The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-17 00:00:00

MEDICAL STORES FOR THE EAST.

Yesterday a vast quantity of medical stores and com-
fort for the wounded at Alma were taken out of the
'rower stores and forwarded to Liverpool for immediate
conveyance to the head-quarters of the medical depart-
ment. Among the articles cent out are a number of
woollen cerge gowns and trousers for the use of the
convalescent.

PROMOTION AND REWARD TO LORD
RAGLAN.
. .

It is understood that Lord Raglan will be raised to
the rank of Field-Marshal after the operations at Sebas-
topol. The committee of the House of Commons re-
ported in favour of additional field-marshals of repute
being made. We believe it is decided to give his lord-
ship .50,000/. in lieu of pension ; his private fortune wa■
merely 10,000 i.

SUBMARINE SERVICE IN THE BLACK SEA.

Serjeaat William Carrie, Ist Company Royal Sappers
and Miners, left Chatham on Saturday afternoon, to
embark on board the Prince, steam-ship, for the
Crimea. This non-commissioned officer is joined
by Privates Lewis, Price, and Toohey, of the same
company, and also with two civilians, selected by
Government. These men are well known for their
ability in the duties of submarine explosions, and are
excellent divers. They go out for the purpose of re-
moving the five ships of war that are sunk by the Rus-
sians at the mouth of the harbour of Sebastopol. They
take with them four sets of diving apparatus and all
other necessary implements, and twenty galvanic batte-
ries, with five miles of copper wire. The charges to be
used will be from one and a half to two tons of gun-
powder, and will be fired at a distance of about two
miles. The operations will be confined to the special
charge of Serjeant Carne. Messengers will be at his
command to transmit every information to Lord Raglan
as the works of the submarine siege proceeds. Serjeant
Carne left the head-quarters at Chatham full of spirits,
having parted with his friends, being in fall confidence
of his success, not only of his completing the destruction
of the ships, but also in removing and recovering the
guns.

It appears that a number of divers, supplied with the
diving apparatus of Messrs. Heincke, have been ordered
to Sebastopol, for the purpose of removing the obstruc-
tion caused by the sinking of several Russian vessels at
the entrance of the harbour. So pressing was the de-
mand that the diver of the Royal Panopticon, who since
the re-opening of that institution has astonished the
public by the display of the brilliant subaqueous light,
has been put in requisition, and sent off at a few hours'
notice. Whilst the promptitude of the Government in
Providing the means of re-opening the harbour is deserv-
ing of all commendation, the fact that our fleet was sent
out unprovided with so essential an appendage as a suf-
ficient staff of divers, affords a singular instance of the
supineness which has prevailed in official quarters in
making—or rather negleoting to make—preparations fur
the war with Russia.

FOR THE BLACK SEA.
We believe that the fall of Sebastopol and the destruc-
tion or capture of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea are
looked upon as so certain to take place that no reinforce-
ments of ships, with the exception of a steam-frigate or
two, is to be despatched thither at present. The fol-
lowing, however, will proceed to the Black Sea at
once :

The Miranda, 17, screw, Captain Lyons (son of Sir
E. Lyons). She was swung for the adjustment of her
compasses yesterday, and reheat her sails. She will
call at Devonport for a mail, and leave there about the
19th.

The Valorous, 16, paddle, Captain Buckle.—She left
Sheerness yesterday, and passed through the Downs en
route.
The four screw - despatch cruisers, Arrow, Beagle,
Lynx, and Viper, are by this time with the fleet in the
Black Sea, with eight of Lancaster's guns, to assist in
the bombardment of Sebastopol. Three of these vessels
were built by Mare and Co. - engines by Penn and
Humphreys. And the fourth WAS built by Messrs.
Green, engines by Maudslay.
The General Screw Company's fine 1,800 tons screw
ship Queen of the South, commanded by Captain Nor-
mon, has been chartered by Government for the convey-
ance of troops to the Black Sea. Orders have been
issued at Southampton that she be got ready for sea
with the greatest possible despatch, but, in consequence
of her having just returned from Australia, thereby
completing a voyage round the world, she will require
docking and cleaning. We understand she is to
la
be re-coated with Peacock and Buchan's patent com-
position.
The Peninsular and Orientaayl, Ctohmepreanyti take in a
Company's screw-ship
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TRIAL OF THE PELTER.
The Pelter. screw stes.m light draught of water gun-
boat, had her steam up yesterday in the Lasin, under the
superintendence of Mr. Hartree, of the firm of John
Penn and Son, the makers of the engines on the high
vulgar° prinoiple, bhe hte four boilers, each indepon•

The steam was got up in the Tartar, 20, screw steam
corvette, sister ship to the Cossack, and originally
built by Mr. Pitcher, and fitted with engines of 250-
horse power by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, on
their patent horizontal cylinder, double piston rod
principle, for the purpose of having her navigated to
Chatham, to be completed at that port for sea, but
in consequence of the lowness of the neap tide she
could not be taken out of the basin. Mr. Henry
Maudslay, having been on board to superintend the
working of the engines on her passage round, had
them tried at her moorings in the basin, and they
worked admirably, making 48 to 49 revolutions per
minute.