The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-11 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

Her Majesty's ship Royal George, 101, Captain Ro-
binson, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from
the East with the following officers and troops of the
82d and 50th Regiments :-823—Lieut-Colonels Rober-
son and Hale, Major Watson, Captains Glynn, Isaac,
Mariott, Halliday, Farmar, Baillie, Barron, Warren ;
Lieutenants (and Adjutant) Mylnes, White, Pilkington,
Wilkinson, Hand, Linton, Hensley ; Ensign Couper,
Surgeon Fowler, Assistant-Surgeon Jacob, Quarter-
master Clinton, 751 non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates. 50th Regiment—Colonel Waddy, Captains
Barnes, Hebden, and Blackall ; Lieutenant Clarke ;
Ensigns R. M. Barnes and Alltrusen ; Adjutant Goff,
Quartermaster J. Turner, Payma,ster J. Nowlan, Sur-
geon Warren, Assistant-Surgeon Davies, 330 non-com-
missioned officers and privates.
Tne Austrian steam-frigate Radetzky, 31, Captain
Preu, frbm the Mediterranean, last from Ferrol, arrived
at Spithead on Saturday morning, and saluted the na-
tional flag and the Port Admiral, which compliments
were duly acknowledged by Vice-Admiral Sir George
Seymour and Major-General Breton, to whom the chief
officers were presented yesterday by M. Vandenbergh,
Austrian Vice-Consul at Portsmouth. The frigate is a
very fine one (we believe she is English built, by Wi-
gram, of Northam) mounting 26 30-pounders, four 60
pounders, and one 4,8-pounder. Her complement is,
captain, commander, nine lieutenants, one lieutenant-
constructor, two lieutenants of artillery, three officers
of marines, 13 cadets, and eight engineers ; her crew
numbers 372. The commodore of the French.squadron,
attended by 100 of his officers, visited the dockyard at
Portsmouth on Saturday, and received every attention
from Admiral Superintendent Martin and Staff. The
French and Austrian officers will attend a grand soiree
at the King's rooms, Southsea, this evening, where they
will be met by the authorities and the principal inhabi-
tants of Portsmouth.

The uncertainty in which the Lords of the Admiralty
have of late kept the officers and crews as to the desti-
nation of the ships on their being commissioned having
been found prejudicial to the service, by seamen hesitat-
ing to volunteer for ships when the pendant is first
hoisted, and the fitting of such ships very much pro-
tracted, in many cases so much so that the seamen
riggers have been sent from other ships in port to com-
plete their equipment, and such ships have had to he
manned by draughting from other ships in port, their
lordships have decided in ftiture to announce, on any
ship being commissioned, her destination. Should any
alteration take place (except for secret service), the alte-
ration is to be immediately made known.
The Royal George, 102, screw steam-ship, Captain
Robert S. Robinson, is ordered to be stripped and paid
off, and then to be placed in the steam squadron of re-
serve under the charge of Captain Halsted, of the Edin-
burgh, and is hourly expected at Sheerness from
Portsmouth.

The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty :
Lieutenant T. H. Smith, to the Highflyer ; Lieute-
nant E. J. Pollard, to the Casar ; Lieutenant %V. B.
Pauli, to the Actaeon ; Lieutenant W. T. Lee, to the
Victory ; A. J. French, midshipman, to the Highflyer ;
Richard W. Ward, master, to the Retribution ; J. T.
W. Bremner, surgeon, to the Fisgard ; E. BL'Solley,
assistant-surgeon, to the Sealark ; A. L. Archer, assis-
tant-surgeon, to the Impregnable ; Frederick A. Price,
acting assistant-surgeon, to the Higliflyer ; Andrew
Farmer, master's assistant, to the Actaeon ; Frederick
Hunter, master's assistant, to the Actaon.

BARNSLEY.—In the Barnsley linen trade,
raie,l since our
last notice, there has been a falling off,
num-
ber of weavers are now without commonwork—_both
and fancy fabrics. There is, however, every reason to
believe that this state of things will not long continue,
as the yarn bleach-works are all fully employed bleach-
ing yarns, which will soon be in the hands of the manu•
facturer. But, while there is a temporary slackness in
the handloom trade, there does not appear to be any
falling off in the demand for fabrics manufactured by
power, as the mills are all running full time. The coal
trade continues very brisk, and the large stacks of coal
which we have previously noticed as having accumulated
On the pit-steads are nearly all sold cf. The demand
steadily increases, and as the season advances a still
further improvement is looked forward to. The 111,.
hpaaacTst,
arecwoi.:'li
collieries ries, at which about 700 hands are employed,
a
have been nearly at a stand for some time
now folly employed. We are glad to state that
there is a strong 13.1* prob
I 1 ity that the strike at the Oaks
Culliery, which has
already extended over about beven
weeks, will be brought to a close this week.