The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

A Maltaletter, of the 16th inst., communicates the fol.-
lowing naval and military movements :
" Her Majesty's steam transport Buffalo arrived from
Gibraltar on the 9tb, and left for Balaklava on the 12th.
4Th e Tham es steam. transport arrived from Portsmouth
on the 9th, bringing Majors Adams and Talbot, Captain
Diezelsky, 9 other officers and 230 non-commissioned,'
officers and privates of the 2d and 3d Regiments of
amid
Foreign Legion ; Capt. M‘Genery, Lieuts. Cator amid
Murphy, Cornet Bend, and 198 non-commissioned
officers and privates of the Land Transport Corps ; Dr.
Doherty, Dr. Smith, Surgeon Connell, the Rev. C. T.
Hort, and Mr. Hamilton Geary. She left for Balakla.va
on the 11th, conveying, likewise, Dr. Blake, 55th ; As-
' sistant-Surgeon Gibanet, and 15 non-commissioned offi-
cers and privates of various regiments,
" The Imperador steam-transport, with four horses
and stores, and having on board Lieut.-Col. Cameron,
Major von Radowitz, 34 other officers, and 811 non-com-
missioned officers and privates of the 3d Regiment of the
Foreign Legion, left for Scutari on the 9th.
"The Arabia sailing transport left for Balaklava on

the 9th.
"The Madagascar steam-transport arrived from Barce-
lona on the 10th, and left for Constantinople on the 11th.
" Her Majesty's steam-transport Assistance arrived
from Valencia on the 13th.
"Her Majesty's steam line-of-battle-ship Hannibal,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral gir Houston Stewart,
K.C.8., and the St. Jean d'Acre, arrived from Corfu
on the 12th, in company with the Sidon steam-frigate,
from the same port, and the Terrible steam-frigate, from

the Piraeus.
" Her Majesty's steam-corvette arrived from Syra and
the Pirxus on the 14th.
" The Resolute and the Lord Raglan steam-transports
arrived on the 9th from Constantinople, the former
bringing Dr. Dees for Malta, Mr. smith for Gibraltar,
and Majors Briggs and Wromeberger, Captain and Mrs.
Brown, Dr. Burch, and the Rev, and Mrs. Campbell.
The Lord Raglan left for Deptford on the 20th.
" The Holyrood steam-transport arrived from Con-
stantinople on the 9th, and left on the 10th for Genoa.
The Resolute left for Spithead on the 12th.
"The Foyle steam-transport arrived from Constanti-
nople on the 12th, and left the same day for Spithead.
"The Hope steam-transport arrived on the 13th, and
on the same day the Golden Queen steam-transport,
both from Constantinople.
"The Bahiana steam-transport arrived from Balaklava
on the 14th, bringing for Malta Captain Drought, 50th ;
Major Lewis, 3d ; Major Creay, Land Transport Corps;
Quartermaster Tunks, 68th ; Lieut. Chanters, 57th
Capt. Gamble, 4th, and Mr. Campbell ; and for England
Quartermaster Joyce, Dr. Gilbor, 89th ; Rev. Mr. Gil-
borne, Lieut. Johnstone, 89th; Major Armstrong, Lieut.
March, R.M., Lieut. Lyons, Captain Pigott, Lieut.-
Colonel Seagram, 17th ; Lieut. Lord Carrick, Grena-
dier Guards ; Capt. Percy, 9th ; Col. Fardella, Land
Transport Corps ; Dr. Atkin, Assistant Cousmiesary-
General Sundy, Rev. H. P. Wright, Surgeon Doyle,
Messrs. Conway, Hail, Parr, and Taylor, 5 serjeants
and 7 privates, R.M., 9 officers' servants, 1 blacksmith,
7 men of the Army Works Corps, 1 private of the 44th,
1 artilleryman and 1 seaman.
" The Radius and Jane Morrison sailing transports
arrived on the 14th from Constantinople.
