The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-24 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY. 24, 1856_._

Naval and Military lateßiga

The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chtf, has ap-
pointed the following officers to be his aides-de amp :
Col. C., Tyrwhitt, unattached ; Lieuf.-Col. Lard W. H.
Burgherah, C. 8., Coldstream. Guards ; Lieut.-Colonel the
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Hon. J. W. 13. Macdonald, C. 8., ttWtached L Major T
H. Clifton, unattached,; and. Lieut.-Colonel G. Ashley
Maude, C. 8., Royal Artillery. His Ro. al Highness has
also appointed Major-General Sir C. Yorke, .u. 8., 33d
(Duke of Wellington's) Regiment, to be, his military aecre-

Lary. •
The following vessel passel the Bosphorus on passage
to England' on the 22.1 inst.:—Her Majesty's slip Algiers,
a ith the sth Regiment and a wing of the 50th Regiment.
We learn by electric telegraph that ht r Majesty's ship
Rodney, 92, Cepe Worge K. Wilsoi, arrived at Spe head
yesterday eveuitig with the following troops :-e 42d Royal
Ilighleadeis.--LieutaCel. A. Cameron, Capteins J. C.
eleClood, H. Drysdale, We G. E. Wellber 9 • Lieutenants
R. Wighatte J. Wilson, W. Black, W. Baird, W. P. Hes-
keth. N. K. BaYli-V, A. J. Brumley, Lieutenant and Ad-
jutant W. Wood, Surgeon J. S. Furlorg, M. 8.; Assistant-
Surgeon A. Hooper, Pee/mister A. Bazelgette, Quarter-
master A. M`Gregor, and 612 men of the 97th Regiment ;
Lieutenants T. 0. W. Ingram and J. Moore, Major E. C.
Legs (Lieutenaut-Colonel), Captains C. R. Chbchester, T.
Veuables, E. K. Jones, N. Brickley, R. B. Ingrain. R. C.
Whitehead, G. H. H. Ware; Lieutenants C. B. Brown,
H. Wilkins. J. Huila:on, J. Morgan, It T. F.. Hamilton,
A. G. Oaslow, E. M. Anderson, M. G. B. Fitzgerale,
P. C. Smyth, I). J. I). Safford, T. W. Sleep') and, E.
Melia), ; Ensign and Aejutant R. Smith, Surgeon P. H.
E. Crone, Assistent-Sargeons J. H. Forster • and G. M.
Sinclair, Quartermaster W. I. Woetiraffe, Pan master T.
Smith, and 756 men. The Rodney-el:el:est place of seiliug
was C aeuma. (19th iust.), at which Ante there lead been an
incur!innineu co; n a mew league beileeintenioreendeene was hourly_
expected at Coninna.
Her Majesty'. ship Queen, 116, Cepa R. F. , Stopford,
araved at Spithe mei y• sarday mom ne g from Cie Crimea
with the fo, o•ving'ollecers and tret), :-7•th leegiument
Lieut -ceol. R. J. Str, ao I, C.B. ; M ajor tee H ou. A U.
C. Ch chester ; Captains H. A. Macd .nalti. E. ; H. Chew-
tier, R. B. Willingam, F. J. Butts,
.W.. N. Tff. Pophen,
G. Caiden, and the lion. J. Celeorue ; Lieutse H. M. L.
Colepihoun G. E. Leggett, J. M. Simpson, C. Be Sennilers,
and H. M.7Beu'eough ; Paymaster W. F. Scotti, Adjutant
M. A. Waters (llomA:wan), Quertertaaster IL. &Alec,
Su. geou Franklyn, Assistant Surgeon Barton,. M.D., 31
serjeants, 15 drunimors, and 683 rank and file., 90th ee-
eiweut—Col. R. P. Campbell, CB. ; Lieut.-00l W. P.
Pamela Lieut.-Col. R. Grove, Lieut.-Col. T. eeinith, Bre-
vet-Major J. Bailin, Captains J. C. Guise, H. Delis n,
ft H. Megetiis, W. B Persse, A. G. leaubenny,, end he
Hen. J. F. Peemiugton ; Lieuts. N. Grahame ; L. H. L.
Irby, C. B. Velynne, A. A. Moultrie, H. leine:,hecn, Pay-
master S. Williaa,s, Quarterm aster D. Jackson, Atij,itant
W. Renuie (lieutenau,), Assistant-Surgeons .R.; \V. Jack-
son, D. A. Reid, M.D., and C. R. Nelson, 48, serjeants,
17 drummers, rani 587 rank and fne. 42d Hi, eilaudets—
Brevet Major C.. C. Grahame, Captain F. C. Sc tat, Lieute.
