The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-13 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The crew of the screw steam ship Orion, 91, Captain
John E. Erskine, Plymouth, completed coaling and
bent sails on Wednesday, and she was placed at her sail-
ing moorings in Hatnoaze.

We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth that
the screw steam-corvette Tartar, 20, from Portsmouth
for Halifax, put into Plymouth Sound yesterday even-
ing through stress of weather. Wind, S.E., blowing
strongly all day.
The steam-transport Ripon arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday from Corfu with the Ayrshire and Berkshire
Militia, and went into harbour to disembark them. She
passed, June 6, off Tarifa, her Majesty's steam-mortar.
ship Seahorse, 12, Captain Heath, C.B. ; and, on the
same day, off Cape Trafalgar, the English screw steam-
ship showing third distinguished pendant 658 (the Ar-
menian), steering for the Gut of Gibraltar. The Ripon
loft Constantinople on the 29th of May, and Gibraltar,
June 6.

The Imperador steam-transport went into Portsmouth
harbour yesterday morning to land the troops enume-
rated in our antionticemont of her arrival yesterday.
The Rhadamanthus steam•transport arrived at Ports-
mouth yesterday with supernumeraries from Plymouth,
and left again yesterday morning for \Voolwich, to load
with machinery for steamers fitting out.
The following officers have taken up their cmnmis-
sions, and joined the Brilliant, 20 guns (sailing corvette),
at Sheerness, viz. :—Capt. James Aylmer Paynter (late
of her Majesty's steam-sloop Gorgon); Lieut. John S.
Keats ; Charles F. Cooper, Master ; Mr. Giles, Pay-
master ; Mr. Cook, Midshipman. Lieut. John R. Mai-
call, R.N., is in command of the Marines. The com-
plement of ordinary seamen and boys has been draughted
from the Waterloo, and her rigging in dry dock is being
proceede I with.

The crews of 11 of the gun-boats (which vessels have
been dismantled at Sheerness) were paid off yesterday,
under the superintendence of Capt. Lord Frederick Kerr,
of the flag-ship Waterloo. All seamen not entitled to
their discharge have been transferred to the Waterloo.
The officers remain on board the Waterloo, waiting the
Admiralty instructions for their future disposal to other
ships.

'I:" fie Lizard paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant T.
R. Christopher, taken into No. 4 dry dock, Sheerness,
to refit, will not be ready until the 221 inst.
The Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain R. L.
Warren, will get her fittings completed to-day, for the
accommodation of her Majesty's Ambassador for St.
Petersburg. his Excellency will embark on board the
Cressy on her arrival at Kiel. It has belkn intimated to
the officers that„in consequence of the mission upon
which the Cressy is going to St. Petertlearg, the ex-
penses incurred by the respective officers, during her stay
at Crenstadt, in entertaining the Russian officers, naval
and military, and the nobility at Cronstadt acid St.
Petersburg, will be defrayed by this Government pre
cisely on the principles adopted in the French, Sardinian
and American services.

The transport Northumberland, No. 51, has arrived
at Wools ich pier, and is d►scharging 214 barrels of
powder and other ordnance stores from the East. The
Earl of Durham, No. 230, and the Rajah transports have
also arrived with ordnance stores. The two latter ves-
sels, with the Black Prince, are to be discharged from
the transport service.

The freight-ship Florence, in the West India Docks,
and the Ann Falcon, in the Lindon Docks, are order,4
to have magazines built on board, and to be in readiness
to receive Government stores and ammunit►on, to be
forwarded from Woolwich.

