The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-12 00:00:00

on or before the Ist day of September nest. The
preliminary deposit of one per cent, will be imme-
diately directed to be returned to the successful
bidders. " HOWELL COBB,
Secretary to the Treasury."
The Illinois Central Railroad Company have
called in further assessments of $2O a-share upon
their shares, in order to pay off the floating debt.
This step has been rendered necessary by the fail-
ure of the Optional Right Loan.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The United Service Gazette says :--
"We have much pleasure in announcing that the
ships intended to form the Channel fleet will be
brought forward immediately for commission.
Rear-Admi.zal of the Red Sir Charles Howe Fre-
mantle, K.C.B , one of the most active and de-
servedly popular in the service, was on Thursday
appointed the commander-in-chief, and will forth-
with hoist his flag at Portsmouth on board the
Duke of Wellington. Sir Charles Fremantle is
in his 58th year, which, as the admirals' list goes,
must be thought young. He is also full of vigour,
and, upon the whole, we may congratulate the
First Lord upon the discretion he has displayed in
selecting this officer from among the numerous
aspirants for this distingui-hed post. The flag cap-
tam and other officers composing the staff have not
yet been named. Great care will be necessary with
regard to the captain and commander of the flag
sbip, for these are times in which a little delicate
handling will do great things towards manning the
fleet, while the want of it will be productive ofninch
mischief."

The screw steam ship Royal Albert, 121, from
Malta and Gibraltar, arrived in Plymouth Sound
in the afternoon ; she saluted outside the break-
water.

The Hon. East India Company's screw troopship
Undaunted, Commander Franklyn, arrived in the
Thames yesterday from India, having on board 120
invalid troops belonging to various cavalry and
infantry regiments now serving in India, the whole
in charge of Major C. Langdon, Royal Artillery...
The following officers also came home in the Un-i
daunted,—viz., Lieut.-Colonel A. Horne, 13th
Light Infantry ; Capt. T. E. Green, 82d Regiment;
Capt. G. C. Hunt, Medical Staff; Capt. Water-
man, 13th Bengal Native Infantry ; Lieut. C. A.
Armstrong, 10th Regiment ; Lieut. C. P. Miller,
82d ; Assistant-Surgeon J. J. Mulock, 96th Regi-
ment, and Assistant• Surgeon H. R. L. Veale,
M.D., Royal Artillery. During the voyage from
Calcutta nine deaths occurred on board. On the
disembarkation of the invalids at Gravesend they
were forwarded yesterday to Fort Pitt general hos-
pital, Chatham, where those requiring surgical
treatment were admitted into the hospital, and the
remainder sent to St. Mary's invalid depot to await
their discharge.

1 Yesterday-the Nimrod, Harrison commander,
arrived at Gravesend from Ceylon, having on board
la party of invalid troops belonging to the 37th Re-
giment and the Royal Artillery. The following
officers also arrived with the troops :—Captain S.
Sarpo, 20th Regiment, late of the Ceylon Rifles, in
charge of invalids ; Lieut. S. Halahan, and Ensign
C. D. Baynes, Cylou Rifles, who are both invalided
home. The Nimrod sailed from Colombo on the
11th March, and had a remarkably fine passage.
Three deaths occurred on board during the voyage,
viz., two men of the Royal Artillery, and one of
the 37th Regiment. The invalid troops, together
with four women and 15 children, were forwarded
yesterday afternoon to Fort Pitt, Chatham.
On Saturday the reinforcements for the Bth (the
King's), 19th, 20th, 24th, 29th, and 35th (Royal
Sussex) Regiments, selected from the battalions of
infantry at Chatham, left that garrison and pro-
ceeded to Gravesend, where they embarked from
Custom-house Quay on board the Annie Roydon,
clipper, 1,170 tons, for Calcutta. Reinforcements
for the 54th Regiment, from the depot at Colches-
ter, and the 64th Regiment, from Canterbury, also
embarked on board the Annie Roydon. The num-
ber of troops at Chatham garrison still under orders
to embark for India is nearly 500 men of all ranks.

It is expected that a small body of troops will be
encamped shortly on the Denes at Great Yarmouth.
The 15th Hussars have left Ipswich and Norwich,
and it is expected that the barracks in those towns
will be for some little time unoccupied.
The paddle-wheel steamship Virago, G, Captah
Dunn, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday
morning. She lett Montevideo May 17, arrived at
Jant iro on the 25th, and sailed the 28th, St.
Vincent June the 23d, and Fa,y Ld July Cue Tho
Virago brings home Captain Jasper H. Selwyn, of
the sloop Siren, on promotion, and Lieut. A. H.
Fitzroy, invalided, from Rio Janeiro. She re-
turns in consequence of having broken the main
shaft of her engine in the Parana. The Virago was
commissioned May 7, 1856, and has been chiefly
employed in the suppression of the slave-trade on
the east coast of America. During the months of
March and April of 1857 and 1858 her crew suf-
fered severely from yellow fever at Rio Janeiro,
where she lost 26 men and seven officers, including
Commander Haggard. They are in now in excel-
lent health, and have been so since April last.
Spoke, June 26, iu lat. 24 38 N., long. 24 15 W.,
the clipper ship Gardener, from Glasgow for Mel-
bourne, and 29th, in lat. 34 N., long. 26 43 W.,
the Mary Hardy, 21 days from London for Bar-
badoes. The paddlewheel steam-vessel, Firefly, 4,
Commander G. F. Day, from the west coast of
Africa, left St. Vincent on the 23d of June, for
Plymouth. .

The screw steamship Diadem, 32, Captain Wm.
Moorsom, returned to Plymouth on Wednesday
from her cruise in the
.Channel, and sailed again on
Friday evening for Spithead.
The screw steam-corvette Racoon, 21, Captain
James A. Paynter, arrived at Plymouth on Fri-
day, and left yesterday morning under canvas.
The new screw frigate Orlando, 51, recently
launched at Pembroke, . arrived at Plymouth on
Friday, to be fitted with engines of 1,000-horse
power in Keyharn-yard.
.
The steamship Chester, Capt. Todd, from Pa-
lermoMapety's ships Royal Albert and
Marlborough i ef Itvhhi echr
arrived at Plymouth on Satur-
day,at Gibraltar on the 30th.
The paddlewheel steam frigate Terrible, 21 guns'
Captain F. H. H. Glasse, C. 8., at Sheerness, being
reported ready for sea, was ordered on Saturday
last to proceed on a trial of her machinery prepara-
tory.to leaving that port. She got up steam and
left at 9.30 a.m., proceeded down the Swin, and
steamed on about 40 miles below Harwich. She
returned to her moorings about 9 p.m on the same
day. Her rate of speed was from 11 to 12i knots
per hour. Every part of her machinery acted very
satisfactorily, and she now remains waiting Admi-
ralty orders for her departure. The destination of
the Terrible is unknown.
Commander the Hon. F. A. Foley was on Satur-
day appointed t? the command of her Majesty's
ship Coquette, vice commander Henry Carr Glyn,
superseded at his own request.