The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-01 00:00:00

army have had no-pay for the last 12 months ; the Pashas,
who are generally a very rascally set, pocket all the money
which comes to hand. With respect to our return to Eng-
land, much of course depends on the duration of the war
and the condition of the ship ; at present she is as com-
plete and sound as possible.
" Feb. 12.—Just arrived at Varna for our third lot of
Omer Pasha's army, destined for Eupatoria. This batch

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completes his infantry, but there are 5,000 or G,OOO to come
from Bourghas and Sisopoli, and 6,000 more infantry from
Baljek for Eupatoria. Everything remains quiet atSebas-
topol and Balaklava up to the 9th inst. After leaving
Enpatoria we go to Balaklava or Constantinople to coal."

The Hastings., 60, Captain Caffin ; the Pembroke, 60,
Captain Seymour;'and the Hogue, 60, Captain Ramsay,
screw block-ship,-,fitting at Portsmouth, are hourly
approaching completion, and abundance of labour is put..
upon them to turn them out of Land. The oew high-
pressure block-ships.will be mere efficient, although of 250
horse Power less than the old one., and NNW farm- (it is
confidently expected) the most importaa and efficacious
division of the Baltic fleet. The Blenheim, GO, Capt.
W. IL Hall, received -her mainmast yesterday, and is
completing her runt in the old ba-in at Portsmouth.
The Edinburgh, 53, Capt. Hewlett, is under repair and
refit with the utmost expedition to rejoin the 11,-.:et ; thus
thtre are five of these" screw bleekships now at P,rt,
mouth made highly pert-let-v.l)le and powerful war steam
two•deekers out of useless old sailing 74's—the Hastings,
Pembroke, Blenheim, Hoguo, and Aj:IX. The Britannia,
120; Capt. Carter, will go into .Portsmouth harbour to-
day if the fog (yesterday. and on Tuesday to dens() will
permit, when she •wili he dismantled 'and put out of corn-

4kr, and her crew' paid wage,, granted leave, and
Jade ftlai!able ler the steam fieer. • The Retribution, 2S,
oaddh- vheel igatr, Capt. Fisher, is yet under the ship-
hands at Portsmouth, and' great progress is
.ing towards refitting her. The Centaur, 6, paddle.
.gate, Capt. Clifford, is very well advanced in her equip-
aent, and is nearly rigged, with the assistance of the
dockyard riggers; all her masts are up, and the riggirg
nearly fitted. The James Watt, 91, Captain Geerga

Elliot, is shipping her spare spars, and will have the
dock for the basin to complete the readjustment of her
ma,Thinery in a day or two. The Esk, 20, screw cor-
vette, Captain Bircb, which has been on a few days'
cruise to prove her capabilities, &c., returned to Spit-
head on Tuesday, and remains awaiting further orders.
The Calcutta, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Naviga-
tion Company's transport, has not been able to get into
Portsmouth harbour with safety to embark the Lan-
cashire Militia, owing to dense fogs. The YE Aus,
42-gun frigate, fitted up to serve as a shell and powder
depot for the Baltic fleet, will move out of the basin at
Portsmouth this day. The Himalaya, Commander
Priest, will embark the remount of cavalry horses
sl-ie is destined to convey to the seat of war this day at
Portsmouth dockyard. By the end of next week there
will be at Spithead such an " arma la," as that anchor-
age never before berthed, if the weather should be pro-
pitious.
The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt.
George T. Gordon, was taken out of dock at Keyham,
Plymcutb, on Tuesday.

The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Dragon, 0, Captain
James Wilcox, was towed by the steam-vessel Confiance
to the Jupiter coal depot, in Hamoaze, on Monday.
The screw steam-corvette Tartar, 20, Captain Hugh
Dunlop, is undergoing repair alongside the jetty at
Devonport dockyard.
The screw steam-ship Conflict, 8, Captain Arthur
Cumming, was placed in dock at Keyham on Tuesday.
The screw steam-ship Nile, 91, Captain George R.
Mundy, was appointed to go from Hamoaze into Ply-
mouth Sound yesterday, and to sail to-morrow for
Spithead.
The crew of the troop-ship Resistance, 10, Master-
Commander Manser Bradshaw, in Hamoaze, bent sails
on Monday. They were paid wages by Admiral Plum-
ridge on Tuesday.
The steam-ship Argus, Captain Hamil, from London,
vvitti telegraphic wires for the Crimea, put into Ply-
mouth Sound yesterday, out, of trim, being too deep
forward. Atter being trimmed and supplied with addi-
tional fuel she will proceed to sea.
The barque Thetis, of London, Captain T. Barter,
from Cardiff; with coal for San Francisco, sprang a leak
and foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 4th ult. The
crew, 24 in all, were picked up by the Spanish brig
Bonetta, of Bilboa, and landed on the sth at Corunna,
whence they were brought by the schooner Lady Man-
sell, and landed at Plymouth on Tuesday.
Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour shifted his flag at
Plymouth on Tuesday from the Nile to the Exmouth.
The steam sorew-frigate Euryalus, 51, Captain E.
Ramsay, went from Hamoaze into Plymouth Sound on
Tuesday, and was appointed to sail yesterday for Ports-
mouth, to embark militia hvolunteers fur service in the
Mediterranean.
The friends of the late Lieutenant-General Sir Walter
Raleigh Gilbert, Bart., G.C.8., have ;determined on
erecting a monument to his memory on the Beacon at
Bodmin, in Cornwall. The Beacon contains 17i acres,
rises 515 feet above the level of the sea, and can be seen
from Fowey to Padstow.
We learn from Plymouth that contracts were made
yesterday by the authorities at the Royal William Vic-
tualiing-yard with Messrs. Collier Brothers, for the
supply of 3,000 quarters of 'wheat—namely, 1,000
quarters at 695. 10d., 700 at 715., and 1,800 at 725.
On Monday morning Colonel Crutchley, the comman-
dant of the Provisional Depot Battalion in Birr, King's
county, received the route for the draughts from the de-
pots of the 21st Fusiliers, 57th Foot, and 03d Foot,
which had been for some time in readiness to proceed to
Cork, where they will embark for Malta. Tuesday
afternoon was fixel for the departure of the draughts,
which consisted, from each of the three depots, of
six sci g, ants, four drill instructors, t o drum-
mers, and 120 rank and file. The men were in
high spirits, and were warmly cheered. A few moments
Previous to the order to march being given, Colonel
Crutchley addressed them in forcible terms, pointing out
the duty they were called upon to perform.' and what
eas expected from them by their Qu(en and country.
The following are the names of the (.fficErs who will sail
with the draughts, viz.:—From 21st Fusiliers, Captains
M, P. Collingwood and S. W. H. Hawker ; Lieute-
nants Hon. R. R. Best, T. Bruce, F. B. Hollway, and
T. Coakley. From 57th Foot—Lieutenants W. J.
Coope, J. R. Willmott, H. Bird, and J. N. G. Macart-
ney. From 63d Foot—Brevet-Major C. Higgkil:iottoulA;
Lieutenants S. A. Y. Ban on Laurence E. Knox,
M. Durnaresque ; and Ensign S. H. Bruce.
that these detachments will sail in the Great It is said
Britain.
About 20 wounded and invalided soldiers from Scu-
tari, in
cu -
tari, belonging to different regiments, have arrive
Bristol,where they have been -billeted for four days, At