The convict-ship Mermaid sailed on Wednesday even-
ing from Woolwich to Gibraltar, having embarked 75
convicts from the prison hulks there. During the course
of that day four large carriates arrived in the dockyard,
conveying prisoners, about 30 in number, who were im-
mediately transferred to the Warrior hulk.
At the Royal Naval College monthly examination,
which ended yesterday, the following passed :—Mates,
R.N , for Lieutenants.—A. A. Hanson, M. C. Sey-
mour, R. W. Browne, G. R. Breton, 11. Vaughan, C.
W. Andrew, A. F. Hurt. Second MaMera for Masters
R.N.--W. C. Bicknell, C. Prickett, and B. B Dowling.
For Naval Cadets—J. W. F. Harvey, G. J. Anstru-
ther, W. F. L. Elwyn, C. W. Beaumont, W. B. Little-
hales, R. P. Purdon, R. M. Dewar, C. C. Starr, T.
Ramsbotham, P. A. Davies, and T. V. Williams.
Sir Charles Wood yesterday received the following
officers at the Admiralty :—Admiral Sir C. Ogle, Vice-
Admiral the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Pellew, Major-Gen.
Coryton, R.M. ; Capt. J. W. Noble, Capt. W. Ellis,
Capt. W. B. Oliver, Capt. Josiah Thompson, Capt. W.
J. S. Pullen, Capt. T. F. Birch, Capt. Chas. Edmonds,
Capt. J. F. B. Wainwright, Capt. C. J. F E wart, Capt.
W. Edmonatone, Capt. M. M. Wroot, Commander J.
Miller Langtry, Commander T. Mitchell, Commander
J. G. Mackenzie, Commander W. P. Crozier, Comman-
der J. C. Byng, Commander C. W. Bonham, Comman-
der F. A. Ellis, Commander J. C. Pittman, Comman-
der A. N. Fairman, Commander John M. Cooke, and
Lieut. Edward E. Maunsell.

The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty • —Stanley G Tattersall, master's assis-
tant, to the Indefatigable; Benjamin Harding, ditto, to
the Urgent.
Orders are at present in circulation to enter an ad-
ditional supply of good leading hands for the shipwrights'
department of Wool wich dockyard. The docks and
basins, occupied in fitting out the war vessels, which are
of the most varied and formidable description, are in an
unusually crowded state. The number of bands em-
ployed in completing the Thunderbolt amounts to about
300. In fact, great activity is visible on board the whole
of the gun and mortar boats, the number of hands engaged
varying according to the amount of the labour requisite.
In the inner basin are the huge floating battery Thun-
derbolt ; the five-gun paddle-wheel steamer Spitfire,
140-horse power; the 3 iron paddlewheel steam vessel
Antelope, 260-horse power ; the 11 screw steam-sloop
Rattler, 200-horse power ; the 2 steam gunboats Tiny,
Midge, and Growler, 60-horse power ; the 6 iron paddle.
wheel steam-vessel Trident, 350• horse power ; the 5
paddlewheel steam-sloop Ardent, 200-horse power ; the
2 Parthian gunboat, 60. horse power, and 5 mortar-fiesta.
In the outer basin are the 4 gunboat Osprey, of 200.
horse power ; the 2 paddlewheel steam-vessel Vivid,
16e-horse power ; the 14 screw steam-sloop Niger, 400-
horse power ; the 2 screw steam-gunboats Quail, Ripple,
Primrose, Pheasant, Pickle, and Prompt, of 60 horse
power each ; and five mortar.floati. No. 1 dock contains
the 4.gun paddlewheel steam troopship Dee, 200 horse
power ; No. 2 dock, the 6-gun screw steam-vessel Roe-
buck, 250-horse power ; and No. 3 dock, the 6-gun
paddlewheel steam-sloop Vixen, 280-horse power.
One hundred and thirty men belonging to the Royal
Artillery, from London, arrived at Plymouth on Wed-
nesday morning, and were sent to augment the strength
of that force at Devonport.
Captain Christie's 4th company of the 7th battalion
Royal Artillery, with Captain Younghusband's sth com-
pany of the Bth battalion Royal Artillery, lately arrived
from Gibraltar, were paraded yesterday morning in front
of head-quarters, Woolwich, and minutely inspected by
Major-General Whinyates, commandant of the garrison,
attended by Brigade-Major Shaw. The two companies
are to leave Woolwich this morning for Portsmouth, as
additional companies to be stationed there. Major
Field's 7th company of the sth battalion Royal Artillery
were inspected at the same time, and are to leave Wool-
wich at an early date for Ireland.
The troop of Royal Horse Artillery at present sta-
tioned in Dublin is under orders to relieve the field-bat-
tery (Major Carthew's) in Limerick.
The 96th Regiment expects to move shortly from
Dublin to Belfast.

A Limerick paper states that three lieutenant•colonels,
commanding regiments in Dublin, have prevailed on the
officers of their regiments to withdraw from the Hiber-
nian United Service Club, in consequence of a reoent de-
cision of the committee.