The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The ateam•transport Impdratrice, No. 220, sailed yeF-
ter3ay morning from Woolwich for 'the East, with a full
cargo of general military stores.,
Th..: crew of the transport 150, were
on Saturday paid a: Woolwich. The Imperatriz is to be
placed on'the reserve list until called upon for further
service.

The gun-boats Mayflower, Goshawb, and Louisa,
have-completed their shipment of ammunition, &1., and
sailed' yesterday morning from Woolwich for Greenbithe.
Two other gun-boat', the Goldfinch and Violet, are to
leave Woolwich to-day fur Greenhithe.
The Nightingale 2, gun-boat, Lieutenant Tathwell
P. Collinson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning
from the eastward. The Pearl, 21, Captain Sotheby,
was taken juto clack yesterday afternoon. •
On Friday last nearly 200 seamen of her Majesty's
ship Russell Captain Scott, who served in the Crimea
and auk Russell,
fleet during the war, were presented with
medal=. The quarter-deck of the Russel, lying at
Queenstown, was tastefully fitted up for tile occaeioe,
and there were present the naval Commander-in-Chief,
Vice-Admiral Sir George Rose Sartorme, Lady Sartorius,
and family ; • the military Commander-in-Chief, Major-
General R. C. Mansell, K.H., Mrs. Mansell, and family ;
a number of distinguished military officers who bad
served in the Crimea, :and captains!, R.N., resident in
Queenstown and neighbourhood, with their wives and
families. C bpthia Scott addressed the men in appropriate
terms, telling them that ber Majesty had given similar
medals to a large number of her gallant sailors and sol-
diers, of whom some were their own shipmates then
present, but that it was impossible for her to de so per-
sonally to,allin the service. He was anxious, therefore,
to impress upon them the nature of the distinction con-
ferred • upon them, which was a proof that their:ser-
vices were known and acknowledged and 'raided by
their Queen and country.. The names of the men
were then called over, and the medals presented to
each by Lady Sartorise, .Mrs. Mansell, Mrs. Scott, Mrs.
Faushawe, and Mrs. , Tulferd,. the band of the Russell
paying the National Anthem and other.- appropriate
music. After all the medals had been distributed the
ship's company gave three hearty cheers for their Queen,
the ladies, and their captain.
Two ,navy; gun-boats, the Alaarity and Vigilant, were
launched, yesterday at Messrs. Mare's, Blackwall, and
are to be conveyed to Woolwich to be fitted for servic I.
The despatch-boat Intrepid, CoMmander Woods, hav-
ing made good her defects, was yesterday morning un-
docked at Woolwich and hauled into the outer basin to
wait orders.
The gen-boat Delight, not in commission, was yester-
day morning taken out of the ,fitting-basin, Woolwich,
and doakedier,final fitment, and to.be coppered.
Six gun-boats are in course of construction at Messrs.
J. W. Smith's, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, measuring respec-
tively 233 tons, and of 60-horse power, ind are to be
armed with one 63 pounder and one 32. The depart-
ment at Woolwich has received orders to suspend for
the present the faith( r supply of the brass howitzer guns
with which the gun-boats have hitherto been armed.
The Peninsular and. Oriental Caeapany'a steam-ship
Ripon, Capt.. Copper, transport No. 25, is expected at
Southampton on or about Wednesday, with the follow 7
ing officers, &c., from Malta :—Capt. Gifford, R.N.,
Lieut. Vaughan, R.N., 4 naval engineers, 88 distressed
British seamen ; COrnet Dimsdale, 11th Hussars ; As-
sist.-Surgeon M`Clean, Osmanli Irregular Cavalry ; 6
naval stewards, &C. The Ripon railed from Smyrna on
the 4th inst., and Malta on the 9th, and was to touch
Gibraltaeen,her voyage to Southampton.
The folloating 'appointments were made yesterday at
the AdMiralty :—Commander Edward Wiled°, to the
Wellesley; Lieut.:J, S. Graham, to the Colossus;
S.
H. Buckingham, midshipman, to the Pearl ; Robert M,
Jones, storekeeper, to the Trincomalee.
The needy-arrived siege-trainmen were yesterday ,
morning drawn up in, a three-quarter square in the parade
ground facing the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwicti,'
'for the purpose of giving the men An 9pporOltik of

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• vclunteering for service in the Royal Osmanli Artillery,
which forms that portion of the Horse Artillery of the
Turkish Contingent c.lrninanded by Col. Crofton, R.A.
Perrnissioo to that effect having been read through the
lines by Capt. Freetb, Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-
General, the staff of officers, headed by Gen. Whinyates,
commandant of the garrison, stationed themselves in the
centre of the square, where they remained an hour, dur-
ing which time 20 of the Men slowly came forward and
presented theniselves for enrolment, only one of whom
was rejected. This is considerably short of the requisite
number, which, is .100.
Commander Josiah Thompson is promoted to the rank
of Captain on the "Reerted List ;" Mr. J. E. D.
Cooper, mate, is promoted to the rank of lieutenant, to
bear date the sth of, Jan.
'The six service companies of the sth Light Irlantry
Battalion of her Majesty's German Legion arrived at •
Folkestone on. Friday from tieligoland, and-proceeded tc,
They consisted of 18 serjeants, 12 buglers,
and 618 rank and file. This division was acootapanied by
the following officers in command :—Mnjpr B,thunst ;
Capts..DeJouharz,'Atiderson, Staviskey, naval), Stuck-
rath, Hartmann, Boner; Lieuts. Sergel, Von MarSchall,
VOn Peutz, Von Buddenrook, Setzer, nod Sievert ; En- I
signi Stall, Simper, Costerbodie, and Jacket (of the 4th
Light Infantry Regiment) ; and Staff-offieers =Adjutant
-Robinson, Paymaster De Laselle, Quartermaster,Darker,
• And. Surgeon Kruthausen,
Lieut. J. J. Nunn IS under orders to sail immediately
in the Resolute from Kingstown direct for the Ctimea,
with 3 officers and 180 men of his regiment the 90th
Light Infantry) from. the depot-at Mullingsr.
On Saturday 160 privates of the Royal Artillery form-
ing Capt.Thring's company, arrived 'in Limerick from
Liverpool, and arato be, tdationed in the Ordnance Bar=
racks. Major Millers's battery,-with all the cavalry horses
there, left for Ballincollig, destined for the Crimea:

THE MILITIA. •
Volunteering has taken place anong the Clare Militia
now ghaiterell in the barracks at Newport, Monmouth-
abire. Major Harman was the inspecting officer, and
on parade 200 men stepped forth ; of these the Major
could only take .115, that being the prescribed number,
the regiment not being allowed to reduce its strength
further. It still musters GOO.