The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-23 00:00:00

MOVEMENTS AT BILAKLAVA.

A letter from the Black Sea Fleet, dated Balaklava,
May 8, mentions the following► movements :—ln Har-
bour.--The Leander, 50 ; the Eiarnond, 28 ; the Wasp,
14 ; the Himalaya, and the, Triton. The Himalaya
arrived yesterday from Alexandria with cavalry. The
men•of--war steamers that farmed part of the expedition
for Kertch era at anchcr iii the bay, waiting to disem-
bark their troop. The Medina steam-vessel, Lieu-
tenant-Commander H. B. Beresford, ran into a brig and
sunk her ; the petty officer in charge of the watch, it is
said, committed -su►cide, by cutting his throat, imme-
diately afterwards. The chief mourners at Captain
Christie's funeral were Captain .Marsh, R.N., Mr.
Pritchard, Commander-in• Chief's secretary, Lieutenants
Hutohinson and Goss, and Dr. Costello. Admirals
Lyons and Stewart and a large number of naval officer!,
were present.
The huts in course of erection for the reception of
sick and wounded seamen belonging to the Naval
Brigade are rapidly advancing towards completion. The
site is very hea!thy, and enjoys a good supply of excellent
water. A court-martial has been ordered upon Surgeon
Elliott, R.N., doing duty with the Royal Marine Bri-
gade, upon charges preferred against him by the Colonel
commanding, fur neglect of duty. Miss Nightingale
has just arrived in the Robert Lowe steam transport.
M. Soyer alio came by the same vessel. The Caradoc
is daily expected from Constantinople. Lord and Lady
Paget are living on beard the Leander frigate."

The Liverpool 'and Philadelphia Company's screw
steam-ship, Kangaroo, Eziled yesterday morning for
Queenstown, to embark a company of the Royal Artil-
lery for the seat of war in the Ear t. The screw steamers,
City of i'd.ntnal, Pioneer, and Sarah Sands, have also
been engaged for the transport service by the English
Government. The new clipptr Tudcr, of 1,573 tons,
has been also engaged as a transport, and will carry out
the 2d West York Militia to Qibraltar. She will carry
between 700 find 800 personk 'including women and
children.

TEE MILITIA,
The Leices*iihii-e Regiment of Itrintra, 'under the

command of Lieutenant-Oolouel King, has received
orders to hold itself in readiness to proceed to the Camp
at Aldershott tu-morrow. The force will consist (I
about 400 men, the new levies being left as a depot at
Leiceaer.

THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIC HT.

DOWNING-STREET, MAY 18.
The Queen has been pleaze.l to appoint Fleury James
Moller, Esq., to ba Resident Magistrate for the county of
D'Urban, iu the district, of Natal, in South Africa.

WHITEHALL, MAY 22.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James
Mitchell to the church and pariah of Peterhead, in the
presbytery of Deer, and county of Aberdeen, vacant by
the transportation of the Rev. Alexander Irvine to the
parish of Cramond.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
John M'Crae Sandilands to the church and parish of Orr,
alias Urr, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and Presby-
tery of Dumfries, vacant b 3 the resignation of the Rev.
George Stewart Burns. •

BOARD OF TRADE, - WRITEHALL, MAY 21.
The Right Honourable the Liirds of the Committee of
Privy Council for Tra(le and' Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign AffAirs, a copy
of a despatch from her MajestY's Vice Consul at Galatz,
reporting the permission granted to all neutral vessels with
cargoes of grain to leave the Danube for their respective
countries.

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 21.
Tho Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade'and Plantations have received, through
the S6cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de-
spatch from her -.l.‘iljesty's Minister at Copenhagen, enclos-
ing a copy of a Danish law, suppressing, from and after Jan.
1,856, the monopoly of the trade with the Faroe Islands
enjoyed by the Danish 0-,•vernment, and throwing that
trade open to the subjects of all nations. The coasting
trade and the trade between Denmark and the Faroe
Islands are, however, restricted, in the case of foreign
vessels, to those of about fifteeu lasts measurement.
All masters of vessels arriving from the Faros -Islands
will be supplied with a copy or translation of the law, in
English or Dutch.

