The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-21 00:00:00

Naval and Military intelligence.

The depot of the 3d battalion of the 60th Rifles has
joined the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, from Dublin,
and also the depot of the 7th Fusiliers, from Portsmouth,
with the following officers :—Capt. .P. Batterslay and
Capt. W. W. Fox, 60th Rifles ; Lieut. A. N. Montgomery
and Lieut. L. H. Butler, 7th Fusiliers. Both these depots
will be formed into two-company depots agreeably to the

late order.
Yesterday orders were issued at Chatham garrison for
reinforcements of officers and men for regiments to ern Bark
' on board the clipper ship Lightning to-morrow for Cal-
cutta. The reinforcements amount to five officers and 130
MOD.
The following officers and men belonging to the Indian
depots at Chatham have been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness to embark at Gravesend for Kurrachee on Tues-
day, the 25th inet., viz.:—Lieut. T. Madden, Ensign J.
C. Themas,land 20 non-commissioned officers and men of
the 24th Regiment; Capt. H. Mitford. Ensign F. Venour,
and 40 men of the 27th Enniskillens ; six men of the 52d
Light Infantry, 10 men of all ranks of the 61st Regiment,
seven men of the 70th Regiment, 16 non-commissioned offi-
cers and men of the 81st Regiment, and six men of the
87th Royal Irish Fusiliers. Orders have also been issued
for 294 non-commissioned officers and Men of the64th Re-
giment, 78th Highlanders, and 83d Regiment to be held in
readiness to embark at Gravesend on board the Sedgemoor
for Bombay. The number of troops at Chatham awaiting
erobarcation for India is upwards of 500, exclusive of offi-
The P battery, Royal Artillery, under the command of
Major Howe, left Norwich barracks yesterday for the camp
at Shorncliffe.
A garrison order was yesterday in circulation at the
Royal Artillery head-quarters, Woolwich, directing the
following detail to be held in readiness to embark for Kur-
rachee in the transport Alipore, ordered to proceed to Wool-
wich-pier for that purpose :—Lieut.-Colonel E. Price,
Lieut. W. Sterlir•g (Adjutant to Colonel Price), Lieut. A.
T. G. Pearce (Quartermaster), Capt. A. F. Connell, Second
Captain H. A. Thrupp, Lieut. M. F. A. Law, Lieut. B. F.
Screiber, Lieut. W. Newman, Assistant-Surgeon R. A.
Chapple, Veterinary Surgeon J. B. Carter, 10 officers, and
84 rank and file of X battery ; 10 gunners and drivers, to
join Captain Paget's company, and 10 gnnners and drivers
to join Captain Ommaney's company, recently embarked ;
1 sergeant as clerk, 1 sergeant store conductor, 2 hospital
sergeants—total, 203 men. The following are also ordered
to bold themseives in readiness to embark at Cork in the
Atbleta on the 25th inst.:—Major the Hon. D. M. Fraser,
Captain A. Renny, Lieut. C. J. Tyler, Lieut. W. R. Lle-
we'lyn Lis.ut. F. J. a Hill; Assistant-Surgeon E. H.
Fershali, 184 detail of the C battery, 1 sergeant, conductor
of stares; total, 6 officers and 185 men. The undermen-
tione l are likewise to be placed in readiness to embark fur
Calcutta:—Lieut. Col, nel C. J. B. Riddell, Major N. 0. S.
Turner (Adjutant to Colonel Riddell), Capt. C. F. Young
(Quartermaster to Col. Riddell). Lieut. J. W. Hall (Qaar-
ter master to Col. Wood). H Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
—Lieut.-Colonel J. Turner, C. B , Second Captain P. J.
Campbell, Lieut. Ernest C. Vaugham, Lieut. G. S. Sha-
kerley, Lieutenant C. Lennox Tredcroft, Assistant-Sur-
geon A. H. Taylor, Veterinary Surgeon J. Cleaveland, No.
Company, 9th Battalion—Captain R. P. Radcliffe, Se-
cond Captain the Hon. L. Addington, Lieutenants F. S.
Talbott the Hon. A. Stewart, and J. E. Cockburn, Assist-
ant-Surgeon S. Roch, and Veterinary Surgeon J. I'. Coch-'s
rane. No. 5 Company of the 12th battalion—Captain J.
R. Gibbon, Second Captain A. C. Johnson, Lieutenants
A. D. Burnaby, F. D. Majendie, and C. E. Bethune, and
Assistant-Surgeon Barker, together with 194 non-commis-
sioned officers and privates of the H troop Royal Horse
Artillery, 15 gunners and drivers for the E troop, 15 gun•
ners and drivers for the F troop, 184 detail of the T bat-
tery, 184 detail cf the Q battery, 5 sergeants as clerks, 4
sergeants conductors of stores, and 6 hospital sergeants—
total 607 men and officers.

