The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-01 00:00:00

Naval and Military Inteii-igence,.

The Adventure and Assistance, iron steam troop-
ships, fitting out out at Portsmouth Dockyard for
the conveyance of troops and stores to China, will
not be ready to embark them for a week or so. As
these vessels are children of the same parentage as
the Transit it is possible her fate may stimulate the
" powers that be," to make them worthy of the

pennant.
The Volcano, 3-gun steam-vessel, Master Com-
mander Hockey, is undergoing extensive repair at
Portsmouth for the China station' where she will
do the duty of a floating smithery for the repair of
the st.eamers' machinery on that station. The fore
part of her is almost new. She is now being re-
caulked previous to being recopi cued, and may be
expected to be out of dock in about a week or 10
days. She has been brig-rigged, which is consi-
dered to answer better for a long voyage, as she
can carry but a small amount of cJal or other fuel

for steaming.
The Sphynx, steam. sloop, Captain A. P. E.
Wilmot, C. 8., will be paid off at Portsmouth to-
morrow. She has landed at the gun-wharf the gun
she brought as a present from the Sultan to the
Queen. and which has been before de,cribed. It
awaits 11,1- Majesty's ileasure as to its disposal.
The Rodney, 92, in ordinary at Portsmouth, was
taken to the shears yesterday to dismasted
The Glat!on, 14, iron srearn tattery, was un-
docked yesterday at Portsmouth, and is to be laid

up in ordinary.
The G.neral Commanding-in-Chief in Scotland
considering it incompatible, in the present state of
the regiments of Artillery, that colonels should
hold what may be considered the command of a
bent-colonel, has decided to relieve Col. Warde of
the command of the Royal Artillery there.
It is stated that a couple of regiments will be sta-
tioned at Pembroke Dockyard in lieu of the present
four-company battalion now doing duty there, and
that this measure is contemplated in consequence
of the duties of the establishment falling with seve-
rity on the depots, which are inadequate to guard
the extended ground over which the posts lie. The
staff and the first depot battalion are to be removed
to Newport, Monmouthshire.
Two more first-class frigates will be launched in
the course of the season from Pembroke Dockyard.
Tho Melpomene and Iminortahte have been long' h-
cued to the extent of 50 feet, by eitting them in
two and lengthening them amidships to the extent
of 32 feet, and by the stern and bows 13 feet and 5
feet respectively. They now rank as 51-gun fri-
gates in lieu of -60's, for which they were originally
intended, as sailing frigates. Th-ir engines are to
be of 600 horse power, and their length will be
240 feet.
An Admiral. y order has arrived at Sheerness to
discontinue the fitment of the paddlewheel steam-
ship Terrible for assisting the Agamemnon in hy-
ing down the transatlantic telegraph cable. This
order has been received in consequence of the ex-
ten4ve nature of her defects, ell of which are now
ordered to be male good previous to her being put

out of dry dock.
The Cyclops, 6 guns, padclle-wheel steam frigtte,
commissioned for particular s,rvice connected with
the transatlan.dc telegraph cable, has been fitted
and rigge'l.
An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness to
pay off the Cre-sy on her arrival there. She is then
to he placed in the 2d Division of the steam squadron
of reserve, under the charge of Capt. Edward P.
Halsted, of the Edinburgh.
The Cumberland, Capt. John B. Dickson, is re-
ceiving her shot, shell, (tc. Her hold is being
stowed, and great activity prevails to get her ready
for sea on the 15th inst.
The Lizard has aga'n proceeded out to the Mouse.
Mr. Jackson has succeeded in weighing the Curlew.
As the weather continues mods rate, it is expected
she will he brought into harbour this af ernoon's tide.
None of the bodies have yet been recovered.
The Vesuvius, 6 guns, paddlew:ieel steamship,
Capt. Charles Wis 3 (la'e of the flagship Impregnable,
at Devonport), is being fitted with all possible des-
patch.
Yesterday morning the troly)s belonging to the
provisional battalion at Chatham were marched to
the fortifications at the Spur battery for toe pur-
pose of witnessing the infliction of corporal punish-
ment on a soldier of the Ist Battalion of the 60th
Rifles, named John Quintrell, who had. been sen-
tenced by a district court martial to receive 50
lashes for having robbed a comrade, named Evans,
belonging to the 53d Regiment, of a silver medal.
The battalion having been formed into three sides
of a square the sentence was read to the troops in
the presence of the prisoner, who was then fastened
to the triangles, and the punishment inflicted. The
prisoner was afterwards removed to the garrison
hospital.
Yesterday a further discharge of troops, to the
number of nearly 100 men of all ranks, took place
from St. Mary's barracks, Chatham.
It is understood to be the intention of the autho-
rities at the War-office to despatch a division of
the Field Equipment Corps of the Royal Engineers
to China, in order that they may act with the Royal
Engineer force now on their passage thither.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty:—
Lieutenants—S. W. H. Tompson, P. E. Luard, and
G. T. Nicholas, to the Leopard ; J. R. Veitch, to the
Cyclops.
Masters—H. Harris, to the Leopard ; Wm. Luke, to
the Boscawen.
Chaplain—Rev. E. W. Fox to the Poscawen.
Paymasters—Nicholas Giles to the Cyclops ; Kenneth
Sutherland, to the Agamemnon ; Francois Auret, to
the Boscawen ; John Lindsay, to the Castor.
Assistant-paymasters'Wm. Young, to the Aga-
rnemorm ; C. H. Wells, to the Boscawen.
Clerks—Edward Knevitt to the Cyclops ; A. B. Se-
Teicke to the Boscawen.
Assistant-Clerk—J. M. Odevaine to the Thscawen.
Naval Instructor—George Fo-,ter, to the Boscawen.