The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING,
,MARCH io. 1856.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

It is expected that on official intimation of the birth
of an heir to the throne of France being received by the
British Government a general Royal salute will be or-
dered to be fired by the fleet (with ships dressed and
yards manned) at Portsmouth and elsewhere.
The following are the latest movements at Ports-
mouth :—Her Majesty's steam blockship Hawke, 60,
Captain Ommanrey, returned from Plymouth on Satur-
day. The Lucifer steam-tender, in charge of Mr. Ro-
bert C. Allen, master of the' St. Vincent, 101, left on
Saturday afternoon for Pembroke, to convey back two
gun-boats for commission. Her Majesty's ship Perse-
verance (troopship), Commander M'Donaid, was un-
docked, after repairs, on Saturday, and the Urgent naval
steam troopship, Commander Phillips, was taken in to
refit. The new screw eun and despatch vessel Ring-.
dove, 6, was docked on Saturday, to be fitted for com-
mission. The Des steam transport was moved into the
steam basin on Saturday, to unload machinery for the
ships fittirg out. The Dapper and Stork steam gun-
boats were undocked after repairs on Saturday, awl the
Carnation gun-boat taken in for the like attentions.
The Alps steam transport, No. 82, returned to Spit•
head from Ireland on Saturday,' and went into harbour
yesterday afternoon. The Europa steam transport, No.
55, left on Saturday for the eastward. The Simla
steam transport, No. 118, Captain T. H. Russell, went
into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, to land her in-
valids. On the 21st ult., off the Island of Zra, she
exchanged signals with the ship Roomer; on the 27th,
in lat 37 23. long. 10 11 E., the ship Regina; March 1,
in lat. 36 22, long. 4 13, s mke steamer Thames,
steering E ; 7th, tff PortlAnd, signalled the ship
Nleretee, of London. The Simla arrived yesterday
at Southampton. The Harbinger, steam transport,
No. 86, Captain Vellacott, arrived t►t Spithead yes-
terday morning from the.. East. She left Malta on
the 231 'alt. On the let instant, in latitude 37
25, long. 9 3 W., the Harbinger spoke the Sovereign
and the Mazagran, of Nantes ;. on the 2d, in lat. 59 42,
long. 9 56 W., the screw steamer African ; on the 4th,
in let. 44 21, long 9 9 W., the brig Charles ; on the 6th,
in lat. 48 29, long. 6 2 W., the Danish brig Anne Lor-
giane, from Callao tor Cowes, and the screw steam tran-
sport Candia, No. 213 ; and on Saturday, off Portland,
the schooner Julliet, bound up Channel. The Dragon,
6, paddle-frigate, Captain Stewart, C. 8., arrived at Spit-
head from the Eastward on the ❑ight of Saturday. The
Perseverance steam troopship is preparing for sea with
all despatch ; she was being coaled yesterday.
The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Gorgon, 6 guns, 320-
horse power, Corn. R. B. Crawford, arrived in the har-
bour of Waterford on Tuesday afternoon from Queens-
town. The Gorgon has 160 men and the following
officers :—Com. R. B. Crawford, Lieuts. Charles B. C.
Dent and John B. Michell, Surgeon Richard King, As-
sistant-Surgeon Owen J. Llewellyn, Paymaster Albert
Lews, Chief Engineer Robert E. Hore, Mate C. A. F.
Paget.

The steam gun-boat Angler, commenced on the 4th of
Decemb,r at the Devonport Dockyard, was launched on
Saturday. Her engines are all complete and fitted.
The sister gun-boat, Ant, will be hunched about the 22d
in.t ,if her engines should be ready. The gun-boats
Decoy and Wrangler, in Harnoaze, will be placed in
dock to-morrow to be coppered.
The mortar-ship Seahorse was taken out of dock at
Devonport on Saturday, masted, and warped to the jetty
to be rigged. Her crew got tops over mastheads the
same day.
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Tire c- lomat war steamer Victoria, Corn. Norman,
saied from Plymouth on Saturday morning for Mel-
bourne.

