The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE DESPERATE.

Yesterday, at 11.30 a.m., the Desperate screw steam-
ship, Captain E.C. T. D'Eyncourt, arrived at Sheerness
from Hull. She left Hull at 8 a.m. on the 4th inst.,
with two boilers only under steam power, making a
passage of 274 hours, going on an average rate of 74
knots per hour, with a maximum pressure en her two
boilers of 7ilb. on the square inch, with 30 revolutions
per minute ; multiple of 2 decimal 2. The machinery of
this ship has not required any (except her own engi-
neer's department) attention for the last 20 months.
During the capture of Bomarsund there were seven sail
of the line left at Nargen Island, to watch the Russian
fleets i❑ Helsingfors and Cronstadt harbours. The Des-
perate, in company with the Impdrieuse, proceeded to
Cronstadt to reconnoitre there, in which duty the Despe-
rate was most awkwardly placed between the Russian
fleets of Helsingfors and Cronstadt. During this ser-
vice a continual code of signals by guns was kept up
by the Russians, and telegraphic communications
were being carried on on shore, on both sides of the
gulph, apparently advising of their approach. The
Desperate went within a few miles of Cronstadt, which
enabled her to count 16 sail of the line, besides frigates.
On the 28th of July she returned and cruised off Hel-
singfors. A few days afterwards she was ordered up off
Hogland to reconnoitre ; she was while there discovered
by the Russian fleet. A Russian 18-gun frigate steamed
out of harbour from Helsingfors for the purpose of cut-
ting off the Desperat. This move was fortunately ob-
served by the Euryalus, just in the dusk of the evening.
She immediately proceeded for the entrance of the har-
bour of Helsingfors, which the Russian steam frigate
had just left. Immediately the Russian frigate sighted
the Euryalus she put down helm and made the best of
her way for the harbour again, blowing off steam all the
way. The Euryalus unfortunately, while engaged in this
most essential service, struck on a sunken rock, not laid
down in the Admiralty charts, where she remained for
six hours, when she got off by starting the water out of
her tanks.

TROOPS AND TRANSPORTS FOR THE BLACK
SEA.

Detachments of the 19th, 38th, and 44th Regiments
are ordered to leave Palmer on Thursday, to proceed to
Southampton, for embarkation on board the General
Screw Navigation Company's screw steam-ship Crcesus
(Captain J. Vine Hall), to join the service companies at
Sebastopol. The following officers will accompany the
troops, viz. :—Lieut. Baldwin of the 19th ; Captain
Daniels and Lieut. Snell of the 38th ; but we believe no
officer of the 44th will proceed with the detachment of
that regiment.
The Bahiana, steam-transport, 1,529 tons, No. 160, is
appointed to leave Liverpool this day, with the 82d
Regiment, for Corfu, from whence she will proceed to
the Crimea, with the let battalion of the 71st Regiment,
consisting of about 436 men.
The Cochrane, screw-steamer, 425 tons, has been en-
gaged as a regular transport for three months certain,
and has been appropriated for the conveyance to the
East of the following stores—viz., for the army in the
East, 42 tons of shot and shell, 20 tons of ammunition,
and 11 tons of horse shoes. For the Black Sea fleet, 35
tons of ball cartridges, shut out of the Kangaroo, and
for Scutari, 50 tons of ball cartridges and 25 tons of rifle
muskets. She will be tilled up with warm clothing, and
will be ready to commence loading at Deptford in a few
days. Her number is 175.
The Marley Hill, steam transport, No. 169, and Lady
Eglinton, steam-transpert, 165, both left the Downs on
the 4th for Constantinople.
The bowling of the ship Sala:lin with stores and
wooden huts for the French tinny to the East having
been completed, that ship, in tow of the steamer William
M ‘Corwick, will leave Southampton this morning.
The Saladin has on beard 250 huts complete, each capable
of sheltering 30 men, also 1,000 barrels of pork, 200
puncheons of runs, and other stores.
The William M'Cormick, besides 420 tons of coals,
takes out 300 barrels of pork. The total number of
woolen barracks to be shipped from Southampton is
1,800, and the contract price is 211. each. They have
all been provided by Mr. Potter, of Gloccster. It ap-
pears that the delay in despatching these much-desired
conveniences for the army has not arisen at Southamp-
ton, nor is it the fault of the contractor& but it has been
caused by the arrangements necessary for loading the
ships, some of them not having fell crews, and tloa
narrowness of the hatchways, &c., rendered stowage
difficult. It has also been deemed indispensable for
each ship to have her quota of the barracks entirely