The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-24 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Intelligence reached Plymouth yesterday morning that
a large ship had gone ashore on the Bolt-head, about 14
miles to the eastward of that port. She is supposed to
have been bound down Channel. On the previous night
the wind shifted suddenly from east to south-west. In
consequence of orders from the Port-Admiral, Lieut.
Turton, flag-lieutenant of the Impregnable, went on
board the steam-tender Confidence to the assistance of
the damaged ship.
The Avon steam-vessel, Second-Master Deitch,
ar-
rived yesterday morning at Portsmouth, from Plymouth,
with supernumeraries. The Bustard, 2 gun-boat, and
the Thistle, 2 gun-boat, arrived yesterday morning from
the eastward. The Carnation, 2 gun-boat, arrived yes-
terday afternoon from the eastward. The Deva, No. 96,
and the Chalmers, No. 63, sailing transports, arrived
from the Crimea, both in ballast. The Spitfire steam-
vessel, Capt. Spratt, sailed yesterday morning for the
eastward, to pay off. The Banterer, 2, gun-boat, arrived
yesterday evening from the eastward. The Havering,
from London, for Calcutta, put in from strong head-
winds in the Channel.

The screw steam-ship Brunswick, 90, having received
her masts, was warped alongside the jetty at Devonport
on Tuesday, and the crew got lowering rigging over
mastheads the same day.
The frigate Forth was taken out of dock at Devon-
port on Tuesday, and masted, and the crew got tops over
mastheads.

Letters dated Kertch, Dec. 29, have been received at
Plymouth from the gun-boat Weser, which was frozen
in, having ice a foot thick about her. The naval trans•
ports were sending ashore their guns, shot, Sc., over the
ice. The ships do not expect to be relieved until March.
An order has been issued to the division of the fleet at
Devonport to take on board all the powder and live
shells they can conveniently stow without detriment to
the proper working of the magazines, &c.
To-day the Severn, 50 guns, sailing-vessel, a beautiful
model, will be launched from the third slip in Chatham
dockyard. The Severn is sister to the fast sailer
Raleigh, built in the next slip ; she is from the same
design. Her keel was laid down in 1849. Her proper•
tions are as follows :

Feet. In.
Length between the perpendiculars 184 0
Length of keel for tonnage
Breapth extreme 5O 2
Breadth for tonnage
Breadth moulded
Depth in hold l6 1
Burden in tons, old rule 2,008 2-94

Burden in tons, new rule 1,338
Orders have been received at the Marine head-quar-
ters commanding that the gun-boats being fitted out at
Woolwich and Deptford shall each be manned with a
complement of 5 privates of Royal Marines, one of whom
is to be a man of good character, to be selected from pro-
bationary candidates, and is to do duty as acting corpo-
ral in the vessel in which be is to be embarked.

Captain Gray, Royal Marines, is ordered to join head-
quarters from Birmingham, with his recruiting party ;
Cant. Wood is to relieve Capt. Suther in his duties there.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Pearl, 21 guns, Captain
Sotheby, will be warped out of the outer basin at Wool-
wich to-day into the river, and will steam down to
Greenhithe, where her fittings and interior arrangements
are to be completed. She is then to be adjusted for sea,
but her destination is not known at present.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Commander J. W. Whyte, to the
Centurion ; Lieut. Bedford C. T. Pim, to the Centurion ;
H. F. Stephenson, naval cadet, to the Colossus ; Brice
W. White, Paymaster, to the Valorous ; Hebert H.
Gain, Assistant-Paymaster, i❑ charge, to the Recruit.
In order to meet the extraordinary demands for con-
verted timber at the dockyard at Pembroke, additional
sawyers have been entered, and more will be required.
The present force is inadequate to supply the require.
ments of the shipwrights. Mr. Kneebone has been
ordered to Glasgow to superintend for the Govern-
ment the steam-floating batteries now being built there
by the Messrs. Napier. The enlargement of the dry dock
is progressing with great rapidity, and the other con-
tracts are making progress.
An address is to be presented to-day at Christchurch,
Hampshire, to Admiral Sir E. Lyons on his return from
the Black Sea. The inhabitants have also invited the
gallant Admiral to a luncheon, at which the Earl of
Malmesbury will preside.
An order has just been issued by the Board of Admi-
ralty to the Royal Marines, notifying that instructors of
musketry are appointed to each of the divisions of the
Royal Marines Light Infantry, as well as to all the ar-
tillery companies of that corps. Each officer is to re-
ceive the additional pay of 3s. 6d. a-day ; the non-com-
missioned officers will receive, some ls. a-day, others
6d. a-day, according to their respective ranks as compe-
tent instructors. The following officers are appointed
instructors to the different divisions :—To Portsmouth
Division—Brevet-Major Samuel Netterville Lowder.
To Plymouth Division—Captain Charles Ogilvy Ham-
ley. To Woolwich Division—Captain W. G. Suther.
To Chatham Division—Brevet-Major G. B. Rodney.
Also First Lieutenant G. D. Dowell, instructor to the
Artillery Company, and with one first-class and two
second class non-commissioned officers instructors' under
each.

Detachments of the 2d and 3d Dragoons and 16th
Lancers were expected to arrive in Liverpool last even-
ing from Dublin, as well as a detachment of Royal Ar
tillery. The total number of horses expected was about
180, and 100 men. Their destination is unknown.