The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-23 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The following appointments have taken place at
the Adrniral,y :
Mas,er.—ltobert E. Jones (1856), who was pro-,
moted from second master of the Boscawen, 70, for
service on the North American station, to the
coast-guard service.
Naval Cadet.—G. J. W. Prowse, to the Marl-
borough, 131, screw, at Portsmouth.

MALTA, MARCU 14.
On Sunday, the 7th, a little after 9 p.m., John
Pearce, a Quartermaster belonging to her Majesty's
ship Tartarus, was found stabbed through the back,
close to the landing place at the Piet4, and very
near his ship ; be died shortly aft r, while being
conveyed to the civil hospitd. He was a man of
most. excellent character. A Greek sailor Las been
arrested on suTicion.
Ou the Bth all the troops went out fur the day,
taking their provisions with them. It was a sort
of sham fight, defending the approaches to the
town. The men appeared in excellent spirits, i
though influenza (wnich n many cases has been
followed by low fever and has proved fatal in a
few), is rather prevalent both in the armyand
navy.

EL. M. S. Caradoc left for Marseilles for the pur-
pose of conveying the Siamese Ambassadors to Alex-
andria on their way to their own country.
On the 13th a sailor of the Royal Albert was tried
by a court-martial for theft, and sentenced to be
flogged with 50 lashes, to loose his pay, and to be
imprisoned for one year.
Part of the 92d, from some uaexplained cause,
declined embarking at Suez in the Pottinger, when
the Australian steamer, Columbian, was taken by
Government to send them to Bombay,, which will
cause some deters ion of the Australian mail.
The Indhs, with the India Mail via Gibraltar,
arrived yesterday ;- the Euxine, with the overland
p UTtion, this morning.

Orders were yesterday received at Chatham gar-
rison directing the officers commanding the Ist, 2d,
and 3d battalions of infantry to hold in readiness
the following reinforcements, t the number of up-
wards of 700 men of all ranks, to embark for India
for the purpose of joining the head-quarters of their
respective regiments now servingin Bengal, Madras,
and Bombay, viz. officer and 18 men of the Ist•
btttalion (the King's) Regt. ; 24 men of the 10th
Regt., 40 men of the 19th Regt., 44 men of the
20th Regt., 140 non-commissioned officers and men
of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers,4o men of the 24th
Regt., 13 men of the 29th Regt., 1 captain and 18
men of the 32d Regt., 10 men of the 35th (Royal
Sussex) Regt., 1 ensign and 38 men of the 53d
Regt., 2 subalterns of the 75th Regt., and 1 offi-
cer and 20 men of the 84th (York and Lan-
caster) Regt.—giving a total of 6 officers and
431 men of all ranks, the whole of whom will em-
b.rk for Calcutta.

