The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-07 00:00:00

LON DON, MON DAY EVENING, .1 ULY 7. 1856.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's sailing troop-frigate Apollo, Second
Master Burnet in. charge, towed by her Majesty's steam-
sloop Medusa, Captain S. Osborn, C.B , arrived at Spit-
bead on Saturday morning with the Ist battalion of the
Rifle brigade, from the East, comprising 920 nonmam-
.
rnissioned officers and men, and the following officers .
Major Lord A. G. Russell ; Captains H. Walker, C.
V. Oxenden, the Hon. .G. Elliott, the Hon. J. Stewart,
W. J. M. Cunningharees and' W. Norris ; Lieutenants
G. R. Saunders, C.-E. Muritrave, C. B. Dashwood, J
P. C. Glyn, J:" Asbton,' 4.. L. Tottenham, W. T.
Rooper, W. J. H. Rethven, it E. S. Harrington, H.
S. Vandeleur. C: T. Bunbory, and C. T. Murdoch ;
Ensigns H. ,L. Wickhankeend W. C. Purdost ; Lieut.
and Adjutant J.' Ilret-t.i Surgeon R. Cowen, Assistant-
Surgeons Williams and de Chaumont; Paymaster J. E.
Large ; Quartermaster If. Peacock. The Apollo was
towed into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday noon, and
her gallant troops traneshipped.to the three-decker float-
ing depot Britannia until tbis morning, when they will
land at the Royal Clarence-yardeGospart, about. 4 o'clock,
and proceed thence by special train to Aldershot.
The steam-transport Oneida,No.. 222, with the Lon-
don, No.
.34, Bailing-transport ip tow, from the East,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. Her dates are
Scutarj,.June 14 ; Malta, 20. The Oneida has brought
273 men, 200 horses, and the following officers of the
6th (Enniskillens) Dragteoes:—Lieitt.-Colonel 11. Dal-
rymple White, C.B. ; Breviek..MAiir R. G. Manley, Cap-
tainirVittwigram and Slade"; Eteutenauts-Timeon. Raw-
linson, and Dawson ; Paymaster Mal •shall ; Quarter.
Master Mountain ; Adjutant Motile ; Surgeon Baxter,
M.D. ; Assistant-Surgeon Grylls ; Veterinary-Surgeon
Collins ; also Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals
Macdonald ; Captain Ssute ' • Ist Class Staff Surgeon
Langley , M.D. ; the Rev. Dr. Blackwood, Lady Alicia
Blackwood, and the Misses Allwortb. Toe London
brought 127 men of the Royal Artillery, 51 .horses,
Lieu:. Osilrie, of the Royal Horse Artillery • Staff As-
sistant-Sergeon Stiles, Lieutenants Little, Hill, Gould,
D 4wee' Proctor, and Shawe ; and Ensigns Annesley
and Parker, of the 97th Regiment; and Lieutenant-
Knight and Barwell, of the 90th.
The steam-transport Thames, No: 92, arrived at Spit-
head on Saturday nistis fawn the East, with Lieut
Julies Lamb, of the 50th Regiment; Staff Surgeon D.
J. Doherty, Assistant-Surgeons T. Wheeler and T. H.
Ilelliegsworth, and Minitel Dresser W. John, of ths
Medical Staff, in charge of invalids ; seven lady nurses,
16 second-class nurses, and two hospital staff of Misi
Niehtirgale's establishment; one Medical Staff steward,.
15 orderlies of the Medical Staff'Osrps, 239 invalids, 58
non-commie-iohed officers and privates of sundry regi-
ments, 71 women, and 20 children—total, 434, and a
cargo of 250 b4rrels of gunpowder. She left Gibraltar
on the 30th ult., at which time the Golden Fleece and
Ack bar transports were at the Rock, and the Prince
Arthur and Queen Victoria sailed the same day. She
passed hie Majesty's ship Belleisle, towed by her Ma-
jesty's steamer Firebrand, on the 23th ult. At Malta
or, the 24th were her Majesty's ships Terrible, Queen,
and Transit, and the Ceenticleer transport.
