The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-18 00:00:00

Lla,vai wad failltaiy Intelligence.

Colonel H. Jervis, in command of the provisional
battalion at Chatham, received order.; yesterday
for the whole of the available ru.n-conunislioned
officers and men belonging to the following depots
at Chatham garrison to be held in r,:adities3 to em-
bark at Gravesend on board the Lightning for In-
dia,. for the purpose of reinforcing their respective
regiments—viz., Bth (the King,'s), 10th, 29th, 32d,
35th, 53d, Ist battalion 60th (Rifles), 75th, 82d,
and 84th.

The remaining companies of the battalion of
Royal Marine Light Infantry, stationed at Deal,
arrived at head-quarters, Chatham, on Saturday,
in charge of Major S. Fraser, Captain R. V. Allen,
and Lieutenant E. B. Sno v. The staff of the bat-
talion, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
J. H. Gascoigne, will be transferred to Chatham as
soon as the accounts of the battalion have been
made up.
Lieutenant-Colonel RoLert Abercromby Yule, of
the 9th Lancers, was killed on the 20th June be-
fore Delhi, while in the command of his gallant
regiment, in an encounter with the mutineer. By
his death the Queen's army has lost a gallant aLd
valuable officer. Colonel Yule was in the prime (,f
lif,) and had seen considerable service in India with
the 16th Lancers and the 9th Lancers, into which
regiment he exchanged. He entered the former
regiment as cornet in July, 1835, and served in
that corps during the campaign in Affghanistan
under the late Lord Keane, and was present at the
siege and capture of Ghuznee, for which he received
a medal ; also the campaign on the Sutlej in 1846,
and took part in the battles of Buddiwal, Aliwal,
and Sobraon. During the later part of the Pun-
jab campaign he served with distinction as Major of
Brigade to the second cavalry brigade, and was
present at the passage of the Chenab, at Ramnug-
gur, and the battles of Chillianwallah and Qooje-
rat. He had received the medals and clasps for
the campaigns of 1846 and for the Punjab.
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Medi-
cal Department of the Army, composed of the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P. (chairman), Mr. A.
Stafford, M.P., Colonel Sir Henry Storks, Sir
James Clark, Mr. J. R. Martin, Mr. T. Alexander,
Sir Thomas Phillips, Dr. Andrew W. Smith, and
Dr. John Sutherland, have within the last few days
closed their labours.

