The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

Her Majesty's screw mortar•ship Forth, Capt. Lord
John Hay, tried her speed at the measured mile in Stoke's
Bay on Friday evening, which was deemed satisfactory.
Her Majesty's corvettes Cossack, 21, Capt. Cockburn,
and Tartar, 21, Capt. Dunlop, left Spithead on Friday
night for a cruise of a few days in the Channel.
Her Majesty's steam troop-frigate Transit, 6, Com-
mander C. R. Johnson, left Spithead on Friday night
for the Crimea. to bring home troops.
The Australian steam transport is ordered to revictual

and recoal, and return to the Crimea for other troops.

Her Majesty's steam-sloop Basilisk' 6, Commander
Crofton, lett Spithead on Saturday for West India and

North Arnetica station.

ller Majesty's ship Euryalus, 51, C3pt. G. Ramsay,
C. 8., went out cf Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, and
rejmaed the fleet at Spithead. She will sail in a day
or two for the West Indies and North America.

Her 11aja,ty's ship Pylades, 21, Cap . D'Eyncourt,
was ducked at Portsmouth on Saturday For repairs.

Her Majesty's steam-sloop PrTnetheus, 5, Commander
W. Hope, was undocked after repairs on Saturday at
Portsmouth. She has orders to take out supernuwe-

raries to the squadron on the coast of Africa.
Her MajsAy's steam troop-frigate Megiera, 6, Com-
mander Johnston, was docked on Saturday at Port-

mouth for repairs, &c.
The pa:idle-wheel stearu•sloop flecla, G, Commander
Aplin, loft Plymouth Sound on Friday for Ilamoaz9, to
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inilic 'good defects.
The screw steam blockship Ajax, GO, Capt. F. War-
den, went from Plymouth Sound on Wednesday into
Hainoaze. rho crew unbent sails on Friday ; they will
be paid off on Wednesday, and the Alp re-commissioned.
The screw steam-s!oop Archer, 14, Captain E. Heath-
c,te, went from Plymouth Sound into Haniciaze on

S,tur lay.
The screw steam-corvette Satellite, 20, was placed in
the basin-dock at Devonprrt on Saturday, a leak having
been discovered in the vicinity of the shaft.
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The paddle-wheel steam-sloop Virago, 6, was placed at
her sailing moorings, in Hamoaze, on Saturday, when
her crew got up lower yards and topmasts.
The screw steam-ship Algiers, 90, Capt. H. J. Cod-
ringt.,n, and the screw steam ship Orion, 91, Capt. J. E.
Erskine, from Spithead, arrived at Plymouth on Satur-
day, and are appointed to go up to Hatnoaze to-day.
The head-quarters of the 3d Jagers, British German
Legion, was removed on Saturday from Maker Heights
to Davenport ; and the depot of the 66th Regiment was
transfared the same day frum Devonport to Maker
Heights.

The Driver, 6 guns, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Com-
mander E. Chambers, arrived at Sheerness on Friday
night from Portsmouth, with Nos. 5 and 17 mortar-
vessels in tow. The Driver is ordered to be taken into
the fitting basin to make good defects, and she is to be
stored for foreign service forthwith.
The Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Capt. Richard
L. 'Warren, has received orders t ) land her main deck
and lower deck guns, and to be taken into dry dock at
Sheerness to make good defects.
The gun-boat Seagull, lately commanded by Lieute-
nant Montague, F. 0. Reilly (promoted to the rank of
commander), was on Saturday last, at SheernesS, turned
over to the surveying department, and the seamen and
marines discharged to the flagship Waterloo.
Lieutenant John H. Lloyd, late in command of the
Russian prison ship Devonshire, has received an Admi-
ralty order to proceed to Southampton, being appointed
as Admiralty agent of transports at that port. He left
Sheerness en Friday last to commence his duties forth-
with.
The gun.boa,f, Thistle, at Sheerness, late Lieutenant-
Commander David Spain (promoted to the rank of com-
mander), has also been turned over to the surveying de.
pertinent.
The following pendants are now flying at Sheerness :
—The Waterloo, 120 guns, flag ship ' • the Formidable,
84 guns, guard-ship of ordinary ; the Hawke, 60 guns ;
the Colossus, 80 guns ; the Royal George, 102 guns ;
the Cressy, 80 guns ; the Merlin, 6 guns ; the Firefly,
4 guns ; the Driver, 6 guns ; the Cuckoo, 3 guns • the
Locust, 3 guns ; tke gun-boats Mayfilwer, Bullfrog,
Hasty, Griper, Traveller, Julia, Ruby, Tickler, Thistle,
Erne, Pelter, Sapoy, Carnation, Herring, Ma,tiff, Sand-
fly, Magnet, Liveiy, Thrasher, Spey, Seagull, Manly,
Plover, Spanker, Insolent, Louisa, Cochin, Shamrock,
and Mistletoe, end the mortar-vessels Nos. 5 and 17.
The Vigilant, 4 guns, screw despatch gun-vessel, 200.
horse power, Commander William Armytage, has ar-
rived at Sheerness from Blackwell. She is to be taken
into the fitting basin to eomplete her equipment forth-
with for immediate foreign service.
The Mars, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, of 400-
hor-e power, is ordered to be brought forward with all
possible despatch ; a number of the factory engineers
and workmen are at present engaged upon her.
An Admiralty order has been received by Captain
G. Goldsmith, superintendent of Chatham Dockyard,
directing that the hands belonging to that dockyard
lately employed about the smaller vessels be forthwith
transferred to the large class of vessels now building a'
that establishment, in order to their completion at an
early period.
The Acorn, Commander A. W. A. Hood, is ordered
to be fitted for sea at Chatham, A detachment of the
Royal Marines Light Infantry, belonging to the Chat-
ham division, joined this vessel on Saturday.
The Cadmus, 20, steam screw-corvette, built in the
first slip at Chatham dockyard, is completed, and will be
launched to-morrow afternoon.
Col. H. Jervis, commandant of the provisional batta-
lion, has received an order from the War-office, direct-
ing him to hold in readiness the undermentioned officer,
to proceed with the detachments to India, in addition to
those previously ordered—viz., Lieut. W. Taylor, 29th
Regiment, and Lieut. H. Robinson, 43d Light Infantry
Hoe 111-,jekty'l3 steam-glop Rattler, Commander