The sailisg-transpert Arabia, No. 83,-arrived at Spit-
head yesterday noon from the .F.dst, with Major Penny-
caick, Captain Broughton,- and Dr. Woodward, of the
Royal Artillery.; Lieutenants Crowther and Brown, and
Eesign Gordon, 63d Regiment ; Assistant-Commissa-
riat-General Hadley, lady, and family ; 150 men of the
R .yal Are lery, 63 horses, 39 gun andamoinnition car-
riages, and about 40 tons of Ru-siau shot; she parted
company w th the steam transport Queen of the South,
off Cape de Gatte, delayed by light, contrary winds, and
,Toe
her Atrranboipa s
and
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Her Majesty's state yacht ViCtoria and Albert, Cap-
tain the Hon. Joseph Denman, receives her crew this
day at Portsmouth, and is expected to be ready for the
royal .ervice by the end of the week. A. visit to 0.-
tend, en route to Prussia, is rumoured. The 14th inst.
is the day named for her Majesty's visit to Osborne.
A letter from i.er Majesty's screw-frigate Imperieuss,
51, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., dated Funchal Roads,
June 24, says— " We arrived here on Sunday morning
with our three despatch gun-vessels; found the Cossack,
21, Capt. Fanshawe, at anchor in the bay, with two
American men-of-war, the Jamestown and St. Louts.
The Tartar, 21, Capt. Dunlop, arrived about an hour
after us, and on the next morning the Virago, 6, steam-
sloop, Commander haggard, came in, followed in the
afternoon by the Orion, 91, Capt. Erskine, from Ply-
mouth. We sail as soon as we shall have completed
.coal, and no .doubt will be off at daylight of the 25th.
We are all well. Squadron bea'thy."
The Monarchy and Progress, transports No. 60 and
203, left Portsmouth for Deptford to discharge stores
on Sat irday.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Bulldog, 6, Commander A.
C. Gordon, left Spithead on Friday night.
Her M ijesty's ship Princess ltiyal, 91, Capt. L. T.
Jones, C 8., went into Portsmouth barb ior on Saturday
to he p Od off and re-commissianed immediately.
The steam-transport Britannia einharke.l the Arina4h
Militia at Portsmouth on Saturday, anl left yeah them
for Dublin yesterday morning.
The steam-transport Bahiana left Portsmouth fur
Liverpool on Saturday, and the steam-transports Ade-
laide and Victoria left yesterday for the eastward.
Her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt.
Caldwell, C. 8., flag of Ream-Admiral the Hon. Sir 13, S.
Dundas, C. 8., is expected to leave Spithead to-day on
a cruise to the Tagng.
His Norwegian Majesty'ssailing corvette Ellida, Capt.
Falcen, from Ilorten, in Norway, brought up at Spit-
bead on Friday night. On Saturday morning, at eight
o'clock, she saluted the national flag and that of the Corn-
wander-in-chief of the port, which c impiiment> were duly
acknowledged by the garrison battery and the flag-ship
Victory. Capt. Falcen was on landing introduced to the
naval and mill taryautherities by Chevalier Vandenbergh,
Swedish and Norwegian Vice• Consul. The corvette,
being nn instimotion ship,'lnounts 10 guns, has on board
20 naid..iiipmen, and, besidta:her ofmailnces3, two lieute-
nant., instructors for tlie midshipmen. She remains
at Spithead for eight days to enable her young
officers do in-pect the tisiriens departments of the
arsenal of Portsmouth. They are aremarkably intelligent-
-I,oking, smart, and well-uniformed school, and at ract
much attention by their sailor-like bearing and gentle-
manly appearance.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Hecate, Commander A. C.
