The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-29 00:00:00

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The promotions consequent on the death of Vice-Ad-
miral of the White Hyde Parker, C. 8., are the follow-
ing
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir W. H. Dillon, K.C.H.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red John Coode, C. 8., to be
Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Fairfax Moresby, C. 8.,
to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue James H. Plumridge, in
command of the ." flying steam squadron," under Sir
Charles Napier, in the Baltic, to be Rear-Admiral of the
White.
Captain and Commodore Michael Seymour, Captain
of the fleet in thO Baltic, to be Rear-Admiral of the
Blue, whereby a captain's pension of 150/. per annum
for good and meritorious services reverts to the gift of
the First Lord of the Admiralty. Rear-Admiral Sey-
mour will not hoist his flag, but will remain as captain
of the fleet, his pay and allowances in that position
being already the same as those of a Rear-Admiral in
command.
The Stromboli, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com-
mander Robert Hall, arrived at Spithead, from Wool-
wich, full of ammunition, for Malta, on Friday evening,
and sailed on Sunday morning for her destination.
The Star, 8, Commander Warren, arrived at Spithead
on Friday night from the Brazils station. She brought
no news. She sailed on Saturday evening for the east-
ward to be paid off, her crew being made available for
other ships.
The Sphinx, 6, paddle steam-sloop, was commissioned
at Portsmouth on Friday evening by Captain William
J. C. Clifford, son of Rear-Admiral Sir Augustus Clif-
ford, C. 8., Usher of the Black Rod. Captain Clifford's
last service was in command of the Wolverine and
Ringdove, 16-gun sloops, in the East Indies, in 1844-45.
The Rose, revenue-cutter, Nash, commander, run into
Sheerness harbour, on Sunday, and brought the news of
her having taken as a prize a Russian East Indiaman,
loaded with rice, mahogany, and other valuables. It
appears that the captain of the Russian was much in:
clined to make a run for his port of destination, but was
prevented from carrying his intention into effect by hav-
ing taken an English Channel pilot on board (or rather,
we believe, having been boarded by one), of whom he
was anxiously inquiring whether he was aware of there
being any English men-of-war in the White Sea, &c.
In the meantime the Rose bore in sight, the Pilot hoist-
ing Russian colours, when the above cutter boarded and
made a prize of her. Had not this cutter in question
hove in sight, we understand the pilot was determined
to stick to her and deliver her over to the first ship that
came in sight. Too much praise, however, cannot be
given to this intrepid conduct on the part of the pilot,
who bravely, single-handed, withstood the captain carry-
out his intentions of running for the White Sea. She
passed Sheerness, on Sunday morning in charge of the
cutter's crew, and Nash, the commander, direct for Lon-
don ; she is a large vessel, and has some 21 hands on
board, and from what we can learn will prove one of the
most valuable prizes brought home.
Harrier, 16, screw-sloop, under jury rig, and in charge
of Mr. King, arrived this morning from Pembroke, and
was towed into harbour by the Echo steam-tug, where
she will be completed for active service without delay,
and is expected to be instantly commissioned. Rumour
gives her to Captain George Alexander Seymour, late
commander of the Fire Fly. He is a good steam oficer,
full of energy, and liked in the service, The Harrier's
dimensions are as follows :

