The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-28 00:00:00

Naval and Xilitary Intelligence.

Tho Charon and the Haughty, 1-gem boats, 252 regretter,
launched from Messrs. Pitcher's building-yard, North•
fleet, are to be brought up to Woolwich to-ciao to be fitted
for immediate service.
Ths screw transport Amity has arrived at Woolwich
froae Rataklava, and is shipping a cargo of timber and
military stores for the army in the East.
The schconers Charles Thomas, the George, aid the
Wells are discharging at Woolwich some heavy cargoes of
shot and shell from the contractors' works at Lowmoor,
Yorkshire. Other vessels have likewise arrived there with
similar cargoes from the Middleburgh and Seotc
foundries.
The Lark, of Brigham, sebooaer, is embarking guns,
gun-carriages, wheelbarrows, and shot, and ahout 90 torte
of general Ordnance *tore, from Woolwich for Dublin.
The Ordnance craft Somerset has hauled alongside the
Arsenal-wharf, Woolwich, and hes commenced discharging
returned stores from Portsmouth.
Some experiments took place on Monday in the
Woolwich marshes, for the purpose of verifying the qua-
lities cf the shell brought out by Captain Boxer, called the
diaphragm, over the old species, the shrapnel], Several
specimens of both sides were fired.
The ship's company of the Victory were paid six niceatus'
wages on Tuesday in the presence of Captain Rah:neon, of
the }loyal George, and Captain Cordon, of the Victory ;
and the ship's company of the Algiers, 91, were "paid
down" yesterday, and such of the crew as belonged to Ply-
mouth were granted a paseege there by her Majesty's
steam-sloop Gorgon, 6, Commander Crawford. The
Meander's portion of the crew will be distributed to other
ships, as the Algiers is to be merely the depot ship of the
first division of the gun-boat flotilla, her lower deck guns
being removed and her complement reduced to about 530
, -
men. ,e. - -
The new screw-frigate Shannon, 51, at Portansoath, is
ordered to be got ready for immediate commission.
The waste:rakers are busily eueployed in Portsmouth
dockyard, working until 8 p.m. (by torchlight) getting
masts and spars ready for gunboats.
The China Mail of the 15th of November -thus notices
the return cf the squadron to Hong Kong :
" Since the return of the fleet nothing has been heard of
the squadron under Commodore Elliott sent to search far
the Russian chips which formerly slipped out of his hands.
so that as yet the only trophies of the season are the 27i
unarmed Russians taken in the little brig Greta, which
vessel and her cargo have just been condemned in the Priz-o
Court here (Hong Kong). We must and that among the
inglorious results of Admiral Stirling's conimaad have
been four courts-martiel—two on officers for drunkenness
aggravated in one case by assault; another on an officer for
writing an insubordinate and disrespectful letter ; and the
fourth on a bandsman, for attempting to strike the car-
penter with an axe. All were founeguilty, and, except
the third, who was reprimanded, dismissed the service."
In consequence of the desire felt by the authorities it
the 'War-otiice that the whole of the troops attached to the
provisional battalion at Chatham should be thoroughly ac-
quainted with the use and practice of the Enfield ritle,pre-
vious to their ernbereetion for foreign service, Colonel B.
Jervis, the commandant at Chatham barracks, has been
directed to furnish a number of troops from the depots now
at Chatham, who will proceed to the School of Musketry
at flytho to-morrow, for the purpose of undergoing a course
of instruction is rifle practice, under Col. C. C. Hay, per-
manent instructor at that station. The whole of those se-
lected will, on rejoining their regiments, act as instructors
to the rest of the corps.
Dr. ft. Hessard, of the Royal Artillery, less been ap,
pointed to take charge of the Garriaon Hospital at Chat-
ham, in the temporary absence of Dr. Maclean, who has
received leave of absence for the recovery c,f his health.
Acting-Assistant Surgeon T. B. P. O'Brien, of Chatham
garrison, having been appointed to the 2d West India Re-
gioueut, is ordered to proceed te Southampton forthwith,
for the purpose of embarking to join the head-quarters of
that corps.