The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-17 00:00:00

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Naval and Military. Intelligence.

Her Majes' br's stip Cmlar, 91, Captain Robb, and the
Majestic,Bl,, I:42aPtail J. Hope,. eciew- two-decker, left
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irmtilinCliiii'nlidwerYA.iuiri. 'in, went out of Portsrantith harbour on
Saturday evt min y, and loft for Bristol and Liverpool to
convoy. hack .n and mortar-boats. Tie two training
brigs for naval a oprentces; Rollo and Sealark, have both
been refitted r the summer's exercising- ctuiisee, and
were taken do' pr. a to their respective moorings on-Battu-
' day afternoon.
The Rhatfam a nthus steam transport., arrived at Ports-
mouth yesterds ,3 from the Thames, with machinery for
the ships being :fitted. The Cornet steamtug returned
to Portsmouth : a sterday from Rye,', with a new mortar-
boat. The Coq ette, 4, screw despatch and gun-boat,
Commander H :a I‘., arrived at Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon from t 1 .e eastward.
.In Portamout harbour yesterday were her 'Majesty's
ship Victory, 1054 Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond,
bearing the flag o f Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour,
K.C.8., G.C.H. , the commander-inrchief of the station ;
St. Vincent, 10 l, Captain G.A. Elliot, bearing, the flag
of Rear-Admiral: 'Superintendent of the Dockyard, W.
F. Martin ; th e' Excellent gunnery-ship, Captain Sir
Thomas liiitit'ar C.B. ; the Blustrions training-ship,
Captain R. Hat e. is ; the Queen's yacht Victoria and
and Albert, Cap is in the Hon. Joseph Denman, and ber
tenders the Fat, -, Master D. N. Welch, and Elfin,
Master A. Ballis tc n ; the Perseverance screw troop ship,
Commander 31`t ,nald ; the Transit, ditto, Commander
C. R. Johnson ; the Lighteing, steam-tendet to the
Duke of. It Mn : the Firequeen steam-yaeht, Mae-
ter-Corensander \ .F. Paul ; the Vivid •stearn-yacht,
,blaster-Cowman. It rH. W. Allen ; the Sprightly, steam-
tinder, Acting- ?A aster Mr. G. Allen, Qs Volcase,
steam smithy ; the Sealark and Bella, appriatices'
brigs, and the PI 'gnly, Comet, and Echo; tugs ; the
Fanny and Forts* tonth, sailing tenders and 15 steam
gun-boats. At si Ahead ware—the Duke of Welling;
ton, 131, Capt. On 'dwell, C.B.,aearieg 'the Captain _ot
the Fleet the Hon.. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., and the flag o
Rear-Admiral tbel ton. Sir R. SaundersDundse, K.C.8.;
Coramander-in-Chii ef of the Baltic Fleet; the Royal