P. H. Bosworth and G. A. Furs, A, sst ant-Siurgeon A.
MeLean, 10 serjettuts, 2 drummers, and 165 rat ik and file.
Royal Artillery Detachments, 3d met 4th B ettalions—
Bievet-elajor 21. Ad) e ; Lieuts'. C. J. Tyler', F. J. G.
Hill, and J . T. 8.. Browne, 11 serjeants, 2 trumipeters, and
IJO privates. Graaimi total, 1,625 of all ranks on board,,
under command of Col. Campbell, of the %Ml which re-
giment will disena nark this morning and procee El to Alder-
shot.
The steam transport Emperor, Capt. Brown, arrived at
Spitheal yesterday naoreing withthe following m ifficers, &c.:
Dr. Sir J. Hall, luspector-General of Hospitals; eleieute Col. •
Hon. J. Curzon, Rifle Brigade; Major H. Boy le Assistant
Military Secretary ; Major G. L. Thompson, title Regt. ;
Major R. G. A. Lua rd, ',tit. ; elajor J. Lock, 50th; Major
Vacher, 33d; Surgeous Smith anal Lighterwood , Assistant-
Surgeon ',aback, Captain Earl, 49th Regt. ; Li but. Fishers
R.E. ; .Assistant-Surgeons Bennett, Moins, Al'ichael, and
Hine ; Second-class Surgeon Meiklam ; DiSpeu: ;ors Piddick
and Warden ; Ceapieres Coney, Clarke, GI sesame and
eleGilvery ; Cant. Wolsoley, of time 9ith Rem ea ; Lieut.
Johns, Roy al Marines ; Veterinary-Surgeon Ball, 95 non-
commissioned officers and men, 69 horses (staff);, 7n teas of
Russian shot, 170 tons of Ordnance stores, and ,160 tons of
powder.
The steam transport Ottawa, No. 137,•Cap Lain Bown,
arrived at Spitho apt yesterday from toe East i with Miss
Nightingale's hospital staff, Sec.--viz., Robert S with, Quar-
termaster :;Bth .ta.egt. in military charge; Mrs. ; Smith and
servant ; Second-class Staff-surgeon Win. Rutiherford, iu
diedicel charge; First-class Staff-surgeons G. S. Beatsou
and R. Jeuneson ; H. J. Powell, Purveyor's Ciark, E. J.
Hatchet!, Staff Assistant-Surgeon ; Acting Stet -Assistant-
Sat geon J. Liz ars Loyars, Dr. Gorringe, Mrs. G.prringe and
servant ; Miss Wear Miss Morton, Mrs. Stet wart, Slalom
Bertha, Sister Margaret, Sister Stanisiaus, Sistier de Chan-
tel,
Sister Anastasia ; Lady nurses—Nurse Lo gan, Nurse
Nutty ; 1 weed serjearn, 1 assistant-steward, a, idl.3 order-
lies, Medical Staff Corps ; 153 invalids, 9,120 Rmessian shot,
6J packages of loaded shell, &c. She loft Scutai:i at 5 p.m.
on the 3,1 inst., arrived at Malta at 5 p.m. tin the 7th,
left at 10 rem on the Bth, when her lilajestyes steamers
Sheerwater and Triton were to sail the same clay for the
eceue of the wreck of the Spartan transport.. On the
9th, at 4 p.m., saw the Spartan stranded on the
south-west end of ,Ceio Rocks, the steam tram sport City
of Loudon leaving for Matte with a portion of liar passeu-
gers. On the 13th, at 8 p.m., arrived at Gibral3ar ; found
there her Majesty's shins Vesuvius, Centaur, Ariel, and
A.bundati e, and left, at 3 p.m. ou the 14th.
Her Majesty's Ist:3am-frigate Furious, Capt. W. Loring,
C. 8., arrived last evening at Spituead, with 11 officers and
402 men of the 19th Regiment. The officers tan Major
Bright, Captains Barr,tt, Uuiacke, Bailey, ant. (Jar.lew ;
Lieutenants Mitfool, Brown, Moleeworth, and Griffiths ;
Assistant-Surgeon Ba 3 field, Ensign Thompson; she saw
her Majesty's ship Leopard on the 12th inst.
