The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-04 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge, as Commanding-
in-Chief, yesterday received officers at his levee at the
Horse Guards.

General Vi;count Gough, G C. 13., has arrived in town
from his mission to the Crimea, where the gallant vete-
ran was delegated by her 'Majesty to invest the French
Marshal and Generals wish the Order of the Bath.

The steam-transport, Viotoria, No. 72, arrived at Spit-
head yesterday evenine from Balaklava, June 15 ; Malta
21, and Gibraltar the 27th, with the officers and men of
the 79th Highlanders.
The steam-transport Adelaide arrived at Spithead yes-
terday from Balaklava, which she left June 11, Scutari
16, Malta 20, and Gibraltar 26th. She brings home the
Ist battalion of the let Royals, consisting of 767 non-
commissioned officers and men, and 13 horses.
Yesterday two detachments of the sth (Northumber-
land) Fusiliers and the 37th Regiment, numbering 129
non-commissioned officers and men, left Chatham bar-
racks, and embarked on board the Seapark at Gravesend.
The number of non-commissioned officers and men fur-
nished by each depot was-sth Fusiliers, 80 men, who
proceed to the Mauritius ; and 37th Regiment, 49 men,
who embark for Ceylon.
The Driver, G, paddle-sloop, Commander Chambers,
arrived at Portsmouth late on Wednesday night, from
the eastward, with a new gunboat in tow.
The Victoria and Albert Royal yacht was taken out
of the steam basin yesterday, at Portsmouth, and the
old yacht, the Oiborne, was taken into the fitting basin
for a refit.
The paddlewheel eteamvessel Firefly, 4, Commander
Day, sailed from Plymouth for the Cape of Good Hope
on Tuesday afternoon ; and the screw steam-sloop
Niger, 14, in the evening, for the West Coast of Africa.
The sloop Acorn, 12, Commander Arthur Hood, from
Chatham, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, and was ap- '
pointed to sail yesterday for the Coast of Africa.
The screw steam gunvessel Cormorant, 4, Comman-
der William Bowden, from Sheerness, arrived at Ply-
mouth on Monday, and sailed on Tuesday for a cruise
in the Channel.

The African paddlewheel steam-vessel, Second Master
Commander Reuben Harvey, arrived at Sheerness on
Wednesday from Woolwich, with part of the steam ma-
chinery for the new screw steam-frigate Emerald, 50, of
600 horse p)wer, now ready for being launched at Dept-
ford. She is ordered to be brought forward for commis-
sion for foreign service with all possible despatch at
Sheerness.

The Myrtle paddlewheel steam-vessel, Master• Co-
mmander William S. Bouchier, left, Sheerness yesterday
at noon for Woolwich, to tow down one of the boilers
for the Vigilant, 4 guns, screw steam gun•vessel, Com-
mander William Armytago, which vessel is ordered to
be got ready for sea immediately.
The Elk, 12-gun sloop, Commander John F. C. Hamil-
ton, at Sheerness, was taken in tow yesterday at noon
by the paddle-wheel steam-vessel Cuckoo, Lieutenant-
Commander Augustus G. E. Murray, and left, after
saluting the Commander-in-Chief's flag with 15 guns,
for Portsmouth, her final destination being the East
Indies and China.

Tho Mars, 80, screw steamer, has been docked at
Chatham, and will shortly be p'aced in commission.

The Cadmus, 21, screw-stuain corvette, has been un-
docked at Chatham, and taken alongside the shears for
the purpose of having her masts put on board. Her
machinery will also be put on board, and she is to be
completed for sea forthwith.