The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-20 00:00:00

I.7favO and Military intE,kiligence.

The Shannon, 50-gun frigate, the most modern and
heaviest of her clas,,, and of 600 horse power, has been
commissioned at Port-mouth by Captain W. Peel, C.B.
She will have a complement of 560 men.
The Seahorse, 12, mortar ship, Capt. Heath, C.D.,
left Portsmouth for the westward on Thursday.
Her Majt,sty's ship Agamemnon, 91, was taken into
the steam-basin at Portsmouth on Thursday for repairs.
Toe Cruiser, 17, Commander Fellowes, bent sails at
Portsmouth on Thursday.
The Powerful, 84, Capt. T. L. Massie, now at Chat-
ham, waiting to be paid off, is ordered to be stripped, her
,hot and 'Mel' taken out, and her guns to be landed at
;:he dockyard. As soon as her crew have been paid off
stiP will be put out of commission and placed in ordinary.
The Meauee, 80, lying at Chatham, is ordered to be
fitt,d with a screw and brouzht forward for sea.
The Leander, 50, Capt. E B. Rice, recently arrived
at Chatham from the Mediterranean to be paid off, has
uoinmenced being stripped and having her fittings re-
moved. Her crew are waiting the orders of the Mini-
ra.lty t be paid off.

On Thur,day the trial of the engines of the new screw
steam corvette Scylla, 21 guns, 400 horse power (nomi-
nal), took piece in the fitting basin, at Sheerness, uuler
the superintendence of Mr. George Maxland, civil engi-
neer,. Mr. 'leafy, and Mr Wigsall. She made 60 revo-
lutions per minute with 201 b. pressure, and a vacuum of
26 ; her speed by calculation is 12 knots per hour. Tile
engines in every part worked admirably, without the
slightest symptom of a hot bearing. She will very
shortly be ready for the pendant.
A court-martial has been ordered to be held on board
the Waterloo flagship at Sheerness, this day. The pro-
secutor is Mr. John T. Caddy, surgeon of the Di:lo,
mainst two of his brother.officers belonging:to. the gun-
room mess of that ship. The charges are for .nnofficer•
like conduct and scandalous behaviour towards the pro.
secatur.• as a member of the same mess.
The *tin-4tas is being stripped, preparatory to her
crew being.paid off at Sheerness.
The Terror floating battery has been put out of the
basin at Sheerness,.and moored at Salt Pan reach, in
ordinary.

The Devon, 2d master Joseph Rowett, commander,
has Failed from Sheerness fur Devonport.
Two paddle-wheel despatch gunboats, the Baum and
the Brune, have just been completed at Messrs. Scott
Russell's, at a cot of 10,0001. the pair. They were yes
t,rday morning sent down to Woolwich to be subjected
to some experimental trials.
The Maybrongh transport, No. 186, and the Ent.r-
prise. No 124, arrived mi Portsmouth on Thursday from
th 3 Crimea, with stores,
Tt,e transport Calliope, on Thursday ordered up from
Woolwich to enter the Victoria Docks, laden with a full
cargo of peat and charcoal, returned from the Crimea,
wa3aesterday morning ordered back to Woolwich ar-
senal to discharge.
The transports Ohio, the L9onard D )bbin, the Wm.
Wallace, and the Isabella Bligh arrived yesterday mc•rn-
log at Woolwich with returned Ordnance stores from
the East. The Isabella Bligh is laden with 750 tons of
powder and ammunition.
A. number of fine young men yesterday morning pre-
sented themselves for enrolment in the corps of Royal
Artillery at head quarters, Woolwich. Recruiting plarties
are 'stationed at Leeds, Lincoln, Carlisle, and Leith; fort,
in order to supply the casualties which occur.. in the re-
giment, which is to te kept up to 20,000 strong. The
deaths, desertions, &0., calculated at about 40 per week,
are sought to be renewed by recruiting from the ages of
18 to 22.

180 men of the Royal Artillery arrived at Dalin-
coliig barracks on Tuesday. They had been for some
weeks on the route, having mr.rched from Woolwich to
Liverpool, crossed by steamer to Dablin,mialarcyheedhuotato
C.,,rk, end thence to Ballincollig. They
re-
cen€ly returced from the Crimea, and most of them wear
medals. The barracks at Ballincoltig were never known
to 134 so full as they are at present. They are occupied
solely by artillerymen, of whom about 560 are stationed
there. There are also a large number of horses, guns,
ambulance and ammunition waggons, spare wheels, and
other field reqUisites. The men are very fine-looking
fellows, in a thorough state of efficiency, and are kept
canatantly exercising. The whole are under the medical
charge of Dr. Rountree.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—M. W. H. Parker (confirmed), as
Master, in seniority, Nov. 19, 1855 ; Wm. Anderson
(confirmed), as Assistant-Surgeon of Sanspareil, August
31, 1855.