The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

A. letter from Malta, of the 19th inst., gives the
following account of naval and military movement,s
there :

The Apolline bark and Nicholas Harvey brigantine,
from London, on the 18th, laden with Government
stores for Malta.

Her hlajesty'a steam-transport Industry is loading
stores for Constantinople.
The Swedish eorretta Lagerbjelke sailed for Gibraltar
and Sweden on the 19th. _ _

The City of London steam-transport, No. 9, left for
Gomm, on the 13th. .

The Rajah screw steam-transport, having in tow tho
Neapolitan brig Zeffiro, both laden with mules for the
British Commissariat, arrrived on the 17th from Genoa.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Sidon left fur the Black
Sea on the 12th. _ _

The Jason, steam-transport, from Constantinople,
brought, for Malta, Commander Headley, R.N. ; and
for England, Major Piercey,,Land Transport Corps ;
Captain Edwards, 2d Dragoons; and 5i of the Army
Works Corps.
The Queen Victoria steam-transport, from Constan-
tinople, has arrived at Malta.
The Earsdon steam-transport arrived on the 14th
from Constantinople with Ordnance stores.
The Golden Fleece steam-tranTort arrived from Con.
stantiaople on the 15th, bringing, for Malta, Deputy-
,Assistant-Commissary-General Montanaro ; Lieutenant
White, .12th Lancers ;, Lieut. Dettmar, 7th Dragoon
Guards ; Capt. Barlow, 14th ; and Mr. Nelson Purdie;
and for England, Lieut. Devine, Royal Artillery ; Sur-
geons Hadley and Sparrow, Assistant-Surgeon Hadley,
Mr. Jackson, Rev. Mr. Eicreit, Quartermaster Norton,
Royal Artillery ; Hospital-Assistant Warwick, attached
to the Turkish Contingent ; likewise Brevet-Major Mein;..
Ist ROyatty and Captain Drought, 51st.
The Eagle steam-transport arrived from Constanti-
nople on the Mb, and left for England on the 17th.
The Retriever and Killingsworth steam transports
arrived on the 13th from Constantinople; and left for
England on the same day.
The Saxon steam-transport arrived from Censtauti,
no pie on the 18th, and left on the same day for England.
. -

Tho Collingwood sailing transport left for England
en the 14th.

The Pioneer steam-transport, which left Malta on the
sth for Gibraltar, put back on the 15th with damage to
machinery.
Her Majesty's steam-transport Transit left for Eng-
land on the 14th.

The Vigo steamer, in the French transport service,
arrived from London and Gibraltar on the 14th with
stores, and left for Constantinople on the 16th.
The American ship Ticonderoga, in the French trans-
port service, arrived on the 17th from Constantinople,
and left for Havre on the 19th.

T,n3 Eclaireur, French steam-sloop, arrived from Tri-
poli on the 17tb, bringing Mr. Potter, the late Consul
there, with whom she left for Toulon on the same after-
noon.

The City of Baltimore, English steamer, in the French
transport service, arrived from Constantinople on. the
19th, having ou board 4 officers and 225 non-commis-
sioned officers and privates; with the American ship
Gauntlet in tow, bringing 249 non-commissioned offi-
cers aed privates, bound for Marseilles.
The French postal steamer Jourdain arrived from Con-
stantinople, Smyrna, and Syra on the 10th, bringing 96
French military invalids, and left on the same day for
Marseilles, conveying likewise Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas
Pasley, lately promoted out of the Agatnemnon ship-of-
the-line..,,
I The Sinai, French postal steamer, which arrived from
Marseilles on the 9th, brought, among: other passengers
for the East, Major Kinner, Col. Kaminitis. Captain
Caner, 15 officers, and 9 privates of the Land Transport
Corp', and 5 officers and 360 non-commissioned officers
and privates of the French army; and the Hellespont, from
Marseilles, which arrived on the same day, brought
Lient.-Col. Fitzgerald, Captain and Mrs. Hughes, and
Lieutenant Lloyd, 4th.
The Euxine, from Alexandria, brought for Malta Col.
and Mrs. Bradford, and for Southampton Lieut.-Col.
Parr, Major Butler and family, Captains Barber and
Stanbers, and Lieutenant White.

The Triton steam-packet, from Corfu, brought Col.
Lord Methuen, of the Royal Wiltshire Militia. She
loft with the mails for Corfu and Zante on the 16th, con-
veying
Captain Isaacs, of the 82d Regiment.
The Ava, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
packet, arrived from Southampton and Gibraltar on the
15th, bringing, among other passengers for Malta, Cap-
tail) Breton, and for Alexandria Colonels Handscombe
and Jack ; Captains Brill, Harvey, Mason, and Rotten ;
Sir It. D. M' *lsland and family ; and Lieut. Wanchope.
She left Alexandria on the 17th, conveying likewise
Captain and Mrs. Hughes, and Assistant-Surgeon
Grogherty.
The Hydaspi, Fritter postal steamer, arrived from
Alexandria on the lith, and left the same day for Mar-
seilles, conveying Lieutenant White, 12th Lancers ;
Lieut. Dettmar, 7th Dragoons ; and Surgeon Hadley.
The Alanibra, Peninsular and Oriental Company's
stimm-packet, arrived from Marseilles on the 16th with
the overland London mails of the 11th, bringing, for
Malta, Lieutenant-Colonels Sillery, Smith, and Ebring-
ton ; Captains Horton and Osborn ; and for Alexandria
(who went on in the Ava) Sir B. Maxwell ; Captains
Grainger, Harris, Little, Murray, M'Neill, Raines, and
Thomas ; and Lieutenants Boiliar and Hutchinson.
The Philippe Auguste, French postal steamer, arrived
from Marseilles on the 17th, bringing, among other pas-
se►igers, Major Hope, Royal Artillery ; Lieutenant
Griffin, Royal Artillery ; Surgeon Deakin, 70th ; and
Sir W. C. Mediycott and daughter.
'1,',43e Alexandre, French postal steamer, arrived at the
same time from Marseilles.

