The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military lntelligenct.

The Adventure and Assistance, iron steam-troop
ships, embarked their respective allotments of troops
for China yesterday at Portsmouth ; these consisted
of seven companies of the 82d Regiment in the
Assistance, and three companies of the same and
three companies of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers
in the Adventure. The arrangements of the em-
barkation were very good, and they were effected
under tbe superintendence of Major-General Breton,
commanding the south-west district ; Lieutenant.
Colonel Wright, assistant-quartermaster-general ;
and Major Nelson, Brigade-Major. Everything
connected with the equipment and the victualling
and berthing of the troops was efficiently provided
for, and there is every prospect of their being comfort-
able on board. We regret, however, to report very
differently of the conduct of the men of the 82d prior
to going on board. Some 200 or 300 of them were
rioting all night on the eve of embarkation, and yes-
terday morning also. Portsea was kept iu a constant
state of commotion. The men got drunk and were
disorderly, broke windows, and insulted those they
fell in with most disgracefully, and one man crowned
his feats by participating in a burglary, and was
yesterday noon committed by the Portsmouth jus-
tices to take his trial at Winchester for that crime.
The scene at the dockyard yesterday baffles a cor-
rect description ; the men were picked up by strong
pickets, and got into cabs and omnibuses in default
of being able to use their legs, and were so takento
the dockyard jetty, where some were landed in a
helpless state. They were to have embarked about
1 o'clock, but they were not on board by 5. The
following are the officers who embarked :—ln the
Assistance—Lieut.-Col. J. A. Robertson, command-
ing the 82d ; Brevet Lieut.-Col D. Watson ; Major
C. T. V. B. Isaac ; °apts. H. C. Marriott, S. P.
Jarvis, W. R. Farmer, J. Gordon, S. Slater,
T. E. . Green, and H. C. Wilkinson ; Lieu-
tenants J. S. Hand, It. M'Gregor Skinner, A.
P. Hensley, C. J. East, E. H. Bugden, D.
Sullivan, G. S. Maunsell, G. Porter, W. B. O'Malley,
and B. C. Henderson ; Ensigns W. F. Thompson,
H. M. Parkerson, E. S. Mason, C. P. Miller, and
N. M. Brock ; Adjutant C. E. G. Browne ; Quar-
termaster J. Conner; Surgeon H. D. Fowler ;
Assistant-Surgeon W. M. Milton ; and Staff-Sur-
geon Muscharry. In the Adventure—Lieut.-Col.
E. B. Hale ; Captains G. E. Halliday, A. W. War-
ren and R. Mule ; Lieuts- J. F. Pilkington, H.
D. Marsh, S. Douglas, W. C. Seton, L. W. Fisher,
G. Mylne, W. H. C. Allen, and H. E. Couper ;
Ensigns C. T. B. Spiller, G. Cowper, E. S. Locke,
F. Helyar, and J. Johnstone ; Assistant-Surgeon
R. W. Carter. One field officer, three captains,
seven subalterns, one stafl, 15 sergeants, 12 corpo-
rals, five drummers, and 261 privates of the 23d
Royal Welsh Fusileers also embarked yesterday in
the Adventure. The following were the office's
Lieut.-Col. Pratt ; Brevet-Major H. D. Torrens ;
Captains J. C. Jervoise and C. G. Norton ;
Lieutenants C. Monsell. E. ITtterson, J. K.
Henderson, and F. Hutton ; Ensigns J. H. Wel-
wyn, C. J. Wrench, and H. J. Richards ; Assist.
ant-Surgeon H. F. Sylvester.
The Swedish corvette Lagerbjelke, 18, Captain
Bratt, from St. Thomas's, for Stockholm, put in at
Spithead yesterday, and exchanged salutes with
the Port-Admiral and Lieutenant-Governor • after
which Capt. Bratt landed, and was present _d to
the naval and military authorities by the acting
Swedish consul. The officers of the ship will land
to-day and inspect the dockyard, and she will sail
this evening for Stockholm. _

It is reported that Col. M. Slade, formerly of
the 90th Regiment, has been appointed to the com-
mand of a brigade in Dublin garrison, in succession
to Major-General Straubenzee, who is about to pro-
ceed to Chi*

