The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-20 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Duke of Cambridge, as General Comrnand-
ing in-Chief, held a levee yesterday at the Sorsa
Guards, when there was a numerous attendance of
officers.

The following depots at the Provisional Battalion,
Chatham, will furnish. nearly 2,000 commissioned
officers and men for the head-quarters of their
corps serving in India, the whole of whom have
received orders to hold themselves in readiness for
embarkation, viz. :-Bth (the King's), 10th, 240,
27th (Enniskillens), 29th, 32d, 35th (Royal Sus'
sex), 43d (Light Infantry), 52d (Light InfantcY),
53d, 60th Rifles (Ist Battalion), 61st, 64th, 70th)
74th (Highlanders), 75th, 78th (Highlanders, 81st
83d, 84th, 86th, and 87th (Royal Irish Fusilters).
On Wednesday portions of two regiments era'
barked at Kingstown for foreign service. The first
of these detachment., consisting of the head-quay"
tern of the 77th Regiment, some companies of which
had set sail for Australia on the previous day in,
the Palmerston transport, went on board the Or-
well. The Orwell is a fine vessel of 1,200 of tons
register, but of at least 1,500 tons actual burden.
The second detachment consisted of portions of the
95th Regiment, which embarked in the Polonaise
for the Cape of Good Hope. The Beechcroft is os
her way from Cork to Kingstown, where she is
hourly expected to take on board the head quarters,
of the 95th Regiment ; she has been detained
by contrary winds.
The whole of the officers, non-commissioned
officers, and gunners off duty, forming the Royal
Artillery garrison at Woolwich, were on Thursday
drawn up in three baetalions on the garrison parade
under the chief command of Lieut. -Col. G.
Barker C. B. , at 2 p. m.,• and were marched to W 001"
with Common for the purpose of brigade drill and e
periodical inspection of the corps. The proceedings
were those of a general field-day, and were per"
formed in a style satisfactory to the officers in cow.
mand, who expressed their satisfaction to the now
commissioned officers. The Royal Horse Artillery'
dismounted, were
_likewise marched to Woolwich
Common, and put through a course of foot parade
and sword exercise, under the command of Captain
and Adjutant A. lotteux Calvert.
Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, CO'
the Hon. Joseph Denman, left Jersey on Monday
morning last, and anchored early on the following
day at Glengariff, at the upper end of Bantry-%
south-west coast of Ireland, having averaged,,,,te
knots across, notwithstanding a heavy sea. lu
captain and officers having spent a few hours anal
the beautiful scenery there, the yacht left at
o'clock for Queenstown, where she arrived th
same evening at 9 o'clock. Nothing can eine7i
the satisfactory performance of the state vessel.
was supposed she would leave for Liverpool nu
Tuesday evening.
The Princess Charlotte, 104, barrackship for
China, Captain King, C. 8., left Portsmouth hal".
bour yesterday morning, and anchored at Spitheau
She is laden with a great quantity of stores, Jral
for the China fleet.
The Niagara's alterations for stowing the great
Atlantic telegraph cable will be completed at Ports:
mouth this day, -and she will leave forthwith for
Liverpool. 100
The sailing-transport Goward, Capt. Bouch,
been ordered to Woolwich, where she is emb
ing 58 tons of traversing platforms from the IVILW
tary Stare Department for Malta. 0
- The freightship Euphrates is under orders teie'fr
to Woolwich from the Docks to ship ammunit
for Algoa Bay.
Her Majesty's paddle steam sloop Ardent ha
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been undocked at Woolwich, and hauled into basin'
to continue the necessary repairs. She is under'
going a thorough refit.
The Bishop of London has issued a notice to the
effect that it is his intention to hold a military On"
firmation in the Gatrison Chapel at Woolwich on'
Monday, the 13th of July.
The fine sailing ship Medina, belonging tc.)t
Messrs. James Baines and Co., has been fitted
Liverpool for the conveyance of the head-quartets
of the 50th Regiment, under Col. Waddy, from
Kingston for Colombo.
aces have been posted in the Underwriter'
room, Liverpool, inviting tenders for the convey'
ance of troops from Malta to Liverpool, returnleb
with exchange regiments.
The new iron screw steamer Dalhousie, 1,51
tons burden, has sailed for Madras. This is
first of two fine steamers to leave our shores le;
India. They were selected by the Hon. 'll3

India Campaly for steam-transports, and were both
built by Denny and Rankin, of Dumbarton. 13°
Dalhousie, so called in honour of the ex-Governor"
General, is 230 feet in length, 30 feet in breadth'
and 161 feet in depth of hold, steams 12 11°1
and her consort is the Prince Arthur. 0
The launch of the Melpomene at Perobrokt
Dockyard is to take place on the Bth of Aug°,
next. She is a screw frigate pierced for 50 gut'
and has been adapted from a 60-gun sailing frign;
for which she was originally laid down. -110413ife
been cut in half, she has been lengthened to t'
extent of 321 feet in the midship section, and bso
received an additional length of 13 feet at the stern
and 61 feat at the bows. She is about 240 feet 111
length, and her beam will enable her to Or/
heavy ordnance. The construction of the net
monster frigate, the Orlando, of 50 guns, is Pr"„,
ceediog.
Lieut. G. S. Bosanquet was yesterday appointed
to the Melville. d
By private letters which have been receive at
Chatham from officers on board the Harpy steafooff
Commander G. A. Brine, it appears that that vot
eel was still lying at the Piraeus, Athens, where 1"
was expected she would remain three month
longer. At the date of the letters (June 10) the
Harpy was expecting to go on a few weeks' cruise
among the islands in the Archipelago, after which
she would again return to Athens. ,
The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier, with 0°
Princesses, will shortly pay a Visit to the ex-Qn°6,ll
of the French at Claremont. Their Royal Iligu"
nesses have left in a Spanish war steamer, and are
hourly expected at Plymouth, where preparation's
have been made for the reception of these distill'
guished visitors.