The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-16 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The steam-transport Victoria, No. 72, T. Thornhill
commander, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon
from the East. She left Constantinople, April 28 ;
Renkioi, 29th ; Malta, May 3 ; Gibraltar, May 9 ;
bringing Capt. Bent, R.A., in military charge of in-
valids ; Captains Saunderson and Renny, R.A. ; Capt.
Swetenham, 54th Regiment ; Lieut. Hemecken, of, the
British German Legion ; Mr. Brabazon, civil surgeon,
in medical charge of invalids; Surgeons Howard and
Mason ; Mrs. Mason ; Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Hen-
derson (Staff) ; Acting•Assistant-Surgeon Stewart (Tran-
sport Corps); Dispenser Thompson ; Veterinary Sur-
geon Rollings, R. A. ; Rev. Mr. Sabin, chaplain ; Mrs.
Sabin, and servant ; Rev. Mr. Pyddoke • Mr. Steele,
clerk, War Department ; two officers of the Polish
Legion ; Mr. W. Delany ; Superior Moore and one
Sister of Mercy • Mr. R. Allen, clerk (Transport Corps) ;
Mrs. Rogan and two children ; Mrs. Hughes and two
children ; Mrs. Moore, 266 invalids and orderlies, 92
non-commissioned officers, soldiers, and naval invalids,
17 civil artisans, one hospital nurse, and one man from
the convict establishment at Gibraltar.
Her Majesty's ship Orion, 91, Capt. Erskine, left the
fleet at Spithead on Tuesday night, with four mortar-
vessels in tow, for Plymouth.
Her Majesty's ship Cruiser, 17, Capt. the Hon. G. S.
Douglas, went into Portsmouth harbors on Tuesday
evening to be paid off.
Her Majesty's paddle-sloop, Gorgon, 6, Capt. R. B.
Crawford, went into Portsmouth harbour on Tuesday to
coal. Her new commander joins this al.
her Majesty's ship, Edinburgh, 58, Capt. Hewlett,
C. 8., left Spithead on Tuesday evening for Plymouth,
with two mortar-vessels in tow.
111 r Majesty's steamer Blenheim, 60, Capt. W. H.
Hall, 0.13., went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday.
It is reported she will be the depot ship of the steam
reserve again.

Her Majesty's paddle-sloop, Geyser, 6, Commander
Power, left Spithead yesterday morning for the west-
ward, with two mortar-vessels in tow.

Her Majesty's screw corvette Archer, 14, Capt. Heath-
cote, left Portsmouth yesterday on a cruise.
The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty : —J. D. I\l`Crea to be Commander, to the
Algiers; W. H. Phipps to be Lieutenant, to the Algiers ;
T. C. Bounce to be Lieutenant, to the Sansparcil ; Rd.
Wells to he Lieutenant, to the Duke of Wellington ; J.
E. Beckford to be Lieutenant, to the Imperieuse; C. G.
F. Knowles to be Lieutenant, to the Prometheus ; R. B.
Beale to be Lieutenant, to the Edinburgh ; R. Dawkins
to be Lieutenant, to the- Esk ; A. P. Arkwright to he
Lieutenant, to the Royal George ' • W. Wood to be Sur-
geon to the Rodney ; Horace H. Smith to be Surgeon,
to the Acorn ; W. J. F. Butcher to be Master's-Assist-

ant to the 03prey ; G. Morice to be Master's-Assistant,
to the Acorn ; W. C. Fair bairn to be Assistant-Surgeon
(confirmed), to the Tartar ; Henry Eales to be Assistant-
Surgeon, to the Royal Marines, Woolwich Infirinary ;
J. C. Robertsoi, to be Assistant-Surgeon, to Plymouth
Hospital; Colin M. Dundas to be Naval Cadet, to the
Monarch, for disposal ; John F. Boultbee to be Naval
Cadet, to the Monarch, for disposal.
At the monthly examination of officers for promotion
and of candidates for entry into the service, which ter-
minated yesterday at the Royal Naval College, Ports-
mouth, the following passed :—Mates, R.N., for Lieu-
tenants—R. J. Stotherd, J. S. Keats, B. J. Coopei-, D.
Stewart, G. A. Brett, R. W. D. Anercromby, J. B.
Vivian, and 11. Campbel!. For Ma-tors, R.N—J.
Mallory, A. F. Gibbons, J. S. Watts, J. H. Terry, and
R. J. N. Pearce. F.ir Naval Cadets—A. C. Littleton,
T. P. Gordon. J. Fellowes, H. D. Evans, C. J. White-
lock, H. G. Hesketh, and A. Masters. For Masters'
Assistants—T. M`Kindell, W. J. Taylor, and B.
Harding. For Marine Cadets—C. J. Martin and W.
Younglinsband. Four of the ablve are from the Pre-
paratory Naval Establishment of Mr. T. Eastman, R.N.,
Sauthsea.

