The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Rear-Admiral the Hun. Sir Richard S. Dundas,
K.C.8., is to Reep his flag flying on board the Duke of
Wellington, and to have the command of a channel squa-
dron of exercise and experiment.
Her Majesty's ship Algiers, 91, Capt. Codrington,
C. 8,, left Spithead on Friday night for the Crimea, to
brine home troops.
Her Majesty's ship Imperieuse, 51, Captain Watson,
C. 8., left Spithead on Saturday morning for a cruise, to
finally test the efficiency of Mr. Prideaux's patent valve
for the prevention of smoke and the economy of fuel.
Sho also took to sea a squadron of 6-gun despatch steam
gun-vessels, to test their respective merits in cruising.
They are the Pioneer, Commander Mends ; the Victor,
Commander de Horsey ; the Wanderer, Commander
Luce ; the Lapwing, Commander Saumarez ; and the
Ringdove, Commaner Saulez.
Her Majesty's screw mortar-ships Seahorse and Euro-
tas, 12, Captains Heath and Moorsom, C. 8., left Spit-
head on Saturday evening for Sheerness.
The following 13 steam gun-boats at Portsmouth are
ordered to be paid off at that port :—The Redbreast,
Lieut. Wratislaw ; the Havoc, Lieut. Berkeley ; the
Skylark, Lieut. Pyne ; the Pincher, Lieut. Marescaux ;
the Charger, Lieut.. Symons ; the Mackerel, Lieut.
Weld ; the Whiting, Lieut. Nicholl ; the Fervent, Lieut.
Mitchell ; the Peacock, Lieut. Ikresford ; the Brave,
Lieut. Hardiege ; the Raven, Lieut. Knowles ; the
Hardy, Lieut. Wilson ; and the Grasshopper.
The steam-transport Germania, No. 207, embarked at
Portsmouth on Saturday the depot of the 54th Foot,
consisting of 13 officers and 500 men (who arrived from
Canterbury), for cenveyance to Plymouth, to meet the
service companies of the regiment on their arrival from
the Mediterranean. She left with them on Saturday
evening.
The steam-transport Colombo,No. 61, Capt. Methven,
arrived at Spithead on Saturday evening, from Zante May
the 13th, Cephalonia the 16th, and Malta the 20th, bring-
ing from the former place 5 companies--1 field officer, 4
captains, 7 subalterns, 3 staff, 33 serjeants, 31 corporals,
11 drummers, 544 privates, 57 women, 88 children, 2
servants (not soldiers)—total, 781, with 5 horses of the
Ist Royal Lancashire Militia. From Cephalonia she
brought one company-2 captains, 2 subalterns, 4 ser-
jeants, 5 corporals, 1 drummer, 202 privates, 8 women,
12 children—total, 236, of the same regiment. She
landed at Malta one company-1 captain, 1 subaltern, 2
serjeants, 3 corporals, 1 drummer, 93 privates, 3 women,
and 5 children—total, 110 of the same. Disembarked
at Portsmouth, five companies-1 field officer, 5 cap-
tains, 8 subalterns, 3 staff, 34 serjeants, 33 corporals,
11 drummers, 651 privates, 62 women, 96 children, 2
servants—total, 995 men and 5 horses.
The steam-transport Andes, No. 100, Capt. M'Arthur,
arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East.. She left
Scutari on May 18th, and Malta 221 She brought Cal.
E. Pole, wife, child, and servant ; Lieut.-Colonel Tot-
tenham ; Major L. Fyler (Brevet Lieut.-Colonel); Capts.
T. G. A. Oakes, E. B. Cureton, J. de M. M. Prior, G.
Horne, C. F. Clifton, R. H. H. Jary, A. U. Wombwell,
and H. E. Reader ; Lieutenants G. T. Gough, J. E.
Swindley, V. Baker, T. H. Tisted, R. Hodgson, A.
Gemmel!, R. S. Bond, A. Fletcher, and F. T. Blunt ;
Paymaster J. G. H. Holmes ; Adjutant E. Brown ;
Quartermaster E. Blake ; Surgeon G. A. Turnbull ; and
Assistant-Surgeon D. C. Wodsworth ; 540 men and 1
horse of the 12th (Prince of Wales's) Royal Lancers; also
Captains Murray and Alexander, Lieutenants Cass and
Buchanan, 200 111E12, 6 horses, and 1 civil servant of the
10th (the Prince of Wales's Own Royal Regiment of
Light),Dragoons (Hussars), and Captain Koshchi of the
Polish Legion. The Andes' cargo consists of abuut 250
tons of baggage and 9,665 rations. She went into Ports-
mouth harbour yesterday afternoon to prepare for disem-
barking them.
On Thursday morning the Assistance steam-transport
arrived in Cork harbour, with 350 of the 13th Light Dra-
goons and 170 of the 17th Lancers on board. She left Scu-
tari on the 4th ult. with 250 of the 13th and 245 of the 4th
Light Dragoons and 117 horses, and arrived at Ports-
mouth on the 24th, where the 4th Light Dragoons dis-
embarked and proceeded to Brighton. She then received
on board 170 of the 17th Lancers, with whom, in addi-
tion to the 13th Light Dragoons, she sailed for Cork.
The latter are under the command of Major Holden and
seven other officers. The men are all fine, active-looking
fellows, and appear to he in excellent health and spirits.
They arrived in Cork on Thursday, and the 17th Lan-
cers proceed to Cahir to join the remainder of their re-
giment.
The East Indiaman Blenheim. Capt. J. F. Atkinson,
landed a small mail at Plymouth on Friday. She left the
Sandheads, Calcutta, Feb. 11, and touched at St. Helena
April 22. Among her passengers are Mr. Radcliffe, Civil
Servile ; Assistant-SurgeomNytlor, Elton, and Auchin-
lack, and Lieuts. Cambridge, Kennedy, and Evatt. Spoke
March 30 the Dutch brig, No. 507, from Batavia ; April
2 the French ship Lion, 48 days from Canton, for Bor-
deaux ; sth, the North America, from Calcutta, and the
Mary Ann Johnstone, out 18 days, from the Mauritius,
for Cork ; 14th, the American ship Levanter, fiorn Cal-
cutta, for London ; 30th, the English bark Eliza Hart
and Dutch ship Europa; May 4, the American ship
Surprise from London ; &b, the American ship Orissa;
9th, the Belgian bark Theodore, 91 days, from Arracan,
for Antwerp ; and, on the 26th, the ship Mary Kings-
land.

