The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-13 00:00:00

Nava, and it'ilitary

A. Malta latter of the 6th inst. gives the following na
val and military intelligence :
" The Bahianaand ICA,ngaroo steam-transports arrived
from Liverpool on the 3d bound for Constantinople.
‘"rhe Emperor, steam-tran..port, arrived from Liver-
pool ou the 4th.
" Her illajesty'g steam-corvette EfigLflyer arrived
from Constantinople on the Ist, and left on the Si for
Spithead, conveying 20 invalided Artillerymen.
"Her Majesty's steam-corvette Spiteful left for Tri-
poli on the 2', conveying Captain Sir George Otway,
R.N.

"The Candia, steam•transport, arrived from Ismid on
t'ae 3d.

"The Victoria, steam transport, arrived from Scutari
ou the 3d.

"The Belgravia, sailing-transport, arrived from Balak-
lava and Constactinople on the 4th, with G3vernment
stores, for Spithead.
"The Australian, steam-transport, arrived from Balak-
lava on the 4th, with ordnance stores and 250 of the
Army Works Corps.
"The Bacchante steam-transport left for Constanti-
nople on the Ist.
" The Nile, Egyptian steam•frigate, arrived from
Alexandria on the 3d.

"Tae Fieurr.s, French screw steam linenf-battle ship,
arrived from Kamiesh on the 4th, bringing 54 officers
and 1,000 non-commissioned officers and privates.
"Tne Prophete, French steamer, arrived from Tripoli
on the 2d, and left for Tunis on the 4th.
"The E.,glish bark Tigris, with ammunition and war-
like stares for the Sardinian Government, arrived from
Balaklava on the 2i.

"The Earl of Aberdeen steam transport left for
Spezzia on tha 30th of April, with 35 officers and 152
non-commissioned officers and privates.
"The Lay Berriedale steamer arrived from Sa-
naiesh and Constantinople on the 2d, with a cargo of
grain, silk, wool, &c., for London.

"The Vectis, Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steam-packet, arrived from Marseilles on the Ist,

