The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-30 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intel Bence.

Yesterday the Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-Ge-
neral, Lieut.-Col. J. W. Reynolds, arrived at
Chatham garriion for the purpose of endeavouring
to prevail on those men 41 ,nging to the cavalry
and infantry Indian regiments who have claimed
t',e'r free discharge to remain in the service. Col.
Reynolds proceeded to. St. Mary's barracks, whPre,
the trPops who have recently arrived from India
are stationed, and, having assembled the non-corn
tnissioned officers and men, stated that the autho-
rities at the Horse Guards were moist anxious to re-
tain their services now that the afflirs were so un-
settled in India. Ho was authotiz .d, he said; to
inform the tro'ps that each man who would consent
to withdraw hi; application to be discharged and t
remain in the service, should receive 21., a free kit,
and be allowed three months' furlough. The num-
ber of men who have responded to the request is
about 160, belonging chiefly to the 9th Lancers,
10th Foot, 29,:h, 32d, 52d Light Infantry, 66th
Rifles, and the 61st Regiment, the whole of whom
were medically inspected yesterday.
Yesterday a r order was received at Chatham,
directing 100 non-commissioned officers and men cf
the 86th (Royal C unty Down) regiment to embark
at Gravesend to-m,Trow for the purpose of joining
the head-quarter; of their regiments in India.
Lieut. T. R. ELamiltm and Lieut. V. G. Coates
are ord(r2d to embark in charge of the detachment.

The Ist battalion of the Mae Brigade arrived at
Edinburgh Castle from Aldershot on Tuesday fore-
' noon. In the afternoon of the SllllO day the 34th
Regiment, censi-tiog of about 700 men, under the
command of Lieut.-Celonel Kelly, left the Ca3oe,
and preceded by the bands of the Rifles and of the
sth Dragoon Guards, and its own band,. marched
to f-e Caledonian Rail way-st at'on, for Portsmouth,
passing on their way the hog e of their co!ocel,
General S:r T. M. Brisbane, for whom they gave a
hearty cheer. The train, consisting of 31 carriages,
'prapelled by three engines, departed from the sta-
tion at 4.50, amid the cheers of several thousand
spectatzs assemb!ed on the platform and in the
neighbourhood. The embarcation -for India will
take place to-day (Thursday) at Poitunouth, on
board the Golden Flee:T.

Sixt.en officers and 400 men belonging te the
Ist Battalion of the let Royals loft Dublin on
Tues!lay for Kingstown, where they embarked in
the Ito11:rt Lowe screw transport. The troops
were all on board at an early hour, and the vessel
sailed in the evening. The following are the names
of the officers w:io embarked :—Lieufenant-Colonel
Plunkett, Captains Neville, Christie, Smith, and
Gregory; Lieutenants Brock, Steer, Seag, iin,
Cumming' Willis, Creagh, and Walker ; Ensigns
Johnson' Mills, Badgely, and Stanley ; Assistant-
Surgeon Smith. Twelve officers and 198 rank and
file of the 38th Regiment are under orde:s to ssil
this day. The vessel in which they arc to embark
is the John Bell screw transport.
The following trans') iris, which have been
chattered by the East India Company for the con-
veyance of troops to C Ilcutta, are now in Kings-
town.harbour :—Jobn 8011, Carthage, Louisiana,
Walmer Castle, and Defiance-Ith) that three are
screw steamers and the othr3 sailing ves3els.
Another large ship arrived on Tuesd sy night.
Tueso transports, it is supposed, will make the
voyage to India in 70 days.
Oa Tuesday evening four officers and 104 rank
and file of the Rifle Brigade arrived at Dublin by
the steamer Timora, from London. These soldiers
came from Winchester, where they had been quar-
tered, for the purpors) of embarking at Kingstown
for India.

Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Cap-
tain the Hon. Jcslah Denman, returned to Os-
borne from Antwerp on Tuesday night.
The St. Vincula+) Cce3ar, and Blenheim, line-of-
bat le ships are prepar:ng to leave Poitsmouth
harbour, as we stated by telegraph yesterday, to
form part of the naval guard of honour, or " S lu-
ting Battery," to greet the arrival of th-, Emperor
Fnd Empress of the French, which is expected to
be on the sth of August. The Cunlx:dge, 50, and
Ajax, 0, are also ordered to Spithead from Devon-
pore, and several other of the Coastguard ships are
expected at the same rendezvous on similar special
service.

The Whirlwind freightship embarked detach-
ments of troops yesterday at Portsmouth
in dock-
yard for India, and was towed to Spitheadthe
afre,noon. She will not complete her embarkation
before tr.)-day, when she wll sail for Calcutta.
Her Majesty's steam troapship Dee, Master-
Commander Pullen, left Woolwich yesterday at G
a.m. for Plymouth, laden with a boiler for the 101.
screw steamship Doneg.d, now being buil at De-
vonport, and machinery for the 51 screw steam
frigate Topaze, the 91 screw steamship Revenge,
and. the 32 screw steamship Doris, at Pembroke.
The screw steamship Archer, recently paid off at
Woolwich from the North American and West
In lia station, was yesterday morning taken out of
the basin and laid up in ordinary. The steam
tender Monkey, Second-Master G. Syndercombe
commanding, left Woolwich basin yesterday morn-
ing, having undergone a thorough refit, and went
down to Sheerness on a trial of her machinery.

