The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

Yesterday a detachment of Royal Marine Light
Taw itry, consisting of 48 non-commissioned officers
and men, under the command of Lieu4ionant H.. L.
Rose, left head-quarters, Cheatain, and embarked
on hoard the Welliot;ten, 72, Captain J. Moore,
having been previously inspected by Lieutenant-
Colonel J. H. Gascoigne. The Wellington' is -in-
,tended to be employed on the Coastguard service
on - the 'coast of Scotland ; her craw, including
marines, wiul consist of 330 men.
The whole of the staff appointments in the three
battalions which are to be formed at Chatham gar-
rison On the Ist of October are now filled up with
the exception of,the following, the officers for which
have not yet been selected.:—First Battalion—Ad-
jutant, Instructor of Musketry, and Assistant-Sur-
geon ; Second Battalion—lnstructor of Musketry,
Surgeon, and Assistant-Surgeon ; Third Battalion
—Quartermaster, Instructor of Musketry, Surgeon,
and Assistant-Surgeon. Tho depots of the whole
of the regiments serving in India will be attached
to the battalions at Chatbarrt. -

The screw steam transport Italian, Captain John-
stone,• arrived in Cork harbour from Liverpool on
Tuesday to embark troops for India. She will take
out 200 men and officers of the 18th Royal Irish.
The screw steatu-ship Austria is hourly expected
at Cork to embark the 94th.
The depot of the 14th Regiment, now stationed
in Cork, has received orders to form a second bat-
talion.

On Thursday a special train left the Curragh with
200 of the 18th Regiment for Cork, whence they
will proceed to Queens.bwn to embark on beard
the Ltalian for India.

The 94th Regiment will leave Dublin for Cork in
a f w days to emb irk for India.
Intelligence has reached Ireland announcing_that
second battalions are to be given to every regiment
up to and including the 18th Royal Iris&
A great deal of activity preva'ls in the shipbuild-
ing department of Chatham Dockyard, in order to
complete those vessels building which are ordered
to be made ready for launching forthwith. Among
the most forward of the ships now in progress is the
Hero, 91, screw steamer, of 3,127 tons burden. It
is expected that she will be fit fur launching early in
the ensuing year. The Hood, 90, is in a very for-
ward state, and will shortly be completed. The fine
screw steam frigate Mersey, 40, has all the available
force of the dockyard now at work about her, and
the utmost dispatch is being• shown in having
her completed. Although only laid down during
the present year she is expected to be completed
and ready for launching early next spring.
The Chesapeake, 51, screw, Captain Bundle B.
Watson, C.R., was detained at Spithead in conse-
quence of the arrival of the Colombo, mail packet,
at Southampton, so as to have the latest possible
advices from India. Captain Watson was in'the.
dockyard awaiting a telegraphic message from the
Admiralty from seven a.m. on Teursday up to a
quarter to twelve. At half-past two p.m. the
Chesapeake got under -weigh with orders to steam
and to make a forced passage to Calcutta.
The Victory, guard-ship, Capt. G. H. Seymour,
C. 13., will be sooner out of the hands of the dock-
yard authorities than was at first expected. On
stripping off her copper in various part 9, and boring
for proof, the old ship's tirnb rs were found to bo
perfectly sound, and it was only between wind and
water ;that her out-r planking was found to be
rotten, which is nothing unusual after having been
21 years afloat. She can be at her moorings, again
in le s than a month, and relieve the ugly yellow-
sided hospital ship, which now figures opposite tho
principal thoroughfare of visitors to her Majesty's
dockyard.

The bresistible, 80, screw steamer, and Charyb-
dis, 21, are both progressing ; the,fatter is to be
supplied with engines of 400-horse power. The
Go'tab, 80, is undergoing several alterations in
order to adapt her for a screw steamer. In addi-
tion to two large screw steamers, to be named the
Atlas, 91, and ihe Orpheus, 22, which are to be
commenced immediately at Chatham„ another 91-
gun screw steamer, to be named the Bulwark, will
be laid down immediately a building-slip is vacant.
The head-quarters of the 7th Dragoon Guards
left Chatham yesterday morning for the purpose of
proceeding to Canterbury, where they will be sta-
tioned until the regiment embarks for India.
The machinery department of the Meeanee, 80
guns, new screw steam ship, is ordered to be has-
Cued. She is to be fitted as a second-class steam
shi p of reserve.

The Locust, 3 gong, paddlewheel slasam vessel,
Lieu'. Commander J. B,
Field, left Sheerness at
5 p.m. on Thursday for Leah. Capt. H. Harvey,
flag-captain, proceeded to her for the purpose of
investiffating some matters- connected with the
fisherfdispittes between the British and French
fishermen.