" The Esseri Hairi Ottoman war steamer arrived on
the 15th from Tripoli, after landing there a regiment of
Albanians to reinforce the garrison.
"The Peninsula steam-transport left on the 9th for
Spitbead.
" The Herefordshire sailing transport left on the 10th
for Gibraltar, and on the 12th the East Anglian screw
steam-transport for the same port.
" Eler Majesty's stearnstra,nsport Urgent left for Eng-
' land on the 12th, and the Algiers screw ship-of-the-line
for Plymouth, on the 12th.
" Her Majesty's steam-sloop Triton arrived on the
Bth from Corfu and Zente.
"The Alma, Peninsular and Oriental Campa,ey'e
steam-racket, arrived from Alexandria on the 9th with
the heavy India mail, and left for Southampton on the
10th, having on board Col. a-id Mrs. Baldock, Col. Mil-
man, Major Mears, Lieuts. Downing and Warrant), Dr.
Webb, and Surgeon Rolfe.
" The Vectis, belonging to the same company, which
arrived from Alexandria on the night of the Bth, brought
among other passengers for Malta Admiral Sir Lucius
Curtis, Bart., returning from Bombay ; Lieutenants
Clark, Gordon, Hickman, and M`Naughton, Captains
Brace and Sweet, Dr. Cholmely, and the Rev. T. Smith,
and left for Marseilles late on the same night.
g` The Vatican, French postal steam-packet, left for
the ports of Italy and Marseilles on the 10th.
"The Lebanon steamer arrived from Alexandria on
the 9th, with wheat and cotton, and left for Liverpool
on the 10th.
"The British Queen steamer arrived on the 10th from
Smyrna, and left for Liverpool on the 11th.
"The schooner-yacht St. Ursula sailed on the 10th
fer Alexandria.
"The schooner-yacht Maria arrived on the 12 h from
Syracuse.
"The African steamer, from Liverpool, arrived on the
14th, after a very boisterons passage, and leaves fur
Syra and Constantinople on the 16tb. She brings, pas.
senger, Captain Lyons.
"The Sardinian steamer Conte di Cavour, in the
Fr mch transport service, left on the 10th for Constan-
tin .ply.
"The Carmel, French postal steamer, arrived on the
Bth from Constantinople, Smyrna, and Syra, bringing,
among other passengers fur Malta, Captains Lindsay
and Troll, and, for Marseilles, Captain Colborne, Cap-
tain Pitman, Captain Forbes, Captain Whithead, Lieut.
Beetham, General Smith, and 123 French military in-
valids, and 11 seamen. This vessel left for Marseilles
on the 9th."
The screw steam block-ship Exmouth, 90, Captain H.
V. Hall, went from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sand on
Saturday.
The screw steam-ship Euryalus, 50, Capt. Ramsay,
was placed in the basin-dock at Devonport on Saturday
The screw steam-frigate Cossack, 20, Captain J. H.
Cockburn, having been refitted, was placed in her sail-
ing moorings in Hamoaze on Saturday.
The steam block-frigate Forth is appointed to be taken
out of dock at Devonport and masted to-day.
The frigate Cambria is ordered to be fitted at Devon-
port as a rocket-ship.
The sailing-transport Bucephalus, No. 127, Captain
Pepercorn, arrived on Sunday morning at Woolwich
with trophies from Balaklava, which port she left on the
13th of Nov., haying been 9 weeks on her voyage home.
She had to beat up against contrary winds the whole dis-
tance, until reaching the Channel. The passengers in the
Bucephalus were, Major Lukin, R.A., one serjeant, and
24 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal
Artillery, in charge of the cargo, which consisted (rf siege
and field pieces of various sizes, and mortars, rocket tubes,
limbers, and ammunition carriages, as well as seven bells
taken from Sebastopol after the surrender of the place.
