The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1856.

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Mars, 80, screw, is still in the basin, at Sheer-
ness, putting her machinery together. We believe it is
definitively fixed for this vessel to go to Chatham to fit.
The Majestic, 81, screw, at Sheerness, Capt. Charles
Hope, C. 8., is moored in the stream. A. few days more
will complete all her fittings, &c. One of the principal
defects which has detained her tonz in the hands of the
engineers is the repair of her condensers, which were
cracked.

The Cleopatra steam transport arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday morning from Malta, which place she left Jan.
28th, and Gibraltar Feb. 4th. The following are her
passengers from Malta :—Lieut. Jones, R.N. ; Mr. Bur-
gess, R.N., and 20 seamen and marines. From Gib•
raltar—Lieut. Donnt, Lancashire Militia ; Mr. Byrne,
veterinary surgeon, 4th Light Dragoons, and 4 seamen.
The Hesper steam transport arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday for the Crimea. Her dates are—Balaklava,
Jan. 9 ; Kazatch, Jan. 10 ; Constantinople, Jau. 17 ;,
Malta, Jan. 23 ; Gibraltir, Feb. 2.
The Lancashire Witch, No. 40, sailing transport, ar-
rived at Spithead on Friday evening from the Black Sea.
She received- orders for Deptford yesterday, and pro-
ceeded from Portsmouth in the afternoon.
The Perseverance, steam-transport, came into Ports-
mouth harbour front Spithead on Friday.
The Harier, 17, Commander Derriman had her com-
passes adjusted on Friday. She is ordered to Spithead,
where she will take in powder and shell, and proceed to
Dartmouth.

The Tyne, store-ship, Commander Wellington, sailed
from Portsmouth yesterday morning.
The Thetis, from London for Madras, put into Spit
bead yesterday with loss of mainmast, fore and main
topmasts, sails, &c., having experienced a severe gale
from W.S.W. off the Start, on the 6th and 7th inst.
The gun-boat Ruby, Lieut. H. G. Hale commanding,
arrived on Saturday morning at the Arsenal-quay at
Woolwich to ship her powder and ammunition, whEnce
she will proceed to join the squadron at Portsmouth.
The despatch gun-boat Intrepid, 850 tons, built by
Wigram and fitted with engines at the East India Docks,
is to go down to Woolwich to-day to be. rigged and fitted
for service. She will be manned and supplied with seven
guns- —viz., two 68 and four 32-pounders, and one 32
pivot gun. The despatch boat Sparrowhawk, 670 tons,
launched from Young's, and removed to Messrs. Sea-
, ward's to•have her cogines supplied, will likewise go to
Woolwich to-day to be fitted oat. The Sparrowhawk
will carry five guns—two 68-pounders, two 32-pounders,
and one pivot gun.
The gun-boats, 4, Insolent and Staunch, arrived at
Woolwich on Saturday from Northfleet, and were imme-
diately hauled into basin, and taken possession of by the
riggers, whose labour hours, as well as the working time
of the artisans of other departments there, are untimited,
and many of them are enabled to earn considerable extra
pay. _

Lieutenant Louis Geneste has hoisted his pennant on
board, and taken command of the 2-gun-boat Herring,
now fitting out in Woolwich basin.
The Rhadamanthus steam-vessel arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday at neon, from the eastward, with boilers and
machinery for the Flying Fish.
Ths Sprightly steam-vessel arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday from Ireland.

- The liolyrood transport sailed from Portsmouth yes•
terday from the eastward.

ThO Chesapeake, 0 screw steam frigate, which has
been fitting far commission in the third dock at Chat-
ham, was floated out on Saturday afternoon, send she
was immediately taken in tow by the Adder steam-
vessel down to moorings in the Medway at Folly
Point. It is expected that to-day she will go on her
trial trip.

The N-Vanderer, screw despatch gun-vessel, arrived at
Chatham on Friday to be fitted for sea.
The Cadmus, 20, corvette, is progresliag very fast in
her build, and, owing to the number of extra hands
placed on her, she wi'l be ready for launching the 'be-
ginning of next month.

The—following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty; —Lieut. G. H.
,Wale, additional to the
Victory ; Lieut. E. W. BrooLer, to the Tartarus; Lieut.
W. G. Annesley, to the Excellent ; Lieut. E. A. V.
Paget, to the Imperieuse ; J. M. Pridbarn, master to
the Pioneer ; .J. 11. Ryan, second master to the Lap-
wing ; T. Waterfield, assistant-paymaster in charge, to
the Pioneer ; F. F. Eyersfield, assistant-paymaster in
charge, to the La,nwing ; C. Fisher, assistant-paymaster,
to the Russell ; W. B. Baikie, surgeon, to the Rodney ;
R. C. Scott, surgeon, to the Medusa ; J. W. Slight,
assistant-surgeon, to the Gorgon.; 0. J. Llewellyn,
assistant-surgeon, to the Victory ; P. W. Walton,
acting assistant-surgeon, to the Hibernia; W. E. P.
Saer, assistant-clerk, to the DivOr ; Henry Hodge,
assistant-clerk, to the Rodney T. W. Moore,
assistant-clerk, to the Basilisk. .b.

The Overland Mail
,m,ntions the following appoint-
ments made by the East India Company : —The Rev. H.
P. Woodington has been appointed an assistant chap-
lain on the 13engal Ecclesiastical Establishment ; Mr.
A. Shepherd had been admitted a cadet for the Bengal
cavalry; Mr. H. W. W. Ellis, and Mr. R. H. M. Ellis
have been appointed Captains' Clerks on the Bombay
establishment of the Indian navy.