The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-11 00:00:00

PROMOTION.

Commander Henry C. Otter (1844), who served for
several years in the Comet, steam-vessel, in protecting
the fisheries on the west coast of Scotland, on the decla-
ration of war with Russia was ordered to Woolwich to
have his crew turned over to the Alban, paddle-wheel
steam-vessel, and to proceed to the Baltic to lay down
buoys and make surveys, to guide the fleet in the diffi-
cult navigation of that sea, which, service he performed
4o efficiently as to meet with the entire approbation of
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, Commander-in-Chief
of the fleet, who recommended his promotion in the
strongest terms to the Admiralty. Their lordships have
accordingly promoted Commander Henry C. Otter to
the rank of Captain, for his valuable services.

THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS.--ARRIVAL OF
THE ROYAL WILLIAM.
An increase in the number of the pensioner guards
for the Devonshire has been ordered. The paymaster
and the surgeon of this ship have now nearly 1,400 souls
under their charge. Several cases of cholera have
broken out amongst the prisoners since being put on
board, some of which have proved fatal. An assistant-
surgeon has been sent on board the Benbow. It is re-
ported there are to be at least two surgeons on board
each ship, to give relief to each other, as the present
gentlemen are occupied day and night incessantly at-
tending on the sick.
It is also stated that the paymaster of the Devonshire,
who is now victualling all the prisoners and guards in
both ships, is to have a clerk's assistant to assist him.
The guards for the Benbow were sent from the Waterloo
(Marines), and previous to Lieutenant Everest taking
up his commission, Lieutenant S, T. Dickens was in
command pro tem, from the Waterloo.
Captain Superintendent John J. Tucker entertained a
select company of the port officers to dinner on Saturday
last. This gallant officer has been unremitting in his atten-
tions (as captain superintendent) to the fitting up of the
prison ships with every possible convenience and comfort,
particularly for the hospital department. A number of
framed bed-berths were made immediately the increase of
sickness was found to take place. The watt of an in-
terpreter has been much felt by the medical officer and
the commander ; and negotiations are going on between
the Coinmander-in-Chief here and the Admiralty, for the
appointment of Mr. Potts, a native of this place, to be
appointed and to reside on board the Devonshire, this
gentleman having hitherto only acted as an interpreter
at the request of a friend here in the civil charge of the
prisoners. All the officers, 28 in number, with 5 ladies,
wives of officers, are located on shore, and they appear
very happy. They were visited yesterday by two gen-
tlemen (brothers), natives of the islands of Aland. The
officers appear to be a very gentlemenly set of fellows.
The commissioned cadets are very fine young men, and
are highly-educated in their profession.
On Satiirday evening, about 7 o'clock, a man-of-war,
being towed by a Government steamer, were observed
approaching the Plymouth Breakwater. They turned
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and 11 children belonging to the prisoners. The pri-
soners were yesterday morningtransferred from the Royal
William to the Dauntless and Srtrst. olnbollti steamers by
which they will be conveyed to Be
they would leave for that port twas expected
yesterday.) The ships'
crews and prisoners are in perfect health.

THE SCREW STEAM SHIP ALGIERS.
An order was r,,ceived on Saturday night by Colonel
Ellis, C. 8., Commandant of the 'Woolwich division of
Royal Marines, to have in readiness a detachment con-
sisting of 61 non-commissioned officers and men of the
division to proceed immediately to Sheerness for embr- #
kation in the Algiers, 91, screw steam-ship,
Charles Talbot, for a passage to Turkey, to fill up the
casualties and death vacancies in the Black e_
order was promptly attended to, and yesterday Captain
Sea. The
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their barracks, headed by their band, to th
station of the North Kent Railway On
carriages the band played
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