The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

THE WAR,

The latest news from the Black Sea fleet is contained
in a letter from Baltschik Bay, dated the 19th ult., at
which date the Britannia, Agamemnon, Albion, Queen,
Trafalgar, Rodney, London, Retribution, Apollo, and
Banshee were at anchor there. The Caradoc despatch
vessel arrived there on the 16th from Varna, Lord
Raglan, Colonel Steele, and Colonel Lord Burghersh.
Lord Raglan was received with a salute from the Eng-
lish and French flagships, and left for Varna in the
evening, where a large party, consisting of the Duke of
Cambridge, General Sir George Browne, &c., met him
at dinner on board the Bellerophon. He started that
night in the Caradoc for Constantinople. The French
fleet was lying at Balt9chik, and the Turkish fleet at
Kavarna.

Mr. Dalyell, Acting-Lieutenant of the Terrible, has
been promoted by Vice-Admiral Dundas to the rank of
Lieutenant, vice Sir Henry Blackwood, deceased.
The Apollo troop and store ship was to leave to
Baltachik on the 19th ult., with obsolete stores for
Malta.

The Bellerophon, Vengeance, Arethusa, Sidon, and
Spitfire, with the French ships of the line Henri Quatre
and Bayard, and three ste.tm-frigates, and two Turkish
line of battle ships, were at Varna on the 18th ult.
Commander Spratt, of the Spitfire, was employed in
surveying Lake Devno, in order to the baggage, &c., of
the land forces being forwarded that far in flat-bottomed
boats. The Sidon towed the London on the 16th ult.
to Baltschik, and returned to Varna in the afternoon
with the Vengeance is tow. Lord George Paulet has
been giving large dinner parties to the naval and mili-
tary dignitaries on board the Bellerophon at Varna.
The Sanspareil and Sampson are on the coast of Cir-
cassia. The Highflyer is gone on a secret mission. The
Terrible and Furious are reconnoitring off Sebastopol.
Admirals Dundas and Lyons and some of the captains
of their fleet went from Baltschik to Varna on the 17th
to pay their respects to the Duke of Cambridge.
The following is a copy of a letter from Sir Charles
Napier to Captain H. R. Yelverton, commanding her
Majesty's ship Arrogant, enclosing a despatch from the
Duke of Newcastle, expressing the Queen's great
satisfaction at the gallantry and zeal displayed by the
officers arid men of her Majesty's ships Arrogant and
Hecla at the destruction of the defences of the town of
Ekness

"Duke of Wellington, Baro Sound, June 16.
rec'e'iSveird,—frlombetgheto
Admiralty,forward acotio
copy of of a despatch I have
the Queen's sat-
isfaction at the gallantry and skill displayed by the
officers and men of the Arrogant and Hecla at the late
attack at Ekness, and it gives me great satisfaction to
transmit it to you, and in assuring you I highly estimate
your conduct in managing your ship and the Hecla through
such an intricate navigation.
" I have the honour to be, sir,
" Your obedient servant,
"CHARLES NAPIER,
" Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief.
"To Captain Yelverton, Commanding
Her Majesty's ship Arrogant."

~nip It..
(Enclosure No. 1.)

" Admiralty, June 6.
" Sir,—Having laid before my Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty your letter of the 23d ult., transmitting a
report from Captain Yelverton, of her Majesty's ship Ar-
rogant, of the operations at Ekness, I am commanded by
their Lordships to express to you their satisfaction in en-
closing a letter from the Duke of Newcastle conveying her
Majesty's great satisfaction at the gallantry and skill dis-
played by the officers and men of the Arrogant and Heels
on this occasion.
" I am, sir, your obedient servant,
" B. OSBORNE.
" To Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier, &c."
(Enclosure No. 2.)
"Downing-street, June 5.
"My Lords,—l have laid before the Queen the papers
transmitted to me by your Lordships relative to the de-
struction of certain batteries at Ekness, and 1 have received
her Majesty's commands to desire that you will signify to
the Vice-Admiral commanding her Majesty's fleet in the
Baltic her Majesty's great satisfaction at the gallantry and
skill displayed by the officers and men of the Arrogant and
Hada on this occasion.
" am, my Lords,
" Your Lordships' humble obedient servant,
" NEWCASTLE.
" To the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."
The Vulture, 6, Captain Glasse, was to leave the Gulf
of Finland on the 2d inst., for England to recruit her
crew, replace the lost paddlebox boat, &c.
Sir Charles Napier was off Seskar on the 24th ult.,
with the Duke of Wellington, Hogue, St. Jean d'Acre,
Itnperieuse, Blenheim, Princes Royal, James Watt,
Edinburgh, Caesar, Cressy, Royal George, Majestic,
Arrogant, and Nile ; and the French ships Austerlitz
(screw), Inflexible, Darien, Hercule, Jaroe, Duguesclin,
and Indret. These were towed by their own paddle-
wheel steamers and screws, except the Austerlitz, which
was towed by our Magicienne. Three French ships,
the sailing squadron, and the Ajax (screw), are left with
Admiral Corry, watchiny Sweaborg. Admiral Plum-
ridge has gone back to the Gulf of Bothnia with two or
three small vessels.
Our Malta correspondent in his letter, dated June 26,
says,—