Feet. Inches.
Length over all lB4 0
Between the perpendiculars l6O 0
Length of keel l4O 0
Breadth, extreme 3l 10
for tonnage 3l 8
moulded
Depth of hold l7 6
Tonnage, 747.
Engines of 100-horse power, by Humpbry and Dyke.
The Royalist, 12, barque, Commander Bate, went
into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday afternoon, to be
put out of commission.
The Sealark, 8, naval apprentices' instruction brig,
Lieutenant Fenwick, of the Victory, in charge, returned
into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday morning from the
Channel. The former training brig, Rolls, 8, having
had a thorough refit, was undocked on Saturday, and
will be immediately recommissioned for the boys, the
Sealark being made a tender to the seamen's ship Illus-
trious, 72, Captain Robert Harris, in Portsmouth
harbour.
The Cuckoo, 3 guns, paddle-wheel steam gun-vessel,
Lieutenant Augustus G. E. Murray, went out from
Sheerness on Saturday on a trial of her machinery, un-
der the superintendence of Mr. George Blaxland, super-
intendent of the civil engineering department at the yard.
She proceeded on a distance trip between the Garrison-
point, Sheerness Middle-buoy, and the Nore Light ves-
sel, with the wind south-west, in force 5. Her engines,
of 100-horse power, made by Bolton and Watt, making
on an average, during the trial out and in, 24 revolu-
tions per minute, with a pressure of 61b. per inch on her
boilers she made over 71 knots by log and distance
taken. Her engines having been recently overhauled
and defects made good, the present trial has been in
every respect satisfactory. The Cuckoo has a very smart,
little crew, and, had Lieutenant Murray required dou-
ble the number to have manned her, he might have had
them, a great number of. A.B.'s having offered to volun-
teer for her after she was fully manned.
The Wolverine 12-gun sloop, at Chatham, is reported
to be ready for sea on the Bth of next month. She is
still in want of able seamen. The entire crew of blue-
jackets late of the Waterwitch offered to volunteer for

her on her commander's first visit to that ship.
The Teazer, screw steam-tender to the flag-ship on the
►Vest Coast of Africa station, arrived at Woolwich on
Saturday, in charge of Lieutenant Commander F. D.
Rich, Her boilers are found to be in such a bad state
that it is expected the crew will be turned out to another
vessel.
Her Majesty's frigate Meander, 44, Commodore Tal-
bot, was inspected on Friday in Plymouth Sound by
Captain Wise, or the flag-ship Impregnable, 104. Her
powder has been taken out, and she was towed into
Hamoaze on Saturday, when her crew unbent sails.
Captain Talbot and the crew will be transferred to the
screw steam-ship Algiers, nearly ready for sea.
The frigate Indefatigable, 50, Captain Thomas Hope,
was docked on Saturday, to have her copper examined
and to be repaired.
The brig Mariner is to be got ready to leave Hamoaze
on the Bth of June, it is said, for the White Sea.
The Rhadamanthua paddlewheel steam atoreship,
Master Commander John Belem, arrived at Woolwich
from Sheerness at 11 p.m. on Friday. The boilers of
the Royal Albert, 131, will be immediately taken down
the river by the Rhadamanthus.
The slip of the Royal Albert will soon be ready for
laying th• keel of another ship of war to add to the
wooden bulwarks of the country.

The Russian brig Emelie (not Amelia), prize to the
Bulldog, paddle-wheel steam-ship, of 6 guns, arrived at
Sheerness on Saturday last at 10 a.m. She was anchored
off the Garrison Point, and Mr. Dillon, acting mate,
made his report to the Commander-in-Chief. In conse-
quence of nearly all the square sails of this brig being so
much damaged previous to her leaving Wingo Sound,
the prize-master, Mr. Dillon, and his crew, have expe-
rienced very great difficulty in getting her home, not
being able to set canvass to turn to windward with. To
prevent any accident in the Thames, the Princess Royal,
one of the Medway steam-packets, has been engaged to
tow her to the West India Dock buoy. Mr. Dillon does
not return again to the Bulldog, being expected to join
the-Hannibal at Chatham.

