The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-15 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The Royal Elthorne Regiment of Light Infantry,
Major L. Murray Prier commanding, has had a large
addition of recruits made to the strength of the regiment
since it has been embodied at Uxbridge ; and Lieute-
nant Benboe has already taken his 75 volunteers to the
tine, by which he obtains an ensignoy. Within the last
year upwards of 500 men have left this corps for the line
—many with leave, many without.
More than the required number (600) of the Oxford-
shire Militia, now mustered at Oxford under the com-
mand of Colonel Bowles, have volunteered for active
foreign duty. The corps comprises 800 men. They
have made satisfactory progress in their drill. Captain
Pipon has resigned his commission.
Since the West Suffolk Militia has been embodied at
Bury St. Edmunds, under the command of Earl Jertnyn,
M.P., for that borough, upwards of 100 men have vo-
lunteered into the line regiments.
Lieutenant J. Penrice has been appointed a Captain
in the Norfolk Militia Artillery, vice Astley, who has
been promoted. Second-Lieutenant E. Tredcroft has
been appointed First-Lieutenant, vice Newcome, who
has resigned. Second-Lieutenant C. North has been
appointed First-Lieutenant, vice Penrice, promoted, and
Mr. H. Mickleth waits has been appointed Second-Lieu-
tenant, vice Tredcroft, promoted.
Three foreigners were on Monday enlisted into the 2d
Somerset Militia ; two Frenchmen and one German.
This is the first time for many years that any men of
foreign extraction were enlisted in Cork.

EXPENSE OF THE TRANSPORT SERVICE
AND PRISONERS OF WAR.

An estimate, separated from the navy estimates (of
which an abstract is given elsewhere), but prepared by
the naval department, states the total amount required
for the transport service of the year 1855-56 to be
5,071,0321., and for the expense of prisoners of war,
100,0001., making together, with a sum of 10,4331. for
superintendence, a grand total of 5,181,4651. Tile grand
total amount voted in the navy estimates for the finan-
cial year 1854-55 was 3,582,474/. The prisoners of war
appear to be kept in Milbay and Lewes prisons, and in
the Devonshire prison-ship. The greater portion of the
total aniount -.viz., the sum of 90,0641., is required for
the allowance to officers on parole and their wives, pr.,-
visions and clothing for prisoners, and for bedding and
contingencier. An abstract of the transport service,
appended to the estimates before us shows, that from the
7th of February, 1854, to the 22d of January, 1855,
102 steam transports were employed of 121,050 tun:-
and 26,317 horse-power, and 115 sailing vessels of
93,172 tons ; the number of officers and men employed
in the above vessels amounted to (about) 9,256. The
total number of British troops convoyed from England
during the same period was as follows : 2.194 officers
(including those under orders for conveyance), 56,041 men
and 5,403 horses. There were also conveyed to the East
from Marseilles and Toulon, 556 French officers, 14,055
French troops, 193 horses, and 8,037 tons of French
stores ; and, to the Baltic, from &c., 437 French
officers, 12,883 men, and 21 horsc. The gross total
quantity of provisions and stores conveyed from Eng-
land during the period in question was as follows, viz. :
—to the East, 33,261 tons of provisions for the navy,
and 21,551 tons for the army service, 24,617 tons of
ordnance stores, 151,596 tons of coals (conveyed by
Colliers), and 3,320 tons of naval stores (exclusive of
7,130 tons from Malts), and to the Baltic, 9,436 tons of
navy provisions, 266 tons of ordnance stores, 247 tons of
naval stores, and 47,907 tons of coals (conveyed by col-
liers, and not by the transports). The grand total in-
cludes 8,187 officers, 82,934 men, 5,622 horses, 307,325
tons of provisions and stores, and 199,503 tons of
coals. Of the sailing transports eight have been paid off,
14 wrecked, and one burnt ; and, of the steamers, one
was wrecked. The steam sailing transports have also
been employed as magazine, naval, and commissariat
store-ships, and in conveying ammunition and stores
from Gibraltar and Malta. Since the disembarkation
the army, they have been employed in the conveyance
of stores, provisions, ammunition, and troops
from Malta and Corfu ; cattle from the shores of the
Black Sea ; coals, charcoal and wood, provisions, and
stores from Constantinople ; in the embarkation of
French cavalry from Varna and Borg o 3 to the Crimea,
Turkish troops from Varna to Eupatoria ; in the con-
veyance of the sick and wounded to Scutari, and invalids
thence to Malta and England, and French troops,
horses, and stores from Marseilles.