The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Ist division of the 56th Regiment embarked
at Queenstown on board the Southampton trans-
port sailing vessel on Monday, which sailed direct
for India next morning. They were conveyed front
Cork direct on board by the river steamers Royal
Alice and Prince, and on leav;ng the quay were
loudly cheered by the crowds assembled to witness
their departure ; also, as they passed the railway
steamers on the river, they wore s tinted with a
hearty and sympathetic cheer from those on board,
which they returned with treble energy. The di-
visit:n consisted of four companies, comprising
351 non-commissoned officers and men, un-
der the command of Major Peaty, and
accompanied by the following officers :—Ma.
j .1. Anderson ;. Captains Pye, Tolcher, and
' Clatterbuck ; Dents. Turner, Bythell, Huskisson,
Monk, and Baxter, with Dr. Knox, assistant-sur-
geon. Two other transports were expected in.
Queenstown on Monday, to convey the second di-
vision of the 56th, with detachments of other regi-
ments, to the same destination.
The transport Alipore went down to Woolwich
yesterday evening at high tide, and moored along-
side the Arsenal pier, in readiness to embark the
troops under orders for Kurrachee.
The removal of the monster cannon from Wool-
wich arsenal to the marshes was commenced yester-
day, one single segment requiring the assistance of
a team of 18 horses. The proof is expected to take
place some day not named in the early plrt o.f Sept.
Captain, Hastings R.
Spithead yesterday
morning, with the 47th Regiment on board, from
Y err:Ter ton, Conqueror,e .B . al?rli,vsecdreaavi.
Malta. They were landed at the Royal Clarence-
•at d by the Pigmy, tender, and Echo, steam-tug.
The Comet, steam tug, -was also employed in con-
veying the staff horses belonging to the 47th Regt.
from the Conqueror to the shorein.
Meauee, 84, is still at Sheerness fitting to carry a
screw propeller, to facilitate which another
shipwrights have been put to work on her.
gang of
Orion, 91, screw, Captain Erskine (s tys a letter
from Halifax, dated the 10th i ), got some
scraping from a coral reef where she inst.),
has
been spend-
ing the last ten months, and leaks somewhat, so as
to make it necessary to keep the pumps going pretty
constantly. Divers have been examining her bot-
tom since she arrived
at Balifax, but we believe
they have found nothing which may not be con-
trolled. Five sailors have been buried from this
ship since she came in, one of whom died in con-
sequence of a hurt he received on shore.
The Renown, 91, screw, is still in No. 3 dry dock,
at Sheerness, having her alter part and sternpost
strengthened with iron crutches and knees inside,
and metal knees outside, that part of her stern
frame being found too weak upon her late con-
tractor's trial. The dimensions of this magnificent
leviathan of the deep are

Ft. In.
Length, extreme 2Bl 0
Breadth,Ditto
fboe wt
extremeoenet theinages
porpendieulara 2 445
Ditto
Height forward
Ditto aft
And burden in tons No. 3317 78.94.
She is now fitting for ordinary.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. J. ChaUla, to
the Leopard ; Lieut. W. C. Sulivan, to the Hawke;
Lieut. G. W. Strong, to the Blenheim ; and Lieut.
T. C. Biuce, to theoyal

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1857

Lord PANMURE made some statement s yesterday
respecting the report of the Royal Commission,
which prove that it is not entitled to such high
authority as was claimsi on its behalf. It is
virtmdly the report of half the Commissioners
only. Ten tnembers had been originally appointed,
while but, six affixed their names to the report.,
and of these one, Sir DE LACY EVANS, signed a
protest, and declared his intention to send a sepa-
ra Tepoit, through the chairman, embodying
Lis 0t,..
r.1.1"421* The Right Hon. E. ELLICE also
"ow' a %lit he would prepare a separate report
in his vary. •
ame and that of Sir H. BENTINCK
and General Wy/v, ,
; while Col. WETHERELL,
the remaining commi
isroner, is on duty iu China,
from whence his opinion
may be obtained before
the I.t.xt session. The matter is then clearly
still altogether unsettled, and the weight of evi-
dence must be fully and maturely considered
before the country can consent to begin at the
wrong end by giving the lieutenant-aoionel-
cies to the most favoured individuals, and
retaitiino• purchase up to the rank of maj,„.
for all parties already hold ng commis-
sions, or about to enter into the seruice. It is
in this two steps of captain and major that the
most serious injustice is inflicted, and roAlly good
°Mora compelled to wear out the best years of
theiilives pining under " the hopo deferred that
maketh sick the heart." When once they see
their way open, however slowly, to the rank of
major-general, when their foot is firmly planted on 1
the step eventually leading to that rank, they will
subm.t more patiently to the inevitable delays in
the tpvrard way.

The practical course for permitting the objec-
tionable practice to die out, is that to which we a)