The Devonshire, formerly employed as a divisional ship
at Chatham, but lent last year to be a tender to the Dread-
nought sailors' hospital-ship stationed at Greenwich, and
intended to receive such cholera cases as might be sent
to the Dreadnought to separate them from the other
patients, is ordered to be taken down to Woolwich, to
be fitted for the reception of Russian prisoners of war,
and when completed the Devonshire wilt be stationed at.
Sheerness.
The Russian prisoners taken in the different prizes,
and sent from time to time on board the Crocodile, lying
off the Tower, to the number of 40, have obtained em-
ployment in the British merchant service. The only
prisoners now on board the Crocodile are those just re-
ceived from the Argo.
On Thursday last a Government officer visited and in-
spected the old Sussex county gaol at Lewes, in order to
ascertain whether it could be used as a place of confine-
ment for the Russian prisoners of war. Having tho-
roughly examined the place, he expressed himself satis-
fied that it could be made applicable for the required
purpose.
The Tribune, 30, screw-frigate, Captain the Hon. S.
T. Carnegie, sailed last evening for the Mediterranean.
A court-martial will be held this morning on board the
Victory, to try a corporal of the Excellent gunnery ship.
The following appointments have been made :
Master Samuel Braddon (1851), recently serving in
the Alecto, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, on the West Coast
of Africa station, to the Sphinx, steam-sloop, at Ports-
mouth.
Chaplain Rev. W. B. Artley, to the Impdrieuse, 50,
screw steam-frigate, in the Baltic.
p'laster's-Assistants—James Fisher, to the Hornet,
17, screw steam-sloop, at Woolwich ; George T. Gulli-
ver, to the Wolverine, 12, sloop, at Chatham.
Assistant-Surgeon David Ramsay, M.D., to the Hor-
net, screw steam-sloop, at Woolwich.
Assistant-Engineers of the Third Class—John Bar-
grove and John Paul, to the Fleet.
Clerks--Henry Winstanley (1854), to the Indefatig-
able, 50, at Devonport ; Francis Oliver (1854), to the
Calcutta, 84, at Devonport.
Gunner John Blellock, to the Zephyr, steam-vessel,
at Woolwich.

The Himalaya, now lying at Queenstown, has at-
tracted thither thousands of 'spectators from the neigh-
bouring towns and villages. On Friday morning the
embarkation of the sth Dragoon Guards commenced.
As early as 5 a.m. a troop passed through Cork, en
route to Queenstown. At 11 o'clock General Maunsell,
accompanied by some officers of his staff, went on board
to superintend the embarkation of -the horses—an opera-
tion which, owing to the admirable manner in which
the works of the platform had been erected, was accom-
plished without the slightest difficulty. The horses were
led on board, and, owing to the high barriers on either
side, walked without fright or hesitation into the ship.
Each horse was then put into a padded box, and slung
easily into the lower deck.
The Taurus, screw steamer, hired for transport ser-
vice, has come down from Deptford to Woolwich, and
now remains with the Tynemouth, waiting further
orders.
The horse transport Europa, No. 92, having had a
few alterations in the fittings of her stalls, will receive
1.1 first troop of the 6th Enniskillens at the dockyard
to-day.
A troop of tho 4th
moo 1E05%1 Irish) I) no conolisting

of Lieutenant G. M. Morgan (commanding), Cornet G.
A. Muttlebury, Assistant-Surgeon Laurance (Grenadier
Guards), 46 rank and file, and 46 horses, paraded in com-
plete service order in Portobello barracks, at 8 o'clock,
a.m., on Saturday morning, and proceeded to Kings-
town, where they embarked on board the Burmah trans-
port, en route for the seat of war, On their leaving Por
tobello barracks they were accompanied by the bands of
the 3d Dragoon Guards and 16th Lancers.
The 16th Lancers are to be stationed as follows :
Head-quarters and one troop and a half at Cahir ; one
troop and a half at Limerick ; two troops at Cork ; and
one at Clonmel.
The dismounted men of the 3d Light Dragoons left
Exeter on Thursday last, and proceeded by the Bristol
and Exeter Railway to Bristol, whence they were to go
on to Manchester the following day.
The 4th Light Dragoons are now on their march to
Exeter, where they will be quartered in the Cavalry
barracks for some time. The head-quarters will be sta-
tioned at Dorchester.
A detachment of the 6th (Enniskillen) Dragoons, in-
cluding the head-quarters, left Exeter, where they have
been quartered for some time, on Friday, for Plymouth,
where the transport Europa was in waiting to receive
them. The men left the Topsham barracks shortly after
9 o'clock, and marched through the city amid the cheers
of the inhabitants. The other portion of the regiment
will leave Exeter in the course of a few days, their de-
parture only being delayed for the preparation of the
transports in which they are to embark at Plymouth for
Turkey. The following are the transports which have
been engaged by the Government :—The Lord Raglan,
774 tons ; the Sutlej, 732 tons ; the Maria, 799 tons ;
the Europa, 841 tons ; the Escort, 763 tons ; and the
Talavera, 963 tons.
Forty-one fine young lads, recruits for the Royal Ar-
tillery, joined head-quarters at Wuolwich in the early
part of the week from Northamptonshire. Orders have
been issued to all the recruiting parties throughout the
country to send the whole of the recruits to the garrison
at Woolwich previous to the end of the present month.
It is believed the order has been made preparatory to
the immediate augmentation of the Royal Artillery, by
adding another, or 14th, battalion to the corps. Up-
wards of 60 volunteers from the Middlesex Militia have
joined the Royaf Regiment of Artillery.
Thirty-eight horses for the Royal Artillery, pu?chased
by Lieutenant-Colonel Wingfield in the country, have
been sent up to head-quarters, and arrived yesterday.
They appear to be fine animals, and well adapted for the
service.
A part of Captain P. Maclean's company, Bth battalion
of the Royal Artillery, disembarked at the Royal Arsenal
at 5 o'clock p.m., having come home in the Enterprise,
of London, freight-ship, from China, in 136 days. The
other part of the company are daily expected. The band
and drums and fifes of the regiment were in waiting to
play them up to the garrison.
Three regiments are at present on their way home
from the East Indies, having embarked in the early part
of April last. A. detachment of her Majesty's 51st
(Kings Own) Light Infantry, under the command of
Captain Anderson, and the right wing of her Majesty's
94th embarked in the Lord George Bentinck on the 12th
of April, and the other portions in the Hampshire. The
married officers of the 94th Foot were to return home in
a screw steamer, Some of the troops are to return in
the Earl of Hardwick° and the Hougoumont freight-
ships, to this country. There are four other regiments
ordered home from India, and the 99th from Australia.
The 29th Regiment of Foot, at present in the Bengal
presidency, is the first on the roster to return home after
the 25th Borderers.

