The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-04 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander.—J. Tudor, to be Agent for Transports.
Lieutenant,,.—John Cartwright, to the Orion ; T. W.
Oliver, to the James Watt ; Alexander C. Birtwhistle,
from the Coastguard to the St. (-:eorge ; Thomas M.
Campbell, from the Archer to the Nile ; Samuel T.
Dickens, from the Waterloo to the Neptune ; George
T. S. Winthorp, from the Cameleon, revenue vessel, to
the Waterloo; Henry Rodgers, to the Hastings ; Sid-
mouth S. Skipwith, to the Powerful.
Masters.—Cornelius T. A. Noddall, to be'Master-At-
tendant at Malta Dockyard ; G. F. M`Dougall, to the
Meander.

Mate.—Hon. H. C. Lascelles, t 3 the Hecate.
Second-Masters.—Henry G. Kelley, to the Pylades ;
Charles Duckett, to the Janus ; Denton H. Speer, to
the Otter ; Samuel Sibley, to the Locust.
Acting Second-Master.—Joseph W. Higgs, to the
Tyne.
Temporary Clerks.—Henry W. Potts and Edward E.
Keovil, to the Duke of Wellington.
Acting Clerk.—Samuel G. Robinson, to the Ex-
mouth.

Clerks' Assistants.—Edwin D. Green, to the Royal
George; W. H. Marlin, Edward H. Jolly Thomas Clay-
ton, and Thomas B. Johnston, to the Royal Albert.
The following gentlemen have been. appointed as-
sistant-surgeons on the Hospital staff :—Acting assist-
ant-surgeon George Henry Finlay, vice Poison, de-
ceased ; Acting-assistant-surgeon Henry Sherlock, vice
Boyle, deceased. Mr. John N. Shipton has been ap-
pointed an acting-assistant-surgeon.

It is intended to establish a depot of seamen, artifi-
cers, stokers, &c., for service in the Baltic and White
Sea fleets in Leith-roads, for which purpose, in addition
to her Majesty's ship Athol, the guardship in the roads,
a 50-gun frigate, is to be stationed there to afford ac-
commodation to volunteers.

Yesterday a large quantity of medical and surgical
stores, &c., was shipped from the Tower for convey-
ance to Smyrna and Scutari. Among the stores are
500 hospital bedsteads with bedding complete, hip
and slipper baths, pails, &c., for the new hospital at
Smyrna.
In the 36 days just past, 35 hired transports, having
a measurement of 52,830 tons, have left the port of
Southampton, with 12,000 troops, 500 horses, several
thousand tons of stores, and 641 wooden houses, suffi-
cient to shelter 20,000 men. At a rate of 50s. per ton
per month, the hire of these 35 vessels costs the Govern.
ment 132,0751. monthly.
Yesterday upwards of 2,000 Minie and Pritchett
rifles, rifled muskets, and carbines, were delivered from
the manufacturers at Birmingham into the Ordnance
stores at the Tower. Great activity exists in the Small
Arms Department at the Tower and at the Ordnance
Works at Enfield, in getting the rifles ready for the
reinforcements proceeding to the Crimea. The Go-
vernment Ordnance Factory, for the manufacture of
muskets and small arms, at Enfield-lock, having
been found inadequate for the extensive supply
at present required, is about to be increased to a
considerable extent, the Government having entered into
several contracts for the erection of a very fine building
with adjoining premises. The walls of the new building
will enclose an area of about two acres.
Two officers and 261 privates of the Land Transport
Corps will leave Bristol this morning and arrive at Ply-
mouth in the afternoon.
Mr. P. L. Pascoe, of the Cossack, 20, screw, met his
death last week under the following circumstances :
The ship was off the North Foreland and the sea was
running very high, when Mr. Pascoe, who had been
engaged aloft, lost his hold, fell overboard, and was
drowned. Re had just completed 21 years' service in
the navy, and was engaged last summer in the Baltic.
The lto3al Mail Company's steam-ship Parana, Capt.
Elliston, has been chartered by the French Government
for five months for the conveyance of troops.
,She is
being speedily prepared for sea, and will leave bout
ampton for Marseilles on Friday morning.

ARRIVALS, &c., AT MALTA.
A letter front Malta, dated March 23, gives the fil-
lowing account of arrivals of military at that island :--
"Per Cleopatra, from the East- -Lieutenant P. IZa-
venblll, Royal Engineers, on sick leave.
"Per Vatican, from Marseilles—major-rtGencrial_LtlTl.e_
Chevalier P. de Cavero, Capt. Ouchterltorly,a °Jail E ..,1
nelr3 ; Lieut. Lockhart, 41st Regimen C
`; PY"'
the East—Capt. Leslie, 9th
"Per Inaperador, from
Regiment.
from Marseilles—The Rev. Mr. Glee-
"eral Sir G. Maclean, 1 staff officer,
SOD, Per Carmel, Gen
Commissary . 5
officers, 1 non-oomuussioned officer, and 254 rank and
file (French).
from Marseilles—Lord Kenned Car,-
~ per Avenir,
tain Lord Crowley, Captain James, and SO French

tr°,?Kr Indian, from Liverpool—Captains Percival,
Ward, and Bloss ; Lieutenant Trederoft and Wings
Surgeons Williamson and Fogo; Royal Artillery ; Quar•

