The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-14 00:00:00

The following force remains at Spithead :
From the eastward—
Guns.

Russell, screw 6O
Hastings, screw 6O
Powerful, sailing

Guns.
Neptune, sailing ... l2O
Hawke, screw
Pembroke, screw 6O
Cornwallis, screw

Calcutta, sailing B4
St. George, sailing l2O
Between the above and the Isle of Wight are Odin
18, paddle ; Rosamond, 6, paddle ; Retribution, 28,
paddle; Malacca, 17, screw ; Cruizer, 17, screw ; F.ll-
- 17, screw, Between the line-of-battle ships and
Portsmouth are Gorgon, 6, three screw, gun-boats,
Boxer, Cracker, and Pincher, and the six mortar-
vessels.

The Jasper new steam gun-boat proved the accuracy
of her compasses on Saturday, and is ready to leave with
the rest of the flotilla for the Sea of Azoff, which is be-
lieved to be their ultimate destination.

The G►inder and Fancy steam gun-boats rejoined the
flotilla a'. Spithead on Saturday, after replenishing their
stock of fuel.

Her Majesty's ship Odin, Captain Wilcox, arrived at
Spithead 3 esterday afternoon, with five mortar-vessels
for the Rack Sea fleet.

The Marine Artillery officers and gunners for service
in the sea mortar-vessels proceed out i❑ the Odin and
Rosamond. It is generally supposed that the Ro-amond
is only to be made use of for the purpose of assisting the
Odin to convoy the sea mortar-vessels, with the Marine
Artillery officers and men, out to the Black Sea, imme-
diately after which she will be sent home.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's screw
transport Simla, Captain George Brooks, arrived at
Spithead yesterday evening from Constantinople, which
she left on the 27th of April at 6 p.m., with the follow-
ing passengers :—Major Street, Major Turner, R.H.A.,
Captain Dashwood, R.A., Captain March, R.N., Cap-
tain Deedes, Captain Russell, Mr. J. West, R.N.,
Messrs. Schauffer, Philip (Scutari), and William Riely,
Mrs. Langston, Mrs. Heatley, Mrs. M'Phin, Mrs. Bart-
lett, Miss Erskine, 63 invalid soldiers from various regi-
ments, 3 merchant seamen, 4 soldiers' wives, 2 children,
with domestic servants, and 12 Russian officers and 250
men, prisoners, under a guard of 47 soldiers of the vari-
ous battalions of the Guards. The Simla arrived at
Malta on the Ist of May, and left on the 2d with other
passengers for England, comprising Colonel and Mrs.
Blake, Lieutenant McClean, Mr. George Prossor, Mrs.
Browne, 1 British naval officer prisoner, 37 invalid
soldiers from various regiments, 13 seamen, 4 distressed
British subjects, 7 domestic servants, 10 horses, &c.,
making a total of all ranks of 467 persons. She experi-
enced head winds the whole voyage, and when on the.
way, about 100 miles from Ishant, broke her screw, re-
ducing her speed thereby to six and seven knots. She
did not touch at Gibraltar. She spoke the Indus eff
Cape St.,Vincent, on the Bth ; all well. Only one sol-
dier arid two of the Sirula's crew died on the passage.
She will go into Portsmouth harbour this morning to
lard her prisoners and invalids.
The order by telegraph fur the invalids who arrived
on Friday from the East in the transports Chapman and
Canterbury to proceed to Chichester arrived at Ports-
mouth on Saturday forenoon. Major-General Breton
and staff were present at their removal. There were six
of the worst cases taken to the Portsea Hospital from
the Canterbury, and after the Royal Artillery and Sap-
pers and Miners left, 140 of her invalids were despatched
to Chichester new invalid depot. The Chapman sent
four of her worst cases to hospital, and 40 invalids to
Chichester ; the rest would go to Chatham. There are'
about 70 new inmates in the Portsea Hospital since last
visited by a correspondent. These will receive to-day
a supply of extra comforts from Lady and Major. Gene•
ral Sir F. Smith.

BOXES AND PARCELS FOR THE BALTIC
FLEET.

The following timely notice has been sent us by the
Admiralty for publication

" A. steamer will leave Woolwich and Sheerness on or
about the 20th of this month for the Baltic fleet, and
another steamer at the end of the month, by which
parcels will be conveyed for the fleet ; and they will
also carry mails.
"Boxes or parcels should be sent, carriage paid, to
the offl,r- lof Commodore Shepherd, at Woolwich ; or
of Vice-A.,,tniral the Hon. W. Gordon, at Sheerness, for
conveyance by these vessels.
" Admiralty, May 12, 1855."

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.
The transport Lancashire Witch, Captaiu Mollison,
with detachments and horses (Ist Royals and 10th
Hussars), which left Portsmouth on Saturday morning
for the Crimea, in tow of the paddle-frigate Centaur, 6,
Captain Clifford, experienced contrary winds in the
Charnel, and put into Plymouth Sound yesterday after-
noon.

His Netherlands Majesty's frigate Amsterdam, 8,
Capt. J. Spanjaard, which left the Texel on the 10th
inst., put into Plymouth Sound on Saturday, bound to
the coast of Guinea and Batavia.
Mr. James Paterson, Chief Engineer of the third
class, is appointed to the steam-sloop Prometheus, from
the Polyphemus. -
Twenty-five of the most refractory among the Russian
Finnish prisoners at Lewes, who took prominent parts
in the acts of insubordination and disobedience of the
orders
given by Lieutenant-Governor Mann, arrived at
Sheerness on Friday, under guard, and were conveyed
on be and the Devonshire. prison ship.
Advices have been received in Liverpool, which state
that the fast screw steam-ship imperador, belonging to
the South American and General Steam-ship Company,
was at Genoa on the let inst., under orders to proceed
to Sardinia for the purpose of embarking 1,200 men, 40
officers, and 12 horses, and to sail thence direct to Con-
stantinople, having in tow two other transports. She
had towed a 1,100 ton ship from Malta to Genoa, 600
miles, and had made the passage as quickly as any other
vessel.

Letters dated the 20th April at Malta have been re-
ceived at Devonport from some of the crew of the steam
gun-Nessel Weser, named the Salamander when in the
Prussian service. They state that in consequence of the
heavy weather experienced on the passage co.it the vessel
strained so much that it was necessary to batten down
the hatches. The pumps were choked, and the stokers
were working up to their knees in water, which satin•
guisheci the fire in the lower flues.