The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

The head-quarters of the 90th Regiment, with 790 men,
are to embark at Portsmouth for China on board her
Majesty's troopship Himalaya, Commander Priest, and
not in the Transit, as first ordered ; the remainder of the
regiment will go in the Transit. The days of emberka•
tic, I are not fixed. The officerg of the 23d Royal Welsh
Fusiliers have just'presented a very handsome testimo-
nial, in the shape of a silver tea and coffee service, bear-
ing an appropriate ins?.ription, to Surgeon W. Godfrey
Watt, of the 23d, who is leaving the regiment, as a mark
of their high estimation of his skill and character since
he has been associated with them in the service.
Her Majesty's screw three-decker Duke of Wellington,
131, Capt. Call well, C. 8., flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon.
Sir R. S. Dundas, K.C.8., arrived at Spithead from the
Tagus yesterday afternoon.
Lieut.-Col. R N. Phillips and a board of officers be-
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longing to the Provisional Battalion have been ordered
to assemble at Chatham for the purpose of examining' the
records of the whole of the troops to the 31st Dec. last,
in order to ascertain whether they have been correctly
kept up to that period. The Board was ordered by the
authorities at the Horse Guards.

A general inspection of the Artillery corps, in garrison
at Sheerness, took place yesterday by Col. Teesdale and
C.. 1. Bingham, Assistant-Adjutant General. The princi-
p,4l ca.ise of inspection was to select men from the rank,

to elfact the reduction of-1,100 men in the entire Artil-
lery corps. After the parade inspection they were marched
off to man their respective b ettery gur a, where they were
also inspected at quarters in divisions; after which Capt.
Green's company, 2d company, 12th battalion, were pa-
raded in heavy marching order, and went through their
various evolutions in a manner reflecting the highest
cred.t on their officers and themselves.
Toe Dolphin, 3, Commander E. Webber, which was
paid off at Chatham yesterday, hes been in commission
since 1853, during the whole of which period she has
han employed cruising upon the southern and western
coasts of Africa, for the repreision of the slave trade
She was stationed at Congo_for some months, and also
for a short period at Loando. The Dolphin succeeded in
capturing two slave vessels, which were fitted up for that
traffic. During the whole time she was in commission the
crew were more healthy than those in any vessel on that
statio:,. On leaving Sierra Leone to return to England
nits invalids the Dolphin left the
following vessels on
the coast :—Tbe Scourge, 6, steamvessel, bearing the
11)1 of Commol.re J. Addams; the Sappho, 12; the
abiders, 12 ; the Hecla, 6; the Hecate, 6; the Alecto,
5; and ITeazer, 2, steam-screw gunvessel, Commander
W. H. Grubbe; the Minx, 3, iron gunveifsel, Lieut.-
Commander R. 11. Roe, was hourly expect ed at Sierra
La ne.

Tue Electra, 14, sloop, Commander W. Morris (1852),
from the Australian station, is ordered to Chatham to be
paid off into o:dinary.
Capt. W. Cesar, of the Chatham divisi on of Royal
Marines, ernpl ,yed on recruiting service) in London,
has been appointed Paymaster of the Portsmouth divi-
sion, vice Capt. J. Lawrence, deceased.
Capt. R. Talbot, Lieut. C. W. Walrond, and 47 gun-
ners of the 7th company 10th battalion Royal Artillery,
who arrived on. Wednesday from Berl nude. in the
freightship Norman Morrison, were ye?, terday morn-
ing paraded atobead-guarters, Woolwich., and having
been inspected by Cedonel Har linge,
acting.
co nmandant of the garrison, they were ord, bred to be re-
inforced from the reserve detachment of ti battai
and held in readiness fur home station duty. The com-
pany went out to Bermuda full. strength, in: command
of Capt. F. Woodfinuse, and-in Sept., 1853. shortly after
their arrival, they were attacked with malig pant fever, '