The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-31 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Khersonese steamship embarked at Ports-
mouth on Saturday last the following officers and
troops for India:—Lieut.-Col. C. W. D. Staveley,
C. 8., Major A. Browne (Lieut.-Col.), Captains F.
S. D tubeney, W. Faussett, J. Robin on, R. Pres-
ton, W. Fletcher, A. W. C,-)l3ham ; Lieuts. G.
Ingham, W. H. Wood, H. de M. Fleming, E. C
P. Pigott, R. M. Rogers ; Paymaster R. G. Thom-
sett, Adjutant F. O'Neill, Quartermaster W. Hart,
Surgeon M. Mee, Assistant-Surge ma B tker and
Kinahan, 36 serge ants, 11 drummers, 27 c ,rporals,
and 463 privates of the 44th Regt. They ate %mod
out of hsrbour on Saturday evening, and proceeded
yesterday for th"ir destination.
The steamship Queen of the-South emb-ukcctenti-
S iturday at Portsmouth Lieut.-Cols. E. E. Law
and G. Maxwell, Major E. M. Davenport; Captains
W. T. Gordon, G. Watson, A. H. Dunbar, C. Per-
rin, R. H. Paget, C. J. l
Gore, Sir C. Cuffe, J.
L. Verschoyle ; Lients. L. Eames, W. H. J. West-
ley, A. Austen, J. H. J. Day, C. J. F. Duesbury,
R. T. Hughes, J. B. Short, C. V. Oliver, C. A.
Short, J. T. R-arly ; Ensigns R. S. Bagge, W. T.
H. Cox, Paymaster G. Pollard, Quartermaster W.
La e, Surgeon D. Hunter, M.D. ; Assistant-Sur-
gions W. S. Murray and F. Fulliet, and 732 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 66th Regt.
foi India, with whom she sailed 14st evening.
Capt. Gordon, of the Soots Fusilier Guards, has
been appointed aide de-camp to Major-General the
Hon. Sir J. Yorke Searlett, K C. 8., Cbmmander-
in-Chief of the 'oath-west district. _ .

The authorities at the Horse Guards having come
to the detet mmation of concentrating the depots of
the Rifle corps at Colchester, with the view of caus-
ing uniformity in the system of drill, a depot bat-
talion will be immediately forme I at that station
under an officer experienced in all the details of rifle
exercise. Orders have also been received at Chat-
ham Garrison by Col. H. Jervis, Commandant of
the Provi,ional Battalion, for the depots of the
Ist and 3d battalions of the 60th Royal Rifles t ) pro-
ceed to-morrow to Colchester with the following
officers, viz. ;—Captain T. Biggs, Lieutenant F. S.
Travers, Ensign W. L. K. Ogilvy, and. Ensign H.
Sr. Gemgd Barton.
The whole of the depots of the Highland Regi-
ments now quartered at Chatham garrison, consist-
ing of the 74th, 78th, and 93d Highlander:3, have re-
ceived orders to proceed to Aberdeen on Wednesday
next, for the purpose of joining the Highland.bat-
talion forming at that city. The depots are underthe command of the following officers :—Captain
W. Ross King, 74th : Captain F. W. Foster, 78th ;
and Captain J. M. Brown, 93d.
The order for the second depot bat tal'on of the
6th, 93d, 45th, and 50th (Queen's Own) Regiments
to proceed from Colchester to Chatham Garrison
has been countermanded, and those depnts have
been directed to move to Canterbury, at which city
it is intended to form a separate depot battalion, in '
consequence of the rifle depots being about to be
formed into a batt ilion at Colchester.
The depots of the 19th and 20th Regiments, con-
sisting of two companies each, arrived at the Provi-
sional Battalion, Chatham, on Saturday, from Chi-
chester and Parkhurst Barracks, for the purpose of
relieving the Highland depots ordered from Chat-
ham to Aberdeen, and the Rifle depots ordered to
Colchester. The 19th and 20th depotsnumber about
250 non-commissioned officers and men, with the
following officers—viz., Capt. L. D. H. Currie,
Lieut. F. Davis, and Lieut. C. F. Wtbs'er, 19,h
Regiment ; Capt. C. Lutyens, Lieutenants C. G.
Rochfort, J. H. H. S. John, J. C. Cox, and Han-
cock E, C. K. Chatfield, F. M, -gel. J

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Aldridge, 20th Regiment.
Second-class Staff Surgeon J. C. Haverty has
been relieved from duty at Chatham, and ordered to
proceed to Aldershot for medical duty at the Camp;
Second-class Staff-surgeon D. D. Al‘Donald has
been directed to do duty with the Provisional Bat-
talon.

Three troops of the 15th Hussars will occupy
Ipswich Barracks, and are expected to arrive there
to-day (Monday). The remainder of the regiment
will occupy Norwich Barracks. The A battery,
Royal Artillery, under the command of Major Ward,
ant the P battery, under the command of Major
Hoste, which have latelyleft Norwich and Ipswich,
are about to embark immediately for India.
On Thursday, the head-quarters of the 56th Regi-
emb Irked on board the River steamer for
ment, comprising four companies, with the band
and staff,
Queenstown, bound for India. Ths soldiers all
presented a healthy appearance, and appeared to
1-ave in the best spirits. The names of the officers
who accompanied the men are—Lieut.-Cols. Lacy
and Heyland, C.B. ; Captains Margeson, Ramsay,
Bassett, and Godley ; Lieuts. Hanford, Baxter,
Curven, Sims, Williams, and Thompson ;
Ensign Wr:glit, Paymaster Henley, Quartermaster
M'Grrath, Surgeon Deeble and Assist. - Suro-eon Parr.
Capt. Eden remains at the Military College, Sand-
hurst ; and Capt. Cumming remains in charge of
No. 8 Company ; Capt. Eccles commands the de-
-1 gal-. The troops departed on Friday evening from
Queenstown.
Ina
afet
few
days
it is expected that
about 200 volunteers the 56th Regiment will
follow.
The secoiid of the two huge 36-inch mortars, ma-
nufactured by Messrs. Mallet and Co., of Blackwall,
under the special design of Lord, Palmerston, has
been conveyed to Woolwich to undergo an experi-
mental trial. This monster cannon, like the former
one landed at the Arsenal wharf about 10 days ago,