" The Capitole, French postal steamer, left for the
Italian ports and Marseilles on the Ist of May.
"The Danube, French postal steamer, arrived from
Marsejlles on the 4th, bringing for Malta Dr. Duncan,
and for the East 8 French soldiers.
"The Demetrius screw steamer arrived from Hartle-
pool and Gibraltar on the 33, with a general cargo for
Beyront.
" The Araxee screw steamer arrived from Alexandria
on the 3d, bound to Gibraltar and Tangier."
Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour and Rear-Admiral
Martin went to Osborne in the Fire Queen yesterday,
on a visit to her Majesty.
The Hastings, 60, Capt. Fanshawe, was paid off yes-
terday at Portsmouth,
The Tartar, 21, Capt. Dunlop, and the Megiera steam
troop-ship, Commander Johnson, were paid wages yes
terday, and their crews granted leave.
The Merlin, 6, steam-vessel, Capt. Sulivan, sailed
yesterday afternoon for the eastward, with two mortar-
( isels.
The Severn, No. 194 steam-transport, came into har-
bour yesterday to land invalids.
The Vesuvius, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hore,
sailed yesterday afternoon for the westward, with two
mortar-vessels.
The Firefly,• 4, steam-vessel, Captain Otter, the
Hecla, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Aplin, and the
Otter, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Glover, sailed yes-
terday, with mortar-vessels.
The screw steam-ship Conqueror, 100, Captain T. M.
C. Symonds, at Devonport, has had defects made good.
The London, 90, Captain W. H. Jervis ; the hospital
ship Belleisle, 6, Commander J. Hosken ; the paddle-
wheel steam-frigate Dragon, 6, Captain W. H. Stewart;
and the paddle-wheel steam-ship Bulldog, 6, Commander
A. C. Gordon, were to leave Plymouth yesterday for the
Crimea to bring home troops.
Tne sloops Atalanta, 16, and Camilla, 16, were taken
into dock at Devonport on Thursday to have their cop-
per examined and repaired.-
The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Virago, 6, at Devon-
port, is ordered to be put in commission.
The hired Government transport Cape of Good Hope,
No. 227, left Plymouth on Saturday morning for the
Crimea. •
The Locust, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant-
Commander John Bythesea, arrived at Sheerness on
Sunday from Portsmouth, with No. 138 mortar-vessel
in tow, and proceeded to Chatham, where the mortar-
vessels are to be laid up.
The Driver, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander
Alan H. Gardner, arrived at Sheerness on Sunday from
Portsmouth, with Nos. 106, 108, 109, and 111 mortar-
boats in tow, having been four days from Portsmouth.
The Driver left Sheerness yesterday for Portsmouth, to
tow the remainder of the mortar-vessels round for Cha-
tham. The Lizard iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieu-
tenant.Comrnander Thomas B. Christopher, left Sheer-
ness yesterday at 9 A.M. with the mortar-vessels Nos.
106, 108, 109, and 111 in tow for Chatham.
The Horatio, 8, screw steam-ship, Captain the Hon.
Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., was paid off at Sheerness yes-
terday. Her third lieutenant, Theophilus M. Kelsall,
left yesterday to join the Orion as second lieutenant.
Captain the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, C. 8., will leave
to-day to commission the Niger, 14, screw steam-sloop,
Ik 3 A at Woolwich.
The Russell, 60, screw steam-ship, Capt. Francis Scott,
is to be paid off at Sheerness on Friday.
Preparations are being made for receiving part of the
ships from the Black Sea at Sheerness.
The Nimrod, 6, new screw steam gun-boat, has been
taken into No. 2 dry dock at Sheerness, to be made
ready for being immediately commissioned.
Her Majeety'e 11-gun screw steam-sloop Rattler, 200-
horse power, Commander Win. A Fellorvee, arrived at
Woolwich from the East In lies, last from Portsmouth, on
Sunday evening. She gut up steam yesterday morning
and proceeded down the river to try her machinery,
prior to being dismantled and refitted. The Rattler,
having fulfilled her term of-commission afloat-namely,
.5 years, is now to be paid off and docked for repairs.
The Pearl, 21, Capt. Sotheby, arrived at Spithead on
Saturday morning from the Westward.
The Cruiser, 17, Capt.- the: Hon. G. S. Douglas, ar-
rived at Spithead on Saturday from the westward, and
went into harbour to be paid off.
The Minden steam-transport, No. 122, arrived at
Spithead on Saturday from Malta and Gibraltar.
The convict-ship Runnymede arrived at Woolwich ar-
senal yesterday morning from Deptford, for the purpose
of embarking convicts thence for Western Australia.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiral'y .-G. H. Wall, to be Lieutenant to the
Simpson ; T. C. Bruce, to be Lieutenant to the Aleiers ;
E. A. Carey, to be Master to the Boscawen ; J. Lomax,
to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Horatio (confirmed) ; J.
C. Eastcott, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Conflict ; J.
T. Penwell, to be clerk to the Sc. Jean D'Acre ; W.
K. Horne, to be Aecistaet-Clerk to the Sphinx.
Various projectile proofs which have been carried on
for some weeks past at Shoeburynese, under the direc-
tion of the Colonel-Superintendent of the royal gun fac-
tories at Woolwich Arsenal, have drawn to a close.
They consisted of experimental trials with rifled shot of
a somewhat novel description. Shells capable of contain-
ing considerable charges of powder were fired from 6-
pound field guns, rifled with many grooves to receive
the projections or, the surface of the shells. The experi-
ments, as they extended, have been pronounced success-
ful, and were tried with charges varying from 11b. to
1116., and with 10 degrees elevation shells equal in
weight to two ordinary shot were thrown to a distance of
2,800 yards ; some of them reached an ultimate range of
3,400 yards.
.Copt. D. Blyth, Capt. C. J. Ellis, First-Lieutenants
W. Taylor, C. W. Csrrington, J. F. Hawkey, J. G. S
Milreux, with 4 serjeants, 10 corporate, and 200 pri-
vates of the Royal Marine Corps, have resumed the
dut'es of gnarl at the 'various stations in the dockyard
at Woolwich, as heretofore. In consequence of this the
body of police has been reduced 1 inspector, 2 sergeants,
and 25 'constables, who will be paid down and await or-
ders
from Scotland-yard as to their future destination.
The Superintendent of Police has received orders to isaue.
Instructions for the strict observanee of the new r-gula-
tion for the exclusion of strangers from the Royal Aroma'
at Woolwich on all days, except Tpasdays and Fridays,
and then only on condition of applicants being provided
with tickets of admission from Lord Minimum or one of
the beads of departments at Woolwich Arsenal.
The following officers belonging to the depots of the
provisional battalion, Chatham, having completed their
course of instruction in the theory and practice of the
Enfield rifle at the School of :Musketry, Hytbe, have
been ordered to rejoin their respective depots at Chat-
hate' Barracks ; Capt. J. Bailie, sth Northumberland
Vuailiers ; Capt. S. B. Gordon, 45th Regiment ; Capt.
.111. E. Burnside, 61st Regiment ; Lieut. W. Taylor,
Mr Regiment • Lieut. A. NUL d 70th Highlanders ;
ion Ruti W D.
D I.2th Foot, about 40 men be-
glogn" g to depots.

Mr. F. Ilennoch proceeds with his exposure of the
affairs of the London Corporation. He gives a table,
from which it appears that, in the administration of a
fend of 365,792/., the slim divided among the adrninis-
t -ators is 123,700/.

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