The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-23 00:00:00

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE•

CitATHANt, MAY 20.—Colonel Sir Thomas Wiltshire,
K.C.13., Commandant of this Garrison, issued this day a gar-
rison order, commanding Colonel Thomas Weare, K. 11., to
hold the under mentioned detachments of the provisional
battalion in readiness to embark at Gravesend, on board the
ships hereafter named, for the Presidency of Madras:—The
4th King's Own, 102 privates, with Lieutenant Bolton and
Ensign Collins ; 18 private?, with Lieutenant Frost, of the
57th ; and Assistant. Surgeon Webster of the 21st Fusiliers,
making a total of 4 officers and 120 men, who are ordered to
embark on board the ship Claudine, on Saturday, the 25th
instant. The following embark the beginning of next
month :-8 privates of the 63d, and 109 privates of the 94th,
under the command of Captain Magee, of the 94th with
Ensign Le Grand, of the 63d Regiment, and Second-Lieute-
nant Ballinghall, of the 21st Fusiliers; Lieutenant Ahmuty
and Lieutenant Grant, both of the 57th. These troops pro-
ceed to Gravesend on the sth of June, and then embark on
board the ship Wellesley; and on the Bth of June the slip
Ellenborough, of 1400 tons. Captain M. C. Close, will receive
on board at Gravesend 89 privates of the 21st Fusiliers, and 7
privates of the 63(1, with Lieutenant. Cumming, t f the 4th
King's Own, and Second-Lieutenant Peddie, of the 21st Fusi•
hers. This ship will also take detachments from the Cavalry
depot at Maidstone. The following detachments arrived at
the invalid depot at this garrison on Saturday, the 18th
instant from Gibraltar, Corfu, and the island of Zante :-1
sergeant, 7 priVates of the Ist Royals, 2 corporals ; 6 pri-
vates of the 7th Fusiliers ; 4 sergeants, 12 privates, of the
19th ; 3 privates of the 38th ; 3 privates of the 45th ; 1 ser-
geant, 1 corporal, and. 14 privates, of the 42d; 18 privates
of the 48th ; 7 privates of the 79th ; 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 25
privates of the 97th ; 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 15 privates, of
the 88th; Royal Artillery, including 'a corporal of the Sap-
pers, 15. • and 3 sergeants, 2 corporals, and 13 privates of
the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade, with Sergeant-Major
Jethro Florey, who has been in the service upwards of 30
years. This non-commissioned officer enlisted in the 95th on
the 16th of December, 1813, at. Bow, near Stratford, and
during those years which he has spent in foreign climates
never had a clay's sickness, and has the appearance now of a
man only 35 years of age. The Royal Artillery, Ist batta-
lion of Rifles, and the 97th, embarked at Corfu on the 18th
of February last, on board the ship Nautilus, 400 tons, Cap-
tain 111‘Leane ; and at Zante the ship put in and took on
board the 19th ; and at Malta she took in the 88th and 42d ;
and arrived at Gibraltar on the 2d of April, when she took on
board the remainder of the detachments. Dr.llohnes, Staff-
Surgeon who left Chatham is December last with troops for
Crofu, returned with this ship to Gibraltar, where he now
and Dr. Burrs, Surgeon of the Ist Royals, took
the troops to England. Major J. L. Smith, of the
charge remains;
of
Royal Artillery, and Lieutenant Kerr, of the 19th, came to
this garrison with the detachments, also twenty-three women
and forty-two children. During the ship's passage of three
months and four days, which was most severe, beating the
whole time against severe gales of wind, the troops lost
by death two soldiers belonging to the 88th, and corporal
Patrick Shaughnessy, of the 42d, with one child, and the
ship's cook; also a civilian named Samuel Hempstead, 65
years of age, who has for the last 40 years of his life filled
at Gibraltar the office of public hangman, and for which duty
he received the daily pay of full sergeant. This executioner
his passage to be pensioned otf. On the
was recommended to Government for superannuation allow-
o°tlnPortsmouth he was taken ill, and on Mon-
the 13th. instant, he died, when the ship was off
and his body was consigned to the deep. The
Bdsa
taniciy:pecm,,:a3oa7nr..ridi In‘av,gada,l:
old man has left behind him a son, who is a wool-merchant
at Gibraltar. Upwards of thirty sick men were conveyed to
the Hospital at hurt Pitt in vans from Gravesend, at which
place the ship arrived on Friday, the 17th inst.

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HARBOURS OF REFUGE.
BRIGHTON, MAY 21.—The Government Commissioners ap-
pointed to select a site for the erection of a harbour, or a
harbour of refuge, on the coast, arrived in Brighton on
Saturday, from Newhaven, and after passing one night at the
Albion hotel, proceeded to London the next day. The de-
putation, which consisted of Admiral Sir Howard Douglas,
Admiral Sir Byam Martin, Admiral Dean Dundas, Lieut.-
CCoalit)a ( R.E., Sir J. H. Pelly, Mr. Robert Raikes,
Symonds, Lieut. Colquhoun, Lieut. Westma-
o
Captain Fisher, and Captain Washington,
were
r
'zistbourne on Friday from the Blazer steam-
packet. The deputation left Eastbourne in carriages early
on Saturday morning, and proceeded along the coast as far
as Mr. Catt's Tide Mill, near Seaford, when they alighted,
and walked along the beach to Newhaven Pier, from which
they embarked on board the Blazer, which lay to in the har-
bour. After taking a survey on the bay they landed on the
pier, anti proceeded to the Bridge Inn. Evidence as to the
propriety of erecting breakwaters from Woolnore, to the
westward of Newhaven Piers, and from Seaford Head to the
eastward, was taken from Sir Henry Shillber, Captain Cole,
Mr. William Stevens, Lieut. Franklyn, and the Commander
of the Lively cutter. The examination occupied between
four and five hours, and was strictly private ; but we under-
stand that the deputation were much struck with the natural
advantages of the bay, of which they had ocular demonstra-
tion during their stay; for owing to the prevalence of a
strong north-easterly wind, 25 vessels, wind bound, had taken
refuge in 'the bay. From all that has transpired, there is
strong reason to believe that Seaford Bay will be one of the
spots selected by Government for a harbour of refuge. The
deputation is expected to return to Brighton, to embark on
board the Blazer, and proceed to Portland Roads and Plymouth.

• Bell's• life in London of Sunday, May 26, will
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with a portrait of the winner of the Derby. Contents of
Bell's Life of last Sunday, May 19 :—Fifteen columns of
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French Derby (Chantilly), an epitome of the week's mis-
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June 2 will contain an engraving of the Ascot Cup.
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