The Admiralty yacht Banshee, Master-Coni-
mander Allen, returned to Woolwich yesterday,
from special service in attendance on the Royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, to Antwerp.
The freight ship Spartan arrived off Woolwich
Arsenal yesterday from the docks, to ship 300 tons
of military stores for Hong Kong. The Sunder-
bund anchored in the river yesterday off Woolwich
Arseml, and commenced discharging her cargo
from Halifax, consisting of 1,000 barrels of powder,
guns, shot, &e., making a vital of 760 tons of stores.
The freight ship Isle cf France has sailed from
Woolwich, laden with ammunition and Ordnance
stores, for Graham's Town.
The ft eight ship Herculean, in the London Docks,
has been taken up by the Government for the con-
veyance of military stores from Woolwich for
Hong Kong.
The Royal Artllery troops under orders for the
East Indies are still in garrison at WoJlwich.
Every arrangement was on Tuesday completed for
their departure, which had been directed to take
place at one a.m. yesterday morning for Ports-
mouthr Complete sets of new harness and equip-
ments were issued during the day for the F and I
troops of Horse Artillery, as well as a couple of 6-
pout, der field batteries en a war footing, each battery
consisting of seven 6-pounder guns, five 12 pounder
howitzers, and an increased accompaniment of wag-
gons, &c., to effect which the whole of the bands
engaged in the department were employed until 9
o'clock in the evening, when an order was de-
spatched signifying that more time could be allowed.
Everything was, however, complete. To-morrow
is now named for the departure of the first por-
tion, and the remainder in the early part of next
week.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :
Lieut. L. li. Sersturme to the Vulcan ; J. B.
Warren and C. G. S. Stanley, mates, to the Chesa-
peake ; A. J. V. Collins, acting mate, to the Roe-
buck ; F. Le H. Collins, master, to the Pelorus ;
Mr. C. Hobbs, chief engineer, R.N., to her Al -

jesty's ship Blenheim, for service in the steam gym.
boat flotita in re3erve at Portmonth.

THE BARRACOUTA'S COMMISSION.
We gave the arrival of this steam sloop from
China yesterday.
The Bwracouta was commissioned in December,
1852, by Captain George Parker. Early in the
following year she was dispatched with the Despe-
rate to convoy the Arctic squadron, under Captain
Inglefield, t) Cape Farewell, and in ht. 62 N. en-
countered a Favera gala among the flowing ice, by
which she was a good deal damaged. She returned
to Sheerness in July, and having been present at
the great review at Spithead, and attached to the
royal squadron during the Queen's visit to eland,
she was sent to China, and a.rivel at Hong Kong
in January, 1854. From that iime to the date of
her departure from China, she has been most ac-
tively engaged in suppressing piracy, blockading
tho ports of the Russian dominions in Siberia
and Kamchatka, and opening trade with Ja-
pan ; - and in the present war with China she
has assisted in all the operations. On one occa-
sion, when engaged w;tli the French Folly Fort
and 24 junks well armed, she received 80 shot in
her hull and
~,nutsts, and completely destroyed
the Chinese junks. When shelling the heights of
Canton, from Sulphur Creek, her gunnery elicited
marks of admiration from Sir M. Seymour, Cap-
tain Hall, and ail observers.
SUMMARY OF PIRATICAL AFFAIRS, th
_ . •_ _

Feb. 16, 1854—Piratical ar...tion. C-gitured five
junks, dent: oyed three ; captured 38 prisoners, and
released an equal number of fishermen who had
been detained by the pirates.
- Nov. 3—Destruction (with Enc3unt?r) of 18.
junks and viflagP orryho, in the Island of Lantuo.
Nov. 12—Destroyed tbre junks off the Island
of Rowcock.

Nov. 13—By boats of Batracouta, Styx, En-
counter, Winchester, and Portugueqe loreha—de-
struction of the prate stronghold at Kulrlan, three
batteries, 20, 8, and 6 guns, and 47 junks, and
villages, and routed upwards of 1000 pirates of a
de,p,rate character, some of who'll had wrecked the
Caldera.

Jan. 15, 1855—Rescued from upwards of 200
armel (rebel) junks off • Blenheim Fort a lorcha
having English colours. She was lsden with sugar.
and mountA 10 guns. Also took from the rebel
fleet two junks with their crews, until the cargo
and arms of the lorcha were restored. _

July 28—Assiste3 with the boats at the capture
and destruction of Russian brig Ohkot.k, 6, off the
month of tlle Am:or, and clpturei part of her

crew.

Aug. I—ln the Sea of Ohkotsk, e3ptured brig
Gria, with 276 of the offizera and crew of the
Diana, tans-ian frigate, the farmer having been
on her way to reinforce the Russians at Cistru3
Bay.

'Jan. 10, 1856—Between Chusan and Chookee
Island destroyed 20 large piratical junks.
Jan. 22—Rescued a merchant junk, from Soo-
chow, laden with silks and furs, from two piratical
j unks, and destroyed the latter.
Feb. 27—Off Loma Island, destroyed two pirati-
cal junks, captured three ot h with 42 prisoners;
a large number having been killed.
May 12—Discovered Russian settlement on the
coast if Tartary, and the remains of the Pallas fri-
gate. From May to August surveyed the coast of
Tartary, and remaine l amongst the Japan islands
till the latter end of September.
Oct. 20 to April, 1837•—Engaged in the opera-
tions of the Canton river.