The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-27 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY _INTELLIGENCE

The Vulcan, steam troopship, Commander J Sea-
combe, will embark this morning, on their arrival from
Aldershot at Portsmouth, the following troops for Gib
raltar, comprising the right wing and head-quarters of
the 2d Battalion of the 7th Royal Fusiliers :—Lieut.•
Col. Somerset ; Captains Hayhills, Herout, Campbell,
Maskeleyne, and Whygham ; Lieutenants Rumbalt,
O'Brien, Foster, Little, Arnott, and Harrison ; Ensigns
Smith, Geddles, Gatacre, Ashton, Bolam, and Butler ;
Adjutant Smith, Quartermaster Metcalf, and Surgeon
Docker. Also, Staff Assistant• Surgeon J. M‘Kinnell,
two ladii.s,two officers' wives, 522 rank and file, 33 sol-
diers' wives, 32 children, and three horses.

Yesterday morning the troops belonging to the Royal
Engineerestablisbment at Brompton barracks, Chatham,
accompanied by a large body of officers, went through a
variety of escalading operations at Prince Ed ward's bas-
tion. These operations are to b 3 repeated at frequert
intervals.

Her Majesty's screw gunboat Fiy, have taken in a
large quantity of ordnance stores at Chatham, proceeded
to Sheerness yesterday. While steaming out of the har-
bour, the Fly ran into the Gloucester, 50, lying off the
Queen's-sta,Tr4, and carried awayher side ladder and stag-
ing. After getting clear of the Gloucester the Fly quitted
the harbour and proceeded down the river, when she ran
ashore in Gillingham-creek, but was shortly afterwards
got off again, and returned into harbour at Chatham.
The Marlborough, 131, Capt. Lord F. H. Kerr, got
up steam yesterday morning, and steamed from Spithead
to the Nab several times, to try her engines, itc.
The Monarch, 84, Capt. Patey, flag of Vice-Admiral
H. W. Bruce, got up to Spithead yesterday morning
from St. Helen's Roads• Admiral Bruce was expected to
strike his flag last night at sunset, and the ship was to
go to the eastward to be paid off.

The Rhadamanthug, steam storeship, Master-Cam-
mander Sturdee, arrived at Portsmouth ytN.terday from
Woolwich, with machinery, and having in tow two steam
gunboats, the Ready and Thrush.

The sloop Comus, 11, Commander R. Jenkins+, from
Saloon's Bay April 1, arrived off Plymouth Sound yes-
terday morning, and received orders to proceed to Sheer-

ness.

The Battalion of Royal Marines, with the Light In-
fantry Regiments cf Militia, were yesterday drawn up
on Woolwich Common, under the command of Lieut.-
Col. Fleming, R.M., Lieut.-Cul. Fane, Oxford Militia,
and the respective officers of battalions, and were put
through sundry platoon exercises and file firing practice,
occupying upwards of five hours. The regimental band
belonging to the Woolwich division of Royal Marines,
engaged during the week in Greenwich-park, were yes-
terday succeeded by the band of the Royal Artillery,
who performed in the park from 2 p.m. until 7. The B
and LI batteries of Royal Artillery, in command of Major
Franklin, C 8., were occupied during the day in Wool-
wich-marsh in carrying out a continuation of experiments
in order to verify the effect of the shrapnell shells fired
from the battery howitzers among a number of targets,
planted at various distances so as to form representative
columns of advancing soldiery. The effect was said to
be highly satisfactory and interesting.
Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Naval
Aile-de Camp to the Queen, and Surveyor of the
Fleet, yesterday inspected the ships under fitment at
Woolwich. Tire special object of the Surveyor-General's
visit to Woo!wich dockyard was to ascertain the pro-
gress made in completing H.M. screw steamship Archer,
recently commissioned by Capt. Sanderson for service on
the coast of Africa. An ex':,ra number of shipwrights
were consequently ordered to be employed thereon, and
a coleur•sergeant, corporal, drummer, and 20 privates of
yal Marines Light Infantry are to be told off to ship
on board on Tuyedey rixt. Tire Marines will be em.
ployed in getting in store', scraping decks, splicing gun
tackle, &c.
The iron paddle wheel steam.vessel Oberon has had her
repairs completed, and is about to be brought forwar'd at
Woolwich for commission.

A detachment of volvateers from the light infantry
companies Royal Marines left Woolwich yesterday to
j An the gunnery ship Excellent-, at Portsmouth, having
been transferred from the divisional campanie3 to the
Royal Marina Artillery.

The freight ship Malcolm Brown and the Menapia
were yesterday chartered by the War Department for
the conveyance of stares from Woolwich for Malta and
Montreal.

The folliwing appointmmts were made yesterday a
:he Admiralty

Lieut. W. H. Raibbrooke to the Royal George, for
service to the Ordinary, at Sheerness, vice May, placed
on the reserved list ; Lieut.T. Cartwright's appointment
has been canc,lled ; B. S. Jackson, master's assistant,
to the MarlhirouAh.

MILITIA.
The steamship Pacific, C tpt. Thompson, arrived at
Spi...ficad yesterday evening at 8 o'clock from Dublin,
which she left at 6 o'clock on Monday evening, with the
Middlestx Militia, who will land this morning and
proceed to the South-Western Railway at 6 o'clock for
theircounty heal-quarters (liounslow) to be disembodied.
The f.,rce consisted of Lt.-Col. J. Scriven, Major F. H.
Bleachford, Capts. E. H. Finney, C. J. Boulton, C. E.
Mortimer, W. E. Taunton, W. P. Brisley, E. E. Elliott,
M. Constable, Lieuts. C. Boynton, J. G. Slade, C. F.
Rutherford, E. W. Goulding, W. J. B. Stanbridge, C.
Wilkinson, H. E. King, J. F. Burke, J. F. Wintour,
H. E. Scriven, Ensigns W. W. D. A. Jones, E. B.
Jackson, P. 0. ?age, J. A. Norman, B. Byrne, W.
Barrel?, Acting-Paymaster M. Copplestone, Adjutant
Captain C. W. Parket, Qoartertnaster George Hope,
Assistant-Surg:on E. Adolphus, 628 rank and file, 38
soldiers' wives, 49 children, and 8 horses. The Pacific
went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday forenoon and
landed the baggage, horses, &c,