Her Majesty's sloop Fantome, 12, Commander H.
Gennys, from Melbourne Feb. 4, was off Plymouth
yesterday afternoon, and landed a passenger. She ex-
perienced baffling winds in Bass's Straits, rounded Cape
Horn on March 2, and stopped six days ab Rio Janeiro.
Her only freight consisted of 4,000 ounces of gold dust.
The screw steam-ship Royal George, 102, Captain
Robert S. Robertson, from the Eastward, arrived at
Plymouth on Saturday morning, and sailed again in the
afternoon for the Crimea.
The screw steam-corvette Pearl, 20, Captain Edward
S. Sitheby, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday morning,
and sailed in the afternoon for the Pacific.
The paddle-wheel steam-sloop V,r,igo, 6, will go from
Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound on Wednesday, and is
appointed to sail on Friday for South America.
The crew of the surveying vessel Pandora, 4, Com-
mander Byron Drury, will be paid off at Plymouth
on Wednesday.
The French ship Canrobert, from New York, of and
for Havre, got in contact in the Channel on Saturday
morning, at 1 o'clock, with a fishing lugger belonging
to Fecamp, which had 50,000 mackerel on board. The
lugger lost both masts and bowsprit, and at 3 o'clock in`
the afternoon was off Plymouth in tow of the Ceara-
bert, going up Channel. Wind E. to E.S.E.
The steam transports Orinoco and Simla, Nos 218
and 18, sailed from Southampton yesterday morning
for the East, to bring to England horses and troops.
The gun-boats and mortar-vessels reported to be dis-
mantled at Sheerness are being stripped, and their stores
returned, preparatory to their being laid up in tiers in
the river.
The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty:—Lieutenant E. H. L. Ray to the
Vulture ; Lieut. C. S. Fitton to the Vulture ; Lieut.
Robert M. Gillson to the Vulture ; Charles F. Cooper,
master, to the Brilliant ; T. S. Dickenson, midshipman,
to the Virago; G. E. Boughton, master's-assistant, to
the Niger E R. D. Mayne, master'e-assistant, to the
Virago ; C. W. A. Hoseaman, master's-assistant, to the
Lapwing ; Edward J. Giles, paymaster, to the Bril-
liant ; Samuel Smith, paymaster,-to the Merlin ; Edwd.
C. Taylor, clerk, to the Hecla ; Edward C. Lonsdale,
assistant-clerk, to the Victory ; Henry D. Edgcumbe,
assistant-clerk, to the Niger.
The courage and humanity of Mr. John Colyer, boat-
swain of her Majesty's ship Devonshire, have recently
been acknowledged by the Royal Humane Society.
Vice-Admiral of the White, the Hon. William Gordon,
Commander-in-blief at the Nore, a few days since (in
the presence of Mr. Arthur Price, his secretary, and
Commander Robert D. Aldrich, of the Waterloo) pre-
sented Mr. Colyer with the thanks of the committee in-
scribed on vellum. It is therein stated that it was re-
solved unanimously—
" That the courage and humanity again displayed by
John Colyer, boatswain of her Majesty's ship Devonshire,
on the 12th April last, in having jumped overboard to
the relief of a boy named Adams, who had fallen into the
sea at Sheerness, and whose life he saved, call forth the
liveiy admiration of this committee, and justly entitle
him to its sincere thanks, inscribed on vellum, which
are hereby awarded." He received the society's meda
under similar circumstances in 1849, as follows :