George, 101. Capt *. Robinson ; the Nile, 91, Captain
Mundy ; the Cres sy , 81, Capt. R. L. Warren ; the Hawks,
60, Capt. Omma an ey ; the Arrogant, 46, Capt. Lyster ;
and the Devastat ion, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Mar-
shall. In dock wane—the Algiers, 91, Capt. Codrington,
C. 8., refitting ; to le Bellerophon, 78, fitting as a depot
ship the Fox, 42, under conversion to a steam trans-
port ; the Urges' t, steam troop-ship, Commander
Phillips, under repairs ; the Ringdove, 6, steam
despatch boat ; 0 e Fury, 6, steam-sloop, and the
Hardy gun-boat, Ia the fitting basin were the Rod-
ney, 92, convertinv to a depot ship ; the Pearl,' 21, un-
der repair ; the FI: Ting Fish, 6, steam despatch gun-
boat ; the Resistances old troop-ship, said the Opossum
gunboat. In Ithe weans basin were the Marlborough,
121 ; the Victor Emt annual, 91 ; the Shannon, 51 ; the
Pioneer, 6 ; the Lap* ing, 6 ; and the Basilisk, 6, all
receiving or repairing renchinery. At the Motherbank
were the Colossus, 81, ..Captain the Hon. H. Keppell,
C.B. ; the Belleisle hosph`al-ship, Commander Hooker,
and 14 gunboats. •
The hired steam transport Andes, No. 100, Captain
William M'Arthur, from the Crimea, put into Plymouth
Sound on Saturday- She left Balaklava on the 24th of
February ; Constantinople, 26th ; Malta, the 4th of
March ; and Gibraltar, the 9th of March ; and brings
15 officers and 158 invalid soldiers, marines, and sea-
men from the Crimea, under command of Capt. Brown,
95th Regiment, and in medical charge of Staff-Surgeon
Donnell and Surgeon Jephson, Ist• Dragoon Guards.
Four deaths of invalid soldiers have occurred since her
departure. Among the passengers is Lieut. Massey, of
the 19th, popularly known as " Redan Massey." This
gallant officer is slowly recovering from the serious
wound which be had received in his thigh during the
assault, but is nut yet able to walk. Dr. Cree, of the
paddle-wheel steam-frigat Odin, 16, Captain J. Willcox,
and a few seamen from Malta, have come home in the
Andes invalided. At Gibraltar there was a steam-sloop
of war, the steam transport Foyle with 51 military offi-
cers for the C:irnea, and the steamer Calpe from Liver-
pool. The Andes passed in the Straits a large steamer
with two funnels and white-paddle boxes, bound for the
Mediterranean.
The Calcutta, 84, Captain W. K. Hall, was placed in
the basin dock at Devonport on Friday, to have her
copper examined and repaired, previous to sailing for the
Best Indies, to bear the flag of Sir M. Seymour.
The screw steam-sloop Desperate, 8, Commander R.
White, and the paddle-wheel steam-tuff Magicienne, 16,
Captain N. Vansittart, left Plymouth on Friday for a
cruise in the Chaunel to relieve homeward bound vessels,
of which more than 100 are new at anchor in the
Sound.
The screw steam-ship Conqueror, 100, Captain T. C.
Symonds, is appointed to go out of Hamoaze to-day, to
make another trial trip round the Eddystone.
The crew of the screw steara•sloop Cruiser, IZ, Com-
mander the Hon. G. Douglas, bent sails at Devenport
on Friday. She is appointed to go out of harbour to-day.
The Resolute steam-transport sailed on Saturday from
Liverpool for the Crimea, with detachments of Royal
Artillery, who will be landed at Kingstown ; she will
then proceed to Malta with two officers and 76 men of
various regiments. The medical corps and some officers
of the Turkish Contingent, who were to have gone in the
Resolute to the Crimea, have been ordered back to Lon-
don.
Her Majesty's steamer Geyser sailed on Saturday from
the Mersey for Portsmouth, with the new wooden gun-
boats Blazer and Brazen.
The Wanderer, screw despatch steamer, Commander
J. P. Luce, fitting for sea at Chatham, has received her
armament, including two large Lancaster guns of long
range, besides a large quantity of Lancaster shells,
which have been sent round from Woolwich. She has
received orders to leave Chatham this day for Sheerness,
where she is to await her sailing orders.
The Mohawk despatch steam-vessel, CornmanderF. A.
Close, having finished coppering, and the machinery hav-
ing been put on board, was hauled out of dock at Chat•
barn on Saturday. She is to have a complement of 90
men, and is expected to be ready for sea in a short time.
The Atna floating battery, building at Chatham, is
nearly completed, but it is understood that the order for
her launching to take place on the 24th inst. has been
countermanded.
An order has arrived at Chatham from the War-office,
directing the following officers belonging to the depot of
the Fusiliers to embark forthwith for the Mauritins :
Ensign G. E. Massy, Ensign E. S. Lewis, and Ensign
J. B. Barker. •
Nearly the whole of the depots belonging to the Provi-
sional Battalion at Chatham, in addition to the 6 company
depot of the 91st Regiment, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. B. E. M. Gordon, have been perfected in a course
of instruction in the use of the Esfieicl rifle, under
Captain W. Nett, 836 Regiment, and Lieutenant W. H.
Balling& I, 35th Regiment, the instructors in musketry at
Chntharn garrison. Great care is taken that the whole
of the men under instruction shall not acquire a thorough
1 knowledge of this weapon themselves, but that they shall
I also be able to instruct others.
The folioadeg appointuiente were made on Saturday at
the Admiralty :—Henry Harken, assietantesurgeon to
the Belleisle ; F(ward T. Mortimer, acting-surgeon, to
Illustrious ; Edward Reid, acting-surgeon, to the
Hawke; Hamilton If. Cole, acting-clerk, to the Con
filet.

THE MILITIA.
Col. Cavendish, of the Chat worth Rifles, has received
an order from the War Department to take vigorous mea-
sures for immediately making up the strength of his regi-
ment by recruiting.
The 2d -Warwick Militia, now stationed in Armagh,
having been called on for volunteers to the Line on Wed-
nesday, 142 immediately offered themselves, 66 of whom
passed the surgeon. The regiment is still in a roost offi•
clout condition, and ready for any service it may be called
on to perform. The Lumber of officers is complete, with
the exception of one ensign.

PROGRESS or ARCHITECTURE IN DURLIIT.—To Te•
visit this country after a lapse of tweaty.five years is to
see all things changed; for the arts of commerce and
of agriculture revive under the auspicious influence
of benignant government and of happy vicissitudes.
In the metropolis the improvement is truly astound-
ing ; a population of 180,000 inhabitants has been
nearly doubled, and the extension of the city in-
creased beyond even the proportionate advance
of London. Dublin, always distinguished for ,her
splendid public buildings, unequalled by any otber capi-
tal for the beauty of her vicinage, has been still further
Church) have been insulated and thrown open ;lave th
magnificent Custom-house. the noble courts f
lately completed, and the Classic Bank need no cornmea-
-1 embellished ; the churches Patrick's and Christ
tary ; the suburbs have been extended in milee of villas;
two commodious, and even magnificent, harbours
(Queenstown and Howth) have been constructed at con-
venient distance:, the Phoenix-Park and its approaches
have been impreved, the College-park throw' open, its
ewhich wall replaced by a railing (like Kensington-gardens), and
wealth
the narrows of streets (such as Holborn•bars and other
straits of London) have been expanded to free commerce
and daylight. There exists now, and there must have
ty, hitherto,
witha publica Il th spirit this compara-
tively poor place, far superior to that which condemns
London to a filthy river without quays, and to an
hh bound-
beenuemablewl lai syhs e dci
less commerce can confer. The public buildings of old
standing here are far superior (bating only the glo-
rious St. Paul's and the venerable Abbey) to those
of Great Britain's capital. There are seven bridges,
and only one with a toll ! There are two cathe-
drals, with peerless choirs ; there are railway statior $
of more than common pretensions, at fair proximity
to the centre ; and there have been erectel
churches of all persuasions, in style and character fully
equal to the increase of population, as proportioned with
other cities of the empire ; but the most palpable im-
provement effected in Dublin within the period specified
s Is, the enlargement, of the National University, and the
erection of a noble quadrangle, in keeping with the fine
facade presented to College-rem—The Builder.