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

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Coleman M. Hammond, to be Second
Master to the Euryalus ; Henry J. Sutton, to be Second
Master, to the Thistle ; Derisley Martin, to be Clerk,
to the Meander ; and Win. R. Jelly, to be Assistant-
Clerk, to the Niger.

The Oneida 'craw 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 assembled 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 c'lmpleted 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 a. Chatham, three successive parades, inviting
candidates, for the corps of Permanent Instructors in
Musketry now in the course of organisation, the names
of such 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 he
can be selected, must be able to write accurately from
dictation, understand the use of forms and returns, and
Lave a competent knowledge of arithmetic, including
vulgar and decimal fractions. Such young men will be
sent to the School of Musketry at Hythe, for the purpose
ofundergoing the regular course of instruction in the
theory and practice of musketry. When qualified
they will be re-attested for general service, their pre-
v.ous regimental service being allowed to reckon towards
p.nision. 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-
ia-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 2.3., in ad-
dition to which they will enjoy other advantages agree-
ably to the Royal warrant of the Bth ult. The men ap-
painted to this corps will be transferred to different
regiments or stations at the pleasure of the Commander-
in.Chief. The candidates will be entitled to promotion
and eligible for the superior advantages attending em-
ployment in the first-class at the head-quarters established
at Hythe. All the candidates are to assemble at Hythe
on the 24th inst.