The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

-Li VAL AND MILITARY lATTELLIGENCE

Yesterday the members of the general court-
martial which was recently held at Chatham for the
trial of Lieut.-Col. J. Clarke, Ist West India Re-
giment, Capt. J. S. Macauley, Ist West India Re-
giment, and Capt. C. J. Dowse, Royal Artillery,
reassembled, by order of the Duke of Cambridge,
for the purpose of revising their proceedingz.
The Court sat for about an hour with closed
doors. Major if. D. Ellis, Ist battalion, officiated
as Deputy Judge-Advocate.
Yesterday an inspection of the troops attached to
the invalid establishment, Chatham, took place at
St. Mary's Barracks, when the names of 48 non-
commissioned officers and men belonging- to various
cavalry and infantry regiments were read by Adju-
tant J. Pope, an order having been received from
the War-office for their immediate discharge, owing
to their unfitness for further service. The invalids,
with their wives and families, will leave Chatham
this morning.

A detachment of 30 rank and file of the Royal
Artillery, in charge of two non-commissioned offi-
cers, left Woolwich yesterday morning for South-
ampton, there to embark for Corfu, to fill up vacan-
cies in the artillery companies at that station.
The auxiliary steam transport Indomitable arrived
at the Royal Arsenal pier, Woolwich, yesterday,
to prepare for the embarkation of a siege train and
two companies of Artillery for India.
At a late hour on Tuesday evening upwards of
100 recruits arrived at Chatham, chiefly from Lon-
don, for the purpose of joining the depots of the
regiments serving in India.
His Netherlands Ma,esty's screw steam-vessel
Soembaug, 8, Lieut.-Commander A. J. Kocf, from
Flushing for Batavia,, entered Plymouth Sound on
Tuesday afternoon and exchanged the customary
salutes with the Citadel and the Port Admiral

H. M. steam frigate Vulcan, 6, Commander John
Seccombe, arrived at Spithead on Tuesday night
from Quebec, which she left on the 17th ult. She
brought 35 officers, 8 office's' wives, 13 officers'
children, 502 rank and file, 53 soldiers' wives, 66
children, and 17 prisoners, of the Oth Re t., under
the command of Col. Borton, C. B. A melancholy
accident occurred during the passage, which has
deprived the service of a gallant and rising young
officer—Ensign R. N. Luard, who, while in his
cabin on the 27th ult., was thrown by the heavy
rolling of the vessel into a passage below,
dislocating his neck. Death was instantaneous. His
remains were committed to the deep on the 28th
with military honours. The troops are in excellent
health, and will proceed by railway to Shornelifle.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, was taken into tee
steam basi❑ at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, to
be brought forward for the steam reserve squa,lro a.
The Racer steam-sloop, 11 guns, directA by the
Surveyor of the Navy to receive screw engines of
150-horsy power from the manufactory of Messrs.
Humphreys, Tennant, and Dykes, was launched
from the RQyal Dockyard at Deptford yesterday,
under the superintendence of Mr. Chatfield, master
shipwright of the establishment. The christening
of the ship was very gracefully performed by Mary
Ann, second daughter of Mr. Humphreys, to whose
works the vessel will be removed to-day, in order
that the fitting of her engines may be promptly
proceeded with, she being required for immediate
commission.

The Agamemnon, Master Commander Noddail,
commenced discharging her portion of the AtLin tic
electric telegraph cable on Monday last. She had
1,250 miles of the cable, of which she can discharge
about 35 miles in every 24 hours ; it will, there-
fore take six weeks working night and day to land
her portion of the cable.

Vie following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Hugh Campbell, mate, to the Urgent ; Charles
H. Carpenter, mate, to the Heron ; David Lyall,
surgeon, to the Plumper, James Vaughan, surgeon,
to the Royal William ; Philip H. Milinan, master's
assistant, to the Impregnable ; Charles F. Guliver,
master's assistant, to the Caradoc.

THE MILITIA.
The South Devon Militia will be embodied at
Plymouth on the 10th imt., under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Sir John Yarde Buller. This regiment,
which is to proceed to Waterford immediately, was
employed on garrison duty during the whole period
of the last war. The present strength is 840 of all
ranks.

Tho Shropshire Regiment of Militia, under the
command of Colonel Hill, were embodied for per-
manent service on Monday, 2d November, at
Shrewsbury. Notwithstanding the numbers en-
titled to their discharge after having been for five
years enrolled, the present strength of the regiment
is upwards of 700, and of these nearly 550 answered
to their names on the day of embodiment. Recruit-
ing to complete the quota for the county is proceed-
ing rapidly ; within the last few months upwards
of 350 recruits were raised-20 were attested on
Monday, and 14 on Tuesday, so that the ranks wil!
soon be full. The men joined with evident
alacrity, and presented a steady and creditable
appearance. The regiment is destined for service
in Ireland.