"The arrival of a French mail-boat from Alexandria
enables me to continue the list of arrivals of troops since
my last, beyond which there is nothing of the slightest in-
terest to communicate.
"June 22.—Rip Van Winkle, No. 82, from Liverpool.
32 days,—Captain Campbell, Cornet Hartop, Veterinary
Surgeon Poett, 67 troopers and 65 horses, Ist Royal Dra-
goons, Assistant-Surgeon Casach, 47th Regiment.
"June 23.—Burmah, No. 85, from Kingstown, 25 days,
—Lieutenant Morgan, Cornet Muttlebury, 47 men,
44
horsed, together with an assistant-surgeon (name not given)
of 4th Dragoon Guards. The Taurus steamer, from Wool-
wich 10 days,—Lieutenants Owen and Sterling, Assistant-
Surgeon Loughnau, commissariat officers (D. A. C. G.)
Gerraud and Bailey, 95 rank and file, Royal Artillery.
"June 24.—William Jackson, No. 93, from Kingstown,
—Major Forrest, Captain Robertson Cornet Wilkinson,
53 troopers, and 56 horses, 4th Dragoon Guards; Assistant-
Delany (Staff).
Surgeon Pollard, 93d
Regiment ; Veterinary Surgeon
" Talavera, No. 98, from Plymouth 19 days,—Captain
Tower, Lieutenant Hunt, Cornet Rawlinson, Quarter-
mister J. Marshall, Assistant-Surgeon Boate, 55 men, and
56 horses, 6th Dragoons.
" Cormorant, No. 103, screw steamer, Woolwich, 11th,
—Captains Brandling and Spurway, Lieutenant Tillard,
Assistant•Surgertillery.on Fuson, 35 horses, and 42 troopers,
Royal Horse Artillery.
Englishwi P 9 the passage of the French
with 17 and 1,100 troops, has
,
reached and proceeded to her destination, and a number
of transports carrying
ha a eeheseind
jeaescattnihveße
asritn,c e the 22(1 inst.
their living burdens of men and
horses, in number—men
450, horses 474 • and the Thabor,
with 14 officers and 518 men."
,

Yesterday evening
the mail for the British army in
Turkey and the fleet in the Black Sea was made up,
and forwarded from the General Post-office, via Mar-
seilles and Constantinople. The mail for the Baltic
this evening.eet,vi D antzic, will be made up and despatched
Intelligence was yesterday received that on the 11th
of June the Eurydice, Captain Ornmanney ; the Mi-
randa, Captain Lyons ; and the Brisk, Captain Sey-
mour,uadn r formingo,sailed from lm e
Britishtliela m prftoersti nof the White Sea
squadron, for
r Vardo, to operate
against the Russians.
Advices were received yesterday, under date Ham-
burg, July 2, announcing that a part of the allied fleets,
under the command of Sir C. Napier, had advanced to
the IrselseistoafncSe.iskaer, near Cronstadt, without meeting
any
Advices were received yesterday, under date Christi-
ania, June the 24th, announcing that the Bonus Firms,
Hulm master, had been captured by her Majesty's
cruisers, attempting to break the blockade, and sent
home a prize to England.
Yesterday another Russian prize, called the Franciska,
Michelson master, arrived at Sheerness in charge of a
prize crew.
Another Russian ship, called the Ernest Mork, bas
been seized by the Customs authorities at the port of
Hull, with simulated papers ; the necessary proceedings
have been taken in the Court of Admiralty to insure her
condemnation.

The Sphynx, G, Captain Clifford, is taking in a supply
of coals in Portsmouth harbour, and will leave for Spit-
head this day.
The screw steam-ship Malacca, 17, has been commis-
sioned by Captain Farquhar, and is to be fitted for sea
with all expedition, and yesterday the entry of men to
form her crew commenced at the naval rendezvous,
Tower-hill.

Her Majesty's ship Spy has been put in commission
by Lieutenant R. Boyle ; the Merlin, paddlewheel
steamer, is ordered round from Deptford to Woolwich.
Both these ships are to be brought forward for service
immediately.
Her Majesty's ship Mariner, 12, Captain F, John-
stone, arrived at Plymouth, from Cork, yesterday, hav-
ing been on a cruise.

Yesterday her Majesty's ship Wolverine, 12 guns,
Captain J. Corbett, arrived in the Downs from the river,
en route for the West Indies.

The French transport ship Infatigable sailed from off
Deal yesterday to join the allied fleet in the Baltic.
Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain the
Hon. Joseph Denman, returned to Portsmouth from her
five days' cruise yesterday (Monday) morning, and hav

NAVAL AND MILITARY 'INTELLIGENCE.
A TROOP FLEET.
The Royal William, 120, Waterloo, 120, St. Vincent,
102, Hannibal, 91, Algiers, 91, Powerful, 84, Calcutta,
84, and Formidable, 84, are all under orders to proceed
to Cherbourg, and embark French troops to aid in ope-
rations in the Baltic. It is for this object, and not as
stated by all the Portsmouth papers on Saturday last,
that a b‘ formidable fleet" is to be formed.
The St. Vincent, 102, Captain Elliot, is now being
fitted up a Spithead with all despatch to receive these
troops, and will sail on Thursday, attended upon by the
Sphynx steam-frigate, She will embark, it is reported,
2,000 troops, her lower deck guns having been removed
for their accommodation.
The Algiers, 91, Captain Talbot, passed Portsmouth
from Devonport on Sunday night for Cherbourg.
The Colossus, Captain Robinson, has ceased fitting,
having lent her men to help in expediting the St.
Vincent, Termagant, and Sphynx for this special service.
The latter will be ready this day (Tuesday), and the
Termagant on the 11th.