termaster Drago, Scots Fusiliers • 173 rank and file of
the Royal Artillery, and troops of the line, and 14 corn-
' missariat clerks.
" Per Canterbury; from the East-4th Light Dra-
goons, Assistant-tlurgeon Crichton ; 7th Foot, Lieut.
Disney ; 49th, Assistant-Surgeon J. H. Jeplison ; 50th,
C pt. R. M. Murchison ; Ensign Vorsden of the 21st
Regiment,' 143 rank and file of various regiments, 19
women, and 1 child.
"Per Eaten, from A.thens—Her. Majesty's '3d Foot,
Colonel Van Straubenzie.; Major Paterson ; Captains
Pownall, Hood, Ambrose, Ross, Gore, and Warburton ;
Lieutenants Aplin, Dunbar, and Sidebottotn ; Adjg-
tAnts Burninghion, Wainman, Turner, and Newton ;
Surgeon J. Burke ' • Assistant-Surgeons T. Teevan and
Day ; Paymaster F. G. Syms ; and Quartermn,st,r
Stillwell-633 rank and file, and 3 men -of the 97th
Regiment. _

Per Prince Jerome, from the Crimea (French line-
of-hat4e ship)—Capt. Peri;aud with 138 French troops.
" Per et Ce Ali, from Portsmouth--20th Foot : Capt.
Turner ; Lieutenants Hewett, O'Neill, Little, and Kirby ;
Ensign Young; 127 rank an .I file. 95th Regiment—
Lieutenants Parkinson, Hon. C. M. H. Forbes, Snatch-
bull, and Baron ; 128 rank and file.
"The above arrivals, per Emeu and Crcesus, the Buffs,
under orders for , the Crimea, and the 20th and 95th, to
form part of the depot, having been quartered as
follows : _ _ _

"The Buffs in the Strado Torre Barracks "; officers in
the Auberge de Castille.

" 20th—:At the Lazaretto.

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"95th—New barracks at Verdala.
"Royal- Wiltshire Militia Regiment, ea route to Corfu,
to which glrrison. they have proceeded—Lieutenant-
Colonel Lord Methuen; Captains Prower, Breton,
Bathurst, Reed, and Robinson ; Lieutenants Archer,
Black, Goble, Mahon, Pearse, and Mouthrer ; Ensigns
Paton (Quarterma§ter), Mant, Benson, Punkit, Wynd-
ham, Wickam, and Bellers, Adjutant ; Surgeon J. F.
Nicholls, Assistant-Surgeon H. Bishopp ; 646 rank and
file, 47 women, and 36 children.
" Per Medway, from Balaklava (22d), Lieutenant-
Colonel Vaughan, Dr. Johnston, and Dr. Seddall, of
the 33d Regiment.
" Per Sinai, from the Levant (22d), four English
officers (names not given), nine French officers, and
176 rank and file.

" The Niagara, 24th inst., from Constantinople, has
arrived this morning, but brings no passengers.
The subjoined items of military news are from a Malta
letter dated March 26 :

" The Great Britain, only nine days from Queens.
town, arrived here on the afternoon of the 22d, having a
great many men and officers belonging to regiments irk
the Crimea. The following is the strength :
" 17th Foot—Captains Armstrong and Macpherson ;
Lieutenants Dyer, Versturme, and Macreight ; Ensign
Utterson ; 128 rank and file.
• " 21st—Captains Collingwood and Hawker ; Lieute-
nant Hon. R. R. Best, Bruce, Hollway, and Coakley ;
132 rank and file.

" 30th—Captains Pennefather and Stevenson ; Lieu-
tenants Singleton, Fleming, Wood, and Feild ; 130
rank and file.

" 41st—Majors Pratt and Bardard ; Lieutenants
Johnson, Byain, and Wavell ; 130 rank and file.
" 47th—Captains Armit and Roper ; Lieutenants
Croker, Bloomfield, Gamier, and Hawkes ; 130 rank
and file.

" 49th—Captain Nason ; Lieutenants Mania, Scoones,
Savary, and_Davies ; 130 rank and file.
" 55th—Captain Cure ; Lieutenants Richards, Stone,
Evans, and Temple ; 130 rank and file.
" nth—Lieutenants -Coope, Bird, Macartney, and
Wilmot ; Ensign Waugh ; 131 rank and file.
" 62d—Captains Rynd and Cox ; Lieutenants Clarke,
Hughes, _Ternpleman, and Ramsay • 130 rank and file.
63d—Major Higginbotham ; Lieutenants Benyon,
Knox, Dumaresque, and Bruce ; 137 rank and file.
" 68th—Captain Trent ; Lieutenants Grace, Sparke,
Ethelstone, and Seymour ; 130 rank and file.
"Medical—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Pinkerton and
Surgeon W. Gordon.

"The troops were quartered, on their arrival, the 2d
Division, comprising the 30th, 41st, 47th, 49th, 55th,
62d, andl 95th, at the barracks recently erected at Ver-
dalah ; the 4th Division, comprising the 17th, 21st,
57th, 63d, and 68th, with the staff, at the Lazaretto.
Temporary barracks are being built outside the town
for other troops expected for the depot.
"The draughts were so kindly treated by Captain
Gray on their passage out, that, besides a complimen-
tary letter from the officers of the several draughts by
Major Heyland in their name, a more substantial ac-
knowledgment was given in the shape of a handsonle
piece of plate.
"On Saturday, the 24th, the Great Britain sailed for
England, having received on board the lollowinz pa,-
sengers :—The lion. W. OYelverton, 8.A.., Messrs.
Lean, PUillips, Roberts, and Wilkinson ; 62 soldiers and
sailors, invalids.
" Oil the 24tii, the "V tstAl English steamer left the
harbour fur Balaklava, with stores and Mr. Hewsen on
board."