A small detachment of Royal Horse Artillery, com-
posed of 15 horses, eight men, and two non-commis-
sioned officers, under the command of Capt. Mackay,
arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning from Dublin,
em route for Woolwich. They left Liverpool for London
by the half-past 0 o'clock train yesterday morning, and
on their arrival in town proceeded to Woolwich.

MILITIA AND YEOMANRY.
The Lancashire Militia Artillery have just completed
a 28 days' drill, at their barracks in Ishugtpn, and they
are now in the best state of efficiency, and ready for
active service at any moment. During the past week
they have had two field days, the men being tried at
gunnel), practice on the shore near Waterloo. The
practice was considered very successful, and the guns
were served with precision.
•

On Saturday the Norfolk Militia Artillery was in-
spected at Great Yarmouth by Colonel England, Royal
Artillery Commandant at Sheerness. After the usual
marching past, the corps was put through the evolutions
of battalion drill by their commandant, Lord Hastings,
when the gallant reviewing officer was pleased to express
his entire satisfaction at the steadiness and soldierlike
manner in which the several manoeuvres were performed,

The Norfolk Artillery have, one and all, volunteered to
serve her Majesty in any place they may be required.
Their period of training has been extended to 56 days.
The Herefordshire Regiment of Militia had their field-
day on Saturday, but the operations were sadly marred
by the rain. The men presented a satisfactory appear-
ance, and got through their exercise with much precision.
Colonel Patton assured the regiment that he should re-
port most favourably of them. In the afternoon the
arms and accoutrements were given up, and to-day the
men will be disbanded. 36 have volunteered into the
line. The regiment is 580 strong.
The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of
Militia, under the command of Lieut.-Col. M. Bigge, was
called out at Alnwick on the 17th instant, for 28 days'
training and exercise. They are now undergoing the
preliminary stages of instruction in drill, and the promp-
titude with which they obey the word of command and
go through their evolutions, testifies that they have not
forgotten their former lessons. On former occasions
detachments from regiments of the line attended to as-
sist in the training, but the demand for the services of
the regular soldiers elsewhere has caused the whole of
these duties to devolve upon the sergeants of the perma-
nent staff, aided by a serjeant, corporal, and small party
of Coldstream Guards.

