The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-06 00:00:00

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Wood, to the effect that they had not each received the
sum of 51. from him to pay the billets with, The defence
was a firm denial of receiving the 51. by each of the pri-
soners, who attributed their prosecution by Captain
Wood to a mistake on his part, not to The
prosecutor himself gave the prisoners excellent charac-
ters. The verdict of the Court, which has now been
officially confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief, was,
that the charges were proved, and the Court sentenced
Serjeant Taylor to 84 days' imprisonment, and Serjeant
Wallace and Corporal Jones to 42 days' imprisonment,
each of the prisoners to be reduced to the rank of gun-
ner in the Royal Horse Artillery, losing all claim to
pension, &c.

On Tuesday morning draughts from the 33d, 41st,
and 47th, in all about 300 men, were conveyed on board
the Prince Arthur and Royal Alice steamers to Queens.
town, where a transport awaits to convey them to Varna.
The head-quarters division of the 12th Regiment, con-
sisting of three companies, under command of Major
John Francis Kempt, embarked on Saturday on board
the Camperdown transport, for conveyance to Mel-
bourne. The Camperdown sailed on Monday evening
at 25 minutes after 7 o'clock.
The Barham transport, for conveyance of the third
division of the 27th Regiment to Calcutta, arrived in
Queenstown on Sunday. The division embarked on
Tuesday morning, and proceeded on their voyage next
day. The Southampton transport arrived on Monday
morning for the conveyance of the fourth and last divi-
sion, which was to embark on Wednesday, under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Usher Williamson.
A party of the 30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of
Foot arrived in Belfast on Thursday, from England, on
recruiting duty. There are eight parties in Belfast at
present, namely, five of the infantry of the line, and
three of the Royal Marines, Royal Artillery, and sth
Regiment of Dragoon Guards.

THE FRENCH TROOPS FOR THE BALTIC.
As we have already stated, the only line-of-battle ships
that are to take the French army to the Baltic, are the
following :

Hannibal, screw 91 Commodore Hon. F. W. Grey.
Algiers, screw 91 Captain Talbot.
Royal William l2O Captain Kingcome.
St. Vincent lO2 Captain Manse!.
With these the following steamers will also be dis.
patched :

I Termagant, screw 24 Captain Hon. Keith Stewart.
Gladiator, paddle 6 Captain Broke,
Sphinx, paddle 6 Captain Clifford.
The squadron will be under the orders of Commodore
Grey, with his broad pendant in the Hannibal. The
Algiers and Hannibal, as we have stated are at Sheer-
ness, have their lower deck guns out, and will soon be
ready to proceed to the Downs. Rear Admiral Berke-
ley, C. 8., having made the arrangements at Portsmouth
for the St. Vincent to be got ready, and having effected
the exchange of Captain Mansel with Captain Eliott,
the Powerful, 84, remaining as the ordinary guard-ship
pro tem., went off to Devonport to personally direct the
arrangements fur getting away the Royal William,
which ship has been got ready with such dispatch (the
commander-in-chief, Admiral Sir William Parker, and
the admiral superintendent, the Hon. M. Stopford, hav-
ing superintended the work themselves), that she was
towed into the Sound yesterday morning, and will be in
the Downs most likely on Thursday nest.
St. Vincent has nearly completed the troop fittings at
Portsmouth, and has taken in her powder and shell.
Yesterday afternoon the Echo and Comet, steam-tugs,
received on board the blue jackets and marines from the
Powerful, and turned them over to the St. Vincent, at
Seithead. The crew, on leaving their ship, heartily
cheered those left behind, which was returned with the
same good feeling.
Termagant has completed her outside painting, and
rattled down her rigging. The convicts were at work
the whole night of Tuesday coaling her. The shipwrights
and factory people are engaged night and day to com-
plete her by Saturday. Sliding bulkheads and screens
have been fitted for the accommodation of the French
officers.

ascer-
tain the deviation of her compass.
Sphinx was swung yesterday at Portsmouth, to
head to-day, and her crew be paid in advance.
It is not true, as reported, that the Waterloo, Co-
lossus, and others named, are to take the French troops.
She will go to Spit-
The arrangements for receiving the French on board
these fine ships will be as perfect as can be conceived.
They are to have the best of provisions, the best of
stores, and are to be made as comfortable as possible.
This is as it should be, for the gallant French soldiers
are worthy of being taken care of by British sailors, and
deserve for their devotion every encouragement, for as
we are short of soldiers, and troops as well as seamen
are required for Baltic service, the Emperor has most
nobly and handsomely volunteered to send Frenchmen
to co-operate with our fleet. The selection of Captain
Mansel for this work is also a most judicious step. In
this gallant officer the French soldiers will find an old
comrade ; for Captain Mansel as a volunteer, by way of
recreation, we believe, carried a musket in the French
ranks in Algeria, and helped them to take Constantine.
We believe the total number of the French troops
000. They will assemble at Calais and
about the 14th or 15th inst.
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will be conveyed to the British squadron

TEN THOUSAND MORE TROOPS FOR THE
K SEA.