A large party of Crimean invalids, to the number of
41, of whom 13 were frJin the hospital at Chichester,
arrived at Strood yesterday afternoon by railway frn.n
Portsmouth, having disembarked from the steam trans-
port Severn, No. 194, Com. Gillies. Toe Severn brought
home 196 invalids, in medical charge of Second Cass
Surgeon W. Poole and Acting-Assistant-Surgeon S. Job,
the whole under command of Lieut. Brooks. Toe follow.
ing officers also arrived with the invalids :—Lieut.-Col.
G. Macbeth, 63th Light Infantry ;
.F. C.
Aylmer, 89th Regiment; Main. C. Murray, 42d Royal
Highlanders; Capt. R. Anderson, 56th Regiment; Capt.
Armoy, Royal Artillery, besides several other officers
who came home as passengers. On the arrival of the'in-
valids at the Strood terminus they were met by a fatigue
party from Chatham, who assisted the sick and wounded
to the ambulance-waggon in waiting for them. After the
usual medical examination had been made 17 were or-
dered into the supplemental hospital at Brompton, and
one insane man to Fort Pitt; the remainder were sent
to the invalid depot at St. Mary's.
A court-martial assembled yesterday at 9 a.m., on
board the Waterloo, flagship at Sheerness, to fry '
Alonzo Rodd, private, Royal Marines, late of the
store-ship Madagascar, for making use of abusive
guage and striking Mr. Isaac Harris, gunner of the third
class, while in the execution of his duty. The case for

the prosecution lasted three hours. On the prisoner
being called upon for his defence, he pleaded that he had
no recollection of the charge brought against him, stat-
ing that he was very much in liquor at the time. Pri-
soner had been four years in the corps, and called Mr.
C. Troughton Stepney de Michell, naval cadet of the
Indefatigable, in support of his defe-ric-i:— The Couit,
after deliberating for one hour and a quarter, were of
opinion that the charge against the prisoner was fully
proved by the witnesses, and sentenced him to receive
50 lashes.on his bare hack with the cat-c'-nine-tails, and
afterwards to be imprisoned in the county gaol at Maid-
stone for the term of two year?, during which period he
was to be kept at bard labour.

An interesting experiment took place lately at the
School of Musketry at Hythe, and one which must con-
vine,' the most scepticti how deadly a weapon the pre-
sent Enfield rifle Inuit prove in the hands of men pro-
perly instructed in the the of it. Same condemned tun.

tails and gun limbers having been lately procured from
Woolwich, on Monday morning last one of each of these
was taken to the target practice gi ound ; to the tumbril
were attached six horses with riders made of framework,
covered with canvas, stuffed with straw ; the whole the
gIZ 3Of life. About the gun•carriage were stuffed figures
representing men unlinsberim„ and bringing the gun into
action. At a distance somewhat beyond 600 yards from
the above a party, consisting of about 60 of the me❑
wider instruction at the School of Musketry, was drawn
up in two divisions, the one extended in skirmishing
order, the other supporting. One round was first fired
by the front rank only of the skirmishing party, which
may have consisted of about 20 men, and the result was
that a bullet had passed through almost every horse, as
also through many of the riders and men employ,?.d at
the gun. The support was then ordered up to reinforce
skirmishers, and the whole fired three or boar rounds
in skirmishing order which completely riddled horses,
riders, and footmen. The party was then closed on its
centre and retired to a distance of above SOO yards,
when volleys were fired at the supposed artillery, first
by sections, then by sub-divisions, and finally by div;-
sions, the whole with an accuracy perfectly wonderful ;
in short, the experiment clearly proved that in the
bands of well-skilled soldiers—men who, having been
taught the principles of rifle-shooting theoretically
and practically, have obtained a perfect confidence
l.a their weapon—the Enfield rifle must prove more than
a match for any field-guns of the present day.
At an early hour on Wednesday morning the steam-ship
Candia, with the 17th Lancers on board, was signalled
off the harbour of Dublin, and in a short time after was
moored alongside the hulk which has been placed. outside

the pier specially for this purpose. A communication was
shortly after received by the General, and arrangements
were promptly made for disembarking the men and
horses. The Prince, river steamer, left Merchants' Quay
at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of returning with the dis-
mounted men and baggage, while the mounted men will
arrive in Cork by the Queenstown-road. The capt:tiu of
the steamer has been ordered to land the men and bag-
gage as nearly as possible to the terminus of the Great
Southern Western Railway, and the mounted men mill
probably draw up at the same place, preparatory to ,or o•
ceeding by railway to Cahir, to which place the regim cut
has been ordered. This gallant regiment bore a
distinguished part in the principal cavalry operations
the Crimea, and At the disastrous charge at Balaklav .9.
was all but 'atterly ..,nnihilated. The 17th were for many
years commanded by the Earl of Lucan (then Lord
Bingham), wko retired from active service about 23 years
back, and remained on the half-r-y list until his appoint-
ment in 1854 to the command of the cavalry in the East.

The dividends on the Brazilian Loan of 1843 and the
Sardinian Loan of 1851 have been advertised for pay-
ment. The Spanish Financial Committee have announced
that a further auction of the f.,reign redeemable debt will
take place at Madrid on the 30th inst., for which pur-
pose 2,625,000 reals have been assigned by the Govern-
ment.

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