Cordon, arrived at Spithead yesterday evening from the
West Coast of Africa station. She brought no news.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer
Simla, transport No: 118, sailed from Southampton yes-
terday morning for Constantinople, for the purpose of
conveying to England horses and troops. The steam-
transport Candia arrived at Southampton from Woolwich
on Saturday evening. This vessel is discharged from the
transport service, and, after refitting, will be made avail-
able on one of the various lines occupied by the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company.
The screw steam-ship Sc. Jean d'kere, 101, Capt. G.
St. V. King, will be taken into the basin dock to-day to
have her copper examined and repaired. Her crew have
been granted 10 days' have.

The screw steam-transport Queen of the South, frim
Queenetown, with 230 men and horses of the 11th Hus-
sars, undercommand of Capt. Foster, arrived at Plymouth
on Setarday. They will proceed to Exeter to-day.
The screw steam-ship Sarnia arrived at Plymouth on
Friday, from Constantinople June 7; Malta, 14 ; Gibral-
tar, 23. Passengers—Brigadier-General Evans, Captains
Fenwick, Mackenzie, and Robin,on ; Drs. M‘Pheison,
Marshall, and Lister, of the Turkish Contingent ; Capt.
Garstm, sth ; Sir Edward Graham, Bart., and Mr.
Wright, from Constantinople. Major Millor and Capt.
Wennett, Turkish Contingent, from Malta.
His Prussian Majesty's steam-corvette Danzig, 12,
Captain-Commander Prince William of Hesse, having on
board the Lord High-Admiral of Prussia, Prince Adal-
bert, put into Plymouth Sound on Friday evening to
repair her engines and coal, preparatory to a cruise with
the squadron now at Falmouth. •On Saturday morning
she saluted theftag of Port-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C. 8.,
and the Plymouth Cita3el, which was duly acknowledged.
The Lord High-Admiral, the Captain, and officers of the
accompanied by Rear-Admiral Superintendent
Danzig, accom
Sir J. PI. Pituuridge, K.C.8., and the principal officers
of Devon port dockyard, inspected the ships building at
that port on Saturday.
A committee has been formed at Chatham garrison, of
which Capt. F. Somerset, Royal Engineers, is the hoe.
secretary, for the purpose of raising, a fund, to be called
" The Powys Memorial Fund, in order to present Major
the Hon. H. L. Powys with a suitable testimonial for
the services rendered by him in connection with the Cen-
tral Association for aiding the Wives and Children of
Soldiers in the Crimea. The committee have issued cir-
culars to the various local committees throughout the
country, inviting their co-operation in obtaining sub-
scriptions. The committee suggest that the wives of sol-
diers who have so largely benefitted by the exertions of
Major Powys, as well as their husbands, be invited to
subscribe, their subscriptions to be limited to 6d. each.
On Saturday four detachments of troops belonging to
the following Indian depots at the Provisional Battalion
Chatham, viz.,-35th Regiment, 52d Light Infantry, 53d
Regiment, and 60i,h Royal Mlles, to the number of 193
non-commissioned officers and men, left Chatham Bar-
racks for Gravesend, under the command of Capt. H. E.
H. Burnside, 61st Regiment,. who was ordered to em-
bark in charge of the troop, instead of Lieut.-Colonel
R. G. Hughes, 52d Light Infantry. In addition to the
officers already mentio-jed, the following also embarked
for India with the detachments, viz.:--Lieut. W. H.
Ballingall, Lieut. W. W.. Sherlock, and Lieut. R. Tri-
men. On reaching Gravesend the troops embarked from
the Custom-house quay on board the Octavia for Bengal
and Calcutta.

The announcement of General Williams's appointment
as Commandant of Woolwich having been promulgated
in the garrison orders of Friday last, the General as-
sumed the duties of the office on that day. On the fol-
lowing reornini„, the command of the garrison was given
over to the next senior officer, Colonel Hardinge, K.H.,
Superintendeut of the Royal Military Repository at
Woolwich, in consequence of Gen. Williams having ob-
tained =lathe' leave of 4b6ence kr the purpQao of