The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-04 00:00:00

THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.

CI
lt.
ph 'ay:
this Clarke,
detTeat'arhyAsdemafdoyamrnmii itaahol r
morning
Government
Admiralty
sailing
agent,transporti4a s
, towed a- Capt.
into Crowe,Portsmouth
to prepare for the reception of.
Cinrgimea. She is of 2,163 tons, has
httßta:nThrrWeblleoes.ufuGull decks, and this is her first service, -having been
taken
hospital-ship. She is owned by Messrs. J. Baines and Co., of
Liverpool. She is intended to run between Scutari and home.
She has cabin accommodation of the first-class for 40 passen-
gers, and is fitted in every way most.completely for the com-
fortable accommodation of about 600 sick. She is American
built,' and Was intended to be one of the Liverpool and Aus-
trali-n (Black Ball) line of packets. •Her troops or invalids
will be berthed on the lower and middle decks, which are
ventilated by shafts so admirably constructed that they carry
away the confined air of those decks clear to the upper deck,
(to return with), the greater por-
without allowing any escape to the decks through which they
Besides this, the decks are ventilated through the
sides by ports and scuppers, making the atmosphere between
decks very cool and Salutary. She has provisions on board
sht:aniseia)ot.rt
for four months for 1,200 troops ;"also provisions for the
service yet seen at
The ship was visited
morning to
yest rday by numbers of naval and military officers, all of
whom (especially the_ dockyard officials) pronounced her the
BWfeieteth sailing transport
pwraospatorowefodrittthtoe
Portsmouth. Her state cabin fittiugi rival miental magnifi-
cence in some of their details, and the height between decks
tbs ai
eomslnteofitfitmwt fitted which
oshhr iisspo;fir ein:ivetarhvi of
(td
swTarri
allTb:elolutv isn eneasahrilrye
reception of remounts of cavalry horses for the Crimea. The
Panama sailing transport left Portsmouth yesterday for the
Portsmouth 'harbour yesterday.
Crimea, with about SOO tons of victualling supplies from the
Royal. Clarence yard, Gosport. The Royal Clarence yard
meet the demands
is in full wok
upon it and every. officer and man doing Eris beyst to

ALARM OF FIRE ON BOARD TIIE DAUNTLESS.
At 11.30 p.m., on the '.oth ult., all hands were turned
up on board the Dauntless (off Sebastopol), for the purpose.
of taking their turn at firing on the batteries. The Steam
Was up, and she got under way, and gradually advanced
in along the shore till within 700 yards,. her guns being
loaded with shell. She fired a broadside. The Russians in
reply let fly ab •ut 100 shells, which burst'around the ship,
one shell passing through the forestays. Another broadside
was immediately fired from the steamer, when'an explosion
took place. The cry of " fire !" was raised, and she was
steamed
mouinu tas quickly as possible. The fire was extinguished
i five te's, and as soon as the smoke permitted it'was
discovered that the gun in the captain's cabin had burst.
wounding four men and a boy, blowing away the beams, and
part of - the upper and main decks. The muzzle cf the gun
was blown out of the port; the rest flew around in huge
pieces, smashing the cabin and ev:zything in it. The master,
on
clerk, and. signal midshipman were thrown off the bridge