The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

MILITARY.

Another detachment of about 30 men and 50 horses
of the 11th Hussars arrived at Plymouth on -Monday
afternoon from Exeter, and embarked yesterday on board
the sailing-transport,Kent for the Crimea.
About .280 men of the A, B, and C divisions of the
Laud Transport •Corps, from Horfield, Arrived at Ply-
mouth on Monday afternoon• for embarkation.
The following detachments of cavalry are under orders
to proceed to the Crimea early in May, viz. :-sth Dra-
goon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales), 1 subaltern,
1 sergeant, 30 privates, and 173 troop horses, from the
cavalry depot at Newhridge, t i embark at Kingstown ;
4th (gm* n's Own) Light Dragoons, 1 officer, 2 ser-
geants, 50 privates, and 200 troop horses, from Brighton,
to embark at Southampton ; 10th (Prince of Wales's)
Royal Hussars, 1 officer, 2 sergeants, and 50 privates,
with 80 troop horses, from the cavalry depot, Maidstone,
•to embark at Southampton ; 12th Royal Lancers, 1 offi-
cer, 2 sergeants, and 40 privates, with 80 troop horses,
from the cavalry depot, Maidstone, to embark at South-
ampton ; 17th Lancers, 2 officers, 4 sergeants, and 100
privates, with 150 troop horses, from Brighton, to em-
bark at Southampton ; the first division-1 maj r, 3
captains, 4 subalterns, 12 sergeants, and 240 mounted
men, of the 15ih Royal Hussar?, from Exeter, will
embark on board the Kent and the Chalinors translorts
at Plymouth ; the second division will embark shortly
afterwards, and the head-quarters of the regiment, com-
prising the staff, will follow. It being expected that the
draught for the 12th Lancers will reach the Crimea
before the regiment Lrrives from India, the detachment
will du duty with the 17th Lancers in the interim.

