The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

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w ith the East rent Militia and draughts for Malta, ar-
rived at that island :—Colonel Brockman, Lie utenant.
Colonel Dering (Major) ; Captains Pennefath!r, Castle,
Kebble, and Mount ; Lieutenants Inverarity, Zaba,
Wilson, Wimberly, and Grey ; Ensigns Fraser, HaF:el-
dine, 13311, Schlotel, Howell, and Paul ; Adjutatrt-Cap-
tain Whitehead (previously arrived) ; Quartermaster R.
Jones ; Surgeon W. R. Curtis ; Assistant-Surgeon
Braidley, Mrs. Mount, Mrs. Jones, two children, Mrs.
Willman, and three children, 594 rank and file ; 49
women, 42 children, of East Kent Militia.
"Ist Foot—Captain Carlyon ; Lieutenants Brady,
Low, and Oakes; Ensigns Heywood and Watson; 130
men, 2 women, and 3 children.
"4th—Captain Wilby ; Lieutenants Elliott, Constables
Breton, and George ; 128 rank and file.
"18th—Major Call ; Captains Ward and Graves;
Lieutenants
Cottee ; 127 Prank aocklinnd gtfile on, Willford, and King ; Ensign
"28th—Captain Garston, Lieutenants Turner and
Smyth, 125 rank and file. "
38th —Captain Daniel, Lieutenants Snell and Hume
Ensigns Stanfeld and Wilkie, 125 rank and file. ,
"44th--Captains Green and Mansfield, Lieutenant
Kendall, Ensigns Pigot and Raymond, 128 rank and
file."