Tlae bark Lady Peel and the schooner Concordia are
being laden with provisions and stores at the Royal
Wiliam Victualling-yard, Plymouth,--the bark for
Bermuda, and the schooner f,r the Crimea.
The hired steam-transport Earsdon, No. 17, Captain
Mullet, 9 weeks from the Crimea and 9 days from Gib-
raltar, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning.
About 300 troops belonging to the Royal Artillery,
with 250 horses and about 50 men, will embark to-day
in the Hu-kiAson Dock, Liverpool, on board the screw
steam ship Jura, which will sail to-morrow for. the
Crimea.

The Oneida arrived in the Mersey on Friday from the
Black Sea: She will be ready in a few days to sail again
either with an 84-gun battery or with troops.
The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty : Lieut. If. Packe, to the Orion ;A.
G. R. Roe and J. Bruce, Midshipmen, to the E4k ; H.
H. A`Court, Naval Cadet, to the Calcota ; S. A. St.
George, to the Amphi ;J. Wade (b), Surgeon, to the
London ; J. W. Dobbin, Acting-Assistant-Siirgeon, to
the Re,istluce ; P. M. Roe, Acting Assistant-Surgeon,
to the Orion.

The Overland ifail states that Lieut.-CA Sr H. C.
Rawlinson, K.C.8., Bombay Ist Native Infantry, has
been permitted to retire from the East India Company's
service. The folios; ing appointments as Assistant-
Chaplains have taken place :—The Rev. J. K. Stewart,
M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, on the Bengal
Ecclesiastical Establish! ent ; and the Rev. J. J. B.
Sayers, LL D., M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, on the
Madras Ecclesia,ti.iai Est:Ohs;lntent. The Rev. C. R.
Drury, M.A., of St. John's Colle,g., Cambridge, has been
appointed an Assistant-Chaplain at Madras.
The depot of the 40th Regt. is shortly to be removed
fro'n Chatham to Plymouth, it being the intention of the
authorities at the War-office to have the depots of the
regiments serving in the colonies stationed at that town.
lAut.-Gen. Sir C. W. Paley, K.O 8., R.E., has or-
dered an officer of the Royal Engineers to be sent from
Broaipton to Southamp-.on to sup-rintend the hospital
about to bo erected there, it being the intention to re-
move the invalid depot from Cis atham.

most severely worked. Their pay bas not been increased,
and,they naturally feel aggrieved'at witnessing the ad-
vent of strangers to offices which they had hoped some
of their body might have been permitted to fill. The
zeal of the dockyard clerks cannot be doubted. We
have ourselves frequently witnessed the energy, atten-
tion, and perseverance which they,laave brought to the
discharge of their duties ; and as they are not permitted
by the existing absurd regulations to rise 'to supreme
esenenand in the establishtnents—the good government
of which so eminently depends upon their exertions—we
think it very hard that they should be prevented from
aspiring to any little preferment which the chapter of
accidents brings about. We leAve their case in the
hands of Sir Charles Wood, with the utmost confidence
that justice will not be denied them.

DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE WRIGHT,
ROYAL ENGINEERS.
We regret to learn General George Wright, colonel
commandant of the Royal Engineers, died on the sLli
inst. at Cheltenham, after a service of more than 60
years in that distinguished, corps. The gallant general
was in the 79th year of his age; and obtained the rank
of second lieutenant in 1796, and bad seen considerable
service. He served in the West Indies during the war
with France from 1800 to 1305 inolusive, including the
capture of the islands of St. Lucia and Tobago from the
enemy. • He also served in North America, Canada,
Nova Bootie, and New Brun+wick,' daring the 'hob of
the last war with the United States undet Generals Sir'
George Prevost and Sir John Sherebrooke, and with the
latter general served as deputy quartermister-general of
the forces in the provinces of Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick. The gallant deceased • subsequently volun-
teered his services to Ceylon during the rebellion of the
liandian provinces, and on his return to his native
country paid an official visit to the Court of Persia. The
deceased was appointed a coloml commandant of ,the
Royal Eneineera in March, 1351:111i commissions bore
date as follows :—Second , lieutenant, Aug. 15, 1796 ;
first lieutenant. Aug. 29, 1793 ; captain, April 3, 1804 ;
brevet major, June 4, 1814 ; lieutenant-colonel, Deic. 20,
1814 ; colonel, July 29, 1825 ; major-general, Jan. 20,
1837 ; lieutenant-general, Nov. 9, 1816; and general,
June 20, 1854.