General detail.—For Bombay, from Woolwich, 1 field-
officer, 9 officers, and 208 men. For Bombay, from Cork,
6 officers and 185 non-commissioned officers and privates.
For Cslcutta, from Woolwich, 1 field officer, 23 officers,
and 607 men ; total, 2 field officers, 38 officers, and 1,0(X)
men. The under-mentioned non-commissioned officers
have been appointed conductors of _stores, &c., and are to
be transferred to the troops and batteries stated against
their names, in addition to the detail given for each, viz. :
—Conductors of Stores—Sergeant Harding, Ist battalion,
to Captain Connell's battery; Sergeant Ormerod, 11th
battalion, to Major Traver's battery, and to join at Cork.
Sergeant Kis, 13th battalion, to Captain Gibbon's bat-
tery ; George Lee, 11th battalion, to Captain Gibbon's
battery ; and Sergeants Green and Harrison of the 14th
battalion, to Captain Radcliffe's battery. Clerks—Ser-
geants Deviue, 12th battalion, and Cordnell, 11th
battalion, to Captain Gibbon's battery; and Sergeants
Levingston, 2d battalion, Valentine, Bth battalion, and
J. Marsh, 9th battalion, to Captain Radcliffe's battery;
and one hospital Sergeant ; Sergeant Thomas Darby, 3d
battalion, and Corporal Wm. Sherratt, 13th battalion, to
Captain Gibbon's battery; Corporal Cull, 2.1 battalion,
and Sergeant Lawson, 4th battalion, to Capt. Radcliffe's
battery ! Sergeants Alex. Reed, 4th battalion, and Robt.
Weir, Sth battalion, to Capt. Connell's battery. Corporal
Cull has been ordered from Portsmouth. Such of the
above non-commissioned commissioned officers as are not
already sergeants are to be promoted to that rank at once.
Capt. Allen, Royal Marines, has joined head-quarters
Woolwich from Deal and Chatham. Deputy Inspector
Evans, of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, has
been granted one month's leave of absence. The steam
transport Rhadamanthus arrived at Woolwich yesterday
(Thursday) from Portsmouth.
The`Lords of the Admiralty left Portsmouth yesterday
morning for. London.
A court-martial, comprising Capt,. the Hon. F. T. Pel-
ham, C. 8., President ; Captains Eyres, C. 8., Seymour,
C. 8., Hartle, Hewlett, C. 8., De Courcey, C. 8., and Mr.
W. J. Hellyer, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, as-
sembled yesterday morning on board the flagship Victory
at Portsmouth to try Lieut. Henry Moore, R N., of her
Majesty's sloop Falcon, on the charge of being sound asleep
on the " bt Uge" when officer of the watch on board the
said sloop when off Vera Cruz on the 20th of April last.
The evidence failed to prove the charge, and the prisoner
was consequently acquitted. He was assisted by Mr.
Edward Hoskins' solicitor, of Gosport.
The Royal squairon which accompanied her Majesty on
her cruise across the Channel returned to Cowes on Wed-
nesday night, and yesterday returned to their respective
stations. The Cura9oa returned to Spithead to await fur.
ther orders.

The Liverpool clipper Lightning, one of the Black Ball
line of Australian packets, the property of James Baines
and Co arrived off Deal on her way to Gravesend yester-
day at 4 p.m. She would be at Gravesend last night. This
sailing ship is talthn up to embark the 7th Hussars and a
wing of the King's Dragoons Guards for India. They will
embark to-morrow or Monday.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :
Lieut. W. D. D. Selby, to the Ganges; Lieut. C. P.
Arkwright, to the Waterloo ; Lieut. J. L. Gilby and
Lieut. C. M. Temple, -to the Diadem ; Edward Poulden,
elate, to the Excellent.