatham. The African
steam-yeasel'gotlits steam and tAisd-the Beaver on to
Chatham. The Rhadamanthus has been taken into the
fitting basin and berthed under the masting sheers, in
order to tranship the boilers, &c., for the Royal Albert,
and will return to Woolwich to-morrow to ship two
more boilers and other portions of the heavy machinery
required. It is fully expecte,: that within six weeks of
the boilers being in their places Messrs. Penn and Son
will have ste,on up in the Royal Albert.
The Cuckoo, three guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel,
Lieutenant Augustus G. E. Murray commanding, has
bad her compasses adjusted by Mr. John C. Barlow,
Master of the Formidable. Owing to a court-martial
which is expected to take place in a day or two on Mr.
Yeatman, second-master, now under arrest on board the
flag ship, the Cuckoo is not expected to leave Sheerness
until Monday. Her crew will on that day be paid their
advance, previous to her departure. The charges against
Mr. Yeatman are of a very grave character. The
Cuckoo's officers are this day engaged completing their
stores, provisions, &c.
The officers and crew, including Mr. William Hall,
first class assistant engineer, who served in the late
steam gun-vessel Jasper, have all been appointed to the
Zephyr steam-vessel of 100 horse-power at Woolwich.
Mr. Hall left Sheerness yesterday to join the Zephyr,
by Admiralty orders.
The Longboat sailing cutter, R. Harvey, second-
master, in command, leaves Sheerness to-day for Dover,
Ramsgate, and Margate, to obtain seamen volunteers
for the service of dockyard craft attached to the port,
in consequence of most of the seamen formerly serving
in these vessels having volunteered for ships in active
service. They were stimulated to do so by the certain
prospect of prize money. The men will be all entered
under articles of agreement.
ry
The crew of the Calcutta, 84, Captain Stopford, at
Plymouth, pointei topmasts on Wednesday.
The Algiers, 91, screw steam-ship at Plymouth, com-
menced taking in fuel on Wednesday.
The steam-vessel Prometheus, having had defects
made good, was taken out of the north dock, at Ply-
mouth, on Wednesday, and her place was immediately
occupied by the steam-vessel Advice (from Haulbow-
line), the defects of which are to be made good forthwith.
The Forerunner, Captain Barnwell, sailed from Ply-
mouth on Wednesday with mails for the west coast of
Africa. _ _ _

The entry of landsmen and boys between 17 and 18
still continues on board the Fisgard, at Woolwich ; the
men must be between 19 and 22, and stand 5 feet 6a,
and the lads 5 feet 5a to 5 feet 6.
Twelve of the seamen belonging to the Russian bark
Argo were despatched from Liverpool for London last
night (Thursday), to be placed on board the Crocodile,
off the Tower. The captain and two mates remain at
Liverpool to give evidence before the Prize Commis-
sioners. It is said that the cargo, composed chiefly of
molasses, is insured at Hamburg against capture. It
now lies at the Brunswick dock, at Liverpool.
The Burmab, Maria, William Jackson, and Sir Robert
Sale, troop-ships, have arrived in Kingstown harbour.
The second division of the 35th Regiment of Foot,
Colonel Frazer, left the Tower and proceeded by railway
to Chatham yesterday morning ; the third division, in
charge of the regimental baggage, will- depart this day.
The 35th will perform garrison duty until the latter end
of June, when it will embark for India.
Ye-terday morning the depot of the 97th Regiment of
Foot left the Infantry barracks, in Sheet-street, Wind-
sor, under the command of Captain Sipthorpe, and pro-
ceeded to the station of the Great Western, whence
they were conveyed by railway to Bristol. The depot
consisted of four officers, 103 soldiers, 37 women, and
28 children.
A draught of the 68th Light Infantry, about 140 men,
was to have been embarked on Thursday morning on
board the Himalaya at Queenstown, for conveyance to
Malta. The sth Dragoon Guards will march from Bal li
-
lincollig to Queenstown on Friday morning, to be there
embarked on board the same ship for conveyance to
Turkey. The Himalaya was expected to arrive at
Queenstown about 7 o'clock on Thursday evening.
A company of the 27th Enniskillens arrived in Dublin
on Wednesday afternoon, per Dublin and Drogheda
Railway. They were met at the terminus by the band
of the regiment, which played them to the Royal Bar-
racks, where they will remain quartered with their re-
giment until the 15th of June next, on which day, it is
understood, they will leave for Cork, en route to Calcutta.
Lord Killeen left Dublin on Wednesday for New-
bridge, where his lordship will assume the command of
the cavalry depot in process of formation.
It was expected that the Ist troop of the 4th Dragoon
Guards would embark at Kingstown on Thursday for
the seat of war. Two of the transports were ready in
all respects for their conveyance.
The 21st Royal North British Fusiliers have received
orders ito hold themselves in readiness for immediate
active service in the Baltic, and will embark on the
.29th inst. or thereabouts, 20 additional sergeants and
40 corporals are to be immediately appointed.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
The following mates have been promoted to the rank
of lieutenants, and arc to stand on the list in the follow-