It is now known that the reinforcements to our army
in Turkey will amount, in new regiments, drafts, and
detachments, to nearly 10,000 more troops. They are
to be sent as soon as possible to the seat of war, or
rather as quickly as steam tonnage can be procured. As
we have stated, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
great screw steam-ship
takes out another regiment of cavalry , and it is reported
that this magnificent ship will become the property of
the Crown. The Admiralty pay for her hire nearly
9,0001. a month, while she co dul become the property of
the country for—say, 130,000/. or 140,000/.—just 15
months' hire. The General Screw Company's new
2,700-ton-ship Prince, as already reported, will take
infantry. It would be much more economical to
purchase this splendid ship also. The cost of her hire
per month is about 6,8001., and we doubt not she
could be purchased at the same rate as the Himalaya.
The Royal Mail Company's large paddle-wheel-ship
Orin )CO also proceeds again to the East with infantry,
and the Australian Mail Company's screw-ship Austra-
lian, 1,300 tons, sister ship to the Sydney, now em-
ployed, is also to be taken up to convey the troops. But
still more steam tonnage is required, and the difficulty
is where to get it at the moment. The real amount of
tonnage now in the East is deemed to be scarcely suffi-
cient to follow the army, and the commander-in-chief
keeps them with a pertinacity that is not only justifiable,
but laudable. As we remarked three months since, when
little experience in the transport service had been gained,
the real difficulties would commence when the autho-
rities bad acquired some knowledge of them. Such is
now felt to be the fact ; but the success of the initiation
induces a confidence in the energy and ability of those
who have hitherto done so well in providing for the ser-
vice.
When the above have all arrived we shall have more
than 40,000 British soldiers in Turkey.

TE' RUSSIAN WAR.

The problem now to be solved in the face of the world
is this—"ls the united force of England and France
equal to the destruction of two Russian fortresses ?" If
it be not, it is an unpleasant fact ; but having been pro-
perly verified, it had better be folded and docketted,
and put into its proper pigeon-hole, and the less
said about it the better. Having settled the great truth
in the national mind, the next thing will be to reduce
our navy to our old peace force, which will be quite
enough to keep the Russian fleet quiet in the Baltic till
the ice drives Napier out, and freezes the Russians in,
and to blockade the Sevastopol fleet till the bad weather
comes on. Napier could destroy the Baltic three-
deckers with one-fourth his present force, just as well as
he can with the whole of it—if they would come out ;
and as to Dundas—seeing that Mr. Butt, who seems to
read the blue books, described him as the first English
Admiral who congratulated himself, in a despatch, upon
having got to a spot one day after a battle, and returned
one day before a storm—we are not quite sure that he
wants any fleet at all. While this is being done, we can
employ ourselves in punishing those advisers of the
Crownan arm armament
squandered qcuoannfde
confessedly
yso s manymillions in fitting out
useless.
Afterwards, we can build a few fortresses on the
Balkan, put some English and French troops in them,
and go quietly to sleep, satisfied that we have done all
that ships and armies can do against the unassailable
empire of the Russ.
If anybody should object that some better result than
this ought to be obtained after sending fourth four times
the naval force that was present at Trafalgar, and more
British troops than were sent to Waterloo, that man is
an impatient and unreasonable caviller ; incapable of
appreciating the excuses of official men, or of compre-
hending the impossibilities of official minds.
True, the capture of the Crimea would set the Black
Sea free, the destruction of Cronstadt would open Peters-
burg, and probably terminate the war. The impatient
public, however, will not understand, that without gun-
boats nothing can be done in the Baltic, and without a
land force Sebastopol cannot be taken.

But it was quite impossible for England to be pro-
vided with gun-boats, as Nicholas is ; and France and
England never yet bad a land force to send to the
Crimea.

What is simply impossible now, will be extravagantly
impossible when there is a frozen post-road between
Petersburg and Cronstadt, and when the storms of the
Euxine shall have sent every prudent mariner into
harbour.

Observe the excellence of our argument for inaction.
The longer our excuse is kept, the stronger it becomes.
It is like good wine, good pictures, and good boots. It
mellows, tones, and becomes standard as it ages.
The proper policy is to prevent Russia from taking
Conetantinople, yet to do as little harm to Russia as
possible. We should treat Nicholas as they treat mad
people—use the minimum of restraint that will prevent
positive mischief.

At present every thing is very satisfactory. The Turks
have been a little more energetic, perhaps than was
quite to be desired ; but so far as naval matters are con-
cerned. Nicholas cannot reproach our minister. The
only flag of a ship of war that has changed hands, is the
flag of the Tiger, which Nicholas has just hung up as a
Russian trophy.—Yew Quarterly Review for July.

SHORTENING THE MORNING SERVICE.