The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-01 00:00:00

NAVAL A.N1)111/LTTARY lATTELLIGENGT:

day au order arrived at Chatham garrison;
directing Major-General \V. H. Eden to furnish the
folio wing officers and men from the three battalion"
ofinfantry under his command to embark at Graves-
end to-morrow, on board the Peninsular and oriello
tal Conipan, s steamer Indiana for Calcutta, fort
th. rurr.)o e of r.:,inforeirn; 'he respective regiment'
serving in India :—Eusigit E. T. Ponniger and 13
men of the Bth (the King's) Regiment, 30 non-com-
missioned officers and men of the 19th Regiment ;
Ensign J. Aldridge and 14 rank and file of the 20th
Regiment ; 68 men of all ranks of the 23d Royal
Welsh Fusiliers ; seven men of the 24th Regiment,
13 of the 29th Regiment ; 26 non-commissioned c ffi.
cars and men of the 35th (Royal Sussex) Regi-
ment ; Ensign G. Auchinleck, 52d Light Infantiy,
together with 65 non-commissioned officers and
men of that corps ; 41 men of all ranks of the 64t1s
Regiment ; Lieut. T. Carlisle and 42 men of the
75th Regiment ; 16 men of the 82d (Prince of
Wales's Volunteers) Regiment ; Ensign C. T.
Horan and 40 men of all ranks, of the 84th Rep.
ment ; and 38 men of the 90th Light Infantry ;
total, fire officers and 413 non-commissioned o'_fi-
cers and men. Staff Assistant Surgeons Salter and
Hillman will embark in medical charge of the
troops during the voyage.
The following troops will embark at Gravesend
this day on board the Antelope steamer for Kurra-
chee, the whole of them having been selected from
the East Indian depots at Chatham, viz :-7(11
Royal Fusiliers, 61 men ; 52d Light Infantry, 16
men; 61st Regiment, 29 men ; 70th Regiment, 10
men : 81st Regiment, 13 men ; 94th Regiment, 17
men ; and 98th Regiment, 30 non-commissioned
officers and men ; total, 176 men of all ranks, with
the following officers :—Lieut. R. Swift, 81st Rcgi.
mont ; Ensign C. M. Prendergast, 52d Light la-
fantry ; Ensign M. Murphy, 61st Regiment ; and
Ensign P. H. Dobbs, 98th Regiment.
The steam transport Dee was on Saturday un-
docked at Woolwich on completion of repairs. She
is to be admitted into basin to-day to ship machi.
nery and steam gear for the western yards. An
improved method of superheating steam is to be
carried out by order of the Admiralty, which is to
be tested on the next voyage of the Dee.
The Victory, guard ship, Captain George Henry
Seymour, C. B. , flag of the commander-in-Chief, will
haul out of No. 3 dock, at, Portsmouth, the third
week in March. The handsome old ship, now 95
years old, has been most substantially repaired,
doubled upon, reoeppered, and richly decorated.
The painters have shown excellent taste in picking
out the carved work of her stern galleries and
quarter badgers. Her figure-head has been regilt,
and the shield relieved in artistic taste. She will
look handsomer than she did nearly a century ago,
and is good for the next 50 years. The watermen
of Portsmouth will heartily rejoice to see her at her
old moorings opposite the Hard, as it was a source
of grert daily profit to them, in taking off visitors
to view the ship in which Nelson fought his last
battle, and died for his country.
Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. A. Crofton, on the re-
served list, died last week, by which event a pen-
sion of 1501. per annum reverted to the patronage
of the Admiralty. The gallant deceased entered the
navy in 1798. He was a midshipman in the Me-
dusa, and was present in the attack on the French
flotilla in Boulogne-roads under Nelson. As lieu-
tenant of the Cambrian he commanded the barge of
that ship at the capture of the French 10-gun
schooner-privateer Matilda in 1805. He also served.
as lieutenant of the Mulgrave at the reduction of
the island of St. Croix and St. Thomas in 1807 ; he
was commander of the Faun at the capture of Mar-
tinique and Marie-Galante, 1809 ; and captain of
the Dictator, serving on shore against New Orleans
and Baltim-re, and in several other operations on
the coast of America during the war. We are in-
formed the pension vacant by his death has been
conferred on Vice-Admiral of the Blue Wm. Wal-
pole, which promotes Rear-Admiral of the Red the
Hon. Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.8., to be Vice-Ad-
miral of the Blue ; Rear-Admiral of the White, Sir
Stephen Lushfngton, K. C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral
of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue, John
M‘Dou2all (b) to be Rear-Admiral of the White;
Capt. the Hon. P. P. Cary, to be Rear-Admiral on
the Reserved List ; and Capt. R. Craigie, Superin-
tendent of the Royal Naval Hospital at Stonehenge
and Victualling-yard at Plymouth, to be Rear-Ad.
miral of the Blue.

The following Promotions were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :
Commander R. J. Ot way to be Capt.; Lieut. the
Hon. W. de Blaquiere, Lieut. J. M. Jackson, and
Lieut. R. G. Tufnell to bo Commanders.