ing order :
William Hewett (1850), serving as first mato in the
Vengeance, 84, in the Black Sea.
James Pickering Smallpage (1850),
serving as first
mate in the Magicienne, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate,

in the Baltic. - -
John Nott (1851), serving as first mate of the Tra,
falgar, 120, in the Black Sea.
Henry T. Boger (1851), serving as second mate of the
Trafalgar.
Frank T. Thompson (1851), serving as mate of the
Sidon, 22, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, in the Black Sea.
Ernest Augustus Tweedale (1851), serving as first mate
of the Heroics, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, on the East
Indies station.
Charles Rowland Scott (1851), serving as first mate of
the Argus, steam-sloop, on the North America and West
Indies station. •
Molesworth G. Jackson (1351), serving as first mate
of the Nerbudda, 12, brig, on the Cape of Good Hope
station.
Henry George Belson (1851), serving as first mate of
the Dido. 18, on the Pacific station.
William Bergen Paulli (1851), serving as mate of the
Rifleman, screw steam-vessel, on the south-east coast of
America station.
William T. W. Hambly (1851), serving as acting mate
of the Locust, paddle-wheel steam-vessel on the south-
east coast of America station, to be acting Lieutenant.
George Paynter Heath (1851), recently serving as
2i3, on the Australian
acting mate of the Calliopa,
sta-
tion, to be acting lieutenant.
Charles John Slaughter (1851), serving as first mate
of the Modeste, 18, sloop, in the Black Sea, to be lieu-
tenant. 1851), serving as acting
Coldstream C. Robinson (
lieutenant of the Ferret, 8, sloop, on the west coast of
Africa.
George Dacres Bevan (1851), serving as acting lieu-
tenant of the Rattler, screw steam-sloop, on the East
Indies station.
Walter James Hunt Grubbe (1851), serving in the
Excellent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth.
serving as first mate
Henry Edward Crozier (1851).
of the Tribune, 31, screw steam-frigaservte, in the Black Sea.
Frederick J. Campbell (1851), serving as mate of the
Bonetta, 3, brigantine, on the south-east coast of Ame-
rica station.
Jones P. J. Parry (1351), serving as first mate of the
Terrible, steam-frigate, in the Black Sea.
Richard B. Foster (1851), serving as first mate of the
Medea, paddle-wheel steam-sloop.
Albert Henry William Battiscombe (1852), serving as
fist mate of the Dauntless, screw steam-frigate, in the

Baltic.
John L. Perry (1852), serving as first mate of the Im-
perieuse, 50, screw steam-frigate, in the Baltic.
Henry Berkeley (1853), serving as first mate of the
Princess Royal, 91, screw steam-ship, in the Baltic.
The following lieutenants, promoted to that rank to.
day, have been appointed to serve as under :
Lieutenants William Hewitt and Frederick T.
Thomson, to the Britannia, 120, flag-ship, in the Black
Sea ; Walter J. H. Grubbo and Henry T. Boger, to the
I Scourge, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth.
Master's Assistant—Wm. A. Chaffer, to the Scourge.

A FEMALE OVERSEER.—The Derbyshire Times reports
the nomination at a recent vestry meeting of Miss Sarah
George as a fit and proper person to fulfil the duties of
overseer of the poor of Misson, Notts, and the Retford
magistrates have made the appointment. Miss George
subsequently attended a vestry meeting, declared her
willingness to fulfil the duties, and received the balance
due to the parish from the outgoing overseers.