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

Nava and litiltary lutelllgeace•

Yesterday the head qtorters Of the 3d Light Dragoons,
consisting of 102 men %lad 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 authoritias to take artillery to
.Halifax
and Quebec, and she wil bring home a number of artil-
lerymen. She will gallon Wednesday.
Yesterday the ship Jardine was chartered at Liverpool
t) sail to Quebec for thepurpose of bringing home a part
of the 16th Regiment.
The following unlearn and labourers under notice of
dismissal from Wool wica Arsenal will leave the establish.
ment on Tuesday next, namely, 300 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 Paarnure, soliciting the assistance of
Government for their tonveyance to Canada. A favour-
able reply has been received from his lordship, and a
committee of the une/iployed has been formed in order
to ascertain the number willing 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 mould not admit of the passage of
heavier pieces of orclatnce. 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'
Paiatt, is discharging at. Woolwich Arsenal 280 cases
of musket balls and other war stores froin Plymouth,
Portsmouth, and Cie 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 4,000/.
The Lords Com63issioners of the Admiralty have
sanctioned an exchange of divisions between First Lieu-
tenant P. Harrington, of the Woolwich division, and
First Lieutenant W. A. Dclauombe, of the Plymouth
division.

Captain Knox's company of Royal Artillery, under
orders for China, were yesterday morning engaged in
Woolwich marsh in three-pound battery practict., firing
a number of 4 2-stts and 53 shot and shell from the
howitzers and guns intended for mountain service in
China.

The gunboats Let and Algerino were yesterday morn-
ing undocked at Woolwich, after being coppered, and
were replaced in King William's dock by the Leven and
Blaney.

Messrs. Lucas Irothers have terminated' the con-
struction of a wall eameding 2! miles in length, which
iucloses and forms the boundary of the entire premises
constituting the Rcyal Arsenal grounds at Woolwich.
Thu new wall extends as far as the limits of the artillery
practising range in ;he Plumstead-rnanh, and contains
five spacious and yell-arranged entrance', 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 ingots Garoon Bahri, which has been so
long in the Liverpo.d graving-docks being fitted with a
screw propeller and machinery by Mr. John Laird and
Aessrs. Humble, Grayson, and Co., under the supervi-
sion of Capt. Bevis, R.N., left the Mersey yesterday on
a trial trip, having )n board Saint Pasha, one of the
Turkish Admirals, and other Ottoman naval officers.
She will sail for Constantinople some day next week.
The following aippintments have been made at the
Admiralty :—Lieut T. F. Stucidtrt, to the Himalaya ;
IL C. Best, acting mate to the Devastator ; 0. M. P.
Marshall, acting second master to the VicOry ; R. P.
Hifferman, mietaw•aurgeon to the Blenheim.