Rear-AdMiral Sir M. Berkeley, Rear-Admiral
H. Eden, and Sir B. Walker, Surveyor of the
Navy, went down to Woolwich Dockyard yester-
day morning, where they embarked on board the
Admiralty yacht Black Eagle, and proceeded down
the river t visit the American steam-ship Niagara.
The freightship Earl of Mar and Kellie has taken
up her moorings at Woolwich pier to ship engineers'
stores for Hong Kong. The freightshin Sydney
Hall has arrived off Woolwich Arsenal from the
docks for the purpose of embarking ammunition for
Cape Coast Castle and Gambia.
Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Brisk, 16, Com-
mander A. J. Curds, from the Pacific, arrived at
Plymouth on Tuesday. She sailed from Valparaiso,
Jan. 21, arrived at Falkland Islands Feb. 18, and
left on the 23d. The screw steam corvette Satellite,
21, Capt. J. C. Pravost, having in tow th• sloop
Siren, 16, Commander J. H. Selwyn, had left with
Governor Moore for the missionary settlement at
Keppel's Island, off the coast of Patagonia. The cor-
vette would proceed round the Horn; the brig would
return to Falkland with the Governor. The Brisk
crossed the line on April 5, and on the 23d, in lat.
21 10 N, long. 40 32 W, spoke a French packet, a
bark, with the letters "T. B." on her fore topsail.
She has brought from the Falklands some beautiful
wild geese, native of the islands, for Admiral
Bowles. Th Brisk was commissioned 25th of May,
1853, by Capt. Seymour, who was succeeded 20th
Oct., 1854, by her present commander. Her ser-
vices have been of a varied character. She went
first to the White Sea, and thence to the West In-
dies • she then proceeded into the Pacific and in-
spected the Russian military settlement of Petro-
paulovski, from which she sailed for the coast of
Mexico, where she was employed collecting freight.
Her final duties were those of protecting British
property in Central America, and visiting the Gulf
of Nicoya, the Bay of Costa Rica, dm. During the
last 311 days she has only been 41 in harbour.
Her crew are in good health. During the four
years of her Commission she has lost only five men
from disease. The Brisk will probably be paid off
at Plymouth.

REVIEW AT CHATHAM BY THE DUKE
OF CAMBRIDGE.
CHATHAM, MAY 20.
This morning a review of the whole of the troops
quartered at the garrison, including the Provi-
sional Battalion, the Royal Marine Light Infantry,
the Royal Engineers, and the Field Train Corps,
took place on Chatham lines by the Duke of Cam-
bridge.
The troops of the garrison were under arms at
nine o'clock,. when they marched to the lines and
theirpositions. The depots comprising
Battalion occupied the centre of.
thete took k
Provisional up
the ground, with the Royal Engineers and the
Royal Marines on their right and left respectively.
On the extreme right of the Royal Engineers the
witlyion raised
the
ised Field Equipment Corps took up its
whole force on the ground being pnoesup-
wards of 5,000 men. The depots of the Provisional
Battalion were divided into two battalions, each of
ten divisions, under the command of Colonel H.
Jervis, and Lieut.-Colonel R. N. Phillips ; the
Royal Marine Light Infantry, comprising 10 com-
panies, about 1,000 strong, were under the com-
mand of Colonel E. Rea, Second Commandant.
The Royal Engineers, commanded by Major C. D.
Robertson, were formed into eight divisions.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived on the ground
shortly after eleven o'clock, and rode up and down
the lines. His Royal Highness then took up his
position at the saluting flag, when the whole of the
troops marched past him in quick time, the brigade
being led by the horses and waggons of the Field
Equipment Corps. The whole of the troops `after-
wards went through a variety of review and field-
day manoeuvres, the whole of which they per-
formed in a highly satisfactory manner. The re-
view
lasted nearly three hours, at the conclusion of
which the men of each battalion were formed into
square, when the officers advanced to the front and
saluted. His Royal Highness addressing the
troops, expressed the satisfaction felt at the manner
in which they had acquitted themselves, and it was
evident that the depots of the provisional battalion
were much improved since he inspected them last
year, which was very creditable to their officers.
The Royal Engineers were m excellent order, and
he was happy to say the Royal Marines had ac-
quitted themselves very well. On the conclusion
of his Royal Highness's remarks, the troops were
marched back to their quarters. On the Duke
leaving Chatham a second salute was"fired from the
battery.
The Duke of Cambridge proceeded to Maidstone
and Canterbury for the purpose of inspecting the
cavalry at those stations.