The following reinforcements are to be h3ld in
readiness to proceed from Chatham by the overland
route to Kurrachee :-21 men of the Ist ba talion
7th Royal Fusiliers, 21 mss of the 27th Ennis-
killens, 51 non-commissioned officers and men of
the 52d Light Infantry, 1 subaltern and 18 men of
the 61st Regiment, 14 men of the 70th Regiment,
1 captain and 19 men of the 81st Regiment, and
1 officer and 30 men of the 94th Regiment ;—total,
3 officers and 174 men. In addition to the above
reinforeements deteachmeats, consisting of 79 men
of the 18th (Royal Irish)
and 41 men of the 86th
(Royal County D awn) Regiments, ate to be held
in readines4 to proceed to Bombay. The whole of
the above officers and troops are ready to embark.
Captain H. T. Sib 'rue, in command of the Royal
Engineer train at Chatham, has received an o, der
for the men, horses, and waggon belonging to the
c')rps to p oceed from Brompton Barracks to the
Camp at Alderskott, where they are bo ba stationed.
. DISTURBANCE AT ASHTON BARRACKS. —A demon-
stration took place at the Ashton-uuder-Lyre bar-
racks on Saturday, which at first threatened to end
in a collision between the men of the 2d West Nor-
folk Militia and the men of the 10th Hussars now
stationed there. It seems that the men of the
militia have-for some time been dissatisfied with
the quality of the 'butchers' meat supplied by the
contractor, John Beswick, of Ashtou, and on Satin.-
day, when the butcher's cart got to the barracks
with tLe usual weekly-supply, the men rushed at
the cart, threw the whole of the meat in the barrack
yard, and kicked it up and down, at the same
time using Beswick in rather a rough manner. The
prevented, w
Hussars were called out, and tny serious outrage
ithout, we are happy to sly,
any ill
feeling between the men. Subsequently, Colonel
R. Wilbraham was telegraphed to in Manchester,
and he attended at the barracks and addressed the
men, cautioning them as to their proceedings, and
promising them all,proper redress. We saw some
of the b:ef, which was certainly of a most inferior
quality.—Manchester Guardian,
THE LATE CAPTAIN RICHARD SHEPHEARD TRIS •
COTT.—This gallant flicer, whose death we have
recently announced, entered the navy, June 23,
1810, as first-class voluntem, on board the Chris-
bearing the flag
thelt . Illataer weorrdd,
Exmouth ; with
whom in the following year he sailed in the Cale-
tiiiianthVe INlo"rtBho,SeeaaPotf.
donia, 120, for the Mediterranean, where he assisted
at the blockade of Toulon, and was present, onremov-
ing the Alcmene, 88, Capt. J. Coghlan, at the cap
tare of the French man-of-war schooners L'Agile
and La Fltche, and at the reduction of Genoa and
Naples. In the boats both of the Caledonia and
Alcmene he aided in cutting out a variety of ves-
sels from under the enemy's batteries. Rejoining
Lord Exmouth in 1815'on board the Boyne, 98, be
visited with him Tunis, Tripoli,and Algiers, 'for
purposes connected with the abolition of Christian
slavery ; and on Aug. 27, 1816, having accompa-
nied his ilordsldp.into the Queen Charlotte, 100,
he took part in the bombardment of Algiers. He
was promoted in consequence to the rank of lieute-
nant, Sept. 5, in the same year. His succeeding
appointments were—August 26 0818, to the
Sapphire, 26, Captain H. Hart, fitting for the West
Indies, whence, owing to three attacks of yellow
fever, he invalided in 1820 on board the Beaver,
10, Captain R.. Saumarez ; August 15, 1853, as
first, to the Alacrity, 10 ; Sept. 19, 1826, to the
Spartiate, 76 ; next, to the Ocean, 80 ; May 1,
1827, to the Victory, 104 ; and Feb. 23, 1828, to,
the Asia, 84, flag-ship, of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, in
the Mediterranean. He accepted the retirement
on the 17th of October, 1853, and was the third
eligible for promotion to the rank of retired Rear-
Admiral, on the • terms proposed in the London
Gazette of September, 1, 1846. He served in the
coast-guard for many years, and was so fortunate
in his efforts for the suppression of smuggling at
Plymouth, that his services received public recog-
nition.

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l The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain Eyre,
C. 8., fitting far the ordinary flagship in Ports-
mouth harbour, will be undocked on Monday next.
The Marlt;orough,
131, Captain Lord F. H. Kerr,
lost one of her crew on Sunday afternoon by drown-
ing. He fell overboard from her hulk, the Prince
Regent, and was not recovered, although in broad
daylight.
The Blenheim, 60,
Captain Francis Scott, C. 8.,
will be ready for going out of dock on Wednesday
or Thursday, and will go to her cruising ground in
a week or after.

The Diadem, 32, Captain Cracroft, will go into
Portsmouth harbour to repair some defects to her
boiler, &c.
The Sidon, 22, has gone through a complete re-
pair, and will be taken out of dock at Poi tsmouth
next week into the steam basin, where her engines
will be refitted.
The Racoon, 21, Captain Paynter, went away
from Spithead yesterday to test her speed, &c. She
is expected to be ordered to sea daily.
The Urgent, 6, steam troopship, Commander
M'Donald, has had one of her iron plates near the
bow renewed, and will go out of dock at Ports-
mouth on Saturday. The remainder of the 2d bat-
talion of the 2d Foot are in waiting at Portsmouth
to take passage in her to Malta.
Rear-Admiral the Itsin. George Grey, Superin-
tendent of Portsmouth, who obtained leave for a
month, on hoisting his flag will return to Ports-
mouth to-morrow, and commence his official duties.
Rear-Atlthiral Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., late
commanding her Maje ty's ship Excellent, is named
as the probable successor to Rear-Admiral the Hon.
Sir Montagu Stopford, K.C.8., as Superintendent
of Malta Dockyard.
The appointment of naval aide-de-camp to her
Majesty, vacant by the promotion of Captain the
Hon. Frederick Thomas Pelham, C. 8., to flag
rank, and which is at the disposal of the First
Lord of the Admiralty, has been given to Captain
the Hon. Joseph Denman (1841), Groom in Wait-
ing to her Majesty, Fellow of the Royal Society,
and now in command of the Victoria and Albert,
Royal steam yacht, at Portsmouth.