The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-31 00:00:00

LONDON, SATUMAY EVENING,' iiARCH 31, 1855.

enemy, and their remains now rest on the spot ennobled
by their. fall. I am much indebted to all these officers
for their valuable services on that day ; and when I
remind your Highness that the following named officers—
Lieutenant-Colonels Youer Bey (Balfour Ogilvy) and Bey-
zad Bey (Hinde), Captains Arnold, Balk-rd, and Meynell,
were all volunteers, freely and gratuitously giving their
services in the just cause of his Imperial Majesty the Sul-
tan, I feel confident your Highness will permit me to re-
commend the survivors—Lieutenant-Colonels Youer Bey
(Balfour Ogilvy), Beyzad Bey (Hinde, 65th Regiment Ben-
gal Infantry), and Captain Ballard, to your Highness's
most favourable consideration. .

I have already, in a separate despatch, dono myself the
honour to bring the services of Captain Beat, of the Royal
Engineers, under the favourable notice of his Excellency
-General Lord Raglan.
With the highest respect, I have &c.
(Signed) BEHRAII (GENERAL CANNON). -

strongly urged the importance of the adoption of the
screw propellor to our men-of-war.—En. SUN.]

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.

The steam-sloop ROsamond, Commander Crofton, sailed
from Plymouth yesterday for the eastward.
The Bremen hired steam transport Germania, Captain
Neynader, which left Woolwich on Wednesday morning,
arrived at Plymouth Sound yesterday morning, and is to
sail from that port at 10 o'clock this forenoon for Malta,
Constantinople, and Balaklava. At Woolwich she shipped
a quantity of spare sails and stores for the Black Sea fleet,
228 invalid cars, 30 waggons, harness, &c., and embarked
112 wheelwrights, blacksmiths, collarmakers, and other
artisans, and 43 non-commissioned officers of the Land
Transport Corps ; also Surgeon Denny, Aseistaht-Surgeon
Read, Ride Brigade, three ministers of religion, and three
clerks for the Commissariat, one for medical service, and
one for transport service. At Plymouth they were joined
by 43 men of the A division of the Land Transport Corps.
Before leaving the steamer was inspected by Brigade-
Major Ibbotson and Dr. Dowse. Some little difficulty.
about the diet served out to the artisans was satisfactorily
arranged by telegraphic instructions from the Admiralty.
About 120 of the A, B, and C divisions of the Land Trans-
port Corps remain in Plymouth.
Tho large new steamer Zebra, daily expected at Liver.
pool, from the Clyde, has been taken up by Government,
and will be examined by Captain Bevis, R.N., Admiralty
agent, who will report on her fitness for some particular
branch of the transport service.
The screw steamer Alps, at Liverpool, has been ordered
to be held in readiness for embarking about 600 rank and
file of the East Kent Militia, and about 25 officers, whom
she a ill probably take to one of the Mediterranean stations.
The Royal mail steam-ships Arabia and Cambria (Cunard
Company) are being fitted at Liverpool for the conveyance
of horses to the seat of war.
The new large iron screw-steamer Alma, recently
launched from the buildin,g-yard of Mr. John Laird, where
she was constructed for the< Admiralty, will be ready for
sea on the 4th of Aptil, ab-ant which time she will leave
Liverpool for the peat of war, calling at Cork for about
1,300 troops. _ _

The safling-vessel Sitrtoona sailed from Liverpool on
Welnesday, with a cargo of 250 tons of hay for Constan-
tinople, . .

The Hansa, steam-transport, left Spithead yesterday for'
Malta and Corfu with the Staffordshire Militia. Tho Vic-
tory. steam-transport will leave Portsmouth this morning
for the Crimea: The Melcure, Dutch man-of-war store-
ship, arrived at Spithead on Wednesday: The Mercury
cutter, tender to the Dasher, returned; to the Channel
Islands yesterday.
Commind3r Tudor has been appointed Commander' of a
division of transports, and will host his pennant on bo4rd
the Cambria, at Liverpool; on the 12th -of April. The .
following have heen appointed divisional lieutenantd of
transports under Captain Tudor's conimand H.
Sharpe, C. Hawkey, R. W. Clarke, and I. C. Clarke: