The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The inquiry into the circumstances connected with
the explosion of the battery which took place on Chat-
ham lines, on Tuesday last, during the siege operations
carried on before his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, having been concluded by the hoard of officers
appointed for that purpose at Chatham, the members of
the court of inquiry, cf which Major C. D. Robertson,
R.E., was the president, have come to the following ch.
(is on, which was made known to the whole of the troops
belonging to the Royal Engineers' establishment, Brorop-
ton barracks, yesterday :—" The Court, having maturely
considered the statements of the witnesses, is of opinion
that the evidence is not sufficiently clear to enable it to
form a conclusion as to the cause of the explosion of the
charges which took place in the counter-battery on the
19th of August last." During the investigation the
Court sat several days and examined a great number of
witnesses. The men who were injured by the explosion
have rec,vored.

An order arrived at Chatham yesterday from the War
Department, directing Second-class Staff-Surgeon 0. S.
Downall to be relieved from duty at that garrison, in
order to proceed to the West Indies. Acting Assistant-
Surgeon Hitadige has been released from duty at the
provisional battalion.
The 4th Regiment, consisting of 23 officers and 864
men, under the command of Colonel Williams, have left
Aldershot for Liverpool, en route to Dublin.
The 38th Regiment, consisting of 26 officers and 798
men, under the command of Colonel Smith, have left
Aldershot for Liverpool, en route to Dublin.
Ms depot of the 82d Regiment, consisting of 8 officers
and 280 men, under the command of Capt. Slater, have
arrived at Aldershot from Portsmouth.
The depot of the 90th Regiment, consisting of 13
officers and 393 men, under the command of Capt.
Phipps, have arrived at Aldershot from Portsmouth.
The gun-boats Bullfrog, Sepoy, and Tickler have been
taken into the fitting basin at Sheerness to be fitted
for immediate active service.
The Aid, Second Master Commander J. Grandy, ar-
rived at Sheerness on Sunday from Portsmouth, with
Government stores for this yard and Chatham yard.
An Admiralty circular has been issued to the com-
manding officer of the flig-ship Waterloo, 120 guns, at
Sheerness, directing him to enter an unlimited number
of Ist and 24 class boys for the navy. T,lie original
order, compelling the parents or guardians to provide
them with the sum of V. for clothing, has been rescinded,
and the boys are now clothed at the Admiralty's expense
when duly entered. A. number of fine lads is nosy being
obtained for the service.

The steam-transport Imperial, No. 188, arrived at
Woolwich on Sunday from the East, with a cargo of
general stores belonging to the Land Transport Corps.
The transport Reliance, No. 6 C, arrived also at Woolwich
en Sunday with artillery and hospital waggons, and
other light goods. The transport Hannibal, No. 100 C,
likewise arrived at Woolwich from the East, with a full
cargo of Land Transport and Engineer stores.
Yesterday (Sunday) morning the 38th Regiment, under
the command of Lieut.-Col. J. P. Sparks, 900 strong,
arrived in Dublin by the steam-transport Pacific from
Aldershot, vice Liverpool. The 38th proceeds im-
mz.diately to the Curragh. "The very last of the
Crimeans" reached Dublin on Saturday by the Brie-
tol steamer, atri consisted of 127 men, lately at-
tached to the Commissariat. These men have been
fur the most part in the Crimea f r upwards of 22
months, and were under fire on three occasions—at the
opening of the siege on the 18th June, and at the fall
of Sebastopol—for which services they have all bee❑
awarded the Crimean medal. Upon quitting Balaklava
they embarked in the sailing-transport Urgent, leaving
some other vessels and a portion of the 50th Regiment
behind, but, having been tossing about fot nine days in
the Black Sea, they found on arriving at Constantinople
that they constituted the last remnants of the expedi-
tionary force. The Urgent landed them at Spithead,
whence they proceeded by land to Bristol, seven of the
original number dropping off by the way, and the re-
mainder, who are all Irishmen, returning to Ireland by
the steamer for the purpose of being paid off.