The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-04 00:00:00

i'iaval and Military intelligence.

On the 29th of June the English squadron, under
Lord Lyons, was in the roadstead of Leghorn.
The depots of the 35th Regiment and the Ist
battalion (4. the 60th Rifles, at Chatham, have re-
ceived orders to furnish 210 non.-commis,ioned offi-
cers and men, to join the service companies of their
regiments in the Bengal presidency. The number
furnished by each of the above corps will be-35th
Regiment, 141 men ; and 60th Rifles, 69 men, the
whole of whom will embark at Gravesend on Wed-
nesday next, on board the East India Company's
troop-ship Ellenborough, in charge of Brevet-
Major C. 11. S. Spencer and Lieutenant E. R. j
King-Harman, 60th Rifles, and Lieutenant J.
Davis, 35th Regiment. A supply of the Enfield
rifle muskets will be forwarded to India.

Tuesday morning the head-quarters of the 50th
Regiment consisting of 16 officers and about 300
men, under the command of Colonel Waddy, C. 8.,
went on board the Captain Cook transport, lying
at King,town, the remaining companit s having
sailed the day before in the Medina, for Ceylon.
It is highly probable, however, that their desina-
tion may be changed to the seat of war in India.
The troops belonging to the Royal Engineers at
Chatham are engaged in making extensive opera-
tions for some grand siege operations, which are
expected to take place at Chatham early in the en-
suing month. The attack will take place on the
field works near St. Mary's, outside the fortifica-
tions of the garrison.
A court-martial assembled yesterday on board
the flag ship Waterloo, Capt. Henry Harvey, C. 8.,
&c., at Sheerness, to try Mr. Livesay, acting mate
on board her Majesty's sloop Arab, at Chatham, on
the following charges :-Ist. For that he, the said
Mr. Richard Livesay, being in actual service and
full pay of her Majesty's fleet, and acting mate of
and belonging to, her Majesty's sloop Arab, did, on
or about the 13th day of May, 1857, on the quar-
ter-deck of the said sloop, strike at senior lieuten-
ant John Trevenen, his superior officer. 2d. For
that he, the said Vlr. Richard Livesay, being in
actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet,
and acting mate of, and belonging to her Majesty's
sloop Arab, did, in the presence of Commander
Richard Bulkelen Pearse, his commanding officer,
on or about the 14th day of May, 1857, while
investigating the above charge on the quarter-deck
of the said sloop, and hearing the evidence of the
senior lieutenant, interrupt that officer, and
threaten to strike him. Captain John Jervis
Tucker presided. The court, after hearing evidence
and the statement of the prisoner in defence, was
of opinion that both charges were proved against
the prisoner, and they adjudged him to be dis-
missed from her Majesty's service and to be ren-
dered ineligible at any future time to be again
entered into the service.

The Ganges, 84 guns commissioned at Sheerness
by Lieutenant Henry B. Phillimore, has been taken
into No. 3 dry dock for complete survey of
copper, 47,c.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
W. D. Strong, master, to the Cruiser ; G. H.
Allen, master, to the Trident ; G. Patterson,
second master, to the Dee ; Alfred S. Pratt, assist-
ant-surgeon, to the Pluto ; James Johnstone,
assistant-surgeon, to the Lizard ; F. J. Taylor,
master's-assistant, to the Boscawen.

WOOLWICH, JULY 2.

The following General Regimental Orders were
this day issued from the Adjutant-General's-office,
Royal Artillery, Woolwich, signed "H. Palliser,
Assistant-Adjutant General :"
1. Referrinc, to the General Regimental Order of

the 18th June—, 1856, relative to the appointment
of non-commissioned officers of the army and scien-
tific corps to clerkships at out-stations of the War
Department, and the Royal Arsenal at Wool-
wich, the Secretary of State for War, with a
view of encouraging deserving non-commis-
sioned officers and soldiers, has stated that he
is disposed to constitute these clerkships as
rewards for good services ; and that in future
he will place only on his list the names of such
men as his Royal Highness the General Command-
ing-in-Chief may recommend, and who possess the
necessary qualifications for the appointment, in-
stead of noting down names on the applications of
candidates tbeinselves as heretofore.
2. An exchange of duties has been sanctioned
between Assistant-Surgeon Woodward, M.D., at
present serving at Norwich, and Assistant-Surgeon
Hawkins, serving at Dublin. Officers commanding
Royal Artillery in the districts concerned will ob-
tain the authority of the officers commanding the
troops for the removal of these medical officers
accordingly.
3. In consequence of good services by Gunner
and Driver Hugh M'Kenzie, of No. 4 company,
14th Battalion, her Majesty has been pleased to
sanction the restoration of his service which he had
forfeited by a sentence of court-martial.
ROYAL ENGINEERS.—In this corps, Colonels
Ward and Wright have returned home, the former
from Gibraltar and the latter from Barbadoes ;
Col. Hope recently returned from Ceylon is on
leave ; Lieut.-Col. Broughton has proceeded from.
Portland to Cork ; Capt. Synge has left the Baha-
mas for Newfoundland ; Capt. Barlow has retired
from the service ; and Second Captain Muggeridge
is promoted to be first Captain, vice Barlow ;
Lieutenant Bland is ordered from Weedon to Ire-
land ; Lieutenant Edwards has returned from
Corfu on leave ; Lieutenant Donolly of the London
district is appointed to the Department of Science
and Art ; Lieutenant Moncrieff is ordered to Hali-
fax ; Lieutenant Bullen has arrived at Chatham
from Dublin.

The following officers have joined stations from
leave :—Lieutenaut-Colonel Stanton' C. 8., at
' Dover • Second Captain Pelly, at Gibraltar ;
Second Captain Luard, at Chatham.
The following officers of Royal Artillery who last
received their commissions have been posted to
companies, and yesterday joined their respective
stations as follows, with the exception of Lieuten-
ants Dicken, Brown, and Bonner, who will do duty
at Woolwich until a passage is provided for them
to their destination :

Bat. Corn. Station.
Lieuts. Taffnell ...... 6 ... 4 Aldershot

" ' Stoney.. 4 3 Athlone.
' ' Blackley 9 ... 3 Aldershot.
" Drysdale 8 .:. 5 Portsmouth.
" Dickens
" Brown 8 3 Ceylon.
" Palliser
" Cathcart 4 4 Portsmouth.
" Bonner
Thornhill ... 2 ... 5 Sheerness.
" Bethune l2 5 Woolwich.
" Cockburn ... 6 ... 4 Aldershot. '
" Parry
" Bowen 5 . 7 Ballincollig.
The Dee, steam-vessel, Master Commander J.
Pullen, left the harbour this day with a full cargo
of machinery for the Donegal and other vessels fit-
ting out at Plymouth.
The Firebrand, steam-vessel, having had her re-
pairs completed, was this day taken.out of No. 2
dock for removal to Deptford.
The cassoon, belonging to No. 3 dock, was also
removed to No. 2 dock for repairs.