The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

THE BALTIC FLEET.
THE DOWNS, MONDAY.
At 5 a.m. the signal wa4 made to the fleet to get
steam up, and t.horten in their cables, which was at once
obeyed, and at ten minutes to six the signal to weigh
was made ; the Nile led the van, and the other ships in ,
succession followed in two lines ; the weather was rainy,
and we could not discern the fleet very far, but I now
trait that they have left this year to add more gli:ries to
the annals of English history. 'The correct and service•
like manner iu which every signal has been made since
the departure of Adthiral Dundas from Portsmouth
bows the determination with which he intends carrying
out his oith.-rs.

.NYBOIIG, Apart 3.
Yesteiday the B,lt was full of ice. A large steatn-
f►:gate,• supposed to he her Majesty's steauter Imperie-
u,e, was seen to the ii .rth of htoineoe yesterday ; she
subsequently stood to the North, and has probably
ancholol off Ref,nr,esset.

The Vrench lie. t, destined for Eer.-ice in the Biltic,
and consisting of three line-of-battle ship, with the pro-
per complement of frlgetes, corvettes, and smaller craft,
will leave Cherbourg in two or three days. Rear-Ad~ni-
retl
Penattl, who commands, was with Admiral Deecbe-
nes last year.

. The scrE.w steam-ship Sanspareil, 71, C iptain Wood-
ford J. Will anis, will be placed in the basin dock at
'Ke3ham, Plimouth, to-morrow. Her repairs and altera-
tions will occupy some time. Her crew were to be paid
down yesterday, and granted 14 day's' leave, when they
terry join either of the guardships, and be permitted
afierwards to choose their own ships.
The steam block-ship Cornwallis, hiving taken her
rtores at:d gums (.11 hoard, was warped on Saturday to
the recAving 1 u k Vigo, in liamoaze, Plymouth, pre-
paratory to her crew being turned over to her. It was
intended for her to make a trial trip in the Channel yes-
(cull).

Isle',:tore•sliip Tyne, Master-C,)mminder Pater Wel-
lin on. is or4itreJ to (al at Piym uth on her way to
Ase n- on and Rio Janeiro, to embark Commander
a,,li.sinte4 to the screw .steamer Plumper, 8, on the
coast of Africa.

Tiie hired transport Wide-awake, Captain Moon, was
towed on Saturday from Pyincuth to the jetty at the
Devonp r, dockyard, where she sill embark to-day 10
officers, 56 men, and the sane quinber of horses, be-
longing to the 15th Hus=ars. \
Additional policemen are to be appointed at the Royal
William Victualling-yard, Plymouth. The duty thera
has increased so much in o.msequence of the activity in
the war departme:,t, that the Russian prisoners in Mill-
bay ara no, longer to be supplied with meat from this
yard, 'out through the medium of private contractors.
The emigrant-ship Saniaranr", which was 'repaired. in
Keyham dock, sailed from Plymouth for Adelaide on
Saturday.
Off Plymouth on Saturday—The ship Ocean Queen,
Capt. A. Spencer, from New York • the American ship
George-Kay nes, Capt. Bachelder, diree days from Cork
for Louden ; and the ship Barham ; she left the Sand-

heads December 20th, Madras the 31st, and St. ,Helena
February 24th.
The transport ship Wilson Kennedy, Capt. Simpson,
67 days from Constantinople, arrived at Plymouth yester-
day morning. Spoke, March 19, off Malaga, tke Otto-
man, Captain Bailey, from Constantinople for Hull, and
on the 28th, off Cape St. Vincent, the bark Mary Nixon,
of and from Liverpool, for Tarragona.

The transport North Fleet is hourly expected at Ply-
mouth to embark the divisions of the Land Transport
Corps now at that port.
The Fairy Royal yacht, Captain Crispin, went out of
Portsmouth harbour yesterday, to make an experimental
trial of a new screw, patented by Mr. John Fisher, of
Liverpool, called the " Venetian screw." She made
eight runs along the measured mile at Stokes-bay, with
and against tide ; force of wind about 7. The following
were the runs :

Time.
First, with tide, revolutions of engines 40 —4 min. 38 sec.
Second, against tide fl 39i-4 min. 55 sec.
Third, with If tide 39A-4 min. 32 sec.

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Fourth, against tide 4O —5 min.
Fifth, with tide PP 40 —4 min. 17 sec.
Sixth, against tide SP 40 —5 min. 14 sec.
Seventh, with tide t, 401-1 min 9 sec.
Eighth, against tide „• . 40 —5 min.. 28 sec.
This yielded an average of 12.643 knots per hour.
Rear-Admiral Martin, Superintendent of Portsmouth
dockyard, changed his flag from blue to white yesterday
morning, on board the St. Vincent..
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
pany's new ship Alma, Capt. R. W. Evans, arrivedmet.
Portsmouth on Sunday evening from Liverpool,: lag ge
bark upwards of 1,000 of the brigade of Guards,
sundr
detachment of Royal Sappers end Miners.,f
"fir 60 officer
away in the
giiisdte3ro, 500-
horse
and men for passage to the • seats
Crimea. She is a splendid gbip, 2,500 toeaZa
horse power, 317 feet over all, 40 feet
tiben
depth in hold ; has cabin accommodation
the
in . ammocks and,
in the sa'olnp, besides the ofieerds
11, t.l
hship. She can
berth 1.030 troops, on the main e 5 h
blinks (900 in the former, and 150 in t e latterm)na;hoirilgthao',
at.f.,;• I i f accommodation for 1,450 troops, besides the
(r ..1 Eop, 300 ; and. on the foro orlop, 100 ;
slip's ;.ornpany, &c. her engines are by Fawcett ' • she
ma
,o 11 knots with 25 revolutions on the passage from
Liverpool, although her full speed is at 30 revoluaiiis ;-
she is- very dry, t•tiff, and weatherly, and fitted with
every modern improvement, draws 19 feet 6 inched now,
A ill carry- 20 hor-e, for ~, hich they have fitting.. The
height between decks is 8 feet 6 inches.- She is numbered,
, n,” She conveyed to Portsmouth Captains Ward and
Gra,rF,s, Lieutenants Pocklington and Ring, Ensign Cot 7
.tle;? and 127 non-commissioned officers and men of the
18th (Royal Iris.h), who landed ye:7terday and -tiok up
quart rs in Clan nce barracks. She also conveyed a
draught of the 50th Regiment, consisting of Captains
Tillbrook, Baines, and Blackall, Lieutenant Bunbury,
and 130 non-commissioned officers and men, who go out
to Malta in this. ship. - -
Government has purchased the Granville, of 800 tomi,
i for 14,5001. The Granville was built in 1864 at Monl7