The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's ships Nile, 91, Capt. Mundy ; Shannon,
51 (new screw frigate) ; Pylades, 21, Capt. D'Eyncourt ;
and Cossack, 21, Capt. Fansha we, have been telegraphed
to prepare for sea (" foreign service") with all possible
despatch. Their destination is believed and currently
reported to be North America. The Cossack has had
orders for some days, we have been informed, for Hali-
fax, and this, we doubt not, is the intended destination
of the squadron now so instantaneously ordered to pre-
pare for active service. The Arrogant had received in-
structions to fit out for the conveyance of the British
Ambassador and staff from England to St. Petersburg,
but she has now returned the fittings and supplied their
places with something more substantial. Last evening,
at half-past 12, the Arrogant steamed through Spithead
and down Channel under sealed orders.

The Shannon is not yet commissioned, but was yes-
terday put in hand to be prepared for a crew with the
utmost despatch, and a vast body of artificers were sit
upon her to expedite her readiness. All the commanders
of the gun-boats at Portsmouth were also °tiled to the
Port Admiral's yesterday morning-it is rumoured, to
receive instructions for having their respective vessels
ready for active service at telegraphic notice. When
these vessels sail there will be upon, or on their way to,
the North-American and West India station the follow-
ing fleet :-Nile, 91, Captain G. R. Mundy ; Power-
ful, 84, Captain Massie ; Boscawen, 70 (flag), Captain
Glanville ; Itnaam, 72, Cdmmander Morrish ; Pem-
broke, 60, Captain Seymour, C.B. ; Cornwallis, 60,
Captain Wellesley, C.B. ; Euryalus, fit, Ca,pt lin G.
'Ramsay, C.B. ; Amphion, 34, Captain Chads ; Vestal,
26, Captain T. P. Thomson ; Eurydice, 26, Captain
Tarleton. C.B. ; Termagant, 24, Commodore Kellet,
C.B. ; Cossack, 21, Captain Fansbawe ; Pylades, 21,
Captain D'Eyncourt ; Arachne, 18, Commander Ingle-
field ; Malacca, 17, Captain Farquhar ; Faleon, 17,
Commander Campion ; Archer, 15, Captain Heathcote ;
Mariner, 12, Commanderßate • Eipiegle,l2,Commander
Lambert ; Arab, 12, Commander Pearse ; Daring, 12,
Commander Napier ; Buzzard, 6, Commander Dobbie ;
Argus, 6, Commander Purvis; Basilisk, 6, Commander
Croton ; Scorpion, 6, Ma=ter-Commander Parsons ;
Hermes, 6, Commander W. E. Gordon. Only one-thirl of
the aboveare:sailing ships ; the steamers, although mount-
ing but few guns, mount the heaviest carried, and good 1
crews. The Nile, Pembroke, and Cornwallis are screw
line-of-battle ships ; Euryalus is the heaviest fir,t-
frigate ; Termagant, Cossack, Pylades, and Malacca are
the heaviest class of corvettes, carrying 68 and 84
pounders. The Vestal and Eurydice are heavily armed
" donkey " frigates ; the Amphion is a heavily armed
frigate. The 12-gun sloops are the newest and most
efficient of their class, all carrying long 32's ; and the
6-gun steamers are mounted with bow, stern, and broad-
side guns of the heaviest metal and longest range ; and
if a flotilla of gun-boats be taken into consideration,
about 80 of the heaviest and newest guns of the longest
range may be added to the computation.
The steam-transports Northumberland and Earl of
Durham arrived at Portsmouth on Monday night and
yesterday morning, laden with ordnance stores from the
Crimea for the home depots. They have proceeded for
Woolwich to discharge them.
The screw steam-transport Zebra, Captain Bete, which
arrived at Plymouth on Monday night, left Malta on
the 28th of May, and at 1 p.m. parsed the Great Bri-
tain, bound to Malta ; 30th, passed and exchanged sig-
nals with screw steam-transport Alice Jackson, bound
west ; 31st, exchanged Eignals with screw steam-ship
Balbec, in lat. 36.59 N., long. 2.34 E. ; June 2d, 9.15
a.m., arrived at Gibraltar ; 7.39 p.m., the steam-tran-
sport Imperador arrived ; 3d June, 5 a.m., sailed from
Gibraltar ; 9 a.m. (off Cape Trafalgar) took in tow her
Majesty's steam-ship Vulcan, which vessel's machinery
was damaged ; 4 p.m., arrived at Gibraltar, rounded 'Vul-
can to an anchorage, and proceeded to sea. Left the
Imperador and Alice Jackson in port. Ors the 4th, at
1.30 p.m., she exchanged signals with the steam trans-
port Mauritius, bound eastward. On the 7th exchanged
signals with the steam transport Spartan (No. 18), in
lat. N. 43.16, long. 9.36 W. On the 9th, at 915 p.m.
she came to an anchor in Plymouth Sound.
The paddlewheel steam transport, Rhadamanthus, 4,
Commander E. P. Cole, from Woolwich, arrived at
Plymouth, on Sunday, with boilers and machinery for
the screw steam frigate Liffey.
The screw steam frigate Imperieuse, 51, Captain
Watson, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, went from
Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound on Monday. Her crew
were to be paid wages yesterday.
The paddlewheel steam sloop Salamander went from
Plymouth Sound to Hamoaze on Monday, to be refitted.
The sloop Atalanta, 16, was appointed to be taken
out of dock, at Devonport yesterday, to be masted,
The screw steam transport Rajah, Captain Burns, from
Balaklava, left Plymouth on Monday for the eastward.
His Netherland Majesty's steam vessel Sindora, 4,
Commander Wickers, left Plymouth on Monday for
the West Indies.

Letters have been received at Plymouth from the St.
Jean d'Acre dated Constantinople, May 25, stating that
she was to sail the next day to embark trcoos at Bala-
klava, and might be expected home in six weeks ; and
from the Havannah, 19, dated Callao, April 7, at whicb
time the crew were in good health.
The order previously received by the Cressy, 80 guns,
screw steam-ship, Captain Richard L. Warren, has been
countermanded. She is to be fitted at Sheerness for the
reception of her Majesty's Ambassador and suite, whom
she will convey to St. Petersburg.
The Merlin, 6 runs, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, now
being refitted at Sheerness, is ordered to be ready for
sea on the 21st inst.
The Firefly, 4 guns, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Com-
mander Day, now refitting at the basin at Sheerness, is
ordered to be ready for sea on the 25th inst.
The Brilliant, 20 guns, now fitting in No. 1 dry dock
at Sheerness is ordered to be got ready for sea as early as
possible.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Niger, Captain the Hon.
A. Cochrane, is being supplied with her guns and shot
from Woolwich Arsenal, and awaits her orders for sea.
Her destination is the East India station.
The authorities at the Horse Guards have consented
to the married non-commissioned officers and soldiers
in barracks being provided with separate accommoda-
tion for themselves and families, instead of being
quartered ie the same rooms with the private soldiers.
It is understood that Lord Panmure, who has made
the alteration, has ordered separate rooms to be built
at Chatham barracks for married soldiers, and that
the sum of 6,0001. has been granted for this purpose.

TRADE WITII RIISSIA.—The Lord Raglan iron-screw
steamer, which arrived in the Tyne on Thursday from
Cronstadt, would sail again yesterday fcr the same des-
tination with passengers, a general cargo, and Post-office
bag s.
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