The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-02 00:00:00

,Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following is from a letter dated Malta, Sept. 24 :
" Vice-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, who arrived at this
port on the 11th in her Majesty's steam line-of-battle
ship Hannibal, from the Bosphorus, is not likely to leave
for England before the first week of October in conse-
quence of some defects in the screw propeller.
" The Curlew and S xallew steam corvettes, the Re-
cruit, Cracker, and Clinker steam gunboats, and the
Wallace and Bulldog steam-tugs, have arrived at Con-
stantinople, and with the Wye, which has returned from
Gibraltar, are awaiting Admiralty orders ; it is gene-
rally supposed the coast of Morocco will be the destina-
tion of the first-mentioned five vessels.
"The Supply screw steam store-ship has proceeded to
the Piraeus.

"The Majestic steam•ship of the, line, which arrived
on the Bth from Spithead, left on the 11th to join the
flag of Admiral Lord Lyons, the Commander-in-Chief,
who it is expected will about this time be moving towards
the Gulf of Smyrna.
"Her Majesty's despatch steamer Caradoc took her
departure on the 15th for Marseilles to receive on board,
for conveyance to Constantinople, Garter King-at-Arms,
specially charged by the Queen to invest the Sultan with
the Order of the Garter.

" Her Majesty's screw steam gun-boat Arrow arrived
from Constantinople on the 17th.
"Her Majesty's steam frigate Centaur arrived on the
19:b from England and Gibraltar.

"The brig Orwell, from London, with Government
stores, arrived on the 14th, and on the 15th the brig
Darien, from Constantinople and Corfu, with ammuni•
tion.

" The Railing transport Golconda arrived from Con,
stantinople and the Dardanelles on the 21st.
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" The French screw steam storeship Gironde arrived
on the 22.1.

" The French screw steam storeship Marne arrived
from the Pireeus on the 24th.
"The Thessalia screw steamer arrived on the 14th
from Liverpool, and left on the following day for Syra
and Constantinople.
" The Sovereign screw steamer arrived from Tunis on
the 16th, and left on her return voyage on the 20th.
" The Lek anon screw steamer arrived from Smyrna
on the 17th, and left on the same day for Liverpool.
"The Brenda screw steamer arrived from Constanti-
nop'e and Smyrna on the 13th, and left on the same
afternoon for London.

" The Alma screw steamer arrived from Constanti-
nople on the 18th for London, having on board 1 officer
and 162 non-commissioned officers and privates of the
disbanded Anglo-Polish Legion. She will be detained
at least a fortnight at Malta under repair.
" The English screw steamer Egyptian arrived from
Liverpool on the 20th, and left on the same day for
Constantinople.
" The Minna screw steamer arrived from London and
Gibraltar on the 211th, and left for Constantinople on the
23d.

" The British Queen screw steamer arrived from
Liverpool on the 7Lh.

" the Vatican French postal steamer arrived from
Marseilles on the 14th, and left on the 18th, on her re-
turn voyage.

" The Carmel French postal steamer arrived from
Marseilles direct on the 14th, and left for Syra, Smyrna,
and Constantinople on the same afternoon, whence the
Tage French p ,stal steamer arrived on the 17th, and
lett for Marseilles on the same day.
" The Indus steampacket, from Southampton and
Gibraltar, with the heavy direct mails, and the Valetta
steampacket, from Mar.•eille.s. with the overland mails
and passengers, arrived on the 14th.
" Her Majesty's steampacket Oberon left on the 15th
with the mails fir the lonian Islands, conveying Lieut.-
Colonel Patterson, Major Vesey and family, and Lieut.
Windham, R.N.