On Saturday the Queen's Own Tower Hamlets Reg
ment of Militia, which musters about 500 strong, and
which is under the command of. Colonel North, were
inspected by Colonel Bush, in an enclosed area of Vic-
toria-park. The men went through their evolutions
with great precision, forming hollow squares, wheeling
into line, &c., in perfect order. At the conclusion of
the review Colonel Bush addressed the body in flattering
terms upon their efficiency and steady behaviour.
On Friday afternoon a telegraphic despatch from the
War-office was received at Doncaster by Colonel Loftus,
directing the 3d West York Militia to proceed on the
following morning to the barracks at Berwick-upon-
Tweed, there to be stationed until further orders. On
Saturday morning the parade was formed at the Man-
sion-house at 6 o'clock, soon after which the regiment
proceeded thence in the railway station, headed by the
band, and accompanied by hundreds of spectators. The
men appeared to be in the highest spirits, and returned
the cheers of the civilians in a very hearty manner. Two
Great Northern special trains at once started with them
to their destination. The number of rank and file told
off on Friday night was 860, nearly every man of whom
was forthcoming on Saturday morning. In addition
to this, the trains contained 32 officers, with their
wives and servants, about 50 of the wives of the men,
a children of the
and
nearlyasinany of their children. All the women
and latter class who presented themselves
at the station, and who desired to accompany the corps,
were taken in the train, the extra number beyond what
is allowed by military regulations to accompany a regi-
ment in transitu having to be paid for by the men them-
selves or by the contributions of the officers. The bar-
racks at Berwick, which. have not been occupied for
some time, will accommodate 16 officers and only 700
men ; the remainder, therefore, will have to be quartered
in the town. The men were to receive 1/. each bounty
money on their arrival at the barracks.
The Sussex Artillery Militia assembled for 28 days'
training at the artillery depot, Lewes, on Wednesday
last, but the muster-roll is very far from complete, which
arises from the large number who have joined the regular
service under the present regulations. They are now
making considerable progress, and will, no doubt, soon
become expert in gunnery practice. The depot is pro-
vided with about 18 guns, of which 12 are field pieces,
and the remainder 24 and 32 pounders, and two of these
are swivels.
The Northamptonshire Militia have unanimously re-
solved to offer their services on active duty. The offer
was communicated to the Government through the
Lord-Lieutenant ; and Lord Palmerston has replied that
this very handsome and honourable offer of service shall
be duly considered in making choice of the militia regi-
ments to be embodied.
The King's Own Staffordshire Militia will leave Lich-
field this morning by a train which has been specially
provided. On arriving at the Euston station the men
will march through London to the South-Eastern station,
from which point they will proceed to Dover Castle,
where they will do garrison duty, their services having
been accepted by the Government.
The Royal Westmoreland Militia having been on duty
at Appleby, under Major Monins, since the 2d instant,
was inspected on Friday-by Colonel Derinzi, inspecting
officer of the Liverpool district. The regiment went
through a variety of military evolutions, and will be dis-
charged from service to-day.
Colonel Lord Ward inspected the Hon. Captain Coven-
try's troop of the Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeomanry
last week, at Pull-court, Worcestershire ; and Captain
Taylor's squadron at Moseley-hall. His lordship will
inspect the Worcester and Witley troops in the course of
the present week.
The North York Militia has received orders to assem-
ble for 23 days' training on Friday next, June 2.
An order has been issued to the Ist Devon Militia to
assemble at Exeter on Wednesday next, the 31st instant.
As the barracks are occupied, the men are to be billeted
upon the inhabitants.
The Monmouthshire Militia, whose ordinary term of
, training has expired, have been ordered to undergo ten
days' extended drill. An intimation has been received
from the War-office that the regiment is to be embodied
for permanent duty.
The Durham Militia have been embodied, and will
proceed forthwith to Ireland for_permanent duty.
The Carmarthen Rifle Corps are performing garrison
duty. All the officers have volunteered for duty, but
the men have ma-nifested a strong indisposition to com-
ply with the wishes of the officers, the majority of them
being married Men, with families.
Colonel Bowles has communicated to the Secretary-at-
' War the willingness of the whole of the Oxfordshire
Militia—officei-s and men—to be enrolled, if their ser-
vices are required.

THE Mooßs.—W e regret to say the tape-worm disease
has appeared amoni ; the grouse in our higher moors—
possibly from exec ssive drought. Hitherto there have
been few deaths ; but we learn that its ravages are great
in Glenesk and bother Forfarshire moors. Dundee
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