The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-23 00:00:00

Naval and Dlialitary intelligence.

The Osborne • Admiralty State yacht, Master-
Commander Bower, returned to Portsmouth on the
termination of the Admiralty official tour of inspec-
tion on Monday.
The Sealark and Rolla brigs for the instruction
of boys (apprentices) for the navy have proceeded
eastward and westward to pick up lads to make the
Victory's complement of them complete.
The Chesapeake, 51, Captain R. B. Watson, has
got her sailing orders. She will leave Spithead this
day for Calcutta, taking charge (as senior officer and
commodore of the second class) of the Pylades,
Assurance, Roebuck, Sparrowhawk, and a few
other vessels.

The Diadem, 32, Capt. Moorsom, C. 8., will be
ready in a few days at Stokes Bay to make trial of
her speed. She is expected to realise 13 or 14 knots.
The Ireland, screw- t ransp Jr t, arrived yesterday
at Portsmouth, to embark about 400 troops for
India.

Lord Panmure having presented to the committee
who bad erected a handsome stone column to the
memory of the fallen in the Crimea on the South-
sea Esplanade a Russian 36 pounder gun, Admiral
Lord Lyons has presented them with a very hand-
some gun-carriage taken at Yenikale, which was
yesterday deposited and mounted in front of the
column, with a proper inscription mentioning the
donors. Lord Panmure has also (on the applica-
tion of Viscount Monck) issued orders to have for-
warded to the inhabitants of the borough of Ports-
mouth two Russian guns, with iron carriages,
whioh are to be placed on the Clarence Esplanade.
H.M.S. Ganges anchored at Spithoad yesterday
morning, on her voyage to the Pacific, to relieve
H.M.S. Monarch as flagship on that station.
The Ireland, screw steam transport (one of W.
S. Lindsay and Co.'s line), Capt. Jackson, arrived
at Portsmouth from the Thames, and went into
harbour to embark troops for Kurrachee.
In order to carry out the orders recently issued
for separating the troops now composing the provi-
sional battalion, Chatham garrison, into three sepa-
rate battalions, the whole of the Indian depots were
on Monday afternoon assembled on the general pa-
rade, ground, Chatham barracks, under the com-
mand of Col. H. Jervis, Commandant of the provi-
sional battalion, when the three battalions were
formed. The Ist battalion will be under the com-
mand. of Col. H. Jervis, and will be composed of
the following depots, viz. :-7th Royal .Fusiliers,
24th and 27th Enniskillens, 32d, 35th, 53d, 70th,
75th, 81st, and 84th. The 2d battalion will be
commanded by Lieut.-Colonel R. N. Phillips, and
will consist of the Bth, the King's, 10th, 2Gtb, 23d
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 29th and 52d Light Infan-
try, 61st, 82d, 87th Royal Irish Fusileers, and the
90th Light Infantry, The 3d battalion is placed
under the command of Lieut.-Col. Elmhirst, and

comprises the depots of the 19th and 43d Light In-
fantry, 64th, 83d, and 86th Regiments, together
with the following five depots now under orders to
proceed to Chatham garrison—viz., sth Fusileers,
18th Royal Irish, 33d (Duke of Wellington's), 51st
Light Infantry, and the 94th. The battalions are
to be formed from Ist Oct. next., the paymasters of
each battalion taking over payment from that date.
Yesterday morning the 7th Light Dragoons, under
the command of Capt. Dovfbiggen, which left Shef-
field under orders for India, and were billeted for

the night at Islington, passed through the City en
route for Dartford, where they will be stationed
until they receive orders for embarkation.
The depot of the 53d (the Shropshire) Regt. at
Chatham has been augmented by upwards of 40 re-
cruits, who have joined that corps from the Shrop-
shire Militia. The 53d depot has given about 200
troops this season to the service companies of that
corps in India.
Captain-Superintendent J. C. Fitzgerald arrived
at Sheerness yesterday, and took up his appoint-
ment to the yard, and his commission to the For-
midable guardship of ordinary.
The Great Britain is expected at Cork on the 2d
Oct., for the Bth Hussars and 17th Lancers. She
can accommodate 1,030 men and officers.