" While serving in her Majesty's steam-frigate Dragon,
Capt. Mill, he jumped overboard on the 2d of May and
saved one man from drowning. On the 22d of the same
month he again rescued two men who clung to each other
in a drowning state, and rescued both from a watery
grave. He also shortly after saved the bodyof the captain's
Joiner by diving and bringing him up after he had sunk ;
the poor fellow unfortunately died in about 20 minutes
after he was taken on board. Capt. Fleming, of the 17th
Lancers, who was an eye-witness of these acts of courage
and humanity, afterwards presented him with a mas-
sive gold anchor, buoy chain and buoy, and a silver
call-pipe ; these, with the society's medal, were pre-
sented to him on the quarterdeck of the Dragon, in the
preoence of the officers and chip's company."

On Saturday afternoon a detachment of Crimean in•
valids, to the number of 43 non-commissioned officers
and men belonging to ♦arious regiments serving in the
East, arrived at Strood from the military hospital, Chi-
chester, in charge of Acting-Assistant-Surgeon E. R.
Blacked. On reaching Strood Station they were met by
a fatigue party from the barracks, who assisted the sick
and wounded to the ambulance waggon and vans in wait-
ing to convey them to Chatham. After the usual medical
examination had been made 19 of the invalids were or-
dered to be taken to the supplemental hospital, 13romp-
ton, two removed to Fort Pitt, and the remainder sent to
the invalid depot, St. Mary's, to await their discharge.
The following circular, having reference to the new
regulations for supplying recruits with their kit at the
public expense, has been issued to all officers commanding
depots and regiments :
" With reference to the Royal warrant of the 2d Jan.
last, directing the issue of a oompleto kit to all recruits,
I am directed by the Secretary of State fir War to ac•
quaint you that, in order to avoid the inconvenience which
may arise from an accumulation in the regimental stores of
knapsacks of deserters and non-effective men, it is con-
siderA a+lviaabl© that the practice which has hitherto
prevailed with respect to the reissue of those knapsacks
to recruits may be continued for the present, and nom,
pensltion given to the recruits for the difference in value
and such compensation may he charged in the regimen-
tal account. "T. TROUBRIDGE, Director• General."

MALTA, May 27.—Tier Majesty's ships of the line
Rodney and Belleisle arrived from Portsmouth on the
25th ; this latter left on the 26th for the Crimea.
Her Majesty's steam line-of-battle ship Hannibal,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, left on
the 13th for Constantinople.

Her Alajosty's steam-corvette Spiteful left for the
Pianos on the 14th, followed on the 15th by the hire•
brand atefim•frigata, C"veYillg Brigadier• General Wit.