The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-29 00:00:00

Naval autt Military Intelligence.
The following notice was issued from the Admiralty
yestentty
'• The third and fourth divisions of gunboats aro now
assembling in Purtlsnd•rnads."
The following officers have been appointed to the corn•
mand of gen-boat, B. T. Hamilton, to the
Haughty ; Lieut. E J. Pollard, to the Charon ; Lieut.
C. A. Campbell, t ) the Opossum ; Lieut. George
Rivington, to the Rambler; Lieut. Reginald T. Clark,
to the De.:oy.
Her Majesty's steamship Cressy, 81, Captain R. L.
Warrrn, arrived at Spithead from the Nore yesterday,
and joined the fleet.
Toe Arrogant, 47, Captain Lygter, got under way ye*
terday morning awt Spithead to try her speed, it is sup-
posed, prior to following Captain Watson's advanced
,quadron.
The Lapwing, 8, screw gun-boat, was taken out of
dock at Portsmouth ye-ter ay ;'and the Forward and
Beaver gun-boats were taken in for repairs..
The llhadamanthus steam-,ransport arrived at Ports-
mouth yesterday, wizli machinery, from
Tne Charity stearo•transport arrived at Spithead ok
'Wednesday night from the-East. She towed the Great
Tasmania sailing hospital-transport to Gibraltar, and
left that place on the 18th for Spithrad, having encoun-
tered during the passage heavy gales from N.W. and
N. F.

The peddle-wheel steatreehip Scourer., 6, went from
Plymouth Solve! into Herne:al en Wednesday, to he
docked at Keyhani and have el,fecti made goed.
The crew of the screw steam-chip Desperate. 8, Com-
mander Richard 1) White, get up steam at Devonport
on Tue.alay, to try her engines and boilers. She will be
taken out of the basin dock at Keyham to-day.
The engineers empleyel on the paddle-wheel steam-
sloop Virago, 6, at Keyham, are working from 6 a.in.
to 10 p.m. to expedite her completion for service.
The screw stearnahip SanTareil, 72, Captain A. C.
Key, sailed from Plymouth for the eastward yesterday,
with the gun-boats Sl.ipjack, Sheldrake, Redwings Lark,
Magpie, and Bedger.
The gun-boats Rambler and Decoy, from Pembroke,
in tow of the paddlewheel steam-eeesele Avon acid Pros-
pero, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday, and went
into Ilatimaze to be fieted immediately.
The gun-boats Ant and Angler, tieing built in Devoe-
part i ckyard, received the first portions of their engines
and boilers on Wednefde.y.
Commander C. I'. C des has been promoted to the
rank of Captain, and Lieut. C. W. Buckley to the rack
of Corni4ander—beth to bear da.e the 27th inst.
The annexed appointments have been made :--Com-
mander G. F. Bnrgess, to the Stromboli, vice Coles ;
Commander J E. Commerell, to the Snake, vice Buck-
ley ; Crentnander J. W. Douglas, to the Perseverance,
vice Crang ; Commander J. N. T. Saulez, to the Ring-
iove ; Commander W. B )wden, to the Cormorant ;
Carainander J. A. Meader, to the Waterloo ; Lieut.
F. J. Protheroe, to the Urgent ; J. T. Rummell, roaster,
to conainand the Resistance, vice Hall ; James G. H.
l'hain, master, to the Conqueror ; T. Bouchier, master
(e,maraled) : J. W. M. Hall, master, to the Sappho ;
B. D. Cornier, second spa-ter, to the Ringdove ;N. L.
Kelly, second nue-ter, to the Cornierant ; J Millard,
master's assistant, to toe Medina ; C. Borth wick, acting
mate, to the Sappho ;C. E. P.-arse and C. A. Watts,
midshipmen, to the Devastation ; L. F. B. Cary, mid-
shipman, to the London ; lt. H. D. King, midshipman,
to the Arrogant ; W.' H. H. Standhridge, etesietant-
pay ma-ter (in charge), to the Cormorant ;C. J. Card,
assistant payma-ter (in charge), to the Ringdove ; E.W.
C4!)rtion, assistant.-paymaster (in charge), to the Rhada-
rnanthus ; F. Oliver, assistant paymaster, to the Sant-
pareil ; J. River, assistant-paymaster, to the Magi-
cienne ; A. B. C•x, assistant-clerk, to the Desperate.
Yesterday a numb. r of wounded non-commissioned
officers and privates who have been invalided home from
the regiments in the Ctimea were discharged from St.
Mary's invalid barracks, Chatham, by special order of a
Chelsea board held for that purpose. The whole of
those discharged had been granted pensions varying
from Ga. to 2s. 6d, a day, according to the nature of
their wounds and their period of service.
A detachment of the Royal Marine Light Tefantry is
under orders to embark at Chatham on board the Sparrow-
hawk, Captain S. Gurney Cresewell, fitting for the Baltic.
Eli is alder-stood to be the intention of the Goveror_nae.a:
to form a large camp on Penenden-heatb, near M
stone, capable of accommodating 20,000 troops, both
1
cavalry and infantry. The formation of the camp will
be commenced this spring, and it is expected that thel
troops will occupy it during the summer.

MILITIA.
Fifty volunteer's have gone over to the Line from the
Aberdeenshire Militia. The 7911 la the fa
vonrite
merit for Militia voluoteers in every part of Scotland.

Flan IN TETE ClTT.—Last night, about nine o'clock,
a fire broke out in a pile of warehvnses belonging to
Messr4. Alleock, Hinton, and Co , oil merchants, dry-
salters, &C., in Three Crane-lane, Upper Thames-street,
C.ty, and extending backwards into Brick-hill-lane.
The firemen, although they were told tbat there were
several hundredweights of gunpowder on the premises,
which, it is believed, vt as only an idle rumour, stuck to
their posts in a most intrepid manner, and by one o'clock
this morning, they succeeded in arresting the further
extension of the fire, although it was not entirely extin-
guished. The total amount of loss cannot a,t present
be
ascertained, owing to the absence of the principals of the
firm ; but the damage must be very considerable,in con-
sequence of the many thousand tone of water discharged
into the premises, and which must DatAratti h•
dry goods.