" The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship
Alhambra arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar on
the 20th, and left for A.lexandria on the same day.
"The Henri IV. and the Jourdain, French postal
steamers, arrived from Marseilles on the 2/st, and on
the came day the former proceeded to Alexandria, and
the latter to Constantinople.
" The Capitole, French postal steamer, arrived at the
same time from Marseilles, Genoa, Leghorn, Civita
Vecchia, Naples, and Messina.
" The French postal steampacket Tamise arrived from
Constantinople, Smyrna, and Syra on the 24th."
Major-General Gough, C. 8., was expected at Belfast
on Monday evening, and was to resume the command
of the district until further orders.
Brevet Major Tomkinson, of the Bth Hussars, is ap-
pointed Brigade-Major to the Brigade of Cavalry in
Dublin, under tae command of Major-General lair James
Chatterton.
The troops in the different encampments at home are
to discontinue for the present brigade drill, and are to
commence a regular course of regimental exercises.
General officers have been selected to fill the appoint-
ments lately held by brigadiers at the Curragh and other
camps, and they have been granted by the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Commander-in-Chief, the privilege of nomi-
nating their own brigade-majors and aides-de-camp ;
and the following letter has been issued on the subject
by Lord Seaton, commanding the forces in Ireland :
"Sir,—l am directed by the General Commanding to
acquaint you that he has this day received a communica-
tion from the Military Secretary to his Royal Highness
the General Commanding-in-Chief, stating that] the ap-
pointments of Lieutenant-Colonels Bedford and Pinder
as colonels in the staff at the Curragh will cease on the
arrival of the two officers appointed to command the
brigades at that station ; and the appointments of Bri-
gade-Majors Roche, Ward, 60th Foot, and Corrigan, 3d
Dragoon Guards, will also cease as soon as they may
be relieved by the officers who may be appointed to re-
lieve them ; and I am to request that you will common-
' nicate the above to the officers concerned, at the same
time conveying to them the expression of his lordship's
thanks for the satisfactory manner in which they have
performed their military duties at the Camp, and his
regret at the loss of their services on the staff.
" I havo the honour to be, &c.,
"J. COLBORNE, Military Secretary."
The Naval Court of Inquiry sitting at the Royal
William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, was occupied seven
hours on Tuesday in reference to the charges brought
against Captain Superintender3 Joseph Nias by Dr.
Budd. Captain Nias commenced his defence yesterday
at 11 o'clock, when the Court reassembled.
The Raleigh, 50-gun sailing frigate, Commodore the
Hon. H. Keppel, C. 8., was taking into the fitting basin
at Portsmouth yesterday to be rigged.
The Shannon, 51, screw frigate, Capt. W. Peel, C. 8.,
was removed from the fitting basin at Portsmouth yes-
terday. When ready she will most probably proceed
to the Mediterranean station.
The Salamander steam-sloop, Commander Mechem,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the westward
with supernumeraries.

The Lizard steam•vessel, Lieut. Christopher, left
Portsmouth yesterday for the eastward.
The Fox, 42, was taken down Portsmouth harbour
yesterday to be prepared for steam trial.
The Irene transport left Portsmouth yesterday for
Deptford.

Tho Vivid steam vessel, Mr. W. H. Allen, master,
R.N., commanding, arrived at Portsmouth on Tuesday
evening, on express duty from the eastward, and kit
for the westward.

The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Lieut. Murray, arrived at
Spithead on Tuesday evening.
The Flying Fish despatch vessel, Commander Dow,
came into collision with the Princess Royal and Blen-
heim line-of-battle ships on Tuesday afternoon, by which
both were much damaged.
The screw steamship Exmouth, 90, Capt. H. Eyres,
is to sail from Plymouth to-day for Cadiz.
The screw steam troopship Perseverance, 2, Comman-
der J. W. D. M‘Donald, went from Plymouth Sound
into Hamoaze on Tuesday to have defects made good.
H.M.S. Highflyer, Capt. Shadsvell, C. 8., left Spit-
head yesterday evening for the Cape of Good Hope and
East Indies, calling at Plymouth.
The wind having veered round to N.N.W. and the
equiuoctial gales having considerably abated, KM. cor-
vette Cruiser, 17 guns, Commander Fellowes, sailed from
Falmouth on Monday with the gunboats Haughty,
Stanch, and Forrester, under convoy for the Cape and
the East Indies.
The crow of the Devastation, 6 guns, paddlewheel
stEameloop, Commander E. Marshall, were paid yesterday
at Sheerness, and granted seven days' leave of absence.
The Devastation remains iu No. 1 dry dock under re-
pairs.

The Welliii4ton, late guards Lip of ordinary at Sheer-
ness, has been taken into the fitting basin at that place,
and is being dismasted.
The ship Arcadia,
Liverpool, J. Thomas, Commander,
4rrived at Sheerness yesterday from Quebec, with a cargo
;lonsigned to the Admiralty authorities at that yard.
The Powerful, 84, Capt. T. L. Massie (1854), was Paid
off yesterday at Chatham, having been in commission
:;early three yoav, during which time the crew have been
employed successively iu the Baltic, the Mediterranean,
and in the West India station. This vessel was commis-
sioned at Portsmouth iu May, 1854, by Capt. Mauna,