The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-24 00:00:00

Naval and Military inteiligenc

We hear that Major-General John Spink is very
ikely to have the Coloneloy of the 55th Regiment,
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vacant by the death of Major-General Anson.
The Duke of Cambridge and a large number of
military office-s were present at the review of the
Ist and 2d Life Guards yesterday at Wormwood-
scrubs, under the command of Major-General the
Earl of Cardigan. Both men and horses were
much fatigued after the review. _ _

The Duke of Cambridge insrected four battalions
of the Foot Guards in Hyde Palk this morning.
The parade formed at half past eight o'clock.
Each man had 15 rounds of ammunition. The
Inops at the Tower did duty at the west-end, so
that the Guards at St. Geores, Wellington, and
Portman barracks weie enabled to attend the in-
spection.

sterday orders were received at Chatham for
the following re;nfor.lementi to embark at Graves-
end to-rnorrow on board the Eist India Company's
troop-ship Octavia for Calcutta, under the com-
mand of Brevet-M'ajor W. C. Mohan, .75th Regi-
ment—viz., 150 non-commissioned offr.era and
men of•the 323 Regiment, and 92 men of the 75th
Regiment. Orders were also received for the rein-
forcements of the 10th and 84th Regiments, num-
bering 15) non-c unmissiooed officers and privates,
to embark on hoard the Indiaman Agamemnoa en
the 31st instant. The whole of the reinforcement 4
are fully &pipped and armed with the Enfield
rifle, so as to be able to take the field immediately
on landing in India.
The Frolic, 16, Commander L. W. Peyton
(acting), from the Cape of Good Hope, arrived at
Chatham on Wedueday evening, having been in
commission three year s.
The whole of the Royal Artillery force under
orders for India were
yesterday inspected at Wool-
wich by Colonel Bloomfield, commanding the garri-
son, and staff. Orders have been given to organize
other troops and companies, to supply the place of
the abovenamed, by promotion and recruirs.
Commodore Shepher I, Superintendent of Wool-
wich Dockyard, yesterday inspected the steam-
sloop Gorgon, returned from Asia Minor. The
ship is to be paid off "all standing," and will most
probably be taken up in the service of transporting
troops or stores from India.

Mr. Part' idge, Inspecting Engineer of the Fac-
tory Department at Woolwich Dockyard, has been
furnished with renewed instructions to proceed to
Liverpool, Glasgow, and other shipbuilding porta
to assist the East India Company's agents in pur-
chasing and chartering vessels for the service of the
Company, and to hold himself at their disposal,
under the orders of the Admiralty, for the purpose
of expediting the transport equipment for India,.
A court-martial assembled yesterday on board the
flagship Waterloo, at Sheerness, to try Mr. E. F.
Craven, acting-mate, doing lieutenant's duty on
board the Cossack, on the charge of intoxication.
gave its opinion that the charge had
he
been Court
fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner to be
severely reprimanded and to serve afloat as acting-
mate for two years, and if be should pass during
that period he should be ineligible for promotion
during such period of two years from the date of
this sentence.

A letter dated Hong Kong, May 23, gives the
followiug particulars relative to some of the gun-
boats sent out from England to join the squadron
in the China Seas :—" The Plover gunboat arrived
in the Roads this day ; her dates are—arrived at
Teneriffe on the 24th Oct.' left there on the 28th ;
arrived at Rio de Janeiro 6th Dec., left there on
the 13th Dec. ; arrived at Simon's Bay, Cape,
Jan. 17, 1857, left Feb. 22 ; made Anger Point,
Island of Java, April 16, left April 18 ; arrived at
Singapore April 23, left there April 26. The High-
flyer had four to five gunboats in company with her.
The Cruiser lost two of her chicken (gunboats), as
they are called, the Haughty and Forester, after
leaving the Cape ; she then returned to the Cape
and joined company with the Plover. The St ,r-
-ling gunboat has already been engaged with
the war junks and piratical junks. The English
wail arrived today, and haves for England on
Monday afternoon next. All the gunboats are fit-
ting for Canton liver, where they are to proceed
on Tuesday next. The Plover has been delayed,
not having a gun-slide for her 8-inch gun, which is
being made here. The 32-pounder guns are put
right forward in the gunboats, and the 8-inch gun
is to be placed between the main and the mizen-
mast. The Starling and Bastard are already in
the river, and the Staunch ogled to-day. They