THE FLOATING BATTERIES AND MORTARS-
Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C.D., and Sir Robert Peel
paid a visit to Woolwich Dockyard on Saturday, and
inspected the iron cased floating batteries, and the mor-
tar-vessels fitting at that port. One of the batteries is
in a dock, and another is in the basin. Their lordships
minutely inspected the battery in the basin.
Of the mortar-vessels the seven ordered to the Crimea
had all their mortars fitted by Saturday night. They
are all completed on the plan of Captain Julius Roberts,
R.M.A., but for some unexplained reason are some 40
tons burden less than the vessels built for the old bed
principle. The mortars (5 tons weight each) in the
orishow
down the apparatus look very snug, and turned
the vessel,
h vvards Perpendicularly into a well made is
be badly baallaadst pe
da c kb ed
Who withm stores,o ai3 the vesselsg willp ta not
Wilcox, of the Odin
convey
vtehde these ,was also in the dockyard, is to
veie:seeelasyvtoortSheinbeaestopodl aefffiteeriesnueffiy.cienTto-tdriaa3!
has
it is expected that they will talcs:in their stores of shells
&c., and in the course of the weekn theywillall be de:
snatched.
Admiral Earl Talbot, C. 13 , Lord George Lennox,
Captain W. 11. Henderson, C. 13. Coact Guard), and Mr. Stafford, lmptroller of the
the numerous visitors on S turd P., were amongst
nottrsarcv-71,477,---4 --V,,,c49.All44o9rAusiab-ka
ARRIVAL OF THE VICTORIA:
Sea, 'Malta,
The screw steam transport Victoria,No. 72, Capt. M.J.
Lay, arrived at Southampton from tb6l3lack
and Gibraltar, on Saturday evening. , with left the latter
port on the evening of the 20th inst., iayalids from
the garrison at Gibraltar, in charge of Assistantr,Surgeon
J. Scott. The Tictoria-,has on board Lieut. Reetham,
92(1-Highlanders; and 51.'nfen, 8 women; andl4 children.
This Vessel ,hai been , engaged .in the transport service
during the.paSt 12 'nionths and,.besides the conveyance
of troops.stores, &c., from -porti,in the Mediterranean
and Black -Sea to Balliva; has rendered valuable assiSt•
ante by towing sailing' transport vessels td,tbeir differ-
entplaces of destination. " During the, great gale on the
14th of November'.laSt., the Victoria received.damage,
and her rudder 'was almost entirely carrieeiway. " For
this reason, as well as requiring a thorOtigh';:refit, she
has been ordered. to • England. 'She reached Gibraltar
from Malta in ballast. On the ,12,t1a ;iiist.;', the ma-
Clainery_was partially
_disabledrpy .the,,bottom of one Of
the cylinders being.blown out: 'Since leaving Gibraltar,
the ,Victoria passed, on the 20th instant,' the steam-
ship ,Tynemouth;' on: -'the', 21St spoke' the brig
Favourite, of Marseilles ; on the 22d exchanged colours
with the English brig Stipio, and the Swedish barque
Hedwig Sophia ; and on- the 23d, inst. also exchanged
colonrs with the English brig Lebanon and the English
schoorier John Parden. The Victoria passed the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, wife.
the Peninsular mails, entering Gibraltar harbour, on the
evening of the 20th inst. The ViCtoria was ordered di-
rect to Southampton, it was presumed— by those on
board for the purpose of landing,her, invalids,•hut on her ,
arrival' at that -port, "Routine"`; required that
orders be first received from head-q'uarters for the dis-
posal 4f her freight. -.Up to last evening directions from
head-qUarters had not been received;',and the vessel re-
mained in Southampton .river: Forttutiately;'llOwever,
there are no prgent,cases on, board,; thad it belt!' other- •
;wise the process would, nevertheless;; have been
,g67ne
through. ',.Orders will doubtless be receivedto send the. •
ship back to-,Portsmonth, but; had, tipe Iran ,
truited.With a -:discietionary. Rani" or the triooPs
have been Aanded •on .the evening ,of.jh roval,'A aci, , • '
sent off by train to the militaryibiospital atyorte ea,-
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Capiaiii:Glia's!.9,potinder'fielo-battery;4d battalion
)yal Artilleern-eFalbarktd. atWOolwich on Saturday, on
6rd 1116-oitrallarsteam transport ship, for.the,Crimea.
he Enieka,.Viitlient 300 troops Of.the'2d Toot and
h Raflesfon,boar,d,' sailed from Queenstown on Friday
the!Cape of Goad Hope. , The. men, were in
_good -
loudly 'on their departure.
The detachment of,artiltery.statipne,d in Athlone, under
.euteilant Kay, have received"the:route to jo4a the re-
mainder :•
of tho .confotty' in' tie 'Crimea, and. eft on
iday~'another detachment of the Commissariat drivers, con-
-111, nf l'4l tan' to4thei. with' three superintendents
r) I 'I in
1 sivi sub-suPerintendents, under the comniand
.:rintendent -Dace°, passed through. Cork on Friday, •
and departed in the Prince Arthur for Queenstown, to
embark on board the Zebra for the seat of war. The
men, who are a fine healthy-looking corps, seemed to be
in excellent spirits, and cheered in hearty response to the
farewells of the crowd.

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(TAE ABOLITION OF CHURCH-RATER.-On Saturday Sir
W. Clay's bill to abolish church-rates in England and
\Vales, except under local acts, was printed. It con-
tains eight clauses. Churchwardens may receive volun-
tary contributions for the purposes of the parochial
church. Payment is to be made for two-thirds of the
sittings (and the !Roney may be recovered -as a debt),
and the other third to be free sittings. The preamble
states that church-rates have for some years ceased to
be made or collected in many parishes, and in other
parishes, ,where levied, they have given rise to litigation
and ill feeling.

COLONEL SIETHORP.—A few nights ago the officers
of the Royal South Lincoln Militia, now quartered at
Portsmouth, invited Col. Sibthorp, M.P., to a dinner,
after which the lieutenant-colonel, in the name of the
officers of the regiment, presented to him a large and
costly portrait of himself, mounted on his favourite grey
charger, as some acknowledgment of the great liberality
and untiring zeal which their gallant colonel bad at all
times manifested towards the regiment under his com-
mand. We understand that it is the intention of the
colonel to have the picture lithographed, and to present
a copy to each of his officers.
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opposite the York Hotel. By her Majesty's Roya
Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements
in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-
course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances
of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the
army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra-
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and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be
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above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal
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powerfuMaistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which
a person can be seen and known 1 i miles distant ; they answer
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country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles.
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