The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-09 00:00:00

IVE IV LONDON POSTAL DELII FhJl S.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Elie Prussian Majesty's corvette Amazone, Captain
Kuhn, arrived at Spithead, last from the Azores, yes
terday morning. She is bound to Dantzic. She has
a number of cadets on board, whom the Consul (L.
A. Vandenbergh) introduced to the authorities, and
for whom he obtained permission to view the dock
yard, &c. She saluted the national flag and the Port
Admiral, which cDmpliments were duly acknowledged
by her Majesty's ship Victory and the garrison bat-
tery.
Her Majesty's ship Leander, 50, Captain Rice, is
ordered from Portsmouth to the eastward to be paid off.
Her Majesty's chip Express,. 6, Commander Boys,
arrived at Spithead yesterday from the south-east coast
of America station.

The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131,
Captain Henry Caldwell, arrived at Plymouth on Sun•
day.
The following troops, from the provisional battalion,
Chatham, will embark at Gravesend to-morrow on board
the Agincourt, for the purpose of joining the head-
gnarters of their regiments stationed in India, viz. :-
43-1 Regiment, Captain W. Milues, Ensign W Live-
say, and Ensign H. 0. Bateman, with 3 sergeants, 2
corporals, 4 drummers, and 25 rank and file, the whole
of whom will proceed to Madras ; 81th (York and
Lancaster) Regiment, Lieutenant F. J. G. Saunders,
Lieutenant R. Alaybury, Ensign H. T. W. 0. Kenny,
Ensign R. F. Humphrey, Ensign H. Pearson, Ensign
Ely, and 60 non-commissioned officers and men of that
corps, who will proceed to join the service cernpan'es
of their regiment stationed at Rargoon.
The depot of the 79th Regiment, now at Aber]aen,
has been ordered to Fort George. The Highland Bri-
gade are to be concentrated in that Fort, it being the
intention of the War-office to withdraw the troops from
most of the barracks in Scotland, and have them placed
in forts.

The steam-transport Jackall, last from Portsmouth,
has arrived at Woolwich with a cargo of powder and
returned provisions from the East. After discharging
her powder She will proceed to Deptford to land victual-
ling stores. The William sailing-transport has likewise
arrived, and bas proceeded to Deptford to clear out. Her
Msjesty's steam troop-ship Rea stance, Master Com-
mander John Huntley, has arrived at Woolwich with
100 tons of shot and a quantity of naval stores from
Sebastopol:
Taking advantage of the favourable state of the weather,
the whole of the batteries and heavy guns were yesterday
morning brought out in review order on Woolwich-com-
mon, under the command of Colonel Anderson. After
going through a variety of field movements, and firing
10 rounds of artillery, they marched past, were minutely
inspected, and permitted to return to quarters. Major-
General Sir W. F. Williams, Commandant of Woolwich
Garrison, acted as field officer at guard mounting, and
afterwards inspected the recruits and the spare men off
duty, who were drawn up in battalions on the parade
ground 'ranting the barracks, under the command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Burrows, Major Boothby, and Cap-
tain and Adjutant Close. The men were put through a
series of drill practice for the instruction cf a ntm'aer of
the cadets and junior officers who were ordered to be
pn,ent.
The steam-ship Pacific, No. 8, Captain W. C. Thomp-
son, arrived at Kingstown on Sunday evening, at 4
o'cicck, from Pembroke, which place she left at 6 o'clock
the same day. The Pacific brought nine officers, 318
men, 34 women, and 30 children of the depot of the
95th Regiment; and seven officers, 327 men, 50 women,
and 58 children of the depot of the 48th Regiment. The
troops disembarked next morning.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :
Lieutenant C, C. Robinson. to tho Fury ; J. W. G.
mate
defattoigathbei
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K3.l)Lp.ell,l(.,lpneid,
shipmanD.iwson Darn
to theer ship-
man to the Wasp ; A. Jephson, naval cadet to tl •
Cresar • the Rev. W. Whitmarsb, chaplain to the Im-
pregnable ; W. H. Williams, master to the Raleigh ;
J. Pettes, paymaster to the Hermes ; W. T. Dixsun,
assistant paymaster to the Cressy.

BRITISH MUSEl.lll.—Yesterday this institution was
roopcned to the public, after being closed for a week.
The hours of admission to the department of antiquities,
natural history, &c., are now from ten in the morning
to five in the afternoon ; to those having the privilege
of admission to the reading room the hours are now from
nine in the morning to five in the afternoon.
HARVEST IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—The bar.
vest has commenced in the north of Scotland, and many
fields have already fallen under the sickle. The crops of
wheat, oats, and barley are all far above the average of
the last few years. Potatoes are an aliend antcrop.
The disease has been checked by the fine dry weather.of
this month, and is not likely to appear again. Turnips
are in excellent condition, and the aftermath of the b sy
crop is most luxuriant.
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