The steam transport Nicholas `Nowt, Cepa Bowen, ar-
rived at Spithead last eveniug, with ',lent, Wilson., R.A.,
Lieut. Dowling, wife, anti sera ant- Dr. Little, Pe A.,
Massie. Desbenes, Berber, Rhin. a J nit., Sawa Tilb ury, and
Kelton, of the Medical Staff Corps, teed eolmmiera' wieree-
The steam-transport Lady Eglinton arrived at S pithead
last evening with lo invalids, 33 third-class detect-Lenient,
12 commissariat storekeepers (23 class), 6 'tutees (2am' class),
and Major Olpherts aid Dr. Blown, of the 03111 a n 1 i Ca-
valry; Quartermaster Temple, Laud Transport aLft.irps ;
Mr. Cappel, Turkish Contingent; Dr.i. Armitage, Emed,
Dickson, Coote, and Daddol, of the Hospital, Item 2.ltioi ;
Mr. R inte, dispenser, do. ; Capt. B .zalgette, 4tti ltegt. ;
Deputy Assistant Commisay-Goner,' Roberts ; Alrs.
Coati' Miss Pares, and Miss terisdele, lady nurses. The
Lady Egliuton spoke the brig Mary off Lisbon.
T •e steam-transport Charity will leave Portsmouth: to
day for Malta to embark troops thence for the Cape of
Good Hope.
A court-inertial, comprising Capt. the Hon. 11-Kep psi,
C. 8., President, Captains G. A. Elliott, the Hon. F. T.
Pelham, C. 8., L. T. Junes, C. 8., R. F. Stopford, Jteteu
Robb, the llon.j. R. Drummond, C. 8., H. E. Edgel,l. ...-Aa
P. Ryder, R. Hari is, and James Willcox, C.1.8a and -I".
William John Hellyer, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the
Fleet, was held on, board her Majesty's ship Victory,
flag-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, yesterday moni.ot!g,•
to try William Wyatt, an able seaman, serving on bet ird
her Majesty's steam-ship Sidon, on a charge of having on
the 26th of March last maliciously cut with a knife Jo hie
Wud, second class ordinary seaman, of the same ship, with
expressed intent in so doing to take his life. The prisoner
pleaded guilty to the charge, and the Court sentenced hEm
to be mulct or to forfeit all pay or wages and all advan-
tages of service, to be imprisoued and kept to hard labour
for two years, and to be dismissed from her Majesty's sor-
vice with disgrace.
The Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, Mr. Petley, master,
R.N., commanding, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from
Woolwich, from which it is augured that an official visit
from the Lords of the Admiralty is at hand.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Highflyer was taken into
dock at Portsmouth yesterday for rep iiis.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Odin, 16, Captain Willcox,
C. 8., went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday evening to
prepare for being paid off. It is remarkable that Ctpt An
Willcox should have been fergottea in the recent award of
the decoration of the Legion of Honour by the Emperor
of the French for services rendered by British officers n
the Crimea timing the late war; two mates of Captain
WillCOX's ship have been awarded the honour, but he who
commanded the mortar-boat squadron at the actual fall of
Sebastopol is unaccountaely left out of the distribution.
We trust it is nut too late for him to obtain his well-earned
cross
Her Majesty's screw steam-ships Pembroke, 60, Captain
H. Seymour, and the Cornwallis, 60, Capt,git
George H
George G. Wellesley, arrived at Plymouth yesterday
(Wednesday) morning, from Bermuda. Left there, June
29th, the Powerful, 8 a Captain Thomas L. Massie; screw
steam-frigate Euryelus, 51. Captain George Ramsey, and
paddle-wheel steam-sloop BesiVisk, 6, Commander Stephen
S. L. Crofton. Spoke, July -Id, in let. 35 N., long. 59
W., the Brig Florence, of Halifax, and July 9, in let.
47.22, long. 47.30, the schoon,r Gipsey Queen, of Jersey.
The Pembroke was short of fuel, and is bound for Ports-
mouth, to be paid off. :
The crew of the screw steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre, Cap-
tain George St V. King, bent sails at Davenport ou Tues-
day. she is appointed to go into Plymouth Sound to-
morrow, and to be iu the Downs by the 28th inst
Capt. Cleveland's No. 2 Company, 13th Battalion Royal
Artillery, being the K field battery, consisting of four 6-
two 24-pouud howitzers, are uneer
pounder guns and
orders to embark at Woolwie I ou the let of August f r
the Cape of Good Hope. Capt. Cleveland wilt also have
charge of some detachments of other companies of. the
Royal Artillery ordered to the Cape to fill up deficiencies
there.
Major 'Hawkins's and Capt. Dennis's Nos. 1 and 2 Com-
panies, 7th Bettalion Royal Artillery, are to proceed to
Lantlgu••rti Fort and Devouport to-morrow from Wool-
wich, for the twofold purpose of increasing the strength of
those stations and of affording more accommodation et
head-quarters. so , esirable at the present moment. Iu the
absence of Major Hawkins, who has not returned fm om the
East, Captain Lascelles is ordered to take charge of No. 2
Company.
