The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-06 00:00:00

Naval and Military 'lntelligence.

Ti e Admiralty steam-yacht o,borne, Commander G.
H. K. Bower, is'ordered to rendezvous at Portsmouth,
and not at Greenhithe as was first intended by their
Lordships.

Her Majesty's troop-ship Perseverance, Commander
M.Donald, was taken out of the steam basin at Ports-

,plouthy4f'sier,lyi afternoon after repaint. -
—lle Whits Eagle transport arrived at Portsmouth
yesterday afternoon from the Mediterranean with ord-
nance stores, &c.
The Tyne, storeship arrived in Spithead in the night
of Thursday from the Thames.
The Mermaid convict-ship left Portsmouth in the night
of Thursday for Gibraltar and Bermuda with prisoners.
The Jackal!, No. 27, steam-transport, left Portsmouth
yesterday afternoon for the Thames.

An order has been received by Colonel H. Savage, the
commanding engineer at Chatham, for the erection of a
number of huts near Brompton Barracks, on a line with
the fortifications, in addition to those already built
and occupied by the troops of the Royal Sappers and
Miners, it being the intention of the authorities that the
new huts shall be occupied exclusively by the married
non commissioned officers and men belonging to the
corps of Royal Engineers, so as to provide separate ac-
commodation for the married men. The ground on which
the huts will be built has been ajready marked out, and
their erection will be commenced immediately in order
that the men may take possession of them before the
winter.

Toe following officers, belonging to the provisional
battalion at Chatliam, have received an order from the
War office to prepare for immediate embarkation, for the
purpose of joining the headquarters of their respective
regiments stationed in India : Capt. W. Milnes, Ensign
W. Livesay, and Ensign H. 0. Bateman, 4V Regiment;
Lieut. F. J. Saunders, Lieut. R. Maybury, Ensign H.
T. W. 0. Kenny, Ensign R. F. Humphrey, and Ensign
H. Pearson, 84th Regiment.

The Vulcan, 6 guns, screw steam troop•ship, Com-
mander James H. Furneaus, arrived at Sheerness from
the Black Sea, last from Ports'touth, at 2.15 pan, yes-
terday, under orders to be paid off and to be placed in
the steam reserve there.

Yesterday morning the Pbcenix, 6 guns, screw steam-
sloop left Sheerness on a trial of her mlclainery. The
trial cruise is to determine whether she is to be put into
immediate active service or to be placed in the second-
class steam reserve at Sheerness. She returned into
harbour at 3 p.m.
The Cyclops, 6 guns, paddlewheel, steam-frigate Mal-
ter Commander John F. Rees, is being dismasted in the
basin at Sheerness, preparatory to her being paid off
there on the 11th inst.

The Lizard steam•vessel, Lieutenant Commander
Thomas B. Christopher, passed Sheerness yesterday
from Chatham, with the transport ship William, No.
122, at 2.45 p.m., for the Thames, with stores from the
Crimea for Deptford and Woolwich. _ _

By a private letter from Shanghai, dated June 21,
856,_we have the following naval information :

" Her Majesty's screw steam-sloop Hornet, 17 guns,
Commander Charles C. Forsyth, arrived here on the 14 h
inst., from Hakodadi the 3d, where she left the British
squadron, consisting of the Sybille, Pique, and Barra-
couta, they having returned from the Gulf of Tartary on
the 31st ult. The Barracouta, in lat. 50 deg. north, found
a Russian settlement, barracks, storehouses, bakeries,
&c., for 500 men, and in front of the place were the re-
mains of the Russian frigate Pallas, blown up and burnt.
She did not appear to have been destroyed more than
three weeks at most, as the wreck was on the top of the
last ice and snow. They brought away her figurehead.
The French ships Virginie and Sybille were fallen in with
by the Pique a few miles to the northward of Hakodadi,
on the way to Castries Bay, and when they heard of the
harbour which the Barracouta had discovered they altered
their course for it. Smallpox was prevailing on board
the fleet. The Hornet left here again on the 19th, tak-
ing to the squadron the news of peace."
Rear-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, C 8., Commander.
in-Chief on the North America and West India
stations, has subscribed 101. in aid of the
,swimming
bath fund of the Royal Naval School at New-cross.
On Thursday 6 officers and 324 men, comprising the
depot of the 51st Regiment, arrived at King's-bridge
Railway terminus from the Curragh camp ; also 10 offi-
cers and 428 men, forming the depot of the 94th Regi-
ment. These troops departed next day for Pembroke,
where they will be stationed for some time.
Colonel Norcott, C. 8., let battalion Rifle Brigade, at

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present Adjutant General at Pembroke, is appointed
Commandant of the Depot Battalion at Winchester.
Lieutenant. Colonel Raymond, the officer in command of
the garrison at Winchester, is about to be removed to
Pembroke.

The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :--

Lieutenant William Lambard, to the Blenheim ; Lieu-
tenant Charles G. Nelson, to the Victory (for Rolla) ;
Lieutenant G. L. Sulivan, to the Ajax ; Lieutenant
John T. Griffiths, to the Ajax ; W. T. Wheeler,
Master, to the Ajax (additional); L. C. Keppel, Mid-
shipman, to the Impregnable ; W. R. Everard, Mid-
shipman, to the Cruiser ; F. R. H. Jake, Naval Cadet,
to the Conqueror; F. Phillips, Naval Cadet, to the Sand.
pareil ; W. H. E. R. Jerries, Naval Cadet, to the Con-
queror ; C. J. Balfour, Naval Cadet, to the Cone/Ohror ;
Rev. Joseph Thompson, chaplain, to the Raleigh ; Mr.
J. N. Laverty, naval instructor, to the Raleigh ; Rev. I.
J. Harrison, chaplain, to the Edinburgh ; Rev. E. B.
Barnes, chaplain and naval instructor, to the Malac a ;
Rev. Wm. Bell, chaplain; to the Royal William ; Rev.
F. E. Gutteres, chaplain, to
,* Sphinx ; Rev. Richard
Creker, chaplain and naval inilituctoi, to the Miranda ;
Mr. Thomas Cocbkrd, chaplain at d naval instructor, to
the Gladiator; Rev. J. H. Knapp, chaplain and naval
instructor, to the Tartar ; Rev. C. B. Hazlewood, chap-
lain, to the Nile ; Mr. A. C. Johnson, naval instructor,
to the Nile ; Rev. W. C. Baylie, chaplain and naval in-
structor, to the Curacoa ; Rev. W. B. Dolman, chap-
lain, to the Majestic, and Mr. W. Wiatoeb, uayal in-
„tractor, to the Majestic.