The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-01 00:00:00

THE WHEAT CONTRACT.

Contracts were taken at the Royal Clarence Victu.
ailing-yard. Gosport, by Rear-Admiral Courtenay yes,
terday for 2,000 quarters of wheat, at an average of 745,
per quarter.

MILITARY.
Captain Bourke contrn:Lnds the depot of the 34th, at
Plymouth, whence Major Kelly proceeds with a draft of
150 men, to follow the regiment from Corfu to the Crimea.
Recruiting parties left Chatham on Thursday—for the
76th Regiment to Alsforn, near Farnham, and the 61st
to Norwich.
The Ist Royals depot is ordered from Castlebar to
Athlone, to be replaced by a company of the 40th depot

from Galway. -
Colonel John L. Denis is in command of the 94th at
Windsor, with the following Officeri :—Captain H. L.
Caife, Captain A. Maclean, Lieut. Oswald de L. Priaulz,
and Lieut. John Murray. The head-quarters are ex-
pected to leave Chatham in a few days at Wellington
Barracks.
An order was received on Monday to form the depot
of the 72d Highlanders in Limerick.
On Tuesday 800 stand of old musketry belonging to
the 72d were deposited in the armoury of the Ordnance
depot in Limerick, and replaced by 800 stand of Minie
rifles.
All the Irish artillery regiments of militia are to be
drilled at Woolwich.

MILITIA.
Colonel Bingham has received official orders' for the
immediate assembling of the Dorset Militia, which are
under his command. Before being appointed on garrison
duty the men will have 28 days' drill at Dorchester.
The First Devon Militia Regiment is making great
efforts to increase its stringtb, in anticipation of many
of its members volunteering into regiments of the line.
The staff commenced recruitint, at Exeter on Friday,
and on Saturday they went to'Crediton, where a few
men volunteered. They have also visited other places
during the week for the sane purpose.
Tbe Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire has intimated to
the officers and staff of the 2d Regiment of Staffordshire
Militia, at the head-quarters at Stafford, thAt he expects
immediately to receive her Majesty's warrant directing
him to embody that regiment forthwith. The regiment
is commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Littleton, ISLE,
who is at present at Madeira. In his absence, the com-
mand devolves upon Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of
Uxbridge, M.P. The Government have since intimated
that the 3d Regiment of Staffordshire Rifle Militia, com-
manded by Colonel Bagot, will be ordered out as well
as the 2d.

WINE FOR SCUTARI HOSPITAL. —lt was stated
Wednesday; upon high authority, in the Central Crim
nal Court now in session, that a letter had been received
from Miss Nightingale, in which she stated that so great
was the want of proper necessaries in the hospitals at
Scutari that there were only a few bottles of wine for
the use of the sick and wounded troops. Immediately
upon the fact becoming kriown to the sheriffs, they in
the most prompt and kind manner got up a subscription,
the amount of which was handed over to Mr. Alderman
Finnis, who volunteered to immediately procure a pipe
of port wine, to be at once despatched to the East for
the use of our brave troops.
FLOODS IN THE NORTH.—A succession of heavy showers
on Monday night, Tuesday, and Tuesday night, have
swollen the rivers Irwell and Mersey very considerably.
During Tuesday night and Wednesday morning the
rain fell in torrents, mingled with hail. At Broughton,
above Manchester, the Irwell had overflowed its banks
and flooded the fields on either side, and the same result
I bad followed at Throstle Nest, below that town. Near
Sale and Ashton-on-Mersey, four miles west of Man-
chester, the Mersey had overflowed its banks and laid
great quantities of Meadow land under water ; and from
the rate at which the floods were accumulating great
mischief was feared ; but towards noon on Wednesday
a strong north wind sprung up, dispersing the clouds,
and bringing with it a total change of weather for the
remainder of the day. The wind was exceedingly cold,
but drying, and almost blew a gale during the after-
noon.