The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-17 00:00:00

Naval and Muitary Intelligence.

Ttie following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiraly :—Coleman M. Hammond, to be Second
Master to the Euryalus ; Henry J. Sutton, to be Second
Maste,, to the Thistle ; Derisley Martin, to be Clerk,
to the Meander ; and Wm. R. Jelly, to be Assistant-
Clerk, to the Niger.
The Oneida screw transport steamship (numbered
222), arrived on Thursday at Kingstown harbour, hav-
ing on board 400 men and 150 horses of the Bth (Royal
Irish) Hussar,,, under command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Sewell. On the ship coming alongside the pier the
troops were received with a hearty cheer by the crowds
of people as4ern bled to witness their arrival. The mounted
section of the men, 150 in number, proceeded to Dublin.
250 more of the men arrived on Thursday morning. The
Oneida is under orders for Malta, to bring home more
troops from the seat of the recent war.
The new lunatic asylum, which has been for some time
in the course of erection at Fort Pitt, Chatham, having
been completed and ready for the reception of this class
of patients, an order has been given for the military
lunatics to be sent to that establishment for care and
treatment.

An order from the Horse Guards has been read to the
whole of the troops belonging to the provisional bat-
talion as Chatham, three successive parades, inviting
candidates, for the corps of Permarent Instructors is
Musketry now i i the course of organisation, the narnys
of euee men who may be found eligible to be furnished
to the authorities at the War-office. The candidates are
not to be under 2 nor to exceed 12 years' service, of
active habits, intelligent, and perfectly capable of receiv-
ing and imparting instruction. Each man, before be
can be selected, must be able to write accurately from
dictation, understand the use of forms and returns, and
have a competent knowledge of arithmetic, including
vulgar and decimal fractidns. Such young men will be
sent to the School of Musketry at Hythe, for the purpose
of undergoing the regular course of instruction in the
theory and practice of musketry. When . qualified
they will be re-attested for general service, their pre-
vious regimental service being allowed to reckon towards
p msion. Married men not to be admitted as candi-
dates. A very large proportion of the non-commissioned
officers hitherto sent to Hythe for training this corps
having been found unfit for such duties, the Commander-
in-Chief recommends that commanding officers should
confer, as to the qualifications of the candidates, with
the regularly appointed Instructor of Musketry of the
garrison. The pay of the second-class instructors will
be 2s. Bd. per day, and that of the third class 25., in ad•
diti di to which they will enjoy other advantages agree-
ably to the R iyal warrant of the Bth ult. The men ap-
pointed to this corps will be transferred to different
regiments or stations at the pleasure of the C)mmander-
in Chief. The candidates will be entitled to promotion
a•nd eligible for the superior advantages attending em-
ployment in the first-class at the head-quarters established
at Hylbe. All the candidates are to assemble at Hythe
on the 24th inst.