The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-31 00:00:00

Naval and litilitary intelligence.

Yesterday the headquarters of the 3d Light Dragoons,
consisting of 102 men and 114 horses, under the com-
mand of Colonel Unett, left Liverpool for Canada in the
steamers Prince and Princess.
The Cunard steamer Lebanon has been taken up by
the Admiralty authorities to take artillery to Halifax
and Quebec, and sbe will bring home a number of, artil-
lerymen. She will sail on Wednesday.
Yesterday the ship Jardine was chartered at Liverpool
to sail to Quebec for the purpose of bringing home a part
of the 16th Regiment.
The following artisans and labourers under notice of
dismissal from Woolwich Arsenal will leave the establish-
ment on Tuesday next, namely, 800 from the Royal car-
riage department, 200 from the gun factory, 320 from
the laboratory, and 80 from the military store depart-
ment. A requisition very, numerously signed has been
presented to Lord Panmure, soliciting the assistance of
Government for their conveyance to Canada. A favour-
able reply has been received from his lordship, and a
committee of the unemployed has been formed in order
to ascertain the number wiiling to emigrate.
The freight-ship Violet, at Woolwich, has commenced
shipping war stores for China. The cargo is to consist of
shot, shell, guns, mortars, and the three newly con-
structed 3-pounder batteries, arranged for mountain ser-
vice as well as for traversing the ricefields, where the na-
ture of the ground wouli not admit of the passage of
heavier pieces of ordnance. The wheels are made of the
Indian peedook wood, which contains a sappy and poi-.
sonous ingredient, sufficient to preserve :t from being
destroyed by the numerous ants and other vermin in
those countries. The ammunition waggons and water-
carts are formed so as to be converted into ambulance
waggons for removing the wounded, and are supplied
with movable stretchers on elastic springs. The other
portions of the woodwork of these batteries are composed
of teak and mahogany. They are on a perfectly new
principle, and have excited much admiration.
The Ordnance screw steamship Balaklava, Captain
Pellatt, is discharging at Woolwich Arsenal 280 cases
of musket balls and other war stores from Plymouth,
Portsmouth, and the Tower.
The destruction of the old Dreadnought, in Woolwich
Dockyard, is now complete, the lower timbers having
been separated and hauled out of the dock on Saturday
last. The copper bolts and other metal, together with
the old woodwork, will probably realise 4,0001.
The Lords• Commissioners of the ;Admiralty have
sanctioned an exchange of divisions between First Lieu-
tenant P. Harrington, of the Woolwich division, and
First Lieutenant W. A. Delacombe, of the Plymouth
division.
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howitzers and guns intended for mountain service in
China.

The gunboats Lee and Algerine were yesterday morn-
ing undocked at Woolwich, after being coppered, and
were replaced in King William'd dock by the Leven and
Slaney.
Messrs. Lucas Brothers have terminated the On-
struction of a wall exceeding 2i miles in length, which
incloses and forms the boundary of the entire premises
constituting the Royal Arsenal grounds at Woolwich.
The new wall extends as far as the limits of the artillery
practising range in the Plumstead-marBh, and contains
five spacious and well-arranged entrances, secured by
ornamental and substantial iron gates, each guarded by
a police station. The order for the exclusion of strangers
from the Arsenal is strictly observed.
The Turkish frigate Garoon Babri, which has been se
long in the Liverpool graving-docks being fitted with a
screw propeller and machinery by Mr. John Laird and
Messrs. Humble, Grayson, and Co., under the supervi-
sion of Capt. Bevis, R.N., left the Mersey yesterday op
a trial trip, having on board Selim Pasha, one of the
Turkish Admirals, and other Ottoman naval officers;
She will sail for Constantinople some day next week.
The following appointments have been made at the
Admiralty :—Lient. T. F. Studdert, to the Himalaya ;
H. C. Best, acting mate to the Devastator; C. M. P.
Marshall, acting second master to the Victory ; R. P.
Hifferman, assistant-surgeon to the Blenheim.