" The Orontes screw steamer, from Smyrna and Syra,
left on the 12th for Gibraltar and Liverpool with a ge-
net-Al cargo, having on hoard Commander Palasco and
25 seamen of the Greek navy, proceeding to England.
" The Tamaulipas screw steamer, from Alexandria,
bound to Liverpool, which left Ma:ta on the 10th, put
back on the 14th, with damage in her machinery.
" The screw steamer Taurus, from Alexandria, arrived
on the 18th, and left on the same day for Liverpool.
" The Robert Lowe, auxiliary screw steamer, arrived
from L ndon on the ISth, with a general cargo and a
few Government stores, and will leave to-morrow (the
20th) for Constantinople and Balaklava.
" According to instructions from the War Depart-
ment, dated January 30, the undermentioned officwrs are
appointed visitors to the- military prisons at Malta :
Lieutenant-Colonel the Dalzell, Lieutenant-
Colonel Erskine, Lieutenant-Colonel Francklyn, and
Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. J. Browne."

We have been requei..ted to notice the following
order:--

" Admiralty Feb. 8.
" I run commanded . . . that it is their
Lordchip,' desire that officer+ of the navy should not
wear beards or moustaches on board her Majesty's ships.

" By the regulations of the service men are expected
to be properly shaved, and it is essential that a good ex-
ample on this point should he set by their officers."
Captain Boyle, First-Lieutenant Hervey, Second-
Lieutenants Allnutt and Cooper, two corporals, two
serjeants, and 95 privates (80 of whom are old soldiers),
are ordered to be held in readiness to join her Majesty's
ship Calcutta, 84, Captain King, C. 8., flag-ship for
Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8.,
part complement. Brevet-Major \Vemys, of the artil-
lery companies of the Royal Marines, is ordered to
kohl himself in readiness fur general service, and two
detachments, each consisting of one captain, one ser-
geant, two corporals or bombardiers, and 10 gunners,
are to be held in readiness,—one to proceed to Ply-
mouth for embarkation, the other to join her Majesty's
ship Rodney, in lieu of an equal number of the light in-
fantry companies of the corps.
Her Majesty's ship Nile, 91, Captain Mundy, arrived
at Portsmouth !yesterday from Plymouth, and joined
the fleet at Spithead.
The Calcutta, 84, has been commissioned at Ply-
mouth by Captain Hall, C. 8., late of the Exmouth, for
the flag of Sii Michael Seymour, the newly-appointed
commander-in•chief on the East India station. Com-
mander Rolland, also late of the Exmouth, will follow
his admiral to his present ship. Lieutenant Fowler, an
old and very excellent officer, is to serve in the Cal-
cutta as first lieutenant.

The Harier, 17, Commander Derriman, kit Spithead
yesterday to join Captain Watson's advance squadron in
the Downs. _

The Arrogant, 47, Captain Lyster, completed the re-
adjustment of her compasses in Portsmouth harbour
yesterday, and will most likely join the fleet at Spithead
to-day.
The Alipore, sailing transport No. 8, arrived at Spit-
head on Sunday evening.
The Jackdaw and Grasshopper gun-boats were put
out of dock yesterday at Portsmouth, and the Cock-
chafer taken in.

The gun-boat Hasty went down to the Arsenal-wharf
at Woolwich yesterday morning from the dockyard, to
receive her ammunition ; and will proceed to Greenhithe
preparatory to joining the squadron at Portsmouth.
The gus-boats Griper, Lieutenant Singer ; the Julia,
Lieutenant Clutterbuck ; and the Herring, Lieutenant
Louis Gencete, commanding, were yesterday morning
taken out of Woolwich basin, and steamed down to the
Arsenal, to be provided with their ammunition, stores,
eto. These boats are fully equipped with their comple-
ment of good and efficient seamen.
The paddle-wheel steamer Dee, Master-Commander
Pullen, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning, and is
lying alongside the A igle coaling, in preparation for her
return voyage to Portsmouth with boilers and steasa
to a.ehin ary.
The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle returned to Wool-
wich yesterday morning from her experimental cruise,
and has likewise commenced coaling at the hulk.

On Saturday afternoon Messrs. John Scott and Sons,
of Greenock, launched the first of six mortar vessels
which they are constructing for Government service.
Her materials are the very best which can be procured,
and she measures as follows :—Length, 76 feast : breadth,
23 feet 6 inches ; depth, 10 feet ; tonnage, ai7 register.
That she may safely withstand the concussion of the mor-
tars with which she will be armed, this boat. is built of a
strength equal to that of a ship Of nearly 1,000 tone