The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-28 00:00:00

THE. NAVY.

The paddle-wheel steam vessel Locust, 3, Lieut.
B. Field, from Queenstown, arrived. at Plymouth
on Saturday.
The screw steam frigate, Curacoa, 31, Capt. T.
Mason, sailed from Plymouth on Sunday morning
with stores for Portland.

The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. Schoen-
berg, has been ordered to proceed from Hamoaze
into Plymouth Sound.
Two Russian gunboats—viz., the Souksson, Capt.
Farmer, and the Killissoury, Capt. Drew, put into
Plymouth on Saturday for fuel, and are appointed
to sail to-day for Odessa.
Her Majesty's steam vessel Bann, Capt. Williams,
on surveying service, put into Falmouth on. Satur-
day from the westward, and after coaling sailed
again for Fowey.
The Arid, 9, screw, Com. C. Bromley, arrived at
Spithead yesterday from the Mediterranean.
The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Capt. T. Hope, had
her topsails set and sheeted home at 6 p.m. yester-
day preparatory to leaving Spithead for the Medi-
terranean.

A large number of seamen volunteers arrived in
Portsmouth yesterday from Liverpool and the coast
of Scotland.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :

Commanders—H. A. Reilly to the Pioneer, vice May,
promoted ; J. K. E. Baird to the Devastation, vice Wake
promoted ; H. C. Strode to the Vulcan (commissioned).

Master—Frederick Kirkham to the Gladiator.
Dr. Alexander Armstrong, M.D., to be Deputy-Inspec-
r-General of the Naval Hospital at Malta.

THE ARMY.

The hired East India troopship Earl Balcarras,
1,800 tons, Commander: Bremnar, from Bombay,
and the screw steamship Melbourne, Commander
Keet, from Corfu, Malta, and Gibraltar, which ar-
rived in the Thames on Sunday, with sick and
wounded troops on board, disembarked their de-
tachments at Gravesend yesterday, when they were
immediately forwarded to Fort Pitt Hospital, Cha-
tham. The Earl Balcarras sailed from Bombay on
the 2d of March last, the passage to the Thames oc-
cupying 119 days. The number of troops who em-
barked at Bombay was 30 men of the 14th (The
King's) Light Dragoons, and 77 of the 86th (Royal
County. Down) Regiment, under the command of
Capt. J. Boyd and Lieut. J. D. Brockman, 86th
Regiment, and in medical charge of Mr. Maloney,
civil surgeon. A large number of the East India
troops also came home in the same vessel, but these
did not land at Gravesend. The Earl Balcarras
touched at St. Helena on the sth of May. During
the voyage one birth and ten deaths occurred on
board, and one man died as he was being brought
on shore at Gravesend. Five men belonging to the
Royal Artillery, 24th, 33d, and 31st Regiments,
who had been tried by court-martial in India, and
sentenced to various terms of transportation, were
sent home as prisoners, and landed at Gravesend
under military escort ; one officer who had been
cashiered, and one who had become insane, also ar-
rived in the same ship. On the arrival of the in-
valids at Fort Pitt they were medically inspected
by Surgeon-Major J. S. Prendergast, M.D., when
36 men were ordered to be admitted into hospital.
The screw steamer Melbourne brought home 51
non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d Bat-
talion 2d Royals, 2d battalion 3d Buffs ; 2d battalion
7th Royal Fusileers ; 14th, 25th (King's Own Bor-
derers), and the Royal Artillery, with 7 women and
17 children, the whole under the command of Lieut.
A. M. D. Page, 2d Foot, and in medical charge of
Staff-Assistant Surgeon J. Michael. Her dates are
Corfu, June 5 ; Malta, June 7 ; and Gibraltar,
June 16. One death occurred during the voyage.
Capt. J. Logan, 2d Royals, came home on sick
leave.
The Royal Wilts Militia, under the command of
Lord Methuen, have received orders to hold them-
selves in readiness to proceed from Portsmouth to
Aldershott. The Royal Wilts will be relieved in
Portsmouth by the East Kent from Aldershott.