Although the voyage of the Bucephalus was an un-.
usually long one, there did not occur a single ea's, of
sickness on board, with the exception of a gunner of the
Artillery, who at the time of his embarkation was suffer-
ing from diarrhoea and ague. These gallant men were
landed at the Arsenal-wharf, Woolwich, yesterday morn-
ing, where the band of the corps assembled to esc rt
them to the barraeks. The landing-place and gates
were crowded will spectators and friends, and the men
were received with hearty cheers. Major Lukin and
his brave carnrades in arms were all decorated with one
or more medals at their breasts, and distinguished them-
selves at Alma, Balaklava and Inkerman.
Lieutenant Surname, 43th Regiment, arrived at
Woolwich yesterday morning. in charge of 17 invalided
gunners, and one non-commissioned officer of the Royal
Artillery, being a portion of thelsoinvalids of the various
regiments which came home from Constantinople by the
transport Ripon. Immediately on arrival at head-quar-
ters, they were marched to the garrison hospital in de-
tachments, and were medically inspected previously to
being admitted to barracks.
The screw-transport No. 151, Cumberland, arrived off
Woolwich Arsenal on Sunday, and is to discharge her
cargo of returned stores, shot, &c., from the East.
A number of schooners and other craft have'arrived at
Woolwich Arsenal-wharf since Saturday, and are dis-
charging large cargoes of shot from the Scotch foun-
dried. Great activity continues to prevail in the whole of
the departnaentsehere. The building of the paper factory
is progressing rapidly, and it has received a portion of
the machinery.
The non-commissioned officers and men of the 57th
Regt. subscribed their working-pay from Oct., 1854, to
Feb., 1855, to create a fund for the benefit of the widows
and orphans of soldiers of the regiment who died in the
Crimea. In pursuance of this kind and considerate act,
we are requested to announce that the widows whose
names follow may each receive 31. on application to the
officer commanding the depot of the 57th Foot at Birr
Barracks:—Mrs. Currant, Mrs. Kyle, Mrs. Ryan, Mrs.
Greening, Mrs. Dray, Mrs. Donnelly, Mrs. Neil, Mrs.
Hanna, Mrs. Bryan, Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Kernplin, Mrs.
Chipley, and Mrs. Sanderson.
A warrant has been issued from the office of the
Director-General stating that the pay of all acting as-
sistant-surgeons, which has hitherto been 10s. a-day,is
to be increased to lls. 6d., and that the order for the
sum of 401., which was to have been given to each at
the end of two years' service, is forthwith to be cancelled,
in consideration of such increased pay. By the former
warrant the 401. was only to have been given to such as
had passed some of their time in foreign service, but the
present warrant made no distinction.
It is the intention of the authorities of the 'War De-
pertinent to raise a company of the Royal Sappers and.
Miners and equip them as drivers for the service of that
corps when in the field, so that when any movement
takea place the whole of the stores belonging to that
branch of the service, such as the pontoon bridges and
intrenching tools,
may he conveyed with them, it hav-
ing been found, when On troopa landed in the Crimea,
that horses and carriages could not be obtained for that,
purpose. To make preparation for this additional force
the Artillery stables on the north Ride of the barracks
at Chatham will undergo great alterations.
Sleasrs. Palmer Brothers, iron shipbuilders at Jarrow,
on the Tyne, are engaged in building a floating battery,
6( exactly similar dimensions and form to that building
by Mr. Napier, of Glasgow.
Mr. Clark, of the Elswiek Foundry, Newcastle-ore
Tyne, some time ago received an order for the construc-
tion of long-range mortars, one of which has just been
completed. The inner diameter is 13 inches, and its
weight five tons.
Capt. J. Buckley, late Barrackmaster of Devon port,
has joined at Chatham, and will commence his duties
from this date as Barracknaaster at such station.
The following appointments were mado yesterday at
the Admiralty :
The annexed Lieutenants have been appointed to the
command of gun-boats :—Lieut. U. B. Woollcombe to
the Whiting; Lieut. C. G. Nelson, to the For ard ;
Licat. 11. L. R.4),1:.:q, ♦tt,? P4..r Lieut. W. F. Lee,