The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-04 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

A circular has been issued from the Horse Guards,
dated September 30, directed to commanding officers of
regiments and depots at home and regiments of militia,
containing a statement of the daily rates of allowances
to General and other Staff Officers of infantry regimenta
of Artillery, and Engineers, in lieu of forage for the
horses required to be kept by them for the public ser-
vice, for the half year from the Ist of April to the 30th
of September, 1856, agreeably to which the charge for
forage will be allowed.

•0n the o'casion of the Powerful, 84, Captain T. L.
Massie, being paid off at Chatham, on Wednesday, a
handsome field-officer's sword was presented to Capt. J.
Gascoigne, Royal Marines, in command of the de-
tachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry serving on
board, that officer being the senior captain of his corps,
and therefore the first for promotion. The sword was
presented to Captain Gascoigne by the officers of the
Royal Marines serving under him on board the Power-
ful—viz., Lieutenant F. Ley, Lieutenant W. J.;Christy,
and Lieutenant A. B. S. Shairp, as a mark of tho
esteem in which he was held by the officers under his
command. The Lords of the Admiralty have also
awarded Serjeant Charles French, Royal Marines, the
senior sergeant of the Powerful, the gratuity at their
disposal, for his good conduct while serving on board
that vessel. The following memorandum was issued to
the Royal Marines serving ou board the Powerful by
Captain Gascoigne, previously to that vessel being paid
off :
"As the detachment is about to separate, and rejoin
their several head-quarter divisions, Captain Gascoigne
wishes to express the great satisfaction he has felt in the
command of men generally so well disposed, and that he
will be glad at all times to give his aid to their advance-
ment in the service. The commendations in the letter
from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, relative
to the good state of the ship, apply equally to the detach-
ment of the Royal Marines, whose conduct (with only one
exception) has been marked by cheerful devotion and sol-
dierlike attention to duty."
A letter from Hong Kong, dated August 10, no-
tices the following arrival of vessels there from Eng-
land :—July 13, the E. T. Willetts, from Cardiff ; July
13, the Aden, from Liverpool, and the Henrietta
Maria, from Cardiff ; July 20, the Queensbury, from
Liverpool ; July 26, the Arctic, from Cardiff ; August
5, the Sir Bevois, from London. The departures
of vessels from China were :—From Whampoa, July
14, the Daphne, aed the Cairngorm, for London ;
July 19, the Patna, for Liverpool ; July 23, the Spitfire,
for London. From Foochow, July 18, the John Taylor,
for London. From Shanghai, July 31, the Challenger,
for London. The ships of war stationed in China, were
thus distributed :—At Hong Kong, her Majesty's ship
Nankin ; United States' steamer San Jacinto ; Spanish
steamer Reyna de Castilla. At Macao, the Portuguese
brig Mondego. At Whampoa, her Majesty's brig Bit-

tern. At Foochow, her Majesty's steamer Raceho—rse.
Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, Commandant of
Woolwich garrison, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Teesdale,
his aide-de-camp, yesterday morning made the aunt
inspection of the Royal Horse Artillery quarters anh.
stables, and visited the riding-schools of the estabus
ment. • Dee
Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam troo
roeeertie:re ads y e d a t
ePsstbil:Wayool:
Master CommanderPullen, yesterday morning itae Camel,
with for Portsmouth, convoying the gumbo,'
Cherokee, Swan, and Caroline thither. ivecl at Wool-
The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Pluto arwrbere she has
ale, midshipman to
wich yesterday morning from Deptford,
undergone thorough repairs.
Saliallelaligtee.nt therrAhedmioilrloalwtyin:g_appointments were N.
A C. Ititon, naval
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tuallersh
the Inflexible ; C. R. L., Sara, _ cadet to the
Ashley IT'.riCnocooptnearceona. naval
Colossus ; John Hill, payer,

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Caradoc proceeded on to Constantinople, with Sir G.
Passengers she brought from England,
and Capt. Stanhope, R N., the latter going to join tb
IZoyal Albert. J
By the French steamer from Italy Lieut.-Col. W
joined the 57th Regt. en-
It is reported that other vessels will follow tb
tanr and Swallow. sany's
Tile Vectia, Peninsular and Oriental Gilta till
steamer, from Alexandria, did not arrive atom Mar-
late on the 28th, and the French steamer
seilles, due in the morning, has not arrivedinade, was
Sir G. Young, during the short stay:Knights of
very active in visiting the Fcenes of t
Malta.