The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-30 00:00:00

Navdi alici failltaxy

-Lient.-Col. E. B. Hamley's company of Royal
Artillery, 'l2tll battalion, consic.tinz of Mljor' P.
Dickson, Capt. A. G. Miller, Lieut. W. G. Dram!cu.,
Lieut. B. L. Foster, 20 non-commissioned officers,
an 120 gunner.; and artificers have arrived at head-
quart,,n, Woolwich,. from L-Ath Fi-Rt. Lieut. Gor-
don's company of the 14th battalion of Royal Artil-
lery have also arrived at Woolwich froth Guernsey,
and with Co'. Hamley's company were yesterday
morninginspected by the Commandant and Staff.
Tho latter company- is
,composed of the following
officers and men S. E.'Gord. n, in command ;
Capt. C. Johnston, Lieut. W. 0.24;1m0ur, Lieut. E.
Egan, Lieut. L. R. Cottingliam, and 14t) rank-and
file.

Her Majesty's steani. storesbip .Buffalo, in tem-
porary charge of Master-Commander Petley, of the
Admiralty yacht Black Eagle {Second-ma-stnr Jones
having.beenxemoved from the Buffalo), left Wool-
wich yesterday with dockyard stores forDevonport.
The storeship Industry likewise sailed thence with
a similar cargo, for the same destination.
Yes'erday afternoon the troopi i.tat ionel at Ch,:t-
ham garrison, consisting of the Provisional Batta-
lion (the depots of which were formed into two bat-
talions, under the respective .commands of Col. H.
Jervis and Lieut.-Col. R. N. Philips), the Royal
Marine Light Infantry, commanded by Col. E.
Rea, and the Royal Engine4rs, under the command
of Major C. D. Robertson, RE., were drawn up on
Chatham Lines for the purpose of undergoing, an
in inspection by Col. W. H. Eden, in command of
.Chatham garrison. The regiments of the Line took
up their position' in the centre of the column, with
the Royal Enginers on their right and the Royal
Marines on their.left. The entire brigade then want
through a variety of manoeuvres, which were per-
formed in a highly effiCient manner.
The following changes have taken place in the
quarters of the several depots attaChed to the Pro-
visional Battalion, Chatham :-60th Royal Rifles,
from St. Mary's .Barracks to Chatham Barracks ;
74th Highlanders, from -Chatham Barracks. to
Brewton Barracks ; .90th Light Infantry, from
Chatham BarrackS to St. Mary's Barracks. The
strength of the Provisional Battalion is nearly
3,000 men of all ranks. . . .
Yesterday morning an inspection of the cavalry
and infantry troops stationed at the invalid t'lepnt,.
Chatham, was Made by Lieutenant-Colonel R.
'Anderson, when the names of 100 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, for whose discharge an
order bad been received from the• War-office, were
read by Adjutant J. Pope, and each man informed
of the amount of pension avvarded• him:" They will
be discharged from St. Mary's Barracks this morn-
in _ _ _

Owing t) the large number of men who have re-
cently:received their discharge from the Royal Ma-
rines at the Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and
Woolwich divisions, that branch
.of the service
now much below its prescribed strength ; an order
has con=equently been issued for recruiting pavies
to be sent out immediately,•and• the Lords of the
Admiralty have reduced the st%ndard for recruits
to sft. Glin.

Her Majesty's ship Cressy, 80, Capt. R. L. War-
ren, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from
the Mediterranean station. She left Maim on the
15th ult., and Gibraltar on' the 7th inst. Having
made so long a passage :she -has no news. She
bro-aght home about 50 military invalids from va-
rious regiinnts at Malta and Gibraltar, and is or-
dered to Sheerness (where she• fitted out) to be
paid off. •
The following appoiutment3 were made ye3ter-
day at the Admiralty :—Liens. C. J. Balfour, to the
Princess Charlotte; Lieut. 11. H. M. Magrath, to
the Vesuvius ; Lieut. S. P. Brett, to the Adven-
ture ; W. J. B. Hilliard, H. A. Moriarty, and J.
Bodie, masters, to the Aga:Memnon ; R. E. Malow.
paymaster, to the Leopard ; It L.. Sutherland,
paymaster; to the Agamemnon ; J. J. Willcox,
clerk, to the Leopard.