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 rit 8 a.m. on the 4th inst.,
with two boilers only under steam power, making a
passage of 271 hours, going on an average rate of 7i
knots per hour, with a maximum pressure en her two
boilers of 71lb. on the squalro inch, with 30 revolutions
per minute ; multiple of 2do :cimal 2. The machinery of
this ship has not required any (except her own engi-
neer's department) attentiom for the last 20 months.
During the capture of Boma rsund there were seven sail
of the line left at Nargen tEiland, to watch the Russian
fleets in Helsingfors and Cranstadt harbours. The Des-
perate, in company with the Imp6rieuse, proceeded to
Cronstadt to reconnoitre there, in which duty the Despe-
rate was most awkwardly placed between the Russian
fleets of Helsingfors and (.'ronstadt. 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 bhore, on both sides of the
gulph, apparently advising of their approach. The
Desperate went within h f miles of Cronstadt, which
enabled her to count 10 sail of the line, besides frigates.
On the 28th of July she returned and cruised off Hel-
singfors. A few days afte yards she was ordered up off
Hovland to reconnoitre ; silo was while there discovered
by the Russian fleet. A Paissian 18-gun frigate steamed
out of harbour from Helsi n gfors for the purpose of cut-
ting off the Despond. This move was fortunately ob-
served by the Euryalus, jits t 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. Innediat, Ay 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 unfortainately, while engaged in this
most essential service, strut :k on a sunken rock, not laid
down in the Admiralty cLarts, where she remained for
six hours, when she got off by starting the water out of
her tanks.

TROOPS AND TRANS PORTS FOR THE BLACK

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Detachments of the 19 th, 38th, and 44th Regiments
are ordered to leave Wali n er on Thursday, to proceed to
Southampton, for embra kation on board the General
Screw Navigation Compa.ny's screw steam-ship Crcesus
(Captain J. Vine Hall), t;(, join the service companies at
Sebastopol. The following officers will accompany the
troops, viz. :—Lieut. F;aldwin of the 19th; Captain
Daniels and Lieut. Snell of the 38th ; but we believe no
officer of the 44th will r iroceed with the detachment of
that regiment.
The Bahiana, steam-tr ansport, 1,529 tons, No. 160, is
appointed to leave Live Irpool this day, with the 82d
Regiment, for Corfu, fro in whence she will proceed to
the Crimea, with the Ist battalion of the 71st Regiment,
consisting of about 436 num.
The Cochrane, screw-si;eamer, 425 tons, has been en-
gaged as a regular transport for three months certain,
and-has bean approprialed for the conveyance to the
East of following st(irias—viz., for the army in the
East, 42 tons of shot and shell, 20 tons of ammunition,
and 11 tons of horse shoe a.. 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 fill ed up with warm clothing, and
will be ready to commenc4 loading at Deptford in a few I
days. Her number is 176..
The Marley Hill, steam.- transport, No. 169, and Lady
Eglinton, steam-transport, 165, both left the Downs on
the 4th for Constantinople
The loading of the Saladin with stores and
wooden huts for the Freme.h army in the East having
been completed, that ship, in tow of the steamer William
M'Cormick, will leave ;Southampton this morning.
The Saladin has on board Trio huts complete, each capable
of sheltering 30 men, also 1,000 barrels of pork, 200
puncheons of rum, and other stores.
The William M'Corrnick, besides 420 tons of coals,
takes out 300 barrels of pork. The total number of
wooden barracks to be &hipped from Southampton is
1,800, and the contract price is 211. each. They have
all been provided by Mr. Potter, of Glocester. 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 nof having; full crews, and tha
narrowness of the hatohways, &c., rendered stowage
difficult. It has also been deemed indispensable for
each ship to have her qutpta of the barracks entirely