The Sarah Sands steamship left Spithead on Sun-
day night for India with the following troops :
Lieutenant-Colonel Moffat ; Captains Brett, Thom-
son, and Gillum ; Lieutenants Galbraith, Hughes,
Schotel, and Crompe ; Ensign Wood, Lieutenant
and Adjutant Houston, Surgeon Grant, Assistant-
Surgeon Donovon, Quartermaster Hipkin, Pay-
master Daniel, 21 sergeants, 11 drummers, 15
corporals, 306 privates, 8 women, 7 children,
forming the head-quarters of the 54th regiment.
The del of of the 71st Foot proceeded yesterday
by railway from Gosport to Chatham.
The Cyclops steam-vessel, lately engaged in lay-
ing the Atlantic telegraph cable, returned to Spit-
head on Sunday night.
His Prussian Majesty's corvette Amazone, Capt.
Kuhn, last from Horten, in Norway, arrived at
Spithead yesterday morning, and saluted the
Governor and Port Admiral of Portsmouth, which
compliments were duly acknowledged by the garri-
son battery and Victory. The Captain was
presented by Chevalier Van Den Bergh, the
Prussian Vice-Consul at Portsmouth, to the naval
and milieary chiefs. The corvette remains a few
days prior to proceeding to the Texel, and after-
wards to the Baltic.
The Pylades, 21, screw corvette, Captain De
Courcey was re-swung for the adjustment of her
compasses.
The Adelaide steam transport touched at Ports-
mouth on Sunday night from the Thames, and left
yesterday morning for China, after taking in some
Royal Marine Artillery.
The Lords of the Admiralty commenced their
annual official inspection of Portsmouth Dockyard
and its dependencies yesterday morning. The
Thard consisted of Sir Chas. Wood G.C.B, M.P. ;
Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard Saunders Dun-
des, K.C. 8., and Mr. Baring, M.P., accompanied
by Mr. Romaine, Second Secretary ; Captain Sir
Baldwin W. Walker, K. C. 8., Surveyor of the Navy ;
Lieutenant-Colonel Greene, Director of Admiralty
Engineering and Architectural Works ; Mr. West,
of the Private-office at the Admiralty ; and Mr.
Carroll, Assistant-Secretary. Mr. Lloyd, Chief
Engineer and Inspector of Machinery, and Mr.
Scamp, Deputy-Director of Engineering and Ar-
chitectural Works, were also in attendance. The
Board arrived at half-past 9 o'clock on Sunday
night, per South-Western Railway, and immedi-
ately prce3eded on board their old yacht the Black
E tgle, Master-Commander J. R. Petley, where
they slept. At 8 o'clock yesterday morning their
flag was hoisted at the main of the Black Eagle,
when the flagship Victory saluted it with 19 guns.
At 9 o'clock their Lordships lauded at the new
King's stairs, where they were received by Rear-
Admiral Martin and all the dockyard st ttf. The
flag was immediately transferred t ) the dockyard
gates, and the inspection commenced with the
usual "walk over" the dockyard. They went on
b:ard the gunboats Jaseur and Jasper, which are
fitting out for sea. At noon they mustered the
men of the dockyard, and afterwards dismissed
them with the customary half-holyday. At a
quarter to 1 o'clock their Lordships lel the dock-
yerd, and went to the Royal Marine Art'llery
Barracks, to inspect the corps under the command
of Colonel Packe ; from the Gunwharf Barracks
the Board went on board the Victory. Captain
G. H. Seymour, C. 8., and mustered the officers
and men of the fit et in ordinary, whence they pro-
ceeded to inspect the young officers' and seamen'a
training ship Illustrious, 72, Captain Harris, and
the two instruction brigs, Soalark and Rolla,
Lieutenants Lowther and Nelson. After this
their Lordships went to transact business on board
the Black Eagle. They dined last night with the
Commander iti-Chief at the Admiralty-horse. The
dock adjacent to the Master-Boa•swain's offiee in
the dockyard is ordered to be lengthened.
A letter from the Simoom states that she left the
Mauritius on the 24th May, with the sth Fusiliers
on board, after firing a royal salute in honour of her
Majesty's birthday, and arrived at Singapore on the
19th June, where she received orders from the cap-
tain of the Spartan to proceed immediately to Cal-
cutta, at which place she arrived ou the 4th July,
and disemb,rked the sth. It was expected that
she would sail again about the 9th or 10th July, to
fetch more troops, either from the Gape, Mauritius,
or Suez. Tho Spartan and Shannon were at Sin-
gapore when the Simoom arrived there ; the Shan-
non having made a splendid passage from England,
only having occasion to steam 36 hours on her voyage
to the Cape, and doing the distance from the Cape
to Singapore in 30 days. She was expected to pro-
ceed 1111- nediately to China with Lord Elgin.
The ollowiug appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :
Spencer M. n sley, mate, to the Pelorus ; W.
H. Elton, mate, to the Pylades ; Cuthbert R.
Buckle, mate, to the Assurance ; the Rev. F. R.
Stratton, chaplain and naval instructor to the Py-
lades ; R. G. Clarke, surgeon to the Nile convict
ship ; J. G. T. Forbes, anis' ant surgeon, to be
surgeon ; T. Craig, assistant surgeon to the Jasper,
T. C. Hession, assistant surgeon, to the Jasper ;
T. Backhouse, clerk, to the Boscawen ; W. Carter,
clerk to the Boscawen ; J. Odevane, assistant clerk
to the Boscawen.