LATEST NEWS FROM MALTA..
A letter from Malta; dated April 18, has the following
naval and military news : •
" The Arabia, steam transport No., 95, Stone c
'm-
mander, arrived on the 17th, having on board the fol-
lowing officers, men, and horses :-4th Dragoons,
Lieutenant Browne ; sth Druoson Guards, Lieutenant.
Colonel M'Mahon, Cornet and Adjutant James Hayes ;
Bth Hussars, Captain Naylor and Lieutenant Pager ;
17th Lancers, Major W. Morris. Lieutenant H. H.
Barber, Staff Assi,tant-Surgeon, 100 rank and file, five
servants, and 194 horses.
"On the 13th inst.. off Cape St. Vincent, the Arabia;
had the taisfortnne to rue into and sink the Sardinian
brig Fortunate, bound to Gibraltar with a cargo ofln—
dian corn. She was, fortunately, enabled by dint of.
great exertion to rescue the crew, composed of 12 per-
sons, who were brought into this harbour. The Arabia
has proceeded to the Crimea.
"The arrivals of vessels, and their departure for Genoa
or Toulon, continue. The Simoom and the Ripon will
leave to-day for Toulon or Marseilles. •
" Two men-of-war --the Recruit, grin-vessel, from
Plymouth, and the' Weser, gun-boat--are among the
arrivals. •
" On the sth four French line-of-battle ships reached
Eupatoria, to assist in conveying thence to the camp
before Sebastopol a part of the 25,000 men detached
from Omer Pacha's army to create a diversion. On the
6th they landed 5.000 of them ; and the British ships
Gladiator, Fdrious, Tribune, Valorous, and Ripon—the
latter with 230 horses—also conveyed 9,000 men to the
allied camp. The vessels, except the Ripon, would re-
turn to Eupatoria for the remainder of the troops-
-11,000.
"The Ripon left Kassaz-bay on Good Friday, when the
British fleet was lying there, all ready for the attack."
Under date April 17 we have the following .
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the dept of this island. In .ocinsoggence of this orders
were given to the Buffs (3,1 Regiment) to hold them-
selves in immediate readiness to embark, and on Satur-
day night the entire regiment left the harbour Which v board
the sailing transport Timandra, No. 51, whic
,rider
was taken in tow bythe Ardent steam-ship, Coniru
Horton, under orders to convey.the mails from England
by the Valetta and the Tagus to Corfu. The Ardent
having been detached from this service, the little Shear-
Water as sent on in her stead, a few hours after the
arrivalw of the Tagus, from Southampton and Gibraltar,
wive. vessel come in on Sunday..
The Timandra, it is said, will proceed direct to
Dal:lk!ava, without touching at Conetantinople.
"The force in the East will also be increased by a
contingent of 1 non-commissioned officer and 50 men
from each draught now in this garrison.
As far as I have been enabled to collect, the following
officers have been selected to proceed. They will, how-
ever, be encamped outside the walls for a month or three
weeks, to prepare for futnre works : •
" SECOND DrvisroN-30th Regiment—Captains M.
Pennefather and J. C. N. Stevenson, Lieutenants
Singleton :end Wocd. 1 sergeant and 50 men. 414—
Major R. Pr,tt, (in command of the division), Captains.
Johnsten and Lockhart, 1 sergeant, end 50 men. 47th
—Captain G. W. Armit, Lieutenants E. Croker and.B."
N. Gamier, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 49th—Captain
Nason, Lieutenants Maule and Scoones, 1 sergeant, and
50 men. 55th—Captain Cure, Lieutenants Stone and
Evans, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 62,I—Captain Rynd
or Captain Cox, Lieutenants Clerke and Hughes, 1 ser
geant, and 50 men. 95th—L eutenants Parkinson and
the Hon. C. M. H. Forbes, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. -
" FOURTH DIVISION-17th Regiment—Captain Arm-
strong, Lieutenant Vesturme, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
20th-Captain Tgrner, Lieuts. Hewett and O'Neill,
I sergeant, and 50 men. 21st.—Captain Hawker, Lieu-
tenants Bruce and Holloway, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
46th.—Lieutenant ter. M. Hutton, 1 sergeant, and 59
men. 57th.—Lieutenant Coope, Ensign Waugh, 1 ser-
geant, and 50 men. 63d.—Lieutenants Benyon and
Knox, 1 sergeant. and 50 men. 68th.— Captain Trent,
Lieutenants Grace and Sparke, 1 sergeant, and 50 men.
" LIGHT DIVISION. 7th Fusileers.— Lieutenant-
Lieutenants the Hon. E. Fitzclarence
Colonel Heyland,
and Wright, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 19th.—Lieu-
tenant Massy, I sergeant, and 50 men. 23d.—Captain
RaYnes, Lieutenant Hackett, 1 sergknt, and 50 men.
33d.----Captains Wickham and Fanshatve, Lieutenants.
----
the lion. R. H. de Montmorency and Johnstore 1 ser-
geant, and 50 men. 34th.—Lieutenant W. W. lordan,
1 sergeant, and 50 men. 77th.—Major Forbes, I4ieu-
tenant Dodd, 1 sergeant, and 50 men. 88th.—Captain
Mavriaivl, Lieutenant John Evans, 1 sergeant, and 50
men. 90th: —Captain Vaughan, Lieutenants RaiU and
Sir C. Pieott, Bart., 1 sergeant, and 50 men. lst ;Bat-
taliOn Rifles —Captain Oxenden, Lieutenant Dashwood,
1 s,,rpeant, and 50 men. 2d Battalion Rifles.—Lieute-
nant G. H Grey,' 1 sergeant, and 50' men.
"The Simoon, Commander Ross, frOm Balaklava and
Constantinople. arrived on the 14th, and will leave
to-
morrow for Toulon to receive on board some of the
French tro'ops. Her original destination was Genoa.
"The Escort. No. 97, Liddle, from Woolwich,
arrived on the 14th with Captain Arbuthnot, Assistant-
Surgeon Irwin, 49 Artilltry, and 54 horses for the East.
"The arrivals of French troops, especially of the Im-
perial Guard, have been numerous, and of almost daily'
occurrence for the last week. The men are generally of
a Roe cast, tail, and well-looking, but, perhaps,. less.
dapted, from their size, to strippsrt tlle int-sessniit•ttfattigM
of wet
Ththan the inure slightl made and aOtive e.
I, e same friendly ass ociations with the British