The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-15 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Sir John Pakington, M.P., the First Lord of the Ad-
m'raity, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, and went out
in the Fife Queen steam yacht, Master Commander W.
F. Paul, to Spithead, and visited Admiral Lord Lyons;
on board the Royal Albert. On leaving he was sainted
,eith 19 guns, and the crew manned yards. The Fire
Queen then proceeded to Osborne with his lordship.
Rear-Admiral A Milne, Third Lord of the Admiralty,
visited Woolwich yesterday, aTscl inspected the ships
under fitment for the coast of Africa. He was accom-
panied in his tour of inspection by Commodore Shep-
herd, Superintendent of the yard. The Archer steam-
ship,
Captain Saunderson, and the steam sloop Racer,
Commander the Hon. T. A. Pakenham, were ordered,
it was understood, to be in readiness to leave the basin
on the 17th inst.. and proceed to Spithead on the 20th,
to join the rendezvous of the Royal squadron about to
accompany the Court to Cherbourg.
The authorities at the War Department having de-
cided on sending out an additional number of reinforce-
ments to India, tenders were yesterday received at the
East India-house for the conveyance of troops amount-
ing to 2,345 men, in addition to the reinforcements at
present under orders for embarkation. Tenders were
also taken up at Somerset-house for the conveyance of
four officers and 133 men from Woolwich to Colombo ;
and to-morrow tenders will be received at Somerset-
house for the conveyance of a regiment of infantry, con-
sisting
of 32 officers and 863 rank and file, together
with 50 women and children, from Portsmouth to the
Mauritius. When the whole of the reinforcements
now on their passage from this country have reached
India the number of British cavalry and infantry serving
in India will be augmented to 100,000 men.

The Imperador, steam transport, Capt. Atkins, arrived
at Portsmouth yesterday from Hong 'Kong, Singapore,
the Cape of Good Hope, and Madeira, with the following
passengers From Hong Kong—The Rev, J. W.
Johnson and lady ; Mrs. Wells Williams and three
children ; Masters W. and F. Ashomore ; Mrs. Brooks
and two children ; Lieut. C. H. Wilkinson, R.N. ;
Lieut. H. Kerr, R.N. ; Lieut. E. M. Smith, R.N. ; Mr.
Frederick Wise, R.N. ; Mr. D. H. Wilder, R.N. ; Dr.
W. R. Dalton, R.N. ; Dr. J. Breaky, R.N. • Lieut.
George Gill, Royal Marine Light Infantry ; Lieut. W.
F. P. Dadson, Royal Marine Light Infantry ; Mr. W.
Barry, Staff Assistant-Surgeon; Mr. Graham, 143 in-
valids, two women, and three children. From Singa-
pore—Mrs. Vaughan and two children, and Captain
Sinclair. From the Cape of Good Hope—Mr. Unna,
wife, four children and servant ; Mrs. Unna, sen., and
4r. ThompPon. From Madeira—Mr. Walsh, wife,
daughter, and servant ; Mr. R. Wilkinson, Mr. Andrews.
From Ascension—H. Pead, wife, and daughter. May 14,
exchanged signals with the brig Anna Louisa, in lat 30 6
S., long. 35 40 E. ; 16tb, the bark Minna, in lat. 32 245.,
long. 31 23 E. ; June 8, the Dutch barque Andriana
Petronella, in lat. 14 36 S., long. 6 46 W. ; 10th, the
Dutch barque Vier Gebroders, in lat. 11 14 S., long. 11 5
W. ; July 10, the Peninsular and Oriental steamer
Tagus, in lat. 43 24 N., long. 9 16 W. ; 11th, the Royal
mail etearner Tyne, in lat. 44 56 N., long. 8 10 W.
The Imperador was detained 20 days at Sings pore refit-
ting, after having been run into by the Ham tairg ship
Arracon, on the passage from Hongkong to Singapore ;
was six days at the Cape of Good Hope, had no south•
east trades after leaving the Cape, and had strong head
winds all the way home. When off the Mauritius she
lost one blade of her screw, which made a considerable
difference in the ship's speed. She took out 560 of the
Royal Marines font ILvonpoit to China, amid was em-
ployed out there for three months. She made her out-
.eard passage to Singapore in 60 days 20 hours (the .
shortest ever made), consuming only 700 tons of coals.
She lost 12 invalids on the voyage home ; Lieut. But-
ler, R.N. wounded in the head ; Lieut. Dadson, Royal
Marine P:rigade, right arm disabled, both at the taking
of Canton. Several wounded invalids from the taking
of Canton have come home in the Imperador, but all are
progressing favourably. The Imperador went into Ports.
mouth harbour yesterday afternoon to land her invalids, '
and will go to Southampton tolsnd her cargo, consisting
of 4,055 packages of tea and 150 packages of sundries.
Mejor W. H. March, of the Woolwich Division of
Royal Marines, has been promoted to be Lieut.-Colonel,
and appointed to the Chatham Division, vice Lieut.-Col.
G. Elliot, who has beep permitted by the Lords of the
Admiralty to retire from the service on full pay.
A requisition has been presented to Government from
the authorities of Deptford dock and Victualling yards,
requesting her Majesty's gracious approval of their ,
desire to perpetuate the event of the Queen's inspection
et those estaLshments on the 28th ult., on the visit of
:he Court to the Great Eastern steamship, by issuing
her Majestyy's command that the above-mentioned
Royal yards shall henceforth bear the name of the
" Victoria Dock and Victualling Yards." A regimen-
al order for the information of the garrison was yester-
, ,lay issued at head-quarters, Royal Marines, Woolwich,
expressing her Majesty's consent and approval to that
.ffect.

Preparatiors are being made for another proof of
Mallet's enormous mortar in the Plumstead Marsh, and
a new sr ecies of shell is in course of preparation fir that
purpose. Although the former experiments have in
each case failed to realise the anticipated project, the'.
Government have, it is said, yieided to the entreaties Of
the inventors for a farther trial, Whioh, if successful,
may be the means of introducing the most powerful
weapon of defence and siege yet invented. Consider-'
able improvements have been added since the last trial.
Lieutenant-Colonel Conolly, Brigade-Major of the
South-West District, having obtained leave of absence,
:Major Mortimer Adye, Royal Artillery,
pointed Acting Brigade-Major pro tem. has been ap-
The Urgent and Perseverance, steam troop-ship, Com-
manders M'Donald and Seccombe, are ordered to be
ready to embark troops at Portsmouth by the Bth of
August, but the latter will not be out of the hands of the
dockyard authorities until the 30th of that month.
The Arrogant, 47. screw frigate, Capt. L. G. Heath,
C. 8., returned to Spitbead yesterday, aid cruised about
for exercise of her crew.

The Ringdove, 6, steam despatch gun vessel, was'
taken out by the steam reserve authorities yesterday at
Portsmouth to try engineF, &e.

The fobowing appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty ;—William Hewlett, Master, to the
Sparrow-hawk ; Charles F. Puckett, Master, to the
-klecto ; G. R. Trefusis, Midshipman, to the Scourge ;
John Bishop, Acting-Assistant-Surgeon, to the Impreg-
nable; James L. Whitney, Acting-Assistant-Surgeon,
to the Victory ; Charles A. Pritchard (Paymaster) to
be Secretary to Rear• Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle ;
and William Ellis, Paymaster, to the Eagle.