The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-16 00:00:00

The Colossus, 80, screw, Captain R. S. Robinson, left
according to present orders on Wednesday, for the East
India station, to reinforce the squadron there. Her crew
are to be paid wages to-morrow, and the vessel is to try
the measured mile, to try her engines. Her crew has been
made up by a draft of 150 men from the Dauntless, 33,
screw, Captain Ryder. _ _

The Cornwallis, 74, in No. 4 Dock, Devonport, has been
suspended, and her two false keels taken omit ;. the poop
has been taken off, and she will be cut down to he fitted
with a screw. Every preparation is made to commence
with the aperture to receive the propeller.
The Centurion, 84 guns, in No. 5 Dock,- Devonport, has
also been suspended, for the necessary alterations for her
being fitted for the screw ; although nearly a now ship,
symptoms of the rot have been met with in her frame.
The Ajax, 60, screw steam-ship, Captain Warden, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Baltic.
The Tirtar, 20, screw steam corvette, having had her
masts put in at Woolwich, is to be navigated to Chatham.
She is to be rigged and fitted for sea as soon as possible.
The Miranda, 14, screw corvette, Captain Lyons, had
steam up yesterday to try her engines. She will adjust
compasses to-day, ready to go to Spithead.
The Brisk, 14, screw steam-sloop, with the Eurydice,
sailing corvette, in. tow, arrived yesterday morning from
the White Sea, and anchored at Spithead.
The Swallow, 9, screw sloop, Commander Craufurd, will
be ready to go to Spithead the latter cud of the week ;
she will swing, to test deviation of compasses, on :Wed.:
nesday. •

The Volcano, paddle-wheel steam floating. factory, has
arrived at Woolwich on her return from the. Baltic, and
has been brought alongside of the wharf wall to updergo
some slight repairs preparatory to her proceeding to the
Black Sea, under the) charge of her present commander,
Second Master George Gilp n.
The Cuckoo is being prepared for immediate and parti-
cular service.

The Marlborough, indiaman,,sailed from Spithead last
evening for Madras.

APPOINTMENTS.

Lieutenants—George Macintosh Balfour (1846), from
the Ajax, gO, screw steam-ship, on the Baltic station, to
the Hannibal, 01, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness. _Hon.
Arthur Hay (1853), from' the Vestal, 26, on the North
America and West Indies station, to the Ajax, vice Bal-
four.
Master's-Assistant—John W. Harding, to the Indefati-
gable, 50, on the south-east of America station.
Master—Samuel S. Flinn (1825), to be a retired com-
mander of 1846.
It was inadvertently stated that acting assistant-surgeon
Arthur Gordon had been appointed to the Cossack; it
should have been Arthur M'Kenna.

ARRIVAL OF THE CUMBERLAND FROM THE

BALTIC.

The -Cumberland, 70, Capt. George H. Seymour, arrived
at the Great Nora yesterday morning from the Baltic. She
will be towed into harbour today. Sue will be immedi-
ately taken into the fitting basin. Tho officers and ship's
company will be transferred to the victualling stores pre-
pared for the reception of ships' crews returning from the
Baltic, and the ship will be taken into dry dock to make
good damage sustained by her having been in collision with
a French man-of-war.