The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-18 00:00:00

ARRIVAL FROM THE BALTIC.

Her Majesty's steam despatch gun vessel Wrangler ar-
rived at Hull on Monday from the Baltic. It is expected
that she will proceed to the Black Sea.
The Porcupine, 3, Lieutenant-Commander George M.
Jackson, arrived yesterday at noon from the Baltic.
She left Faro Soumt on the Bth instant, in company with
the now steam gnu-boat Wrangler, and a French corvette ;
she came in on the 6th instant, being engaged to tow the
Neptune to Kiel. The Porcupine arrived at Copenhagen
on the 10th, and left on the 11th, with the Arrogant, the
Lightning leaving the same morning for Elsinore. Loft
Heels. and Driver coaling, to return to the fleet ; parted
company with Wrangler. This experimental gun-boat, of
long range power, has not fired a shotted gun since she
left England.
On the Porcupine leaving, Sir Charles Napier, with a
portion of his fleet, was at Baro Sound. The cholera
broke out very bad at Baro Sound immediately after the
Termagant had put in there with the Russian prisoners.
This is the Swedish version of its origin there. Certain it
is that the Swedish Government were using the most
stringent precautions to prevent the spread of this disease,
adopting sanitary cordons, and placing sentinels over
every infected house, who kept strict guard that no person
left the infected districts after once entering them. The
Porcupine lying there in charge of the steam fleet of col-
liers, the cholera made its appearance amongst the masters
and crews. There were colliers of all nations amongst
them, and many of the officers and crews suffered very
severely. These were all promptly and continually at-
tended to by Assistant-Surgeon M'Acree, of the Porcupine
—and previous to the departure of the Porcupine, a depu-
tation of fourteen masters of all nations waited upon Mr.
M'Acree, with a testimonial expressing the warmest
thanks for his unremitting kindness, and of his successful
treatment of themselves and their crews, as not one case
amongst the whole fleet proved fatal, from the prompt and
unremitting attention of this gentleman.
The French man-of-war Duguesclin, from the Baltic,
left the Downs yesterday at one p.m., for Cherbourg.
The colliers there were landing all their cargoes, which
were being warehoused in the extensive premises of Mr.
Grubb, a Swedish merchant of high integrity, for the
future uses of the steam fleet in the Baltic next year.
The Porcupine put into Great Grimsby, for a pilot.
Mr. Arthur Brown, lato ship-master out of Dundee, acting
as Baltic pilot, brought the Porcupine home.
Mr. Charles Saunders, late clerk, now promoted to the
rank of paymaster, came home in the Porcupine.

Yesterday afternoon, about 3 o'clock, a large British war
steamer, with an Admiral's flag (blue), passed the Goodwin.
Yesterday the issue of stores of all kinds, clothing, &0.,
for the army in the East continued till a ate hour in the
evening at the Tower ; they wore forwarded by railway to
Liverpool for shipment. The total quantity thus sent ex-
ceeds 500 tons. .
In consequence of information received at the Comman-
dant's-office, Chatham, requiring medical assistance at
Bristol, in consequence of the cholera having broken out
to a great extent among the troops at that station, Staff-
Surgeon Moline is relieved from duty at the Garrison
Hospital to proceed there immediately.
The detachment of the 23d Fusiliers on duty at the
Tower having received the route for the Crimea, march
from the fortress this morning to reinforce the service
companies of their regiment.
Yesterday morning the depot of the 71st Highland Light
Infantry marched from Chatham, cn route to Canterbury,
to join the 2d battalion, recently returned from Cans la.
The depot consists of 157 men of all ranks, under the com-
mand of Captain Arthur Patker, Ensign Charles Mounsey,
and Ensign C. C. Wingfield. A few days previous to the
depot leaving Chatham Colour-Sergeant Robert Hastie
was found to be absent. No tidings can be heard of him.
His regimental clothing has been received at the barracks,
and there can be no doubt he has deserted. He has left a
wife and six children at the barracks, and about 91. in the
savings-bank.
A detachment of the 99th Regiment left Chatham
eatl,ot yes-
terday morning for Harwich, for duty at thatsn6
consisting of 2 officers, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and
rank
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n and,
file.
theC Captain
officersptainde
in command.
Lieut. Montague
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ILLNESS OF THE ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 17.—Tlae Admiral of the Fleet and
Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom Sir Thomas Byam
Martin, G.C.8., who has been for some time on a visit to
his son, Rear-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin, super-
intendent of this dockyard, staying at the official residence
admiral is ex--
The malady
of the latter, in theyard, is reported to-day as being most
fatal throughto t the night.
veterannigl l t.
dangerously ill—so bad, indeed, as almost to preclude any
haustion and decay, arisinc, from extreme old
hopewhich otfh threatens to surviving
ago. The
steps of promotion of Sir Thomas Byam Martin
are as
follows :—Captain in 170, rear-admiral i
admiral in 1819, admiral iu 1830, an u 1811, vice-
(l. admiral of the fleet
in 1819.
The gallant admiral still lingers, but '
sink-
ing, suffering intensely from diarrhoea is gradually
The Leopard, 18, Paddle-frigate, witheut relief.
Admiral Henry Byam Martin, bearing the flag of Rear-
to this port as having passed .13., has been telegraphed
Baltic, yesterday in,,rnin through. the Downs from the
the Sprightly, st. amer,
bring the rear-admiral '
tunity of seeing his g.; and on her arrival at Splthead
is ordered to go out to her, to
on shore, to afford him an oppor-
takes place, aged parent before final dissolution