The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-27 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Rear-Admiral R. L. Baynes, C. 8., hoisted his flag
(blue at the mizen) yesterday morning on board the
Retribution, 28, paddle-frigate, Captain Fisher, at Ports-
mouth, as second in command of the Baltic fleet.
The Tartar, 21, Captain Dunlop, and the Desperate, ,
8, Commander R. D. White, left Spithead on Tuesday
night to search for the missing ship Pacific or her parg- I
sengers.
The Victor Emmanuel, 91, was docked yesterday at
Portsmouth, to proceed with her outfit and the shipment
of her machinery.
The Centaur, 6, paddle frigate, Captain W., J. Clifford,
C. 8., got up steam yesterday at Portsmouth, to try her
engines, after refit, &c.
The Devastation, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Mar-
shall, went into Portsmouth harbour on Tuesday after-
noon, to replenish coal prior to leaving for Sierra Leone
and the Cape of Good Hope, with despatches. She
takes out Commander Agnew to relieve Captain Nolloth
in the command of the Frolic, 16, on the Cape station.
The Urgent, 6, steam troop-ship, Commander Phillips,
was undocked yesterday at Portsmouth after refitting.
The Fox, 42, fitting as a steam store-transport, waa
masted yesterday, and will be moved to the steam basin
shortly to have her machinery fitted.
The Victory, 104, Captain the Hon. J. R. Drummond,
C. 8., set up lower yards and topmasts yesterday for the
summer months, and commenced firing the evening gun
at 9 on Tuesday night.
The fleet at Spithead was exercised yesterday in send-
ing topgallantinasts and yards up and down, but very
little shot practice has as yet been exhibited.
The transport Baaibec, No. 89, went into Portsmouth
harbour yesterday morning to discharge the stores before
r3ported.
The crew of the St. George, 120, Captain Harry
Eyres, in Hamoaze, were inspected on Monday by Port-
Admiral Sir W. Parker, prior to their leaving. Several
have joined the screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90. All
tho,e not selecting other ships are, in the expiration of
their leave of absence, to join the Impregnable, at Ply-
mouth, or any other guard-ship. •
The keel of the Pelorue, sister ship to the Satellite,
was laid in No. 2 slip in the Devonport dockyard on
Tuesday.
The paddle-wheel steamer Vesuvius has been removed
to the outer basin in Woolwich dockyard, and laid un-
der the shears for the purpose of taking in her supply
of coals for sea.
The Osprey, 850 tons register, another despatch gun-
boat, built at Messrs. Fletcher's, of Limehouse, has
commenced the process of fitment, &c., in Woolwich
basin. She is to be manned sith 10 men, being the
usual complement of that class of vessels. Her arma-
ment will be similar to that of the Intrepid—namely,
two 68 and four 32-pounder guns, and two 24-pound
brass howitzers. The Onyx and Pert, from Messrs.
Young's, of Limehouse, are- likewise under fitment at
Woolwich. These vessels are all in commission, and
are to be got ready with the utniost despatch. The
Onyx and Pert are of 312 tons measurement each, and
are to be manned with crews of 30 men. The gun-boat
Traveller, buiit expressly to serve as tender to H.M.S.
Colossus, likewise in commission, was yesterday morn-

ing taken up by the shipwright department in Woolwich
dockyard. Her crew is to be composed of 30 men, and
her armament will be similar to the ordinary class of
gun-boats. The Lively, the Spider, the Bouncer, the
Hyena, the Firm, and the Daisey are to be fitted out at
Deptford. Lieutenant Codrington heisted his 'pennant
on board the gun-boat Leveret yesterday morning in
`"lroolvvich basin, having been appointed to the command
of that vessel.
The hired transport Amherst is expected at Woolwich
from the London Docks. She is ordered to take in from
Woolwich Arsenal 50 tons of powder for Halifax.
A board of officers is ordered to assemble to-morrow
at Fort Pitt, for the purpose of examining 60 hospital
orderlies belonging to the Medical Staff Corps, to as-
certain their fitness for hospital duties in the East.
The head-quarters of the Royal Sappers and Miners
being permanently fixed at Bromptoti Barracks, it is un-
derstood that a hospital on a small scale will be erected
in the immediate vicinity of the huts and barracks fur
their convenience. Owing to the intended enlargement
of the garrison hospital not having yet been carried out,
a great many of the sick have been received into the
Genera! Hospital Fort Pitt, the wards in the garrison
hospital being very lull.

TOTAL LOSS OF A LIVERPOOL SIJIP, A.ND
FEARFUL SUFFERINGS OF THE CRETE.