BOARD OF TRADE,, WHITEHALL, MAY 22.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a c tpy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, en-
closing a notice to mariners issued from the Hydrographi-
cal Office there, respecting a- new light on" the Castle of
San Sebastian at Cadiz, a translation of which is sub-
joined.

(Translation.)
(Copy.) Hydrographical Office.
NOTICE TO4ARINERS.
Lighthouses on tho ()wan Coasts of Spain.
Tbo Ministry of Marine has communicated to this office,
through the Ministry of Public Works, some information
relative to au alteration whic4 has been made in the Ca-
diz Lighthouse, under the direCtion of the Corps of Engi-
neers of Bowls, Canals, and Ports, in consequence whereof
the following notice has been drawn up
Cadiz Lighthouse.

, From theist of June of thispar the new catadioljtrical
apparatus of the second order,, groat model, with which
h
light,
which was placed on the most
le of B.tn Sebasti ,n, at Cadiz, has
j
v,ill be lighted from.sunet to sun-
risel it
eel id
Ca
twuesestt ellebre e
nn point reflecting,,
bstoift
I the
; the situation dthis light, to which A° alteration has
been made. is the following :-- .
30 deg. 31 min. 10 sec. N. latitude, and
00 clog. 03 min. 38 sec: W.longitude, from tho Naval
Oloservatr.ry of San Ferna do.
The elevation of the Ininino is focus above the level of
' ', 1 fill tides is 0f.1,57 feet (40
equinoxia .7m), and it pro-
duces a white permanent ligh‘ varied With red flashes
every second, which will be visible frorn,p, distance of 20
miles, provided the state of the atmosphere allows it, and
the eye of the observer be placid at 28'5 feet (7.81 m) on
the same height.
Mad ii,l, 23d April, 1855.
(Signed) JOAQUIN GUTIERREZ DR IttinALcAvA.
WAR-OFFNE, MAY 22.
STAFF.

Captain John Swinburu, of ISth Foot, to be AssiE-
tant-Adjutant of a Depot Bat alion.
OFFICE OF ORI).S/ANCE, MAY 19.
Royal Regiment of Artiller)H-Lieutenant Robert Weise-
ley Haig to be Second Captaiin ; Serjeant-111,jor Thomas
/
Bishop to ba Lientetant, yiceTbilips, retired on full pay.
Ordnance Me.lical Depart ent—Acting Assistant-Sur-
goons Edward Bubb and Na haniel.Philip Botts, to be
Assistant-Surgeons.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY TFIE QUEEN.
Ist Regiment of DerbY.Fhire Militia—Captain Charles
Yelverton Balguy (late of the 421 Foot) to be Adjutant,
vice Captain Leveson Gower, resigned.
Ist West York Regiment of Militia—Charles Edgecumbe
Davenport, Gent. to be Adjutant.
2d West York (Light Infantry) Regiment of Militia.—
Charles John Ewan, late Captain G3th Regiinent, to be
Ad j titan t.
Royal Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia,—Captain and
Adjutant James Bland to be Paymaster ; Captain Samuel'
Rawson, late of the 28th Regiment, to be Adjutant, vice
Bland, who accepts the Paymttsterabip, •
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDSLIEITTENANT.
County of Stafford—Williain Orme Foster, Esq. Theo
philus John Levett, end Robert Thomas Kennedy
Lovett, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenants.'
County Esq,,
of Lan.ctaster—Josaph Christopher
Ewart, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
7th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia— John Row-
landson Marshall, Esq., to ba Captain ; William Browne
Ponsor,by, Esq., late Lieutenant, Bombay Native Infan-
try, to bo Captain; Richard Citment, Esq., to be Captain;