The Dumber of field train troops encamped and hutted
on Woolwich-conatimon is still undiminished, and, together
with the a net number of horses—exceeding 2,o3o—which
are picketed around the encampment, form a source of
much attraction to crowds of sight-seers. Sundry bat-
teries mind troops of Horse Artillery, varying in number,
aro daily inspected on Woolwich and Plunestead commons,
weather permitting; so that the garrison at the present
moment, from guard-mounting to evening " tattoo," is
constantly alive.
The new screw steam-frigate Emerald, 50 guns, and 600-
horse power, was towed from Depmford to Sheerness on
Tuesday by the steam vessels Afreian and Monkey. The
Emerald was taken into the fitting basin on the seine day I
to he brought forward for immediate commission.
The Brilliant, 20 guns, sailing frigate, Captain James
Almyer Paynter, was put out of No. 1 dry dock at Sheer-
ness on Tuesday, and placed at the swinging buoy off the
dockyard. She is ordered to be ready on the 10th of An-
gust next.
The Vigilant, new screw despatch s'eam vessel, Com-
mander William Arinytage, was put out of No. 3 dry docka
at Sheerness, yesterday, and moored in the fitting basin tc
complete her fittings.
The Terrible, 21 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Capt
James J. M`Cleverty, C./3., at Sheerness, is ordered to, b
paid off on the Ist of August next.
Tho Firebrand, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-.frigate

•Capt. the Hon. John W. S. Spencer, at Sheerness, is also
ordered to be paid off on the same day.
gl'he following ships and vessels are now in port at Sheer-
ness :—The Waterloo, 120; Formidable, 84 guns; 'Terrible,
Firebrand, Wasp, Phceaix, Hydra, Scylla, Fearless, Virild-
firo, Myrtle, Locust, Otter, Cuckoo, and the Lizard ; the
gun-boats Sepoy, Julia, Bullfrog, Tickler, Hasty, May-
flower, Insolent, Nimrod, Cochin, Erne, Fidget, Dwarf,
Spanker, Carnation, Palter, Sawing, Louisa, Ruby, Mag-
net. Vigilant, and Plover.
The paddle-wheel steam-transport Lion arrived at Wool-
wich yesterday morning, last from Spithead, and landed
the remnant of her freight from the Eat. The hones were
conveniently accommodated with temporary deck stalls;
so that more particularly in this case was the rapidity ob-
servable with which the animals were hoisted awl slung
ashore, by
.meansDf the'ready process afforded by the hy-
draulic machinery, at the average of one horse per minute.
The fleet of transport vessels 'which has crowded the land-
ing place at Woolwich has been cleared with remarkable
despatch, 'and without the slightest accident. A portion of
the live freight brought by the Lion, besides cavalry horses,
consisted of a number of Russian sheep, goats, dogs, kb.,
a , huge bumped dromedary, and a five-horned sheep. The
Lion is to proceed to the Bight to-day to land her powder,
consisting of about 200 tone.
1 The transports Trent, Itnperatrice, and Eamont have
been discharged from the Government service.
The Ann fr4ight ship sailed yesterday from Woolwich
with machinery for Bermuda.
The Admiralty steam-yacht Vivid, Master-Commander
Allen, on Tuesday, 'lying at her Moorings off Woolwich
dockyard, was run ,into by one of the Steam Navigation
Company's
,vessels the Trident. The Vivid's bulwarks
haeipg heel, setnewlat.clamaged by the sudden collision,
she was warned alongside the basic for repairs.
Colonel W. H. Eden, Com maadant of Chatham garrison,
has issued the following garrison-order to the troops under
his command.
"The Commandant considers it due to Depnty Inspec-
tor-Ca'eneral Dartnell to record his sense °falls very an-
-dent -manner in which he has conducteil thi
aht duties of the me ,ical department of this large estab-
lishment, particularly diving st, most trying period when
sick and wounded men' were constantly arriving from the'
Crimes, and to express the obligation he is under to him
for the uniform and valuable support he has always re-
ceived at his hands Colonel Eden cannot allow Deputy .
Inspector-General Dartnell to. relinquish his medical
charge here without as tiring him of his good feeling to-
wards him, and no e wishes him every happiness and good.
health in the West Indies, for which station he is about
to proceed."
The follqwing appointments have been made at the Ad-
rdiralty :
Bernard B. Dowling, Secoad-Master, to the Victory;
Cyril T. S. Miche'e,'lsi aval Cadet, to the St. Jeaa d'Acre;
Martin J. Hay, As.iistaa:-Clerk, to the Wasp.

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